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Civil Engineering Exam Syllabus
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Previous Year Exam Details

Assistant Engineer Overseer Gr.1

Category Number 99/2014 460/2013

Exam held 09.07.2015 07.10.2014

Rank list Published on 30.12.2016 04.01.2017

Total Candidates in Main list 559 571

Last advice 15.01.2020 27.11.2019

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LSGD - Assistant Engineer – Detailed Syllabus

Mechanics of Solids and Structural Analysis -: Concept of stress and strain, Bending moment and shear
force, Stresses in beams, Deflection of beams, Theory of columns, Truss analysis, Displacement response of
statically determinate structural systems using energy methods, Principle of virtual work, Statically
indeterminate structures, Strain Energy methods, Moving loads and influence lines, Arches. Slope Deflection
Method, Moment Distribution Method, Clapeyrons Theorem (Three Moment Equation), Kani’s method of
analysis. Torsion of circular section.

Fluid Mechanics and Water Resources Engineering-: Fluid Statics- Fluid pressure, Buoyancy and floatation,
Fluid Kinematics, Dynamics of fluid flow, Flow through orifice and notches, Flow through pipes, Boundary
layer, Drag and Lift on immersed bodies. Hydraulic machines- flow through vanes (moving and stationary)
Impulse and reaction Turbines, Centrifugal Pumps, Open channel flow, Uniform flow, Hydraulic Jump,
Gradually varied flow, Dimensional analysis and model testing.
Hydrologic cycle, Precipitation, Infiltration and Evaporation-measurement and data analysis. Runoff-
components and computation, Hydrograph, Unit Hydrograph and S-Hydrograph. Irrigation types and
methods-Soil water plant relationships, Frequency of irrigation, Computation of crop water requirement.
Stream flow measurement -Stage-discharge curve. Meandering of rivers, river training works. Surface water
systems: diversion and storage systems, reservoir - estimation of storage c/pacity and yield of reservoirs –
reservoir sedimentation -useful life of reservoir. Groundwater - Aquifer types and properties – Steady radial
flow into a well. Estimation of yield of an open well.

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Surveying and Levelling, Quantity Surveying and Valuation-: Basics of Surveying, Levelling and Contouring,
Area and Volume Computation, Theodolite Survey, Mass Diagram, Triangulation, Theory of Errors,
Electronic Distance Measurement, Total Station Survey, Global Positioning Systems, Remote Sensing,
Geographical Information System
Analysis of rates - Data book and schedule of rates, Analysis of rates for various items of work, detailed
specification. Types of Estimate. Detailed estimate including quantities, abstract and preparation of various
items of works, Preparation of bar bending schedules for various RCC works. Valuation- Methods of
valuation, Depreciation, Fixation of rent.

Building materials, Construction Technology, Construction Management-: Construction Materials –

Timber, Mortar, Iron and Steel, Structural steel, Modern materials. Concrete–Admixtures, Making of
concrete, Properties of concrete, Mix proportioning.
Building construction- Foundations, Cost-effective construction, Masonry, Lintels and arches. Floors and
flooring, Roofs and roof coverings, Doors, windows and ventilators, Finishing works. Tall Buildings – Steel
and Concrete frame, Prefabricated construction, Slip form construction. Vertical transportation – Stairs,
Elevators, Escalators and Ramps. Building failures and Retrofitting, failures in RCC and Steel structures.
Construction Planning and Scheduling, Construction disputes and settlement, Ethics in Construction,
Construction safety, Principles of materials management, Quality management practices, Construction
procedures.

Environmental Engineering-: Water sources and demand, Quantity estimation, Population forecasting,
Quality of water. Water treatment- Physical methods, Chemical methods. Design of sedimentation tank,
flocculator, clariflocculator, filters, Membrane treatment techniques. Disinfection methods. Distribution of
water, Pumps, Hardy Cross method of analysis.
Waste water- Sources, Characteristics, Oxygen demand. Design of sewers, Circular sewers, Partial flow and
full flow conditions. Sewer appurtenances, Disposal of wastewater, Streeter Phelps equation, Oxygen sag
curve, Treatment methods, Aerobic and anaerobic methods, Design of various treatment units-Screening,
Grit chamber, Sedimentation tank, Activated Sludge process, Trickling filter, Rotating biological contactor,
Septic tanks, Imhoff tanks, Oxidation ditches, Oxidation ponds, Up flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors,
Sludge digestion, Sludge drying bed. Air pollution-sources, effects on human, Control of air pollutants, Air
quality legislations.

