Category: Estimating and Costing

A. Fully in excavation
B. Partly in excavation and partly in embankment
C. Fully in embankment
D. All the above

A. 70 cm
B. 75 cm
C. 80 cm
D. 90 cm

A. Setting and laying
B. Bed concreting
C. Connection to drains
D. All of these

A. Breadth of the wall
B. Half breadth of wall on each side
C. One fourth breadth of wall on each side
D. None of these

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

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

A. No deduction is made for the volume occupied by reinforcement
B. No deduction is made for the openings upto 0.1 sq.m
C. No deduction is made for volumes occupied by pipes, not exceeding 100 sq.cm in cross-section
D. None of these

A. 8°
B. 10°
C. 12°
D. 14°

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

A. Right angle to the centre line
B. 30 metres apart
C. Intermediate points having abrupt change in gradient
D. All the above