Civil Engineering License Preparation syllabus

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The Civil Engineering License Preparation syllabus has 10 chapters and 424 topics in total. Questions are multiple choice: +1 mark per correct answer, −0.25 per wrong answer (negative marking). Read the complete syllabus below or download it as a PDF, then practise with 2 exam-style quiz sets.

Preparation for the Nepal Engineering Council civil engineering license exam, organized by the official 10-topic syllabus.

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1. 1.1Engineering materials
  1. 1.1.1Physical, chemical, mechanical and thermal properties of engineering materials
  2. 1.1.2Types, characteristics, composition, selection, and usage/function of engineering materials
  3. 1.1.3Stones
  4. 1.1.4Bricks
  5. 1.1.5Tiles
  6. 1.1.6Cement
  7. 1.1.7Lime
  8. 1.1.8Timber
  9. 1.1.9Metals/alloys
  10. 1.1.10Paints/varnishes
  11. 1.1.11Asphalt/bitumen/tar
2. 1.2Standards (NS & IS) and tests for civil engineering materials
  1. 1.2.1Tests of brick (water absorption and compressive tests)
  2. 1.2.2Tests of cement (consistency, setting time, soundness, and compressive strength)
  3. 1.2.3Test of aggregate (bulking of sand)
  4. 1.2.4Test of rebar (tensile test)
3. 1.3Building technology
  1. 1.3.1Building construction technology
  2. 1.3.2Brick and stone masonry
  3. 1.3.3Carpentry
  4. 1.3.4Painting
  5. 1.3.5Plastering
  6. 1.3.6Concrete roofing
  7. 1.3.7Flooring
  8. 1.3.8Damp proof course
  9. 1.3.9Building by laws
4. 1.4Geometric properties of sections
  1. 1.4.1Axes of symmetry
  2. 1.4.2Centre of gravity of different sections (e.g., built-up plane figures, standard steel sections)
  3. 1.4.3Moment of inertia
  4. 1.4.4Radius of gyration
5. 1.5Surveying and levelling
  1. 1.5.1Fundamentals of surveying
  2. 1.5.2Measurements (linear distance, vertical distance, and angle and directions)
  3. 1.5.3Levelling
  4. 1.5.4Topographic survey (principles and applications)
  5. 1.5.5Simple circular curves
  6. 1.5.6Principles and applications of GPS/GIS
6. 1.6Estimating, costing, and valuation
  1. 1.6.1Types of estimate
  2. 1.6.2Methods of estimating
  3. 1.6.3Rate analysis
  4. 1.6.4Specifications (purpose, importance and types)
  5. 1.6.5Valuation
1. 2.1Soil properties and laboratory tests
  1. 2.1.1Tests for strength, permeability, compressibility, phase relationships
  2. 2.1.2Determination of index and engineering properties of soils
  3. 2.1.3Soil classification (descriptive, textural, ISI, MIT, USCS)
  4. 2.1.4Boring log interpretation
  5. 2.1.5Sieve analysis and interpretation of results
  6. 2.1.6Determination of Atterberg limits of soils
2. 2.2Stresses on soil and seepage
  1. 2.2.1Effective stress (factors affecting effective stress, capillary rise, and quick sand conditions)
  2. 2.2.2Seepage analysis [Seepage pressure, flow nets and their applications]
  3. 2.2.3Soil compressibility (including various indices)
  4. 2.2.4Compaction (definition, affecting factors)
3. 2.3Shear strength of soil and stability of slopes
  1. 2.3.1Concept of shear strength
  2. 2.3.2Principal planes and principal stresses
  3. 2.3.3Mohr-Coulomb theory of shear strength
  4. 2.3.4Calculation of normal and shear stresses at different planes
  5. 2.3.5Relation of principal stresses at failure condition
  6. 2.3.6Types of shear tests
  7. 2.3.7Stability of slopes
4. 2.4Soil exploration, earth pressure and retaining structures
  1. 2.4.1Soil exploration (methods, planning, soil sampling and samplers, field tests, site investigation reports)
  2. 2.4.2Earth pressure theories
  3. 2.4.3Stability analysis of retaining walls
  4. 2.4.4Techniques to increase stability of retaining walls
