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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'Draftsman Gr I, Overseer Gr II/ Draftsman Gr II,Engineering Assistant Gr II, Field Assistant etc in Port,Irrigation, PWD etc' And exam conducted in the year 2023. And Question paper code was '073/2023'. 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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Find the centroid of laminae shown in figure.
10mm
(dA
50 mm
+
20mm
100 mm
A) (50 mm, 45 mm) B) (50 mm, 35 mm)
C) (50 mm, 17 mm) D) (50 mm, 27 mm)
Statement | : The force of resistance offered by a body against the deformation is
called stress.
Statement Il : Compressive stress is the resistance offered by a section of amember
against an increase in length.
Out of following, which option is correct ?
A) Statement | and Statement Il are True
B) Statement | and Statement II are False
C) Statement | is False and Statement Il is True
D) Statement | is True and Statement Il is False
A wooden tie is 75 mm wide, 150 mm deep and 1.50 m long. It is subjected to an
axial pull of 45000 N. The stretch of the member is found to be 0.6380 m. Find the
stress developed in the member.
A) 0.25 N/mm? 8) 2 N/mm? C) 4 N/mm? D) 8 N/mm?
A 900 mm diameter pipe contains a fluid at a pressure of 2.5 N/mm2. If the safe
stress in tension is 100 N/mm2, find the minimum thickness of pipe.
A) 5.25mm B) 10 mm Cc) 4mm D) 11.25 mm
Statement | : Fibres in the neutral layer of a beam under simple bending is always
stressed.
Statement Il : The resultant pull or thrust on a transverse section of the beam under
pure bending is zero.
Out of following, which option is correct ?
A) Statement | and Statement Il are True
B) Statement | is True and Statement Il is False
C) Statement | is False and Statement Il is True
D) Statement | and Statement Il are False
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