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DAILY QUIZ 39

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST 📌 Attend the quiz below 📌 1 mark per question 📌 No negative marking 📌 Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz 📌 Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. 📌 Make sure to attend all the questions 📌 After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 38

1 19 / 20 MINNU 2 18 / 20 Koshy 3 18 / 20 Anju 4 18 / 20 Moni 5 18 / 20 Aswathy Devan 6 18 / 20 Nimisha 7 18 / 20 Prasanth 8 18 / 20 Rose 9 17 / 20 nikhil 10 17 / 20 nasheeda munawir 11 17 / 20 Surya Das 12 16 / 20 Tiju  13 16 / 20 Amal mk 14 16 / 20 Jeena 15 16 / 20 ROMY28 16 16 / 20 ROMY28 17 15 / 20 Aishaz 18 15 / 20 Revathy 19 15 / 20 Sakariya 20 14 / 20 Rinku 21 14 / 20 SURYA DAS J S 22 14 / 20 Aswathy 23 14 / 20 I Dulquer Salman 24 13 / 20 Abhijith K.J 25 13 / 20 Arya 26 13 / 20 Aparna sb 27 13 / 20 Lucifer 28 12 / 20 Vishnu p p 29 12 / 20 Nejuma 30 10 / 20 Parvathi 31 10 / 20 Nazriya  32 5 / 20 Fgg 33 5 / 20 Shana 34 2 / 20 Thanks dgg 35 1 / 20 Jas

DAILY MOCK TEST 38

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RANKLIST 37

 RANKLIST 1 20 / 20 Abin Joy Guide Homez 2 20 / 20 Aswathy 3 20 / 20 Elsa 4 20 / 20 Abin 5 20 / 20 achu 6 20 / 20 Arun aravind 7 20 / 20 Nimisha  8 20 / 20 Arun 9 19 / 20 Aswathy Devan 10 19 / 20 AR 11 19 / 20 Mumtaz 12 19 / 20 Arya 13 19 / 20 Aiswarya K 14 18 / 20 Rinku 15 18 / 20 Aishaz 16 18 / 20 Koshy 17 18 / 20 Neethu Harish 18 18 / 20 Rose 19 17 / 20 Amal mk 20 17 / 20 Anju 21 17 / 20 Rahna 22 17 / 20 anaswarakp 23 17 / 20 Jishnu Gopal 24 17 / 20 Dmp 25 16 / 20 SURYA DAS J S 26 16 / 20 Prasanth 27 16 / 20 Gree 28 16 / 20 Frank 29 16 / 20 Aswathi 30 16 / 20 Stranger 31 16 / 20 Jeena 32 16 / 20 Sakariya 33 15 / 20 nikhil 34 15 / 20 Abhijith K.J 35 15 / 20 Vishnu p p 36 15 / 20 Lucifer 37 15 / 20 Nithu 38 15 / 20 SALEEL 39 15 / 20 Mufi 40 13 / 20 Nazriya  41 13 / 20 Achu 42 13 / 20 Reshma Ash 43 12 / 20 Fathima  4

DAILY QUIZ 37

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST 📌 Attend the quiz below 📌 1 mark per question 📌 No negative marking 📌 Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz 📌 Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. 📌 Make sure to attend all the questions 📌 After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 36

 RANKLIST 1 20 / 20 Nithya 2 20 / 20 Amritha 3 19 / 20 Elsa 4 19 / 20 Aparna sb 5 19 / 20 Sree vk 6 19 / 20 Abin joy 7 19 / 20 Abin joy 8 18 / 20 AR 9 18 / 20 Amal mk 10 18 / 20 jishnu gopal 11 17 / 20 Tiju 12 17 / 20 Sree 13 17 / 20 Vb 14 17 / 20 Dmp 15 17 / 20 Aswathy 16 17 / 20 Sakariya 17 17 / 20 Rinku 18 16 / 20 anaswarakp 19 16 / 20 Prasanth 20 16 / 20 Aswathi 21 16 / 20 Rose 22 16 / 20 Mufi 23 16 / 20 Navaneeth km 24 15 / 20 Aleena AR 25 15 / 20 shilpa sebastian 26 14 / 20 Vishnu p p 27 14 / 20 SURYa DAS 28 14 / 20 Ash 29 14 / 20 Lucifer 30 14 / 20 Fathima  31 14 / 20 Nejuma 32 14 / 20 Saleel 33 14 / 20 Tgs  34 14 / 20 Amritha 35 13 / 20 Aparna sb 36 13 / 20 Soorya Narayan 37 13 / 20 Honey 38 13 / 20 Spread a smile 39 13 / 20 Bissy Varghese 40 12 / 20 Abhijith K.J 41 12 / 20 @pretendist 42 12 / 20 RJ03 43 12 / 2

