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Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) will be recruiting eligible candidates for the post of Tradesman. The notification regarding this was announced by KPSC in December. Interested candidates must have submitted their applications by now.
The Kerala PSC exam for the recruitment of Tradesman will be held on 3 April, 2022. Candidates are urged to start their preparation right in advance. Candidates should be aware of the exam pattern and syllabus to ace the test.
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Kerala PSC Tradesman Civil Exam Pattern
An exam will be conducted by Kerala PSC to shortlist eligible candidates for the post of Tradesman. Only those applicants who score the qualifying marks will be considered for the post. Those who score below the required marks will be rejected. Hence it is imperative that candidates have a thorough knowledge about the pattern of exam and the syllabus.
The exam will be a multiple choice type of 100 questions. The medium of exam will be English.
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Kerala PSC Tradesman Civil Syllabus 2022
1: Between the period of 1858-1947, how many Viceroys ruled over India?
Candidates should be well aware of the syllabus to prepare for the exam in the best possible way. The mark distribution will help the candidate distribute their preparation time for each topic according to the importance of the topic.
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The syllabus for Kerala PSC Tradesman (Civil) is divided into ten modules. The modules and the mark distribution for each module is as follows:
| Module | Topic | Mark Distribution |
| Module 1 | Basic Engineering Drawing | 8 marks |
| Module 2 | Building Materials and Construction | 12 marks |
| Module 3 | Building Construction | 20 marks |
| Module 4 | Building Drawing and Estimating | 12 marks |
| Module 5 | Irrigation Engineering | 6 marks |
| Module 6 | Surveying | 14 marks |
| Module 7 | AutoCAD | 8 marks |
| Module 8 | Units of Measurements and Applied Mechanics | 6 marks |
| Module 9 | Transportation Engineering | 8 marks |
| Module 10 | Public Health and Sanitation | 6 marks |
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The detailed syllabus for Kerala PSC Tradesman (civil) is given below:
| Basic Engineering Drawing |
| Drawing instruments
Uses Layout of drawing sheet Types of lines Lettering Dimensioning Types of Scales Plane geometrical construction Conic section Projection |
| Building Materials and Construction |
| Properties of engineering materials
Building Stones Bricks Lime Timber, Tiles Sand Cement mortar and concrete Admixtures Ferrous metals Non-ferrous metals Glass Protective materials |
| Building Construction |
| Stone masonry
Brick masonry Composite masonry Foundation Bearing capacity of soil Scaffolding shoring and underpinning Damp proofing Water proofing and termite proofing Arches and lintels Stairs RCC -introduction Uses materials proportions Formwork including bending of bars and construction reference of BIS code RCC lintel, column, slab, beam, footings Method of mixing concrete Slump test Steel structures – Common forms of steel sections Tension and compression member Types of riveted joints, welded joints Doors and windows Roofs, Floors and floorings |
| Building Drawing and Estimating |
| Building rules and byelaws
Provision of safety for buildings Types of estimates Sanctions Rules and methods of measurements of works Rate analysis Labor, materials, schedule of rates Valuation- terms |
| Irrigation Engineering |
| Terms used in irrigation
Water requirements of crops Wires and barrages Storage and diversion headwork Reservoir, Dams, Canals Cross drainage works Hydroelectric projects and Turbines |
| Surveying |
| Chain surveying- principles-instruments used
Filed book plotting Compass surveying Planetable surveying Levelling and contouring Curves Theodolite Area and volume calculation Introduction to total station Types of total station Measurement with total station Characteristic and features of Total station Global positioning systems |
| AutoCAD |
| Introduction
Basic commands Tool bars Function keys and shortcut keys 2D drafting 3D modelling-shortcut keys Knowledge of layout and printing drawing |
| Units of Measurements and Applied Mechanics |
| Units of measurements
Simple machines Work Power Energy Simple stress Strain Mensuration Simple trigonometry |
| Transportation Engineering |
| Road
Development of road General principles of alignment Classification and construction of different types of roads Railway engineering- Type of rail sections Permanent way Sleepers Ballast Fixtures and fastenings Creep – Screw spikes – Washers Rail sections Signaling Points and crossings Bridge engineering- Foundation of bridges, Super structure of bridges and classification of bridges. |
| Public Health and Sanitation |
| Pipes and pipe joints for underground drainage
Quality of water Sources of water Treatment and conveyance of water Distribution of water Systems of sanitation House drainage, collection, and conveyance of sewage Septic tank Water and sewage treatment plant Sewer appurtenances Wastewater disposal |
Candidates should note that apart from the topics mentioned above, questions from other topics prescribed for the educational qualification of the post may also appear in the question paper. It should also be noted that all the topics mentioned above need not be covered in the exam paper.
Now that the candidates are aware of the syllabus, it’s time to begin the preparation. Starting the preparation right in advance helps avoid unwanted stress and worry. Candidates should get hold of the proper study materials to crack the exam. Kerala PSC exams are highly competitive ones and usually there are large number of candidates appearing for it. Preparation is the key to crack these exams.
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