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I am a civil engineering student currently studying in 2nd year, which book should I prepare for a sharp overall preparation of GATE exam?


Subhasis acharya 8th Jan, 2019
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Reporter Student Expert 8th Jan, 2019

Hello,

Here are some of the books which will hep you for the prep of GATE CE(Civil Engineering):

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

Geotechnical Engineering

  • Soil Mechanics by Gopal Ranjan & Rao,Venkat Ramaiha,S. K. Garg,B.C. Punamia, V N S Murthy

Water Resources Engineering

  • Water Resources by S K Garg
  • Water and Waste Water by SK Garg 1 and 2
  • Fluid Mechanics- RK Bansal and Fox and Richard

Transportation Engineering

  • Transportation by Justo Khanna

Environmental engineering

  • Environmental Engineering by S. K. Garg Part I & Part II
  • Waste Water Engineering by B. C. Punamia Part I & Part II

Geomatics Engineering

  • Surveying (vol. 1,2,3)  by B.C.Punia, Ashok Jain, Arun Jain


For more details, I would suggest you to visit the career360's link given below which has a deatailed explanation of all tha info related to GATE CE.

The link fror the same is:https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/what-are-best-books-for-gate-civil-engineering

Hope this helps and all the very best to you!

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