Estimating & Costing Mcqs


Q.  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


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