DAILY QUIZ 36

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST 📌 Attend the quiz below 📌 1 mark per question 📌 No negative marking 📌 Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz 📌 Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. 📌 Make sure to attend all the questions 📌 After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 35

 RANKLIST 1 20 / 20 Elsa 2 20 / 20 Amritha 3 20 / 20 Trevor 4 19 / 20 Aswathy 5 19 / 20 Gree 6 19 / 20 Aswathi ramesh  7 19 / 20 Nimisha  8 18 / 20 Rose 9 18 / 20 Aswathi 10 18 / 20 Amal mk 11 18 / 20 Aswathy Devan 12 18 / 20 nikhil 13 18 / 20 Silpa 14 18 / 20 Vb 15 18 / 20 Parvathi 16 18 / 20 Arundhathy 17 18 / 20 Aathira 18 17 / 20 anaswarakp 19 17 / 20 anaswarakp 20 17 / 20 Spread a smile 21 17 / 20 Raheema  22 17 / 20 Sakariya 23 17 / 20 Dmp 24 16 / 20 Rinku 25 16 / 20 RJ03 26 16 / 20 RJ03 27 16 / 20 à´†  28 16 / 20 Bissy Varghese 29 16 / 20 Nejuma 30 16 / 20 Tgs  31 16 / 20 Navaneeth km 32 15 / 20 Aysha 33 15 / 20 Prasanth 34 15 / 20 Vennila 35 15 / 20 Vishnu p p 36 15 / 20 Ash 37 15 / 20 Frank 38 15 / 20 Revathy 39 14 / 20 Alex Baby 40 14 / 20 Amritha 41 14 / 20 Abhijith K.J 42 14 / 20 Jil 43 14 / 20 Vishnu Ponna

VALUATION, TENDERING

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VALUATION - Art of assuming the present value of a property  I. VALUER : an expert in valuation of a property through scientific method  II. GROSS INCOME : total income of a property  III. OUTGOINGS : all the expenses like tax, repair etc.  IV. NET INCOME : gross income - outgoing  V. RATABLE VALUE : net annual letting value ( gross income - repair )  VI. ANNUITY : annual periodic payment for repayment of the capital amount invested by the party.  VII. CAPITAL COST : total cost of construction including land  VIII. MARKET VALUE : amount obtainable at a particular time if put for sale on market  IX. BOOK VALUE : original cost - depreciation  X. YEARS PURCHASE : capital sum required to be invested in order to get an interest of 1 rs  XI. CAPITALIZED VALUE : amount of money whose annual interest @ highest prevailing rate of interest equal to the net income of a property • capitalized value = net income x years purchase  XII. OBSOLESCENCE : value decrease due to outdated design ,

UNITS OF MEASUREMENTS, PAINTING COEFFICIENT, OUT TURN, QUANTITY CALCULATION

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  DEDUCTION  • MASONRY : < 0.1 m2 - no deduction  • PLASTERING :  < 0.5 m2 - no deduction  0.5 - 3 m2 - one side deduction  > 3 - both side deduction  • End of beams, rafters, purlins < 0.05 m2 - no deduction  • Bearing of floors, roof slabs etc. - no deduction DIGREE OF ACCURACY  • Volume - 0.01 m3  • Area - 0.01 m2  • Dimension - 0.01 m  • Weight - 1kg  QUANTITY CALCULATION  PCC  • Maximum size of aggregate 40 mm  • For 1 m3 PCC - 0.95 m3 coarse aggregate is required  RCC  • Maximum size of aggregate 20 mm  • For 1m3 RCC - 0.90 m3 coarse aggregate is require  RCC For 1:1.5:3  Wt of cement = (1/3) x 0.90 x 1440 = 432 kg  Wt of sand = (1.5/3) x 0.90 x 1600 = 747 kg  PCC For 1:4:8  Wt of cement = (1/8) x 0.95 x 1440 = 171 kg  Wt of sand = (4/8) x 0.95 x 1660 = 760 kg PLASTERING  1:3 - 0.14 m3 / 10 m2 (sand) cement = (1/3) x 0.14 x 1440 = 67 kg  1:4 - 0.15 m3 / 10 m2 (sand) cement = (1/4) x 0.15 x 1440 = 54 kg  1:5 - 0.15 m3 / 10 m2 (sand) cement = (1/5) x 0.15 x 1440 = 43 kg

