Kerala PSC Draftsman Gr II Paper 2016

Kerala Public Service Commission Town Planning Surveyor Paper 2016

The centre line length of a single room building of size 6.5 x 5 m and wall thickness 30 cm is
(a) 24.0 m
(b) 24.2 m
(c) 24.6 m
(d) 24.8 m

The data necessary to prepare an estimate is
(a) Specification
(b) Drawing
(c) Rate
(d) All the above

Comparative statement is necessary for the preparation of
(a) Cubical content estimate
(b) Plinth area estimate
(c) Revised estimate
(d) Item rate estimate

The term used to indicate the actual amount incurred in producing a commodity which possess some value
(a) Value
(b) Price
(c) Rate
(d) Cost

The rate of wear of stones which are used in road construction can be found out by
(a) Hardness test
(b) Attrition test
(c) Acid test
(d) Crushing test

The lower the water cement ratio
(a) The lower the strength and workability
(b) The greater the strength and workability
(c) The lesser the strength and workability
(d) The greater the strength and lesser the workability

Vertical joints separating the bricks by mortar is
(a) Prepend
(b) Arrises
(c) Lap
(d) Closer

ISMC indicates
(a) I sections
(b) Channel sections
(c) Angle section
(d) T section

A waste from the manufacture of pig iron is used for which cement?
(a) High alumina cement
(b) Sulphate resisting cement
(c) Blast furnace slag cement
(d) Acid resisting cement

White lead in paint acts as a
(a) Vehicle
(b) Thinner
(c) Base
(d) Drier

The process by which timber is cut and sawn into suitable sections is known as
(a) Conversion
(b) Seasoning
(c) Preservation
(d) None of these

A stiff and extra stiff concrete mix is indicated by
(a) 10 mm to 30 mm slump value
(b) No slump
(c) 40 mm to 150 mm slump value
(d) Slump value over 150 mm

The number of risers and treads required for a doglegged stair, if the height upto the top of the roof slab is 300 cm and rise = 15 cm
(a) 20 Risers and 19 Treads
(b) 19 Risers and 20 Treads
(c) 20 Risers and 20 Treads
(d) 19 Risers and 19 Treads

Rind Galls are
(a) The roots of small branches of tree
(b) The splits occuring in the centre of the tree
(c) Swelling caused by the growth of layers over the wound
(d) Curved splits which separate the annual rings

The range of camber of cement concrete road surface in the heavy rainfall area to light rainfall area is
(a) 1 in 50 to 1 in 60
(b) 1 in 33 to 1 in 40
(c) 1 in 25 to 1 in 33
(d) 1 in 10 to 1 in 25