CE-402 RGPV B.Tech
Construction Technology (CT)
Previous year papers and the official syllabus are free to read, no account needed.
Previous Year Papers
6 papers, latest Jun 2025
- CE-402 paper, Jun 2025
- CE-402 paper, Dec 2024
- CE-402 paper, Jun 2024
- CE-402 paper, Nov 2023
- CE-402 paper, Jun 2023
- CE-402 paper, Jun 2022
Syllabus, notes and important questions for CE-402
Syllabus units
Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.
Unit 1 Design features and construction of Foundations 9 topics
- Introduction and essential requirements of foundations
- Types of footings and footing depth (strip footings, isolated footings, eccentrically loaded footings, grillage foundations)
- Design features and construction details of combined footing and strap footing
- Frost heave: causes and prevention
- Effect of ground water on footings
- Purpose and classification of pile foundations
- Advantages, disadvantages and selection criteria for pile types
- Pile action and behavior of single piles and pile groups under load
- Definition of load failure for piles
Unit 2 Formwork and Temporary structures 5 topics
- Design and construction features of temporary structures
- Stationary and slip formwork techniques
- Special features of in‑situ construction
- Stripping and removal of formworks
- Formworks for special structures (e.g., shells, bridges, towers)
Unit 3 Masonry and walls 10 topics
- Brick masonry: bonds, jointing, construction methods
- Stone masonry: casting and laying techniques
- Masonry construction practices and code provisions for load‑bearing and non‑load‑bearing walls
- Common defects in masonry walls and their impact on strength and performance
- Design of brick masonry, precast stone masonry, hollow concrete block, and hollow block masonry walls
- Plastering, pointing, white and colour washing, distempering, and dampness protection
- Doors, windows and ventilators: classification by material, size, location, fittings
- Construction of sunshades, sills, jambs, and RCC door/window frames
- Stair types and rules of proportionality
- Repair techniques for masonry, walls, doors and windows
Unit 4 Construction of Floors and Roofs 6 topics
- Ground floor components, material selection and construction of various floorings (mud, brick, cement, terrazzo, mosaic, tiled, marble, rubber, glass, plastic)
- Upper floor: slab floors, jack‑arch floors, RCC floors, ribbed/hollow tiled flooring, filler‑joist floors, pre‑cast concrete floors, timber floors
- Repair techniques for floors
- Introduction to roof types and construction of pitched roofs, single roofs, double/purlin roofs, trussed roofs, steel roof trusses
- Roof coverings for pitched and flat/terraced roofs
- Repair techniques for roofs
Unit 5 Construction of Earthquake Resistant Building 4 topics
- Planning of earthquake‑resistant buildings
- Construction of walls with corner reinforcement provisions
- Construction of beams and columns for seismic performance
- Base isolation techniques
Exam insights
Counted from 6 past CE-402 papers.
Marks asked per paper, by unit
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Unit 1 Design features and construction of Foundations 21 marks
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Unit 2 Formwork and Temporary structures 21 marks
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Unit 3 Masonry and walls 30 marks
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Unit 4 Construction of Floors 14 marks
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Unit 5 Construction of Earthquake Resistant Building 19 marks
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.
Asked again and again
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Explain the general principles for planning and construction of earthquake-resistant buildings to achieve seismic protection.
Asked 5 times: 2025, 2024, 2022, 2020
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Explain what temporary structures are and describe the construction features / types of temporary structures such as scaffolding, shoring and falsework.
Asked 5 times: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019
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Explain the types of ground floors/floorings in detail including construction, characteristics, applications, advantages and limitations with neat diagram
Asked 4 times: 2024, 2023