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Pick up the item of work not included in the plinth area estimate
Options
A. Wall thickness
B. Room area
C. Verandah area
D. W.C. area
E. Courtyard area.
Correct Answer
Courtyard area.
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1. The area of a sloping surface of a protective embankment of mean height
d
, side slopes
S
: 1 and length
L
is
Options
A.
d x d x s
B.
d
2
x (ds)
2
C.
L.D
1 +
s
2
D. 2
LD
1 +
s
2
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Correct Answer:
L.D
1 +
s
2
2. The expected out turn of 12 mm plastering with cement mortar is
Options
A. 2.5 sq m
B. 4.0 sq m
C. 6.0 sq m
D. 8.0 sq m
E. 10 sq m
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Correct Answer: 8.0 sq m
3. The measurement is not made in square metres in case of
Options
A. D.P.C. (Damp proof course)
B. Form works
C. Concrete Jaffries
D. R.C. Chhajja.
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Correct Answer: R.C. Chhajja.
4. The most reliable estiamte is
Options
A. Detailed estimate
B. Preliminary estimate
C. Plinth area estimate
D. Cube rate estimate
E. None of these.
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Correct Answer: Detailed estimate
5. The inspection pit or chamber is a manhole provided in a base drainage system
Options
A. at every change of direction
B. at every change of gradient
C. at every 30 m intervals
D. at the point where vertical soil pipe joins the house drain
E. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
6. If tensile stress of a steel rod of diameter
D
is 1400 kg/cm
2
and bond stress is 6 kg/cm
2
, the required bond length of the rod is
Options
A. 30
D
B. 40
D
C. 50
D
D. 53
D
E. 59
D
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Correct Answer: 59
D
7. The correct prismoidal formula for volume is
Options
A. D [first area + last area + ? Even area + 2 ? odd areas]
B.
[first area + last area + 4 ? Even area + 2 ? odd areas]
C.
[first area + last area + 2 ? Even area + 4 ? odd areas]
D.
[first area + last area + 2 ? Even area + 4 ? odd areas].
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Correct Answer:
[first area + last area + 4 ? Even area + 2 ? odd areas]
8. The brick work is measured in sq metre, in case of
Options
A. Honey comb brick work
B. Brick flat soling
C. Half brick walls or the partition
D. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
9. The total length of a cranked bar through a distance (
d
) at 45° in case of a beam of effective length
L
, is
Options
A.
L
+ 0.42
d
B.
L
+ 2 x 0.42
d
C.
L
- 0.42
d
D.
L
- 2 x 0.4
d
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Correct Answer:
L
+ 2 x 0.42
d
10. 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
Options
A. Mid-section formula
B. Trapezoidal formula
C. Prismoidal formula
D. All the above.
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Correct Answer: All the above.
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