Syllabus NE-06
Junior Engineer/Civil
General Ability(45 Questions)
Quantitative Aptitude
Reasoning
Analytical Ability
General Knowledge
General Studies
Subject(45 Questions)
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.
Surveying:
Principles of surveying, working of prismatic compass and bearings, Plane table surveying, Theodolite
traverse, Adjustment of theodolite, Levelling and contouring, Curvature, Refraction correction,
Permanent adjustment of dumpy level, Methods of contouring and uses of a contour map, Tachometric
survey.
Soil Mechanics:
Origin of soil phase diagram, Definitions, Of void ratio porosity, Degree of saturation, Water content
specific gravity of soil grains and unit weights, Grain size distribution curves for different solid and their
uses, Atterjerg's limits isi soil classification, Plasticity chart, Coefficient of permeability, Effective stress,
Consolidation of soils.
Soil:
Calculation shear strength of soils, direct shear test, Vane shear test, Triaxial test, Soil compaction, Lab
compaction
Lab compaction test, Moisture content and bearing capacity of soils, Plate load test, and Standard
penetration test.
Hydraulics:
Fluid properties, Hydrostatics, Measurements of flow, Bernoulli's theorem and its application, Floor
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 sewers, Oval sewer, Sewer appurtenances, Surface water drainage sewage
treatments.