CIVIL
SERVICES' (I.A.S.) EXAMINATION
The Union Public Service Commission (U.P.S.C.)
conducts Civil Services' Examination once a
year in two stages. The Preliminary Examination
(Objective Type) for selection of candidates
for the Main Examination is held in the month
of May.
The
Civil Services Main Examination is held
in the months of October/November. Blank application
forms and other particulars are published in
the Employment News, generally in the month
of December.
The last date for the submission of applications
to the Secretary, Union Public Service Commission,
Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, NewDelhi-11001
1 is usually the last week of January of the
year of examination.
The
Combined Civil Services Examination is conducted
for Recruitment to the following Services/Posts:
1. Indian Administrative Service.
2. Indian Foreign Service.
3. Indian Police Service.
4. Indian P & T Accounts & Finance Service,
Group 'A'.
5. Indian Audit and Accounts Service, Group
'A'.
6. Indian Customs and Central Excise Service,
Group 'A'.
7. Indian Defence Accounts Service, Group `A'.
8. Indian Revenue Service, Group 'A'.
9. Indian Ordnance Factories Service, Group
`A' (Assistant Manager, Non-technical)
10. Indian Postal Service, Group `A'.
11. Indian Civil Accounts Service, Group `A'.
12. Indian Railway Traffic Service, Group 'A'.
13. Indian Railway Accounts Service, Group `A'.
14. Indian Railway Personnel Service, Group
'A'.
15. Posts of Assistant Security Officer, Group
`A' in Railway Protection Force.
16. Indian Defence Estates Service, Group `A'.
17. Indian Information Service (Junior Grade),
Group `A'.
18. Indian Trade Service, Group `A' (Grade III).
19. Posts of Assistant Commandant, Group' A'
in the Central Industrial Security Force.
20. Posts of Deputy Superintendent of Police,
Group `A' in the Central Bureau of Investigation.
21. Central Secretariat Service, Group `B' (Section
Officers Grade).
22. Railway Board Secretariat Service, Group
`B' (Section Officers Grade).
23. Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service,
Group `B' [Assistant Civilian Staff Officers
Grade).
24. Customs Appraisers' Service, Group `B'.
25. Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands,
Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadar &
Nagar Haveli Civil
Service, Group 'B'.
26. Pondicherry Civil Service, Group `B'.
Number of Chances: Every candidate, appearing
in the examination, who is otherwise eligible,
shall be permitted four chances at the examination.
Age:
A candidate must have attained the age of 21
years and must not have attained the age of
28 years on the 1st August of the year in which
examination is being held.
The upper age limit may be relaxed in respect
of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and
Other Backward Classes and such other categories
of persons as may from time to time be notified
in this behalf by the Government of India to
the extent and subject to the conditions notified
in respect of each category.
Educational Qualifications:
A candidate must hold a degree of any of the
Universities (any division) incorporated by
an Act of the Central or State Legislature in
India or other Educational Institutions established
by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed
as a University under Section 3 of the University
Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent
qualification.
A candidate who has appeared or intends to appear
at an examination passing of which would render
him eligible to appear at this examination,
but has not been informed of the result, may
also apply for admission to the examination.
Examination Fee: Rs. 40/- (Rupees Forty only).
No fee for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes,
etc. Fee should be paid through Central Recruitment
Fee Stamps only.
Plan of the Examination:
The Civil Services Examination comprises two
successive stages:
1. Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination
(Objective type) for the selection of candidates
for Main Examination,
2. Civil Services (Main) Examination (Written
and Interview) for the selection of candidates
for the various services and posts.
The Preliminary Examination:
It will consist of two papers of Objective Type
(multiple-choice questions) and carry a maximum
of 450 marks. This examination is meant to serve
as a screening test only; the marks obtained
in the Preliminary Examination by the candidates
who are declared qualified for admission to
the Main Examination will not be counted for
determining their final order of merit.
The number of candidates to be admitted to the
Main Examination will be about twelve to thirteen
times the total approximate number of vacancies
to be filled in the year in the various Services
and Posts.
Only those candidates, who are declared by the
Commission to have qualified in the Preliminary
Examination in a year will be eligible for admission
to the Main Examination of that year, provided
they are otherwise eligible for admission to
the Main Examination.
