FAQ’s for Quantity surveyor Jobs

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1. What is the meaning of Cost?

1. Prime cost + supplementary cost

2. Prime cost – supplementary cost

3. Prime cost x supplementary cost

4. Prime cost / supplementary cost

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2. The charges represented directly in the commodity produced are called as?

1. Supplementary cost

2. Prices

3. Prime cost

4. Value

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3. What is the meaning of Price?

1. Cost – Profit

2. Cost + Profit

3. Cost x Profit

4. Cost = Profit

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4. When we deduct outging amount from the gross income what do we call it as?

1. Outgoings

2. price

3. Net income

4. Gross income

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5. When we get total income from different sources what do we call it as?

1. Outgoings

2. Price

3. Net income

4. Gross income

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6. When we pay annuity at the end of each period for a certain number of years, what is it called as?

1. Annuity due

2. Deferred annuity

3. Perpetual annuity

4. Annuity certain

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7. what do we call when we try to recive annuity for an indefinite period?

1. Annuity due

2. Deferred annuity

3. Perpetual annuity

4. Annuity certain

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8. The net instalment of annual or periodical payment for repayment of capital amount invested in a property for a specified period is called as?

1. Amortization

2. Year’s purchase

3. Annuity

4. Sinking fund

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9. The value of a property at the end of its usefull life with out dismanteling it is called as?

1. Salvage Value

2. Market value

3. Scrap value

4. Book Value

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10. When we remove the original value from the depeciation value what do we get?

1. Salvage Value

2. Market value

3. Scrap value

4. Book Value

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11. When we put the property for sale in open market at any particuar time the price what we obtain is called as?

1. Market value

2. Book Value

3. Current value

4. Obsolesce value

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12. As per the standards what is the length of a steel rod in meters?

1. 10

2. 12

3. 14

4. 16

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13. Calcualte the quantity of sand required for 10 m³ of 1:2:4 cement concrete?

1. 4.4 m³

2. 4.76 m³

3. 6.51 m³

4. 8.43 m³

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14. Calculate the quantity of cement required for 10 m³ of 1: 2 : 4 cement concrete?

1. 58 bags

2. 49.98 bags

3. 60.4 bags

4. 63.4 bags

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15. Calculate the quantity of cement required for 10 m³ of brick work in cement mortar 1: 3?

1. 35 bags

2. 25 bags

3. 29 bags

4. 20 bagc

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16. How many bricks are required for 15 Cu.m of brick masonry work?

1. 500 nos.

2. 5000 nos.

3. 750 nos.

4. 7500 nos.

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17. Which IS Code do we use for mode of measurment?

1. IS : 1200

2. IS : 2100

3. IS : 12100

4. IS : 21100

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18. What is the process of calculating the quantities and costs of the various items required to complete the work is called as?

1. Estimate

2. Costing

3. Quantity surveying

4. Estimating

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19. For the list of rates of various items is prepared after the analysis of rates and document is prepared. What is that document called as?

1. Square of Rates

2. Schedule of Rates

3. Size of Rates

4. None of these

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20. Different weather conditions like extreme cold, heat or rain how will they effect the project?

1. Increase the rate of items.

2. Decrease the rate of items.

3. Constant rate of the items

4. None of the above

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21. What is the name given to the rate per unit of a particular item of work, from the cost of quantities of materials, the cost of labors, the cost of equipments and other miscellaneous petty expenses require for the completion of the project?

1. Estimating

2. Rate analysis

3. Costing

4. Specification

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22. Is the following statement True of False The steel used in the reinforcment shall be of mild steel or deformed steel?

1. True

2. False

3. Both a and b

4. None of these

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23. As per which IS Code the sand should be used in the specifications?

1. IS 800

2. IS 269

3. IS 383

4. IS 1200

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24. As per which IS Code the cement should be used in the specifications?

1. IS 800

2. IS 269

3. IS 383

4. IS 1200

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25. What is the unit of measurment of excavation?

