Practice Estimating And Costing Multiple Choice Questions Quiz-1 - MCQGeeks.com

Q.1

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 cross-section
None of these

Q.2

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

Q.3

In case of laying gullies, siphons, intercepting traps, the cost includes

Setting and laying
Bed concreting
Connection to drains
All of these

Q.4

The minimum width of a septic tank is taken

70 cm
75 cm
80 cm
90 cm

Q.5

The following item of earth work is not measured separately.

Setting out of works
Site clearance
Steps in deep excavation
All the above

Q.6

The trap which is provided to disconnect the house drain from the street sewer is called

Master trap
Intercepting trap
Interception manhole
All the above

Q.7

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

The bent up bars at a support resist the negative bending moment
The bent up bars at a support resist the sharing force
The bending of bars near supports is generally at 45°
All the above

Q.8

Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

The built up covered area at the floor level of any storey of a building is called plinth area
The usable covered area of the rooms of any storey of a building is called carpet area
The carpet area of a building along with area of its kitchen, pantry, store, lavatory, bath room and glazed veranda, is called floor area
None of these

Q.9

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

Q.10

The total length of a cranked bar through a distance (d) at 45° in case of a beam of effective length L, is

L + 0.42 d
L + (2 × 0.42 d)
L - (0.42 d)
L - (2 × 0.4 d)

Q.11

The correct Prismoidal formula for volume is

D [first area + last area + Ʃ Even area + 2 Ʃ odd areas]
D/3 [first area + last area + 4 Ʃ Even area + 2 Ʃ odd areas]
D/3 [first area + last area + 2 Ʃ Even area + 4 Ʃ odd areas]
D/6 [first area + last area + 2 ∑ Even area + 4 ∑ odd areas]

Q.12

Pick up the excavation where measurements are made in square meters for payment.

Ordinary cuttings up to 1 m
Surface dressing up to 15 cm depths
Surface excavation up to 30 cm depths
Both (B) and (C)

Q.13

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.

26,000 m³
26,500 m³
27,000 m³
27,500 m³

Q.14

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

Q.15

The floor area includes the area of the balcony up to

100 %
75 %
50 %
25 %

Q.16

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 + Sd² 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

Q.17

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

In a gully trap, a water seal of 6 to 7.5 cm is provided
The gully trap collects waste water from the kitchen, sink, wash basins, etc.
The gully trap disconnects the sullage drain from the main drainage system
The grating provided over gully traps is 23 cm square

Q.18

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

In order to check up the average depth of excavation, 'Dead man’s' are left at the mid-widths of borrow pits
The earthwork calculation in excavation is made from the difference in levels obtained with a level
The earth work in excavation to form the road embankment includes the formation of correct profile and depositing the soil in layers
All the above

Q.19

Pick up the incorrect statement regarding a master trap from the following:

It is provided in between the lower end of the house drain and the street sewer
It is provided a cleaning eye at the top of the trap
The mica flap valve which opens inwards only, is fitted at the top of the inlet pipe
The water seal is less than that of ordinary traps

Q.20

Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

Lead is the average horizontal straight distance between the borrow pit and the place of spreading soil
The lead is calculated for each block of the excavated area
The unit of lead is 50 m for a distance upto 500 m
The unit of lead is 1 km where the lead exceeds 2 km

Q.21

Pick up the item of work not included in the plinth area estimate

Wall thickness
Room area
W' Area
Courtyard area

Q.22

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

3250 m³
3225 m³
3275 m³
3300 m³

Q.23

Pick up the item whose weight is added to the weight of respective item, is

Cleats
Brackets
Bolts
All the above

Q.24

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

The estimated value of the work excluding the amount for contingencies, work charged establishment, tool and plants, is called work value
The actual expenditure involved to complete a work including incidental, establishment and travelling charges, is called actual cost
The formal acceptance by the administrative department for incurring an expenditure on the work, is called administrative approval
All the above

Q.25

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

The incidental expenses of a miscellaneous character which could not be predicted during preparation of the estimate, is called contingencies
Additional supervising staff engaged at work site, is called work charged establishment
Detailed specifications specify qualities, quantities and the proportions of materials to be used for a particular item
All the above

Q.26

The slope of the outlet of 'P trap' below the horizontal is kept

8°
10°
12°
14°

Q.27

The expected out turn for earth work in excavation in ordinary soil per workman per day is

1.00 cum
2.00 cum
3.00 cum
4.00 cum

Q.28

The expected out turn of brick work in cement mortar in foundation and plinth per mason per day, is

1.00 m³
1.25 m³
1.50 m³
1.75 m³

Q.29

Pick up the correct statement regarding the centre line method of estimating a building

Product of the centre line of the walls and area of cross-section of any item, gives total quantity of the item
The centre line is worked out separately for different sections of walls of a building
The centre line length is reduced by half the layer of main wall joining the partition wall
All the above

Q.30

Pick up the correct statement from the following:

All the above
All pipes and fittings are classified according to their diameters
The diameter of the pipes is the nominal diameter of internal bore
All pipes are measured along the centre line of the pipes in meters

0 h : 0 m : 1 s