Hello,

It is very important to select books which will help to score good marks. So some of the books which you can refer for the GATE preparation civil engineering are:

• R.C.C Design- Reinforced concrete design- Devdas Menon and S. Pillai
• Strength of materiasl- UC jindal
• Basic Structural Analysis - C.S. Reddy
• Design Of Steel Structures- S.K Duggal Edition
• Basics and Applied Soil mechanics-Gopal Ranjan, A.S.R.Rao
• Highway Engineering-:S.K.Khanna, C.E.G.Justo
• Engineering Hydrology -K Subramanya,

Hope, it helps!

Hi Vanshika,

Best Books for GATE Civil Engineering are as follows:-

• Engineering Mathematics - 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 Gere & 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

• Transportation Engineering - Transportation by Justo Khanna

• Environmental engineering - Environmental Engineering by S. K. Garg Part I & Part II

• Geomatics Engineering - Surveying (vol. 1,2,3) by B.C.Punmia, Ashok Jain, Arun Jain

Refer here for more info - https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/what-are-best-books-for-gate-civil-engineering

Feel free to ask doubts in the Comment Section.

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!