The Preliminary Examination will consist of
two papers:
Paper I- General Studies 150 marks
Paper II- One subject to be selected
from the list of Optional
subjects set out in Para 9
below 300 marks
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Total 450 marks
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List of Optional Subjects for Preliminary Examination:
1. Agriculture
2. Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science
3. Botany
4. Chemistry
5. Civil Engineering
6. Commerce
7. Economics
8. Electrical Engineering
9. Geography
10. Geology
11. Indian History
12. Law
13. Mathematics
14. Mechanical Engineering
15. Medical Science
16. Philosophy
17. Physics
18. Political Science
19. Psychology
20. Public Administration
21. Sociology
22. Statistics
23. Zoology
Note: Both the question papers in the
Prelim Test will be of the Objective Type (multiple-choice
questions).
The question papers will be set both in Hindi
and English.
The course content of the syllabi for the optional
subjects will be of the degree level.
Each paper will be of two hours' duration.
Main Examination:
The written examination will consist of the
following papers:
Paper I One of the Indian Languages 300 marks
to be selected by the candidates from
the Languages included in the Eighth
Schedule to the Constitution
Paper II English 300 marks
Paper III Essay 200 marks
Papers IV&V General Studies 300 marks for
each paper
Papers VI Any two subjects to be selected 300
marks
VII, VIII from the list of Optional for each
paper
and IX subjects set out in Para 2 below.
Each subject will have two papers Interview
Test will carry 300 marks.
Note: The papers on Indian Languages
and English will be of Matriculation or equivalent
standard and will be of qualifying nature; the
marks obtained in these papers will not be counted
for ranking.
The papers on Essay, General Studies and Optional
Subjects. Of only such candidates will be evaluated
as attain such minimum standard as may be fixed
by the Commission in their discretion for the
qualifying papers on Indian Language and English.
The Paper I of Indian Languages will not, however,
be compulsory for candidates hailing from the
North-Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya,
Mizoram and Nagaland and also for candidates
hailing from the State of Sikkim.
For the Language Papers, the script to be used
by candidates will be as under:
Language Script
Assamese Assamese
Bengali Bengali
Gujarati Gujarati
Hindi Devanagari
Kannada Kannada
Kashmiri Persian
Konkani Devanagari
Malayalam Malayalam
Manipuri Bengali
Marathi Devanagari
Nepali Devanagari
Oriya Oriya
Punjabi Gurumukhi
Sanskrit Devanagari
Sindhi Devanagari or Arabic
Tamil Tamil
Telugu Telugu
Urdu Persian
COMBINED
MEDICAL SERVICES EXAMINATION
The
selected candidates are posted to the following
services:
1) Railways
2) Ordnance Factories Health Service
3) Central Health Service
4) Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
They are formally appointed only when they
have completed their compulsory rotating internship.
Qualifications
MBBS Degree. 'Candidates appearing in the
final MBBS Examination are also eligible to
compete subject to certain conditions.
Age
Below 30 years as on January 1 of year of
examination. Relaxable for SC/ST candidates.
Subjects for Examination
Paper I: (200 marks)
· General Medicines including Cardiology
· Surgery including ENT
· Ophthalmology
· Neurology
· Traumatology and Orthopedics
· Dermatology and Psychiatry.
Paper 11: (200 marks)
· Pediatrics
· Gynecology
· Obstetrics
· Preventive Social and Community Medicine.
Written Examination (Objective type)
is followed by Personality Test (200 marks)
for the successful candidates.
Pay Scales: Combined
Medical Services
Assistant Divisional Medical Officer Rs. 8,000
- 13,500
Sr/Divisional Medical Officer/
Asst.. Director Rs. 10,000 - 15,200
Medical Superintendent/Chief Rs. 12,000 -
16,500
Medical Officer/Dy Director
Super Time Scale Rs. 18,400 - 22,400
Prospects
Promotional prospects and hierarchy in the
Medical Services are given in the accompanying
box.
All posts carry the benefits of non-practising
allowance in addition to other allowances.
Apply to
Secretary, Union Public Service Commission,
Dholpur House. New Delhi - 110011 on prescribed
forms published in newspapers.
