Syllabus – Assistant Engineer (Civil) under Water Resources Department

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ASSAM PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Jawaharnagar, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022

Recruitment to the post of Assistant Engineer (Civil)
Department: Water Resources Department, Govt. of Assam
Advt. No.: 13/2025 dated 10.04.2025

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PAPER-I: General Studies

OMR-Based Multiple Choice Question Type
Full Marks: 100
Time: 2 hours

Subject	Item/Topic	Marks
General Studies	General Awareness, Current Affairs, Geography, Environmental Science, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Flood Management, Disaster Management	50
General Intelligence & Reasoning	Logical reasoning, analytical ability	25
Quantitative Aptitude	Numerical ability, arithmetic, data interpretation	25

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PAPER-II: Civil Engineering

OMR-Based Multiple Choice Question Type
Full Marks: 100
Time: 2 hours

1. Structural Engineering

• Engineering Mechanics: Simple stress and strain; plane stress & plane strain; Mohr’s circle; bending moment & shear force; simple bending theory; flexural and shear stresses; columns & struts; uniform torsion.
• Structural Analysis: Determinate & indeterminate structures; analysis of beams, trusses, arches, cables, frames; beam deflection; moment distribution method; slope deflection method; conjugate beam method; rolling loads & influence lines.
• Construction Materials, Practices & Management: Stone, sand, timber, bricks, cement, structural steel, paints; concrete technology; mix design; detailing of walls, floors, roofs, doors/windows; construction management; project planning, rate analysis, PERT & CPM.
• Design of Concrete Structure: Working stress, limit state & ultimate load concepts; design of beams, slabs, columns, footings; prestressed concrete principles, methods, losses, anchorages.

2. Engineering Surveying

• Classification of surveys; surveying principles; scales; errors & adjustment; distance & angle measurement; levelling & trigonometric levelling; traversing & triangulation; total station.

3. Water Resources Engineering

• Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Engineering: Fluid properties, hydrostatics, fluid kinematics, momentum & energy equations, viscous flow, flow in pipes, pipe networks, boundary layer, dimensional analysis, open channel flow, hydraulic machines.
• Hydrology & Flood Management: Hydrological cycle, precipitation, evaporation, infiltration, watershed, runoff, hydrograph, stream-flow measurement, groundwater occurrence, aquifers, Darcy’s law, flood estimation, flood routing, river training, dams & embankments.
• Irrigation Engineering: Crop water requirement, duty & delta, evapotranspiration estimation, irrigation systems, canal design, headworks, waterlogging & drainage, regulatory works.

4. Environmental Engineering

• Water Supply Engineering: Water sources, quality, standards, treatment (aeration, sedimentation, coagulation, filtration, disinfection), hardness, chemical softening, distribution system design.
• Waste Water Engineering: Sewerage systems, sanitary sewage quantity, treatment methods, disposal.
• Introduction to Air Pollution, Noise Pollution, Solid Waste.

5. Transportation Engineering

• Highway alignment & surveys, geometric design, cross-sectional elements, gradients, curves, pavement design (flexible & rigid), materials, traffic studies, accident studies, traffic signs & signals, channelization, rotary & intersection design.

6. Geotechnical Engineering

• Soil Mechanics: Soil origin, structure, fabric, phase relationships, classification, permeability, seepage, compaction, consolidation, shear strength, stress analysis, soil stabilization.
• Foundation Engineering: Types & selection criteria; earth pressure theories (Rankine & Coulomb); stress distribution; shallow foundations (Terzaghi & Meyerhoff), deep foundations, pile load tests, negative skin friction.

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Principal Controller of Examinations
Assam Public Service Commission
Jawaharnagar, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022

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