The table below shows the estimated cost (in Rs. Lakh) of a project of laying a railway line between two places.
1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | |
Surveying | 41 | 7.5 | 2.2 | 0.5 |
Cement | 95 | 80 | 75 | |
Steel | 70 | 45 | 60 | |
Bricks | 15 | 12 | 16 | |
Other building material | 25 | 18 | 21 | |
Labour | 2.1 | 25 | 20 | 18 |
Administration | 7.5 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
Contingencies | 1 | 15 | 4.2 | 5 |
Total | 52.1 | 267.5 | 196.4 | 209.5 |
Type : Subjective
The total expenditure is required to be kept within Rs. 700 lakh by cutting the expenditure on administration equally in all the years. What will be the percentage cut for 1989?
Type in your answer as an integer. For example, if your answer is 22.15%, type in 23
Type : Subjective
If the length of line to be laid each year is in proportion to the estimated cost for material and labour, what fraction of the total length is proposed to be completed by the third year?
Type in your answer as a decimal number rounded off to two decimal places. For example, if your answer is 8/3, type in 2.67
Type : Subjective
It is found at the end of 1990, that the entire amount estimated for the project has been spent. If for 1991, the actual amount spent was equal to that which was estimated, by what percent (approximately) has the actual expenditure exceeded the estimated expenditure?
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Type : Subjective
After preparing the estimate, the provision for contingencies is felt inadequate and is therefore doubled. By what percent does the total estimate increase?
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