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Timber – MCQ

1. How many months are required for natural seasoning of timber

a) 1 to 3 months.
b) 4 to 6 months.
c) 8 to 11 months.
d) 12 to 14 months.

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b) 4 to 6 months.

2. The drawback of electric seasoning of timber is

a) Checks.
b) Splitting.
c) Cracks.
d) Reduced strength.

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b) Splitting.

3. Lumber

a) Implies a living tree.
b) is a part of felled tree.
c) is log of timber sawn into pieces of desired shape.
d) is used to denote standing timber.

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c) is log of timber sawn into pieces of desired shape.

4. The kiln seasoning of timber causes

a) Increase in strength.
b) Decrease in shear strength.
c) Case hardening.
d) No internal stress.

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c) Case hardening.

5. As per the I.S code, the weight of the timber is to be considered at a moisture content of

a) 12 %
b) 6 %
c) 2 %
d) zero

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a) 12 %

6. Seasoning of timber results in

a) Increase in the tendency to decay.
b) Increase in the tendency to split.
c) Increase in the tendency to warp.
d) The moisture present in timber approximately same as that of surroundings.

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d) The moisture present in timber approximately same as that of surroundings.

7. As a natural material timber is an

a) Isotropic material.
b) Heterogeneous material.
c) Homogeneous material.
d) None of these.

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a) Isotropic material.

8. Timber can be made fire resistant by

a) Kiln seasoning.
b) Sir Abel’s process.
c) Charging.
d) Mc. Neill’s process.

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b) Sir Abel’s process.

9. The defect in timber causes by fungus is

a) Checks
b) Foxiness
c) Dry rot
d) Wane

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c) Dry rot

10. By reducing the moisture content of timber above fibre saturation points which one of the following is not correct

a) Tensile strength is increased
b) Compressive strength is increased
c) Stiffness is increased
d) Shear strength is increased

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a) Tensile strength is increased

11. To obtain strong timber pieces from logs against shrinkage and swelling the best method is

a) Machine sawing
b) Tangential sawing
c) Quarter sawing
d) Radial sawing

View Answer

b) Tangential sawing

12. Fireproofing of timber

a) Makes it difficult to ignite and support its own combustion.
b) Does not allow the fire to come closer to the wood.
c) Extinguishes the fire and dissipate the heat generated.
d) All of these.

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a) Makes it difficult to ignite and support its own combustion

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