5. 2.5Fundamentals of foundation
  1. 2.5.1Definition
  2. 2.5.2Types (Shallow and Deep)
  3. 2.5.3Functions
  4. 2.5.4Factor affecting
  5. 2.5.5Site investigation of foundation
  6. 2.5.6Concept of spread and mat foundation
6. 2.6Bearing capacity and foundation settlements
  1. 2.6.1Bearing capacity (types, effects of various factors)
  2. 2.6.2Modes of foundation failure
  3. 2.6.3Terzaghi's general bearing capacity theory
  4. 2.6.4Ultimate bearing capacity of cohesion-less and cohesive soils
  5. 2.6.5Consolidation (concept, types and tests)
  6. 2.6.6Settlement (types, nature, effects and calculations)
1. 3.1Fluids and their properties
  1. 3.1.1Types of fluids
  2. 3.1.2Mass density
  3. 3.1.3Specific weight
  4. 3.1.4Specific gravity
  5. 3.1.5Specific volume
  6. 3.1.6Viscosity
  7. 3.1.7Compressibility
  8. 3.1.8Capillarity
  9. 3.1.9Surface tension
  10. 3.1.10Cavitation and vapour pressure
2. 3.2Hydrostatics
  1. 3.2.1Pressure and head
  2. 3.2.2Pascal's law
  3. 3.2.3Pressure-depth relationship
  4. 3.2.4Manometers
  5. 3.2.5Pressure force and centre of pressure on submerged bodies (plane and curved surfaces, practical applications)
  6. 3.2.6Pressure diagrams
  7. 3.2.7Buoyancy
  8. 3.2.8Stability of floating/submerged bodies
3. 3.3Hydro-kinematics and hydro-dynamics
  1. 3.3.1Classification of fluid flow
  2. 3.3.2Conservation of mass (continuity equation) and momentum equations and their applications
  3. 3.3.3Bernoulli's equation and its application
  4. 3.3.4Flow measurement
4. 3.4Pipe flow
  1. 3.4.1Types
  2. 3.4.2Governing equations
  3. 3.4.3Major and minor head losses
  4. 3.4.4HGL and TEL lines
  5. 3.4.5Design
  6. 3.4.6Pipe network problems
  7. 3.4.7Unsteady flow in pipes and relief devices
5. 3.5Open channel flow
  1. 3.5.1Geometrical properties
  2. 3.5.2Various types of flows
  3. 3.5.3Energy and momentum principles (Specific Energy and Specific Force)
  4. 3.5.4Types of gradually varied flow profiles
  5. 3.5.5Hydraulic jump (types, theory for horizontal and rectangular)
  6. 3.5.6Flow in mobile boundary channel (design principles/approaches; inception motion condition; Shield diagram)
6. 3.6Hydrology
  1. 3.6.1Hydrologic cycle and water balance components
  2. 3.6.2Flow measurement and rating curves
  3. 3.6.3Hydrographs analysis and synthetic unit hydrographs
  4. 3.6.4Rainfall-runoff analysis
  5. 3.6.5Flood hydrology (flood frequency analysis and design flood)
  6. 3.6.6Groundwater hydrology
1. 4.1Shear forces and bending moments
  1. 4.1.1Axial forces, shear forces, and bending moments
  2. 4.1.2Loads and load superposition
  3. 4.1.3Relationship and diagram interpretation (AF, SF, BM)
2. 4.2Stress and strain analysis
  1. 4.2.1Normal and shear stresses
  2. 4.2.2Principal stresses and principal planes
  3. 4.2.3Maximum shear stress and corresponding plane
  4. 4.2.4Stress-strain curves
  5. 4.2.5Torsion
3. 4.3Theory of flexure and columns
  1. 4.3.1Co-planar and pure bending
  2. 4.3.2Elastic curve
  3. 4.3.3Angle of rotation
  4. 4.3.4Radius of curvature and flexural stiffness
  5. 4.3.5Deflection
  6. 4.3.6Bending stress
  7. 4.3.7Euler's formula for long column
4. 4.4Determinate structures-1
  1. 4.4.1Degree of determinacy
  2. 4.4.2Energy Methods
  3. 4.4.3Virtual Work Method
  4. 4.4.4Deflection of beams and portal frame
5. 4.5Determinate structures-2
  1. 4.5.1Influence Lines for Simple Structures with point loads and UDL
  2. 4.5.2Analysis of two hinged arches
6. 4.6Indeterminate structures
  1. 4.6.1Flexibility Method
  2. 4.6.2Two-Hinged Parabolic Arches
  3. 4.6.3Slope Deflection Method
  4. 4.6.4Moment Distribution Method
  5. 4.6.5Stiffness method
  6. 4.6.6Influence Lines for Continuous Beams