DAILY MOCK TEST 35

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST 📌 Attend the quiz below 📌 1 mark per question 📌 No negative marking 📌 Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz 📌 Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. 📌 Make sure to attend all the questions 📌 After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 34

 RANKLIST 1 20 / 20 Amritha 2 20 / 20 rj 3 19 / 20 Parvathi 4 19 / 20 Aswathi ramesh 5 19 / 20 Arun aravind 6 19 / 20 Nimisha.  7 19 / 20 Abin joy 8 19 / 20 Abin joy 9 19 / 20 Koshy 10 19 / 20 Vb 11 19 / 20 Aswathy Devan 12 19 / 20 Jil 13 18 / 20 Elsa 14 18 / 20 Aswathy 15 18 / 20 Ashly 16 18 / 20 Sakariya 17 18 / 20 Arun g 18 18 / 20 Rose 19 18 / 20 Navaneeth km 20 18 / 20 Jo 21 17 / 20 Aleena AR 22 17 / 20 Aishaz 23 17 / 20 Ash 24 17 / 20 Thesni 25 17 / 20 nik 26 17 / 20 Mumtaz 27 17 / 20 Aswathi 28 16 / 20 Gree 29 16 / 20 Abhijith... 30 16 / 20 Raheema  31 16 / 20 Arundhathy 32 16 / 20 Aswathy 33 16 / 20 Vishnu p p 34 16 / 20 Nejuma 35 16 / 20 Viking 36 16 / 20 Rahna 37 16 / 20 Rj 38 15 / 20 Jilu 39 15 / 20 Ashly 40 15 / 20 Jeena 41 15 / 20 Rinku 42 15 / 20 Silpa 43 15 / 20 Vipin v 44 14 / 20 anaswarakp 45 1

ESTIMATION BASICS & TERMS

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ESTIMATION : done to find out the anticipated cost of work before the construction starts  VALUATION : done after the construction  ESTIMATE : Probable cost calculated based on drawings , specification , current rate TYPES OF ESTIMATES PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE  • PLINTH AREA : only plinth area is considered. ( L x B ) (less accurate)  • CUBIC RATE : height is also considered (L X B X H )  • APPROXIMATE QTY : running meter DETAILED ESTIMATE  • REVISED : made if amount exceeds > 5% of sanctioned estimate > 10% during construction material deviation occurs  • SUPPLIMENTARY ESTIMATE : if extra additional works occurs  • SUPPLIMENTARY & REVICED : work completed within 95 % of sanctioned amount.  TERMS  I. CONTIGENCIES : expenses for unexpected work 3 - 5 %  II. ANNUAL REPAIR & MAINTANANCE : 1 - 1.5 %  III. TOOLS AND PLANTS : for big projects separate estimate for tools and plants required 1 - 1.5%  IV. WORK CHARGE ESTABLISHMENTS - salary for supervisors , watchman etc. 1.5 -

DAILY QUIZ 34

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST 📌 Attend the quiz below 📌 1 mark per question 📌 No negative marking 📌 Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz 📌 Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. 📌 Make sure to attend all the questions 📌 After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 33

 RANKLIST 1 20 / 20 Rose 2 20 / 20 Nimisha 3 20 / 20 Srk 4 19 / 20 nikhil 5 19 / 20 MRIDULA 6 19 / 20 Asna 7 19 / 20 Aswathi  8 19 / 20 Dmp 9 19 / 20 Amritha 10 17 / 20 Elsa 11 17 / 20 Parvathi 12 17 / 20 Aswathy 13 17 / 20 Aswathi 14 17 / 20 Ash 15 17 / 20 Arundhathy 16 17 / 20 Prasanth 17 17 / 20 Aathira 18 17 / 20 Mumtaz  19 17 / 20 Koshy 20 17 / 20 jishnu gopal 21 16 / 20 Amritha 22 16 / 20 Vipin 23 16 / 20 Rahna 24 15 / 20 Abhijith... 25 15 / 20 Vishnu p p 26 15 / 20 Gree 27 15 / 20 Rinku 28 15 / 20 Kuttz 29 15 / 20 Aishaz 30 14 / 20 Amal mk 31 14 / 20 Aleena AR 32 14 / 20 F 33 14 / 20 Frank 34 14 / 20 Navaneeth km 35 13 / 20 Shilpa 36 12 / 20 JEENA 37 12 / 20 Abhijith raj 38 12 / 20 Nejuma 39 12 / 20 Aparna 40 12 / 20 arya sumith 41 11 / 20 Honey 42 10 / 20 As 43 10 / 20 sruthy 44 9 / 20 Arya 45 9 / 20

