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81.

For a building on the side of a busy street where the ordinary scaffolding will obstruct the traffic on road, the type of scaffolding provided is

A.	brick layer's scaffold	B.	mason's scaffold
C.	steel scaffold	D.	needle scaffold

82.

A horizontal layer of bricks laid in mortar is known as

A.	course	B.	stretcher
C.	header	D.	closer

83.

The brick laid with its length perpendicular to the face of the wall is called a

A.	course	B.	stretcher
C.	header	D.	closer

84.

The brick laid with its length parallel to the face of the wall is called a

A.	course	B.	stretcher
C.	header	D.	closer

85.

A system of providing temporary support to the party walls of two buildings where the intermediate building is to be pulled down and built, is called

A.	ranking shore	B.	dead or vertical shore
C.	flying or horizontal shore	D.	none of these

86.

A brick which is cut in such a way that the width of its one end is half that of a full brick, is called

A.	king closer	B.	mitred closer
C.	bevelled closer	D.	queen closer

87.

A brick which is half as wide as a full brick, is called

A.	king closer	B.	mitred closer
C.	bevelled closer	D.	queen closer

88.

The exterior angle or corner of a wall is known as quoin.

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89.

Frog is defined as a

A.	depression on the top face of a brick	B.	topmost course of plinth
C.	brick whose one end is cut splayed or mitred for the full width	D.	brick used for the corner of a wall

90.

The most important purpose of frog in a brick is to

A.	emboss manufacture's name	B.	reduce the weight of brick
C.	form keyed joint between brick and mortar	D.	improve insulation by providing 'hollows'