College student: INTERVIW Question for CIVIL engineering (GATE)

CIVIL ENGINEERING

IIT-KANPUR
Engineering Geosciences

General questions related to Mathematics, Civil & Geology.

Enviornment Engineering

Questions on Environment & Mathematics.

Geotechnical Engineering

Some questions related to simple Differentiation & Integration
Some questions related to Soil Mechanics, Void Ratio, Bearing Capacity, Three Phase Diagram, Shear Strength etc.

Hydraulic & Water Resources Engineering

Questions on Mathematics, Hydrology & Hydraulics

Structural Engineering
In the year 2008, they conducted test and followed by interview for all. There was no elimination in test.

Test: 40 Marks, Around 2 Hours

(a) First Section, 10 question, Multiple type Question
(b) Second Section, 5 question, Descriptive Question on

Shear Force & Bending Moment.

SF & BMD of Portal Frame.

Design of RCC beam.

Truss analysis including Temperature Stress (Questions was a determinate truss. So no effect on temperature stresses. So try to find SI first).

(c) Third Section, 5 questions on Complex Numbers, Easy

Interview: 30 Min

(a) Asked for Favourite Subject
(b) In RCC: Bending Plane of a beam, Stability of beam, SFD, BMD of beam
(c) Mathematics: Draw a graph of e^x and Sin(x).
(d) Basics of RCC, Questions from test.
(e) Basic questions requiring deep knowledge of subject matter.
(f) In Mathematics: Graph
(g) In Structural Mechanics: Graph of Bending moments and Shear force.

Transportation Engineering

General questions on transportation engineering.
Questions on basics in Calculus, Probability, Plotting graphs & Physics.

IIT Madras
Enviornment Engineering

Detailed questions on hydraulics, water management, water purification, air pollution, land pollution, industrial effluents .

IIT Delhi
Enviornmental Engineering & Management

Questions on pollutants & ranges in which they can exist.
Design principles of various water treatment processes.
Questions on related papers presented (if applicable).

Geotechnical & Geoenviornmental Engineering

Some basic questions regarding permeability and properties of soil.
Basically all field tests with more emphasis on field applications.
Question on effective stress for solving.

Construction Management

Questions on long wall and short wall method, construction planning.
Asked for favorite subject.
In structures: Questions on
- Bending Moment Diagram.
- Shear Force Diagram of SS beam with concentrated load at center.
Questions on pollutants, ranges in which they can exists
Design principles of various water treatment processes.
Questions on pollutants, ranges in which they can exists, design principles of various water treatment processes.
Few questions on a paper presented in JNTU by a student on reverse osmosis for waste water treatment.