CLAY PRODUCTS

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TILES  • thin slab of brick burned in kiln  1. COMMON TILES : used for paving roofing flooring  2. ENCAUSTIC TILES : used for decorative purpose in floors, walls, ceilings  COMMON TILES  • Manufacture steps  i. Preparation of clay  ii. Molding  iii. Drying  iv. Burning : sial kote kiln for 72 hrs @ 1300*c  TYPES OF COMMON TILES  1. DRAIN TILES : porous , used in irrigation  2. FLOOR / PAVING TILES : used in paving  3. ROOF TILES : covering pitched roof  i. ALAHABAD TILES : have projections used for interlocking  ii. CORRUGATED TILES : has corrugations on surface  iii. FLAT TILES : ordinary  iv. FLEMISH TILES : shape of letter S  v. GUNA TILES : hollow tapered, conical in shape  vi. MANGALORE TILES  a. CLASS AA  b. CLASS A  vii. POT TILES / LOCKING TILES : ordinary half round country tiles  viii. PAN TILES : short & heavy  ix. ENCAUSTIC TILES : 3 layers - body, face, back TERRACOTTA  • Baked earth  • Baked in muffle furnace @ 1200*c for 4 days  i. Porous terracotta : adding

METALS & ALLOYS

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• Ferrous metals : wrought iron, caste iron, steel  • Nonferrous metals : tin, zinc, aluminum etc.  IRON ORE  • Naturally occurring mineral aggregate from which one or more valuable constituent may be recovered by certain treatment  • Impurities present in iron ore are  1. Carbon  2. Manganese  3. Prosperous  4. Sulfur TYPES OF PIG IRON  BESSEMER PIG   • Obtained from hematite  • Free from cu, P, S  • Used in manufacture of steel  GREY/FOUNDRY PIG  • Raw materials burned at high temp  • Soft variety  • Used in manufacture of cast iron  WHITE / FORGED PIG  • Raw material Is burned at low temp  • Hard &strong  • Used in manufacture of wrought iron  MOTTLED PIG • Lies between grey pig and white pig CAST IRON  • 2 - 4 % carbon content  • Made from remelting pig iron ( grey pig )  • Made in CUPOLA FURNACE  • Impurities : Manganese, Phosphorus, Sulphur, Silica  TYPES OF CAST IRONS  1. GREY CAST IRON : made from grey pig, soft  2. WHITE CAST IRON : hard, silvery, white, does not melt e

MOCKTEST 33

KERALA PSC CIVIL ENGINEERING MOCK TEST 📌 Attend the quiz below 📌 1 mark per question 📌 No negative marking 📌 Correct answers and your score will be available after the submission of quiz 📌 Correct answers wont be shown for unmarked questions. 📌 Make sure to attend all the questions 📌 After submitting the responses get back to the top of the page to view the score Loading…

RANKLIST 32

 1 20 / 20 Elsa 2 20 / 20 nandu 3 20 / 20 Kuttz 4 20 / 20 Aleena AR 5 20 / 20 Jeenaa 6 20 / 20 Rose 7 20 / 20 Abin 8 20 / 20 Abin 9 19 / 20 Amal mk 10 19 / 20 Aswathy Devan 11 19 / 20 Nimisha 12 19 / 20 Koshy 13 19 / 20 Aswathi ramesh 14 19 / 20 ARYA ASHOKAN 15 19 / 20 Sakariya 16 19 / 20 Mumtaz  17 19 / 20 Thesni 18 19 / 20 Vb 19 19 / 20 Aishaz 20 19 / 20 Anju K 21 19 / 20 Aswathy 22 18 / 20 Ash 23 18 / 20 Rinku 24 18 / 20 Aswathi 25 18 / 20 Hima 26 18 / 20 Ami Balachandran 27 18 / 20 Dmp 28 18 / 20 Mufi 29 18 / 20 Amritha 30 18 / 20 SURYA DAS J S 31 17 / 20 Vishnu p p 32 17 / 20 Prasanth 33 17 / 20 Nazriya. A 34 17 / 20 Raheema  35 17 / 20 stranger 36 16 / 20 Parvathi 37 16 / 20 Sruthy 38 16 / 20 Aiswarya K 39 16 / 20 Fathima  40 16 / 20 Aathira 41 16 / 20 Anju 42 16 / 20 Vishnu Ponnappan 43 15 / 20 Aysha 44 15 /

