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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'ASSISTANT ENGINEER DIRECT/BY TRANSFER KERALA WATER AUTHORITY' And exam conducted in the year 2016. And Question paper code was '028/2016'. 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.
त्र. An offset is laid out 2° from its true direction on the field. If the scale of plotting is 10 m to
1 em, find the maximum length of the ೧೫೧% 50 that the displacement of the point on the
paper may not exceed 0.25 mm?
(ಗ) 5.0m (B) 6.12m
(C) 7.16m (D) 816.
8. The following perpendicular ०६००३ taken at 10 m intervals from a survey line to an
irregular boundary line :
3.26, 5.6, 4.2, 6.65, 8.75, 6.2, 3.25,4.2, 5.65. Calculate the area by trapezoidal rule
(A) 433 m? (B) 439.67 m?
ര 424.44m? യ 440 m?
9. A square footing 2.5 m x 2.5 m is built in a homogeneous bed of sand of unit weight 20 kN/m?*
and having an angle of shearing resistance ല് 36°. The depth of the base വ് the footing 18
1.6 m below the ground surface. Calculate the safe load that can be carried by a footing with
a factor of safety 3 against complete shear failure?
Bearing capacity factors N, =65.4, N, =49.4 and N, =54.0
ல 4825 kN (ए) 4927.5 kN
(09 5319.6 kN (D) 5462.5kN
10. . Hydrophobic cement is obtained by grinding ordinary Portland cement clinker with :
(ക) Hydrochloric acid (B) Oleic acid
(ര Glicerine (D) Acetol
11. ன much initial slump is required for a concrete mix to be fluidised by plasticizers or super
plasticizers?
(ಹಿ) 2to3cm (8) 2to3mm
(09 800 (D) 10 mm
12. 150: 800-2007 limits the values of width- thickness ratios of the elements of a steel section to
4 place a check on :
(ക) Bending buckling (ಔ) Torsicnal buckling
(C) Flexural torsional buckling (D) Local buckling
13. The shape factor of a square of side ‘a’ with its diagonal parallel فط م 77 axisis :
(^ 2 ® 17
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