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engineering – systems of sewerage, hydraulic formulae and design of sewers, BOD,

COD, self purification of natural streams, methods of sewage disposal; Treatment of
sewage – principles and design of grit chamber, sedimentation tanks, trickling filters,
activated sludge process, sludge digestion tanks, septic tanks; Municipal solid waste –
characteristics, collection and transportation of solid wastes; Air Pollution – types and
sources of pollutants, air quality standards; Noise pollution – Impacts and permissible
limits, measurement and control of noise pollution.
7. Transportation Engineering:
Highway Classification as per IRC; Highway alignment; Engineering Surveys; Geometric
Design; Cross sectional elements of road; Gradient; Grade compensation; Traffic
Surveys – speed, Volumes, origin and destination; Intersection – at grade and grade
separated; Channelization; Rotary intersection; signal design – webstar method, traffic
signs, pavement marking; Parking studies, accidental studies, pavement types, Factors
considered for pavement design, flexible and rigid pavements design concepts.
Railway Engineering: Permanent way, rails, sleepers, ballast; Creep, coning of wheel,
rail fixtures and fastenings, super elevation, cant deficiency, curves, turnout; Points and
crossings.
Airport Engineering: Selection of site of Airport, runway orientation and design, wind rose
diagram, basic run way length, correction to basic runway length.
8. Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering:
Soil Mechanics: Physical properties of soils, Classification and identification,
Permeability, Capillarity, Seepage, Compaction, Consolidation, Shear Strength, Mohr’s
circle, Earth pressure, Slope stability;
Foundation Engineering: Site investigations, stress distribution in soils, Bearing capacity,
Settlement analysis, Types of Foundation, Pile foundations, Foundations on expansive
soils; swelling and its preventions; Coffer dams, Caissons, Dewatering, Bracing for
excavations, Newmark charts, machine foundations.
Engineering Geology: Mineralogy, Structural Geology, Groundwater Exploration
methods; Engineering Geology applications for Tunnels, Dams and Reservoirs;
Geological hazards and preventive measures.
9. Estimation, Costing and Construction Management:
Abstract estimate: Detailed estimate – centerline, long & short wall method, various
items of Civil Engineering works as per Indian Standard, General Specifications - Earth
Work, Brick / Stone Masonry in Cement Mortar, RCC, Plastering in Cement Mortar, Floor
finishes, white wash, colour wash; Standard schedule of rates, lead and lift, preparation
of lead statement; Computation of earth work – Mid-ordinate, Mean Sectional area,
Trepezoidal method, Prismoidal Rule; Approximate estimate – Plinth area and cubic rate
estimate.
10. Construction Management:
Types of construction projects, Tendering and construction contracts, project planning
and network analysis – PERT and CPM.

11. Surveying:
Principle and classification of surveying, chain surveying; Compass surveying; Levelling
and contouring; Theodolite surveying; curves; Introduction and Fundamental concepts of
electronic measuring instruments – EDM, Total station, components of GPS and basics
of GIS.

PAPER-II MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (DEGREE LEVEL)

Section I: Applied Mechanics and Design

Engineering Mechanics: Free-body diagrams and equilibrium; Friction, rolling friction, belt –
pulley, screw jack, wedge, Trusses and Frames; Virtual work; Kinematics and Dynamics of
Particles and Rigid Bodies in Plane Motion; Impulse and Momentum (Linear and Angular)
and Energy Formulations; Impact.
Strength of Materials: Stress and Strain, Stress-Strain Relationship and Elastic Constants,
Poisson's Ratio; Mohr’s Circle For Plane Stress and Plane Strain; Thin Cylinders; Shear Force
and Bending Moment Diagrams; Bending And Shear Stresses; Deflection Of Beams;
Torsion Of Circular Shafts; Euler’s Theory Of Columns; Energy Methods; Thermal Stresses;
Testing Of Materials with Universal Testing Machine (UTM); Hardness And Impact Strength.
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Theory of Machines: Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration Analysis of Plane

Mechanisms; Dynamic Analysis of Slider-Crank Mechanism; Gears and Gear Trains;
Flywheels, Gyroscope and Governors; Balancing of Reciprocating and Rotating Masses.
Vibrations: Free and Forced Vibration of Single Degree of Freedom Systems, Effect of
Damping; Vibration Isolation; Resonance; Critical Speeds of Shafts.
Machine Design: Design For Static and Dynamic Loading; Failure Theories; Fatigue Strength;
S-N Diagram; Design of Machine Elements such as Bolted, Riveted and Welded Joints, Shafts,
Spur Gears, Rolling and Sliding Contact Bearings, Springs, Brakes and Clutches.
Section II: Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences

Fluid Mechanics: Fluid Properties; Fluid Statics, Manometry, Buoyancy, Forces on

Submerged Bodies, Stability of Floating Bodies; Fluid Acceleration; Differential Equations of
Continuity and Momentum; Bernoulli’s Equation; Viscous Flow of Incompressible Fluids,
Boundary Layer, Elementary Turbulent Flow, Flow Through Pipes, Head Losses in Pipes and
Bends.

