SP Gupta PhD (Civil Engineering) is former Director, Global Institute of Technology, Jaipur (2012), after serving as Principal of the institute for 9 years. He retired from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, as Professor and Head, Department of Structural Engineering, in 2002. Dr Gupta graduated in Civil Engineering in 1965 from Delhi College of Engineering. He obtained his postgraduate degree in structural engineering from Delhi University in 1970, and doctoral degree from University of Rajasthan in 1985. He started his career as Assistant Engineer in UP Irrigation in 1965. Thereafter, he switched over to teaching at Delhi College of Engineering in 1967 and then at Malaviya Regional Engineering College (now Malaviya National Institute of Technology), Jaipur, in 1969.He became Reader and Professor in 1985 and 1996.Dr Gupta has published more than 25 research papers. He has co-authored books Structural Analysis: A Matrix Approach, Theory of CBS CBS Structures (2 volumes), Torsion in Concrete Structures and Prestressed Concrete. Dr Gupta has been Chairman, Academic Affairs Committee, and Professor Incharge, Admissions/ Examinations. He also served as a Member of Board of Governors. ... Read more Read less
This is the thoroughly revised, enlarged edition of the book for young civil engineers preparing for various competitive examinations. This edition includes questions that appeared in the competitive examinations of Civil Services and Engineering Services, conducted by UPSC and also from GATE conducted by IITs.
Many questions from this book have been set in a number of competitive examinations. The important features of this book are conciseness, complete coverage of the entire syllabus in a fewer questions, and explanations of the correctness of the answers to some typical questions (Appendix B). This edition contains 18 chapters and Appendices with more than 5200 questions. Even after 37 years, the book is still considered to be a must for all those appearing in most of the competitive examinations.
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Selected Questions and Answers are given free to the readers of the book (access through scratch code).
