Kerala PSC Assistant Engineer(civil)-Archaeology/Assistant Engineer(civil)/Head Draftsman(civil)-Agriculture(Engineering Wing)(143/2015) Mock Test

1. Most chemically active concrete aggregate are from:

2. Common sugar added to concrete:

3. Air permeability test is done to measure :

4. ASCU is

5. For concrete exposed to dry conditions, the minimum curing period is:

6. A window that projects outside the external walls of a room is:

7. A floor slab Supported directly on column is called:

8. Service plan:

9. The notational colour for existing hazardous building in a site plan is:

10. For a rectangular foundation of width b, eccentricity of load should not exceed:

11. The projecting ornamental course at the junction of a wall and ceiling:

12. Group B buildings are:

13. Roof trusses are generally used when the span exceeds:

14. In struck pointing, the face of the pointing is:

15. Minimum period before striking soffit formwork to slabs:

16. The line joining the optical centre of object glass to the centre of eye- piece of a telescope is:

17. The line normal to the plumb line at all points:

18. The staff readings taken at stations A, B, C, D from a single setup of the level are 0.535, 1.105, 2.155, 1.785. The station B is:

19. The BS is 6.655 taken on BM of RL 400.000. If FS is 1.45, RL of the last station is :

20. The horizontal angle between the true meridian and magnetic meridian is known as:

21. The fore and back bearing of a line differ exactly by:

22. The angles of elevation from A to the top and bottom of a rod of length 2 m held vertically at
B are 45° and 30° respectively. The horizontal distance AB is:

23. The sun is at the Autumnal Equinox on:

24. Subsidiary station established as near the true triangulation station as possible is known as:

25. The centre of gravity of a right circular hollow cone of diameter d and height h lies at a
vertical distance of _____ from the base.

26. A block of weight 20kN just begins to move along a horizontal surface on application of 5kN
horizontal force. The coefficient of friction between block and surface is:

27. Which of the following is an incorrect assumption in the analysis of truss?

28. During strain hardening:

29. Ability of a material to absorb energy within the elastic range:

30. A cantilever beam fixed at left end carries a udl w/ unit length over the left half portion and a point load W at the free end. If L is the length of the beam, the bending moment at fixed end is:

31. A beam ABC, is simply supported at A and B and BC is overhanging. AB = L and BC = L/2
and it carries a point load P at C. The deflection at C is:

32. The Poisson's ratio of a material is 0.3 and Young's modulus is 200 GPa. Its Rigidity Modulus is:

33. Bending moment M and torque T are applied on a solid circular shaft. If the maximum
bending stress is equal to the maximum shear stress developed, M is equal to:

34. Surface tension is caused by a force of ______ at the free surface.

35. Find the height of a mountain if pressure measured at its base and top are 74 cm and 60 cm of mercury respectively. Specific weight of air is 11.97 N/m³:

36. A stable submerged body has:

37. Poise is the unit of:

38. The velocity distribution at any section of a pipe for steady laminar flow is:

39. In flow through pipe, the efficiency of transmission under conditions of maximum power
transmission is:

40. A rectangular channel will be most economical when the flow depth and bottom width are in the ratio

41. Water flow in large sized pipes for large flow rates can be measured using:

42. An inward flow reaction turbine:

43. The amount of moisture present in the air expressed as mass per unit volume is:

44. The salt concentration in irrigation water is generally measured by :

45. Optimum depth of kor- watering for rice is:

46. The crop period of a crop is 120 days. It requires 10 cm depth of water at every 10 days. Its delta is:

47. The water which cannot be extracted by the plants from the soil is called :

48. The canal which is not supposed to do any irrigation is called:

49. The geological formation which contains and readily yields water to tube wells :

50. Type of cross-drainage work where canal is passed below the drainage is :

51. A reservoir which retains excess supplies during periods of peak flows and release them gradually during low flows:

52. A plot of cumulative rain versus time is called:

53. Example of subsurface source of water:

54. The standard unit of turbidity of water is that which is produced by 1 mg of ______ dissolved in one litre of distilled water.

55. A compound that imparts temporary hardness to water:

56. Which of the following is incorrect regarding a slow sand filter:

57. A method of disinfection of drinking water:

58. BOD of effluent from secondary biological treatment of sewage is:

59. During sludge digestion:

60. The disposal method in which solid waste is heated in an oxygen free atmosphere and
reduced to gaseous, liquid and solid fractions :

61. The best system of plumbing of drainage work in building is:

62. Water content of soil is 0.15, Degree of saturation 70%, void ratio is 0.61, then specific gravity
is:

63. The numerical difference between liquid limit and plastic limit is :

64. The volumetric strain per unit increase in effective stress of soil is defined as:

65. Failure of a finite slope along a surface that intersects the slope above the toe:

66. The height to diameter ratio of cylindrical specimen for uniaxial compression test of concrete is:

67. Which of the following is a measure of dynamic modulus of elasticity of concrete?

68. The partial safety factor for strength of concrete for service ability limit state is:

69. When reinforcement bars placed short of their required length need to be extended, we use:

70. The ultimate moment of resistance by LSM for a beam with b = 300 mm, d = 550 mm, M20 concrete, reinforced with 4-25mm dia Fe250 bars :

71. The minimum area of tension reinforcement required in a rectangular beam section
200 mm x 400 mm if Fe415 steel is used at 25 mm effective cover:

72. Effective span of a simply supported beam is :

73. Minimum grade of concrete for pre tensioned pre-stressed concrete:

74. Minimum reinforcement required in either direction in slabs reinforced with high strength deformed bars is:

75. Structural steel of grade Fe410A has ultimate tensile strength of:

76. The diameter of bolt hole for a bolt of nominal size 12 mm is:

77. Common hot rolled steel axial compression members fail by :

78. As per Indian Standards, the maximum bearing pressure at the column base, should not
exceed the bearing strength equal to:

79. A flat compression element of a cold formed steel section, stiffened at both edges parallel to the direction of stress is called:

80. Failure by block shear at an end connection of a plate involves:

81. Which of the following decides the width of taxiway?

82. Elevator :

83. What is the super elevation required on a horizontal circular curve of radius 100m for a
design speed of 50 km/h and coefficient of lateral friction 0.15?

84. Ruling gradient for mountainous terrain is:

85. The psychological widening required on a horizontal curve of radius 235 m for a design speed of 65 km/h is:

86. If the cross slope of a terrain is 20 %, according to IRC classification, it is a:

87. The number of vehicles occupying a unit length of a lane of roadway at a given instant is:

88. Which of the following is a warning sign?

89. The gauge of a railway track is defined as:

90. Equilibrium cant for a 3° curve on a Broad Gauge track, if the permitted speed is 70 kmph, is:

91. The gradient which determines the maximum load that the engine can haul on a section:

92. The difference between the latest allowable time and the earliest expected time is:

93. Military organisation is:

94. 'The Garden City' principle for town planning was introduced by:

95. Which of the following is a natural growth of a town?

96. Honey comb brick wall is measured in:

97. The value of dismantled materials :