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. 31050
Rs. 34500
Rs. 37950
Rs. 50000
Correct Answer :
A. Rs. 31050
Related Questions
Critical path method
Is an improvement upon bar chart method
Provides a realistic approach to daily problems
Avoids delays which are very common in bar charts
All the above
Select the incorrect statement.
Earliest start of an activity is the early event time of the node it leaves.
Latest finish of an activity is the late event time of the node it enters.
Latest start of an activity is its latest finish minus its duration.
None of the above
While filling the tender for any work, the contractor considers
Site survey
Availability of construction materials
Availability of labour
All the above
CPM is
Synthesising in concepts
Is built of activities oriented programme
Is based on time estimate
All the above
If the scheduled completion time of a project is more than the earliest expected time for completion of the project, then the probability of completion of the project within the scheduled completion time will be
50 %
Less than 50 %
More than 50 %
100 %
The area under the Beta distribution curve is divided into two equal parts by
Most likely time
Optimistic time
Pessimistic time
Expected time
The direct cost of a project with respect to normal time is
Minimum
Maximum
Zero
Infinite
Final technical authority of a project lies with
Assistant Engineer
Executive Engineer
Superintending Engineer
Chief Engineer
In the given figure, the network of a project represents
Activity of an excavation of a footing
Activity of an excavation which starts at event No. 1 and ends at even No. 2
Activity of excavation which takes 8 units of time
None of these
Bar charts are suitable for
Minor works
Major works
Large projects
All the Above
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
Programme Evaluation and Review Technique, is event oriented
Programme Evaluation and Review Technique is not event oriented
Critical Path Method is event oriented
Critical Path method is event oriented
In the time-cost optimisation, using CPM method for network analysis, the crashing of the activities along the critical path is done starting with the activity having
Longest duration
Highest cost slope
Least cost slope
Shortest duration
Which of the following does not represent an activity?
Site located
Foundation is being dug
The office area is being cleaned
The invitations are being sent
Output of a bulldozer is
(i) Increased if drawbar HP of the tractor is increased for a given hauling distance
(ii) Decreased if drawbar HP of the tractor is increased for a given hauling distance
(iii) Increased if the hauling distance is increased for a given drawbar HP of the tractor
(iv) Decreased if the hauling distance is increased for a given drawbar HP of the tractor
Of these statement
(i) and (iii) are correct
(i) and (iv) are correct
(ii) and (iii) are correct
(ii) and (iv) are correct
Pre-tender stage requires
Acquisition of land
Selection of site
Fmalisation of alignment of work
All the above
Batching refers to
Controlling the total quantity at each batch
Weighing accurately, the quantity of each material for a job before mixing
Controlling the quantity of each material into each batch
Adjusting the water to be added in each batch according to the moisture content of the materials being mixed in the batch
For the supply of materials for concrete, form work reinforcing and placing of concrete, removal of form work and curing of concrete, number of bar(s) required on bar chart, is
1
2
3
4
For which of the following materials, the output of power shovels for a fixed shovel size will be maximum
Moist loam
Good common earth
Well blasted rock
Wet sticky clay
Whenever an activity has zero total float, then
Free float of the activity must be zero but independent float need not be zero
Independent float must be zero but free float need not be zero
Free float and independent float both must be zero
Free float and independent float both need not be zero
If the total float and duration of an activity are 5 and 10 days respectively, the particular activity can be
Started 5 days later
Completed 5 days later
Performed at slower rate in 15 days
All the above
Which of the following surfaces will give highest rolling resistance for a rubber tyred vehicle?
Concrete
Loose sand
Asphalt
Firm earth
If TL is the latest allowable event occurrence time, total activity slack(s), is equal to
LST-EST
LFT-EFT
TL-EFT
All the above
If t is the duration of an activity, t1 is the latest finish possible moment of its preceding activity and t2 is the earliest start possible moment, the independent float of the activity is
(t1 - t2) - t
t - (t1 - t2)
(t1 + t2) - t
t + (t1 - t2)
For completion of a project, the critical path of the network represents
Minimum time
Maximum time
Maximum cost
Minimum cost
The first stage of a construction, is
Preparation of estimate
Survey of the site
Initiation of proposal
Preparation of tender
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
The duration between the earliest start time of the preceding event and latest finish time of the succeeding event, is called 'float'
The duration of time by which an activity can be delayed without affecting the succeeding activity, is called free float
The difference between total float and free float, is called interfering float
All the above
Which one of the following represents an activity?
Excavation for foundation
Curing of concrete
Setting of question paper
All the above
If an activity has its optimistic, most likely and pessimistic times as 2, 3 and 7 respectively, then its expected time and variance are respectively
3.5 and 5/6
5 and 25/36
3.5 and 25/36
4 and 5/6
A Milestone chart
Shows the interdependencies of various jobs
Depicts the delay of jobs, if any
Points outgoing ahead of schedule of jobs, if any
None of these
The rated loads of lifting cranes, as percentage of tipping load at specified radius, for crawler-mounted and pneumatic tyre-mounted machines would be respectively
80 and 90
90 and 80
85 and 75
75 and 83