BT-204 RGPV B.Tech

Basic Civil Engineering & Mechanics (BCEM)

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Previous Year Papers

8 papers, latest Dec 2025

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Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 Building Materials & Construction 5

Stones, bricks, cement, lime, timber types – classification, properties, tests and uses
Laboratory testing of concrete and mortar – workability, compressive strength, mix proportioning, compaction and curing
Concrete mix design – nominal proportions, preparation, compaction techniques and curing methods
Elements of building construction – foundations (conventional spread footings, RCC footings), brick masonry walls, plastering and pointing
Floor and roof construction, doors, windows, lintels and staircases – types and suitability

Unit 1 notes

Unit 2 Surveying & Positioning 5

Introduction to surveying instruments – levels, theodolites, plane tables and related devices
Electronic surveying instruments and total stations
Measurement of distances – conventional chaining and electronic distance measurement (EDM) techniques
Measurement of directions – conventional methods and modern electronic methods
Measurement of elevations – conventional levelling and reciprocal levelling

Unit 2 notes

Unit 3 Mapping & Sensing 4

Mapping procedures – contouring, profile and cross‑section generation, area and volume computation
Application of mapping data in quantity estimation for earth‑works and constructions
Survey stations and control network establishment
Introduction to remote sensing – principles and engineering applications

Unit 3 notes

Unit 4 Engineering Mechanics – Forces and Equilibrium 4

Graphical and analytical treatment of concurrent and non‑concurrent planar forces
Free‑body diagrams, force diagrams and Bow’s notation
Analysis of plane trusses – method of joints and method of sections
Frictional forces in equilibrium problems

Unit 4 notes

Unit 5 Centre of Gravity, Moment of Inertia & Structural Analysis 4

Centroid and centre of gravity of plane and solid bodies
Moment of inertia of area and mass, radius of gyration, product of inertia and principal axes
Support reactions for statically determinate structures
Shear force and bending moment diagrams for cantilever and simply supported beams under concentrated, distributed loads and couples

Unit 5 notes

Counted from 6 past BT-204 papers.

Average marks of the questions from each unit in one paper. You answer only some of them, so the total is more than the paper’s maximum.

Explain the principle of remote sensing and its applications in construction and civil engineering including terrain analysis, site investigation and material inventories.

Asked 4 times: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022
Calculate / determine the moment of inertia of a plane lamina about a given axis

Asked 3 times: 2023, 2022
Calculate / determine forces in truss members using the method of joints.

Asked 3 times: 2024, 2022