{"id":824,"date":"2024-06-19T13:12:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T13:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upscmentorship.com\/upsc-exam\/?p=824"},"modified":"2024-07-04T10:19:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T10:19:40","slug":"upsc-civil-engineering-syllabus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upscmentorship.com\/upsc-exam\/upsc-civil-engineering-syllabus\/","title":{"rendered":"UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/upscmentorship.com\/upsc-exam\/upsc-civil-engineering-syllabus\/#UPSC_Civil_Engineering_Syllabus_2024\" >UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus 2024<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/upscmentorship.com\/upsc-exam\/upsc-civil-engineering-syllabus\/#UPSC_Civil_Engineering_Syllabus_for_IAS\" >UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus for IAS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/upscmentorship.com\/upsc-exam\/upsc-civil-engineering-syllabus\/#UPSC_Civil_Engineering_Syllabus_for_Paper_1\" >UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus for Paper 1<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/upscmentorship.com\/upsc-exam\/upsc-civil-engineering-syllabus\/#UPSC_Civil_Engineering_Syllabus_for_Paper_2\" >UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus for Paper 2<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/upscmentorship.com\/upsc-exam\/upsc-civil-engineering-syllabus\/#Preparation_Tips_for_UPSC_Civil_Engineering_Exam\" >Preparation Tips for UPSC Civil Engineering Exam<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/upscmentorship.com\/upsc-exam\/upsc-civil-engineering-syllabus\/#UPSC_Civil_Engineering_Syllabus_Best_Books\" >UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus: Best Books<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out of the 48 subjects offered for the UPSC Mains exam, three engineering subjects have been accepted by the Union Public Service Commission. The &#8220;Civil Engineering Optional&#8221; is specifically intended for applicants who have completed a Bachelor or Master of Engineering degree in the field of civil engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the Civil Engineering optional subject, you can aim for 500 marks in the UPSC optional exam if you have done your graduation in civil engineering. Here we have provided a detailed UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_Civil_Engineering_Syllabus_2024\"><\/span><b>UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus 2024<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electrical, mechanical, and civil engineering are available as elective courses for the UPSC mains exam. As a branch of engineering, civil engineering is concerned with the construction and maintenance of environmental and physical structures like bridges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since civil engineering is a technical subject, it is strongly advised that students with similar backgrounds take it. Applicants with no prior engineering experience will find the Civil Engineering optional extremely difficult because they will not have a foundational understanding of the subject.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as a significant portion of the Civil Engineering optional is already completed by the time students graduate, it may save time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_Civil_Engineering_Syllabus_for_IAS\"><\/span><b>UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus for IAS<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two papers in the optional syllabus for civil engineering. There are about four key subjects in each of the two papers, each worth 250 marks in the UPSC main exam. The syllabus for the two Civil Engineering Optional UPSC exams is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_Civil_Engineering_Syllabus_for_Paper_1\"><\/span><b>UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus for Paper 1<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The electives offered in civil engineering are the same as those studied in the engineering program. The following table lists the topics covered in Civil Engineering Paper 1: Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Structural Analysis, and Design of Structures.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f79929; color: #fff;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; width: 99.2972%; height: 36px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus for Paper 1 <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 19.8795%;\"><b>Topic<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; width: 79.4177%;\"><b>Subtopic<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 36px;\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #00b551; color: #ffffff; text-align: center; width: 99.2972%; height: 36px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #ffffff;\"><b>Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials, and Structural Analysis<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8795%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.1 Engineering Mechanics<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.4177%;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Units and Dimensions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, SI Units, Vectors, Concept of Force, Concept of particle and rigid body.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Concurrent, Non- Concurrent, and parallel forces in a plane<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a moment of force free body diagram, conditions of equilibrium, Principle of virtual work, equivalent force system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First and Second Moment of area, Mass moment of Inertia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Static Friction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Kinematics and Kinetics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Kinematics in cartesian Coordinates, motion under uniform and non-uniform acceleration, motion under gravity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Kinetics of particles:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Momentum and Energy principles, collision of elastic bodies, rotation of rigid bodies.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8795%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.2 Strength of Materials<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.4177%;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Simple Stress and Strain,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Elastic constants, axially loaded compression members, Shear force and bending moment, theory of simple bending, Shear Stress distribution across cross sections, and Beams of uniform strength.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Deflection of beams:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mecaulay\u2019s method, Mohr\u2019s Moment area method, Conjugate beam method, and unit load method. Torsion of Shafts, Elastic stability of columns, Euler\u2019s, Rankine\u2019s, and Secant formula.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8795%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.3 Structural Analysis\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.4177%;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castiglianio\u2019s theorems I and II, unit load method, of consistent deformation applied to beams and pin jointed trusses. Slope-deflection, moment distribution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rolling loads and Influences lines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Influences lines for Shear Force and Bending moment at a section of a beam. Criteria for maximum shear force and bending Moment in beams traversed by a system of moving loads. Influences lines for simply supported plane pin jointed trusses.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Arches<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Three-hinged, two-hinged, and fixed arches, rib shortening, and temperature effects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Matrix methods of analysis:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Force method and displacement method of analysis of indeterminate beams and rigid frames.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Plastic Analysis of beams and frames<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Theory of plastic bending, plastic analysis, statical method, Mechanism method.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Unsymmetrical bending<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Moment of inertia, product of inertia, position of Neutral Axis and Principal axes, calculation of bending stresses.