CIVIL ENGINEERING
Paper-I :
1. Building materials and properties and strength of materials :
Building materials-Timber stone, brick, lime, tile, sand, surki, mortar and concrete, metal and glass structural properties of metals and alloys used in engineering practice.
Stresses and strains, Hook’s law, Bending, Torsion and direct stresses. Elastic theory of bending of beams, maximum and minimum stresses due to eccentric loading, Bending moment and Shear force diagrams and deflection of beams under static and live loads.
2. Structural Engineering :
Steel structures : Permissible stresses, Design of beams, simple and built-up columns and simple roof trusses and girders, column bases and grillages for axially and eccentrically loaded columns, Bolted, rivetted and welded connections.
R.C.C. structures, Specification of materials used, proportioning workability and strength requirement, I.S.I. standards for design loads, permissible stresses in R.C.C. members subject to direct and bending stresses. Design of simply supported overhanging and cantilever beams, rectangular and Tee beams in floors, roofs and lintels, Axially loaded columns and their bases.
Paper-II :
1. Building-construction, water supply and sanitary engineering
Construction-Brick and stone masonry walls, floors and roofs, stair cases, carpentry in wooden floor, roof, ceiling, doors and windows, Finishes (plastering, pointing, painting and varnishing etc.).
Soil mechanics-Soil and their investigation. Bearing capacity and foundations of buildings and structures, principles of design,
Building estimates - principle, units of measurement, Taking out quantities for building and preparation of abstract of costs, specifications and data sheets for important items.
Water supply-sources of water, Standards of purity, methods of purification, layout of distribution system, pumps and boosters.
Sanitation - Sewers, storm water overflows, house drainage requirements and appurtenances, septic tanks, Imhoff tanks, sewage treatment and dispersion trenches. Activated sludge process.
2. Roads and bridges
Survey and alignment : Highway materials and their placements principles of design, width of foundation and pavement, camber, gradient, curves and super-elevation, Retaining walls.
Construction - Earth roads, stabilized and water bound macadam roads, bituminous surfaces and concrete roads, Draining of roads, Bridges - Types, Economical spans, I.R.C. loading, designing superstructure of small span bridges. Principles of designing foundation of abutments and piers of bridges, pile and well foundations.
Estimating Earthwork for roads and canals.
