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1. The narrow strip of drawing board are joint together by joints.

Butt and lap joints Lapped and splayed joints


Tongue and groove joint Butt and dovetail joints


2. Which wood is used to made wooden T-Square?
Teak Oak
Pine Linoleum
3. The designation of standard recommended scales of 10 and 20 is
M2 M4
M5 M3
4. The trimmed size of A2 drawing sheet in mm is

297 x 420 420 x 594


594 x 841 210 x 297


5. Which type of line is used to draw centre lines?

Chain Thin Chain Thick


Dashed Thin Dashed Thick


6. Which tool is used to splitting stone in stone masonry?

Mallet Pick


Face Hammer Gads


7. A good brick earth the percentage of silt contents is by weight.

20 to 50% 20 to 35%


10 to 35% 10 to 45%


8. The down stream face of dam may be eroded by heavy rain is known as. Over topping Toe Erosion Gullying None of these
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9. The temperature variations in chain surveying is .

Cumulative error Compensating error


Permanent error All the above


10. The pipe which is used to discharge foul gases in drains or sewer into the .atmosphere is
known as:

Soil pipe .Vent pipe


Ventilating pipe None of these


11. One cubic feet is gallons.

6.23 gallons 6.32 gallons


4.546 gallons 4.456 gallons


12. The value of one Horse power in British system is Foot Pound/second.

555 735


746 550


13. A section subjects to axial pushes acting normally across the section, the stress setup is known as.

Tensile stress Shear stress


Compressive stress Direct stress


14. In optical square two mirrors are placed at an angle each other.

300


18DO



15. The tool used to screwing and unscrewing bigger diameter pipe is .

Chain wrench Adjustable wrench


Spanner Threading dies


16. The projecting stone provided to serv.e as a support for joist is known as

Cornice Corbel


Coping Throating


17. The pressure piles of piles.

Timber piles Steel piles


Sheet piles CD) Board piles


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18. In plate load test the minimum recommended size of bearing plate is

15cm 30cm


45 cm 60cm


19. One square meter is square yards.

1.968 1.986


1.869 1.896


20. The seven days compressive strength ofordinary cement

19-23 N/mm2 22-28 N/mm2


27-32 N/mm2 36-52 N/mm2


21. The join used for connecting a horiwntal member into an inclined member is known as.

Oblique tenon joint Housed joint


Dovetailed housed joint Mitred and rebated joint


22. The quantity of water required in cement for completely hydrated is about its weight.

1/2 to 1/3 1/3 to 1/7


1/5 to 1/4 1/4 to 1/8


23. A four sided figure having no parallel side is

Rhombus Trapewid


Trapezium Quadrilateral


24. The double ordinate passing through the focus of cone is

Abscissa Double ordinates


Focal chord Latus rectum


25. Which one is an isolated footing for a column?

Strip footing Mat footing


Pad footing Combined footing


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26. A brick whose one end is cut splayed for full width is known as?

Bevelled closer Bevelled bat


King closer Mitred closer


27. The exposed vertical surface left on the sides of an opening after the door frame has been
fitted in position is

Jambs Reveals


Sill Freeze


28. Two walls meet at 90° a is formed.

Square quoin Squint quoin


Tea quoin None of these


29. 0.005 of 10 is what percent?
50%
0.5% None of these
30. The area of a pentagon is

1.7205 x side2 1.2705 x side2


1.7205 .Jside 1.2705 x .Jside


31. Which method is commonly adopted for the removed of permanent hardness?

Lime-soda posses Base exchange process


Demineralisation process All the above


32. The granite is a rock.

Sedimentary Metamorphic


Igneous None of these


33. Silica is melt at °C.

1730°C 1400°C


1430°C 151O°C


34. The compressive stre"ngth of concrete mix is

15 N/mm2 20 N/mm2


25 N/mm2 None of these


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35. The concrete provided to resist to attack by acids and other chemicals:

