Syllabus - SSC JE Civil

    Papers

Mode of Examination

Subject

Maximum Marks

Time Duration

  Paper-I Objective Type

Computer Based Test

General Intelligence & Reasoning

50

2 Hours

General Awareness

50

General Engineering Civil

100

Paper

Mode of exam

Subjects

Total Marks

Time Duration

Paper-II Conventional Type

Written

General Engineering Civil

300

3 hours

Name Of The Topic

Weightage (Marks)

Sub-Topics

Building Material

8-13

1. Physical and Chemical Properties, asbestos products,
2. Classification,
3. Standard Tests, Bituminous materials,
4. Uses and manufacture/ quarrying of materials such as building stones, silicate-based materials, Laminates, paints, timber, and wood-based products, cement (Portland), varnishes

Estimating, Costing and Valuation

5-7

1. Estimate, a glossary of technical terms, Items of work (earthwork), Brickwork (Modular & Traditional bricks), Timber Work, Painting, RCC Work, Flooring and Plastering
2. Piles and Pile- caps, the Cost estimate of Septic tank, flexible pavements, Steel Truss, Tube well, isolates and combined footings
3. Valuation- Value and cost, scrap value, salvage value, methods of valuation, assessed value, sinking fund, depreciation and obsolescence

Surveying

7-10

1. Methods of contouring uses of the contour map, advanced surveying equipment, curve setting, tachometric survey
2. Principles of surveying, measurement of distance, compass traversing, local attraction, chain surveying, bearings
3. Plant table surveying, curvature and refraction corrections, temporary and permanent adjustments of dumpy level

Soil Mechanics

10-14

1. Origin of soil, Grain size distribution curves and their uses, phase diag., definitions- void ratio, the degree of saturation, density index and interrelationship of different parameters, porosity, water content, the specific gravity of soil grains, unit weights,

Steel Design

6-9

1. Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams roof trusses plate gliders

Theory of Structures

7-11

1. Moment of Area and Moment of Inertia (Rectangular & Circular sections), slope deflection of simply supported and cantilever beams, bending moment and shear stress for tee, dams and retaining walls, Torsion of circular section, chimneys, critical load and columns, channel and compound section, eccentric loads

Concrete Technology

4-6

1. Properties, mix design, the importance of water quality,  cement aggregates, workability, Advantages and uses of concrete, water-cement ratio
2. Storage, batching, compaction, finishing and curing of concrete, hot weather and cold weather concreting, mixing, placement, quality control of concrete, repair and maintenance of concrete structures

Hydraulics

13-16

1. Fluid properties, pumps and turbines, flow in open channels, Bernoulli’s theorem and it’s an application, hydrostatics, spillways, measurement of flows, flow through pipes
2. Shallow and deep to wells, the yield from a well
3. Different types of canals, types of canals irrigation, loss of water in canals
4. Major irrigation projects in India.
5. Definitions of the flood, methods of flood control, water logging, 13 preventive measures.
6. Irrigation Engineering: Definition, losses from precipitation- evaporation, 211 effects of irrigation,  necessity, benefits,  types, and methods of irrigation, Hydrology- Measurement of rainfall, runoff coefficient, rain gauge, infiltration
7. Water requirements of crops, duty, delta and base period, Overlap Allowance, Command Area, Kharif and Rabi crops, Time factor, Crop ratio, Irrigation efficiencies
8. Canal Lining its type and advantage
9. Weir and barrage, Failures of weirs and permeable foundation, Kennedy’s theory of critical velocity, Slit, and Scour
10. Lacey’s theory of Uniform flow
11. Land reclamation, description of land and reclamation processes, purposes, Characteristics of affecting the fertility of soils
12. Major irrigation projects in India.

Transportation Engineering

11-15

1. Highway Engineering- Cross-sectional elements, geometric design, types of pavements, pavement materials- aggregates and bitumen, different tests, pavement maintenance, Highway drainage, Design of flexible and rigid pavements- water-bound macadam (WBM) and wet mix macadam (WMM), Gravel Road, Bituminous Construction, Rigid pavement joint
2. Railway Engineering- Components of the permanent way- sleepers, Ballast, track geometry, fixtures and fastening, Points and crossings, track junction, stations, and yards
3. Traffic Engineering- Speed flow density and their interrelationships, traffic operations, Different traffic survey, intersection and interchanges, traffic signals, traffic signs and markings, Road safety

Environmental Engineering

7-10

1. Air Pollution- Pollutants, causes, effects, control. Noise pollution causes, health effects

RCC Design

8-12

1. RCC beams- flexural strength, cantilever beams, bond strength, the design of singly reinforced and double reinforced beams, shear strength
2. T-beams, lintels, one way and two-way slabs, water tanks (RCC design questions may be based on both Limit State (LSM) and working stress (WSM) methods), retaining wall, Columns, Staircases, isolated footings, Reinforced brickworks

   पेपर

परीक्षा का तरीका

विषय

अधिकतम अंक

समय अवधि

 पेपर I

ऑनलाइन

सामान्य खुफिया और तर्क

50

2 घंटे

सामान्य जागरूकता

50

सामान्य इंजीनियरिंगसिविल

100

पेपर

परीक्षा का तरीका

विषय

अंक

समय अवधि

पेपर II

लिखित

सामान्य इंजीनियरिंग सिविल

300

3 घंटे