Kerala PSC Tracer Exam Date 2024 is OUT, Syllabus and Online Coaching

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Kerala PSC Tracer: Exam

Kerala PSC Tracer: Exam Date 2024

Kerala PSC Tracer: Confirmation Date

Kerala PSC Tracer: Admission Date

Kerala PSC Tracer: Applicants

Kerala PSC Tracer Exam Date 2024: Eligibility criteria

Kerala PSC Tracer Exam Date 2024: Syllabus

KPSC Tracer Previous Questions

Overview

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Kerala PSC Tracer: Exam

Kerala PSC initiated the recruitment process for the Tracer vacancy in the department of Soil Survey and Conservation, by publishing the detailed notification on 29 December, 2023. Only applicants with sufficient education qualification shall apply for the exam.

Kerala PSC Tracer Exam Details
Name of Exam	Kerala PSC Tracer
Department	Soil Survey and Soil Conservation
Scale of Pay	₹ 26500-60700/
No. of Vacancies	Anticipated
Districts Participating	8
Kerala PSC Tracer Exam Date 2024	22-Nov-24
Syllabus	Click here
Previous Questions	Click here

Kerala PSC Tracer: Exam Date 2024

As per the official calendar, Kerala PSC Tracer exam date 2024 is 22 November, 2024. Candidates who has applied for this district-wise recruitment must take-up a serious syllabus-oriented learning until the exam date

Kerala PSC Tracer: Confirmation Date

Candidates who have applied for the Kerala PSC exam must submit confirmation between 23 August and 11 September, 2024. Only candidates who submit the confirmation will receive the admission ticket and allowed to participated in the PSC Tracer recruitment any further. Candidates who fail to submit the confirmation will be ousted from the recruitment.

Kerala PSC Tracer: Admission Date

All candidates who have completed the registration and application process, including the confirmation, will receive the PSC admission ticket in their profile. Candidates participating in Kerala PSC tracer exam shall receive the hall ticket in their candidate profile at Kerala PSC Thulasi website. The Kerala PSC Tracer hall ticket will be available for download from 8 November, 2024.

Kerala PSC Tracer: Applicants

In this district-wise Kerala PSC Tracer exam 31,251 candidates are competing. Out of 14 only 8 districts are participating in this intense recruitment drive. The districts participating are Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram and Kannur.

See the Kerala PSC Tracer applicants’ number in respective district in the below table.

PSC Tracer District-wise Applicants
District	Applicants
Thiruvananthapuram	8,077
Alappuzha	3,507
Kottayam	2,222
Idukki	2,016
Thrissur	4,291
Palakkad	2,611
Malappuram	4,374
Kannur	4,153
Total	31,251

Kerala PSC Tracer Exam Date 2024: Eligibility criteria

Only candidates who have fulfilled the eligibility criteria as per the official notification were allowed to participate in the recruitment process. The two major criteria for eligibility are the age limit and qualification.

Kerala PSC Tracer Exam: Age Limit

The age limit of the candidates must be between 18 – 36. The candidates who born between 02.01.1987 and 01.01.2005 are able to apply for Kerala PSC Tracer exam 2024. Candidates from SC/ST and OBC categories were granted age relaxation accordingly.

Kerala PSC Tracer Exam: Qualification

Candidates appearing for Kerala PSC Tracer exam surely need to possess SSLC or Equivalent qualifications.

Added to the above-mentioned qualification you should have also possessed any of the following qualifications

• Draftsman Course (Mechanical) Diploma of ITC (MTI) Thrissur
• Drawing Group Certificates (KGTE or MGTE)
• Second Grade Certificate secured by Draftsman (Civil or Mechanical) Trainees
• under TT scheme, college of Engineering or under ITC, conducted by the Ministry of Labour, Government of India, after a course of 18 months.
• A pass in Building Drawing and Estimating (Lower)KGTE/MGTE and any two of the Civil Engineering subjects under KGTE/MGTE.
• ITI Certificate in Draftsman Trade (Civil or Mechanical) or in survey Trade
• Diploma in Agricultural and Rural Engineering awarded by the Kerala Agricultural University.

Also, the equivalent qualifications listed below are considered for the Kerala PSC Tracer Exam.

• ITI/ITC (Civil Engineering)
• NAC (Draughtsman (Mechanical))
• KGCE (Civil - Draughtsman)
• KGCE (Civil Engineering)
• NTC (Surveyor)
• NTC (Civil - Draughtsman)
• NTC (Draughtsman (Mechanical))
• SCVT (Surveyor)
• Polytechnic Diploma (Civil Engineering)
• Polytechnic Diploma (Mechanical Engineering)
• Polytechnic Diploma (Architecture) Polytechnic Diploma (Quantity Surveying and Construction Management)
• BTech (Agriculture Engineering)
• BTech (Civil Engineering)
• BTech (Mechanical Engineering)
• BTech (Production Engineering)
• BTech (Mechanical Stream - Production Engineering)
• BE (Civil Engineering)
• BE (Mechanical Engineering)
• MTech (Civil Engineering)
• MTech (Environmental Engineering/Technology)
• MTech (Structural engineering and Construction Management)
• MTech (Traffic and Transportation Planning)
• MTech (Water Resources Engineering and Management)
• AMIE Sections A and B (Civil Engineering)

Kerala PSC Tracer Exam Date 2024: Syllabus

Syllabus is the most important element in Kerala PSC Tracer exam 2024. It is important that the students go through and understand the entire syllabus before the exam date. Download Kerala PSC Tracer complete syllabus pdf from the official website.

