JKSSB Junior Engineer (Civil): syllabus, exam pattern and mock tests
The notified syllabus for the JKSSB Junior Engineer (Civil) written test, unit by unit, with marks. In the app every syllabus line has notes, past JKSSB and SSC questions, chapter tests and full mocks in this exact pattern.
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Syllabus
Surveying10 marks
- Importance of surveying, principles and classifications
- Measurements of distance and directions
- Chain surveying
- Compass surveying
- Leveling
- Tachometry
- Theodolite
- Traversing
- Contouring
- Plane table surveying
- Curves
Mechanics and Structural analysis15 marks
- Introduction, Concept of rigid body, scalar and vector quantities
- Laws of force, moment
- Friction
- Centre of gravity
- Simple machines
- Torsion
- Properties of material
- Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate beams
- Simple stress and strain relationship
- Stress and strain in two dimensions, principal stresses, stress transformation
- Simple bending theory, flexural and shear stresses
- Unsymmetrical bending, shear Centre
- Thin-walled pressure vessels
- Uniform torsion
- Buckling of column
- Combined and direct bending stresses
- Slope and deflection
- Analysis of trusses
RCC Structures15 marks
- Concrete technology, Ingredients of concrete
- Water cement ratio
- Workability properties of concrete
- Admixtures
- Special concretes
- Nondestructive tests
- Basics of mix design
- Concrete design-basic working stress and limit state design concepts
- Analysis of ultimate load capacity and design of members subjected to flexure, shear, compression and torsion by limit state methods
- Basic elements of pre-stressed concrete, analysis of beam sections at transfer and service loads
- One-way slab, two-way slab
Soil Mechanics10 marks
- Origin of soils, properties, soil classification
- Three phase system, fundamental definitions, relationship and interrelationship
- Flow of water through soils, permeability & seepage
- Effective stress principle
- Deformation of soils, consolidation
- Compaction
- Shear strength characteristics
- Plate load test, SPT
- Density control, Measurement of field density by core cutter and sand replacement method
- Soil exploration
- Bearing capacity and its methods
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics15 marks
- Properties of fluids
- Hydrostatic pressure, measurement of pressure
- Flow measurements in channels, tanks and pipes
- Flow through pipes, flow in pipes, pipe networks
- Flow through open channels
- Hydraulic pumps
- Principle of conservation of mass, momentum, energy and corresponding equations
- Potential flow
- Applications of momentum and Bernoulli's equation
- Laminar and turbulent flow
- Concept of boundary layer and its growth
- Uniform flow, critical flow and gradually varied flow in channels
- Specific energy concept, hydraulic jump
- Forces on immersed bodies
- Dimensional analysis and hydraulic modeling
- Kinematics of flow
Irrigation Engineering10 marks
- Introduction, water requirement of crops
- Hydrological cycle
- Dams
- Canals, canal head works and regulatory works
- Cross drainage works
- Hydraulic structures
- River training works
- Water-logging, drainage
- Ground water recharge, well hydraulics
Water supply and waste water Engineering10 marks
- Quantity of water
- Quality of water
- Water treatment
- Conveyance of water, laying out of pipes
- Building water supply, water supply fixtures and installation, plumbing
- Sewerage system, laying and construction of sewers
- Sewage characteristics
- Methods of disposal, sewage treatment
- Building drainage
- Air and noise pollution
Highway Engineering10 marks
- History of development of highway and planning
- Definitions of various terms used in highway engineering
- Methods of road construction
- IRC classification
- Highway surveys and plans
- Geometric design
- Different types of road materials in use, Binders
- Types of pavement
- CBR method
- Sub grade preparation
- WBM, WMM, Bituminous Macadam, dense bituminous macadam
- Special problems in hill road
Railway Engineering10 marks
- History of Indian railways, Gauges used
- Permanent way its components
- Types of rails, creep, welding
- Rail fixtures and fastenings
- Signaling
- Points and Crossings
- Bridge terminology, classification, components, foundations
Construction planning management15 marks
- Network diagrams, PERT-CPM
- Cost optimization
- Contracts, tenders
- Depreciation, valuation
- Organization, functions of management
- Measurement books, cash book
- Construction planning
- Quality control
- Inventory control
- Estimation and costing definitions, methods of estimation and type of estimates