Kerala PSC Previous Years Question Paper & Answer
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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'ASSISTANT ENGINEER CIVIL KSHB/KSRTC SIDCO ASSISTANT ENGINEER HYDROLOGY GROUND WATER' And exam conducted in the year 2016. And Question paper code was '072/2016'. 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.
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Maximum : 100 marks
Time : 1 hour and 15 minutes
1, Hooke’s law is valid :
(A) Only above elastic limit (B) Only within elastic limit
(C) Only within plastic limit (9) Till breaking of substance
2. ‘The bending moment on a section is maximum where shear force is :
(A) Zero (B) Minimum
(C) Changing sign (D) Maximum
3. The bending moment diagram for a cantilever carrying uniformly distributed load will be :
(A) Atriangle (B) A parabola
(0) Acubie parabola (D) Arectangle
4, The moment of inertia of a circular section, about its axis, is given by :
(a) ay ത്യം
82
4 aD)
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5. Aplane which is not subjected to shear stress is known as :
(A) Compound plane (B) Simple plane
(C) Non-shear plane (D) Principal plane
6. ‘The unit of torque in SI units is :
(A) kg em (B) Newton-metre (N m)
(C) kg/cm? 5 (2) None
7. Inacantilever beam tensile reinforcement is provided :
(A) On top of beam (B) On bottom of beam
(C) At middle of beam (2) On top and bottom of beam
8. Euler's formula is not valid for mild steel column when slenderness ratio is :
(^) More than 80 (B) More than 120
(C) Less than 80 (D) More than 30
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