Instructor Grade 1 in Mechanical Engineering Syllabus, Study Tips, Question Paper, Answer Key & Cut Off
This page will give you details of Instructor Grade 1 in Mechanical Engineering Kerala PSC exam for the recruitment of workshop instructors in Mechanical branch for government engineering colleges in Kerala. The date of examination is 24.08.2017. There are 4 vacancies for the post. This is going to be one of the last exams to be conducted notified in the year 2017 from Kerala PSC. If you are a serious aspirant for this examination, this blog post can certainly help you. In the following sessions we will discuss the syllabus, preparation tips, study materials, question paper and answer key and expected cut-off marks for Instructor Grade 1 exam.
Syllabus & Preperation trics for Instructor Grade 1 in Mechanical Engineering exam
The test will be of objective question type and OMR valuation. The syllabus consists of 2 parts
- Technical - Questions based on Mechanical Engineering.
- Non technical - Renaissance in Kerala, GK and Current Affairs
It is clear from the syllabus that 80% of the marks go to questions based on Mechanical engineering. So you must focus on technical syllabus more. More preference should be given to the topics like Thermodynamics, Theory of Machines, Production Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Heat & Mass Transfer, Strength of Materials etc. You can expect 75 % of the questions from these topics alone. However, topics like Industrial Management and Design of Machine elements, RAC, Power Plant etc should be in the secondary list. It is important that you must solve previous PSC question papers to get an idea about the pattern of questions asked. Some of the recent question papers with answer key are provided in this blog. You can get the same by checking the KPSC Resources link. If you want to purchase past year PSC questions & answers and related text books then check this link. (Recommended Mechanical engineering books for Kerala PSC).
How to Study Non-Technical Syllabus?
How to Study Non-Technical Syllabus?
Renaissance in Kerala is an important topic for the exam as it guarantees you a considerable number of questions and you can easily score marks compared to other dynamic parts of syllabus like current affairs. If you want complete syllabus based study material of Renaissance in Kerala which is prepared based on past year questions, you are recommended to purchase an eBook so that it can save half of your time and effort and will be helpful for your last minute preparation also. The contents in this eBook are prepared purely based on past year PSC Mechanical exams where non-technical are asked. (Complete eBook). You can also get module wise contents if you are not strong in certain topics. This eBook can assure you minimum 6-7 marks out of 8 marks which come in Renaissance topic apart from technical. However, if you have good knowledge about the same, you can surf more details in the resources section of this web page. For current affairs preparation, it is better to go for monthly compilation magazines which you can find on many websites. For general knowledge part, it is recommended to buy a book named Lucent's General Knowledge.
Practicing past year question paper is an important exercise all the aspirants must follow. Solving recent examination questions as well as past year question papers will make you aware of the exam pattern and you will have a relaxed main exam after all. Question papers and answer key for recent examinations conducted from March 2017 has been updated on this site. If you want to go through that, then check on question paper section.
Practicing past year question paper is an important exercise all the aspirants must follow. Solving recent examination questions as well as past year question papers will make you aware of the exam pattern and you will have a relaxed main exam after all. Question papers and answer key for recent examinations conducted from March 2017 has been updated on this site. If you want to go through that, then check on question paper section.
Question Paper, Answer Key & Expected Cut Off
Question Paper (Set A) - link>>
Provisional Answer Key for the above question paper (set A)
Note: This answer key is the provisional answer key published by Kerala PSC. But some questions are given wrong options. For question numbers 38, 62, 74, 78 and 92; the options in the answer key is wrong. The correct answers are as follows:
Expected Cut Off - 63-68 Marks
General Comments & Question Paper Analysis
The exam was moderate difficulty level paper. The Mechanical questions were almost matching with the detailed study tips above. There were more questions from Production, SOM, TOM, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics & Machinery. As mentioned earlier, there were no questions from Industrial Management and Power Plant Engineering. There were some lengthy problems in Fluid Mechanics & SOM and it was better to skip those questions as it consumes more time. 50 questions out of the 80 were easily scorable in Mechanical part.
Regarding non-technical questions, 5 out of 5 questions from Renaissance in Kerala was asked from the eBook mentioned above (Sample Copy of eBook>>). Candidates who studied this eBook might have score full marks on that topic. (Complete eBook>>). Among the other 15 questions, 5 to 6 questions were easily scorable. 11 to 13 marks out of 20 will be a good attempt.
According to the above analysis, the cut off expected is 63 to 68 marks. Those who are scoring more than 70 marks have good chance to be in the final merit list. All the candidates visiting this page are requested to mention their marks in the comment section below by checking the answer key for better comparison and performance analysis.
Provisional Answer Key for the above question paper (set A)
Note: This answer key is the provisional answer key published by Kerala PSC. But some questions are given wrong options. For question numbers 38, 62, 74, 78 and 92; the options in the answer key is wrong. The correct answers are as follows:
38-A, 62-D, 74-C, 78-B, 92-A
Candidates who have marked the right option as above can challenge this provisional answer key by submitting a complaint form to Kerala PSC within 5 days from this date (24.08.17). If not your answers won't get credits. This is the link for the application form. Link>>. If you find more corrections in the answer key, please mention in the comment section below.
General Comments & Question Paper Analysis
The exam was moderate difficulty level paper. The Mechanical questions were almost matching with the detailed study tips above. There were more questions from Production, SOM, TOM, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics & Machinery. As mentioned earlier, there were no questions from Industrial Management and Power Plant Engineering. There were some lengthy problems in Fluid Mechanics & SOM and it was better to skip those questions as it consumes more time. 50 questions out of the 80 were easily scorable in Mechanical part.
Regarding non-technical questions, 5 out of 5 questions from Renaissance in Kerala was asked from the eBook mentioned above (Sample Copy of eBook>>). Candidates who studied this eBook might have score full marks on that topic. (Complete eBook>>). Among the other 15 questions, 5 to 6 questions were easily scorable. 11 to 13 marks out of 20 will be a good attempt.
According to the above analysis, the cut off expected is 63 to 68 marks. Those who are scoring more than 70 marks have good chance to be in the final merit list. All the candidates visiting this page are requested to mention their marks in the comment section below by checking the answer key for better comparison and performance analysis.
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