civil engineering Mcqs
4051. What refers to the claim of anyone to ownership ?
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A. Equity

B. Assets

C. Proprietorship

D. Liability

4052. Gross margin is the ratio of the gross profit to _________________?
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A. Net sale

B. Owners equity

C. Inventory turnover

D. Quick assets

4053. All the proceeds which are received by the business as a result of the sale of goods is called _________________?
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A. Net income

B. Net revenue

C. Gross income

D. Total sales

4054. Aggregation of individuals formed for the purpose of conducting a business and recognized by law as a fictitious person is called ________________________?
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A. Corporation

B. Partnership

C. Stockholders

D. Investors

4055. What refers to the present worth of cost associated with an asset for an infinite period of time ?
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A. Increment cost

B. Operating cost

C. Annual cost

D. Capitalized cost
4056. The flow back of profit plus depreciation form a given project is called ___________________?
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A. Earning value

B. Capital recovery

C. Cash flow

D. Economic return

4057. Capitalized cost of any structure or property is computed by which formula ?
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A. Annual cost interest of first cost

B. First cost + cost of perpetual maintenance

C. First cost + salvage value

D. First cost + interest of first cost

4058. What do you call a one-time credit against taxes ?
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A. Credible credit

B. Due credit

C. Revenue credit

D. Tax credit
4059. What is an accounting term that represents an inventory account adjustment ?
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A. Cost of goods sold

B. Standard cost

C. Cost accounting

D. Overhead cost

4060. What is a secondary book of accounts, the information of which is obtained from the journal is called ?
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A. Trial balance

B. Ledger

C. Worksheet

D. Balanced sheet

4061. What is a measure of the average speed with which accounts receivable are collected ?
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A. Current ratio

B. Quick ratio

C. Receivable turnover

D. Acid test ratio

4062. What is an index of short-term paying ability ?
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A. Gross margin

B. Profit margin ratio

C. Current ratio

D. Price-earnings ratio

4063. The ability to meet debts as they become due is known as __________________?
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A. Solvency

B. Liquidity

C. Insolvency

D. Leverage

4064. What is another term for current assets ?
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A. Fixed assets

B. Non-liquid assets

C. Liquid assets

D. Ccash

4065. The original record of a business transaction is recorded in this book_____________?
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A. Ledger

B. Account book

C. Journal

D. Work book

4066. The ratio of the net income before taxes to net sales is called __________________?
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A. Price-earnings ratio

B. Profit margin ratio

C. Inventory turnover

D. Current ratio

4067. What is the change in cost per unit variable change called ?
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A. Supplemental cost

B. Variable cost

C. Fixed cost

D. Incremental cost
4068. Capitalized cost of a project is also known as ____________________?
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A. Life cycle cost

B. Life cost

C. Project cost

D. Infinite cost

4069. What represents the share of participation in business organizations?
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A. Stock

B. Franchise

C. Partnership

D. Corporation

4070. The financial health of the company is measured in terms of______________?
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A. Solvency

B. All of the above

C. Liquidity

D. Relative risk

4071. In case of bankruptcy of a partnership________________?
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A. The partnership assets (excluding the partners personal assets) only will be used to pay the liabilities

B. The partners are not liable for the liabilities of the partnership

C. The partners nay sell stock to generate additional capital

D. The partners personal assets are attached to the debt of the partnership

4072. What refers to the residual value of a companys assets after all outside liabilities (shareholders excluded) have been allowed for ?
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A. Dividend

B. Par value

C. Return

D. Equity
4073. As applied to capitalized asset, the distribution of the initial cost by a periodic changes to operation as in depreciation or the reduction of a debt by either periodic or irregular prearranged programs is called ___________________?
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A. Capital recovery

B. Annuity factor

C. Annuity

D. Amortization
4074. What refers to an imaginary cost representing what will not be received if a particular strategy is rejected ?
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A. Opportunity cost

B. Ghost cost

C. Null cost

D. Horizon cost

4075. Which is true about partnership ?
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A. It will be dissolved if one of the partners ceases to be connected with the partnership

B. Its capitalization must be equal for each partner

C. It has a perpetual life

D. It can be handed down from one generation of partners to another
4076. What denotes in the fall in the exchange rate of one currency in terms of the others? This term is usually applies to the floating exchange rate______________?
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A. Currency depreciation

B. Currency appreciation

C. Currency devaluation

D. Currency float

4077. What is another term for acid-test ratio ?
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A. Price-earnings ratio

B. Quick ratio

C. Profit margin ratio

D. Current ratio

4078. Which of the following is an example of intangible asset ?
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A. Cash

