The document contains a 100-day study plan for the GATE exam focusing on topics in civil engineering. It includes study plans for soil mechanics, foundation engineering, steel structures, construction materials and management, engineering mathematics, environmental engineering, transportation engineering, water resources engineering, structural engineering, and geometrics engineering. Each topic is allocated a certain number of days and key concepts are outlined. Difficult and regularly covered topics are identified for each subject.

1. MUKKARA RAVITEJA
Civil Engineering
MITS
Gate &IES aspirant 2018

2. GATE 2018

3. 100 Days study preparation plan

4. Soil Mechanics 15 M

5. Soil Mechanics
• Soil Mechanics: Origin of soils, soil structure and fabric; Three-phase system
and phase relationships, index properties; Unified and Indian standard soil
classification system; Permeability - one dimensional flow, Darcy’s law;
Seepage through soils - two-dimensional flow, flow nets, uplift pressure,
piping; Principle of effective stress, capillarity, seepage force and quicksand
condition; Compaction in laboratory and field conditions; One dimensional
consolidation, time rate of consolidation; Mohr’s circle, stress paths, effective
and total shear strength parameters, characteristics of clays and sand

6. Day Topic Remarks
1 Origin of soils, soil structure and fabric
2 Three-phase system and phase relationships, index properties Main Topic
3 Unified and Indian standard soil classification system
4 Permeability, one dimensional flow, Darcy’s law Main Topic
5 Seepage through soils - two-dimensional flow, flow nets, uplift
pressure, piping
6 Principle of effective stress, capillarity, seepage force and
quicksand condition
7 Compaction in laboratory and field conditions
8 One dimensional consolidation, time rate of consolidation Main Topic
9 Mohr’s circle, stress paths, effective
10 total shear strength parameters, characteristics of clays and
sand

7. Foundation Engineering
• Foundation Engineering: Sub-surface investigations - scope, drilling bore holes,
sampling, plate load test, standard penetration and cone penetration tests; Earth
pressure theories - Rankine and Coulomb; Stability of slopes - finite and infinite
slopes, method of slices and Bishop’s method; Stress distribution in soils -
Boussinesq’s and Westergaard’s theories, pressure bulbs; Shallow foundations -
Terzaghi’s and Meyerhoff’s bearing capacity theories, effect of water table;
Combined footing and raft foundation; Contact pressure; Settlement analysis in
sands and clays; Deep foundations - types of piles, dynamic and static formulae,
load capacity of piles in sands and clays, pile load test, negative skin friction

8. FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
Day Topics Remarks
11 Sub-surface investigations - scope, drilling bore holes, sampling,
12 standard penetration and cone penetration tests
13 Earth pressure theories - Rankine and Coulomb
14 Stability of slopes - finite and infinite slopes, Main Topic
15 method of slices and Bishop’s method
16 Stress distribution in soils - Boussinesq’s
17 Westergaard’s theories, pressure bulbs
18 Shallow foundations - Terzaghi’s and Meyerhoff’s bearing capacity theories, effect of
water table;
19 Combined footing and raft foundation
20 Contact pressure
21 Settlement analysis in sands and clays
22,23,24,25 Deep foundations - types of piles, dynamic and static formulae, load capacity of piles
in sands and clays, pile load test, negative skin friction

9. Steel Structures

10. Steel Structures
• Steel Structures: Working stress and Limit state design concepts; Design of
tension and compression members, beams and beam- columns, column
bases; Connections - simple and eccentric, beam-column connections, plate
girders and trusses; Plastic analysis of beams and frames

11. STEEL STRUCTURES
Day Topics Remarks
1 Working stress and Limit state design concepts Main Topic
2 Design of tension and compression members
3 Design of tension and compression members Main Topic
4 beams and beam- columns, column bases
5 beams and beam- columns, column bases
6 Connections - simple and eccentric Main Topic
7 beam-column connections
8 plate girders and trusses
9,10 Plastic analysis of beams and frames Main Topic

12. Construction Materials
and Management

13. Construction Materials and Management
• Construction Materials and Management: Construction Materials: Structural
steel - composition, material properties and behavior; Concrete -
constituents, mix design, short-term and long-term properties; Bricks and
mortar; Timber; Bitumen. Construction Management: Types of construction
projects; Tendering and construction contracts; Rate analysis and standard
specifications; Cost estimation; Project planning and network analysis -
PERT and CPM.

14. A) Construction Materials
Day Topics Remarks
1 Structural steel - composition, material properties and
behavior
2 Concrete - constituents, mix design, short-term and long-
term properties
3 Bricks and mortar; Timber; Bitumen

15. B)Construction Management
Day Topics Remarks
5 Types of construction projects
6 Tendering and construction contracts;
7 Rate analysis and standard specifications
8 Rate analysis and standard specifications
9,10 Project planning and network analysis - PERT and CPM.