  7. 4.6.7Elementary Plastic analysis
1. 5.1Loads and load combinations
  1. 5.1.1Dead Load
  2. 5.1.2Imposed Load
  3. 5.1.3Wind Load
  4. 5.1.4Snow Load
  5. 5.1.5Earthquake Load
2. 5.2Concrete technology
  1. 5.2.1Concrete technology - materials
  2. 5.2.2Concrete properties
  3. 5.2.3Mix design
  4. 5.2.4Testing
  5. 5.2.5Quality control
  6. 5.2.6Codes (IS and NS)
3. 5.3RCC structures-1
  1. 5.3.1Working stress and limit state methods
  2. 5.3.2Design of beams and slabs
  3. 5.3.3Analysis of RC beams and slabs in bending, shear, deflection, bond and end anchorage
  4. 5.3.4RCC (NS & IS codes)
4. 5.4RCC structures-2
  1. 5.4.1Design of columns
  2. 5.4.2Design of isolated/combined footings
  3. 5.4.3Pre-stressed concrete (NS & IS codes)
  4. 5.4.4NS & IS codes
5. 5.5Steel structures
  1. 5.5.1Standard and built-up sections
  2. 5.5.2Design of bolted and welded connections
  3. 5.5.3Design of simple elements such as ties, struts, axially loaded columns, and column bases(NS and IS codes)
6. 5.6Timber and masonry structures
  1. 5.6.1Design principles of timber beams and columns
  2. 5.6.2Design of masonry structures (Mandatory rules of thumb, Nepal Building Code (NBC), properties)
  3. 5.6.3Failure modes of masonry structure
  4. 5.6.4Mud mortar
  5. 5.6.5Lime mortar and its properties
  6. 5.6.6Cement mortar and its properties
1. 6.1Water sources, water quality and water demand
  1. 6.1.1Sources of water (surface and groundwater) and their selection
  2. 6.1.2Impurities in water (suspended, colloidal, dissolved)
  3. 6.1.3Hardness and alkalinity
  4. 6.1.4Living organisms in water
  5. 6.1.5Water-related diseases and prevention measures
  6. 6.1.6Drinking water quality standards
  7. 6.1.7Water demand estimation
2. 6.2Intake and distribution systems
  1. 6.2.1Types of intakes
  2. 6.2.2Factor affecting while selection of location of intake
  3. 6.2.3Types and purposes of pipe materials, joints, valves and fittings
  4. 6.2.4Break pressure tanks
  5. 6.2.5Service reservoirs and their capacity determination
  6. 6.2.6Design of branch and looped water distribution systems
3. 6.3Water treatment process and technologies
  1. 6.3.1Various treatment process and their purposes
  2. 6.3.2Screening
  3. 6.3.3Plain sedimentation
  4. 6.3.4Sedimentation with coagulation
  5. 6.3.5Flocculation
  6. 6.3.6Filtration
  7. 6.3.7Disinfection
  8. 6.3.8Softening
  9. 6.3.9Miscellaneous treatments (aeration, removal of iron and manganese, removal of color/odour/taste)
4. 6.4Design and construction of sewers
  1. 6.4.1Estimation of quantity of waste water
  2. 6.4.2Sewerage system and types
  3. 6.4.3Design criteria of sewers
  4. 6.4.4Shapes of sewers
  5. 6.4.5Sewer materials
  6. 6.4.6Design of sewers for separate and combined systems
  7. 6.4.7Construction of sewers and sewer appurtenances
5. 6.5Treatment and disposal of wastewater
  1. 6.5.1Characteristics and examination of sewage
  2. 6.5.2Decomposition of wastewater
  3. 6.5.3BOD and COD
  4. 6.5.4Primary treatment processes and design of grit chamber
  5. 6.5.5Secondary or biological treatment process
  6. 6.5.6Sewage filtration
  7. 6.5.7Activated sludge process
  8. 6.5.8Oxidation ponds
  9. 6.5.9Waste water disposal by dilution (oxygen sag curve; Streeter-Phelps equation)
  10. 6.5.10Waste water disposal by land treatment
  11. 6.5.11Sludge and solid waste disposal methods
  12. 6.5.12Latrine and septic tank
6. 6.6Concept of environmental assessment
  1. 6.6.1BES
  2. 6.6.2IEE
  3. 6.6.3EIA
  4. 6.6.4Government's act, rules/regulations/procedures for BES/IEE/EIA
  5. 6.6.5Types of disaster and its mitigation
1. 7.1Water demand estimation
  1. 7.1.1Crop water and irrigation water requirements
