Electrical Engineering Syllabus for IES Exam Paper I 1. EM Theory Electric and magnetic fields.

Gausss Law and Amperes Law. Fields in dielectrics, conductors and magnetic materials. Maxwells equations. Time varying fields. Plane-Wave propagating in dielectric and conducting media. Transmission lines. 2. ELECTRICAL MATERIALS Band Theory, Conductors, Semi-conductors 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 Circuits elements. Kirchhoffs 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-port 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 type of inputs and stability criteria for feedback systems. Stability analysis using RouthHurwitz array, Nyquist plot and Bode plot. Root locus and Nichols 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. ELECTRCIAL 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. ZBus 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, Scotty, 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, multistage amplifiers and feed-back amplifiers, D.C. amplifiers, Oscillators. Large signal amplifiers, coupling methods, push pull amplifiers, operational amplifiers, wave shaping circuits. Multi vibrators and flip-flops and their applications. Digital logic gate families, universal gates-

combination circuits for arithmetic and logic operational, sequential logic circuits. Counters, registers, RAM and ROMs.

4. MICROPROCESSORS Microprocessor 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 Semiconductor devices. Thyristor. Power transistor, GTOs and MOSFETS. 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.

What is IES?

IES, i.e., Indian Engineering Service. Becoming an IES officer is the dream of every engineer. In India there are about 7000 Engineering colleges producing 25 lacs of engineering graduates every year. Number of vacancies is more than 500 every year in IES. Seats for any branch/year are not fixed. It depends on vacancy in that particular year. