Question

During lime concreting in foundation the concrete shall consists of 10 cu m of brick ballast, 0.92 cu m of surkhi and 0.6 cu m of white lime in the proportion of 100:32:16 by volume.

(a) True

(b) False

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The question is from Detailed Specifications topic in division Specifications, Estimation of Quantities of Materials and Transport of Civil Engineering Drawing

Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) False

To explain I would say: During lime concreting in foundation the concrete shall consists of 1 cu m of brick ballast, 0.32 cu m of surkhi and 0.16 cu m of white lime in the proportion of 100:32:16 by volume.