Building Materials
The basic purpose of a retarder in concrete is

To increase the initial setting time of cement paste in concrete
To render the concrete more water tight
To decrease the initial setting time of cement paste in concrete
To improve the workability of concrete mix

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Building Materials
Pick up the correct statement from the following: Method of sawing timber

Cut out of quarter logs, parallel to the medullary rays and perpendicular to annual rings, is known as radial sawing
In four quarters such that each board cuts annual rings at angles not less than 45°, is known as quarter sawing method
All of these
Tangentially to annual rings, is known as tangential method

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