Paper I

General Intelligence & Reasoning

• Analogies
• Differences
• Arithmetical computations
• Discrimination
• Arithmetical reasoning
• Arithmetical number series
• Space visualization
• Observation 
• Analytical functions
• Similarities
• Problem-solving
• Decision making
• Relationship concepts
• Verbal and figure classification
• Visual memory
• Analysis
• Abstract videos, symbols, and their relationships
• Judgment

General Awareness

• Current events relating to India and its neighboring countries especially regarding
• History
• Culture
• Geography
• Economic Scene, 
• General Polity
• and Scientific Research, etc.

General Engineering (Civil & Structural)

Civil Engineering Syllabus

• 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
• Asbestos products
• Timber and wood based products
• Laminates
• Paints
• Varnishes

Estimating, Costing and Valuation

• Estimate
• Glossary of technical terms
• Analysis of rates
• Items of work – earthwork, Brick work (Modular & Traditional bricks), RCC work, Shuttering, Timber work
• Painting
• Flooring
• Plastering
• Water Tank
• Bar bending schedule
• 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
• Local attraction
• Plane table surveying
• Adjustment of theodolite
• Leveling
• Definition of terms used in leveling
• Contouring, curvature and refraction corrections
• Temporary and permanent adjustments of dumpy level
• Tachometric survey
• Advanced surveying equipment

Soil Mechanics

• Origin of soil
• Phase diagram
• Definitions-void ratio
• 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
• Triaxial test Soil compaction
• Laboratory compaction test
• Maximum dry density and optimum moisture content
• Bearing capacity of soils
• 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
• 2II effects of irrigation
• Types and methods of irrigation
• Hydrology – Measurement of rainfall 
• 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
• 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 
• Major irrigation projects in India

Transportation Engineering

• Highway Engineering – cross-sectional elements, geometric design, types of pavements
• Pavement materials – aggregates and bitumen
• Design of flexible and rigid pavements – Water Bound Macadam (WBM) and Wet Mix Macadam (WMM), Gravel Road
• Bituminous construction
• Rigid pavement joint
• Railway Engineering
• Components of permanent way – sleepers, ballast, fixtures and fastening
• Track geometry
• Traffic Engineering – Different traffic survey, speed-flow-density and their interrelationships, intersections and interchanges, traffic signals, traffic operation, traffic signs and markings, road safety

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

Structural Engineering

Theory of Structures

• Elasticity constants
• Types of beams – determinate and indeterminate, 
• Bending moment and shear force diagrams of simply supported, cantilever and overhanging beams 
• Moment of area and moment of inertia for rectangular & circular 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 doubly 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

Paper-I

Computer Based Examination

Objective/MCQs

General Intelligence & Reasoning

50

2 Hours

(2 hours 40 mins for Scribe)

General Awareness

50

General Engineering (Civil & Structural)

100

Paper-II

Computer Based Examination

Gen Engineering (Civil & Structural)

300

2 Hours

(2 hours 40 mins for Scribe)