BT-204 RGPV B.Tech

Basic Civil Engineering & Mechanics (BCEM)

Previous year papers and the official syllabus are free to read, no account needed.

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 3

Stones, bricks, cement, lime, timber‑types, properties, test & uses, laboratory tests on concrete and mortar
Workability and strength properties of concrete; nominal proportion of concrete, preparation, compaction and curing
Elements of building construction: conventional spread footings, RCC footings, brick masonry walls, plastering and pointing, floors, roofs, doors, windows, lintels, staircases and their suitability

Unit 1 notes

Unit 2 Surveying & Positioning 6

Introduction to surveying instruments – levels, theodolites, plane tables and related devices
Electronic surveying instruments and related devices
Measurement of distances – conventional and EDM methods
Measurement of directions by various methods
Measurement of elevations by various methods
Reciprocal leveling

Unit 2 notes

Unit 3 Mapping & Sensing 2

Mapping details and contouring, profile cross‑sectioning, measurement of areas and volumes, application of measurements in quantity computations, survey stations
Introduction to remote sensing and its applications

Unit 3 notes

Unit 4 Forces and Equilibrium (Engineering Mechanics) 3

Graphical and analytical treatment of concurrent and non‑concurrent forces, free‑body diagram, force diagram and Bow’s notation
Application of equilibrium concepts: analysis of plane trusses using method of joints and method of sections
Frictional forces in equilibrium problems

Unit 4 notes

Unit 5 Centre of Gravity and Moment of Inertia (Engineering Mechanics) 3

Centroid and centre of gravity
Moment of inertia of area and mass, radius of gyration, product of inertia and principal axes
Support reactions, shear force and bending moment diagrams for cantilever and simply supported beams with 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