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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering' And exam conducted in the year 2023. And Question paper code was '099/2023'. 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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A firm uses simple exponential smoothing with a = 0.2 to forecast demand. The
forecast for the month of January was 400 units, whereas actual demand turned out
to be 450 units. The forecast for the month of February is
A) 400 B) 410
C) 420 D) 440
The first cost of a road laying machine is Rs. 80,00,000. Its salvage value after five years
is Rs. 5,00,000. The length of the road that can be laid by the machine during its life time
is 75,000 km. In its third year of operation, the length of road laid is 10,000 km. Find the
depreciation of the equipment for that year from the below options :
A) 10 lakhs B) 5 lakhs
C) 8 lakhs D) 3 lakhs
A firm has a fixed cost of Rs. 50,000/-, selling price per unit Rs. 50/- and variable
cost per unit Rs. 25. Present level of production is 3500 units. If the fixed cost is
changed from Rs. 50,000/- to Rs. 60,000, the change in break even point is by
units.
A) 2000 B) 2400
C) 1100 D) 400
In six sigma concept, the defectives number of 3.4 ppm is achieved by allowing a
shift in the mean by
A) 16 8) 1.5൦
0) 3.06 2) 6.0൦
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