Kerala PSC Tradesman Civil Previous Year Paper 2016
| KPSC – Tradsman – Civil – 2016 | |
| Sr. No. | Questions with multiple options |
| 1. | The term used to indicate dry refuse which includes decayed fruits, paper pieces, grass etc :
(a) Sewage (b) Garbage (c) Sullage (d) None of the above |
| 2. | The ratio between the total covered area of all floors of a building to the plot area:
(a) Open space index (b) Plinth area ratio (c) Coverage percentage (d) Floor area ratio |
| 3. | The adjustments required to be made at each of the surveying stations before making observation are called:
(a) Permanent adjustment (b) Compensating adjustment (c) Temporary adjustment (d) Perfect adjustment |
| 4. | The continuous thin line connecting a dimensional value or some information relating to a feature in an engineering drawing is:
(a) Extension line (b) Dimension line (c) Break line (d) Leader line |
| 5. | The planning of two or more related rooms in proximity of each other to minimize the length of circulation and improves the comfort:
(a) Aspect (b) Circulation (c) Roominess (d) Grouping |
| 6. | The course of stone placed immediately below the cornice to improve the appearance of external face of the wall is :
(a) Frieze (b) String course (c) Corbel (d) Blocking course |
| 7. | The ability of a material to resist fracture due to high impact like hammer blows is:
(a) Toughness (b) Hardness (c) Brittleness (d) Ductility |
| 8. | The channel or pipe which carries water away from the power house after it has been passed through the turbine is :
(a) Main canal (b) Penstock (c) Regulator (d) Tail-race |
| 9. | When cast-iron pipes are used to convey water with high pressure ______ joints are used.
(a) Flanged (b) Expansion (c) Bell-and-spigot (d) None of the above |
| 10. | The arrangements made at the situation where two or more roads meet or cross one another, such a way that one road over or under another by means of a bridge is:
(a) Roundabouts (b) Grade separations (c) Grade intersections (d) None of the above |
| 11. | A point P is 5 cm above the H.P. and 3 cm in front of V.P, what will be the distance between the top and front view (P and P)after completing the projection drawing:
(a) 2 cm (b) 15 cm (c) 8 cm (d) None of the above |
| 12. | The bridge constructed such a way that, its centre line is not at right angle to the stream flow is:
(a) Angle bridge (b) Square bridge (c) Skew bridge (d) Tilting bridge |
| 13. | The depth of an arch at the crown is more than that at the springing line and the shape of the intrados is a semi circle, then it is called:
(a) Florentine arch (b) Venetian arch (c) Horse – shoe arch (d) Stilled arch |
| 14. | When the cutting plane is inclined to the axis of the right circular cone and parallel to one of its generators, the section obtained is:
(a) Rectangular hyperbola (b) Parabola (c) Ellipse (d) Hyperbola |
| 15. | The yards, which used to isolate goods wagons received from various centres in the order of station at which they are to be sent?
(a) Locomotive yards (b) Marshalling yards (c) Passenger yards (d) Goods yards |
| 16. | The difference in level of the water surface between upstream and downstream of a bridge:
(a) Vent way (b) Free board (c) Causeway (d) Afflux |
| 17. | Among the following which is a constituents or components of rolling stock of railways :
(a) Wagons (b) Plate laying (c) Fixtures and fasteners (d) Stations and yards |
| 18. | Which one of the following is adopted as narrow gauge in India railway?
(a) 0.762 metre (b) 1.767 metre (c) 0.626 metre (d) 1.067 metre |
| 19. | The part of a circle bounded by an arc and its chord is:
(a) Sector (b) Segment (c) Semi-circle (d) Arch |
| 20. | The ratio of lateral strain to the linear strain within the elastic limit:
(a) Modulus of rigidity (b) Modulus of elasticity (c) Poisson’s ratio (d) None of the above |
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