SUGGESTION FOR WASA RECRUITMENT EXAM

Structure:

 Column capacity and beam capacity (singly reinforced) check,

 Calculation of pile capacity.

 Corner reinforcement for slab.

 Stress-strain curve,

 Types of Prestress loss etc.

 Influence line of beam.

 AFD, SFD & BMD of beam, Frame

 Footing capacity check.

Geotech:

 Vertical soil pressure at different condition (as water table, overburden

pressure),

 Settlement, Consolidation,

 Lateral earth pressure,

 Tarzaghi’s equation,

 Compaction (volume of borrow field soil),

 Seepage (k) etc.

 Soil Water Relationship

 Compression index,

 Uniformity coefficient,

 Liquid Limit

 Plastic Limit

 SPT specification,

 Optimum moisture content and dry density curve ,

 e-log p curve,
 Constant head test, Falling head test ( Determination of K)

 Relative Density

Environment:

 BOD+COD (math),

 Water parameters safe range- WHO and BD Standard (environment lab),

 Coagulation, Flocculation,

 Sedimentation (settling velocity-math),

 Chlorination math

 Break point chlorination figure,

 Life cycle diagram of algae,

 Water requirement,

 Biological treatment etc.

 Aquifer discharge

 Channel design,

 Run off

Transport:

 CBR test,

 Typical cross section of highway,

 Diagram of Components of different pavement,

 Difference between flexible and rigid pavement,

 WCB math,

 Super elevation (math),

 List of Lab tests for coarse aggregate & bitumen,

 Types of rail gauge,

 Different important diagram (i.g.-land use vs transportation cycle),

 Classification of road,
 WRE:

 Hydrograph,

 Unit hydrograph,

 Effective rainfall

 Delta,

 Duty (math),

 Manning’s equation,

 Cheyz’s equation,

 Froude no and Reynold’s no

Others:

 F.M. calculation,

 Area + Volume calculation (trapezoidal/prizmoidal method)

 Critical Path Method

 Abbreviation of importation terms (AASHTO, AISC.ACI, different

important national/international organization, various agents/items).

 Important diagram/figure from wre/geotech/environment/transport.

 Floor Area Ratio- FAR

 BASIC OF HSC CHEMISTRY BOOK Which you already have…

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Try to clear your conception on every topics. In every competitive exam it

will be better to clear your conception rather than memorizing or selective

preparation. This suggestion helps you to build up your confidence and gives

you a basement to appear in the exam.

BEST OF LUCK!