Part B- General Engineering (Electrical)

Part C- General Engineering (Mechanical)

• Physical and chemical properties
• Classification, Standard Tests, Uses and Manufacture/Quarrying of Materials

• Estimate, a 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, 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.

• Principles of surveying, measurement of distance, chain surveying.
• Working on the prismatic compass, compass traversing, bearings, local attraction, plane table surveying.
• The 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 a 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, the 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, quicksand, 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. 

• Fluid properties and hydrostatics, measurements of flow.
• Bernoulli’s theorem and its application.
• Flow-through pipes.
• Flow in open channels, weirs, flumes, spillways, pumps, and turbines.

• Definition, necessity, benefits, 2II effects of irrigation, types, and methods of irrigation.
• Hydrology – Measurement of rainfall, runoff 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 types of canals, types of canal irrigation, loss of water in canals. Canal lining – types and advantages. Shallow and deep to wells, the 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.

• 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 the 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.

• 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.