COMPUTATION OF AREA AND VOLUME MCQs 15 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/15 Subscribe 1. The smallest unit of area urban properties is: (A) Acre (B) Sq. meter (C) Hectare (D) All of these 2. The accuracy of area obtained by the average ordinate rule depends upon the division of the base line is: (A) Numbers (B) Length (C) Points (D) None of these 3. More accurate method of calculating earth work is: (A) Mean depth method (B) Mean area method (C) All of these (D) Prismoidal formula 4. Irregular area may be computed by an instrument known as: (A) Pantographs (B) Passometer (C) Planimeter (D) Abney level 5. The volume computed by the prismoidal method is considered to be: (A) Linear (B) Approximate (C) Average (D) Exact 6. Formula of area of equilateral triangle having side “a” is: (A) √3/4 a² (B) √4/5 a² (C) √5/4 a² (D) a² 7. Area of an acute triangle is: (A) ½ a × b cosθ (B) ½ a × b sinθ (C) a × b /2 (D) 0.433 × a × b 8. Area of irregular figure is calculated by: (A) Abney level (B) Planimeter (C) Pantograph (D) Clinometer 9. Trapezoidal formula is also known as: (A) Prismoidal method (B) Simpson Rule (C) Co-ordinate method (D) Average end area method 10. In Trapezoidal formula the number of ordinates must be: (A) Odd (B) Even (C) Either odd or even (D) None of these 11. To obtain the correct volume using the Trapezoidal rule, the prismoidal correction should always be: (A) Added (B) Divided (C) Multiplied (D) Subtracted 12. In Simpson’s formula the number of ordinates must be: (A) Either odd or even (B) Even (C) None of these (D) Odd 13. The volume if the areas are 50.00 sq. m and 30.00 sq. m with distance 3 m is: (A) 1500 cu. m (B) 2250 cu. m (C) 4550 cu. m (D) 750 cu. m 14. In Simpson’s formula, the line joining the top of the ordinates is assumed to be: (A) Parabolic (B) Elliptical (C) Circular (D) Hyperbolic 15. Prismoidal formula to calculate volume is: (A) V = L/6 (A1 + A2 + Am) (B) V = L/3 (A1 + A2 + 2Am) (C) V = L/6 (A1 + A2 + 4Am) (D) V = L/3 (A1 + A2 + 4Am)
