Important Books For GATE Civil Engineering 2022

Oct 13, 2021

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Essential Books for CE Preparation

GATE 2022 Civil Engineering Exam Pattern

Important Books For GATE Civil Engineering 2022

Essential Books for CE Preparation

SectionsTopicsImportant Books
Engineering MathematicsLinear Algebra
Calculus
Ordinary Differential Equation
Partial Differential Equation
Probability and Statistics
Numerical Methods
B.S Grewal

H.K Das
Structural EngineeringEngineering Mechanics

Strength of Materials



Structural Analysis







Construction Materials and Management




Concrete Structures






Steel Structures
Mechanics of Materials- Gere  & Timoshenko

Mechanics of Structure (Vol. 1) - Dr H.J. Shah, S.B. Junnarkar

Structural Analysis (9th Edition)- R.C. Hibbler

Analysis of Structures (Vol. I & II) - Vazirani and Ratwani

Construction Project Management - K.N. Jha
           
Construction Project Management - K. K. Chitkara

RCC Design - B. C. Punamia,N Krishanrajan

Reinforced Concrete Design - Pillai & D. Menon

Prestressed Concrete: N. Krishna Raju

Limit State Design of Steel Structures - S.K. Duggal

Steel Design - L. S. Negi

Geotechnical EngineeringSoil Mechanics


Foundation Engineering
Reference Books: (Common for Subcategories)

Basic and Applied Soil Mechanics: Gopal Ranjan & Rao

Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering: S. K. Garg
Water Resource EngineeringFluid Mechanics and Hydraulics





Hydrology

Irrigation
Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics including Hydraulic Machines - Modi and Seth

Flow in Open Channel : K. Subramanya 
Hydrology- K. Subramanya

Irrigation Engineering and Hydraulic Structures - S.K. Garg


Irrigation Water Resources and Water Power Engineering: P. N. Modi
Environmental EngineeringWater and Wastewater

Quality and treatment

Air pollution

Municipal Solid Wastes 
Environmental Engineering (Vol. I & II): S. K Garg


Environmental Engineering: Peavy & Rowe
Transportation EngineeringTransportation Infrastructure

Highway Pavements

Traffic Engineering

Railway and Airport Engineering
Highway Engineering- Khanna & Justo
                                                                                HighwayEngineering - L.R. Kadiyali.

S K Khanna & M G AroraS C Saxena & S P Arora
Geometrics EngineeringGeometrics EngineeringSurveying (Vol. I & II)- B.C. Punmia

Surveying (Vol. I & II) - S.K. Duggal

Also read: Tips To Prepare Engineering Mathematics For GATE 2022

GATE 2022 Civil Engineering Exam Pattern

ParticularsDetails
Exam Duration 3 hours
Number of Questions 65
Total Marks100
Types of QuestionsMultiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Multiple Select Questions(MSQ)
Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions
SectionsGeneral Aptitude (15 Marks)
Engineering Mathematics (13 Marks)
Technical (72% of Marks)
Marking SchemeFor 1 mark questions, 1/3 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
For 2 marks questions, 2/3 marks will be deducted for every incorrect response.
There is no negative marking for NAT and MSQs

Also read: GATE 2022 Preparation Tips for Civil Engineering (CE)

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