PAPER – II

7. Engineering Mechanics:
Analysis of System of Forces, Friction, Centroid and Centre of Gravity, Dynamics; Stresses and Strains-Compound Stresses and
Strains, Bending Moment and Shear Force Diagrams, Theory of Bending Stresses- Slope and deflection-Torsion, Thin and thick
Cylinders, Spheres.
8. Engineering Materials:
Basic Crystallography, Alloys and Phase diagrams, Heat Treatment, Ferrous and Non Ferrous Metals, Non metallic materials,
Basics of Nano-materials, Mechanical Properties and Testing, Corrosion prevention and control

9. Mechanisms and Machines:

Types of Kinematics Pair, Mobility, Inversions, Kinematic Analysis, Velocity and Acceleration Analysis of Planar Mechanisms,
CAMs with uniform acceleration and retardation, cycloidal motion, oscillating followers; Vibrations –Free and forced vibration
of undamped and damped SDOF systems, Transmissibility Ratio, Vibration Isolation, Critical Speed of Shafts. Gears – Geometry
of tooth profiles, Law of gearing, Involute profile, Interference, Helical, Spiral and Worm Gears, Gear Trains- Simple, compound
and Epicyclic; Dynamic Analysis – Slider – crank mechanisms, turning moment computations, balancing of Revolving &
Reciprocating masses, Gyroscopes –Effect of Gyroscopic couple on automobiles, ships and aircrafts, Governors.
10. Design of Machine Elements:
Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue strength and the S-N diagram; principles of the design of
machine elements such as riveted, welded and bolted joints. Shafts, Spur gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, Brakes and
clutches, flywheels.
11. Manufacturing ,Industrial and Maintenance Engineering:
Metal casting-Metal forming, Metal Joining, Machining and machine tool operations, Limits, fits and tolerances, Metrology and
inspection, computer Integrated manufacturing, FMS, Production planning and Control, Inventory control and operations
research - CPM-PERT. Failure concepts and characteristics-Reliability, Failure analysis, Machine Vibration, Data acquisition,
Fault Detection, Vibration Monitoring, Field Balancing of Rotors, Noise Monitoring, Wear and Debris Analysis, Signature
Analysis, NDT Techniques in Condition Monitoring.
12. Mechatronics and Robotics:
Microprocessors and Microcontrollers: Architecture, programming, I/O, Computer interfacing, Programmable logic controller.
Sensors and actuators, Piezoelectric accelerometer, Hall effect sensor, Optical Encoder, Resolver, Inductosyn, Pneumatic and
Hydraulic actuators, stepper motor, Control Systems- Mathematical modeling of Physical systems, control signals,
controllability and observability. Robotics, Robot Classification, Robot Specification, notation; Direct and Inverse Kinematics;
Homogeneous Coordinates and Arm Equation of four Axis SCARA Robot.

Electrical Engineering

Contents for syllabi of both the Papers together for Preliminary/Stage-I Examination (objective type Paper–II) and
separately for Main/Stage-II Examination (Conventional type Paper-I and Paper – II).

PAPER – I
1. Engineering Mathematics
Matrix theory, Eigen values & Eigen vectors, system of linear equations, Numerical methods for solution of non-linear
algebraic equations and differential equations, integral calculus, partial derivatives, maxima and minima, Line, Surface and
Volume Integrals. Fourier series, linear, non-linear and partial differential equations, initial and boundary value problems,
complex variables, Taylor’s and Laurent’s series, residue theorem, probability and statistics fundamentals, Sampling
theorem, random variables, Normal and Poisson distributions, correlation and regression analysis.

