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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'University Engineer, Assistant Engineer (Civil) - Universities in Kerala, PWD, Irrigation etc ' And exam conducted in the year 2023. And Question paper code was '062/2023'. 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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For a town with population 40,000, the average daily demand is 200 litres/capita/day
and five demand is 4000 litres/minute. The peak demand is
A) 27.36 Million litres/day B) 20.16 Million litres/day
C) 21.60 Million litres/day D) 37.92 Million litres/day
Rotary pumps are classified under
A) Impulse pumps B) Displacement pumps
C) Reciprocating pumps D) Centrifugal pumps
A centrifugal pump is required to lift 1.5 cubic metres of water per second to a height
of 7 metres. If total losses in the pipes is 0.5 metres, the minimum HP of the driving
engine to run the pump is (Assume efficiency 60%)
A) 300 HP B) 200 HP C) 250 HP D) 150 HP
A continuous flow settling tank has the following parameters :
Length of settling zone = L
Depth of water in settling zone = H
Horizontal velocity of flow of water = V
Settling velocity of particle = ५/९
The condition for a particle to enter the sludge zone is
a) bot لا و ೦ ಬಾಗ ட்.
VV, ५/ Vs Vs ४ Vs ४
The coagulant which can be used for treating water to be used in boilers is
A) Ferric chloride B) Alum C) Ferric sulphate D) Sodium aluminate
The proportionate depth for a sewer of diameter ‘D’ running partially full at depth "0'
and having ‘o’ as central angle in degrees is
A) (ஸதி B) 3 (1-se0%) 0) 2(1- தி D) 3 (1-cos%4)
25 ml of sewage is diluted to 250 ml. DO concentration of diluted sample at the
beginning of BOD test was 8 mg/l and 6 mg/l after 5 days incubation at 20°C. The
corresponding DO values for the dilution water were 8.2 mg/l and 8 mg/l. The BOD
of the sewage is
A) 18.2 mg/l 8) 20 mg/l C) 182 mg/l D) 200 اوہہ
Dumping is avoided as a disposal method when screenings are from
A) Medium and coarse screens B) Coarse screens
C) Screens with shredders D) Medium and fine screens
A circular trickling filter is treating 5 Million litres of sewage per day. The BOD is
100 mg/l. The organic loading rate is 1000 kg/hectare metre/day. The hydraulic
loading rate is 25 Million litres/hectare/day. The effective depth of filter is
A) 2m B) 25m C) 1.5m D) 2.2m
Highly stable atmosphere occurs when lapse rate is
A) isothermal B) normal C) adiabatic D) negative
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