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  1. The plinth area of a building not includes

  2. A.

     Area of the walls at the floor level

    B.

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

    C.

     Lift and wall including landing

    D.

     Area of cantilevered porch


  3. In the mid-section formula

  4. A.

     The mean depth is the average of depths of two consecutive sections

    B.

     The area of mid-sections is calculated by using mean depth

    C.

     The volume of the earth work is calculated by multiplying the mid-section area by the distance between the two original sections

    D.

     All of the above


  5. The inspection pit or chamber is a manhole provided in a base drainage system

  6. A.

     At every change of direction

    B.

     At every change of gradient

    C.

     At every 30 m intervals

    D.

     All the above


  7. The cross-sectional area of the embankment of a canal fully in embankment in the given figure is

  8. A.

     ½ (b₁ + b₂) h

    B.

     (b₁ + b₂) h + sb²

    C.

     (b₁ + b₂) + 2sh²

    D.

     2 [(b₁ + b₂) (b + sh²)]


  9. Anti-siphonage pipe is connected to

  10. A.

     Main soil pipe

    B.

     Bottom of P trap W.C.

    C.

     Top of P trap W.C.

    D.

     Side of water closet


  11. The 'centre line method' is specially adopted for estimating

  12. A.

     Circular buildings

    B.

     Hexagonal buildings

    C.

     Octagonal buildings

    D.

     All the above


  13. In long and short wall method of estimation, the length of long wall is the centre to centre distance between the walls and

  14. A.

     Breadth of the wall

    B.

     Half breadth of wall on each side

    C.

     One fourth breadth of wall on each side

    D.

     None of these


  15. According to ISI method of measurement, the order of the sequence is

  16. A.

     Length, breadth, height

    B.

     Breadth, length, height

    C.

     Height, length, breadth

    D.

     None of these


  17. The rate of an item of work depends on

  18. A.

     Specifications of works

    B.

     Specifications of materials

    C.

     Proportion of mortar

    D.

     All the above


  19. The cross-sections for a highway is taken at

  20. A.

     Right angle to the centre line

    B.

     30 meters apart

    C.

     Intermediate points having abrupt change in gradient

    D.

     All the above