Civil engineer objective questions – Estimating and Costing (Section-2)

26. The unit of cribbing is

a) meter

b) meter square

c) meter cube

d) all of the above

27. Form work is measured in

a) meter

b) meter square

c) meter cube

d) none of the above

28. The brick work is measured in sq. meter in case of

a) honey comb brickwork

b) brick flat soling

c) half brick walls

d) all of the above

29. The quantity of damp proof course (D.P.C) is worked out in

a) meter cube

b) meter square

c) meter

d) lump-sum

30. The unit of ornamental pillar cap is

a) running meter

b) no

c) meter square

d) meter cube

31. The unit of door frame chaukhat is

a) running meter

b) meter square

c) meter cube

d) all of the above

32. The quantity of cement concrete PCC having thickness less than 75 mm is normally measured in

a) meter

b) meter square

c) meter cube

d) lump-sum

33. The unit of brick work having 1/2 brick thick is

a) meter

b) meter square

c) meter cube

d) none of the above

34. Scaffolding is calculated in

a) meter

b) meter cube

c) meter square

d) all of the above

35. Generally the provision for supervision is

a) 1 %

b) 2% – 3%

c) 3% – 5%

d) 5% – 10%

36. Mass curve in road project is used to

a) show cumulative cut

b) show cumulative fill

c) show cumulative cut and fill

d) none of the above

37. Excavation of earth work analysis is done

a) manpower x rate

b) manpower x rate + plant

c) plant

d) none of the above

38. Estimate is

a) calculation of quantity

b) calculation of cost

c) rough or detailed estimate

d) all of the above

39. The main objective of the estimate is

a) to find the probable cost of the work

b) to find the quantity of various materials and labour

c) to find the time of completion of the work

d) to help the checking the work done by the contractors

40. Estimate is

a) The actual cost of construction of a structure

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

c) a random guess of the cost of the structure

d) none of the above

41. Which of the following is the most correct estimate?

a) Plinth area estimate

b) cube rate estimate

c) detailed estimate

d) supplementary estimate

42. Estimate expected to be least accurate is

a) Supplementary estimate

b) plinth area estimate

c) detailed estimate

d) revised estimate

43. The plinth area estimate method is also known as

a) Square rate method

b) rectangular rate method

c) triangle rate method

d) none of the above

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

a) building

b) road and highway

c) irrigation channel

d) bridge and culvert

45. Unit rate is only for

a) preparing document

b) finding cost

c) contractor

d) none of the above

46. Actual cost of the structure is obtained

a) after design

b) after estimate

c) after detail drawing

d) only after completion of work

47. The actual cost of supplementary and revised estimates is

a) Less than estimated cost

b) more than estimated cost

c) equal to estimated cost

d) all of the above

48. Which one estimate is the best among all?

a) plinth area estimate

b) lump sum estimate

c) both (a) and (b) of above

d) detailed estimate

49. Bill of quantity contains

a) Description of work

b) Quantity of work

c) rate of the items

d) all of the above

50. Rate column of bill of quantity is filled by

a) Client

b) Client’s engineer

c) contractor

d) none of the above

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