Kerala PSC Overseer (civil); Overseer Gr. II/Draftsman Gr. II; Draftsman Gr. I/ Overseer Gr. I(civil) (101/21) Mock Test

1. Geologically marble is known as

2. The function of gypsum in cement is to

3. The frog of brick is normally laid on its

4. Linseed oil is used in paint as

5. Brass is an alloy of

6. The brick laid with its breadth parallel to the face of the wall is known as

7. Flemish bond is a type of bond in which the masonry contains

8. The under surface of an arch is called

9. The highest line of sloping roof where two opposite slopes meet is known as

10. The main principle of surveying is to work

11. A well conditioned triangle does not have any angle less than

12. An imaginary line joining points of equal elevation on the surface of the earth
represents

13. The zero of the graduated circle of a prismatic compass is located at

14. A clinometers is used for

15. The method of surveying in which field work and plotting work are done simultaneously
is called

16. Pantagraph is used for

17. The centre of gravity of a plane lamina will not be at its geometrical centre if it is a

18. The moment of inertia of a triangular section with base b, height h about centroidal
axis parallel to base is

19. Every material obeys the Hooke’s law within its

20. Strain energy is the energy

21. The bending equation is

22. When a cantilever beam is loaded at its free end, the maximum compressive stress
develop at

23. The shear force at the free end of a cantilever beam of length l carrying a uniformly
distributed load of w/unit length is

24. Point of contraflexure occurs in

25. The maximum shear stress developed in a beam of rectangular section is

26. differential manometers are used to measure

27. If H is the depth of water retained by a vertical wall, the height of centre of pressure
above the bottom is

28. An ideal fluid

29. Critical depth h of a channel is

30. A piezometer tube is used only for measuring

31. Symon’s rain gauge is

32. The rainfall cycle period in India is taken as

33. The fall of moisture from atmosphere to the earth surface in any form is called

34. A canal aligned nearly parallel to the contours of a country is known as

35. A solid construction put across the river to raise its water level and divert into the
canal is known as

36. Permanent hardness of water can be removed by

37. The maximum permissible chloride content in treated water of public water supplies
should not exceed

38. In rapid sand filter air binding is caused due to excessive

39. The gas which may cause explosion in sewers is,

40. Removal of oil and grease from sewage is known as

41. Surge tanks are used to

42. The level of underground water is called

43. Talus is the soil transported by

44. minimum size of the particles of silt soil is

45. The portion of road surface used for vehicular traffic only is known as

46. The rate of rise or fall of a road surface along its alignment is called

47. The width of top portion of flat footed rail is

48. The track from which train divert is known as

49. Which one of the following is used to fix flat footed rails on wooden sleepers ?

50. A camber consisting of two straight slopes joining at the centre is called

51. The diameter of longitudinal bars in a column should not be less than

52. In a doubly reinforced beam, steel reinforcement is provided in

53. CPm is

54. A bar chart is drawn by

55. Bulk density of a soil is defined as the ratio of

56. If w is the water content and y is the unit weight of soil mass, then total unit weight
of dry soil yd is equal to

57. The section in which concrete is not fully stressed to its permissible value when stress
in steel reaches its maximum value is called

58. The longitudinal shearing stress acting on the surface between the steel and concrete
are called

59. The spacing of vertical stirrups in a rectangular beam is

60. The section of a beam having greater width at the top in comparison to the width
below neutral axis is known as

61. The most reliable estimate is

62. According to ISI method of measurement the order is in the sequence

63. The minimum width of septic tank is taken as

64. The height of sink of wash basin above floor level kept

65. Pick up the sedimentary rock from the following.

66. In living trees the growth is due to

67. The percentage of silica in the composition of Portland cement is

68. The external corner of wall surface is known as

69. Line ranger is used for

70. If the degree of a curve is 4.5, the radius of the curve is

71. The vertical distance between total energy line and hydraulic gradient line
represents

72. Which is the rigid pavement from the following ?

73. The artificial barrier constructed in sea for making the enclosed area safe for the
anchorage of ships

74. Lime obtained from stones containing high percentage of aluminium silicate is
called

75. The material which possesses elastic properties in all directions at any point is called

76. At the equator the amount of dip in degrees

77. The lines passing through the points of equal magnetic declination

78. The vertical wells provided along the banks of a river to draw ground water in dry
season are called

79. As per Indian standards water consumption per capita per day for domestic purpose is

80. In a shunting signal if the red band is horizontal it indicates

81. A track assembly used for diverting train from one track to another is known as

82. A defined area of the airport to accommodate aircrafts for loading and unloading of
cargo and passengers, parking, refueling etc. are known as

83. The intermediate supports for the superstructure of a multi span bridge are known as

84. A small bridge having total length of 6 m or less between the faces of the abutment
is known as

85. The granular material spread on the formation of a railway track for the sleeper to
rest upon is known as

86. Road alignment is

87. The vertical side member of a shutter frame is called

88. Couple roof is used for spans

89. In chain surveying a tie line is provided

90. Two contour lines having the same elevation

91. For most economical rectangular section of a channel the depth is kept

92. If H is the depth of water retained by a vertical wall, the height of centre of pressure
above the bottom is

93. Absolute humidity in air

94. Dicken’s formula for high flood estimate is useful only for the catchment in

95. The detention period for plain sedimentation water tank is usually

96. The soil which contain finest grain particles

97. Reynold’s number is the ratio of inertia force to

98. The theodolite is an instrument for measuring

99. The anti-siphonage pipe is not required in

100. The construction of a temporary structure required to support an unsafe structure is
called