JUNIOR ENGINEERS (MECHANICAL) EXAMINATION

Indicative Syllabus

The standard of the questions in Engineering subjects will be approximately of the level of
Diploma in Engineering(Mechanical) from a recognized Institute, Board or University
recognized by All India Board of Technical Education. All the questions will be set in SI units.
The details of the syllabus are given below:

Section-I

1. General Intelligence & Reasoning: The Syllabus for General Intelligence would include
questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. The test may include questions on analogies,
similarities, differences, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgement, decision
making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical
reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series etc. The test will also
include questions designed to test the candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and
symbols and their relationships, arithmetical computations and other analytical functions.

2. General Awareness: Questions will be aimed at testing the candidate’s general awareness
of the environment around him/her and its application to society. Questions will also be
designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observations
and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. The
test will also include questions relating to India and its neighbouring countries especially
pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity and Scientific
Research, etc. These questions will be such that they do not require a special study of any
discipline.

Section-II : Mechanical Engineering

Concept of simple machine, Four bar linkage and link motion, Flywheels and fluctuation of
energy, Power transmission by belts – V-belts and Flat belts, Clutches – Plate and Conical
clutch, Gears – Type of gears, gear profile and gear ratio calculation, Governors – Principles
and classification, Riveted joint, Cams, Bearings, Friction in collars and pivots.

Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials

Equilibrium of Forces, Law of motion, Friction, Concepts of stress and strain, Elastic limit and
elastic constants, Bending moments and shear force diagram, Stress in composite bars,
Torsion of circular shafts, Bucking of columns – Euler’s and Rankin’s theories, Thin walled
pressure vessels.

Thermal Engineering

Properties of Pure Substances: p-v & P-T diagrams of pure substance like H2O, Introduction of
steam table with respect to steam generation process; definition of saturation, wet &
superheated status. Definition of dryness fraction of steam, degree of superheat of steam. H-
s chart of steam (Mollier’s Chart).
1st Law of Thermodynamics: Definition of stored energy & internal energy, 1st Law of
Thermodynamics of cyclic process, Non Flow Energy Equation, Flow Energy & Definition of
Enthalpy, Conditions for Steady State Steady Flow; Steady State Steady Flow Energy Equation.
2nd Law of Thermodynamics: Definition of Sink, Source Reservoir of Heat, Heat Engine, Heat
Pump & Refrigerator; Thermal Efficiency of Heat Engines & co-efficient of performance of
Refrigerators, Kelvin – Planck & Clausius Statements of 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, Absolute
or Thermodynamic Scale of temperature, Clausius Integral, Entropy, Entropy change
calculation of ideal gas processes. Carnot Cycle & Carnot Efficiency, PMM-2; definition & its
impossibility.

Air standard Cycles for IC engines: Otto cycle; plot on P-V, T-S Planes; Thermal Efficiency,
Diesel Cycle; Plot on P-V, T-S planes; Thermal efficiency.

IC Engine Performance, IC Engine Combustion, IC Engine Cooling & Lubrication.

Boilers; Classification; Specification; Fittings & Accessories: Fire Tube & Water Tube Boilers.

Air Compressors & their cycles; Refrigeration cycles; Principle of a Refrigeraton Plant; Nozzles
& Steam Turbines

Fluid Mechanics & Machinery

Properties & Classification of Fluid: ideal & real fluids, Newton’s law of viscosity, Newtonian
and
Non-Newtonian fluids, compressible and incompressible fluids.

Fluid Statics: Pressure at a point.

Measurement of Fluid Pressure: Manometers, U-tube, Inclined tube.

Fluid Kinematics: Stream line, laminar & turbulent flow, external & internal flow, continuity
equation.

Dynamics of ideal fluids: Bernoulli’s equation, Total head; Velocity head; Pressure head;
Application
of Bernoulli’s equitation.

Measurement of Flow rate Basic Principles: Venturimeter, Pilot tube, Orifice meter.

Hydraulic Turbines: Classifications, Principles.

Centrifugal Pumps: Classifications, Principles, Performance.

Production Engineering

Classification of Steels: mild steal & alloy steel, Heat treatment of steel, welding – Arc
Welding, Gas Welding, Resistance Welding, Special Welding Techniques i.e. TIG, MIG, etc.
(Brazing & Soldering), Welding Defects & Testing; NDT, Foundry & Casting – methods, defects,
different casting processes, Forging, Extrusion, etc, Metal cutting principles, cutting tools,
Basic Principles of machining with (i) Lathe (ii) Milling (iii) Drilling (iv) Shaping (v) Grinding,
Machines, tools & manufacturing processes.

Engineering Drawing

 Introduction to orthographic projection, First angle and Third angle method, their
symbols
 Conversion of pictorial view into Orthographic Views – object containing plain surfaces,
slanting surfaces, slots, ribs, cylindrical surfaces
 Introduction to isometric projections
 Conversion of orthographic views into isometric view /projection.