  2. 7.1.2Water availability for irrigation
  3. 7.1.3Command areas
  4. 7.1.4Irrigation intensity
  5. 7.1.5Duty, delta and their relationship
  6. 7.1.6Water losses and irrigation efficiencies
  7. 7.1.7Effective rainfall
  8. 7.1.8Soil-moisture-irrigation relationship
  9. 7.1.9Depth and frequency of irrigation
  10. 7.1.10Design discharge for canals
2. 7.2Design of canals
  1. 7.2.1Canal types, network and alignment
  2. 7.2.2Tractive force approach of canal design
  3. 7.2.3Design of stable canals
  4. 7.2.4Alluvial canals (Kennedy's and Lacey's theory)
  5. 7.2.5Lined canals
3. 7.3Diversion headworks
  1. 7.3.1Components of headwork
  2. 7.3.2Seepage theories and their applications (Bligh's, Lane's, Khosla's)
  3. 7.3.3Design of silt control structures (excluder, ejector and settling basins)
  4. 7.3.4Design of weir/barrage (crest, length and thickness of impervious floor)
  5. 7.3.5Design of energy dissipaters
4. 7.4River training works
  1. 7.4.1River stages and need of river training
  2. 7.4.2Design of river training works (guide bund and launching aprons, levees and spurs)
  3. 7.4.3Watershed management
5. 7.5Regulating and cross-drainage structures
  1. 7.5.1Functions of various types of regulators
  2. 7.5.2Design of regulators and escapes (crest, length and thickness of impervious floor)
  3. 7.5.3Design of pipe outlet (free and submerged)
  4. 7.5.4Design of vertical drop (crest, length, and thickness of impervious floor)
  5. 7.5.5Design of cross-drainage structures
6. 7.6Water logging and drainage
  1. 7.6.1Causes, effects and preventive measures
  2. 7.6.2Design of surface and sub-surface drainage systems
1. 8.1Planning of hydropower projects
  1. 8.1.1Power potential (gross, technical, economic) of Nepal and the world
  2. 8.1.2Stages of hydropower development
  3. 8.1.3Hydropower development in Nepal (history, policy, acts & regulation)
2. 8.2Power and energy potential study
  1. 8.2.1Power and energy potentials
  2. 8.2.2Methods of fixing installed capacity of a plant
  3. 8.2.3Types of hydropower plants on various basis
  4. 8.2.4Components of different types of hydropower projects
  5. 8.2.5Reservoirs and their regulation
3. 8.3Headworks of storage plants
  1. 8.3.1Components of a typical storage plant
  2. 8.3.2Dams (types, functions, selection, design, failure modes and remedies)
  3. 8.3.3Stability analysis of gravity dam
  4. 8.3.4Seepage control and foundation treatment in dams
  5. 8.3.5Design of intake
  6. 8.3.6Design of spillway and energy dissipaters
  7. 8.3.7Gates (types and locations)
4. 8.4Headworks of run-of-river (ROR) plants
  1. 8.4.1Components of a typical ROR plant
  2. 8.4.2Design of intake
  3. 8.4.3Methods of bed and suspended load handling
  4. 8.4.4Design of settling basin (practice and concentration approach)
  5. 8.4.5Estimation of sediment volume in settling basin
  6. 8.4.6Flushing of deposited sediment and estimation of flushing frequency for sediments
5. 8.5Water conveyance structures
  1. 8.5.1Hydraulic tunnels
  2. 8.5.2X-sections
  3. 8.5.3Hydraulic design (velocity and sizing)
  4. 8.5.4Tunnel lining
  5. 8.5.5Design of forebay and surge tanks
  6. 8.5.6Design of penstocks and pressure shaft
  7. 8.5.7Hydraulic transients (water hammer)
6. 8.6Hydro-electric machines and powerhouse
  1. 8.6.1Hydro-mechanical equipment and their functions
  2. 8.6.2Types of turbines and performance characteristics
  3. 8.6.3Selection of turbine and their specific speed
  4. 8.6.4Preliminary design of Francis and Pelton turbines
  5. 8.6.5Scroll case and draft tubes
  6. 8.6.6Generators (types, rating)
  7. 8.6.7Governors
  8. 8.6.8Pumps and their performance characteristics
  9. 8.6.9Powerhouse (types, general arrangements, dimensions)
