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Calculate the cost of carriage of 50,000 bricks by bullock carts, from a distance of 7 km on kutcha road. The cart can make two trips per day and can carry 250 bricks per trip. The wages of bullock cart may be taken as Rs.50 per day including the driver.(a) Rs.10,000(b) Rs.5000(c) Rs.1000(d) Rs.500I have been asked this question in an international level competition.The question is from Estimate of Materials for Different House Parts in portion Specifications, Estimation of Quantities of Materials and Transport of Civil Engineering Drawing |
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Answer» RIGHT choice is (b) Rs.5000 For EXPLANATION I WOULD say: No. of trips required = 50000/250 = 200 No. of DAYS work at TWO trips per day = 200/2 = 100 Cost of transport @Rs.50 per day = 100*50 = Rs.5000. |
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