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 36px;\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #00b551; color: #ffffff; text-align: center; width: 99.2972%; height: 36px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #ffffff;\"><b>Design of Structures: Steel, concrete, and masonry structures<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8795%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.1 Structural Steel Design<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.4177%;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Structural steel:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Factors of safety and load factors. Riveted, bolted, and welded joints and connections. Design of tension and compression members, beams of the built-up section, riveted and welded plate girders, gantry girders, stancheons with battens, and lacings.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8795%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2.2 Design of Concrete and Masonry Structures<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.4177%;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Concept of mixed design. Reinforced Concrete:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Working Stress and Limit State method of design\u2014Recommendations of I. S. codes. design of one-way and two-way slabs, stair-case slabs, simple and continuous beams of rectangular, T, and L sections. compression members under direct load with or without eccentricity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cantilever and Counter fort type retaining walls.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Water tanks:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Design requirements for Rectangular and circular tanks resting on the ground.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prestressed Concrete:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Methods and systems of prestressing, anchorages, Analysis, and design of sections for flexure based on working stress, and loss of prestress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design of brick masonry as per I. S. Codes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 36px;\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #00b551; color: #ffffff; text-align: center; width: 99.2972%; height: 36px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #ffffff;\"><b>Fluid Mechanics, open channel flow, and Hydraulic Machines<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8795%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.1 Fluid Mechanics<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.4177%;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fluid properties and their role in fluid motion, and fluid statics including forces acting on plane and curved surfaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Kinematics and Dynamics of Fluid flow:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Velocity and accelerations, stream lines, equation of continuity, irrotational and rotational flow, velocity potential, and stream functions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuity, momentum, energy equation, Navier Stokes equation, Euler\u2019s equation of motion, application to fluid flow problems, pipe flow, sluice gates, and weirs.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8795%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.2 Dimensional Analysis and Similitude<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.4177%;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buckingham\u2019s Pi-theorem, dimensionless parameters.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8795%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.3 Laminar Flow\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.4177%;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laminar flow between parallel, stationary, and moving plates, flows through the tube.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8795%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.4 Boundary layer<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.4177%;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laminar and turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate, laminar sub-layer, smooth and rough boundaries, drag and lift.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Turbulent flow through pipes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Characteristics of turbulent flow, velocity distribution and variation of pipe friction factor, hydraulic grade line, and total energy line.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8795%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.5 Open channel flow<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.4177%;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uniform and non-uniform flows, momentum and energy correction factors, specific energy and specific force, critical depth, rapidly varied flow, hydraulic jump, gradually varied flow, classification of surface profiles, control section, step method of integration of varied flow equations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8795%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3.6 Hydraulic Machines and Hydropower<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.4177%;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hydraulic turbines, types classification, Choice of turbine performance parameters, controls, characteristics, specific speed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Principles of hydropower development.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 99.2972%;\" colspan=\"2\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Geotechnical Engineering<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8795%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Geotechnical Engineering<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 79.4177%;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Soil Type and Structure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014gradation and particle size distribution\u2014consistency limits.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Water in soil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014capillary and structural\u2014effective stress and pore water pressure\u2014permeability concept\u2014filed and laboratory determination of permeability\u2014Seepage pressure\u2014quick sand conditions\u2014Shear strength determination\u2014Mohr Coulomb concept.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Compaction of soil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Laboratory and file test.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Compressibility and consolidation concept<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 consolidation theory\u2014consolidation settlement analysis.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Earth pressure theory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and analysis for retaining walls, Application for sheet piles, and Braced excavation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bearing capacity of soil<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014approaches for analysis- Filed tests\u2014settlement analysis\u2014stability of slope of earth walk.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Subsurface exploration of soils<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014methods\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Foundation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Type and selection criteria for foundation of structures\u2014Design criteria for foundation\u2014Analysis of the distribution of stress for footings and pile\u2014pile group action\u2014pile load test.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ground improvement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> techniques.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_Civil_Engineering_Syllabus_for_Paper_2\"><\/span><b>UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus for Paper 2<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Topics including Construction Technology, Equipment, Planning and Management, Surveying and Transportation Engineering, and Hydrology are covered in the Civil Engineering syllabus for UPSC Mains paper 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 3844px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f79929; color: #fff;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: justify; width: 99.2972%; height: 36px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus for Paper 2<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 30px;\"><b>Topic<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 30px;\"><b>Subtopic<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 36px;\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #00b551; color: #ffffff; text-align: center; width: 99.2972%; height: 36px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #ffffff;\"><b>Construction Technology, Equipment, Planning and Management<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 270px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 270px;\"><b>1.1 Construction Technology<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0(Engineering Materials)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 270px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physical properties of construction materials concerning their use in construction\u2014Stones, Bricks, and Tiles; Lime, Cement, different types of Mortars, and Concrete.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Specific use of ferro cemen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t, fiber-reinforced C. C., High strength concrete.