KERALA PSC -INDUSTRIES EXTENSION OFFICER SELECTED PREVIOUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- BASIC CIVIL ENGINEERING

KERALA PSC -INDUSTRIES EXTENSION OFFICER SELECTED
 PREVIOUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- BASIC CIVIL ENGINEERING

KERALA PSC -INDUSTRIES EXTENSION OFFICER SELECTED PREVIOUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- BASIC CIVIL ENGINEERING

1.THE LENGTH OF AN ENGINEER'S CHAIN SHOULD BE?

ANSWER:100ft

2.THE BASE LINE IS MEASURED WITH?

ANSWER:CHAIN

3.IN LEVELLING , THE ERROR DUE TO REFRACTION IS?

ANSWER:COMPENSATING

4.A STONE IS REJECTED IF THE WATER ABSORPTION IS MORE THAN ?

ANSWER:15

5.SWELLING OF BRICKS IS KNOWN AS?

ANSWER:BLOATING

6.ANNUAL RINGS OF THE TREE REPRESENT IS?

ANSWER:LIFE

7.THE UPPER CONVEX SURFACE OF AN ARCH IS CALLED?

ANSWER:EXTRADOS

8.APEX LINE OF A SLOPING ROOF IS CALLED?

ANSWER:RIDGE

9.A TOR STEEL BAR HAS ABOUT......MORE YIELD STRESS THAN ORDINARY 
MILD STEEL?

ANSWER:50%

10.THE MAXIMUM BULKING OF SAND OCCURS AT A MOISTURE CONTENT 
OF ?

ANSWER:8%

11.THE MODULUS OF ELASTICITY OF MILD STEEL IS APPROXIMATELY 
EQUAL TO ?

ANSWER:210 KN/mm2

12.GEOLOGICALLY , MARBLE IS KNOWN AS?

ANSWER:METAMORPHIC ROCKS

13.ALUM IS USED FOR?

ANSWER:COAGULATION

14.EFFECTIVE SIZE OF SOIL IS?

ANSWER:D10

15.LENGTH GUNTERS CHAIN IS ...............ft?

ANSWER:66ft

16.THE M10 CONCRETE MIX IS ?

ANSWER:1:3:6

17.THE UPPER MOST FOR CENTRAL VOUSSOIR OF ARCH IS?

ANSWER:KEY

18.FACTOR OF SAFETY FOR STEEL IS GENERALLY TAKEN AS?

ANSWER:1.85

19.1 CENT EQUAL TO..........SQ FT?

ANSWER:435.60SQFT

20.THE WIDTH OF BALLAST SECTION FOR BROAD GAUGE IS?

ANSWER:3.35 m

21.SIDE SLOPE OF EMBANKMENTS FOR RAILWAY TRACK IS GENERALLY 
TAKEN AS?

ANSWER:2:1

22.1 CUBIC METER CEMENT .............BAG?

ANSWER:30

23.HEIGHT OF TELESCOPIC METRIC STAFF IS?

ANSWER:4m

24.LOWEST PART OF STRUCTURE WHICH TRANSMIT THE LOAD TO THE SOIL IS ?

ANSWER:FOUNDATION

25.SMALLEST DIVISION OF MATRIC STAFF IS?

ANSWER:0.005m

26.THE LEAST COUNT OF PRISMATIC COMPASS IS ?

ANSWER:15'

27.MARBLE IS?

ANSWER:METAMORPHIC ROCK

28.LATERITE IS A ?

ANSWER:ARGILLACEOUS ROCK

29.THE AVERAGE WEIGHT OF A BRICK IS ?

ANSWER:3 TO 3.5 KG

30.THE HEAD ROOM FOR A STAIRCASE SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN ?

ANSWER:2.10m

KERALA PSC -INDUSTRIES EXTENSION OFFICER SELECTED PREVIOUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- BASIC CIVIL ENGINEERING