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Exam Pattern
- The exam will be an objective OMR based written examination.
- There will be 100 questions.
- The exam duration will be for one hour and 15 minutes.
- There will be negative marking. 0.33 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer.
- Then, there will be a personal interview session, for the successful candidates shortlisted.
- The candidates selected for the post shall from the date of appointment be on probation for a period of two years within a continuous period of three years.
The syllabus for the Kerala PSC Overseer/ Draftsman exam conducted to the Local Self Government Department includes topics like:
- Current Affairs/ General Awareness
- Kerala Renaissance
- Facts about India and Kerala
- Subject/ Trade related topics
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1. Statue of Peace is dedicated to
(a) A. P. J. Abdul KAlam
(b) Acharya Shree Vijay Surishwer Ji Maharaj
(c) Acharya Mahasharman
(d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
ANS: B
2. Who wrote the book Cheruma Boy
(a) Poykayyil Yohannan
(b) P. K. Chathan Master
(c) Palakunnanthu Abraham Malpan
(d) Pampaadi John Joseph
ANS: D
3. Which part of the Indian Constitution contains official languages?
(a) Part 16
(b) Part 15
(c) Part 17
(d) Part 18
ANS: C
4. Basha Poshini Sabha was founded by
(a) Changampuzha
(b) Kandathil Varghese Mappila
(c) Kerala Varma Valikoyi Thapuran
(d) Kumaranaasan
ANS: B
5. Where is Travancore Fertilizers and Chemicals located?
(a) Kalavur
(b) Aluva
(c) Vaikom
(d) Kavanur
ANS: B
6. Khilafet Samarangal is the autobiography of
(a) Mozhikunnathu Brahmadathan Namboodiripaadu
(b) K Madhavan Nair
(c) M P Narayana Menon
(d) E Moidu Maulavi
ANS: A
7. Aruvipuram Kshetra Yogam was founded in
(a) 1887
(b) 1898
(c) 1888
(d) 1856
ANS: C
8. Which item was added to the Paris Olympics Games 2024
(a) Skate Boarding
(b) Sport Climbing
(c) Break Dancing
(d) All of these
ANS: C
9. The ongoing Indrasagar project(Polavaram) is in which of the following Indian State
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Telangana
(c) Karnataka
(d) Gujarat
ANS: A
10. Adwaita Darshanam is a book written by
(a) Sankaracharya
(b) Chattambi Swamikkal
(c) Dayanand Saraswathy
(d) Guru Govinda Paniker
ANS: A
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11. The estimate prepared on the basis of plinth area multiplied by the height of the building is
(a) Detailed estimate
(b) Cubical method
(c) Scheduled rates
(d) Plinth are rate
ANS: B
12. The distance between any two slits of French cross-staff is about
(a) 8 cm
(b) 6 cm
(c) 4 cm
(d) 10 cm
ANS: A
13. The power transmitted through the pipe is maximum when the head loss due to friction is equal to
(a) one-fourth of the total supply head
(b) one-third of the total supply head
(c) one-half of the total supply head
(d) two-third of the total supply head
ANS: B
14. The R.L. of a point on the surface of the ground is known as
(a) Benchmark
(b) T.B.M.
(c) Datum
(d) Spot Level
ANS: D
15. If a body floating in a liquid occupies a new position and remains at rest in this new position when given a small angular displacement, the body is said to be in _____ equilibrium.
(a) Neutral
(b) Stable
(c) Unstable
(d) Metacentric
ANS: A
16. The process of locating objects with reference to the main chain line
(a) Offsetting
(b) Ranging
(c) Chaining
(d) All the above
ANS: A
17. The instrument which is used in plane tabling for obtaining horizontal and vertical distances directly without resorting to chaining is known as
(a) Plane alidade
(b) Telescopic alidade
(c) Plumbing fork
(d) Fiducial edge
ANS: B
18. The minimum vertical distance between low and medium voltage lines and buildings as per building bye-laws
(a) 2.4 m
(b) 1.5 m
(c) 3 m
(d) 3.5 m
ANS: A
19. An overcrowded, poverty-stricken area having inadequate open space and unhealthy constructions
(a) Street
(b) City
(c) Capital
(d) Slums
ANS: D
20. The slenderness ratio of an axial compression member is the ratio of effective length to the
(a) Least lateral dimension
(b) Average lateral dimension
(c) Lateral dimension
(d) Any of the above
ANS: A
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21. The maximum frictional force at the time of impending motion is called
(a) Dry friction
(b) Static Friction
(c) Kinetic friction
(d) Limiting friction
ANS: C
22. The box of the prismatic compass is made of
(a) Brass
(b) Copper
(c) Nickel
(d) Silver
ANS: A
23. The total energy possessed by a system of moving bodies
(a) is minimum in the start and maximum at the end
(b) is constant at every instant
(c) varies from point to point
(d) is maximum in the start and minimum at the end
ANS: B
24. The circumferential area constructed around an urban area to enable free flow of traffic is called
(a) Loop road
(b) Ring road
(c) Bypass road
(d) Radial road
ANS: B
25. National highways situated within any municipal areas are called
(a) Collector street
(b) sub-arterial street
(c) city roads
(d) local street
ANS: C
26. The stopping site distance depends on
(a) Reaction time
(b) braking time
(c) speed of vehicle
(d) all of these
ANS: D
27. The top width of road embankment or bottom width of cutting is known as
(a) Embankment width
(b) Formation width
(c) Subgrade
(d) Berm
ANS: B
28. The basic formula for the determination of pavement thickness was first suggested by
(a) Spangler
(b) Picket
(c) Kelly
(d) Gold beck
ANS: D
29. The velocity corresponding to Reynold’s number of 2000 is called
(a) sub-sonic energy
(b) super-sonic velocity
(c) Lower critical velocity
(d) higher critical velocity
ANS: C
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30. The coefficient of discharge for an external mouthpiece depends upon
(a) velocity of liquid
(b) pressure of liquid
(c) area of mouthpiece
(d) length of mouthpiece
ANS: D
31. If D is the diameter of the upper circular portion, the overall depth of a standard egg-shaped section, is
(a) 1.5 D
(b) 2 D
(c) D
(d) 1.25 D
ANS: A
32. Genera value of Cd is observed to be
(a) 0.98
(b) 0.64
(c) 0.85
(d) 0.62
ANS: D
33. The slope of the roof opposite side of the wind direction is known as
(a) Windward
(b) Gabble
(c) Leeward
(d) Hounch
ANS: C
34. A stair turning through one right angle is known as
(a) Helical stair
(b) Dog legged stair
(c) half-turn stair
(d) Quarter-turn stair
ANS: D
35. When the light emits in the _____ then it is called the light-emitting diode
(a) Reverse bias
(b) Forward bias
(c) both a and b
(c) None of these
ANS: B
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