Kerala PSC Overseer / Draftsman (Civil) Mock Tests, Syllabus & Complete Exam Guide

The Overseer / Draftsman (Civil) Grade is a diploma-level technical post that Kerala PSC recruits for the state's engineering departments — the Public Works Department (PWD), Irrigation, Local Self-Government (LSGD) and local bodies. Overseers and draftsmen support engineers on site and in the office: setting out and levelling works, preparing and reading drawings, estimating quantities and supervising construction. Because these are field-and-drawing-board roles, the recruitment test pairs a solid diploma-level civil-engineering part with general parts on general knowledge, arithmetic and language.

Selection runs through a single objective paper whose score builds a ranked list; candidates are then called in rank order for certificate verification and appointment as vacancies arise. The civil part covers surveying and levelling, building materials, estimation, drawing conventions and RCC at the diploma / draftsmanship level, while the general parts test general knowledge and current affairs — with a distinctive emphasis on India's and Kerala's dams, bridges, buildings and public-works projects — along with arithmetic, mental ability and Malayalam.

The civil-engineering part is where the paper is won: revise surveying and levelling (chains, compass and level, benchmarks and contours), building materials and concrete (cement setting times, curing, bricks, RCC), estimation units and methods, and drawing conventions and scales until they are quick and automatic. These are diploma-level fundamentals, so accuracy and speed on them lift your rank the most.

For the general parts, build strong general knowledge with a public-works focus — important Indian and Kerala dams, bridges, buildings and projects come up repeatedly — and keep current affairs steady. Drill diploma-level arithmetic, mensuration, series and reasoning for reliable marks, and practise Malayalam grammar, sandhi, synonyms and antonyms in the Malayalam script. Because the ranked list rewards every mark and this model has no negative marking, attempt the whole paper and avoid careless mistakes.