Paper I: Non-Technical and Civil Engineering

General Intelligence & Reasoning:

The Syllabus for General Intelligence would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal

types. The test may include questions on analogies, similarities, differences, space

visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision-making, visual memory,

discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure

classification, arithmetical number series, etc. The test will also include questions designed to

test the candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationships,

arithmetical computations, and other analytical functions.

General Awareness:

Questions will be aimed at testing the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around

him and its application to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current

events and such matters of everyday observations and experience in their scientific aspect as

may be expected of any educated person. The test will also include questions relating to India

and its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic

Scene, General Polity and Scientific Research, etc. These questions will be such that they do

not require a special study of any discipline.

Civil Engineering:

Building Materials, Estimating, Costing and Valuation, Surveying, Soil Mechanics,

Hydraulics, Irrigation Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Environmental Engineering.

Structural Engineering: Theory of Structures, Concrete Technology, RCC Design, Steel

Design.
 Paper II: 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.

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, Midsection 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.

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,

earthwork calculation, advanced surveying equipment

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

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

Irrigation Engineering:

Definition, necessity, benefits, ill effects of irrigation, types and methods of irrigation, Water

requirement of crops, duty, delta and base period, Kharif and Rabi Crops, Command area, Time

factor, Crop ratio, Overlap allowance, Irrigation efficiencies, Different types of canals, types

of canal irrigation, loss of water in canals, Canal lining – types and advantages, Weir and

barrage, Failure of weirs and permeable foundation, Slit and Scour, Kennedy’s theory of critical

velocity, Lacey’s theory of uniform flow, 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.

Measurement of rainfall, run off coefficient, rain gauge, losses from precipitation, evaporation,

infiltration, etc. Shallow and deep to wells, yield from a well, Definition of flood, causes and

effects, methods of flood control.

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,

Traffic Engineering – Different traffic survey, speed-flow-density and their interrelationships,

intersections and interchanges, traffic signals, traffic operation, traffic signs and markings, road

safety

Railway Engineering- Components of permanent way – sleepers, ballast, fixtures and

fastening, track geometry, points and crossings, track junction, stations and yards

Environmental Engineering:

Quality of water, source of water supply, purification of water, distribution of water, the 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.

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.

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)

Steel Design:

Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams roof trusses plate girders