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This set of Estimating and Costing Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Estimating And Costing Set 1
Q1 | The rate of payment is made for 100 cu m (per % cu m) in case of
- earth work in excavation
- rock cutting
- excavation in trenches for foundation
- all the above
Q2 | The rate of an item of work depends on
- specifications of works
- specifications of materials
- proportion of mortar
- all the above
Q3 | The main factor to be considered while preparing a detailed estimate, is
- quantity of the materials
- availability of materials
- transportation of materials
- all the above
Q4 | Brick walls are measured in sq. m if the thickness of the wall is
- 10 cm
- 15 cm
- 20 cm
- none of these
Q5 | The plinth area of a building not includes
- area of the walls at the floor level
- internal shaft for sanitary installations up to 2 sq m. in area
- lift and wall including landing
- area of cantilevered porch
Q6 | If the formation level of a highway has a uniform gradient for a particular length, and the ground isalso having a longitudinal slope, the earthwork may be calculated by
- mid-section formula
- trapezoidal formula
- prismoidal formula
- all the above
Q7 | A cement concrete road is 1000 m long, 8 m wide and 15 cm thick over the sub-base of 10 cm thickgravel. The box cutting in road crust is
- 500 m3
- 1000 m3
- 1500 m3
- 2000 m3
Q8 | While estimating the qualities for the construction of a building, the correct metric unit is
- metre for length
- cubic metre for area
- square metres for volume
- litre for capacity
Q9 | The brick work is not measured in cu m in case of
- one or more than one brick wall
- brick work in arches
- reinforced brick work
- half brick wall
Q10 | The assumption on which the trapezoidal formula for volumes is based, is
- the end sections are parallel planes
- the mid-area of a pyramid is half the average area of the ends
- the volume of the prismoidal is over-estimated and hence a prismoidal correction is applied
- all the above
Q11 | In the mid-section formula
- the mean depth is the average of depths of two consecutive sections
- the area of mid-sections is calculated by using mean depth
- the volume of the earth work is calculated by multiplying the mid-section area by the distance between the two original sections
- all of the above
Q12 | Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- the earth work of cutting in trenches or borrow pits in fairly uniform ground is measured with the help of average depths of the dead men
- the earth work in trenches or borrow pits in irregular ground is measured by taking the difference in levels before and after completion of work
- the earth work in trenches or borrow pits, where neither a nor b is feasible, are measured from the fillings after deduction of voids
- all the above
Q13 | The cross-sections for a highway is taken at
- right angle to the centre line
- 30 metres apart
- intermediate points having abrupt change in gradient
- all the above
Q14 | Referring of given figure, pick up the correct statement from the following:
- the total length of centre line of four walls is 20 m
- length of long wall out-to-out is 6.80 m
- length of short walls in-to-in is 3.20 m
- all the above
Q15 | According to Indian Standards Institute, the actual size of modular bricks is
- 23 cm × 11.5 cm × 7.5 cm
- 25 cm × 13 cm × 7.5 cm
- 19 cm × 9 cm × 9 cm
- 20 cm × 10 cm × 10 cm
Q16 | The following item of earth work is not measured separately.
- setting out of works
- site clearance
- steps in deep excavation
- all the above
Q17 | The measurement is made in square metre in case of
- cement concrete in foundation
- r.c.c. structure
- hollow concrete block wall
- none of these
Q18 | Cost of fittings and their fixing is specified for the following sanitary fittings
- water closets
- flushing pipes
- lavatory basins
- all the above
Q19 | The excavation exceeding 1.5 m in width and 10 sq.m in plan area with a depth not exceeding 30cm, is termed as
- excavation
- surface dressing
- cutting
- surface excavation
Q20 | For the construction of buildings, the subheads of the estimate are
- earthwork, concrete work, brick work
- brickwork, stone work, roofing
- brickwork flooring, wood work, steel work
- all the above
Q21 | Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- pointing is measured in sq.m
- plastering is measured in sq.m
- glazing is measured in sq.m
- all the above
Q22 | The cross-section of a road partly in banking and partly in cutting is shown in the given figure. Thearea of the shaded portion is
- b - rd)²/(r - s)
- b - rd)²/(r + s)
- ½ × (b + rd)²/(r - s)
- b - rd)²/(s - r)
Q23 | Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- if the bed level is above n.s.l. the canal is called fully in baking and the berms are designed as 3 d where d is full supply depth of water (f.s.d.)
- area of canal in cutting = bd + sd 2 where b = bed width, d = depth of cutting and s is the side slope
- if f.s.l. is above n.s.l the canal is called partly in cutting and partly in filling and berms are designed as 2d where d is full supply depth
- all the above
Q24 | Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
- no deduction is made for the volume occupied by reinforcement
- no deduction is made for the openings upto 0.1 sq.m
- no deduction is made for volumes occupied by pipes, not exceeding 100 sq.cm in crosssection
- none of these
Q25 | The value of 'B' of Indian type W.C. shown in the given figure is:
- 45 cm
- 50 cm
- 30 cm
- 25 cm