Estimating and Costing problems
- 1. 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. Discuss
Correct Answer: Courtyard area.
- 2. 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
Options- A. 30 D
- B. 40 D
- C. 50 D
- D. 53 D
- E. 59 D Discuss
Correct Answer: 59 D
- 3. 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].
Discuss
Correct Answer:
[first area + last area + 4 ? Even area + 2 ? odd areas] - 4. 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. Discuss
Correct Answer: All the above.
- 5. 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 Discuss
Correct Answer: L + 2 x 0.42 d
- 6. 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. Discuss
Correct Answer: All the above.
- 7. 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.
Options- A. 26, 000 m3
- B. 26, 500 m3
- C. 27, 000 m3
- D. 27, 500 m3 Discuss
Correct Answer: 27, 500 m3
- 8. As per Indian Standard Specifications, the peak discharge for domestic purposes per capita per minute, is taken
Options- A. 1.80 litres for 5 to 10 users
- B. 1.20 litres for 15 users
- C. 1.35 for 20 users
- D. All the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: All the above.
- 9. The main factor to be considered while preparing a detailed estimate, is
Options- A. Quantity of the materials
- B. Availability of materials
- C. Transportation of materials
- D. Location of site and local labour charges
- E. All the above. Discuss
Correct Answer: All the above.
- 10. 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
Options- A. Excavation
- B. Surface dressing
- C. Cutting
- D. Surface excavation. Discuss
Correct Answer: Surface excavation.
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