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llabus for PaP-er- 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, and 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, Leveling, Definition of terms
used in leveling, 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
12 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.
Irrigation Engineering:
Definition, necessity, benefits, 211 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:
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 13 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.
