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CE-601 RGPV B.Tech

Structural Design & Drawing (RCC-I) (SDDR)

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Previous Year Papers

6 papers, latest Jun 2026

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Syllabus, notes and important questions for CE-601

Syllabus units

Topics as the official RGPV syllabus lists them.

Unit 1 Basic Principles of Structural Design 8 topics
  • Assumptions
  • Mechanism of load transfer
  • Properties of concrete and reinforcing steel
  • Working stress method
  • Limit state methods of design
  • Partial safety factor for load and material
  • Calculation of various loads for structural design of singly reinforced beam
  • Partial load factors
Unit 1 notes
Unit 2 Design of Beams 12 topics
  • Doubly reinforced rectangular beams
  • Flanged beams
  • Lintels
  • Cantilever beams
  • Simply supported beams
  • Continuous beams
  • Beams with compression reinforcement
  • Redistribution of moments in continuous beams
  • Circular girders
  • Deep beams
  • Design of beam for shear
  • Design of beam for bond
Unit 2 notes
Unit 3 Design of Slabs 9 topics
  • Slabs spanning in one direction
  • Cantilever slabs
  • Simply supported slabs
  • Continuous slabs
  • Slabs spanning in two directions
  • Circular slabs
  • Waffle slabs
  • Flat slabs
  • Yield line theory
Unit 3 notes
Unit 4 Columns & Footings 11 topics
  • Effective length of columns
  • Short columns
  • Long columns
  • Square columns
  • Rectangular columns
  • Circular columns
  • Isolated footings
  • Combined footings
  • Strap footings
  • Columns subjected to axial loads and bending moments (no tension sections)
  • Raft foundations
Unit 4 notes
Unit 5 Staircases 4 topics
  • Staircases with waist slab having equal flights
  • Staircases with waist slab having unequal flights
  • Staircases with different support conditions
  • Slabless tread‑riser staircase
Unit 5 notes
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Exam insights

Counted from 7 past CE-601 papers.

Marks asked per paper, by unit

  • Unit 1 Basic Principles of Structural Design 22 marks
  • Unit 2 Design of Beams 33 marks
  • Unit 3 Design of Slabs 13 marks
  • Unit 4 Columns & Footings 30 marks
  • Unit 5 Staircases 14 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

  1. Explain under-reinforced, over-reinforced and balanced sections as per limit state method of RCC design.

    Asked 6 times: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2020

  2. Design a dog-legged staircase supported on walls/masonry at the landing ends (longitudinal spanning) in M20 concrete and Fe415 steel, including reinforcement detailing sketch.

    Asked 5 times: 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023

  3. Design longitudinal reinforcement (with detailing sketch) for a column subjected to factored axial load with biaxial moments.

    Asked 5 times: 2026, 2025, 2023, 2020

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