Heat-Transfer: Modes of Heat Transfer; One Dimensional Heat Conduction, Resistance

Concept, Electrical Analogy, Fins; Unsteady Heat Conduction, Dimensionless Parameters in
Free and Forced Convective Heat Transfer, Various Correlations for Heat Transfer in Flow
Over Flat Plates and Through Pipes, Effect of Turbulence; Radiative Heat Transfer, Black And
Grey Surfaces, Shape Factors, Network Analysis, Heat Exchanger Performance, LMTD
and NTU Methods.
Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic systems and processes; properties of pure substances,
behavior of ideal and real gases; zeroth and first laws of thermodynamics, calculation of work
and heat in various processes; second law of thermodynamics; thermodynamics property,
availability and irreversibility; thermodynamic relations.
Power Engineering: Air compressors-Reciprocating and rotary compressors;Rankine, Brayton
Cycles with Regeneration, Inter cooling and Reheat.
I.C. Engines: Air-standard Otto & Diesel Cycles, Combustion in S.I. & C.I. Engines,
Performance & Testing of internal combustion engines.
Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning: Vapour Refrigeration Cycle, Heat Pumps, Gas
Refrigeration; Reverse Brayton Cycle; Moist Air: Psychrometric Chart, Basic Psychrometric
Processes.
Turbomachinery: Pelton Wheel, Francis and Kaplan Turbines, Impulse and Reaction
Principles, Velocity Diagrams.

Section III: Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering

Engineering Materials: Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials, Heat Treatment,

Stress-Strain Diagrams for Engineering Materials, Iron-carbon diagram.
Metal Casting: Design of Patterns, Moulds and Cores; Solidification and Cooling; Riser and
Gating Design.
Metal Forming: Plastic Deformation and Yield Criteria; Fundamentals of Hot and Cold
Working Processes; Load Estimation for Bulk (Forging, Rolling, Extrusion, Drawing) and Sheet
(Shearing, Deep Drawing, Bending) Metal Forming Processes; Principles of Powder
Metallurgy.
Joining Processes: Principles (Gas, Arc, Resistance and Solid State) of Welding, Brazing,
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Soldering; Adhesive Bonding.

Machining and Machine Tool Operations: Mechanics of Machining; Basic Machine Tools;
Single and Multi-Point Cutting Tools, Tool Geometry and Materials, Tool Life and Tool Wear;
Economics of Machining; Principles of Non-Traditional Machining Processes; Principles of
Work Holding Devices, Principals of Jigs and Fixtures.
Metrology and Inspection: Limits, Fits and Tolerances; Linear and Angular Measurements;
Comparators; Gauge; Interferometry; Form and Surface Finish Measurement; Alignment and
Testing Methods; Tolerance Analysis in Manufacturing and Assembly.
Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their integration tools.

Production Planning and Control: Forecasting Models, Aggregate Production Planning,

Scheduling, Materials Requirement Planning.
Inventory Control: Deterministic Models; Safety Stock Inventory Control Systems.
Operations Research: Linear Programming, Simplex Method Transportation, Assignment,
Simple Queuing Models, PERT and CPM.

PAPER.II ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING (DEGREE LEVEL)

1. Electric Circuits and Fields: Network graph, KCL, KVL, node and mesh analysis,
transient response of dc and ac networks; sinusoidal steady-state analysis, resonance,
basic filter concepts; ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenin's, Norton's, Superposition,
Maximum Power Transfer and Reciprocity theorems; two-port networks, three phase
circuits; Star, Delta connections, Measurement of power in 3-phase by two-wattmeter
method; Fourier, Laplace and Z transforms; Gauss Theorem, electric field and potential due
to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions; Ampere's and Biot-Savart's laws;
inductance; dielectrics; capacitance.
2. Electrical Machines: Single phase transformer - equivalent circuit, phasor diagram,
tests, regulation and efficiency; three phase transformers - connections, parallel operation;
auto-transformer; energy conversion principles; DC machines - types, windings, generator
and motor characteristics, losses and efficiency, armature reaction and commutation,
starting and speed control of motors, tests; three phase induction motors - principles, types,
performance characteristics, starting and speed control; single phase induction motors;
synchronous machines - performance, regulation and parallel operation of alternators, motor
starting, characteristics and applications; servo motors.
3. Power Systems: Basic power generation concepts, Economic aspects, Types of Tariffs;
transmission line models and performance; cable performance, insulators, Sag and Tension;
corona and radio interference; distribution systems; per-unit quantities; bus impedance and
admittance matrices; load flow study; voltage control; power factor correction; economic
operation; Load Frequency Control; symmetrical components; symmetrical & unsymmetrical
fault analysis; principles of over-current, differential and distance protection; Generator
protection, Transformer protection, Feeder protection, static relays; circuit breakers; Power
system stability concepts, swing equation, power angle curve, solution of swing equation,
equal area criterion.
4. Control Systems: Principles of feedback; transfer function; block diagrams; steady-
state errors; Routh and Nyquist techniques; Bode plots; root loci; lag, lead and lead-lag
compensation; state space model; state transition matrix, controllability and observability.
5. Electrical and Electronic Measurements: DC, AC Bridges, potentiometers; PMMC,
moving iron, dynamometer and induction type instruments; measurement of voltage,
current, power, energy and power factor; shunts, multipliers; instrument transformers; digital
voltmeters, CRO; phase, time and frequency measurements using lissajous patterns; error
analysis.
6. Analog and Digital Electronics: Characteristics of p-n junction diode, Zener diode,
BJT, FET; amplifiers - biasing, equivalent circuit and frequency response; oscillators and
feedback amplifiers; operational amplifiers - characteristics and applications; simple active
filters; VCOs and timers; Boolean Algebra, mizimizition of switching functions combinational
and sequential logic circuits; schimitt trigger, multi vibrators Flip flops, counters and
registers, sample and hold circuits; A/D and D/A converters; microprocessor basics.(8085 &
8086), architecture, programming and interfacing, 8051 mc BASICS (Architectures.
Addressing modes and instruction set).
7. Power Electronics : Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs,
MOSFETs and IGBTs - static characteristics and principles of operation; triggering circuits