Pre concrete Polymer concrete


No-fines concrete Vaccum concrete


36. The defect indicated by the curvature formed in the direction of length of timber is

Warp Split


Cup Bow


37. The unit weight ofice in kg/m3

1016 kg/m3 1000 kg/m3


910 kg/m3 None of these


38. The maximum safe bearing capacity of medium clay in tone 1m2 is

25 tone 1m2 35 tone 1m2


45 tone 1m2 50 tone/m2


39. In raking the bottom of the raker is rest on Braces Straining
Rakers Sole plate .
40. Theremovalofpropsofslabspanningupto4.5m

3 days 7 days


14 days 21 days


41. The defect in painting due to poor adhesion:

Blistering Bloom


Fading Flaking


42. The additional horiwntal rails fixed between the top and bottom rails of a shatter is known as:

Cross rail Bottom rail


Top rail Lock rail


43. Name the window where shatter open like doors are called:
Fixed window Casement window . Pivoted window None of these
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44. The type of flooring perfectly noiseless and is used in theater is named as

Glass Floor Asphalt Floor


Cork Floor Linoleum Floor


45. The minimum depth of concrete at the crown of a jack arch floor should be

100 mm 150 mm


180 mm .200 mm


. 46. A sloping surface and it is adopted as a suitable for stair for easy connection between the floors:

Ladder Ramps


Elevators Lift


47. The inclined member in wooden stair acting as wooden beams to support the step is

Soffit Waist


String Stringers


48. The accepted speed of the moving stair is mm/second.

450 mm· 300mm


200mm 150mm


49. A non residential enclosure constructed of non load bearing partition is known as
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Balcony Canopy


Cabin Barsati


50. In industrial area, the covered area shall not be exceed the site area.

40% 60%


70% None ofthese


51. Which one is not a CAD package?
Power point STADD
REVET IDEAS

52. The area of horizontal circulation of a residential building should be in between:

10% to 15% 20% to 40%


30% to 40% . 20% to 25%


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53. In D-Type plot the permissible covered area is of the site area.

60% 50%


40% 30%


54. The layout plan are drawn to a scale not less than

2000 1500


1000 500


55. In Auto Cad the short key of GRID command is

F9 F8


F7 FlO


56. What percentage of cement is mixed with asbestos fibers in the manufacture of AC sheet?
15%
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30% 45%
57. Which one of the following group B type building?
Industrial Business
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Educational Assembly •
58. 1kg= lbs".

2.5021bs 2.2051bs


2.0521bs 2.5201bs


59. The command used in Auto Cad, for shorten object using other object:

Trim Erase


Delete None of these


60. The number of dwelling units in a row of building shall not exceed:

40 30


20 10


61. The horizontal angle between a line and the true meridian is called:
Azimuth Magnetic
Horizontal declination Dip of needle
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62. Which method is suitable in plain table surveying for a small area can be commanded from a single station?

Intersection methods Traversing method


Radiation method All of these


63. The total length of stair in a horizontal plain, including landing is known as

Flight Going


Scotia Run


64. The short key for removes italic format for select text is:
Ctrl Ctrl
Ctrl Ctrl A
65. In painting P.V.C.N. means:

Pigment Value Concentration Number


Pigment Volume Content Number


.Pigment Value Constant Number


Pigment Volume Concentration Number


66. In C.G.8 system the unit of mass is expressed in
lbs gm
Kg N
67. The process adopted to make the steel to soft is known as

Annealing Normalizing


Hardening Tempering


68. The melting point of lead is in between:
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655 to 455°C 410 to 5lOoC


320 to 330°C 200 to 2lOoC


69. The area of a ellipse is

(major axis x minor axis) (major axis x minor axis)


(perimeter) (major axis x minor axis)


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70. The maximum span of a lean to roof

2.4 m 2.6 m


2.10 m None of these



71. The unit of measurement of cornice is worked out in MRS system is Sq. metre Metre
Cubic metre Sq. feet
72. The multiplying factor of one hecto is
10' 103
102 106
73. The value at the end of the utility period without dismantled is known as
Book value Market value


