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 Owner who allows another person to enjoy rights over his property is called as?

1. Servient owner

2. Free holder

3. Dominant owner

4. Lease holder

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3. The long term lease is granter for how many years?

1. 999

2. 99

3. 50

4. 30

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4. What do we calll the owner who grants the lease of the property to the other person as?

1. Lessee

2. Lease holder

3. Lessor

4. None of these

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5. 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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6. What do we call when the capital sum required to be invested in order to receive an annuity at certain rate of interest, is called as?

1. Amortization

2. Year’s purchase

3. Annuity

4. Sinking fund

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7. 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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8. From the total cost of the construction how much % is the scrap value of the building?

1. 5%

2. 10%

3. 15%

4. 20%

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9. If we sell a property lower than the market value of that time is said to have what value?

1. Market value

2. Scrap value

3. Book Value

4. Distress value

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10. 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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11. When we dismantel the property when we can not use the property for usage we try to sell that waste materila, what do we call that value as?

1. Salvage Value

2. Market value

3. Scrap value

4. Book Value

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12. 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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13. 1 bag of cement of 50 kgs covers how much volume?

1. 0.025 m³

2. 0.035 m³

3. 0.055 m³

4. 0.045 m³

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14. 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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15. 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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16. 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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17. Is the below statement True of False, Bricks shall be laid in English bond unless otherwise specified?

1. True

2. False

3. Both a & b

4. None of this

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18. If a 1st class dry brick is immersed in water for 24 hours how % of water should it absorb by its weight?

1. 10%

2. 15%

3. 20%

4. 25%

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19. 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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20. 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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21. What is the unit of measurment of excavation?

1. kg

2. Sq.m

3. No.

4. Cu.m

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22. In all engineering departments they prepare detailed specifications of certain common items of construction and publish them in book form. What are such types of specifications called as?

1. General specification

2. Detailed specification

3. Short specification

4. Standard specifications

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23. In the contract document which type of specificaitons is a part of it?

1. Short specification

2. General specification

3. Detailed specification

4. All of the above

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24. In the contract document which type of specificaitons is not a part of it?

1. Short specification

2. General specification

3. Detailed specification

4. All of the above

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

1. Cu.m

2. Sq.m

3. No.

4. Meter

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26. The birck work done in Foundation, Plinth level, Supestructure are measured in?

1. Cu.m

2. Sq.m

3. Meter

4. None of the above

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27. In measuring plastering, no deduction is made for opening up to/ While we are doing the calcualtions for the palstering we don’t do the deductions for opening up to how many m²?

1. 0.25 m²

2. 1.0 m²

3. 1.5 m²

4. 0.5 m²

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28. While doing backfilling or refilling earthwork in foundation pit the thickness should not exceed for each layer?

1. 10 cm

2. 20 cm

3. 30 cm

4. 50 cm

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29. When we are measuring the weight of an item we corrrectly measure nearest to how much Kgs?

1. 0.25 kg

2. 0.50 kg

3. 1.00 kg

4. 5 kg

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30. Choose from the below given options what do we consider 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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31. The amount which is provided in the estimate and bill of quantities for some specialized work to be done by a specialized firm; whose details are not known at the time of preparing estimate is called as?

1. Prime cost

2. Day work

3. Spot item

4. Provisional sum

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32. When we are measuring an area we measure it correctly and nearest to?

1. 0.01 sq.m

2. 0.02 sq.m

3. 0.03 sq.m

4. 0.04 sq.m

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33. 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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34. 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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35. 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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36. The area of our house in which we can live is called as?

1. Circulation area

2. Plinth area

3. Carpet area

4. Built up area

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37. 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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38. While preparing the plint area estimate from the below mentioned options which item is not included?

1. Wall thickness

2. Cantilever porch

3. W.C. Area

4. Room area

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39. We use appoximate estimate to prepare an estimate for an work what is also known as?

1. Preliminary estimate

2. Rough estimate

3. Both A and B

4. None of the above

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40. From the below mentioned options choose which estimate is least accurate to work?

1. Detailed estimate

2. Plinth area estimate

3. Supplementary estimate

4. Revised estimate

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41. To prepare an proper estimate of a work we requier Drawing, Specifications and what?

1. Materials

2. Item rates

3. Labours

4. Transportation

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

1. 100

2. 75

3. 50

4. 25

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44. From the below mentioned options choose which is not included in the carpet area?

1. The walls along with doors and other openings

2. Bath room and lavatory

3. Kitchen and pantry

4. All of the above

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45. Which one of the following is the most reliable estimate?

1. Detailed estimate

2. Preliminary estimate

3. Plinth area estimate

4. Cube rate estimate

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46. For which item the measurement is not made in square meters?

1. DPC (Damp proof course)

2. Form works

3. Concrete Jeffries

4. RCC (Chhajja)

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47. 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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48. The omitted cover of concrete is assumed to be for estimating a reinforced cement structure?

1. At the end of reinforcing bar, not less than 25 mm or twice the diameter of the bar

2. In thin slabs, 12 mm minimum or diameter of the bar whichever is more

3. For reinforcing longitudinal bar in a beam 25 mm minimum or diameter of the largest bar which is more

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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