UPSC IAS Exam is conducted in three phases- Prelims, Mains and Interview. It is known as the toughest exam in India. Optional subjects are considered as the indispensable piece of UPSC IAS Mains Exam.
The IAS Exam takes place annually with Mains Examination usually taking place in the month of September/October.
Books For IAS Civil Engineering
The subject of Civil Engineering deals with topics like Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis. There are topics in Paper-II like Construction Technology, Equipment, Planning and Management.
We have provided the IAS Civil Engineering Syllabus in the linked article.
UPSC aspirants can check the complete list of important reference books for Civil engineering optional for UPSC Mains Exam in the table below:
| Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics – Irving Herman Shames |
| Strength of Material- Prof. S. Ramamrutham |
| Mechanics for Engineers- B Johnson |
| Structural Analysis- C. K. Wang |
| Limit state design of steel structures: S K Duggal |
| Design of steel structures: N Subramanian |
| Engineering Mechanics – McLean |
| Limit State Design – Ram Chandra |
| Soil Mechanics – K.R. Arora |
| Fluid Mechanics – Modi and Seth |
| Surveying – Punmia |
| Strength of Material – V. N. Vazaram |
| Basic and applied Fluid Mechanics-Garde |
| Theory of Structure: Volume- II – Vazirani and Ratwani |
| Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering – A Singh and K R Arora |
| Strength and Materials -UC. Jindal |
| Introduction to Mechanics of Solids –Â Crandall, Stephen, Lardner, Thomas |
| Engineering Hydrology – K. Subramanya |
| Irrigation Engineering – S.K. Garg |
| Strength of material – Gere and Timoshenko |
| Concrete Technology – M.S. Shetty |
| R.C.C. (WSM) – Syal and Goyal |
| R.C.C. (LSM) – A.K. Jain |
| Steel Structure – L.S. Negi |
| Prestressed Concrete – N. Krishna Raju |
Candidates targeting UPSC 2022, may check the linked article.
IAS Civil Engineering Booklist PDF:- Download PDF Here
Check below the relevant articles to IAS Civil Engineering subject and UPSC Exam:
| UPSC Strategy Articles | UPSC Syllabus |
| UPSC Books | UPSC Optional Subjects |
| NCERT Books PDFs For UPSC | Pros and Cons of Civil Engineering Optional in UPSC Mains |
| NCERT Notes for UPSC | NCERT books for UPSC |
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