Examination fee
Rs. 35/-
ENGINEERING
SERVICES EXAM
General Ability Test
Part A:
General English-The question paper in General
English will be designed to test the candidate's
understanding of English and workmanlike use
of words.
Part B:
General Studies-The paper in General Studies
will include knowledge of current events and
of such matters as of everyday observation
and experience in their scientific aspects
as may be expected of an educated person.
The paper will also include questions on History
of India and Geography of a nature which candidates
should be able to answer without special study.
CIVIL ENGINEERING
(For both objective and conventional type
papers)
PAPER I
(1) Building Materials
Timber: Different types and species
of structural timber, density-moisture relationship,
strength in different directions, defects,
influence of defects on permissible stress,
preservation, dry and wet rots, codal provisions
for design, Plywood.
Bricks: Types, Indian Standard classification,
absorption, saturation factor, strength in
masonry, influence of mortar strength on masonry
strength.
Cement: Compounds of, different types,
setting times, strength.
Cement Mortar: Ingredients, proportions, water
demand, mortars for plastering and masonry.
Concrete: Importance of W/C Ratio, strength,
ingredients including admixtures, workability,
testing for strength, elasticity, non-destructive
testing, mix design methods.
(2) Solid Mechanics
Elastic constants, stress, plane stress, Mohr's
circle of stress, strains, plane strain, Mohr's
circle of strain, combined stress; Elastic
theories of failure; Simple bending, shear;
Torsion of circular and rectangular sections
and simple members.
(3) Structural Analysis
Analysis of determinate structures-different
methods including graphical methods.
Analysis of indeterminate skeletal frames-moment
distribution, slope-deflection, stiffness
and force methods, energy methods, Muller-Breslau
principle and application.
Plastic analysis of indeterminate beams and
simple frame shape factors.
(4) Design of Steel Structures
Principles of working: stress method. Design
of connections, simple members, Built-up sections
and frames. Design of Industrial roofs. Principles
of ultimate load design. Design of simple
members and frames.
(5) Design of Concrete and Masonry Structures
Limit state design for bending, shear, axial
compression and combined forces. Codal provisions
for slabs, beams, walls and footings. Working
stress method of design of R.C. members.
Principles of pre-stressed concrete design,
materials, methods of pre-stressing, losses.
Design of simple members and determinate structures.
Introduction to pre-stressing of indeterminate
structures.
Design of brick masonry as per I.S. Codes.
(6) Construction Practice, Planning and Management
Concreting Equipment:
Weight Batcher, Mixer, vibrator, batching
plant, and concrete pump.
Cranes, hoists, lifting equipment. Earthwork
equipment: Power shovel, hoe, dozer, dumper,
trailers and tractor, rollers, sheep foot
rollers, pumps. Construction, Planning and
Management: Bar chart, linked bar chart, work-break
down structures, Activity-on-arrow diagrams.
Critical path, probabilistic activity durations;
Event based networks. PERT network; Time-cost
study, crashing; Resource allocation.
PAPER II
(1) (A) Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow,
Pipe Flow:
Fluid Properties, Pressure, Thrust, Buoyancy,
Flow Kinematics; Integration of flow equations;
Flow measurement; Relative motion; Moment
of momentum; Viscosity, Boundary layer and
Control, Drag, Lift; Dimensional Analysis,
Modeling, Cavitation; Flow oscillations; Momentum
and Energy principles in Open Channel flow,
Flow controls, Hydraulic jump, Flow sections
and properties; Normal flow, Gradually varied
flow; Surges; Flow development and losses
in pipe flows; Measurements; Siphons; Surges
and Water hammer; Delivery of Power; Pipe
networks.
(b) Hydraulic Machines and Hydropower:
Centrifugal pumps, types, performance parameters,
scaling, pumps in parallel; Reciprocating
pumps, air vessels, performance parameters;
Hydraulic ram; Hydraulic turbines, types,
performance parameters, controls, choice;
Power houses, classification and layout, storage,
pondage, control of supply.
(2)(a) Hydrology:
Hydrological cycle, precipitation and
related data analyses, PMP, unit and synthetic
hydrographs; Evaporation and transpiration;
Floods and their management; PMF; Streams
and their gauging; River morphology; Routing
of floods; Capacity of Reservoirs.
