Syllabus For Junior Engineer - Civil-Watermarked

Syllabus for JE (Civil) Recruitment
Work procedure for CPWD and Specifications:

Preparation of Estimates, stages for the execution of works, Measurement books, accounting
procedures, contracts, preparation of tender documents & procedures, Mode of tenders,
publicity of tenders, security deposit, performance guarantee, Tender Clauses, General
Contract conditions, and Standard maintenance procedure.
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, Trapezoidal formula, Simpson’s rule. Cost estimate of Septic
tank, flexible pavements, Tube well, isolates and combined footings, Steel Truss, Pile sand
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pile‐caps. Valuation–Value and cost, scrap value, salvage value, assessed value, sinking fund,
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depreciation and obsolescence, methods of valuation.

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Surveying : Principles of surveying, measurement of distance, chain surveying, working of the

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 a contour map, tachometric survey, curve setting,
earthwork calculation, advanced surveying equipment.
Soil Mechanics: 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, effective
stress, quicksand, consolidation of soils, 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, and Triaxial test. Soil compaction, Laboratory
compaction test, Maximum dry density and optimum moisture content, Sub-surface
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investigations; Earth pressure theories, active and passive earth pressures, Bearing capacity of
soils, plate load test, and standard penetration test.
Hydraulics: Fluid properties, hydrostatics, flow measurements, Bernoulli’s theorem and its
application, flow through pipes, flow in open channels, weirs, flumes, spillways, pumps and
turbines.
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, dams and retaining walls,
eccentric loads, slope deflection of simply supported and cantilever beams, critical load and
columns, Torsion of circular section.
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Concrete Technology: Properties, Advantages and uses of concrete, cement aggregates, the
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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 brickworks, columns, staircases, retaining wall, and
water tanks (RCC design Limit State and Working Stress methods).
Steel Design: Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams roof trusses plate girders.
Transportation Engineering
Highway planning: alignment, land-use – transportation interaction, urban transportation
planning, parking. Traffic signs and road markings, Traffic intersections, Traffic rotary and
signal design, IRC and BIS guidelines.
Geometric design: sight distance, horizontal and vertical alignments, super elevation, extra-
widening.
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Pavement technology: pavement systems and types, materials, mixtures, design, analysis,
performance criteria, performance tests, MoRTH specifications, IRC guidelines, AASHTO
methods. Pavement engineering laboratory: penetration tests, ring and ball apparatus, and
rotational viscometer; aggregate toughness and specific gravities; Marshall mix design using
Marshall hammer.
General Aptitude
Verbal and numerical ability.
Selection Criteria
1) Level-I: Objective based Test
2) Level-II: Descriptive Test
3) Level- III: Skill/Trade Test (Qualifying Nature: minimum 50% score is required to qualify)
Note: All the above tests will be based on the above mentioned syllabus. Equal weightage will
be given to the Level-I and Level-II for the purpose of merit list.
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Work procedure for CPWD and Specifications:

depreciation and obsolescence, methods of valuation.

Surveying : Principles of surveying, measurement of distance, chain surveying, working of the

Environmental Engineering: Quality of water, source of water supply, purification of water,

1) Level-I: Objective based Test

2) Level-II: Descriptive Test

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