How to Prepare for Kerala PSC Overseer Civil Examination

Kerala Public Service commission has  been the Santa Claus for aspirants once again. KPSC has released notification for the post of Overseer Civil (Grade 1,2 and 3). Those aspirants aiming for these technical examinations, this is the right time to kick start your preparation. The following article discusses the Kerala PSC Overseer Civil notification and what the Entri  family offers you for the sure success in this examination.

Kerala PSC Overseer Civil Important Details

Events	Important Details
Post Name	Overseer Grade 2
Department	Irrigation/ Public Work Department
No of Posts	12
Notification Date	16/11/2020
Last Date	23/12/2020
Exam Date	Yet to be notified
Final Result	Yet to be notified

Age Limit

Minimum : 18yrs

Maximum : 36yrs

Eligibility Criteria

KGTE Group Certificate or Equivalent

Basic Engineering Drawing including Building Drawing, Building Construction, Survey, Irrigation

OR

Must be eligible in these 8 Subjects

1. Surveying and Levelling (Higher)
2. Applied Mechanics (Higher)
3. Building Materials and Construction (Higher)
4. Hydraulics and Irrigation (Higher)
5. Building Drawing and Estimate (Higher)
6. Earth Work and Road Making (Higher)
7. Geometrical Drawing (Lower) OR Practical Plain and Solid Geometry (Lower)

AND

8. Mensuration (Lower)

Kerala PSC Exam Preparation 2020

Overseer Civil Syllabus & Exam Pattern

• Basic Drawing Techniques

Drawing Instruments, Equipment and Materials

Lettering, Dimensioning and Scale

Plane Geometrical Construction

Conic section and Projection

• Surveying

Conventional Surveying

Introduction and terms used in Chain, Compass, Plain Table and levelling survey

Principles of levelling, Types of levelling, Reduction of levels

Contouring, Theodolite survey

Modern and advanced surveying instruments

• Building Materials and Construction

Stone, Bricks, Tile, Cement, Lime and filler materials

Plane cement concrete, Reinforced Cement Concrete

Timber

Foundation, Masonry, Roofing, Flooring

Building finishes and services

Temporary structural treatment for building construction

• AUTOCAD

Introduction to AutoCAD

Basic Commands

Drawing toolbar and modifying toolbar

Plotting and Printing

• Building Drawing and Estimating

Building rules and byelaws

Estimation, Rules and methods of measurements for work

Rate analysis and valuation

• Hydraulics and Irrigation

Terms used in Irrigation

Storage and diversion head works

Reservoir, Dams, Canals, Cross drainage works

Properties of fluid

Measurement of Pressure

Types of Hydraulic energy

• Units and Mensuration

Units of measurements

Measurement of Perimeter and Area of triangles  Polygons and circles

Volume of Solids

• Applied Mechanics

Simple Mechanics- Load and effort, Mechanical Advantage, Velocity Ratio,  efficiency

Work, Power and Energy

Simple stress and strain

Friction, Shear force and bending moment

Speed and velocity

 Quick Preparation Tips

• Solve Previous Question Papers

Solving and analysing previous question paper is really helpful in your preparation. You can expect some repeated questions in the upcoming examinations.

• Regular mock tests

Attempting mock tests regularly will help you keep your pace up in the race. Entri app provides the best mock tests for every examinations. Download the Entri app and start your preparation to book your berth in your next exam

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• Analyze Performance

Simply attempting mock wont help you clear the examination. Analysing the mock is more important. Analysis helps you figure out what and where went wrong and you may prevent it from happening in the real exam.

Why Entri ???

Then the next question how to clear the exam? Who will light the lamp in your preparation way? The only answer is Entri app. We always ensure to provide quality study materials at affordable prices to our aspirants. Our Entri family will always guide you in every stages of your preparation.

Entri app is launching exclusive new courses on Kerala PSC Overseer Civil Examination. The course includes complete preparation including quality mocks and analysis with percentile calculation, Online doubt clearing sessions, previous papers solutions and discussions.

The online course for Overseer Civil examination has already been started on December 1st 2020. If you are interested, enroll for the course as early as possible.  This course includes free videos and classes for clearing your basics, quality quizzes and mocks for practice, doubt clearing session with expert faculties and other offers. For more details and offers, download the Entri app and start studying.

Conclusion

Entri app provides you with best practice questions for the complete preparation of Kerala PSC exams. For the completion preparation, download the Entri app and start preparing. You can also subscribe to our Youtube channel avail the free videos with high quality. For more details, download the Entri app and start studying.