(b) Water Resources Engineering:
Water resources of the globe; Multi-purpose
uses of water; Soil-Plant-Water relationships,
irrigation systems, water demand assessment;
Storages and their yields, ground water yield
and well hydraulics; Water logging, drainage
design; Irrigation revenue; Design of rigid
boundary canals, Lacey's and Tractive force
concepts in canal design, lining of canals;
Sediment transport in canals; Non-overflow
and overflow sections of gravity dams and
their design, Energy dissipaters and tail-water
rating; Design of head works, distribution
works, falls, cross-drainage works, outlets;
River training.
Environmental Engineering
(3)(a) Water Supply Engineering:
Sources of supply, yields, design of intakes
and conductors; Estimation of demand; Water
quality standards; Control of water-borne
diseases; Primary and secondary treatment,
detailing and maintenance of treatment units;
Conveyance and distribution systems of treated
water, leakages and control; Rural water supply;
Institutional and industrial water supply.
(b) Waste Water Engineering:
Urban rain water disposal; Systems of sewage
collection and disposal; Design of sewers
and sewerage systems; pumping; Characteristics
of sewage and its treatment, Disposal of products
of sewage treatment, stream flow rejuvenation;
Institutional and industrial sewage management;
Plumbing Systems; Rural and semi-urban sanitation.
(c) Solid Waste Management:
Sources, classification, collection and disposal;
Design and Management of landfills. (d) Air
and Noise Pollution and Ecology: Sources and
effects of air pollution, monitoring of air
pollution; Noise pollution and standards;
Ecological chain and balance, Environmental
assessment.
(4) (A) Soil Mechanics:
Properties of soils, classification and inter-relationship;
Compaction behavior, methods of compaction
and their choice; Permeability and seepage,
flow nets, Inverted filters; Compressibility
and consolidation; Shearing resistance, stresses
and failure; soil testing in laboratory and
in-situation. Stress path and applications;
Earth pressure theories, stress distribution
in soil; soil exploration, samplers, load
tests, penetration tests.
(b) Foundation Engineering:
Types of foundations, Selection criteria,
bearing capacity, settlement, laboratory and
field tests; Types of piles and their design
and layout. Foundations on expansive soils,
swelling and its prevention, foundation on
swelling soils.
(5)(a) Surveying:
Classification of surveys, scales, accuracy;
Measurement of distances-direct and indirect
methods; optical and electronic devices; Measurement
of directions, prismatic compass, local attraction;
Theodolites-types; Measurement of elevations-Spirit
and trigonometric leveling; Relief representation;
Contours; Digital elevation modeling concept;
Establishment of control by triangulations
and traversing measurements and adjustment
of observations, computation of coordinates;
Field astronomy, Concept of global positioning
system; Map preparation by plane tabling and
by photogrammetry; Remote-sensing concepts,
map substitutes.
(b) Transportation Engineering:
Planning of highway systems, alignment and
geometric design, horizontal and vertical
curves, grade separation; Materials and construction
methods for different surfaces and maintenance;
Principles of pavement design; Drainage.
Traffic surveys; Intersections, signaling;
Mass transit systems, accessibility, networking.
Tunneling, alignment, methods of construction,
disposal of muck, drainage, lighting and ventilation,
traffic control, emergency management.
Planning of railway systems, terminology and
designs, relating to gauge, track, controls,
transits, rolling stock, tractive power and
track modernization; Maintenance; Appurtenant
works; Containerization.
Harbors-layouts, shipping lanes, anchoring,
location identification; Littoral transport
with erosion and deposition; Sounding methods;
Dry and Wet docks, components and operations;
Tidal data and analyses.
Airports-layout and orientation; Runway and
taxiway design and drainage management; Zoning
laws; Visual aids and air traffic control;
Helipads, hangers, service equipment.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
(For both objective and conventional type
papers)
PAPER I
(1) Thermodynamics:
Cycles and IC Engines, Basic Concepts, Open
and Closed systems. Heat and work. Zeroth,
First and Second Law, Application to non-Flow
and Flow processes. Entropy, Availability,
Irreversibility and Tds relations. Claperyron
and real gas equations. Properties of ideal
gases and vapors, Standard vapor, Gas power
and Refrigeration cycles. Two stage compressor.