B. Patents

C. Furnitures

D. Investment in subsidiary companies

4079. What is used to record historical financial transactions ?
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A. Bookkeeping system

B. Ledger system

C. General journal system

D. Balance check

4080. The amount of companys profit that the board of directors of the corporation decides to distribute to ordinary shareholders is called ___________________?
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A. Equity

B. Share of stock

C. Return

D. Dividend
4081. What is the main reason why the sinking fund method of computing depreciation is seldom used in the industry ?
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A. Unstable economy

B. Rate of interest cannot be exactly determined

C. The initial deprecation is high

D. The initial depreciation is low
4082. Removal of props under______________?
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A. slabs spanning upto 4.5 m is 14 days

B. slabs spanning upto 4.5 m is 7 days

C. beams spanning upto 6 m is 14 days

D. All the above
4083. All reinforcement should be free from_________________?
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A. loose rust

B. loose mill scales

C. All the above

D. paints

4084. The spans of filler joists supporting a slab may be considered approximately equal if the longest span does not exceed the shortest span more than__________________?
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A. 10%

B. 25%

C. 15%

D. 5%

4085. The permissible bending stresses Pbet for steel slab bases should not exceed_______________?
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A. 1650 kg/cm2

B. 1890 kg/cm2

C. 1800 kg/cm2

D. 1500 kg/cm2
4086. The anchorage value of standard U-type hook of a reinforcing bar of diameter d in tension, is______________?
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A. 8d

B. 16 d

C. 4 d

D. 12 d

4087. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. For high tensile steel, the minimum tensile strength is 58 kg/mm2

B. For mild steel the minimum tensile strength is 44 kg/mm2 and minimum elongation of 23% on a gauge length of 5.65A

C. All the above

D. For steel castings, the minimum tensile strength is 41 kg/mm2 and minimum yield stress is 20.5 kg/mm2

4088. Pick up the correct statement for the web stiffeners?
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A. all the above

B. d is the distance between flange angles or the clear distance between flanges

C. vertical stiffeners are spaced at a distance not greater than 1.5 d and not less than 0.33 d

D. for horizontal stiffeners, d is the clear distance between the horizontal stiffener and the tension flange

4089. Moist sand may contain surface water by mass upto__________________?
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A. 5.00%

B. 1.25%

C. 2.5%

D. 7.50%

4090. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. For rivets of nominal diameters less than 25 mm, the diameter of the rivet hole is taken as the nominal diameter of the rivet plus 1.5 mm

B. The diameter of a rivet, before driving is taken as the nominal diameter of the rivet

C. All the above

D. The diameter of the rivet hole is taken as the gross area of the rivet

4091. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. The distance between centres of two adjacent rivets in line with the direction of stress shall not

B. The minimum pitch of rivets should not be less than 2.5 times the diameter of the rivet hole

C. The distance between the centres of two adjacent rivets in line with the direction of stress shall not exceed 12 t or 203 mm whichever is less in compression members

D. All the above
4092. To ensure exact gauge, the gauge tie plates are provided at_________________?
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A. toe of the switch

B. nose of crossing

C. both (A) and (B)

D. none of the above

4093. Which of the following turnouts is most commonly used for goods train on Indian Railways ?
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A. 1 in 8/2

B. 1 in 12

C. 1 in 16

D. 1 in 20

4094. The nominal size of ballast used for points and crossings is___________________?
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A. 25 mm

B. 50 mm

C. 40 mm

D. 10mm

4095. Study the following statements regarding creep_________________?
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A. correct answer is?

B. ) Creep is more on steep gradients than on level track</strong>

C. Creep in new rails is more than that in old rails

D. Creep is greater on curves than on tangent railway track
4096. The formation width for a double line Broad Gauge track in cutting (excluding drains) as adopted on Indian Railways is___________________?
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A. 10.82 m

B. 10.21m

C. 8.84 m

D. 6.10 m

4097. Flat mild steel bearing plates are used_________________?
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A. on all joints and curves

B. with wooden sleepers at locations where creep is likely to be developed

C. for points and crossings in the lead portion

D. on all the above

4098. The limiting value of cant gradient for all gauges is___________________?
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A. 1 in 1000

B. 1 in 1200

C. 1 in 360

D. 1 in 720
4099. Which of the following types of sleepers is preferred on joints ?
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A. steel trough sleeper

B. concrete sleeper

C. CST-9 sleeper

D. wooden sleeper
4100. Which of the following statements regarding ballast materials are correct ?
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A. Brick ballast has poor drainage characteristics.

B. Gravel ballast gives better performance on soft formation.

C. Sand ballast causes excessive wear on top of rail

D. Coal ash is not used as ballast with steel or cast iron sleepers.