Technical drawing (SS1) 1st Examination 2025/2026

1. The use of lines, symbols and notes to communicate the information needed to construct and object is called

2. The following career opportunities are available for a technical drawing student, Except

3. As an Architect or a civil engineer in your family, which of the following would you take as a first step in building a family house that your father has consulted you for ?

4. In survey drawing, which of the following colors is used to represent water?

5. The type of instrument that can be used to draw the smallest circle easily is called

6. Set squares are used for drawing

7. The instrument for sharpening a pencil is

8. The best type of pencil used for engineering drawing is

9. Which of the following drawing instrument is used for drawing symbols and letters ?

10. Which of the following instruments is best for drawing horizontal lines?

11. What combination of instruments is best used for drawing vertical lines?

12. Which part of a drawing page is the title block located?

13. The type of line used for drawing a border line is

14. A line that divides a straight line into two equal parts is called

15. In dividing a straight line AB into a number of equal parts, the first step is to

16. A circle has a total of how many degrees?

17. Which of the following is the right instrument for constructing angles?

18. Which of the following instruments is best used for measurement of angles ?

19. In order to get angle 15⁰, which of the following angles is bisected?

20. Which of the following angles is greater than 180⁰ but less than 360⁰?

Subjective (Answer All)

1. 10mm = ______cm

2. An arrowhead line is used for _________

3. One measuring tool I know is ____________

4.Clips , pins and masking tape have a common role to play while drawing, which is ___________

5. The size of an A4 paper is ______________

6. French curves are used for ________

7. The type of drawing use to show building, boundaries vegetation, water etc is called _________

8.One cause of accident at the workshop is ______________

9. Two ways to care for my drawing board are ____________________________ and (10.) __________________________________.

Theory (Answer All)

1. Draft a tangent to a circle given the radius as 35mm(5mks)

2. Rule out a 120mm line and divide in 9 (5mks)

3. Construct the following special angles using compass, pencil and ruler only: 180⁰,60⁰,120⁰,30⁰ (8mks)