Recruitment to the post of Section Engineer (Civil) will be on the basis of written test and interview. There will be 150 objective type questions from aptitude section and technical section. There will be negative marking for wrong answers.

Exam pattern for RRB Exam for Section Engineer (Civil)

There will be multiple choice objective type questions in the written examination. Medium of instructions will be in English, Hindi, Urdu and in the regional language that the candidate had already opted while filling up the application. Questions will be asked to measure candidates’ aptitude ability as well as technical knowledge. There will be a maximum of 150 questions. Each question carries one mark. There will be negative marking for every wrong answer. 1/3rd of the total marks allotted will be deducted from each wrong answer. Candidates will be provided maximum time limit of 2 hours to answer all the questions. Questions in aptitude section will cover following topics.

• General Awareness
• Arithmetic
• General Intelligence
• Reasoning

Reference books for General Awareness

• General Awareness & Current Affairs, M.Laxmikanth
• General Awareness & Current Affairs by Upkar Publication
• General Knowledge Current Affairs Who’s who by Khanna & Verma

Reference Books for Arithmetic

• Quicker Numerical Test by Dr. M.B. Lal & Jain
• Quantitative Aptitude by Rita Mishra
• Quantitative Aptitude by S.N. Jha

Books for General Intelligence

• Upkar’s Mental Ability Test
• Competition Success Review

Books for Reasoning

• Test of Non Verbal Reasoning by Anjani A Gupta
• Reasoning Test (Verbal & Non-Verbal) by Dr. M.B.Lal & A.K.Singh
• Non Verbal Reasoning by B. S. Sijwali & Indu Sijwali
• Logical and Analytical Reasoning by A. K. Gupta

Reference Books for RRB ‘Section Engineer (Civil)

Technical section will contain questions from the topics studied by the candidates in the qualifying degree. Questions will be asked from the following topics

• Applied Mathematics
• Applied Physics
• Civil Engineering
• Hydraulics & Hydraulic Machines
• Building Construction
• Building Materials
• Public Health Engineering
• Transportation Engineering
• Construction Management and Accounts

Books for Applied Mathematics

• Differential & Integral Calculus by Gorakh Prasad
• Two Dimensional Coordinate by Mittal S C & Mittal, S K.
• Trigonometry by Loney, S L
• Algebra by Goel, B S
• Applied Mathematics by Sumha Dr. K. S

Books for Applied Physics

• A text book of optics by Subramanian & Brij Lal
• Comprehensive Practical Physics by Jaiswal J. N
• Concepts in Physics by Verma HC

Books for Building Construction

• Building Construction by Kumar Susheel
• Building Construction by Gupta D.V
• Building Construction by Punmia B.C

Books for Hydraulics & Hydraulic Machines

• Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Machines by Laxmi Publications
• Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Machines by Vijay Gupta & Gupta S.K
• Hydraulics by Kapoor J.K.
• Hydraulics Laboratory Manual by Likhi S.K
• Fluid Mechanics by Garde R.J

Books for Public Health Engineering

• Water Supply & Sanitary Engineering by Gurcharan Singh
• Water Supply Engineering by Garg S.K

Books for Transportation Engineering

• Road, Railway, Bridges, Tunnels& Harbour Dock Engineering by Gupta B.L.
• Highway Engineering by Rangwala S.C
• Road, Railway, Bridges & tunnels Engineering by Ahuja & Birdi

Books for Construction Management and Accounts

• Estimating, Costing & Valuation by Rangwalala S.C.
• Estimating & Costing in Civil Engineering by Dutta B.N.

Apart from these books, candidates can rely on various study materials available in the market. They can download previous question papers and other materials from the internet.