Scrap value Salvage value
74. A curve generated by a fixed point on the circumference of a circle which rolls without slipping along a fixed straight line is called:

Hyperbola Cycloid


In volute Hypocycloid


75. The plane surface which are mutually perpendicular and used for projecting the views of an object is known as

Principle planes Horizontal planes


Vertical planes None of these


76. Which meridian changes its position with time?

True meridian Arbitrary meridian


Magnetic meridian All the above


77. The external curve of an arch is known as:

Intrados Back of the arch


Skew back None of these


78. When a stair slab spanning horiwntally the bending moment equal to? wL2 12 wL2 /12
wL2 wL2
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79. Le-Chatelier method of test is done for finding out-----property of cement.

Soundness Fineness


Setting time Compressive strength



80. In a singly reinforced beam section depth of actual N.A is more than the critical N.A, the section is known as

Balanced section Under reinforced section


Over reinforced section Critical section



81. Who is regarded as the 'Grand Old Man' of 1857 Revolt?

Dadabhai Naoroji Nana Saheb


Kunwar Singh Bahadurshah Safar



82. Aurobindo Ghosh was arrested and trailed in which case:

Lahore Conspiracy Case


Kakori Train Robbery Case


Alipore Conspiracy Case


Chittagong Armory Raid



83. Which South Indian River is known as 'Dakshina Bhageeradhi'?

Kaveri Bharatapuzha


Periyar Pamba



84. Who was the President of Indian National Congress when Indira Gandhi was expelled from the Congress

C. Sankaran Jagjivan Ram


K Kamaraj S. Nijalingappa



85. The Poverty Alleviation scheme, Antyodaya Anna Yojana was launched on:
25th December, 2000 I" April, 2000
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25th August, 2005 12'h October, 2005

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86. The statement 'India that is shall be a union of states' expressed in
Article Indian Constitution Article 17, Indian Constitution
Article Indian Constitution Preamble, Indian Constitution'
87. National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT} was established in
1986 1961
1953 1964
88. Name the Viceroy of British India, who prepared the Mont-Ford Reforms (Government of India Act, 1919)

Edwin Samuel Montagu Viscount Chelmsford


Stafford Cripps Lord Minto II


89. Narora Atomic Power Station is located in

Gujarat Maharashtra


Telungana Uttar Pradesh


90. Who was the first 'Malayalee' chairman of Rajya Sabha?
P. J. Kurian John Mathai
Dr: S. Radhakrishnan K. R. Narayanan
91. 'Om Sahodaryam Sarvatra' (The Brotherhood ofAll) is the motto of:

Advaita Ashram, Aluva


Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata


Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry


Ramakrishn!l Math, Belur


92. The birth place ofPoikayil Yohannan is:
Eraviperoor, Pathanamthitta
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Kainakary, Kuttanad


Cherai, Cochin


Cherukolpuzha, Pathanamthitta


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93. Mar Kuriakose Elias Chavara was beatified (blessed and facer) at Kottayam on 8 February
1986 by:

Pope Benedict XVI


Pope John Paul II


Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II


H.H. Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I



94. The First president of Nair Service Society:

Mannath Padmanabhan K. Kelappan


K. P. Karunakara Menon Kakkanattu Narayana Panikker



95. Who called Ayyankali "Pulayaraja"?

Mahathma Gandhi Indira Gandhi


Sri Chithirathirunal Dr. B. R. Ambedkar



96. In which of the Padmarajan novel, the character of appears?

Itha Ivide Yare Peruvazhiyambalam


Rethinirvedam Udakappola



97. Kerala soil Museum is at

Sreekaryam Parottukonam


Pujappura Kazhakkuttam



98. Alexis Tsipras, the newly elected Prime Minister of Greece belongs to which political party?

PASOK POTAMI



SYRIZA XPIKA




99. Who was the chief guest of India's 66th Republic Day?

Shinw Abe Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck


Barack Obama David Cameron


100. International Yoga Day:

January 25 June 26


June 21 June 14


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