UPSC Books for Civil Engineering Optional Subject

The topics included in the civil engineering optional include Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis and in paper 2, the topics include Construction Technology, Equipment, Planning and Management.

Best IAS books for Civil Engineering Optional Paper

• 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 – 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