Syllabus and Exam Pattern for OPSC Asst Executive Engineer (Civil) under Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department

                     OPSC

EXAM PATTERN FOR PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

 

SUBJECT

MARKS

Engineering Mechanics

10

Strength of Materials

10

Structural Analysis

10

Concrete Structure

10

Steel Structure

10

Solid Mechanics

10

Fluid Mechanics

10

Irrigation

10

Transportation Engineering

10

Survey

10

Total

100

 

100 Questions carrying 1 mark each with negative marking of 0.25 mark for each wrong answer.

Duration : 1 ½ Hour


EXAM PATTERN FOR MAIN EXAMINATION


Paper I : General Studies (300 marks)

Part-I

General Science

Part-II

General Awareness/Knowledge

 

Part-I General Science (200 Marks)

SUBJECT

MARKS

Physics

20

Chemistry

20

Biology

20

Information Technology

20

Nuclear Science

20

Computer Technology

20

Defence Technology

20

Space Technology

20

Geology

20

Agriculture

20

Total

200

 

Part-II General Awareness/Knowledge (100 Marks)

Subject

Marks

History of Modern India

20

Indian Culture

20

Geography of India

20

Indian Polity

20

India and the World

10

Indian Economy

10

Total

100

 

Part I will have 100 questions and Part II will have 50 questions carrying 2 marks each and with negative marking of 0.5 for every wrong answers.

Duration : 2 Hours

Paper - II Specialised Paper (Civil Engineering) - 300 Marks

Subject

Marks

Solid Mechanics

30

Structural Analysis

30

Design of Concrete Structure

30

Design of Steel Structure

30

Building Materials and Building Construction

30

Estimation, Construction Planning and Management

30

Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering

30

Environmental Engineering

30

Geo Technical Engineering

30

Transportation Engineering

20

Surveying

10

Total

300

 

150 Objective type questions carrying 2 marks each and with negative marking .5 for every wrong answer.

Duration : 2 Hours


SYLLABUS

General Awareness/Knowledge

1.     HISTORY OF MODERN INDIA

  • History of India since 1857
  • Important Personalities who saved the freedom moment in India and Odisha.
  • Social reform moments

2.    INDIAN CULTURE

  • Indian culture from ancient time to modern times
  • Temple architecture of Odisha
  • Socio-cultural Developments in Odisha

 

3.    GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA

  • Physical, Economic and Social Geography of India
  • Odisha’s Physiography and Drainage System
  • Odisha’s natural resources- Water, Forest and Minerals, Climates, Natural Calamity (Flood, Tsunami, Super Cyclone, Global Warming etc.)

 

4.    INDIAN POLITY

  • Constitution of India
  • Political system of India
  • Govt and Politics in Odisha
  • Panchayat raj Institution in Odisha

 

5.    INDIA AND THE WORLD

  • Foreign Affairs
  • External Security and related matters
  • Nuclear Policy
  • Indians Abroad

 

6.    INDIAN ECONOMY

  • Planning, Economic Development, Economic Reforms and Development of Corporate Sector in India
  • Economic and Trade issues
  • Role and Function of IMF, World Bank and WTO V Reserve Bank of India- Its role and functions
  • Odisha Economy: Development during the post reform period

 

Paper II : Specialised Paper(Civil Engineering)

 

1.     SOLID MECHANICS :

 

Elastic constants, Plane Stress, Plane Strain, Mohr’s circle, Combined Stress ; Elastic theories of Failure; Simple bending, Shear; Torsion of circular and rectangular sections and simple members. Bending moment and Shear force in statically determinate beams.

 

2.    STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS :

 

Analysis of determinate structures- Different methods including graphical methods. Analysis of indeterminate skeletal frames- moment distribution, slop deflection, stiffness and force methods, Energy methods, Muller-Breslau principle and application. Plastic analysis of indeterminate beams and simple frames-shape factors. Basic concepts of metrics method of structural analysis.

 

3.    DESIGN OF CONCRETE STRUCTURE :

 

Limit state design for bending, shear, axial compression and combined forces. Codal provisions for slabs, beams, walls and footings. Principles of pre-stressed concrete design, materials, methods of pre-stressing losses. Design of Simple members.

 

4.    DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES (BASED ON LIMIT STATE METHOD) :

 

Analysis and design of tension and compression members, Column bases, Connections- simple and eccentric beam-column connections. Plate girders and trusses.

