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 'ASSISTANT ENGINEER SOIL CONSERVATION SOIL SURVEY AND SOIL CONSERVATION' And exam conducted in the year 2017. And Question paper code was '148/2017'. 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 most common method used to advance a bore hole is
A) Rotary drilling B) Augur boring
C) Percussion drilling D) Wash boring
Terzaghi’s bearing capacity factors depends upon
A) Angle of intemal friction B) Cohesion
C) Cohesion and angle of intemal friction D) Density of soil
The safe bearing capacity of footing in a pure clay is equal to
A) Undrained cohesion B) Half of vane shear strength
C) Unconfined compressive strength D) None of the above
76 5060110 yield of soil depends upon
ಹಿ) Shape and size of particle B) Distribution of pores
C) Compagction of stratum D) All of these
The seating load provided in a plate load test is
A) 2kN/m? 5) 0.5kN/m?
C) 7kN/m? D) 10 kN/m?
A triangle is said 10 be well conditioned when its angles lies between
2) 15°-155° B) 20° - 150°
2) 305 - 120 D) 60°-110°
An optical square works on the principle that
A) Reflection B) Doubls reflection
C) Refraction D) Double refraction
The magnetic bearing of a line is 62° 20’ and the magnetic declination at that place is
2° 50 east, then the true bearing of that line will be
ಹಿ) 64° 70 8) 60° 30.
0) 59" 30' D) 65° 10/
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