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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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Loss of pre stress is not directly related to:
(A) Creep of concrete (B) Shrinkage of concrete
(C) Grade of concrete ൯) Slipping of tendons from concrete
A simply supported beam of span 4 m is subjected to an uniformly distributed load of
20 kN/m inclusive of self-weight. If the Limiting moment of resistance of the beam cross
section is 40 kNm, the beam is to be designed as:
(^) Over reinforced (B) Under reinforced
(C) Balanced (D) Doubly reinforced
The plastic moment capacity of rectangular section 255 kNm. The yield moment of the
section in kNm is:
(A) 170 (B) 150
(C) 160 (D) 200
A single bay single storey portal frame is subjected to two point loads at one third span and
midspan in the beam and a horizontal Load at beam level. The total number of possible
mechanisms is :
(A) 2 (B) 3
© 4 (D) 5
Which one of the following is the correct statement about R.C. retaining wall :
(^) Toe slab and heel slab are provided with reinforcements at top face
(3) Toe slab and heel slab are provided with reinforcement at bottom face
(C) Toe slab is provided with reinforcement at bottom face and heel slab at top face
(D)_ Toe slab is provided with reinforcement at top face and heel slab at bottom face
The discharge q over a weir per unit length depends upon the head h of water over the weir,
the height H of the weir and the acceleration due to gravity. Consider the following
statements with respect to forming dimensionless constants :
() The number of dimensionless variables are 5
(11) The number of variables are 4
(111) The number of fundamental units are 3
(IV) The number of fundamental units are 2
(V) The number of z terms are 3
(VI) The number of z terms are 2
Choose the right combination of the statements from the options given below
(A) 1 7 (B) I, [Vand VI
(0) IL Wand VI (0) 11, 111 and V
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