 

5.    BUILDING MATERIALS AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION :

 

(a) Building Materials :-

 

  • Cement: Components, different types, setting times, strength. Cement Mortar. Ingredients, proportions, water demand, mortars for plastering and masonry.

 

  • Concrete: Importance of W/C Ratio, Strength, ingredients including admixtures, workability, testing for strength, non-destructive testing, mix design methods.
  • Bricks: Types, Indian Standard classification, absorption, saturation factor, strength in masonry.

 

(b) Building Construction :- Types of Foundations, Brick masonry, Stone masonry, Floorings, Causes and prevention of cracks in buildings, Damp proofing, Special maintenance of buildings.

 

6.    ESTIMATION, CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT :


Preliminary estimate, Detailed estimate, Specifications and cost analysis. Bar chart, Linked bar chart, Work-breakdown structures, Activity- on- arrow diagrams, critical path, probabilistic activity durations, Event- based networks, PERT networks: Time- cost study, Resource allocation.

 

7.    WATER RESOURCES AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING :

 

(a) Irrigation Engineering:- Consumptive use of water, irrigation systems, water demand assessment; Storages and their yields, ground water and well hydraulics; Waterlogging, drainage design; Design of rigid boundary canals, Lacey's and Tractive force concepts in. canal design, lining of canals; Sedimen.t transport in canals; Forces acting on gravity dams and their design, Design of headworks, distribution works, falls, Cross-drainage works, outlets; River training


(b) Hydrology :- Hydrological cycle, precipitation and related data analyses, Probable maximum precipitation, unit hydrograph and synthetic unit hydrographs; Evaporation and transpiration; Floods and their management, Design Flood, Streams and their gauging; Routing of floods; Capacity of Reservoirs.


(c) Fluid Mechanics :- Fluid Properties, Pressure, Thrust, Buoyancy; Flow Kinematics; Integration of flow equations; Flow measurement; Relative motion; Moment of momentum; Viscosity, Boundary layer and Control, Dimensional Analysis, Flow development, losses in pipe flows, Pipe networks, Flow measuring equipment and structures.


(d)  Open Channel Flow:- Momentum and Energy principles in Open channel flow, Types of flow, Flow sections and properties; Normal flow, Gradually varied flow, Hydraulic jump.

 

8.    ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

 

(a) Water Supply Engineering:- Sources of supply, design of intakes, Estimation of demand; Water quality standards; Primary and secondary treatment, detailing and maintenance of treatment units; Conveyance of treatment units; distribution systems of treated water, leakages and control; Institutional and industrial water supply.

(b)  Waste Water Engineering:- Urban rain water disposal; Quantity and
characteristics of waste water, Collection of waste water, Primary, Secondary and tertiary treatment of waste water, Sludge disposal, effluent discharge standards, Institutional and industrial sewage management.


(c) Solid Waste Management:- Characteristics, Generation, Collection and
Transportation, Engineered systems of solid waste management (reuse, recycle, recovery, treatment and disposal). Design and. Management of landfills.


(d) Air and Noise Pollution:-


  • Air pollution: sources and impacts, air pollution controls, standards and limits.


  • Noise pollution: impacts of noise, permissible limits, measurements and control of noise pollution.


9.    GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING:-

 

(a) Soil Mechanics:- Fundamental definitions and interrelationships; Properties and Classification of soils, Permeability and seepage, Effective stress principles, Shear strength, Consolidation, Compaction, stress distribution in soils.

 

(b) Foundation Engineering:- Types of foundations, Foundation design requirements, Shallow foundations - bearing capacity, settlement analysis in sands and clays,.17,ep foundations- pile types, dynamic and static formulae, load carrying capacity of piles in sands and clays, group action, negative skin friction , Earth pressure theories, effect of water table, layered soils, Stability of slopes, Sub-surface investigations- scope, drilling bore holes, sampling, penetration tests, plate load tests, geophysical tests.

 

10.  TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING:-

 

(a) Highway Engineering:- Geometric design of highways, Testing and specifications of paving materials, design of flexible and rigid pavements

 

(b) Traffic Engineering:- Traffic characteristics, theory of traffic flow, intersection design, traffic signs and signal design, highway capacity.

 

11.   SURVEYING

 

Principles and classification of surveys, mapping concepts, Coordinate systems, Measurement of distance and directions, Leveling, Theodolite traversing, Contours, Plane table surveying, Errors and adjustments, Curves, Total station, Concept of Global Positioning System; Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing concepts.