2. Electrical Materials
Electrical Engineering Materials, crystal structures and defects, ceramic materials, insulating materials, magnetic materials
– basics, properties and applications; ferrities, ferro-magnetic materials and components; basics of solid state physics,
conductors; Photo-conductivity; Basics of Nano materials and Superconductors.
3. Electric Circuits and Fields
Circuit elements, network graph, KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis, ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenin’s,
Norton’s, Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorems, transient response of DC and AC networks, Sinusoidal
steady state analysis, basic filter concepts, two-port networks, three phase circuits, Magnetically coupled circuits, 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; Maxwell’s equations.
4. Electrical and Electronic Measurements:
Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards; Bridges and potentiometers; moving coil, moving iron,
dynamometer and induction type instruments, measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor,

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 instrument transformers, digital voltmeters and multi-meters, phase, time and frequency measurement, Q-meters,
oscilloscopes, potentiometric recorders, error analysis, Basics of sensors, Transducers, basics of data acquisition systems

5. Computer Fundamentals:
Number systems, Boolean algebra, arithmetic functions, Basic Architecture, Central Processing Unit, I/O and Memory
Organisation; peripheral devices, data represenation and programming, basics of Operating system and networking, virtual
memory, file systems; Elements of programming languages, typical examples.
6. Basic Electronics Engineering:
Basics of Semiconductor diodes and transistors and characteristics, Junction and field effect transistors (BJT, FET and
MOSFETS), different types of transistor amplifiers, equivalent circuits and frequency response; oscillators and other
circuits, feedback amplifiers.
PAPER – II

1. Analog and Digital Electronics:

Operational amplifiers – characteristics and applications, combinational and sequential logic circuits, multiplexers, multi-
vibrators, sample and hold circuits, A/D and D/A converters, basics of filter circuits and applications, simple active filters;
Microprocessor basics- interfaces and applications, basics of linear integrated circuits; Analog communication basics,
Modulation and de-modulation, noise and bandwidth, transmitters and receivers, signal to noise ratio, digital
communication basics, sampling, quantizing, coding, frequency and time domain multiplexing, power line carrier
communication systems.
2. Systems and Signal Processing :
Representation of continuous and discrete-time signals, shifting and scaling operations, linear, time-invariant and causal
systems, Fourier series representation of continuous periodic signals, sampling theorem, Fourier and Laplace transforms, Z
transforms, Discrete Fourier transform, FFT, linear convolution, discrete cosine transform, FIR filter, IIR filter, bilinear
transformation.
3. Control Systems:
Principles of feedback, transfer function, block diagrams and signal flow graphs, steady-state errors, transforms and their
applications; Routh-hurwitz criterion, Nyquist techniques, Bode plots, root loci, lag, lead and lead-lag compensation,
stability analysis, transient and frequency response analysis, state space model, state transition matrix, controllability and
observability, linear state variable feedback, PID and industrial controllers.

4. Electrical Machines :
Single phase transformers, three phase transformers - connections, parallel operation, auto-transformer, energy
conversion principles, DC machines - types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction and commutation,
starting and speed control of motors, Induction motors - principles, types, performance characteristics, starting and speed
control, Synchronous machines - performance, regulation, parallel operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics
and applications, servo and stepper motors.
5. Power Systems :
Basic power generation concepts, steam, gas and water turbines, transmission line models and performance, cable
performance, insulation, corona and radio interference, power factor correction, symmetrical components, fault analysis,
principles of protection systems, basics of solid state relays and digital protection; Circuit breakers, Radial and ring-main
distribution systems, Matrix representation of power systems, load flow analysis, voltage control and economic operation,
System stability concepts, Swing curves and equal area criterion. HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts, Concepts of
power system dynamics, distributed generation, solar and wind power, smart grid concepts, environmental implications,
fundamentals of power economics.
6. Power Electronics and Drives :
Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs - static characteristics and principles
of operation, triggering circuits, phase control rectifiers, bridge converters - fully controlled and half controlled, principles
of choppers and inverters, basis concepts of adjustable speed DC and AC drives, DC-DC switched mode converters, DC-AC
switched mode converters, resonant converters, high frequency inductors and transformers, power supplies.

Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

Contents for syllabi of both the Papers together for Preliminary/Stage-I Examination (objective type Paper–II) and
separately for Main/Stage-II Examination (Conventional type Paper-I and Paper – II).

PAPER – I
1. Basic Electronics Engineering:
Basics of semiconductors; Diode/Transistor basics and characteristics; Diodes for different uses; Junction & Field Effect
Transistors (BJTs, JFETs, MOSFETs); Transistor amplifiers of different types, oscillators and other circuits; Basics of
Integrated Circuits (ICs); Bipolar, MOS and CMOS ICs; Basics of linear ICs, operational amplifiers and their applications-

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