1. 9.1Highway planning and survey
  1. 9.1.1Modes of transport
  2. 9.1.2History of road development in Nepal
  3. 9.1.3Classification of roads
  4. 9.1.4Road survey
  5. 9.1.5Highway alignment and controlling factors
  6. 9.1.6Evaluating alternate alignments
  7. 9.1.7Road Standards of Nepal
2. 9.2Geometric design of highway
  1. 9.2.1Basic design control and criteria
  2. 9.2.2Elements of highway cross-section
  3. 9.2.3Highway curves
  4. 9.2.4Super elevation
  5. 9.2.5Average and ruling gradients
  6. 9.2.6Stopping sight distance
  7. 9.2.7Design considerations for horizontal and vertical alignments, extra widening, and set back distance
  8. 9.2.8Design of road drainage structures
  9. 9.2.9Design considerations for hill roads
3. 9.3Highway materials
  1. 9.3.1Types of aggregates and tests on their gradation, strength, durability
  2. 9.3.2Binding materials and their tests
  3. 9.3.3Design of asphalt mixes
  4. 9.3.4Evaluation of subgrade soil
4. 9.4Traffic engineering and safety
  1. 9.4.1Impact of human and vehicular characteristics on traffic planning
  2. 9.4.2Traffic operations and regulations
  3. 9.4.3Traffic control devices
  4. 9.4.4Traffic studies (volume, speed, O&D, traffic capacity, traffic flow characteristics, parking, accident, flow)
  5. 9.4.5Road intersections (types, configurations, design)
  6. 9.4.6Traffic lights
  7. 9.4.7Factors influencing night visibility
  8. 9.4.8Road safety measures
5. 9.5Road pavement
  1. 9.5.1Different types of pavement
  2. 9.5.2Design methods for flexible and rigid pavements (DOR Guidelines)
  3. 9.5.3Loads and other factors controlling pavement design
  4. 9.5.4Stress due to load, temperature
6. 9.6Road construction & maintenance
  1. 9.6.1Activities, techniques, tools, equipment and plants used in road construction
  2. 9.6.2Preparation of road subgrade
  3. 9.6.3Field compaction control and soil stabilization
  4. 9.6.4Construction of asphalt concrete layers
  5. 9.6.5Construction procedure for penetration macadam
  6. 9.6.6Construction procedure for bituminous bound macadam
  7. 9.6.7Construction procedure for plain cement concrete pavements
  8. 9.6.8Road maintenance, repair and rehabilitation
1. 10.1Engineering drawings and its concepts
  1. 10.1.1Fundamentals of standard drawing sheets
  2. 10.1.2Dimensions
  3. 10.1.3Scale
  4. 10.1.4Line diagram
  5. 10.1.5Orthographic projection
  6. 10.1.6Isometric projection/view
  7. 10.1.7Pictorial views
  8. 10.1.8Sectional drawing
2. 10.2Engineering Economics
  1. 10.2.1Understanding of project cash flow
  2. 10.2.2Discount rate
  3. 10.2.3Interest and time value of money
  4. 10.2.4Basic methodologies for engineering economics analysis (Discounted Payback Period, NPV, IRR & MARR)
  5. 10.2.5Comparison of alternatives
  6. 10.2.6Depreciation system
  7. 10.2.7Taxation system in Nepal
3. 10.3Project planning and scheduling
  1. 10.3.1Project classifications
  2. 10.3.2Project life cycle phases
  3. 10.3.3Project planning process
  4. 10.3.4Project scheduling (bar chart, CPM, PERT)
  5. 10.3.5Resources levelling and smoothing
  6. 10.3.6Monitoring/evaluation/controlling
4. 10.4Project management
  1. 10.4.1Information system
  2. 10.4.2Project risk analysis and management
  3. 10.4.3Project financing
  4. 10.4.4Tender and its process, and contract management
5. 10.5Engineering professional practice
  1. 10.5.1Environment and society
  2. 10.5.2Professional ethics
  3. 10.5.3Regulatory environment
  4. 10.5.4Contemporary issues/problems in engineering
  5. 10.5.5Occupational health and safety
  6. 10.5.6Roles/responsibilities of Nepal Engineers Association (NEA)
6. 10.6Engineering Regulatory Body
  1. 10.6.1Nepal Engineering Council (Acts & Regulations)