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Timber;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Properties defects\u2014common preservation treatments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use and <\/span><b>selection of materials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for specific use like Low-Cost Housing, Mass Housing, High Rise Buildings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 360px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 360px;\"><b>1.2 Construction<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 360px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Masonry principles using Brick, stone, and Blocks\u2014<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">construction detailing and strength characteristics.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Types of plastering, pointing, flooring, roofing, and construction features.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Common repairs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in buildings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Principle of functional planning<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of building for residents and specific use\u2014Building code provisions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic<\/span><b> principles of detailed and approximate estimating<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014specification writing and rate analysis principles of valuation of real property.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Machinery for earthwork<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, concreting, and their specific uses\u2014Factors affecting the selection of equipment\u2014operating cost of equipment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 300px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 300px;\"><b>1.3 Construction Planning and Management<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 300px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Construction <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">activity<\/span><b>\u2014<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">schedules\u2014organization for the construction industry\u2014Quality assurance principles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Use the Basic principle of network<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014analysis in the form of CPM and PERT\u2014their use in construction monitoring, Cost optimization, and resource allocation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic principles of <\/span><b>Economic analysis <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and methods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Project profitability<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014Basic principles of Boot approach to financial planning-simple toll fixation criterions<\/span><b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 36px;\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #00b551; color: #ffffff; text-align: center; width: 99.2972%; height: 36px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #ffffff;\"><b>Curveying and Transportation Engineering<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 180px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 180px;\"><b>2.1 Surveying<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 180px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Surveying: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common methods and instruments for distance and angle measurement for CE work\u2014their use in plane table, traverse survey, leveling work, triangulation, contouring, and topographical maps.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic principles of photogrammetry and remote sensing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 150px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 150px;\"><b>2.2 Railways Engineering<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 150px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Permanent way\u2014c<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">omponents, types, and their function and Design constituents of turn and crossing\u2014 Necessity of geometric design of track\u2014Design of station and yards.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 420px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 420px;\"><b>2.3 Highway Engineering\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 420px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Principles of Highway alignments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014classification and geometrical design elements and standards for Roads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Pavement structure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for flexible and rigid pavements\u2014Design principles and methodology of pavements.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Typical construction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> methods and standards of materials for stabilized soil, WBM, Bituminous works, and CC roads.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Surface and sub-surface drainage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arrangements for roads\u2014culvert structures.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Pavement distresses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and strengthening by overlays.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Traffic surveys and their application<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in traffic planning\u2014Typical design features for channelized, intersection rotary, etc.\u2014signal designs\u2014standard Traffic signs and markings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 36px;\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #00b551; color: #ffffff; text-align: center; width: 99.2972%; height: 36px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #ffffff;\"><b>Hydrology, Water Resources, and Engineering<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 208px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 208px;\"><b>3.1 Hydrology\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 208px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hydrological cycle, precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, infiltration, overland flow, hydrograph,<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flood frequency analyses, flood routing through a reservoir, channel flow routing\u2014Muskingum method.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 150px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 150px;\"><b>3.2 Groundwater flow<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 150px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specific yield, storage coefficient, coefficient of permeability, confined and unconfined aquifers, aquifers, aquitards, radial flow into a well under confined and unconfined conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 120px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 120px;\"><b>3.3 Water Resources Engineering<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 120px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ground and surface water resources, single and multipurpose projects, storage capacity of reservoirs, reservoir losses, and reservoir sedimentation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 480px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 480px;\"><b>3.4 Irrigation Engineering<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 480px;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Water requirements of crops<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: consumptive use, duty and delta, irrigation methods and their efficiencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Canals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Distribution systems for canal irrigation, canal capacity, canal losses, alignment of main and distributary canals, most efficient section, lined canals, their design, regime theory, critical shear stress, and bed load.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Water logging:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> causes and control, salinity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Canal structures:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Design of head regulators, canal falls, aqueducts, metering flumes, and canal outlets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Diversion head work<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Principles and design of weirs on permeable and impermeable foundation, Khosla\u2019s theory, energy dissipation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Storage works<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Types of dams, design, principles of rigid gravity stability analysis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Spillways:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Spillway types, energy dissipation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>River training<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Objectives of river training, methods of river training.