KPSC-MOCK-TEST Mock Exam
KPSC Mock Test: Assistant Engineer - Civil - Kerala State Road Transport Corporation
KPSC Mock Test: Assistant Engineer - Civil - Kerala State Road Transport Corporation
Official Kerala Public Service Commission ONLINE Exam Question Paper & Answer Key. • Name of Post: Assistant Engineer - Civil - Kerala State Road Transport Corporation • Department / Institution: -KERALA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION • Category Number: 139/2012 • Date of Test: 07.09.2013 • Answer Key: Final Answer Key Question Paper PDF: https://www.keralapsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/2018-08/139_2012_pvlQ.pdf Answer Key PDF: https://www.keralapsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/2019-04/final_answer_key.pdf
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The terminal velocity of a small sphere settling in a viscous fluid varies as the
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A cement bag contains 0.035 cubic meter of cement by volume. How many bags will one tonne of cement comprises
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Efflorescence of bricks is due to
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Which of the following constituent in earth gives plasticity to mould bricks in suitable shape
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The compound which contributes the highest share of heat of hydration in cement is
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Putty is made up of .
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In making Concrete ,maximum density is achieved by,
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which one of the following is not a vehicle in paints
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In high tensile steel carbon should be less than
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The head room for a staircase should not be less than
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The ratio of cement mortar preferred in load bearing walls in brick masonry is
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A curtain wall carries
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In ordinary residential and public buildings ,the DPC is provided at
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Laterite is a
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Marble is
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In any case the bearing of lintel should not be less than
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The resultant of two equal forces(F) acting in opposite directions will be
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The set of forces ,whose resultant is zero, are known as
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The centre of gravity of a plane lamina is not at its geometrical centre if it is a
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A system of coplanar forces is in equilibrium when
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The diagram showing the point of application and line of action of forces in their plane is called
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The specification of earth work in foundation trenches,drains etc. Lift ordinarly specified is
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In analysis of rates contractors profit is taken at the rate of
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One cubic metre of cement concrete (1:2:4) is to be mixed by volume .Number of cement bags required approximately will be
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The thickness of plastering to masonry wall is usually
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In a detailed estimate the provision for contingencies is,usually
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Original cost of property minus depreciation is
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while submitting a tender the contractor is required to deposit some amount with the department, as guarantee of the tender known as
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For a comfortable ascent of stairway the number of steps in a flight should be restricted to a maximum of
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Construction of temporary structure to support an unsafe structure is known as
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Which of the following is not an excavating equipment
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An Ideal flow of any fluid must fulfil the
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A cubical tank is filled with water. If side of tank is 1m ,pressure on the base of the tank will be
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The buoyancy depends upon the
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block of wood 2m long, 2m wide and 1m deep is floating horizontally in water. If density of wood is 800 kg/m3 ,then the volume of water displaced will be
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The flow in a pipe or channel is said to be uniform when
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Flow in a pipe is laminar if the Reynold’s number is
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Two pipe systems in series are said to be equivalent when
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In open channel water flows under
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weir may be used to measure
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The direction of flow of liquid in a propeller pump impeller is in
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The ratio of volume of voids to the total volume of the given soil mass, is known as
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Dry density of soil is
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The effective size of a soil is
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A soil having uniformity coefficient more than 10 is called
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The property of a soil which permits flow of water through its interconnected voids is called
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The functional equation for specific gravity G ,water content w,void ratio e and degree of saturation Sr is
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The law states that in laminar flow in a saturated soil, the velocity is directly proportional to the hydraulic gradient is called
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The gradual reduction in volume of a soil mass resulting from an increase in and continued application of compressive stress and is due to expulsion of water from the pores is called
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The minimum size of plate in plate load test is
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Bearing capacity should be calculated from the criteria of
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Floating foundation is a type of
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A shallow foundation is a foundation that
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Diameter of a circular footing is 3m and side of a square footing is 3m.Both the footings are in the same soil(c-Ø) at same depth. The ultimate bearing capacity of circular footing is
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The energy stored in a material within elastic limit when it is under strain is called
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The property of a material enabling it to resist deformation under stress is called
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The rate of change of bending moment is equal to
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The point in a beam where the shear force changes sign is called the point of
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For a simply supported beam ,carrying a uniformly distributed load ,the shape of the bending moment diagram will be,
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A cantilever beam of length L,cross-section A is subjected to a total uniformly distributed Load of W and a concentrated load W1 at a distance L1 from free end will have maximum moment of
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Out of the following mild steel section ,the most economical section is
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The shear stress on the principal plane is
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If the number of members provided is more than the requirement,then the frame will be classified as
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The most suitable reason to adopt hollow circular section in place of solid circular shaft Is
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The back sight reading on a BM(200m) was 2.650m.If the inverted staff reading to the bottom of a cantilever porch slab is 0.350m,the RL of the bottom of the slab is
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A survey in which horizontzl and vertical locations are fixed by linear and angular measurements is known as
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The survey in which the curvature of earth is ignored is called
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As per Indian Standard ,the length of one link in 30m chain should be
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The error in measured length due to sag of chain or tape is known as
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The base line is measured with
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If the fore bearing of a line AB is observed to be 12°24’ ,the back bearing of line AB should be
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At magnetic poles,the dip of magnetic needle is
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In levelling the error due to refraction is
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Closed contours with higher values inside represents
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When the bubble of the level tube of a level is central
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The process of turning the telescope about the vertical axis in a horizontal plane is known as
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The hinged end of a propped cantilever of span L settles by an amount δ, then the rotation of the hinged end will be
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Two beams carrying identical loads, simply supported, are having same depth but beam A has double the width as compared that of beam B. The ratio of the strength of beam A to that of beam B is
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Defection can be controlled by using the appropriate
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In a load-balanced prestressed concrete beam under self load ,the cross-section is subjected to
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In a cantilever retaining wall of height ‘h’ the horizontal pressure of earth will act at a distance of
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The minimum size of reinforcement bars in RCC column is
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In a cantilever beam tensile reinforcement is provided
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In a doubly reinforced rectangular beam, the allowable stress in compression steel is
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The section in which concrete is not fully stressed to its permissible value when stress in steel reaches its maximum value, is called
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A hydrograph is a plot of
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The instrument used for measuring wind speed is
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The method of moment distribution in structural analysis can be treated as
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Which one of the following tests is performed in the laboratory to determine the extent weathering of aggregates for road work
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Which one of the following method is used in the design of rigid pavements
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The Plasticity index of the granular sub base material should be
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For removal of temporary hardness in water
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Zeolite is
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Coagulants are used when turbidity of water is more than
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The Contact pressure distribution under a rigid footing on a cohesionless soil Would be
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The minimum grade of concrete used for RCC work shall be
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The stripping time for form work props of beam having span more than 6m is
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In water bound macadam roads,binding material to hold stones is
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Plinth area of a building is
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The maximum horizontal distance between reinforcement in RCC slab in tension as per IS 456 is
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