CGPSC ASSISTANT ENGINEER PREVIOUS YEAR TOPIC WISE SOLVED PAPERS

forces in structures; Friction and its applications; Kinematics of point m ass and rigid body; Centre

of mass; Free Vibrations of undamped SDOF system, Euler’s equations of motion; Impulse -

momentum; Energy methods; Principles of virtual work.

2. Solid Mechanics: Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate beams; Sim ple

stress and strain relationships; Theories of failures; Simple bending theory, flexural and shear

stresses, shear centre; Uniform torsion, Transformation of stress; buckling of column, combined

and direct bending stresses.

3. Structural Analysis: Statically determinate and indeterminate structures by force/energy

methods; Method of super position; Analysis of trusses, arches, beams, cables and frames;

Displacement methods: Slope deflection and moment distribution methods; Influence lines;

Stiffness and flexibility methods of structural analysis.

4. Construction Materials and Management: Construction Materials: Structural steel -

composition, material properties and behaviour ; Concrete-constituents, mix design, short -term and

long-term properties; Bricks and mortar; Timber; Bitumen. Construction Management: Types of

construction projects; Tendering and construction contracts; Rate analysis and standard

specifications; Cost est imation; Project planning and network analysis - PERT and CPM; Cost

estimation.

5. Concrete Structures: Working stress, Limit state and Ultimate load design concepts; Design of

beams, slabs, columns; Bond and development length; Pre -stressed concrete beams ; Analysis of

beam sections at transfer and service loads.

6. Steel Structures: Working stress and Limit state design concepts; Design of tension and

compression members, beams and beam -columns, column bases; Connections -simple and

eccentric, beam -column connections, plate girders and trusses; Plastic analysis of beams and

frames.

7. Soil Mechanics: Origin of soils, soil structure and fabric; Three -phase system and phase

relationships, index properties; Unified and Indian standard soil classification syst em;

Permeability-one dimensional flow, Darcy’s law; Seepage through soils -two-dimensional flow,

flow nets, uplift pressure, piping; Principle of effective stress, capillarity, seepage force and quick

sand condition; Compaction of soils in laboratory and fi eld conditions; One -dimensional

consolidation, time rate of consolidation; Shear Strength, Mohr’s circle, effective and total shear

strength parameters, Stress-Strain characteristics of clays and sand; Stress paths.

8. Foundation Engineering: Sub-surface investigations- scope, drilling bore holes, sampling, plate

load test, standard penetration and cone penetration tests; Earth pressure theories - Rankine and

Coulomb; Stability of slopes -finite and infinite slopes, method of slices and Bishop’s method;

Stress distribution in soils -Boussinesq’s and Westergaard’s theories, pressure bulbs; Shallow

foundations- Terzaghi’s and Meyerhof’s bearing capacity theories, effect of water table; Combined

footing and raft foundation; Contact pressure; Settlement analysis i n sands and clays; Deep

foundations- types of piles, dynamic and static formulae, Axial load capacity of piles in sands and

clays, pile load test, pile under lateral loading, pile group efficiency, negative skin friction.

9. Fluid Mechanics: Properties of fluids, fluid statics; Continuity, momentum, energy and

corresponding equations; Applications of momentum and energy equations; Potential flow,

Laminar and turbulent flow; Flow in pipes, pipe networks; Concept of boundary layer and its

growth; Concept of lift and drag.

10. Hydraulics: Forces on immersed bodies; Flow measurement in channels and pipes;

Dimensional analysis and hydraulic similitude; Kinematics of flow, velocity triangles; Basics of

hydraulic machines, specific speed of pumps and turbines; Ch annel Hydraulics - Energy-depth

relationships, specific energy, critical flow, slope profile, hydraulic jump, uniform flow and

gradually varied flow and water surface profiles.

11. Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation, evapo -transpiration, watershed,

infiltration, unit hydrographs, hydrograph analysis, reservoir capacity, flood estimation and routing,

reservoir and channel routing, surface run -off models, groundwater hydrology - steady state well

hydraulics and aquifers; Application of Darcy’s law.

12. Irrigation: Duty, delta, estimation of evapo -transpiration; Crop water requirements; Design of

lined and unlined canals, head works, gravity dams and spill ways; Design of weirs on permeable

foundation; Types of irrigation systems, irrigatio n methods; Water logging and drainage; Canal

regulatory works, cross-drainage structures, outlets and escapes.

13. Water and Waste Water: Water and Waste Water Quality and Treatment: Basics of water

quality standards - Physical, chemical and biological pa rameters; Water quality index; basic unit

processes and operations for water treatment. Drinking water standards, drinking water treatment,

water requirements, basic unit operations and unit processes for surface water treatment,

distribution of water. Sew erage System design - Sewage and sewerage treatment, quantity and

characteristics of waste water. Primary, secondary and tertiary treatment of waste water, effluent

discharge standards, sludge disposal; Reuse of treated sewage for different applications. Do mestic

waste water treatment, quantity & characteristics of domestic waste water, primary and secondary

treatment. Unit operations and unit processes of domestic waste water.

14. Air Pollution: Types of pollutants, their sources and impacts, air pollution meteorology, air

pollution control, Air quality standards, Air quality index and limits.

15. Municipal Solid Wastes: Characteristics, generation, collection and transportation of solid

wastes, engineered systems for solid waste management (reuse/ recycle , energy recovery, treatment

and disposal).

16. Noise Pollution: Impacts of noise, permissible limits of noise pollution, measurement of noise

and control of noise pollution.

17. Transportation Infrastructure: Highway alignment and engineering surveys; Geometric

design of highways -cross-sectional elements, sight distances, horizontal and vertical alignments;

Geometric design of railway track - Speed and Cant. Concept of Airport run way length,

calculations and corrections; taxiway and exit taxiway design.

18. Highway Pavements: Highway materials -desirable properties and quality control tests;

Desirable properties and design of bituminous paving mixes; Design factors for flexible and rigid

pavements; Design of flexible pavement using IRC:37 -2012; Design of rigid pavements using

IRC:58-2011; Distresses in concrete pavements.

19. Traffic Engineering: Traffic studies on flow, speed, travel time -delay and O -D study, PCU,

peak hour factor, parking study, accident study and analysis, statistical analysis of traffic data;

Microscopic and macroscopic parameters of traffic flow, fundamental relationships; Traffic signs;

Control devices, signal design by Webster’s method; Types of inter -sections and channelization;

Highway capacity and level of service of rural highways and urban roads.

20. Surveying: Principles of surveying; Errors and their adjustment; Maps -scale, co -ordinate

system; Distance and angle measurement - Levelling and trigonometric levelling; Traversing and

triangulation survey; Total station; Horizontal and vertical curves. Ph otogrammetric -scale, flying

height; Remote sensing -basics, platform and sensors, visual image interpretation; Basics of

Geographic Information System (GIS) and Geographical Positioning System (GPS