Design of Structures-: Limit state method of design, Analysis of reinforced rectangular beams, Shear
strength of RC beam, Design of shear reinforcement, Bond and development length, Curtailment of
reinforcement, Design for torsion, Design of one way slab, Cantilever slab, Continuous slab (detailing only),
Two way slabs, Limit state of serviceability, Deflection, Cracking, Stair cases -design & detailing. Columns-
effective length-design of axially loaded short columns with rectangular ties and helical reinforcement.
Columns subjected to compression, Uniaxial bending and biaxial bending, Design of slender columns, Design
of wall/strip footing- design of footings, Design of cantilever retaining wall without surcharge, design
principles of counter fort retaining wall, Circular slabs simply supported, fixed and partially fixed subjected
to udl, Design of water tanks, Design philosophy and requirements, joints, IS code recommendations, Pre-
stressed concrete, Concept of prestressing, materials and methods of prestressing, Prestressing systems,
losses of prestress, Analysis of prestressed beams (rectangular and I-sections) at stages of transfer and
service. Steel and steel structures – Bolted and welded connections, Tension members, Compression
members, Beams, Roof trusses, Purlins. Timber structures- columns, composite beams (concepts only)
Steel Design: Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams roof trusses plate girders. 14

Geotechnical Engineering-: Major soil deposits of India, Classification and three phase system of soil,
Permeability of soils, Principle of effective stress, Shear characteristics of soil, Consolidation (Terzaghi theory
of one-dimensional consolidation only) and Compaction.

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Stability of finite slopes-Swedish Circle Method and Friction circle method, Stresses in subsoil due to loaded
areas of various shapes, Boussinesq’s formula, Newmark’s chart Lateral earth pressure-Rankine’s and
Coulomb’ theories
Bearing capacity of soil, Estimation of magnitude of settlement, Site investigation, Standard Penetration
Test and Plate load test, Design of shallow, deep and machine foundations, Ground improvement
techniques.

Transportation Engineering and Urban Planning -: Classification and alignment of highways, Geometric
design of highways, Properties and testing of pavement materials, CBR method of flexible pavement design,
Construction and maintenance of pavements, Design of runways, taxiways and aprons. Traffic
characteristics- Traffic studies and analysis, Traffic control devices. Airport characteristics- Aircraft
component parts. Site selection, Terminal area planning- Airport marking and lighting. Traffic regulation
rules, Highway capacity, Traffic safety, Influencing factors and preventive measures for traffic accidents,
Basic diagrams of traffic flow theory. Railways- geometric design of tracks, railway operation control,
Maintenance. Alignment, Ventilation and drainage of tunnels, Types of harbours and docks.
Goals and objectives of planning; Components of planning, Regional planning, Theories of urbanization,
Study of Urban Forms, Zoning, Development of new towns, Town Development Plan, Town planning acts.

NOTE: - It may be noted that apart from the topics detailed above, questions from other topics prescribed
for the educational qualification of the post may also appear in the question paper. There is no
undertaking that all the topics above may be covered in the question paper

