Kerala PSC Previous Years Question Paper & Answer

Title : Tech Officer (Civil) and Assistant Engineer (Civil)
Question Code : A

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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name ' Tech Officer (Civil) and Assistant Engineer (Civil)' And exam conducted in the year 2020. And Question paper code was '010/2020'. 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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Excerpt of Question Code: 010/2020

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Which of the following is the circle corresponding ‏ما‎ minimum factor of safety against
sliding in case of Swedish Circle Method for stability analysis?

(ಯ g¢—circle (B) Friction circle

(C) Critical slip circle (D) Mohr's circle

Which among the following assumptions is not correct according ‏ما‎ Rankine's Theory
for active earth pressure behind a retaining रथा]?
(A) The soil mass is semi-infinite, homogenous, dry and cohesionless
(B) The ground surface is a plane
(C) Shearing stress between the wall and the soil is taken into account
(D) The wall yields about the base and thus satisfies the deformation condition
for plastie equilibrium

Which among the following is called net safe bearing capacity?
(A) Safe bearing capacity divided by factor of safety
(B) Net ultimate bearing capacity divided by factor of safety
(C) Ultimate bearing capacity plus original overburden pressure
(D) Safe bearing capacity plus original overburden pressure

Which procedure is used for getting undisturbed samples from soil?
(ಯ) Chunk sampling (B) Standard Penetration test
(C) Cone Penetration test (D) Auger boring

What is the cause of negative skin friction?
(^) Pile driving
(B) Rising of ground water table
(C) Upward movement of surrounding compressible soil
(D) Downward movement of surrounding compressible soil

Which of the following can be considered as a field test?
(A) Direct Shear Test (B) Triaxial Shear Test
(C) Unconfined Compression Test (D) Vane Shear Test

What for a Proctor needle is used?
(A) To determine the water content at which the soil is compacted
(B) To determine optimum moisture content
(C) To determine zero air voids line
(D) To determine saturation line

The minimum coefficient of lateral friction for a highway is

(^) 1.0 (B) 0.5
(0) 0.8 യ 0.15
Grade compensation on curves is a minimum of :
(^) 55/1 (8) 75R
(C) 100/R त) 150R
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