A portion of an embankment having a uniform up-gradient 1 in 500 is circular with radius 1000 m of the centre line. It subtends 180° at the centre. If the height of the bank is 1 m at the lower end, and side slopes 2:1, the earth work involved ?

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1. The ground surface slopes 1 in 50 along a proposed railway embankment 150 m in length. The height of the embankment at zero chainage is 0.5 m, the width is 11 m and side slopes 2:1. If the falling gradient of the embankment is 1 in 150, the quantity of the earthwork calculated by Prismoidal formula, is____________________?

   A. 3250 m3
   B. 3225 m3
   C. 3275 m3
   D. 3300 m3

2. If B is the width of formation, d is the height of the embankment, side slope S : 1, for a highway with no transverse slope, the area of cross-section is___________________?

   A. B + d + Sd
   B. Bd + Sd2
   C. B × d – Sd1/2
   D. ½ (Bd + Sd2)

3. The reduced levels of points, 30 metres apart along the longitudinal section of a road portion between chainages 5 and 9 are shown in the given figure. If there is a uniform up-gradient of the road 120 in 1, the chainage of the point with no filling or cutting is__________________?

   A. (6 + 15) chains
   B. (6 + 12) chains
   C. (6 + 18) chains
   D. None of these

4. If the formation level of a highway has a uniform gradient for a particular length, and the ground is also having a longitudinal slope, the earthwork may be calculated by_______________?

   A. Mid-section formula
   B. Trapezoidal formula
   C. Prismoidal formula
   D. All the above

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

   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

6. Pick up the correct statement regarding the centre line method of estimating a building?

   A. Product of the centre line of the walls and area of cross-section of any item, gives total quantity of the item
   B. The centre line is worked out separately for different sections of walls of a building
   C. The centre line length is reduced by half the layer of main wall joining the partition wall
   D. All the above

7. The ‘centre line method’ is specially adopted for estimating_________________?

   A. Circular buildings
   B. Hexagonal buildings
   C. Octagonal buildings
   D. All the above

8. The diameter of a domestic sewer pipe laid at gradient 1 in 100 is recommended___________________?

   A. 100 mm
   B. 150 mm
   C. 200 mm
   D. 175 mm

9. The following item of earth work is not measured separately ?

   A. Setting out of works
   B. Site clearance
   C. Steps in deep excavation
   D. All the above

10. The expected out turn for earth work in excavation in ordinary soil per workman per day is_______________?

    A. 1.00 cum
    B. 2.00 cum
    C. 3.00 cum
    D. 4.00 cum