upsc.gov.in Engineering Services Examination-2016 : Union Public Service Commission

Organisation : Union Public Service Commission
Document Type : Question Paper
Year : 2016
Exam : Engineering Services Examination , 2016

Website : http://www.upsc.gov.in/examinations/question-papers/question-papers-year-2016
Download Model Question paper :
Civil Engineering Paper – I :https://www.pdfquestion.in/uploads/9941-CIVILENGG.pdf
Mechanical Engineering Paper – I :https://www.pdfquestion.in/uploads/9941-MECH.pdf
Electrical Engineering Paper – I :https://www.pdfquestion.in/uploads/9941-ELECTRICAL.pdf
E & T Engineering Paper – I :https://www.pdfquestion.in/uploads/9941-E%20&%20T.pdf
General Ability Test :https://www.pdfquestion.in/uploads/9941-GAT.pdf

UPSC Civil Engineering Paper – I

Paper :  Civil Engineering Paper
Time Allowed : Three Hours
Maximum marks : 250

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Instructions

Question Paper Specific Instructions :
** There are EIGHT questions divided in TWO SECTIONS and printed both in HINDI and in ENGLISH.
** Candidate has to attempt FIVE questions in all.

** 60uestions no. I and 5 are compulsory and out of the remaining, any THREE are to be attempted choosing at least ONE from each section.
** The number of marks carried by a question/part is indicated against it.

** Answers must be written in the medium authorized in the Admission Certificate which must be stated clearly on the cover of this @uestion-cum-Ansu0er (69CA) Booklet in the space provided.
** No marks will be given for answers written in a medium other than the authorized one.
** Word limit in questions, wherever specified, should be adhered to.

Model Questions

1. Answer all of the following : 8×5=40
(a) What do you understand by the term characteristic strength of a material 2 Please elaborate. 8

(b) A continuous beam ABCDE is subjected to Dead Load and Live Load. Draw the arrangements of Live Load that produce maximum Bending moment at support B and span BC of the beam
(c) What do you understand by multiskilling of labour What are the benefits of multiskilling

(d) What are the main advantages of Activity on the Node (A-O-N) networks over activity on the Arrow (A-O-A) networks 2 8
(e) State the Muller-Breslau principle. Hence draw influence line for moment at D in the beam shown

2.(a) Explain with appropriate figures the failure criteria based on maximum shear stress theory. Also draw its Mohr circle representation. 15

(b) A cylindrical shaft made of steel for which the tensile yield strength MPa is subjected to static loads consisting of a bending moment of 700 kNmm and torsion of 400 kNmm. Determine the diameter of shaft for a factor of safety equal to 1.5 if E = 200 GPa and Poisson’s ratio v = 0.25; Adopt maximum shear stress failure theory. 15

(c) Draw a network for the following situations
(i) A is prerequisite on D
(ii) B is prerequisite on D and E
(iii) C is prerequisite on E
(iv) D is prerequisite on F
(v) E is prerequisite on F. 10

3. (a) Analyze the frame shown in Fig. 3 by the moment distribution method and draw bending moment diagram. 15- 50 kN/m º kN
(b) A simply supported beam is 25 × 50 cm deep and has 2-20 mm Fe 415 grade steel bars going into the support shown in Fig. 4. If the shear force at the center of support is 110 kN at service loads, determine the anchorage length. Assume M20 mix. Bond stress for mild steel for M20 concrete is 1.2 MP in limit state. Take clear cover to steel = 25 mm. 20

General Ability Test :
Directions :
Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence carefully to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d),

Spotting Error :
1. We were in search of an emporium where we could buy ladies garments cheaply No error.
2. Mahatma Gandhi was in arrest on several occasions during the freedom struggle. No error.

3. A part of the audience became restive and began to shout loudly. No error.
4. I have been frantically trying to find a suitable house in Delhi from the past six months.No error.
5. People is likely to revolt against a government if treated harshly over a long period.No error.

6. Speech is most valuable among the faculties which man possesses. No error.
7. A large number of people continues to be illiterate in our country. No error,
8. A day later they went shopping in city with lot of money. No error,

9. What you are doing to achieve a first in the annual examinations? No error.
10. Many a flower is born to blush unseen. No error.
11. His greatest weakness is that he does not listen to anybody and isoften blind of his own faults. No error.

12. He caught him by the neck and dealt him a sound thrashing. No error.
13. Spectators of a football match are pleased when a goal is thrown. No error.
14. The whole country will be perished if people do not work hard. No error.
15. I know by experience that badminton can be a very exciting game. No error.