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. Salient Features1.Concise and elaborative approach to questions and their answers and explanations2.Covers the syllabi of Civil Services and Engineering Services Examinations conducted by UPSC, GATE-IITs/ IES/ BARC/ ISRO/ SSC-JE/State Engineering Services Examinations3.Contains 18 chapters and appendices supplemented with detailed illustrations4.Existing questions and answers of the third edition are rectified/corrected (Appendix A)5.Explanations to answers for some critically challenged questions (Appendix B)6.More than 5200 MCQs7.Selected Questions and Answers are given free to the readers of the book (access through scratch code)