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  1. 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

  2. A.

     20 kg/tonne

    B.

     30 kg/tonne

    C.

     40 kg/tonne

    D.

     50 kg/tonne

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  3. A tractor whose weight is 20 tonnes has a drawbar pull of 2500 kg, when operated on a level road having a rolling resistance of 30 kg per tonne. If this tractor is operated on a level road having a rolling resistance of 40 kg per tonne, then the drawbar pull of the tractor will

  4. A.

     Reduce by 200 kg

    B.

     Increase by 200 kg

    C.

     Increase by 250 kg

    D.

     Reduce by 250 kg

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  5. The time with which direct cost does not reduce with the increase in time is known as

  6. A.

     Crash time

    B.

     Normal time

    C.

     Optimistic time

    D.

     Standard time

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  7. If the gross vehicle weight of a truck is 30 tonne and rolling resistance is 30 kg/tonne, then the tractive effort required to keep the truck moving at a uniform speed is

  8. A.

     30 kg

    B.

     300 kg

    C.

     900 kg

    D.

     1000 kg

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  9. For a given size of bucket, the ideal output of a dragline will be least in

  10. A.

     Moist loam

    B.

     Sand and gravel

    C.

     Good common earth

    D.

     Wet sticky clay

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  11. Frederick W. Taylor introduced a system of working known as

  12. A.

     Line organization

    B.

     Line and staff organization

    C.

     Functional organization

    D.

     Effective organization

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  13. For the execution of a project, a contractor is

  14. A.

     A person

    B.

     A firm

    C.

     An agency

    D.

     All the above

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  15. 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?

  16. A.

     Rs. 31050

    B.

     Rs. 34500

    C.

     Rs. 37950

    D.

     Rs. 50000

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  17. Works costing less than Rs. 20,000 are treated as

  18. A.

     Any project

    B.

     Major projects

    C.

     Minor projects

    D.

     All the above

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  19. If the expected time for completion of a project is 10 days with a standard deviation of 2 days, the expected time of completion of the project with 99.9% probability is

  20. A.

     4 days

    B.

     6 days

    C.

     10 days

    D.

     16 days

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