Previous Year – LSGD - AE (2008) Question Paper

1. Among the following which is true for one way slab? c) 225 cm2 d) 176.63 cm2
a) B > L > 2B b) L < 2B 7. What is the average rate of loss such that the volume
c) L = B d) L > 2B of rainfall in excess of that rate will be equal to direct
2. What is the section modulus of a beam of circular in run-off?
shape with radius R? a) Run-off coefficient b) Infiltration index
a) 𝜋𝑟3/4 b) 𝜋𝑟4/4 c) Infiltration capacity d) Surface retention
c) 𝜋𝑟 /8
5 d) 𝜋𝑟2/8 8. Which among the following is the ratio of modulus of
3. In treatment of water what for sedimentation with elasticity of steel to the modulus of elasticity of
coagulation is done? concrete?
a) To remove iron and manganese a) Modular ratio b) Poison’s ratio
b) To remove foul gases c) Slenderness ratio d) None of these
c) To remove bacteria 9. Which among the following is the construction in the
d) Remove fine colloidal particles form of cluster of closely spaced piles used for trying
4. What is an impermeable formation which contain up of ships?
water but are not capable of transmitting? a) Fender b) Trestles
a) Aquifuge b) Aquifer c) Dolphins d) Moles
c) Aquiclude d) Artesian well 10. What is meant by the strength of a section?
5. Which among the following is not a road junction at the a) Moment of resistance offered by a section
same elevation? b) Section modulus
a) Diamond interchange c) Maximum bending stress
b) Unchannelized intersection d) Moment of inertia of the section
c) Channelized intersection 11. What is the name of the wedge shaped unit at the
d) Round about crown of an arch?
6. Among the properties of cement, to determine the a) Skew back b) Voussior
compressive strength (cube strength), what should be c) Soffit d) Key
the face area of cement mortar cube prepared for 12. What is the minimum water content at which a soil
conducting the compression test? will just begin to crumble when rolled into a thread
a) 50 cm2 b) 15 cm2 approximately 3 mm in diameter?
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 a) Liquid limit b) Shrinkage limit c) Super passage d) Aqueduct
c) Plastic limit d) Plastic index 25. If a point 60 cm above horizontal plane is 20 cm in
13. In critical Path Method (CPM) what does an arrow front of vertical plane then where will be its plan,
represent? when scale of drawing is 1: 10?
a) Critical path b) Event a) 2 cm below XY line b) 2 cm above XY line
c) Activity d) Float c) 6 cm above XY line d) 6 cm below XY line
14. A simply supported beam of span I carries a point 26. If a ground water body is separated from main
load W at the centre of the beam. What will be the ground water by a relatively impermeable stratum of
bending moment diagram? small areal extent located above main ground water
a) Triangle body, then what type of aquifer it is?
b) Two equal and opposite rectangles a) Perched aquifer b) Confined aquifer
c) Rectangle c) Artesian aquifer d) None of these
d) Parabola with maximum ordinate at the centre of 27. Which property of cement among the following is
the beam determined using vicat apparatus?
15. If the fore bearing of a line is 130° what is the back a) Compressive strength b) Fineness
bearing of that line? c) Soundness d) Setting time
a) S 40° E d) N 40°𝑊 28. What is negative skin friction?
c) S 50°𝐸 d) N 50°W a) Upward drag acting on a pile during driving by
16. If the centre of gravity of a plane vertical surface 2 m surrounding soil
long and 1 m wide immersed in water, is at a depth of b) Downward drag acting on a pile due to downward
2 m from the free surface of water, what is the total movement of surrounding soil
pressure on the surface? c) Static skin friction on the shaft during Dutch cone
a) 1000 kg b) 2000 kg penetration test
c) 4000 kg d) 500 kg d) Skin friction acting on friction piles by the
17. How many points (or switches) will be there in turn surrounding soil
out? 29. Which among the following grades denotes the
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 concreter mix 1: 1: 2 (one part of cement + one part
18. Find the maximum torque transmitted by a shaft of of fine aggregate + 2 parts of coarse aggregate)?
100 mm diameter, if maximum shear stress induced a) M10 b) M15 c) M20 d) M25
to shat is 16 N/mm2 30. Which among the following is a temporary dam
a) 31400 N-m b) 314 N-m constructed for facilitating construction works?
c) 3140000 N-m d) 122.65 N-m a) Buttress dam b) Detention dam
19. In case of steel column section, what is a fillet? c) Coffer dam d) Debris dam
a) Outer edge of bottom flange 31. What is plasticity index?
b) Junction between flange and web a) Liquid limit – natural water content
c) Outer edge of top flange b) Liquid limit – plastic limit
d) None of these c) Natural water content – plastic limit
20. As per IS code for the design of steel structures, what d) Ratio of liquidity index to flow index
is the maximum deflection of a loaded beam? 32. What for a mouth piece is introduced?
a) 1/300 of span b) 1/ 325 of span a) To increase value of coefficient of discharge of an
c) 1/ 165 of span d) 1/200 of span orifice
21. By which of the following the final size of town will be b) To decrease the loss of head due to sudden
anticipated? enlargement
a) Green belt b) Zoning c) To decrease the loss of head due to sudden
c) Eopolis d) Polis construction
