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Civil Engineering
Building Materials
Physical and Chemical properties, classification, standard tests, uses and
manufacture/quarrying of materials e.g. building stones, silicate based materials,
cement (Portland), asbestos products, timber and wood based products, laminates,
bituminous materials, paints, varnishes.
Soil Mechanics
Origin of soil, phase diagram, Definitions-void ratio, porosity, degree
of saturation, water content, specific gravity of soil grains, unit weights, density
index and interrelationship of different parameters, Grain size distribution curves
and their uses. Index properties of soils, Atterberg’s limits, ISI soil classification
and plasticity chart. Permeability of soil, coefficient of permeability,
determination of coefficient of permeability,
Unconfined and confined aquifers, effective stress, quick sand, Consolidation
of soils, Principles of consolidation, degree of consolidation, pre-consolidation
pressure, normally consolidated soil, e-log p curve, computation of ultimate
settlement.
Shear Strength of soils, direct shear test, Vane shear test, Triaxial test. Soil
compaction, Laboratory compaction test, Maximum dry density and optimum
moisture content, earth pressure theories, active and passive earth pressures,
Bearing Capacity of soils, plate load test, standard penetration test.
Environmental Engineering
Quality of water, source of water supply, Purification of water, Distribution of
water, need of sanitation,
Sewerage systems, circular sewer, oval sewer, sewer appurtenances, Sewage
Treatments.
Surface water drainage.
Solid Waste Management – types, effects, engineered management system.
Air Pollution – pollutants, causes, effects, control. Noise pollution – cause, health
effects, control.
Surveying
Principles of surveying, measurement of distance, chain surveying,
working of prismatic Compass, compass traversing, bearings, local attraction,
Plane table surveying,
Theodolite traversing, adjustment of theodolite,
Levelling, Definition of terms used in levelling, contouring, curvature and
refraction corrections, temporary and permanent adjustments of dumpy level,
Methods of Contouring, uses of contour map, Tachometric survey, Curve
setting, earth work calculation, advanced surveying equipment.
Transportation Engineering
Highway Engineering – cross sectional elements, Geometric Design, types of
pavements,
Pavement Materials – aggregates and bitumen, different tests,
Design of Flexible and Rigid Pavements – Water Bound Macadam (WBM) and
Wet Mix Macadam (WMM), Gravel Road, Bituminous construction, Rigid
pavement joint, pavement maintenance, Highway drainage,
Railway Engineering- Components of permanent way – sleepers, ballast,
fixtures and fastening, track geometry, points and crossings, track junction,
stations and yards.
Traffic Engineering – Different traffic survey, speed-flow-density and their
interrelationships, intersections and interchanges, traffic signals, traffic operation,
traffic signs and markings, road safety.
Hydraulics
Fluid properties, hydrostatics, measurements of flow, Bernoulli’s theorem and
its application, flow through pipes, flow in open channels, weirs, flumes, spillways,
pumps and turbines.

Estimating, Costing and Valuation
Estimate, glossary of technical terms, Analysis of rates, Methods and unit of
measurement,
Items of work – earthwork, Brick work (Modular & Traditional bricks), RCC
work, Shuttering, Timber work, Painting, Flooring, Plastering. Boundary wall,
Brick building, Water Tank, Septic tank, Bar bending schedule, Centre line
method, Mid-section formula, Trapezoidal formula, Simpson’s rule.
Cost estimate of Septic tank, flexible pavements, Tube well, isolates and
combined footings, Steel Truss, Piles and pile-caps.
Valuation – Value and cost, scrap value, salvage value, assessed value, sinking
fund, depreciation and obsolescence, methods of valuation.
Irrigation Engineering
Definition, necessity, benefits, 2II effects of irrigation, types and methods of
irrigation,
Hydrology – Measurement of rainfall, run off coefficient, rain gauge, losses from
precipitation – evaporation, infiltration, etc.
Water requirement of crops, duty, delta and base period, Kharif and Rabi Crops,
Command area, Time factor, Crop ratio, Overlap allowance, Irrigation
efficiencies.
Different type of Canals, types of canal irrigation, loss of water in canals. Canal
lining – types and advantages.
Shallow and deep to Wells, yield from a well.
Weir and Barrage, Failure of weirs and permeable foundation, Slit and Scour,
Kennedy’s theory of critical velocity. Lacey’s theory of uniform flow.
Definition of Flood, causes and effects, methods of flood control, water logging,
preventive measure.
Land Reclamation, Characteristics of affecting fertility of soils, purposes,

methods, description of land and reclamation processes. Major irrigation projects
in India.
Structural Engineering
Theory of structures
Elasticity constants, types of beams – determinate and indeterminate, Bending
Moment and Shear Force diagrams of simply supported, cantilever and over
hanging beams.
Moment of Area and moment of Inertia for rectangular & circular sections,
bending moment and shear stress for tee, channel and compound sections,
chimneys, dams and retaining walls, eccentric loads,
Slope-Deflection of simply supported and cantilever beams, critical load and

columns, Torsion of circular section.
Concrete Technology
Properties, Advantages and uses of concrete, cement aggregates, importance of
water quality, water cement ratio, workability, mix design, storage, batching,
mixing, placement, compaction, finishing and curing of concrete, quality control
of concrete, hot weather and cold weather concreting, repair and maintenance of
concrete structures.
Steel Design
Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams roof trusses plate girders.
RCC Design
RCC beams-flexural strength, Shear strength, Bond strength, Design of
Singly reinforced and Double reinforced Beams, Cantilever beams. T-beams,
Lintels.
One way and two way Slabs, Isolated Footings.
Reinforced Brick works, Columns, Staircases, Retaining Wall,
Water Tanks (RCC design questions may be based on both Limit State and
Working Stress methods).

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pumps and turbines.

Land Reclamation, Characteristics of affecting fertility of soils, purposes,

Slope-Deflection of simply supported and cantilever beams, critical load and

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