C-I and S-I Engines. Pre-ignition, Detonation
and Diesel-knock, Fuel injection and Carburation,
Supercharging. Turbo-prop and Rocket engines,
Engine Cooling, Emission and control, Fuel
gas analysis, Measurement of Calorific values.
Conventional and Nuclear fuels, Elements of
Nuclear power production.
2. Heat Transfer and Refrigeration and Air-conditioning:
Modes of heat transfer. One-dimensional steady
and unsteady conduction, Composite slab and
Equivalent Resistance. Heat dissipation from
extended surfaces, Heat exchangers, Overall
heat transfer coefficient, Empirical correlations
for heat transfer in laminar and turbulent
flows and for free and forced Convection,
Thermal boundary layer over a flat plate.
Fundamentals of diffusive and connective mass
transfer, Black body and basic concepts in
Radiation, Enclosure theory, Shape factor,
Network analysis. Heat pump and Refrigeration
cycles and systems, Refrigerants. Condensers,
Evaporators and Expansion devices. Psychrometry.
Charts and application to air-conditioning.
Sensible heating and cooling. Effective temperature,
comfort indices, Load calculations, Solar
refrigeration, controls, Duct design.
(3) Fluid Mechanics:
Properties and classification of fluids, Manometry,
forces on immersed surfaces, Center of pressure,
Buoyancy. Elements of stability of floating
bodies. Kinematics and Dynamics.
Irrotational and. incompressible. Inviscid
flow, Velocity potential, Pressure field and
forces on immersed bodies. Bernoulli's equation.
Fully developed flow through pipes. Pressure
drops calculations. Measurements of flow rate
and Pressure drop. Elements of boundary layer
theory, Integral approach, Laminar and turbulent
flows, Separations.
Flow over weirs and notches. Open channel
flows, Hydraulic jump. Dimensionless numbers,
Dimensional analysis, Similitude and modeling.
One-dimensional isentropic flow, Normal shock
wave, Flow through convergent-divergent ducts.
Oblique shock- wave, Rayleigh and Fanno lines.
(4) Fluid Machinery and Steam Generators:
Performance, Operation and control of hydraulic
Pump and impulse and reaction turbines, Specific
speed, Classification. Energy transfer, Coupling,
Power transmission, Steam generators, Fire-tube
and water-tube boilers. Flow of steam through
Nozzles and Diffusers, Wetness and condensation.
Various types of steam and gas Turbines, Velocity
diagrams. Partial admission. Reciprocating,
Centrifugal and axial flow Compressors, Multi-
stage compression, role of Mach Number, Reheat,
Regeneration, Efficiency, Governance.
PAPER II
(5) Theory of Machines:
Kinematic and dynamic analysis of planer mechanisms.
Cams. Gears and gear trains. Flywheels. Governors.
Balancing of rigid rotors and field balancing.
Balancing of single and multi-cylinder engines.
Linear vibration analysis of mechanical systems.
Critical speeds and whirling of shafts Automatic
controls.
(6) Machine Design:
Design of Joints: cotters, keys, splines,
welded joints, threaded fasteners, joints
formed by interference fits. Design of friction
drives: couplings and clutches; belt and chain
drives, power screws.
Design of Power transmission systems: gears
and gear drives shaft and axle, wire ropes.
Design of bearings: hydrodynamics bearings
and rolling element bearings.
(7) Strength of Materials:
Stress and strain in two dimensions. Principal
stresses and strains, Mohr's construction,
linear elastic materials, isotropy and anisotropy,
stress-strain relations, uniaxial loading;
thermal stresses. Beams: Bending moment and
shear force diagram, bending stresses and
deflection of beams. Shear stress distribution.
Torsion of shafts, helical springs. Combined
stresses, thick- and thin-walled pressure
vessels. Struts and columns. Strain energy
concepts arid theories of failure.
(8) Engineering Materials:
Basic concepts on structure of solids. Crystalline
materials. Defects in crystalline materials.
Alloys and binary phase diagrams. Structure
and properties of common engineering materials.
Heat treatment of steels. Plastics, Ceramics
and composite materials. Common applications
of various materials.
