Estimating & Costing Online Test - Paper 2

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1. The full form of VAT is

a) Variation at tax

b) Voucher and tax

c) Value-added tax

d) Violation and taxation

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2. The appropriate cost to the complete labor as a percentage of the total cost of the building is

a) 10%

b) 25%

c) 40%

d) 5%

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3. Estimate is

a) the actual cost of construction of a structure

b) the probable cost arrived at before the commencement of the structure

c) a random guess of the cost of the structure

d) none of the above

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4. Generally, the unit of measurement for partition walls is

a) cu m

b) sq m

c) running metre

d) numbers

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5. Payment of the steel is done by

a) per quintal

b) per MT

c) per thousand

d) per bundle

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6. Rate analysis prepared by the ministry of transport and work includes

a) Labour & material

b) Labour, material & equipment

c) Labour, material & supervision

d) All of the above

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7. In the case of unsewered areas, an additional provision for a septic tank is usually

a) 1% of the building cost

b) 3 to 4% of the building cost

c) 10% of the building cost

d) 12 to 15% of the building cost

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8. If valuable properties are found during excavation, it becomes the property of

a) Contractor

b) Labourers

c) Owner of the site

d) Government

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9. Tender does not contain

a) Notice

b) Item of work

c) Estimated cost

d) Item rate

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10. Which of the followings is not an essential part of the general specification of public works?

a) Material details

b) Work methodology

c) Illustrative sketches

d) Mode of measurement for payment

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11. Work-charged establishment

a) 1.50%

b) 2.50%

c) 3.50%

d) 5%

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12. The estimated quantity of cement required in cement mortar (1:6) per cubic meter will be

a) 5.4 bags

b) 4.8 bags

c) 8 bags

d) 3 bags

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13. A document showing the list of quantity of various items of works required for the completion of any project is known as

a) Schedule of quantity

b) Schedule of rates

c) Analysis of rate

d) Abstract estimate

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14. The unit rate of items written by the contractor in BOQ is in numeral as well as alphabetical form. Which one is preferred?

a) numeral

b) alphabetical

c) both of the above

d) none of the above

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15. Salvage value of any structure is

a) Less than the scrap value

b) More than the scrap value

c) Equal to the scrap value

d) All of the above

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16. The method of valuation of a building as used by commercial banks is based on:

a) Detailed item-wise cost

b) Cubic content cost

c) Plinth area cost

d) Real construction cost

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17. Which of the following is known as general overhead?

a) Losses on advance

b) Interest on investment

c) Traveling Express

d) Amenities to the labor

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18. During the calculation of RCC, the amount of steel deducted is

a) 3% of the total steel

b) 5% of the total steel

c) 10% of the total steel

d) 0% of the total steel

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19. A layer of dry bricks put below the foundation concrete, in the case of soft soils, is called

a) Soling

b) Dead man

c) D.P.C.

d) None of the above

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20. Plinth area estimate is an approximate estimate mostly used for the estimation of:

a) Bridges

b) Irrigation channel

c) Building

d) Road

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21. The unit of payment for excavation trenches for pipes, cables, etc., up to 1.5 m depth in ordinary rock/hard rock is

a) cu m

b) sq m

c) metre

d) tonne

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22. 1 He=......Ropani.

a) 19

b) 24

c) 29

d) 34

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23. Arrange the specific weights of wood (w), cement (c), steel (s), and coarse aggregate (A) in increasing order

a) W-C-S-A

b) W-C-A-S

c) A-S-C-W

d) A-C-S-W

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24. What is the minimum period for which the lime concrete in the foundation be left wet without the construction of masonry over it?

a) 3 days

b) 5 days

c) 7 days

d) 15 days

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25. As per norms prepared by the ministry of transport & works, one porter can carry a weight of

a) 50 kg upto 5 kosh

b) 40 kg upto 4 kosh

c) 30 kg upto 3 kosh

d) None of the above

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26. Whenever color washing on A.C. corrugated sheets is done, in the estimation, the plan area of the sheets is increased by

a) 5%

b) 10%

c) 15%

d) 20%

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27. In the center line method of working out volumes, for cross walls, what deductions must be made from the center line length at each junction?

a) twice the breadth

b) breadth

c) 1.5 times the breadth

d) half the breadth

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28. According to ISI method of measurement, the order of sequence is:

a) Length, breadth, height

b) Breadth, height, length

c) Height, length, breadth

d) Length, height, breadth

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29. Following items of earthwork are not measured separately

a) setting out of work

b) site clearance

c) dead man

d) all of the above

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30. The nominal lead and lift allowed for the earthwork in the excavations of the foundations are

a) 50 m and 2 m

b) 30 m and 2 m

c) 30 m and 1.5 m

d) 20 m and 1.5 m

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