Post : First Grade Draftsman/Overseer civil
Department : Public Works
Category number : 063/2015
Question Paper Code : 41/2017/OL
Date of Exam : 22/05/2017
- The ultimate tensile stress of mild steel compared to ultimate compressive stress is
- same
- more
- less
- unpredictable
- Shear stresses on mutually perpendicular planes are
- zero
- maximum
- minimum
- equal
- A long column fails by
- crushing
- tension
- shearing
- buckling
- If the modulus of elasticity is equal to zero, the material is said to be
- flexible
- rigid
- plastic
- prismatic
- Principal planes are planes having
- maximum shear stress
- no shear stress
- minimum shear stress
- none of these
- Shear force is
- rate of change of loading
- sum of bending moments
- rate of change of bending moment
- none of these
- In short columns, failure occurs by
- pure buckling
- combination of bending and direct compression
- direct compression only
- none of these
- The workability of concrete can be improved by the addition of the following compounds
- iron
- sodium
- zinc
- sulphur
- The split strength of cement can be determined by
- Brazilion test
- Vicat's apparatus
- Cube test
- Briquettes test
- Under constant load the creep strain in concrete is
- time dependent
- temperature dependent
- moisture dependent
- none of these
- In order to have segregation in concrete dropping height should not be less than
- 25 cm
- 50 cm
- 100 cm
- 250 cm
- The ratio of Young's modulus of elasticity for steel to that of concrete is known as
- Poisson's ratio
- Modular ratio
- Bulk modulus
- Elasticity
- The modulus of elasticity for mild steel is approximately equal to
- 10 KN/mm2
- 80 KN/mm2
- 100 KN/mm2
- 210 KN/mm2
- The tensile test is carried on ___________ materials.
- malleable
- brittle
- ductile
- plastic
- The neutral axis of a beam is subjected to ____________ stress.
- maximum tensile
- minimum tensile
- maximum compressive
- zero
- The most efficient section of a channel is
- triangular
- rectangular
- square
- trapezoidal
- Water belongs to
- Newtonian fluids
- Non-Newtonian fluids
- Compressible fluids
- None of these
- Geologically, marble is known as
- Sedimentary rocks
- Igneous rocks
- Metamorphic rocks
- All these
- The tendency of a stone to split along
- structure
- cleavage
- texture
- fracture
- The frog of a brick is normally made on its
- bottom face
- top face
- longer face
- shorter face
- The water supply schemes are generally designed for a design period of
- 50 years
- 30 years
- 10 years
- 5 years
- An infiltration gallery is a
- tube well
- artesian well
- vertical well with arms
- horizontal well
- Socket and spigot joint is used
- C.I. pipes
- Concrete pipes
- A.C. pipes
- G.I. pipes
- The permissible turbidity in mg/l for potable water is
- 30-40
- 20-30
- 10-15
- 5-10
- Alum is used for
- disinfection
- removal of odour and taste
- removal of hardness
- coagulation
- Odour and taste is controlled by
- disinfection
- coagulation
- aeration
- soda-lime process
- Pressure filters are used for
- urban water supply
- rural water supply
- swimming pools
- ground water
- Valves which allows water in one direction only is known as
- reflux valve
- air valve
- scour valve
- sluice valve
- The liquid waste of the community is called
- sullage
- sewage
- garbage
- storm water
- Sanitary sewage is also known as
- storm water flow
- domestic flow
- dry weather flow
- combined sewage flow
- The type of dam which requires least maintenance is
- concrete dam
- gravity dam
- timber dam
- rockfill dam
- The major overturning force in the case of gravity dam
- self-weight
- water pressure
- silt pressure
- wind pressure
- The most common type of spillway used in gravity dam is
- Ogee spillway
- Siphon spillway
- Side channel spillway
- None of these
- Gibb's module is a type of
- non-modular outlet
- semi module outlet
- rigid module outlet
- none of these
- The top of the weir or spillway is called
- ridge
- core
- crest
- peak
- Bitumen is soluble in
- ammonia
- carbon disulphide
- petrol
- diesel
- Abrasion test is conducted to find
- hardness of aggregate
- toughness of aggregate
- durability of aggregate
- strength of aggregate
- The best type of ballast is
