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  1. Railway projects are treated as

  2. A.

     Light construction

    B.

     Heavy construction

    C.

     Industrial construction

    D.

     None of these


  3. If the excavation of earth is done manually then it costs Rs. 10 per cum. A machine can excavate at a fixed cost of Rs. 4000 plus a variable cost of Rs. 2 per cum. The quantity of earth for which the cost of excavation by machine will be equal to the cost of manual excavation is

  4. A.

     500 cum

    B.

     1000 cum

    C.

     1500 cum

    D.

     2000 cum


  5. Construction team means

  6. A.

     An engineer

    B.

     An architect

    C.

     An owner

    D.

     All the above


  7. Assertion (A): Activity 57 is critical.
    Reason (R): Earliest finish time and latest finish time for events 57 are same

  8. A.

     A is correct but R is not correct

    B.

     R is correct but A is not correct

    C.

     Both A and R is correct

    D.

     Both A and R is incorrect


  9. The time which results in the least possible construction cost of an activity, is known as

  10. A.

     Normal time

    B.

     Slow time

    C.

     Crash time

    D.

     Standard time


  11. The area under the Beta distribution curve is divided into two equal parts by

  12. A.

     Most likely time

    B.

     Optimistic time

    C.

     Pessimistic time

    D.

     Expected time


  13. The grade resistance factor for an earth moving machine can be obtained by multiplying grade percentage by a factor approximately equal to

  14. A.

     2 kg/tonne

    B.

     6 kg/tonne

    C.

     9 kg/tonne

    D.

     20 kg/tonne


  15. Which one of the following is not an excavating and moving type of equipment?

  16. A.

     Bulldozer

    B.

     Clam shell

    C.

     Scraper

    D.

     Dump truck