MODULE: 1

BASIC ENGINEERING DRAWING (8 marks)

Drawing instruments, Uses, Layout of drawing sheet, Types of lines, Lettering, Dimensioning, Types of Scales, Plane geometrical construction, Conic section, Projection.

MODULE:2 BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION (12marks)

Properties of engineering materials, Building Stones, bricks, lime, timber, tiles, sand, cement mortar and concrete, Admixtures, Ferrous metals, Non-ferrous metals, Glass, Protective materials.

MODULE:3 BUILDING CONSRTUCTION (20 marks)

Stone masonry, Brick masonry, composite masonry, Foundation, Bearing capacity of soil, Scaffolding shoring and underpinning, Damp proofing water proofing and termite proofing, Arches, 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

MODULE:4 BUILDING DRAWING AND ESTIMATING (12marks)

Building rules and byelaws, Provision of safety for buildings, types of estimate, Sanctions, Rules and methods of measurements of works, Rate analysis, labour, materials, schedule of rates, Valuation- terms

MODULE:5 IRRIGATION ENGINEERING (6marks)

Terms used in irrigation, Water requirements of crops, Wiers and barrages, storage and diversion headwork, Reservoir, Dams, Canals, Cross drainage works, Hydroelectric projects and Turbines

MODULE:6 SURVEYING (14 marks)

Chain surveying- principles-instruments used, filed book plotting, compass surveying, Plane table 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

MODULE:7 AutoCAD (8marks)

Introduction, Basic commands, Tool bars, Function keys and shortcut keys, 2D drafting, 3D modelling-shortcut keys, knowledge of layout and printing drawing

MODULE:8 UNITS OF MEASUREMENTS AND APPLIED MECHANICS (6 marks)

Units of measurements, Simple machines, work, power, energy, simple stress, strain, Mensuration, simple trigonometry.

MODULE:9 TRANSPORTATION ENGINNERING (8 marks)

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, signalling Points and crossings, Bridge engineering- Foundation of bridges, Super structure of bridges and classification of bridges.

MODULE:10 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION (6 marks)

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, waste water disposal.

KPSC Tracer Previous Questions

Working out previous questions is one of the best methods of learning for any Kerala PSC exams. Here are some of the questions asked in the previous Kerala PSC Tracer examination

1. Painting coefficient for partly panelled and partly glazed or gauged doors and windows
   1. 2 ¼ times one surface area for both sides
   2. 1 time one surface area for both sides
   3. 3 times one surface area for both sides
   4. 2 times one surface area for both sides
2. For an ellipse, the sum of the distances to a point on the curve from the foci is
   1. Not a constant
   2. Constant and is equal to the length of the major axis
   3. Constant and is equal to the length of the minor axis
   4. None of these
3. The defect which is denoted by the presence of original rounded surface on a manufactured piece of timber is known as
   1. Chip mark
   2. Torn grain
   3. Wane
   4. diagonal grain
4. In coursed rubble masonry II sort, the thickness of the mortar joints is
   1. 12 mm
   2. 10 mm
   3. 14 mm
   4. 16 mm
5. The size of rivet is expressed by
   1. diameter of shank
   2. diameter of head
   3. Shape of head
   4. length of shank
6. The point on which both the fore sight and back sight readings are taken from the previous and new positions of instrument is
   1. Bench mark
   2. datum
   3. True meridian
   4. Change point
7. A circular curve which is comprised of a series of two or more simple curves of different radii which turn in the same direction is called
   1. Simple curve
   2. Reverse curve
   3. Summit curve
   4. Compound curve
8. Which command is used to copy the properties from one object to one or more objects?
   1. match properties
   2. Copy
   3. Property palette
   4. Grid
9. The canal aligned at right angles to the Contour of a Country is known as
   1. side slope canal
   2. contour canal
   3. water shed canal
   4. branch canal
10. The standard size of wooden sleepers on broad gauge railway track
    1. 152 cm × 15 cm × 10 cm
    2. 183 cm × 20 cm × 11 cm
    3. 275 cm × 25 cm × 13 cm
    4. None of these

Answer Key
Q. No.	Ans.
1	d
2	b
3	c
4	a
5	a
6	d
7	d
8	a
9	a
10	c