- granite
- sand stone
- limestone
- quartzite
- In Indian railways, the spikes used for holding flat footed rails on wooden sleepers are known as
- dog spikes
- screw spikes
- round spikes
- elastic spikes
- A track is elastic mainly because of
- rails
- ballast
- sleepers
- formation
- Laterite is an example of
- argillaceous rock
- volcanic rock
- organic rock
- siliceous rock
- The vertical sides of opening for doors and window are called
- jambs
- reveals
- buttresses
- pilasters
- The approximate weight of a brick should be
- 2.5 kg
- 3.2 kg
- 4.5 kg
- 5.1 kg
- The setting of quick lime is due to the presence of
- water
- sulphur dioxide
- oxygen
- carbon dioxide
- Turpentine oil is used in paints as
- thinner
- base
- carriers
- drier
- The steel used for making rail tracks is
- tungsten steel
- manganese steel
- vanadium steel
- nickel steel
- The main ingredient in the manufacture of glass is
- lime
- soda
- silica
- potash
- The covering on the exposed top of a wall is called
- cornice
- corbel
- coping
- cramp
- Critical path
- is always longest
- is always longest
- may be longest
- may be shortest
- CPM network is
- event oriented
- activity oriented
- slack oriented
- float oriented
- Mode of transportation for alluvial soils is generally
- wind
- ice
- water
- gravity
- Cohesionless soils are formed due to
- oxidation of rocks
- leaching action of water on rocks
- blowing of cold and hot wind
- physical disintegration of rocks
- Permeability of soil varies
- inversely as square of grain size
- as square of grain size
- as grain size
- inversely as grain size
- A soil having uniformity co-efficient more than 10 is called
- uniform
- fine
- coarse
- well graded
- If the plasticity index of a soil mass is zero, the soil is
- sand
- silt
- clay
- clayey silt
- Effective size of soil is
- D10
- D30
- D60
- D90
- Which of the following is cohesive soil?
- Clay
- Red earth
- Black cotton soil
- Compacted ground
- Handles of chains are made up of
- mild steel
- galvanised iron
- brass
- copper
- Distance between two neighbouring brass rings is
- less than 20 cm
- 20 cm
- 1 m
- 5 m
- Due to curvature of earth the object
- looks higher than it is
- looks lower than it is
- looks as it is
- looks curved
- Generally while chaining, the arrows which accompany with one chain must be
- 12 nos
- 10 nos
- 5 nos
- 3 nos
- Generally the limiting length of an offset should be
- 5 m
- 15 m
- 30 m
- 50 m
- In rise and fall method, a complete check is provided on the calculations of
- back sight
- fore sight
- intermediate sights
- all the sights
- The straight line tangential to the longitudinal curve of the level tube at its centre is called as
- horizontal axis
- trunnion axis
- stadia line
- axis of the bubble tube
- The axis about which the telescope and the vertical circle of a theodolite rotate in the vertical plane is called
- vertical axis of the telescope
- bubble axis
- trunnion axis
- axis of the level tube
- The maximum tolerance in a 20 m chain is
- 2 mm
- 3 mm
- 5 mm
- 8 mm
- The size of a plane table is
- 750 mm × 900 mm
- 600 mm × 750 mm
- 450 mm × 600 mm
- 300 mm × 450 mm
- The direct cost of a project with respect to normal time is
- minimum
- maximum
- zero
- infinite
- The weight of an item is measured correct to nearest
- 0.25 kg
- 0.50 kg
- 0.75 kg
- 1.00 kg
- The expected out turn of cement concrete 1:2:4 per mason per day is
- 1.5m3
- 2.5m3
- 3.5m3
- 5.0m3
- A Gantt chart indicates
- balance of work to be done
- efficiency of project work
- comparison of actual process with the scheduled progress
- progress cost of project
- The pitch of stair should never exceed
- 40°
- 30°
- 25°
- 20°
- Puzzolanais essentially a silicious material containing clay upto
- 80%
- 60%
- 40%
- 20%
- The surface area of A0 drawing sheet is
- 0.5m2
- 1m2
- 1.44m2
- 2m2
- A conic which have only one directrix
- ellipse
- circle
- hyperbola
- parabola
- Which modify command allows you to cut off unwanted lengths of objects
- Cut
- Trim
- Extend
- Move
- Restoring deleted files from the recycle bin can be done by using _________ command
- undo
- redo
- restore
- delete
- __________ is the command used in convert polyline to line.