1. kg

2. Sq.m

3. No.

4. Cu.m

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26. When ever we write the specifications it is written in a language so that they indicate what the work should be and words like “shall be” or “should be” are used. Is it Ture or False?

1. True

2. False

3. Both a and b

4. None of the above

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27. While we make specifications the sentence shall be in which format?

1. Both A and B

2. None of these

3. Long, complicated and discursive

4. Short, simple and concise

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28. The Public Works department publishes the standard specifications in a book. What is the name given to that book?

1. P.W.D. Hand book

2. R&B Hand book

3. I.S. code

4. None of these

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29. From the below mentioned options which details are shown in the specifications?

1. Type and quality of materials

2. Quality of workmanship

3. Method of measurement of an item

4. All of the above

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30. What is the unit of measurment of Centering and shuttering?

1. Cu.m

2. Sq.m

3. No.

4. Meter

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31. The unit of measurement of steel railing is?

1. Cu.m

2. No.

3. Meter

4. Sq.m

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32. What is the unit of measurment of Reinforced Cement Concrete(R.C.C)?

1. Meter

2. Sq.m

3. Cu.m

4. None of these

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33. What is the unit of measurment of damp proof course (D.P.C.)?

1. Cu.m

2. Sq.m

3. Meter

4. None of these

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34. For hard soil the earthwork excavation is measured in?

1. kg

2. Meter

3. Bag

4. Cu.m

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35. What is the Unit of measurment of Cement?

1. Bag

2. Cu.m

3. Sq.m

4. Meter

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36. From the below mentioned options select which one is not a spot item?

1. Demolishing existing structure

2. Estimating the wall

3. Constructing opening in the existing wall

4. Clearing the site

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37. What is the order or sequence of measurment as per ISI method which is to be used?

1. Breadth, length, height

2. Length, breadth, height

3. Height, breadth, length

4. None of these

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38. From the below mentioned options choose what is required while preparing a detailed estimate?

1. Dimension should be measured correct to 0.01 m

2. Area should be measured correct to 0.01 sq.m

3. Volume should be measured correct to 0.01 cu.m

4. All of the above

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39. How much % of amount from detail estimate is their for work charged establishment?

1. 3 to 5 %

2. 5 to 7%

3. 2 to 2.5 %

4. Above 10%

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40. The provision of an incidental expense variation in detailed estimate is how much % ?

1. 10 to 15

2. 3 to 5

3. 1 to 2

4. 12 to 18

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41. For some items it is hard for the for the estimator to fix an amount without seeing and studying them in detail. Such items are known as?

1. Prime cost

2. Day work

3. Spot item

4. Provisional sum

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42. The Electrification cost of a building is how much % of total estimate?

1. 1

2. 2

3. 12

4. 8

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43. What is the meaning of Floor area?

1. Plinth area – Area of

2. Carpet area – Area of walls

3. Plinth area – Carper area

4. Carpet area – Plinth area

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44. When we modifying the original detailed estimate and prepare a new estimate what is it called as?

1. Revised estimate

2. Supplementary estimate

3. Detailed estimate

4. Preliminary estimate

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45. The calculation of the quantities and costs of the various items required for work is called as?

1. Estimate

2. Costing

3. Quantity surveying

4. Estimating

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46. How much % of balcony area is included in the floor area?

1. 100

2. 75

3. 50

4. 25

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47. If there are changes in the price we prepare a revise estimate is the sanction estimate exceeds how much % ?

1. 2

2. 2.5

3. 4

4. 5

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48. For the construction of buildings, What are the subheads of the estimate for construction of building?

1. Earthwork, Concrete work, Brick work

2. Brickwork, Stone work, Roofing

3. Brickwork Flooring, Wood work, Steel work

4. All of the above

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49. Which of these does not include the plinth area of a building?

1. Lift and wall including landing

2. Area of cantilevered porch

3. Area of the walls at the floor level

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

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50. To do a work the rate of an item depends on?

1. Specifications of works

2. Specifications of materials

3. Proportion of mortar

4. All of the above

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