How To Prepare Civil Engineering Optional For WBCS Main Exam – Civil Engineering Book List

Civil engineering as an optional subject for WBCS Mains-

Civil engineering is a professional degree subject that deals with the constructional designs and other peripheral areas related to construction. Aspirants those who are from civil engineering background can only handle this optional subject. The syllabus of Civil engineering for WBCS Mains exam is too vast.Continue Reading How To Prepare Civil Engineering Optional For WBCS Main Exam – Civil Engineering Book List.

Who should take civil engineering optional?

Civil engineering as an optional is recommended only for civil engineers as you need in-depth subject knowledge for the two optional papers in the WBCS exam.

How to Prepare WBCS  Civil Engineering Paper 2018

Step 1 : Know the Syllabus – Civil Engineering Paper

Step 2 : Select the Best Reference Books for Civil Engineering Paper

Preparation of Civil Engineering (mains)

It’s advisable to start Civil Engineering preparation as early as possible after the WBCS preliminary examination.

Step 3 : Prepare Important Topics

If a student has not done graduation with Civil Engineering, the suggested strategy would be as follows.

(1) Surveying the syllabus of Civil Engineering carefully and identifying the completely unfamiliar areas.

(2)  Going through at least 2 basic books with a purpose to acquaint yourself with the unfamiliar areas.

(b) Civil Engineering for Degree Students

(3)  Doing a careful survey of the past 5 years’ Main Examination Question Papers and identifying the areas of significance.

(4)  Identifying the most fruitful areas:

How to Study Civil Engineering for WBCS Mains

Importance of related IS-codes: Paper 1 deals with Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis. Construction Management including safety in construction is based on the IS codes. The related IS-codes form an important part of this paper.

The right strategy should be to go through each section of the syllabus and pick up the books and read them carefully. First pick up lighter books to clear your concepts and then go on to read the advance books.

Cover the entire syllabus and after reading each segment and make notes of them simultaneously. Remember that your notes will be the final course material for reading and revising in future. So take your time and do a good job with it.

Prepare out short notes of important formulas and important points relevant to conventional type questions and just before the examination rely solely on it.

Step 4 : Prepare Previous Question papers

Pros of civil engineering optional-

• As an engineer, you would have studied this subject for four years, so you have a strong foundation in it.
• It is a very scoring subject since it is a science-based subject.
• You don’t have to learn anything by rote here. All you need is a solid understanding and clarity of concepts.
• There would be plenty of diagrams for you to score. (Practice them well!)
• You can easily justify your choice of optional in the WBCS interview.
• Nothing is left to the interpretation of the examiner unlike the humanities subjects.
• You can even try the Engineering Services exam if you prepare for civil engineering.

Books for Civil Engineering

• Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics – Irving Herman Shames
• Strength of Material- R.K Bansal(Click here to purchase from Amazon)
• Mechanics for Engineers- B Johnson(Click here to purchase from Amazon)
• Structural Analysis- C. K. Wang(Click here to purchase from Amazon)
• Design of steel structures: N Subramanian
• Engineering Mechanics – D P Sharma
• Limit State Design – Ram Chandra(Click here to purchase from Amazon)
• Soil Mechanics – K.R. Arora
• Fluid Mechanics – Modi and Seth(Click here to purchase from Amazon)
• Surveying – Punmia
• Strength of Material – V. N. Vazaram
• Basic and applied Fluid Mechanics(Click here to purchase from Amazon)
• Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering – A Singh and K R Arora(Click here to purchase from Amazon)
• Strength and Materials -UC. Jindal
• Introduction to Mechanics of Solids
• Engineering Hydrology – K. Subramanya
• Strength of material – Gere and Timoshenko
• Concrete Technology – M.S. Shetty
• R.C.C. (WSM) – Shyal and Goyal
• R.C.C. (LSM) – A.K. Jain
• Prestressed Concrete – N. Krishna Raju

W.B.C.S. Main Examination 2019 Optional Civil Engineering Question Paper I And II Download

W.B.C.S. Main Examination  Civil Engineering  Syllabus

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