- explode
- join
- extent
- extrim
- The most widely used antenna in GPS is
- microstrip antenna
- parabolid antenna
- horn antenna
- slotted antenna
- Which of the following is not a type of map projection?
- Azimuthal
- Cylindrical
- Conic
- Geographic
- Which river is referred as 'Churni' in ancient texts?
- Bharathapuzha
- Periyar
- Chaliyar
- Pampa
- Ozone Day is on
- 12th January
- 8th May
- 16th September
- 16th October
- Who succeeded the office of Diwan in Travancore after the resignation of Sir C.P. Ramaswami Ayyar on 19 August 1947?
- P.G.N. Unnithan
- Venkatta Rao
- Narayana Pillai
- Sankara Menon
- The molten material inside the Earth is called
- Sial
- Lava
- Magma
- Sima
- The uppermost layer of the atmosphere above Thermosphere is known as
- Exosphere
- Mesopause
- Mesosphere
- Ionosphere
- Which session of Indian National Congress accepted the tri-color flag as the Official flag of congress?
- Vardha session
- Amaravathi session
- Lahore session
- Puna session
- Who presided over the first session of the constituent assembly on 9th December 1946?
- Sachidananda Sinha
- Rajendra Prasad
- B.N. Ravi
- B.R. Ambedkar
- Author of the book 'The General theory of Employment, Interest and Money'
- Samuelson
- Alfred Marshall
- A.C. Pigou
- J.M. Keynes
- Indian National Congress and Muslim League signed __________ in 1916.
- Lucknow pact
- Puna pact
- Lahore pact
- Delhi pact
- Vaikom is situated on the banks of the __________ lake in Kerala.
- Sasthamkotta
- Ashtamudi
- Vembanadu
- Bakel
- Father of Muslim renaissance in Kerala
- K.M. Seethisahib
- Vakkom Abdulkhader Moulavi
- K.M. Moulavi
- M.C.C. Abdul Rahman
- Author of the book 'Atmavidya Kahalam'
- Velukutty Arayan
- Sivayogi
- Agamanandha Swamikal
- Vagbhadananda
- 'Become Enlightened through education and strengthened through organization'. These are the words of___________.
- Sree Narayana Guru
- Kumaranasan
- T.K. Madhavan
- Gandhiji
- ___________ setup the third printing press in Kerala in 1846.
- Benjamin Baily
- Gundert
- Protestant Missionary
- Kuriakose Elias Chavara
- A Social reformer nominated twice to Sreemulam Prajasabha
- Pandit Karuppan
- Dr. Palpu
- Sree Kumara Gurudevan
- Thycaud Ayya
- Author of the book 'The God of Small Things'
- Kamala Das
- K.R. Meera
- Mary Roy
- Arundhati Roy
- Ottava is the capital of
- Canada
- Portugal
- Italy
- France
- 'Kalidas Samman', a prestigious award given by the state government of __________.
- Andhra Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh
- Gujarath
- Dhanraj Pillay is related to
- Hockey
- Football
- Tennis
- Badminton
- The first film directed by G. Aravindan
- Kanchanaseetha
- Thampu
- Vasthuhara
- Uttarayanam
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