(9) Production Engineering:
Metal Forming: Basic Principles of forging,
drawing and extrusion; High energy rate forming;
Powder metallurgy.
Metal Casting: Die casting, investment casting,
Shall Molding, Centrifugal Casting, Gating
and Rising design; melting furnaces. Fabrication
Processes: Principles of Gas, Arc, Shielded-arc
Welding; Advanced Welding Processes, Weldability;
Metallurgy of Welding.
Metal Cutting: Turning, Methods of Screw Production,
Drilling, Boring, Milling, Gear Manufacturing,
Production of flat surfaces, Grinding and
Finishing Processes. Computer Controlled Manufacturing
Systems-CNC, DNC, FMS, Automation and Robotics.
Cutting Tools Materials, Tool Geometry, Mechanism
of Tool Wear. Tool Life and Machinability;
Measurement of cutting forces. Economics of
Machining. Unconventional Machining Processes.
Jigs and Fixtures. Fits and tolerances. Measurement
of surface texture, Comparators Alignment
tests and reconditioning of Machine Tools.
(10) Industrial Engineering:
Production Planning and Control: Forecasting-Moving
average, exponential smoothing, Operations
scheduling; assembly line balancing, Product
development, Break-even analysis, Capacity
planning, PERT and CPM.
Control Operations: Inventory control-ABC
analysis, EOQ model, Materials requirement
planning. Job design, Job standards, Work
measurement, Quality Management quality analysis
and control. Operations Research : Linear
Programming Graphical and Simplex methods,
Transportation and assignment models. Single
server queuing model.
Value Engineering; Value analysis for cost/value.
Elements of Computation:
Computer Organization, Flow charting, Features
of Common Computer languages-FORTRAN. D-Base
III. Lotus-1-2-3, C and elementary programming.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
(For both objective and conventional type
papers)
PAPER I
(1) Em Theory:
Electric and magnetic fields. Gauss' Law and
Ampere's Law. Fields in dielectrics, conductors
and magnetic materials. Maxwell's equations.
Time varying fields. Plane Wave propagation
in di-electric and conducting media. Transmission
lines.
(2) Electrical Materials:
Band Theory, Conductors, Semiconductors and
Insulators. Super-conductivity. Insulators
for electrical and electronic applications.
Magnetic materials. Ferro and ferri magnetism.
Ceramics: Properties and applications. Hall
effect and its applications. Special semi-conductors.
(3) Electrical Circuits:
Circuit's elements. Kirchhoff 's Laws. Mesh
and nodal analysis. Network Theorems and applications.
Natural response and forced response. Transient
response and steady state response for arbitrary
inputs. Properties of networks in terms of
poles and zeros. Transfer function. Resonant
circuits. Three-phase circuits. two-part networks.
Elements of two element network synthesis.
(4) Measurements and Instrumentation:
Units and Standards. Error analysis, measurement
of current. Voltage, power, Power-factor and
energy. Indicating instruments. Measurement
of resistance, inductance, capacitance and
frequency. Bridge measurements. Electronic
measuring instruments. Digital voltmeter and
frequency counter. Transducers and their applications
to the measurement of non-electrical quantities
like temperature, pressure, flow-rate displacement,
acceleration, noise level, etc. Data acquisition
systems. A/D and D/A Converters.
(5) Control Systems:
Mathematical modeling of physical systems.
Block diagrams and signal flow graphs and
their reduction. Time domain and frequency
domain analysis of linear dynamical system.
Errors for different types of inputs and stability
criteria for feedback systems.
Stability analysis using Routh-Hurwitz array,
Nyquist plot and Bode plot. Root locus and
Nicols chart and the estimation of gain and
phase margin. Basic concepts of compensator
design. State variable matrix and its use
in system modeling and design. Sampled data
system and performance of such a system with
the samples in the error channel.
Stability of sampled data system. Elements
of non-linear control analysis. Control system
components, electromechanical, hydraulic,
pneumatic components.
PAPER II
(1) Electrical Machines and Power Transformers:
Magnetic Circuits-Analysis and Design of Power
transformers.
Construction and testing. Equivalent circuits.
Losses and efficiency. Regulation. Auto-transformer.
3-phase transformer. Parallel operation.
