Question

______________ include general office expenses, rents, taxes, supervision and other costs which are indirect expenses and not productive expenses on the job.

(a) Total costs

(b) General costs

(c) Overhead costs

(d) Contingencies

I got this question during an interview for a job.

I need to ask this question from Estimation of Basic Rates Occurred in chapter Analysis of Rates of Civil Engineering Drawing

Answer 1

Right answer is (c) Overhead costs

Explanation: The miscellaneous expenses on overheads may be under the following heads- General overheads, Job overheads.