16. Engineering Mathematics
Total 15 M

17. Linear Algebra 4 M
• Linear Algebra: Matrix algebra; Systems of linear equations; Eigen values and
Eigen vectors.

18. Differential Equation (ODE) 4 M
• Differential Equation (ODE): First order (linear and non-linear) equations;
higher order linear equations with constant coefficients; Euler-Cauchy
equations; Laplace transform and its application in solving linear ODEs;
initial and boundary value problems.

19. Partial Differential Equation (PDE) 2M
• Partial Differential Equation (PDE): Fourier series; separation of variables;
solutions of one dimensional diffusion equation; first and second order one-
dimensional wave equation and two-dimensional Laplace equation..

20. Calculus 4 M
• Calculus: Functions of single variable; Limit, continuity and differentiability;
Mean value theorems, local maxima and minima, Taylor and Maclaurin series;
Evaluation of definite and indefinite integrals, application of definite integral
to obtain area and volume; Partial derivatives; Total derivative; Gradient,
Divergence and Curl, Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Line, Surface
and Volume integrals, Stokes, Gauss and Green’s theorems.

21. Numerical Methods 5M
• Numerical Methods: Accuracy and precision; error analysis. Numerical
solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic equations; Least square
approximation, Newton’s and Lagrange polynomials, numerical
differentiation, Integration by trapezoidal and Simpson’s rule, single and
multi-step methods for first order differential equations.

22. Probability and Statistics 2M
• Probability and Statistics: Definitions of probability and sampling theorems;
Conditional probability; Discrete Random variables: Poisson and Binomial
distributions; Continuous random variables: normal and exponential
distributions; Descriptive statistics - Mean, median, mode and standard
deviation; Hypothesis testing

23. Environmental Engineering

24. Water and Waste Water
• Water and Waste Water: Quality standards, basic unit processes and
operations for water treatment. Drinking water standards, water
requirements, basic unit operations and unit processes for surface water
treatment, distribution of water.
• Sewage and sewerage treatment, quantity and characteristics of wastewater.
Primary, secondary and tertiary treatment of wastewater, effluent discharge
standards. Domestic wastewater treatment, quantity of characteristics of
domestic wastewater, primary and secondary treatment. Unit operations and
unit processes of domestic wastewater, sludge disposal

25. Noise Pollution
• Noise Pollution: Impacts of noise, permissible limits of noise pollution,
measurement of noise and control of noise pollution.

26. Air Pollution
• . Air Pollution: Types of pollutants, their sources and impacts, air pollution
meteorology, air pollution control, air quality standards and limits. Municipal
Solid Wastes: Characteristics, generation, collection and transportation of
solid wastes, engineered systems for solid waste management (reuse/ recycle,
energy recovery, treatment and disposal).

27. Gate Imp topics on Environment Engineering
Day Regularly covered topics Difficult level topics in gate
1 Biochemical oxygen demand Activated sludge process 5
2 Mixing of pollutants from two streams Trickling filter 6
3 Noise pollution Hardness of water 7
4 Sedimentation tank

28. Transportation Engineering

29. Transportation Engineering
• Transportation Infrastructure: Highway alignment and engineering surveys;
Geometric design of highways - cross-sectional elements, sight distances,
horizontal and vertical alignments; Geometric design of railway track;
Airport runway length, taxiway and exit taxiway design. Highway.

30. Pavements
• Pavements: Highway materials - desirable properties and quality control tests;
Design of bituminous paving mixes; Design factors for flexible and rigid
pavements; Design of flexible pavement using IRC: 37-2012; Design of rigid
pavements using IRC: 58-2011; Distresses in concrete pavements

31. Traffic Engineering
• Traffic Engineering: Traffic studies on flow, speed, travel time - delay and O-
D study, PCU, peak hour factor, parking study, accident study and analysis,
statistical analysis of traffic data; Microscopic and macroscopic parameters
of traffic flow, fundamental relationships; Control devices, signal design by
Webster’s method; Types of intersections and channelization; Highway
capacity and level of service of rural highways and urban roads. Section

32. Transportation Engineering IMP topic on Gate
Day Regularly covered topics Difficult level topics in gate
1 Cross section elements Marshell mix design 4
2 Sigh distance Traffic control devices 5
3 Type of pavements and there
characteristics
Highway capacity 6

33. Water Resources Engineering

34. Fluid Mechanics
• Fluid Mechanics: Properties of fluids, fluid statics; Continuity, momentum,
energy and corresponding equations; Potential flow, applications of
momentum and energy equations; Laminar and turbulent flow; Flow in
pipes, pipe networks; Concept of boundary layer and its growth.