22. A simply supported beam made of steel is having an d) To decrease the loss of head at entrance of orifice
effective span of 4 m. What is the section modulus 33. If the gauge pressure is minus what will be the
required for beam section if the safe bending stress is absolute pressure?
165 M/ mm2. Take total load including superimposed a) Atmospheric pressure minus gauge pressure
load and dead as 3 kN/m. b) Atmospheric pressure plus gauge pressure
a) 30 x 106/ 165 mm3 b) 60 x 106/ 165 mm3 c) Negative gauge pressure plus vacuum pressure
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c) 30/ 165 mm d) 60/ 165 mm3 d) Vacuum pressure minus negative gauge pressure
23. When direct ranging is done is chain surveying? 34. In the case of primary tension failure, in which of the
a) When the distance between two stations are too following sections tension cracks appear?
large and the intervening ground is a hill a) Under-reinforced b) Over-reinforced section
b) When the two stations are not intervisible c) Balanced section d) None of these
c) When the two stations are intervisible 35. What is the built up area of a building at any floor
d) When a pond obstructs laying of chain along true level?
alignment a) Plinth area b) Carpet area
24. What is the name of cross drainage work if the canal c) Floor area d) Coverage
crosses the drain at a higher elevation than the drain?
a) Sluice b) Level cross
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 36. Which among the following is a compression of soil d) Super chlorination
mass resulting from a long term static load and 48. Which fitting is used to hold two rails together?
consequent escape of pore water? a) Tie bars b) Clip
a) Compaction b) Consolidation c) Bearing plates d) Fish plates
c) Sedimentation d) Thixotropy 49. Which among the following is known as bending
37. In a roof truss, which of the following is used to equation?
support roofing material? a) M/y = f/I = E/R b) M/ I = f/y = E/ R
a) Tie beam b) Base plate c) M/I =f/ R = E/y d) M/ EI = f/y = r/R
c) Purlins d) Gusset plate 50. In a leveling back sight is noted as 1.200 on a bench
38. According to PIEV theory for calculating stopping mark whose reduced level is 100.000 and fore sight is
sight distance which among the following is not noted as 1.200. Then the instrument is shifted to a new
included in the total reaction time? position and back sight is noted as 1.100. What is the
a) Perception time b) Interchanging time height of instrument for the second set up?
c) Emotion time d) Volition time a) 100.100 b) 100.200
39. Which of the following is inversely proportional to c) 101.100 d) 101.200
coefficient of permeability? 51. Which among the following is responsible for ‘quick
a) Voids ratio sand’?
b) Diameter of soil particles a) Effective overburden pressure
c) Unit weight of flowing fluid b) Shear strength of soil particles
d) Viscosity of flowing fluid c) Seepage pressure
40. Which among the following is a channel aligned d) Cohesion between soil particles
roughly at right angles to the contours? 52. What is the advantages of coning of wheels of railway
a) Side slope canal b) Contour canal vehicles?
c) Ridge canal d) Navigation canal a) Helps to avoid tilting of rails
41. A cantilever of length L carries a point load W at free b) Helps to keep the flange of the wheel in contact with
end. If the length of the cantilever is doubled what the side of the rail
load at free end will cause the same deflection at free c) Helps to avoid wear and tear due to slipping action
end? d) Helps to keep the vehicle centrally aligned on a
a) 8W b) 2W c) W/2 d) W/8 straight and level track
42. Name the process of obtaining hand cut sample from 53. What is the polar moment of inertia of circular section
stiff cohesive soils, which is trimmed to regular of radius 2 cm?
shapes and wrapped to get undisturbed samples. a) 𝜋𝑐𝑚4 b) 𝜋/2𝑐𝑚4
a) Auger boring b) Percussion boring c) 𝜋/4𝑐𝑚 4 d) 𝜋/8𝑐𝑚4
c) Rotary boring d) Chunk sampling 54. Which among the following is not included in the shape
43. In which of the following types of foundation Rolled test for road aggregates?
Steel joints are used? a) Flakiness index b) Elongation index
a) Raft foundation b) Well foundation c) Angularity number d) Group index
c) Grillage foundation 55. For what purpose a venturimeter is used?
d) Inverted arch foundation a) To determine the velocity of flow at a required point
44. Which among the following is determined by Hardy in a pipe
Cross method? b) To find out the discharge of a liquid flowing in a pipe
a) Correction in discharge c) To find out time of emptying a tank
b) Total input discharge required d) To determine the loss of head due to sudden
c) Head loss enlargement
d) Velocity through pipes 56. Which among the following is used to indicate the area
45. What is the portion of a brick obtained by cutting the of land acquired along the road alignment by the
brick longitudinally into two equal parts? highway organization?
a) King Closer b) Queen closer a) Road margins b) Kerb
c) Half bat b) Bewelled closer c) Shoulders d) Right of way
46. When a doubly reinforced beam is preferred? 57. Among the following, in which filter backwashing
a) When depth of beam is more cannot be done for cleaning the filter?
b) When depth of beam is to be limited a) Slow sand filter b) Rapid sand filter