Basic concepts in rotating machines. EMF,
torque, basic machine types. Construction
and operation, leakage, losses and efficiency.
B.C. Machines. Construction, Excitation methods.
Circuit models. Armature reaction and commutation.
Characteristics and performance analysis.
Generators and motors. Starting and speed
control. Testing. Losses and efficiency.
Synchronous Machines. Construction. Circuit
model. Operating characteristics and performance
analysis. Synchronous reactance. Efficiency.
Voltage regulation. Salient-pole machine.
Parallel operation. Hunting. Short circuit
transients.
Induction Machines. Construction. Principle
of operation. Rotating fields. Characteristics
and performance analysis. Determination of
circuit model. Circle diagram. Starting and
speed control. Fractional KW motors. Single-phase
synchronous and induction motors.
(2) Power systems:
Types of Power Stations, Hydro, Thermal and
Nuclear Stations. Pumped storage plants. Economics
and operating factors.
Power transmission lines. Modeling and performance
characteristics. Voltage control. Load flow
studies. Optimal power system operation. Load
frequency control. Symmetrical short circuit
analysis. Z-Bus formulation. Symmetrical Components.
Per Unit representation. Fault analysis. Transient
and steady-state stability of power systems.
Equal area criterion.
Power system Transients. Power system Protection
Circuit breakers. Relays. HVDC transmission.
(3) Analog and Digital Electronics and Circuits:
Semiconductor device physics, PN junctions
and transistors, circuit models and parameters,
FET, Zener, tunnel, Schottky, photo diodes
and their applications, rectifier circuits,
voltage regulators and multipliers, switching
behavior of diodes and transistors.
Small signal amplifiers, biasing circuits,
frequency response and improvement, multi-stage
amplifiers and feed-back amplifiers, D.C.
amplifiers, Oscillators. Large signal amplifiers,
coupling methods, push pull amplifiers, operational
amplifiers, and wave shaping circuits. Multi-vibrators
and flip-flops and their applications. Digital
logic gate families, universal gates combinational
circuits for arithmetic and logic operation,
sequential logic circuits. Counters, registers,
RAM and RGMs.
(4) Micro-processors:
Micro-processor architecture Instruction set
and simple assembly language programming.
Interfacing for memory and I/O. Applications
of Micro-processors in power system.
(5) Communication Systems:
Types of modulation; AM, FM and PM. Demodulators.
Noise and bandwidth considerations. Digital
communication systems. Pulse code modulation
and demodulation. Elements of sound and vision
broadcasting. Carrier communication. Frequency
division and time division multiplexing, Telemetry
system in power engineering.
(6) Power Electronics:
Power semi-conductor devices. Thyristor. Power
transistor, GTOs and MOS-FETs. Characteristics
and operation. AC to DC Converters; 1-phase
and 3-phase DC to DC Converters; AC regulators.
Thyristor controlled reactors, switched capacitor
networks.
Inverters; Single-phase and 3-phase. Pulse
width modulation. Sinusoidal modulation with
uniform sampling. Switched mode power supplies.
ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
(For both objective and conventional type
papers)
PAPER I
(1) Materials and Components:
Structure and properties of Electrical Engineering
materials; Conductors, Semi-conductors and
Insulators, magnetic, Ferro-electric, Piezoelectric,
Ceramic, Optical and Super-conducting materials.
Passive components and characteristic Resistors,
Capacitors and Inductors; Ferrites, Quartz
crystal Ceramic resonators, Electromagnetic
and Electromechanical components.
(2) Physical Electronics, Electron Devices
and ICs:
Electrons and holes in semi-conductors, Carner
Statistics, Mechanism of current flow in a
semi-conductor, Hall effect; Junction theory;
Different types of diodes and their characteristics;
Bipolar Junction transistor; Field effect
transistors; Power switching devices like
SCRs, GTOs, power MOSFETs; Basics of ICs-bipolar,
MOS and CMOS types; basic and Opto Electronics.
(3) Signals and Systems:
Classification of signals and systems; System
modeling in terms of differential and difference
equations; State variable representation;
Fourier series; Fourier transforms and their
application to system analysis; Laplace transforms
and their application to system analysis;
Convolution and superposition integrals and
their applications; Z-transforms and their
applications to the analysis and characterization
of discrete time systems; Random signals and
probability; Correlation functions; Spectral
density; Response of linear system to random
inputs.
