The Bihar Technical Service Commission will issue the BTSC JE Notification 2024 for various Junior Engineer positions on its official website. Candidates preparing for BTSC JE should be aware of the complete syllabus. They should plan the exam accordingly. This page has a complete syllabus. The Bihar Technical Service Commission (BTSC) will shortly hold a written test to shortlist candidates for the various Junior Engineer positions. Candidates wishing to be selected as BTSC Junior Engineers should review the detailed BTSC JE Syllabus For Civil Engineering.
BTSC JE Syllabus 2024
The Bihar Technical Service Commission (BTSC) will shortly hold a written test to shortlist candidates for the various Junior Engineer positions. Candidates wishing to be selected as BTSC Junior Engineers should review the detailed BTSC JE Syllabus For Civil Engineering below.
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BTSC JE Syllabus for General Studies
| Topics for General Studies covered in BTSC JE Syllabus | |
| Current Affairs | Science and Technology |
| Indian History | Static GK |
| Indian Geography | Sports |
| Indian Polity | Economic Scene |
BTSC JE Syllabus for Civil and Structural Engineering
| Topic for Civil and Structural Engineering covered in BTSC JE | Subtopics |
| Building Materials | Physical and Chemical properties |
| Classification | |
| Standard tests | |
| Uses and manufacture/quarrying of materials | |
| Asbestos products | |
| Timber and wood based products | |
| Laminates | |
| Paints | |
| Varnishes | |
| Estimating, Costing and Valuation | Estimate |
| Glossary of technical terms | |
| Analysis of rates | |
| Items of work – earthwork, Brick work (Modular & Traditional bricks), RCC work, Shuttering, Timber work | |
| Painting | |
| Flooring | |
| Plastering | |
| Water Tank | |
| Bar bending schedule | |
| Valuation – Value and cost, scrap value, salvage value, assessed value, sinking fund, depreciation and obsolescence, methods of valuation | |
| Surveying | Principles of surveying |
| Measurement of distance | |
| Chain surveying | |
| Working of prismatic compass | |
| Local attraction | |
| Plane table surveying | |
| Adjustment of theodolite | |
| Leveling | |
| Definition of terms used in leveling | |
| Contouring, curvature and refraction corrections | |
| Temporary and permanent adjustments of dumpy level | |
| Tachometric survey | |
| Advanced surveying equipment | |
| Soil Mechanics | Origin of soil |
| Phase diagram | |
| Definitions-void ratio | |
| Density index and interrelationship of different parameters | |
| Grain size distribution curves and their uses | |
| Index properties of soils | |
| Atterberg’s limits | |
| ISI soil classification and plasticity chart | |
| Permeability of soil | |
| Triaxial test | |
| Soil compaction | |
| Laboratory compaction test | |
| Maximum dry density and optimum moisture content | |
| Bearing capacity of soils | |
| Standard penetration test | |
| Hydraulics | Fluid properties |
| Hydrostatics | |
| Measurements of flow | |
| Bernoulli’s theorem and its application | |
| Flow through pipes | |
| Flow in open channels, weirs, flumes, spillways, pumps and turbines | |
| Irrigation Engineering | Definition, necessity, benefits |
| 2II effects of irrigation | |
| Types and methods of irrigation | |
| Hydrology – Measurement of rainfall | |
| Water requirement of crops, duty, delta and base period | |
| Kharif and Rabi Crops | |
| Command area | |
| Time factor | |
| Crop ratio | |
| Overlap allowance | |
| Irrigation efficiencies | |
| Different type of canals | |
| Weir and barrage | |
| Failure of weirs and permeable foundation | |
| Slit and Scour | |
| Kennedy’s theory of critical velocity | |
| Lacey’s theory of uniform flow | |
| Definition of flood, causes and effects, methods of flood control, water logging, preventive measure | |
| Land reclamation | |
| Characteristics of affecting fertility of soils | |
| Major irrigation projects in India | |
| Transportation Engineering | Highway Engineering – cross-sectional elements, geometric design, types of pavements |
| Pavement materials – aggregates and bitumen | |
| Design of flexible and rigid pavements – Water Bound Macadam (WBM) and Wet Mix Macadam (WMM), Gravel Road | |
| Bituminous construction | |
| Rigid pavement joint | |
| Railway Engineering | |
| Components of permanent way – sleepers, ballast, fixtures and fastening | |
| Track geometry | |
| Traffic Engineering – Different traffic survey, speed-flow-density and their interrelationships, intersections and interchanges, traffic signals, traffic operation, traffic signs and markings, road safety | |
| Environmental Engineering | Quality of water, source of water supply, purification of water, distribution of water |
| Need of sanitation | |
| Sewerage systems | |
| Circular sewer, oval sewer, sewer appurtenances, sewage treatments | |
| Surface water drainage | |
| Solid waste management – types, effects, engineered management system | |
| Air pollution – pollutants, causes, effects, control | |
| Noise pollution – cause, health effects, control | |
| Theory of Structures | Elasticity constants |
| Types of beams – determinate and indeterminate | |
| Bending moment and shear force diagrams of simply supported, cantilever and overhanging beams | |
| Moment of area and moment of inertia for rectangular & circular sections | |
| Chimneys, dams and retaining walls, eccentric loads, slope deflection of simply supported and cantilever beams | |
| Critical load and columns | |
| Torsion of circular section | |
| Concrete Technology | Properties, Advantages and uses of concrete |
| Cement aggregates | |
| Importance of water quality | |
| Water cement ratio | |
| Workability | |
| Mix design | |
| Storage, batching, mixing, placement, compaction, finishing and curing of concrete | |
| Quality control of concrete | |
| Hot weather and cold weather concreting | |
| Repair and maintenance of concrete structures | |
| RCC Design | RCC beams-flexural strength, shear strength, bond strength |
| Design of singly reinforced and doubly reinforced beams | |
| Cantilever beams | |
| T-beams | |
| Lintels | |
| One way and two way slabs | |
| Isolated footings | |
| Reinforced brick works, columns, staircases, retaining wall, water tanks (RCC design questions may be based on both Limit State and Working Stress methods) | |
| Steel Design | Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams |
| Roof trusses | |
| Plate girders |
BTSC JE Exam Pattern 2024
The BTSC JE Exam Pattern 2024 describes the structure of the examination. The BTSC, as the exam conducting body, determines the BTSC Junior Engineer Syllabus and Exam Pattern. Candidates can acquire a sense of the format of the question paper by referring to the test patterns. Furthermore, the table below offers detailed information about the exam, such as the number of questions, the number of marks, and the total time permitted.
| BTSC JE Exam Pattern 2024 | |||
| Subjects | No. of Questions | No. of Marks | Duration of Examination |
| General Studies | 20 | 20 | 2 Hours (120 Minutes) |
| Subject-specific (Civil Engineering) | 80 | 80 | |
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