Hello Sugyani, Greetings!

Here is list of most recommended books for civil engineering:

1. SOM by James Gere (for Concepts)

2. SOM by R.K Bansal (for Questions and Theory Reading, recommended for GATE).

3. RCC by Pillai and Menon.

4. Fluid Mechanics by R.K. Bansal.

5. Structural Analysis by C.S. Reddy.

6. Highway and Transportation Engineering by L.R. Kadiyali

7. Soil mechanics by B.C. Punmia.

8. Building materials by K.C. Rangwala

9. Design of Steel Structures by S.S. Bhavikatti

10. Surveying by R. Subramanian.

11. For Irrigation Engineering you can follow the topics selectively in previous year question from S.K. Garg.

12. Engineering Mathematics by Made Easy Publications.

13. For previous year questions books by Made Easy, ACE Academy and ESE Master all are same but the thing which gives edge to Made Easy Publications over the others is the quality of solutions and their explanation.

14. For Aptitude there is no need to follow any book, they will ask Engineering Aptitude not Elementary Maths (which is being asked in the other exams as aptitude).

Thank you, best of luck.

Hello there! 

Greetings! 

To get the best possible result, the candidate should only follow what are regarded to be the best books for GATE Civil Engineering which are given below :-

• Engineering Mathematics:-Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications by Kenneth Rosen, Higher Engineering mathematics by B.S. Grewal, Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig.
• Structural Engineering:- Theory of Structure by CK Wang, S. Rammamrutham, L.S. Negi & Jangit,Theory of Elasticity by Timoshenko & Gere,Theory of Structure by Wilbur & Norris,Strength of Materials/Mechanics of Structure by Gare & Timoshenko,E. Popove, L. Singer,B.C. Punamia, Rammamrutham

For detailed information,  go through the link below :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/what-are-best-books-for-gate-civil-engineering

Thankyou 

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