(4) Network Theory:
Network analysis techniques; Network theorems,
transient response, steady state sinusoidal
response; Network graphs and their applications
in network analysis; Tellegen's theorem. Two
port networks; Z, Y, h and transmission parameters.
Combination of two ports, analysis of common
two ports. Network functions: parts of network
functions, obtaining a network function from
a given part. Transmission criteria: delay
and rise time, Elmore's and other definitions
effect of cascading. Elements of network synthesis.
(5) Electromagnetic Theory:
Analysis of electrostatic and magneto-static
fields; Laplace's and Poisson's equations;
Boundary value problems and their solutions;
Maxwell's equations; application to wave propagation
in bounded and unbounded media; Transmission
lines: basic theory, standing waves, matching
applications, microstrip lines; Basics of
wave guides and resonators; Elements of antenna
theory.
(6) Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation:
Basic concepts, standards and error analysis;
Measurements of basic electrical quantities
and parameters; Electronic measuring instruments
and their principles of working: analog and
digital, comparison, characteristics, and
applications. Transducers; Electronic measurements
of non-electrical quantities like temperature,
pressure, humidity, etc.; basics of telemetry
for industrial use.
PAPER II
(1) Analog Electronic Circuits:
Transistor biasing and stabilization. Small
signal analysis. Power amplifiers. Frequency.
response. Wide banding techniques. Feedback
amplifiers. Tuned amplifiers. Oscillators,
Rectifiers and power supplies. Op Amp, PLL,
other linear integrated circuits and applications.
Pulse shaping circuits and waveform generators.
(2) Digital Electronic Circuits:
Transistor as a switching element; Boolean
algebra, simplification of Boolean function
Karnaugh map and applications; IC Logic gates
and their characteristics; IC logic families:
DTL, TTL, ECL, NMOS, PMOS and CMOS gates and
their comparison; Combinational logic circuits;
Half adder, Full adder; Digital comparator;
Multiplexer De-multiplexer; ROM and their
applications. Flip-flops. R-S, J-K, D and
T flip-tops; Different types of counters and
registers. Waveform generators. A/D and D/A
converters. Semi-conductor memories.
(3) Control Systems:
Transient and steady state response of control
systems; Effect of feedback on stability and
sensitivity; Root locus techniques; Frequency
response analysis. Concepts of gain and phase
margins; Constant-M and Constant-N Nichol's
Chart; Approximation of transient response
from Constant-N Nichol's Chart; Approximation
of transient response from closed loop frequency
response; Design of Control Systems; Compensators;
Industrial controllers.
(4) Communication Systems:
Basic information theory; Modulation and detection
in analogue and digital systems; Sampling
and data reconstructions; Quantization and
coding; Time division and frequency division
multiplexing; Equalization; Optical Communication:
in free space and fiber optic; Propagation
of signals at HF, VHF, UHF and microwave frequency;
Satellite Communication.
(5) Microwave Engineering:
Microwave Tubes and solid state devices, Microwave
generation and amplifiers, Wave guides and
other Microwave Components and Circuits, Microstrip
circuits, Microwave Antennas, Microwave Measurements,
Masers, Lasers; Micro-wave propagation.
Microwave Communication Systems-terrestrial
and satellite based.
(6) Computer Engineering:
Number Systems. Data representation; Programming;
Elements of a high level programming language
PASCAL/C; Use of basic data structures; Fundamentals
of computer architecture; Processor design;
Control unit design; Memory organization,
I/o System Organization. Microprocessors:
Architecture and instruction set of Microprocessor's
8085 and 8086, Assembly language Programming.
Microprocessor Based system design: typical
examples. Personal computers and their typical
uses.
Standard of Papers:
The standard of papers in General Ability
Test will be as may be expected of an Engineering/
Science Graduate. The standard of papers in
other subject will approximately be that of
an Engineering Degree of an Indian University.
There will be no practical examinations in
any of the subjects.
Examination Fee: The examination fee is
Rs. 100 (Rs. One-hundred only). No fee for
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, etc.
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