12 AUGUST 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

A four wheel truck or whose operating weight is 12000 kg is pulled along a road having a rising slope of 2% at a uniform speed. Assume grade resistance factor = 10 kg/tonne. The tension in the tow cable is 720 kg. The rolling resistance of the road will be

20 kg/tonne

50 kg/tonne

40 kg/tonne

30 kg/tonne

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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. 50000

Rs. 31050

Rs. 37950

Rs. 34500

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The direct cost of a project with respect to normal time is

Maximum

Infinite

Minimum

Zero

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Sinking fund is

A part of the money kept in reserve for providing additional structures and structural modifications

Raised to meet maintenance costs

The fund for rebuilding a structure when its economic life is over

The total sum to be paid to the municipal authorities by the tenants

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Updating may result in

Change of critical path

Decrease of project completion time

Increase of project completion time

All of these

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Time and progress chart of a construction, is also known as

Bar chart

All listed here

Gantt chart

Modified Mile stone chart

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

9 kg/tonne

2 kg/tonne

20 kg/tonne

6 kg/tonne

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If to, tp and tm are the optimistic, pessimistic and most likely time estimates of an activity respectively, the expected time t of the activity will be

to + 3tm+ tp/3

to + 4tm+ tp/5

to + 4tm+ tp/6

to + 4tm+ tp/4

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Which of the following excavators is most suitable for digging under water?

Drag line

Dipper shovel

Hoe

Clam shell

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Which of the following does not represent an activity?

Site located

The office area is being cleaned

Foundation is being dug

The invitations are being sent

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