Building Materials : Physical and Chemical properties, Classication, 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

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, nishing and curing of concrete, quality control of concrete, hot weather and cold weather concreting, repair and maintenance of concrete structures

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, exible pavements, Tube well, isolated 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.

Soil Mechanics : Origin of soil, phase diagram, Denitions- void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, water content, specic 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 classication and plasticity chart. Permeability of soil, coefficient of permeability, determination of coefficient of permeability, Unconned and conned 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.

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 deection of simply supported and cantilever beams, critical load and columns, Torsion of circular section.

Irrigation Engineering : Denition, Necessity, Benets, III effects of irrigation, types and methods of irrigation. Hydrology – Measurement of rainfall, run off coefficient, rain gauge, losses from precipitation – evaporation, inltration, 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 ow. Denition of ood, causes and effects, methods of ood control, water logging, preventive measures. 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 exible 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, xtures and fastening, track geometry, points and crossings, track junction, stations and yards. Traffic Engineering – Different traffic survey, speed-ow-density and their interrelationships, intersections and interchanges, traffic signals, traffic operation, traffic signs and markings, road safety.

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, Denition 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.

RCC Design : RCC beams-exural strength, shear strength, bond strength, design of singly reinforced and doubly reinforced beams, cantilever beams. T-beams, lintels. One way and two way slabs, isolated footings. Reinforced brick works, columns, staircases, retaining walls, 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.

Environmental Engineering : Quality of water, source of water supply, purication 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 – causes, health effects, control

Hydraulics : Fluid properties, hydrostatics, measurements of ow, Bernoulli's theorem and its application, ow through pipes, ow in open channels, weirs, umes, spillways, pumps and turbines.

Theory of Machines: Concept of simple machine, Four bar linkage and link motion, Flywheels and uctuation of energy, Cams, Governors – Principles and classication

Strength of Materials: Concepts of stress and strain, Elastic limit and elastic constants, Bending moments and shear force diagram, Stress in composite bars, Torsion of circular shafts, Buckling of columns – Euler's and Rankin's theories, Thin walled pressure vessels

Thermodynamics : P-v & P-T diagrams of pure substance like H O, Introduction of steam table with respect to 2 steam generation process; denition of saturation, wet & superheated status, Denition of dryness fraction of steam, degree of superheat of steam h-s chart of steam (Mollier's Chart) . First Law of Thermodynamics : Denition st of stored energy & internal energy, 1 Law of Thermodynamics of cyclic process, Non Flow Energy Equation, Flow Energy & Denition of Enthalpy, Conditions for Steady State Steady Flow; Steady State Steady Flow Energy Equation . Second Law of Thermodynamics : Denition of Sink, Source Reservoir of Heat, Heat Engine, Kelvin – nd Planck & Clausius Statements of 2 Law of Thermodynamics, Absolute or Thermodynamic Scale of temperature, Clausius Integral, Entropy, Entropy change calculation of ideal gas processes Carnot Cycle & Carnot Efficiency, PMM-2; denition & its impossibility

Fluid Mechanics & Machinery Properties & Classication of Fluid : Properties & Classication of Fluid: Ideal & real uids, Newton's law of viscosity, Newtonian and Non-Newtonian uids, compressible and incompressible uids

Fluid Statics : Pressure at a point, Measurement of Fluid Pressure: Manometers, U-tube, Inclined tube

Fluid Kinematics : Stream line, laminar & turbulent ow, external & internal ow, continuity equation

Dynamics of ideal uids : Bernoulli's equation, Total head; Velocity head; Pressure head; Application of Bernoulli's equitation

Measurement of Flow rate Basic Principles : Venturimeter, Pilot tube, Orice meter

Hydraulic Turbines : Classications, Principles

Centrifugal Pumps : Classications, Principles, Performance

Production Engineering : Welding – Arc Welding, Gas Welding, Resistance Welding, Special Welding Techniques i.e. TIG, MIG, etc (Brazing & Soldering), Welding Defects & Testing; NDT, Foundry & Casting – methods, defects, different casting processes, Forging, Extrusion, etc, Metal cutting principles, cutting tools, Basic Principles of machining with (i) Lathe (ii) Milling (iii) Drilling (iv) Shaping (v) Grinding, Machines, tools & manufacturing processes

