India and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History,
Culture,
Geography,
Economic Scene,
General Polity, and Scientific Research, etc
Part-A (Civil & Structural Engineering)(100 marks)
1. 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.
2. 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, Trapezodial 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.
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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 16 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. Structural Engineering:
1. 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
2. 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
3. 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)
4. Steel Design: Steel design and
construction of steel columns, beams roof trusses plate girders
