Kerala PSC Previous Years Question Paper & Answer

Title : Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering
Question Code : A

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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 Civil Engineering' And exam conducted in the year 2023. And Question paper code was '085/2023'. 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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Excerpt of Question Code: 085/2023

22. Ina closed traverse with five sides, the error found from the fore bearing and back bearing of
the last line is +2°. The correction to the third line will be :

(A) 0°24" ൫ 0°48"
(© 1°12" 0) 1°36"

23. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) Ina retrograde vernier (n-1) divisions on the primary scale are divided into n
divisions on the vernier scale

(B) A double vernier consists of two simple verniers placed end-to-end forming one
scale with the zero in the centre

(C) In an extended vernier, (2n+1) primary divisions are divided into n divisions on
the vernier

(D) Ina direct vernier, (n + 1) primary divisions are divided into n equal divisions on
the vernier scale

24. A surveyor measures a distance between two points on a map of representative fraction 1:100
is 60 m. But later he found that he used a wrong representative fraction of 1:50. What is the
correct distance between the two points?

(A) 30m (B) 90m
(0) 45m (D) 120m

25. The reduced bearing of a 10 m long line in N 30°E. The departure of the line is:
(A) 10m ൯) 866m
(0) 7.52 प (0) 5.00 पा

26. The liquid limit of a saturated normally consolidated soil is 50%. The compression index of
the for the virgin compression curve will be :

(A) 0.36 (B) 0.505
(C) 0.605 (D) 0.705

27. The maximum theoretical value of dry density or the saturation dry density at any particular
degree of saturation can be computed as :

Gy, Gy,

سك - ير ملك دير )0
‎A % Ite 0) 2 1+wG‏

© മം + = 00 -०)%
© ‰= ८ ಉ %=~ ‏با‎

28. The distance from the surface of the clay particle to the limit of attraction is termed as :
(A) Bipolar distance (2) Rigid layer
(C) Diffuse Double layer (D)_ Specific surface

085/2023 6 A

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