Construction Planning and Management
An earth moving equipment costs Rs. 5,00,000 and has an estimated life of 10 years and a salvage value of Rs. 50,000. What uniform annual amount must be set aside at the end of each of the 10 years for replacement if the interest rate is 8% per annum and if the sinking fund factor at 8% per annum interest rate for 10 years is 0.069?

Rs. 37950
Rs. 34500
Rs. 50000
Rs. 31050

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Construction Planning and Management
In India, are prefabricated components costlier than those of traditional cast-in-situ items that the prefabricated components replace?

Yes, because of the very high order of quality control for the factory made components
No, because of savings in site labour
Yes, because of heavier overheads and handling cost
No, because of repetitive manufacture of a number of elements

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Construction Planning and Management
Consider the following statements for a power shovel: (i) Output can be increased by reducing the angle of swing for a given depth of cut. (ii) For a given angle of swing, output will be maximum at optimum depth of cut. (iii) Output can be increased by keeping the depth of cut less than optimum depth. (iv) Output can be increased by increasing the size of shovel.

(i), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(ii), (iii) and (iv) are correct
(i), (ii) and (iv) are correct
(i) and (iv) are correct

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