c) when width of beam is to be limited c) Pressure filter d) Rapid gravity filter
d) When the ultimate moment of resistance is less 58. What is the flow called if the depth of water in a
than that of singly reinforced beam channel is greater than the critical depth?
47. What is defined as the difference between a) Shooting flow b) Torrential flow
theamount of chlorine added to water and the c) Critical flow d) Streaming flow
amount of chlorine remaining at the end of a 59. Which among the following is a flow, whose streamlines
specified contact period? may be represented by a curve?
a) Chlorine demand a) One-dimensional flow
b) Break-point chlorination b) Two-dimensional flow
c) Free residual chlorine c) Three-dimensional flow
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 d) Irrotational flow b) Extended aeration system
60. What is called the line produced by the intersection c) Sludge return system
of two roof surface forms an external angle less than d) Sludge disposal system
180° 72. Which among the following can be used as a method for
a) Hip b) Ridge c) Valley d) Eaves seasoning for removal of sap from timber?
61. Which among the following is incorrect in the case of a) Hot and cold open tank treatment
a combined footing? b) Creosoting
a) The centres of gravity of column loads and soil c) Boiling
reaction remain in same vertical line d) Sir Abel’s Process
b) Allowable bearing pressure of soil should be less 73. Which among the following is a structure constructed for
than the ratio of total load to the area of footing energy dissipation below spillways?
c) Combined footing is treated as an inverted floor a) Penstocks b) Flash board
supported by columns and loaded by earth reactions c) Intake structure d) Stilling basin
d) None of these 74. In case of open channel flow, for calculating the specific
62. Which among the following is suitable for half brick energy what will be taken as datum?
wall? a) static energy line d) Kinetic energy Line
a) English bond b) Flemish bond c) Bottom of channel
c) Stretcher bond d) Header bond d) Horizontal line passing through level of critical depth
63. Determine the crippling load (collapsing load) of a 75. Which among the following may be prescribed as design
solid round bar of length 3.14 m used as a strut with mix?
both ends hinged whose moment of inertia of cross a) M5 b) M10 c) M15 d) M35
section is 30 x 104 N/ mm2 and Youngs modulus is 2 x 76. In which of the following, the sludge digestion and
105 N/mm2 sedimentation takes place in the same chamber?
a) 188.4 x 106 N b) 15 x 103 N a) Trickling filter b) Sludge digestion tank
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c) 60 x 10 N d) 6085.44 N c) Septic tank d) Imhoff tank
64. In limit state method what is the minimum 77. When water contains suspended matter and acids or
percentage of steel required alkalis which pump can be recommended?
a) 0.85 fy b) 85/ fy a) Air lift pumps b) Rotary pump with gear
c) 0.138 fck bd2 d) fck bd2 c) Rotary pump with cams d) None of these
65. Which among the following is not included in the 78. In calculating fluctuation in demand for water, what is
temporary adjustments of a dumpy level? coincident draft?
a) setting up b) Centering a) Maximum daily demand added to fire draft
c) Leveling up d) Eliminating of parallax b) Maximum hourly demand added to annual draft
66. The ratio of stress to the corresponding strain is a c) Percent of annual draft for time t in days
constant within the elastic limit. Which among the d) Per capita demand of the city
following is the above constant? 79. In which of the following Sop with staff can be classified?
a) Modulus of elasticity b) Modulus of rigidity a) Target staff b) Solid staff
c) Elastic Modulii d) All of the above c) Folding type staff d) Self reading type staff
67. Which among the following is the ratio between 80. Among the following which is not classified under surface
inertia force and gravity force? sources of water?
a) Weber’s number b) Reynold’s number a) Streams b) Stored rain water
c) Froude’s number d) Euler’s number c) Springs d) Impounded reservoirs
68. In case of volume batching for concrete which of the
following is correct?
a) Cement is measure on the basis of volume
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b) All ingredients are measured by weight removed from syllabus
c) Fine aggregate and coarse aggregate are measured
by weight
d) Fine aggregate and coarse aggregate are measured
using a box which have volume equal to volume of
one bag of cement
69. Which among the following is the bottom level of
windows in a building?
a) Lintel b) Plinth
c) Sill d) Ridge
70. Which among the following is used for area
calculation?
a) Bowditch rule b) Simpsons rule
c) Whole circle bearing system
d) Reiteration method
71. What is an oxidation ditch?
a) Primary treatment system
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 Answer Key

1.D 2.A 3.D 4.C

5.C 6.A 7.B 8.A
9.C 10.A 11.D 12.C
13.C 14.A 15.D 16.C
17.B 18.A 19.B 20.B
21.A 22.B 23.C 24.D
25.A 26.A 27.D 28.B
29.D 30.C 31.B 32.A
33.A 34.A 35.C 36.B
37.C 38.B 39.D 40.A
41.D 42.D 43.C 44.A
45.B 46.B 47.A 48.D
49.B 50.C 51.C 52.D
53.B 54.D 55.B 56.D
57.A 58.D 59.B 60.C
61.B 62.C 63.C 64.B
65.B 66.D 67.C 68.D
69.C 70.B 71.B 72.C
73.D 74.C 75.D 76.C
77.A 78.A 79.D 80.A

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