35. Hydraulics
• Hydraulics: Forces on immersed bodies; Flow measurement in channels and
pipes; Dimensional analysis and hydraulic similitude; Kinematics of flow,
velocity triangles; Basics of hydraulic machines, specific speed of pumps and
turbines; Channel Hydraulics - Energy-depth relationships, specific energy,
critical flow, slope profile, hydraulic jump, uniform flow and gradually varied
flow

36. Hydrology
• Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation, evapo-transpiration,
watershed, infiltration, unit hydrographs, hydrograph analysis, flood
estimation and routing, reservoir capacity, reservoir and channel routing,
surface run-off models, ground water hydrology - steady state well hydraulics
and aquifers; Application of Darcy’s law.

37. Irrigation
• Irrigation: Duty, delta, estimation of evapo-transpiration; Crop water
requirements; Design of lined and unlined canals, head works, gravity dams
and spillways; Design of weirs on permeable foundation; Types of irrigation
systems, irrigation methods; Water logging and drainage; Canal regulatory
works, cross-drainage structures, outlets and escapes.

38. Important topics on WRE on Gate
Day Regularly covered topic Difficult topic
1 Hydrographs Turbulent flow 5
2 Fluid kinetics Boundary analysis 6
3 Fluid properties Open channel flow 7
4 Water requirement of water

39. Structural Engineering

40. Engineering Mechanics:
• Engineering Mechanics: System of forces, free-body diagrams, equilibrium
equations; Internal forces in structures; Friction and its applications;
Kinematics of point mass and rigid body; Centre of mass; Euler’s equations
of motion; Impulse-momentum; Energy methods; Principles of virtual
work.

41. Solid Mechanics
• Solid Mechanics: Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate
beams; Simple stress and strain relationships; Theories of failures; Simple
bending theory, flexural and shear stresses, shear centre; Uniform torsion,
buckling of column, combined and direct bending stresses

42. Structural Analysis
• Structural Analysis: Statically determinate and indeterminate structures by
force/ energy methods; Method of superposition; Analysis of trusses,
arches, beams, cables and frames; Displacement methods: Slope deflection
and moment distribution methods; Influence lines; Stiffness and flexibility
methods of structural analysis.

43. Concrete Structures
• Concrete Structures: Working stress, Limit state and Ultimate load design
concepts; Design of beams, slabs, columns; Bond and development length;
Prestressed concrete; Analysis of beam sections at transfer and service loads.

44. Structural Engineering IMP topic on Gate
Day Regularly covered topic Difficult level topic
1 Defalcation of Beam Moment distribution method 4
2 Kinematic And static Indeterminacy Combined stress 5
3 SFD and BMD

45. Geometrics Engineering

46. Geometrics Engineering
• Principles of surveying; Errors and their adjustment; Maps - scale,
coordinate system; Distance and angle measurement - Levelling and
trigonometric levelling; Traversing and triangulation survey; Total station;
Horizontal and vertical curves. Photogrammetry - scale, flying height;
Remote sensing - basics, platform and sensors, visual image interpretation;
Basics of Geographical information system (GIS) and Geographical
Positioning system (GPS).

47. Geomatics Engineering IMP topics on Gate
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Regularly Covered topic
1 Leveling
2 Traversing
3 Error measurement
4 Tachometer

48. General Aptitude

49. Verbal Ability
• Verbal Ability: English grammar, sentence completion, verbal analogies,
word groups, instructions, critical reasoning and verbal deduction.

50. IMP Topics
• Sentence/Spelling correction: Questions based on grammatical error correction and also
spelling correction are most oftenly asked in the exam.
• Sentence Completion: Questions based on filling the blanks are also asked in the exam.
• Verbal Analogies: Identifying the relationship between the given words in the group is one
of the favourite topic of the exam setter.
• Synonyms/Antonyms: Similar meaning or opposite meaning word questions also find their
place in the GATE.
• Critical Reasoning: These type of questions test your ability to answer the questions based
on the imformation provided. (Assumptions, Inferences, strengthen or weaken the
argument, etc)

51. Numerical Ability
• Numerical Ability: Numerical computation, numerical estimation,
numerical reasoning and data interpretation.

52. IMP Topics
• Arithmetic : Questions based on arithmetic formulae are asked like addition,
subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Numerical Estimation: Approximation questions are asked.
• Data Interpretation: Table, Flowchart, Pie chart, etc. based questions are
asked.
• Miscellaneous questions: Topics like Speed time and distance, time & work,
profit loss, time and calendars, directions, probability, percentages and
mensuration based questions are asked in the exam.