estimating and costing MCQs – Page 5

Practise focused estimating and costing questions with marked answers for exam preparation and subject revision.

estimating and costing Mcqs
81. Berms are provided in canals if these are__________________?
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A. Fully in excavation

B. Fully in embankment

C. All the above

D. Partly in excavation and partly in embankment
82. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. All the above

B. Cement is paid per 50 kg bag

C. Bricks are paid per thousand

D. Lime is paid per quintal

83. Pick up the correct statement from the following ?
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A. All the above

B. Pointing is measured in sq.m

C. Glazing is measured in sq.m

D. Plastering is measured in sq.m

84. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. The bending of bars near supports is generally at 45

B. The bent up bars at a support resist the negative bending moment

C. The bent up bars at a support resist the sharing force

D. All the above
85. Pick up the item whose weight is added to the weight of respective item, is________________?
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A. All the above

B. Cleats

C. Bolts

D. Brackets

86. The damp proof course (D.P.C.) is measured in________________?
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A. None of these

B. Sq. m

C. Cub. m

D. Metres

87. The weight of an item is measured correct to nearest_________________?
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A. 0.75 kg

B. 1.00 kg

C. 0.25 kg

D. 0.50 kg

88. The ground surface slopes 1 in 50 along a proposed railway embankment 150 m in length. The height of the embankment at zero chainage is 0.5 m, the width is 11 m and side slopes 2:1. If the falling gradient of the embankment is 1 in 150, the quantity of the earthwork calculated by Prismoidal formula, is____________________?
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A. 3225 m3

B. 3250 m3

C. 3275 m3

D. 3300 m3

89. The height of the sink of wash basin above floor level is kept____________________?
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A. 80 cm

B. 70 cm

C. 75 cm to 80 cm

D. 60 cm

90. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. All the above

B. The earth work in trenches or borrow pits, where neither a nor b is feasible, are measured from the fillings after deduction of voids

C. 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

D. 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

91. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following?
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A. The unit of lead is 50 m for a distance upto 500 m

B. The unit of lead is 1 km where the lead exceeds 2 km

C. Lead is the average horizontal straight distance between the borrow pit and the place of spreading soil

D. The lead is calculated for each block of the excavated area