RRB JE CBT 2 CIVIL ENGINEERING SYLLABUS

RRB JE CBT 2

Duration: 120 minutes (160 Minutes for eligible PwBD candidates accompanied by Scribe)

 No of Questions: 150

1) General Awareness (15 marks)

 Knowledge of Current affairs, Indian geography, culture and history of India including freedom struggle, Indian Polity, and constitution, Indian Economy, Environmental issues concerning India and the World, Sports, General scientific and technological developments, etc.

 2) Physics and Chemistry (15 marks)

Up to 10th standard CBSE syllabus. 

 3) Basics of Computers and Applications (10 marks) 

The architecture of Computers; input and Output devices; Storage devices, Networking, Operating System like Windows, Unix, Linux; MS Office; Various data representation; Internet and Email; Websites & Web Browsers; Computer Virus. 

4) Basics of Environment and Pollution Control (10 marks)

 Basics of Environment; Adverse effect of environmental pollution and control strategies; Air, water and Noise pollution, their effect and control; Waste Management, Global warming; Acid rain; Ozone depletion.

 5) Technical Abilities: 

Civil and Allied Engineering (100 marks)

1. Engineering Mechanics: Force (resolution of force, a moment of force, force system, the composition of forces), Equilibrium, Friction, Centroid, and Center of gravity, Simple machines.
2. Mechanics of Structures:  Stress and strain, shear force and bending moment, the moment of inertia, stresses in beams, analysis of trusses, strain energy.
3. Theory of structures:  Direct and bending stresses, slope and deflection, fixed beam, continuous beam, moment distribution method, columns.
4. Hydraulics:  properties of fluid, hydrostatic pressure, measurement of liquid pressure in pipes, fundamentals of fluid flow, the flow of liquid through pipes, flow through an open channel, flow measuring devices, hydraulic machines.
5. Building Construction:  Building components (substructure, superstructure), type of structure (load bearing, framed and composite structures).
6. Building materials:  Masonry materials (stones, bricks, and mortars), Timber and miscellaneous materials (glass, plastic, fiber, aluminum steel, galvanized iron, bitumen, PVC, CPVC, and PPF).
7. Construction of substructure:  job layout, earthwork, foundation (types, dewatering, cofferdams, bearing capacity).
8. Construction of superstructure; stone masonry, brick masonry, Hollow concrete block masonry, composite masonry, cavity wall, doors, and windows, vertical communication (stairs, lifts, escalators), scaffolding and shoring.
9. Building finishes: Floors (finishes, the process of laying), walls (plastering, pointing, painting) and roofs (roofing materials including RCC).
10. Building maintenance:  Cracks (causes, type, repairs- grouting, guniting, epoxy, etc.), settlement (causes and remedial measures), and re-baring techniques.
11. Building drawing:  Conventions (type of lines, symbols), planning of building (principles of planning for residential and public buildings, rules, and byelaws), drawings (plan, elevation, section, site plan, location plan, foundation plan, working drawing), perspective drawing.
12. Concrete Technology:  Properties of various types/grades of cement, properties of coarse and fine aggregates, properties of concrete (water-cement ratio, properties of fresh and hardened concrete), Concrete mix design, testing of concrete, quality control of concrete (batching, formwork, transportation, placing, compaction, curing, waterproofing), extreme weather concreting and chemical admixtures, properties of special concrete (ready mix, RCC, pre-stressed, fiber reinforced, precast, high performance).
13. Surveying:  Types of survey, chain, and cross staff survey (principle, ranging, triangulation, chaining, errors, finding area), compass survey (principle, bearing of line, prismatic compass, traversing, local attraction, calculation of bearings, angles and local attraction) leveling (dumpy level, recording in level book, temporary adjustment, methods of reduction of levels, classification of leveling, tilting level, auto level, sources of errors, precautions and difficulties in leveling), contouring (contour interval, characteristics, method of locating, interpolation, establishing grade contours, uses of contour maps), area and volume measurements, plane table survey (principles, setting, method), theodolite survey (components, adjustments, measurements, traversing), Tacheometric survey, curves (types, setting out), advanced survey equipment, aerial survey and remote sensing.
14. Computer-Aided Design: CAD Software (AutoCAD, Auto Civil, 3D Max, etc.), CAD commands, generation of plan, elevation, section, site plan, area statement, 3D view. 
15. Geo-Technical Engineering:  Application of Geo-Technical Engineering in the design of foundation, pavement, earth retaining structures, earthen dams, etc., physical properties of soil, the permeability of soil and seepage analysis, shear strength of soil, bearing capacity of the soil, compaction, and stabilization of soil, site investigation and sub soil exploration.
16. Irrigation Engineering:  Hydrology, investigation and reservoir planning, percolation tanks, diversion head works.
17. Design of Concrete Structures: Working Stress method, Limit State method, analysis and design of singly reinforced and doubly reinforced sections, shear, bond and development length, analysis and design of T Beam, slab, axially loaded column and footings.
18. Design of Steel Structures:  Types of sections, grades of steel, strength characteristics, IS Code, Connections, Design of tension and compression members, steel roof truss, beams, column bases.
19. Transportation Engineering: Railway Engineering (alignment and gauges, permanent way, railway track geometrics, branching of tracks, stations and yards, track maintenance), Bridge engineering (site selection, investigation, component parts of the bridge, permanent and temporary bridges, inspection and maintenance), Tunnel engineering (classification, shape and sizes, tunnel investigation and surveying, method of tunneling in various strata, precautions, equipment, explosives, lining, and ventilation).
20. Highway Engineering:  Road Engineering, investigation for the road project, geometric design of highways, construction of road pavements and materials, traffic engineering, hill roads, drainage of roads, maintenance and repair of roads.
21. Environmental Engineering:  Environmental pollution and control, public water supply, domestic sewage, solid waste management, environmental sanitation, and plumbing.
22. Advanced Construction Techniques and Equipment:  Fibers and plastics, artificial timber, advanced concreting methods (underwater concreting, ready-mix concrete, tremix concreting, special concretes), formwork, pre-fabricated construction, soil reinforcing techniques, hoisting and conveying equipment, earth moving machinery (exaction and compaction equipment), concrete mixers, stone crushers, pile driving equipment, working of hot mix bitumen plant, bitumen paver, floor polishing machines.
23. Estimating and Costing:  Types of estimates (approximate, detailed), mode of measurements and rate analysis.
24. Contracts and Accounts:  Types of engineering contracts, Tender and tender documents, payment, specifications