MORTAR

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• Binding material ( bond strength ) + fine aggregate ( rigidity, prevent shrinkage ) + water ( flexibility & plasticity )  • Ph of water - potable water - should not be less than 7  • Water quality code - IS 456  FINE AGGREGATE  • Major component - Silica / oxides of silica  • Major mineral component - quartz + feldspar  • Fineness index used for mortar : 2.5 - 3 ( >2.5 , < 3 )  • Fineness index : relative size of fine aggregate to coarse aggregate Aggregate type and Fineness index  Fine  : 2.2 - 2.6 Medium   :  2.6 - 2.9 fine coarse  :  2.9 - 3.2  CLASSIFICATION BASED ON ORIGIN  PIT SAND   • Collected form pit of depth 1 - 2 m  • Red orange  • Angular  • High bond strength  • Used in superior works  RIVER SAND  • Collected from river  • White  • Spherical, rounded  • Low bond strength  • Used in plastering works  SEA SAND • Collected from sea shore  • Brownish yellow • Round  • Not used in any type of construction due to salt content BULKING OF SAND  • Expansion of sand du

MOCK TEST 32

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RANKLIST - 31

1 22 / 22 Ammu 2 22 / 22 Aswathy Devan 3 22 / 22 Rose 4 22 / 22 Lucifer 5 21 / 22 Gregory 6 21 / 22 Tiju Alex 7 21 / 22 JEENA 8 21 / 22 Elsa 9 21 / 22 Ashly 10 21 / 22 Amritha 11 21 / 22 Koshy 12 21 / 22 Aiswarya K 13 21 / 22 Anju 14 20 / 22 Sumi 15 20 / 22 Raheema  16 20 / 22 Vidya b 17 20 / 22 Hima 18 20 / 22 arya sumith 19 20 / 22 Navaneeth km 20 20 / 22 Vishnu p p 21 20 / 22 Aathira 22 19 / 22 Amal mk 23 19 / 22 ASWATHIRAMESHBABU 24 19 / 22 Aswathi 25 19 / 22 Aleena AR 26 19 / 22 Amrutha 27 19 / 22 Prasanth 28 19 / 22 nik 29 19 / 22 Gree 30 19 / 22 Arundhathy 31 19 / 22 Rj 32 19 / 22 Dmp 33 19 / 22 Anjana 34 19 / 22 Rose  35 19 / 22 Rahna 36 19 / 22 Mufi 37 18 / 22 @SURYA DAS J S 38 18 / 22 Aishaz 39 18 / 22 Sakariya 40 18 / 22 Roni 41 17 / 22 Tissa 42 17 / 22 Nazriya. A 43 17 / 22 Ami Balachandran 44 17 / 22

GLASS

• Density : 24.3 KN/m3 • Burning temperature : 1400 - 1500*C  • Natural type of glass : rock crystals  • Glass is formed by the solidification of molten metallic silicates  • Glass is a solidified super cooled liquid of various metals having infinite viscosity  • glass is transparent and good insulator due to the absence of free electron TYPES OF GLASS  Soda lime glass  • Soft glass / commercial glass  • Sodium silicate + calcium silicate  • Fuses at low temp  • Available in pure state  • Used in pipette, burette   Potash lime glass  • Hard glass / bohemian glass  • Potassium silicate + calcium silicate  • Fuses at high temp  • Used in glass articles which withstand high temperature  Potash lead glass  • Flint glass  • Potassium silicate + lead silicate  • Fuses very easily  • Becomes black and opaque in contact with furnace gas  • Used in lens, prism, gems  Common glass  • Bottle glass  • Sodium silicate + calcium silicates + iron silicates  • Does not fuse easily  • Easily affected b

MOCK TEST 31

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SCAFFOLDING, SHORING, UNDER PINNING

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• When height above floor level exceeds 1.5 m a temporary structure is erected for a safe working platform for worker and space for materials  TERMS  1. STANDARDS : vertical members of framework, supported on the ground  2. LEDGERS : horizontal members // to the wall  3. PUTLOGS : transverse members, one side supported on ledgers & other on wall  4. TRANSOM : both the edges are supported on ledgers  5. BRACES : diagonal pieces fixed on standards  6. BRIDLE : a piece used to bridge an opening to walls and support putlog  7. GUARD RAIL : rail parallel to ledgers at working level for safety  8. TOE BOARD : board placed // to ledger & supported by putlogs  9. RAKERS : inclined support  TYPES OF SCAFFOLDINGS  1. SINGLE / PUTLOG / BRICKLAYER SCAFFOLDING  • Most common type  • Mostly used in brickwork  • Spacing b/w standards : 2 - 2.5 m  • Vertical distance b/w ledgers : 1.2 - 1.8 m  • Horizontal distance b/w putlog : 1.2 - 1.8 m  2. DOUBLE / INDEPENDENT / MASONS SCAFFOLDING