The Indira Gandhi National Open University is one of the most popular deemed universities in the country. India is a developing nation and this means that we are still in a budding phase. We are trying to improve the infrastructure of our country and so there is a great need of the civil engineers. The different social structures like the bridges and the roads are built by the civil engineers.

Importance of the paper

IGNOU Diploma in Civil Engineering-Soil, Roads and Airfields Papers are a very important part of the curriculum of the civil engineering program. The roads and airfields are one of the most important assets for a country.

Format

This is a conventional paper of 70 marks and these 70 marks are equally distributed for the 5 questions which a student need to answer.

Paper pattern

The University usd to set 8 questions for this paper out of which a candidate should answer 5 questions taking 1 questions which is compulsory and four questions from the rest.

Marking

• 14 marks for every question
• No negative marking
• students who will will write to the point answer with better explanation and examples will get more marks.

Some questions from the question paper

The questions that most frequently feature in the question paper are

The porosity of a sand sample is 0.6. Assuming a specific gravity of 2.68, compute void ratio, dry unit weight and moist unit weight at 80 % saturation. Unit weight of water may be taken as 9.81 kN/m3.

What is mastic asphalt? Explain prime coat. Why is tack coat provided?

Define Liquid Limit (LL). How do you determine Liquid Limit in Laboratory? Explain the method with the help of flow curve and neat figure of the apparatus used.

Explain the advantages of photogrammetry in Highway location and design.

Time allotted

A total of two hours is allotted to complete the paper which is about adequate.

Recommended books

The most popular books are “Practical Handbook on Construction Management for civil engineering by R. Ramaswamy” and Dictionary of Civil Engineering by M.K.Gupta”