Civil Engineering Through Objective Type Questions- Fifth Edition 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 fewer questions, and explanations of the correctness of the answers to some typical questions (Appendix B). This edition contains 18 chapters and Appendices with about 5400 questions. Even after 40 years, the book is still considered to be a must for all those appearing in most of the competitive examinations. Salient Features :- 1. Concise and elaborative approach to questions and their answers and explanations 2. Covers the syllabi of Civil Services and Engineering Services Examinations conducted by UPSC, GATE-IITS/IES/BARC/ISRO/SSC-JE/State Engineering Services Examinations 3. Contains 18 chapters and appendices supplemented with detailed illustrations 4. Some of the existing questions and answers of the fourth edition are replaced/modified/corrected (Appendix A) 5. Explanations to answers for some critically challenged questions (Appendix B) 6. About 5400 MCQs