Previous year question paper for CM (Diploma Civil Engineering 3rd)

1. Building Stones: (6Hrs.)

1.1 Classification of Rocks: (General Review)

1.1.1 Geological classification: Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic

 rocks

1.1.2 Chemical classification; Calcareous, argillaceous and siliceous

 rocks

1.1.3 Physical classification: Unstratified , startified and foliated rocks

1.2 General characteristics of stones – Marble, Kota stone, Granite, Sand,

 Trap, Basalt stone, Lime stone and Slate

1.3 Requirements of good building stones

1.4 Various uses of stones in construction

2. Bricks: (10Hrs.)

2.1 Introduction to bricks

2.2 Raw materials for brick manufacturing and properties of good brick

 making earth,

2.4 Classification and specifications of bricks as per BIS: 1077

3. Cement: (10Hrs.)

3.1 Introduction, raw materials, flow diagram of manufacturing of cement by

 wet process

3.2 Various types of Cements, their uses: Ordinary portland cement, rapid

 hardening cement, low heat cement, high alumina cement, blast

 furnace slag cement, white and coloured cement, Portland pozzolana

 cement, super sulphate cement

3.3 Properties of Compounds of cement.

4. Lime: (6Hrs.)

4.1 Introduction: Lime as one of the cementing materials

4.2 Classification and types of lime as per BIS Code

4.3 Calcination and slaking of lime

4.4 Process of setting and hardening action of lime. 

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5. Timber and Wood Based Products: 10Hrs.)

5.1 Seasoning of timber: Purpose, methods of seasoning as per BIS Code

5.2 Properties of timber and specifications of structural timber

5.3 Defects in timber, decay in timber

5.4 Preservation of timber and methods of treatment as per BIS

5.5 Other wood based products, their brief description and uses of

 laminated board, block board, hard board.

6. Paints and Varnishes: (6Hrs.)

6.1 Introduction, purpose and use of paints

6.2 Types, ingredients, properties and uses of oil paints, water paints and

 cement paints

6.3 Covering capacity of various paints

6.4 Types, properties and uses of varnishes