Sample Questions for Interviews:

1) Define : Civil Engineering

2) Role of Civil Engineers, architect, contractor, builders in Construction engineering
3) Conversion of Units ( FPS to MKS) or vice versa
4) Draw conventional symbols for natural and artificial features on earths and its contour
maps.
5) Basics of Building Drawings, plan, elevations sectional views? Perspective views ( Any
students should be able to read the given drawing and should able to draw any view
asked?
6) Study of R.C.C and structural steel drawings?( reinforcement in beams, columns, footings,
retaining wall, I section, Channel section, angle section, their compositions , welded and
riveted connections, Beam to beam connections, beam to column connections
7) Differentiate between contract drawing, shop-floor drawing, Tender Drawing, as built
drawing
8) Types of loads and determination of reactions at supports for various loading conditions
such as point load, UDL etc using equiblrium equation
9) Define shear force, Bending moment and its diagrams for various loadings
10) Moment of inertia of various shape? Differentiate tensile, compressive strength , flexural
strength of concrete and steel
11) Concrete topics read thoroughly: tests on aggregates, sand, cement and concrete
12) Sieve analysis for aggregates, sand and determination of Fineness modulus of sand
13) Conventional concrete, high performance concrete, prestressed, concrete, in-situ
concretes, plain cement concrete, reinforced concrete, ready mix concrete (RMC), self
compacted concrete their basic difference.
14) Basics of concrete preparations: Batching (volumetric and weighing), mixing with machine
and manual, transportation of concrete, placing of concrete, curing of concrete.
15) Water-cement ratio, Aggregate cement ratio, its importance in concrete mix design
16) Grade of concrete? M25, what do u mean M and 25
17) Grade of cement? Test on cement mortar test
18) For plastering work which grade of cement will be used
19) For brick work which grade of cement using? What should be the cement mortar ratio?
20) Which bond will used in external wall and internal wall construction
21) Difference between external and internal plastering work
22) Different types of scaffoldings
23) Different types of formworks or false work or shuttering etc for beam, column, slab,
foundations etc
24) How to check the verticality of formwork for column
25) Supervisory checklist for reinforcement and formwork checking of beam, slab, column,
footing before concreting
26) Types of flooring or tiling? Construction of marble or vitrified tiles? Why white cement is
used in tiling construction
27) Differentiate between skirting and dado titling in bathroom and toilets
28) Construction procedure of water proofing of W.C., Bathrooms and Terrace slab
29) Types of doors, windows and its erection procedure? Various sizes of doors and windows
for hall, bedroom, kitchen, WC, Bath etc
30) Detailing of sliding windows? Explain the glass faade for buildings and its construction
31) Site layout and stacking of building materials on site during various seasons ( summer,
winter, rainy)
32) Difference between estimation and rate analysis
33) Explain the rate analysis of M20 concrete
34) Difference between contracts and agreements
35) Types of contracts: lump sum contract, item rate contract, BOT contract,
36) Specifications of various activities in construction work e.g. concreting, water proofing,
plumbing work etc
37) Various types of WC pan Indian, European, indo-European pan, s and p type of trap of Wc
pan. Gully trap, Nahani trap etc
38) Different types of water supply pipelines ( PVC, GI( Galvanized Iron), copper)
39) Different types of waste water pipelines ( PVC, stoneware, cast-iron, Asbestoses Cement
(AC)
40) Different types of water Taps or Cocks, stop cock, Bib cock, pillar cocks etc
41) Building Byelaws, FSI, Built-up and carpet area, super built up, Vastushatra etc
42) Design methods working stress, limit stress, plastic analysis
43) Earthquake resistanance buildings planning, design IS code,
44) Reinforcement detailing for earthquake resistance building components in beams, slab,
column footing, water tank etc
45) Leveling dumpy level, HI and Rise and Fall methods, Auto level etc
46) Modern surveying equipments total station, GPS GIS etc
47) Various IS codes 456, 800, IRC 37, 58 and design manual should be aware
48) Various types of software awareness : Autocad, stadd pro, ETAB, Primavera, MS projects,
Matlab, Lab view, Scilab, GIS, etc
49) Construction Management: Barchart, resource allocations, resource updates, CPM PERT
techniques, Material managements ,
50) Safety in constructions : byelaws, accessory of safety , air condition etc,