Kerala PSC Previous Years Question Paper & Answer
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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'Overseer (civil) ; Overseer Gr II/Draftsman Gr.II; Draftsman Gr I/ Overseer Gr I (civil) - LSGD ; KLDB; KLDC; PWD/Irigation (CAT.NO:127/20; 213/20; 347/20)' And exam conducted in the year 21. And Question paper code was '101/21'. 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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The moment of inertia of a triangular section with base 0, height h about ೦671೦1೮೫
axis parallel to base is
A) bh3/12 8) 003/36
C) 6 0) 008/3
Every material obeys the Hooke’s law within its
A) shrinkage limit B) elastic limit
C) plastic limit D) none of these
Strain energy is the energy
A) energy stored in a body when strained within elastic limit
B) maximum strain energy stored in a body
C) energy stored in a body when strained up to breaking of a specimen
D) proof resilience per unit volume of a material
The bending equation is
A) M/l=F/y=E/R B) M/l=y/F=E/R
©) I/M=F/y=E/R 0) M/l=F/y=R/E
When 8 cantilever beam is loaded at its free end, the maximum compressive stress
develop at
A) bottom fibre B) top fibre
C) neutral axis D) centre of gravity
The shear force at the free end of a cantilever beam of length / carrying a uniformly
distributed load of w/unit length is
A) 4۹ B) wi/2
C) zero D) wi
Point of contraflexure occurs in
A) cantilever beam B) simply supported beam
C) overhanging beam D) fixed beam
The maximum shear stress developed in a beam of rectangular section is
A) equal to average shear stress
B) 4/3 times average shear stress
C) 2 times average shear stress
D) 1.5 times average shear stress