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. What is the meaning of Price?

1. Cost – Profit

2. Cost + Profit

3. Cost x Profit

4. Cost = Profit

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3. What do we call a person who takes the lease of any thing?

1. Free holder

2. Lessee

3. Lease holder

4. Both B and C

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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. The perpetuity lease(Endless Duration) is granted for how many years?

1. 999

2. 99

3. 50

4. 30

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

1. 999

2. 99

3. 50

4. 30

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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. If a property is capable of fetching more return due to its alternative use or by providing some development works, such inherent value of a property is known as?

1. Potential value

2. Market value

3. Distress value

4. Scrap value

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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. Calculate the quantity of aggregate required for 10 m³ of 1:2:4 cement concrete?

1. 6.89 m³

2. 8.8 m³

3. 9.12 m³

4. 12.98 m³

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16. 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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17. Calculate the quantity of sand required for 5 m³ of brick work in cement mortar 1: 6?

1. 1.5 m3

2. 2.41 m3

3. 3.81 m3

4. 16.66 m3

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18. 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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19. What do we call the process of calculating the quantities of various items required for complete the project?

1. Estimate

2. Costing

3. Quantity surveying

4. Estimating

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20. What si the standard size of a normal brick?

1. 19 X 9 X 9 cm

2. 20 X 10 X 10 cm

3. 20 X 12 X 8 cm

4. 20 X 10 X 8 cm

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21. What do we call the work done per day by a skilled labour to complete the quantity of work?

1. Rate analysis

2. Estimating

3. Task work

4. S.O.R.

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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. 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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24. 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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25. 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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26. 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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27. 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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28. 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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29. For hard soil the earthwork excavation is measured in?

1. kg

2. Meter

3. Bag

4. Cu.m

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30. The steel used in the reinforcments is mearuded in?

1. Bag

2. Cu.m

3. kg

4. Meter

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31. 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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32. 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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33. 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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34. 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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35. 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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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. Based on the plinth area of the building which estimate is prepared?

1. Cube rate estimate

2. Supplementary estimate

3. Maintenance estimate

4. Plinth area estimate

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39. What is the unit of road used for the measurment for usage?

1. Number of Seat

2. Number of Beds

3. Kilometer

4. Hectare meter

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40. What is the unit of stadium used for the usage?

1. Number of Seat

2. Number of Beds

3. Hectare meter

4. Number of Students

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41. What is the unit of dam used to measure for usage?

1. Number of Students

2. Number of Beds

3. Number of Seat

4. Hectare meter

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42. 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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43. 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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44. 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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45. 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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46. 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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47. The correct metric unit is what is the corrcet metric units used for estimating th eqantities for construction of a building?

1. Meter for area

2. Cubic meter for area

3. Square meters for volume

4. Liter for capacity

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48. 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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49. How much water is required for one kg distemper?

1. 0.2 Liter

2. 0.4 Liter

3. 0.6 Liter

4. 0.8 Liter

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50. For one Cubic Meter of brick masonary how many bricks are required?

1. 400

2. 450

3. 500

4. 550

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