Online Civil Engineering Test - Estimating and Costing Test

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

Wall thickness

Room area

Verandah area

W.C. area

Courtyard area.

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The plinth area of a building not includes

area of the walls at the floor level

area of stair cover

internal shaft for sanitary installations up to 2 sq m. in area

lift and wall including landing

area of cantilevered porch.

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Pick up the correct statement from the following:

The estimated value of the work excluding the amount for contigencies, 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

The order of a competent authority sanctioning a properly detailed estimate of the cost of a work of construction or repair is called technical sanction

All the above.

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If tensile stress of a steel rod of diameter D is 1400 kg/cm² and bond stress is 6 kg/cm², the required bond length of the rod is

30 D

40 D

50 D

53 D

59 D

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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 x 0.42 d

L - 0.42 d

L - 2 x 0.4 d

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Cost of fittings and their fixing is specified for the following sanitary fittings

Water closets

Flushing pipes

Lavatary basins

Sinks

All the above.

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As per Indian Standard Specifications, the peak discharge for domestic purposes per capita per minute, is taken

1.80 litres for 5 to 10 users

1.20 litres for 15 users

1.35 for 20 users

All the above.

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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

the starting end points of the curves

All the above.

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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.

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10.

Pick up the excavation where measurements are made in square metres 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)

Both (a) and (b)

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11.

The item of steel work which is measured in sq.m, is

Collapsible gates

Rolling shutters

Steel doors

Ventilators and glazing.

All the above.

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12.

According to Indian Standards Institute, the actual size of modular bricks is

23 cm x 11.5 cm x 7.5 cm

25 cm x 13 cm x 7.5 cm

19 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm

20 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm

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13.

The unit of measurement is per quintal for the following:

Collapsible gates with rails

Rolling shutters

Expanded metal wire netting

M.S. reinforcement of R.C.C. works.

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14.

The rate of an item of work depends on

Specifications of works

Specifications of materials

Proportion of mortar

Method of construction

All the above.

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15.

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

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16.

The cost of the earthwork in excavation for the surface drain of cross-section shown in the given figure for a total length of 5 metres @ Rs. 450% cum, is

Rs. 400

Rs. 425

Rs. 450

Rs. 500

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17.

The value of 'B' of Indian type W.C. shown in the given figure is :

45 cm

50 cm

30 cm

25 cm

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18.

The diameter of a domestic sewer pipe laid at gradient 1 in 100 is recommended

100 mm

150 mm

200 mm

175 mm

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19.

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

Area of the bank of canal = B₁d₁ + Sd₂ where B₁, d₁ and S are the width of bank, height of the bank above N.S.L. and side slope respectively

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.

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20.

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

500 m³

1000 m³

1500 m³

2000 m³

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