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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'ASSISTANT MARINE SURVEYOR SR FROM SC/ST PORT HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY BRANCH' And exam conducted in the year 2014. And Question paper code was '076/2014'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was 'A'. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.
58. Barometers are used to measure :
(A) Pressure in water channels
(B) Very low pressure
(C) Difference in pressure at two points
() Atmospheric pressure
59, Plotting of inaccessible points on a plane table is done by the method of :
(A) intersection (B) radiation
(C) traversing (D) all the above
60. A type of rock formed by the deposition of materials at the earth's surface by the action of
water, wind and other natural agencies :
(५) Plutonic rock (8) Magmatic rock
(C) Sedimentary rock (D) Volcanic rock
61. Bitumen felt is :
(A) Used as a water proofing material
(B) Used as a damp proofing material
(C) Made from bitumen and Hessian fibre
(D) All the above
62. The characteristic strength of concrete is defined as the compressive strength below which
not more than :
(A) 20% results are expected to fall
(B) 5% results are expected to fall
(C) 2% results are expected to fall
(0) 15% results are expected to fall
63. The radius of gyration k of a section of area A, the least moment of inertia I about the
centroidal axis is obtained from the relation :
(0) I=A?K ए) 1=JAK
© 1 = ^ തു 1-483
64, A type of survey in which the curvature of earth is taken into consideration is :
(A) Geodetic survey (B) Plane table survey
(C) Topographical survey (D) Military survey
65. The standard trimmed size of AO drawing sheet is ;
(५) 841 1189 mm (B) 625 = 880mm
(0) 300 >+ 240 mm ൩) 450 x 625 mm
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