Internal Combustion Engines :Otto cycle; plot on P-V, T-S Planes; Thermal Efficiency, Diesel Cycle; Plot on P-V, T-S planes; Thermal efficiency IC Engine Performance, IC Engine Combustion, IC Engine Cooling & Lubrication

Power Plant : Rankine cycle of steam: Simple Rankine cycle plot on P-V, T-S, h-s planes, Rankine cycle efficiency with & without pump work, Boilers; Classication; Specication; Fittings & Accessories: Fire Tube & Water Tube Boilers, Air Compressors & their cycles; Nozzles & Steam Turbines

Material Science : Classication of Steels : mild steal & alloy steel, Heat treatment of steel

Engineering Mechanics: Equilibrium of Forces, Law of motion, Friction

Refrigeration & Air-conditioning: Heat Pump & Refrigerator; Thermal Efficiency of Heat Engines & co-efficient of performance of Refrigerators, Refrigeration cycles; Principle of a Refrigeration Plant;

Machine Design : Power transmission by belts – V-belts and Flat belts, Clutches – Plate and Conical clutch, Gears – Type of gears, gear prole and gear ratio calculation, Riveted joint, Bearings, Friction in collars and pivots

Electrical Circuits :Concepts of resistance, inductance, capacitance, and various factors affecting them. Concepts of current, voltage, power, energy and their units. Kirchhoff's law, Simple Circuit solution using network theorems. Instantaneous, peak, R.M.S. and average values of alternating waves, Representation of sinusoidal wave form, simple series and parallel AC Circuits consisting of R, L and C, Resonance, Tank Circuit. Poly Phase system – star and delta connection, 3-phase power, DC and sinusoidal response of R-Land R-C circuit.

Magnetic Circuit : Concepts of ux, mmf, reluctance, Different kinds of magnetic materials, Magnetic calculations for conductors of different conguration e.g. straight, circular, solenoidal, etc. Electromagnetic induction, self and mutual induction.

Measurement and Measuring Instruments : Measurement of power (1 phase and 3-phase, both active and reactive) and energy, 2 wattmeter method of 3-phase power measurement. Measurement of frequency and phase angle. Ammeter and voltmeter(both moving oil and moving iron type), extension ofrange wattmeter, Multimeters, Megger,EnergymeterACBridges.UseofCRO,SignalGenerator,CT,PTandtheiruses.Earthfaultdetection.

Electrical Machines-1 : 1 phase and 3 phase transformers – Construction, Principles of operation, equivalent circuit, voltage regulation, O.C. and S.C. Tests, Losses and efficiency. Effect of voltage, frequency and wave form on losses. Parallel operation of 1 phase /3 phase transformers. Auto transformers. 3 phase induction motors, rotating magnetic eld, principle of operation, equivalent circuit, torque-speed characteristics, starting and speed control of 3 phase induction motors. Methods of braking, effect of voltage and frequency variation on torque speed characteristics. Fractional Kilowatt Motors and Single Phase Induction Motors: Characteristics and applications.

Electrical Machines-2 : D.C. Machine – Construction, Basic Principles of D.C. motors and generators, their characteristics, speed control and starting of D.C. Motors. Method of braking motor, Losses and efficiency of D.C. Machines. Generation of 3-phase e.m.f. armature reaction, voltage regulation, parallel operation of two alternators, synchronizing, control of active and reactive power. Starting and applications of synchronous motors.

Power Systems : Different types of power stations, Load factor, diversity factor, demand factor, cost of generation, inter-connection of power stations. Power factor improvement, various types of tariffs, types of faults, short circuit current for symmetrical faults. Switchgears – rating of circuit breakers, Principles of arc extinction by oil and air, H.R.C. Fuses, Protection against earth leakage/over current, etc. Buchholtz relay, Merz-Price system of protection of generators & transformers, protection of feeders and bus bars. Lightning arresters, various transmission and distribution system, comparison of conductor materials, efficiency of different system. Cable – Different type of cables, cable rating and derating factor.

Estimation and Costing : Estimation of lighting scheme, electric installation of machines and relevant IE rules. Earthing practices and IE Rules.

Utilization of Electrical Energy : : Illumination, Electric heating, Electric welding, Electroplating, Electric drives and motors

Basic Electronics : Working of various electronic devices e.g. P N Junction diodes, Transistors (NPN and PNP type), BJT and JFET. Simple circuits using these devices.