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 36px;\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #00b551; color: #ffffff; text-align: center; width: 99.2972%; height: 36px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #ffffff;\"><b>Environmental Engineering<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 150px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 150px;\"><b>4.1 Water Supply<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 150px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Predicting water demand, impurities of water and their significance, physical, chemical, and bacteriological analysis, waterborne diseases, and standards for potable water.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 150px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 150px;\"><b>4.2 Intake of Water<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 150px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Water treatment:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> principles of coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation; slow-, rapid-, pressure, filters; chlorination, softening, removal of taste, odor, and salinity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 120px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 120px;\"><b>4.3 Sewerage Systems\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 120px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Domestic and industrial wastes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, store sewage\u2014separate and combined systems, flow through sewers, design of sewers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 120px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 120px;\"><b>4.4 Sewage Characterisation\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 120px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>BOD, COD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, solids, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen, and <\/span><b>TOC<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Standards of disposal in normal water courses and on land.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 150px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 150px;\"><b>4.5 Sewage Treatment\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 150px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working principles, units, chambers, sedimentation tank, trickling filters, oxidation ponds, activated sludge process, septic tank, disposal of sludge, recycling of wastewater.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 120px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 120px;\"><b>4.6 Solid waste<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 120px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collection and disposal in rural and urban contexts, management of long-term ill-effects.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 36px;\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #00b551; color: #ffffff; text-align: center; width: 99.2972%; height: 36px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #ffffff;\"><b>Environmental pollution<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 150px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 23.494%; height: 150px;\"><b>5. Environmental pollution<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 75.8032%; height: 150px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainable development. Radioactive wastes and disposal. Environmental impact assessment for thermal power plants, mines, and river valley projects.\u00a0 Air pollution. Pollution Control Acts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Preparation_Tips_for_UPSC_Civil_Engineering_Exam\"><\/span><b>Preparation Tips for UPSC Civil Engineering Exam<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given the difficulties that Civil Engineering Optional presents, applicants ought to develop a suitable plan for each subject. In their preparation plan, candidates should think about enlisting the assistance of mentors. The following advice can help you get ready for the optional course in civil engineering:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examine the Paper 1 and Paper 2 syllabus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a reading list based on the subjects covered in the syllabus for civil engineering.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make quick book notes, paying special attention to formulas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enrol in a test series and practice answering questions to gain presentation and time management skills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get comfortable with handling a range of numerical issues, particularly those related to transportation engineering, fluid mechanics, and structural analysis.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enrol in a test series to practice time management and mimic exam conditions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After every practice test, evaluate your weak areas and make sure you are ready for the real test.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allocate enough time for review before the test. To maintain proficiency, keep working on difficulties.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join a reputable optional coaching program for civil engineering, if at all possible, to receive main supervision.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include expert comments in your answer writing process.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"UPSC_Civil_Engineering_Syllabus_Best_Books\"><\/span><b>UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus: Best Books<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To cover the entirety of the syllabus for civil engineering, applicants should check the standard books. Make your civil engineering reading list optional and follow it through to exam day. The aspirant should avoid memorizing book passages by heart and instead concentrate on gaining conceptual understanding. For optional papers in civil engineering, consider the following books:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 101.318%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #00b551; color: #fff;\">\n<td style=\"width: 125.688%; text-align: center; font-size: 16pt;\" colspan=\"2\"><b>UPSC Civil Engineering Syllabus: Best Books<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><b>Book<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Author<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engineering Mechanics\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irvin Shames<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strength of Materials<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen Timoshenko<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strength of Materials<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S. Ramamrutham<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intermediate Structural Analysis\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CK Wang<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theory of Structures<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S. Ramamrutham<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design of Steel Structures<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S Duggal<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prestressed Concrete<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">N Krishna Raju<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Handbook Of Reinforced Concrete Design<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SN Sinha<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics Including Hydraulics Machines<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modi and Seth<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flow in Open Channels<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">K Subramanya<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gopal Ranjan and Rao<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soil Mechanics And Foundation Engineering\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SK Garg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction, Planning, and Management<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UK Srivastava<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irrigation Engineering\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.K. Garg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building Construction\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arora and Bindra<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.K. Garg<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surveying<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BC Punmia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 65.4956%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental Engineering (both volumes)\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 60.1927%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S.K. 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