TSPSC AE Syllabus
TSPSC AE Syllabus
ANNEXURE-III
SCHEME OF EXAMINATION
Total 300
Syllabus
1. Surveying
Fundamental concepts; Classification of Surveys; Chain Surveying; Compass Surveying;
Levelling and Contouring; Theodolite Surveying; Tacheometry; Curves; Introduction and
fundamental concepts of electronic measuring instruments - EDM, Total Station, GIS &
GPS.
2. Construction Materials & Practice
Properties and uses of construction materials - Stones, Bricks, Tiles, Sand, Cement,
Timber, Plastics, Glass, Asbestos, Paints, Distempers, Enamels and Varnishes;
Preparation of Cement mortar for various works.
Classification of Buildings as per NBC, Site investigation for foundation as per NBC -Trial Pit
and auger boring, classification of foundations, construction of spread footing and well
foundation; Stone and Brick masonry - types and principles of construction; Doors and
Windows - types, fittings and fastenings, types and functions of Lintels, Sunshades and
Roofs, Flooring - Construction and types of material; Types of Stairs; Scaffolding; Types of
Plastering, Pointing, Painting and White / Colour Wash.
Forces - types of Forces, Parallelogram, Triangle and Polygon Law of Forces, Lami’s
theorem; Centre of Gravity and Moment of Inertia; Simple stresses and strains, Hooke’s law
– stress strain diagram, working strength, elastic constants, Poisson’s ratio, Relationship
between elastic constants, compound rods, temperature stresses, strain energy, proof
resilience, impact loading; Shear force and bending moment diagrams for simply supported,
over hanging and cantilever beams, relation between intensity of loading, shear force and
bending moment; Theory of simple bending, modulus of section, moment of resistance,
distribution of shear stress in rectangular, circular and I-Sections; Deflection in cantilever
and simply supported beams subjected to simple loading; Columns and struts - Euler’s
and Rankine’s formulae, Slenderness ratio, simple built-up columns; Analysis of dams and
retaining walls; Simple plane and pin-jointed trusses, Stresses by method of joints and
method of sections.
4. Hydraulics
Properties of fluids, fluid pressure and its measurement; Types of flows, energies in fluid
motion, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications – venture metre, pitot tube; Orifice and
mouthpiece; Notches and weirs; Flow through pipes, hydraulic gradient line and total
energy line, laminar and turbulent flow in pipes - Reynolds number, measurement of
velocity; open channels; Water turbines – classification, centrifugal and reciprocating
pumps; Layout of hydroelectric power plant.
5. Quantity Surveying
Abstract estimate, detailed estimate - centreline and long & short wall method, various
items of Civil Engineering works as per Indian Standards; General Specifications - earth
work, brick / stone masonry in cement mortar, RCC, plastering in cement mortar, Floor
finishes with ceramic tiles and marbles, white washing, colour washing; Standard schedule
of rates, lead and lift, preparation of lead statement; Computation of earth work - Mid-
ordinate, Mean Sectional area, Trepezoidal method, Prismoidal Rule; Approximate estimate
– Plinth area and cubic rate estimate.
6. Design of Structures (RCC and Steel)
RCC structures: Design philosophies – principles and concepts of working stress method
and limit state method, loads and permissible stresses, IS specifications, analysis and
design - rectangular beam, slab, T-beam, column, footing and stair case.
8. Environmental Engineering
Basics of ecosystem, water supply scheme; Sources of water; Conveyance of water –
pipes, joints and laying; Testing of water, drinking water standards; Treatment of water;
Distribution of water; Water supply connection to a building.
Quantity of sewage, surface drains, design of sewers running half full, limiting velocities;
Laying of sewers, sewer appurtenances; Collection of sewage samples, characteristics of
domestic and industrial sewage – BOD, COD; Sewage treatment, septic tank & soak pit,
sewage disposal - dilution and sewage farming; House drainage arrangements in
buildings; Solid waste - collection and disposal; Air Pollution - sources, effects and
controlling methods.
9. Transportation Engineering
Alignment of roads - plain and hilly terrain, surveys; Cross section of road structure, width of
pavement, Camber, Gradient, Super elevation, Transition curves, horizontal and vertical
alignment; Pavement marking, traffic signs, traffic islands.