Practice Test: Question Set - 01
1. The rate of payment is made for 100 cu m (per % cu m) in case of
- (A) Earth
work in excavation
- (B) Rock
cutting
- (C) Excavation
in trenches for foundation
- (D) All the
above
2. The rate of an item of work depends on
- (A) Specifications
of works
- (B) Specifications
of materials
- (C) Proportion
of mortar
- (D) All
the above
3. The main factor to be considered while preparing a detailed estimate, is
- (A) Quantity
of the materials
- (B) Availability
of materials
- (C) Transportation
of materials
- (D) All the
above
4. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) The
estimated value of the work excluding the amount for contingencies, work
charged establishment, tool and plants, is called work value
- (B) The
actual expenditure involved to complete a work including incidental,
establishment and travelling charges, is called actual cost
- (C) The formal
acceptance by the administrative department for incurring an expenditure on the
work, is called administrative approval
- (D) All the
above
5. Brick walls are measured in sq. m if the thickness of the wall is
- (A) 10 cm
- (B) 15 cm
- (C) 20 cm
- (D) None of
these
6. The plinth area of a building not includes
- (A) Area of the
walls at the floor level
- (B) Internal
shaft for sanitary installations up to 2 sq m. in area
- (C) Lift
and wall including landing
- (D) Area
of cantilevered porch
7. 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
- (A) Mid-section
formula
- (B) Trapezoidal
formula
- (C) Prismoidal
formula
- (D) All the
above
8. While estimating a reinforced cement structure, the omitted cover of concrete is assumed
- (A) At
the end of reinforcing bar, not less than 25 mm or twice the diameter of the
bar
- (B) In thin
slabs, 12 mm minimum or diameter of the bar whichever is more
- (C) For
reinforcing longitudinal bar in a beam 25 mm minimum or diameter of the largest
bar which is more
- (D) All the
above
9. A cement concrete road is 1000 m long, 8 m wide and 15 cm thick over the sub-base of 10 cm thick gravel. The box cutting in road crust is
- (A) 500 m3
- (B) 1000 m3
- (C) 1500 m3
- (D) 2000 m3
10. While estimating the qualities for the construction of a building, the correct metric unit is
- (A) Meter for
length
- (B) Cubic metre
for area
- (C) Square meters for volume
- (D) Liter for capacity
11. Pick up the correct statement from the following:
- (A) In
order to check up the average depth of excavation, 'Dead man’s' are left at the
mid-widths of borrow pits
- (B) The
earthwork calculation in excavation is made from the difference in levels
obtained with a level
- (C) The
earth work in excavation to form the road embankment includes the formation of
correct profile and depositing the soil in layers
- (D) All the
above
12. The brick work is not measured in cu m in case of
- (A) One
or more than one brick wall
- (B) Brick work
in arches
- (C) Reinforced
brick work
- (D) Half brick
wall
13. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:
- (A) Lead is the
average horizontal straight distance between the borrow pit and the place of
spreading soil
- (B) The
lead is calculated for each block of the excavated area
- (C) The unit of
lead is 50 m for a distance upto 500 m
- (D) The
unit of lead is 1 km where the lead exceeds 2 km
14. The assumption on which the trapezoidal formula for volumes is based, is
- (A) The end
sections are parallel planes
- (B) The mid-area
of a pyramid is half the average area of the ends
- (C) The volume
of the Prismoidal is over-estimated and hence a Prismoidal correction is
applied
- (D) All the
above
15. In the mid-section formula
- (A) The mean
depth is the average of depths of two consecutive sections
- (B) The area of
mid-sections is calculated by using mean depth
- (C) The
volume of the earth work is calculated by multiplying the mid-section area by
the distance between the two original sections
- (D) All of the above
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