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The size of a commonly used specimen for compression test is:(a) 50×30 mm(b) 150x150x150 mm(c) 150x50x50 mm(d) 150×150 mmThis question was posed to me in an internship interview.The above asked question is from Tests on Concrete topic in chapter Building Construction of Basic Civil Engineering

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The CORRECT option is (b) 150x150x150 mm

To explain: The commonly used specimen to test compressive strength is a cube. It has 3 dimensions-length, width and HEIGHT. These cubes are CAST in moulds of size 150x150x150mm.



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