Estimating and Costing Questions

• The reduced levels of points, 30 metres apart along the longitudinal section of a road portion between chainages 5 and 9 are shown in the given figure. If there is a uniform up-gradient of the road 120 in 1, the chainage of the point with no filling or cutting is
• Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
• Pick up the correct statement from the following:
• In long and short wall method of estimation, the length of long wall is the centre to centre distance between the walls and
• According to ISI method of measurement, the order of the sequence is
• The inspection pit or chamber is a manhole provided in a base drainage system
• The most reliable estiamte is
• The measurement is not made in square metres in case of
• The expected out turn of 12 mm plastering with cement mortar is
• The area of a sloping surface of a protective embankment of mean height d, side slopes S : 1 and length L is
• Pick up the item of work not included in the plinth area estimate
• If tensile stress of a steel rod of diameter D is 1400 kg/cm2 and bond stress is 6 kg/cm2, the required bond length of the rod is
• The correct prismoidal formula for volume is
• The brick work is measured in sq metre, in case of
• The total length of a cranked bar through a distance (d) at 45° in case of a beam of effective length L, is
• If the formation level of a highway has a uniform gradient for a particular length, and the ground is also having a longitudinal slope, the earthwork may be calculated by
• A portion of an embankment having a uniform up-gradient 1 in 500 is circular with radius 1000 m of the centre line. It subtends 180° at the centre. If the height of the bank is 1 m at the lower end, and side slopes 2:1, the earth work involved.
• As per Indian Standard Specifications, the peak discharge for domestic purposes per capita per minute, is taken
• The main factor to be considered while preparing a detailed estimate, is
• The excavation exceeding 1.5 m in width and 10 sq.m in plan area with a depth not exceeding 30 cm, is termed as