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Syllabus
Paper-I
General Intelligence & Reasoning
The Syllabus for General Intelligence would include questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. The test may
include questions on analogies, similarities, differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgement,
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/her and its
application to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of 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.

General Engineering
Civil and Structural
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
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,
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.
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.
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

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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, 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 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.
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.
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 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.

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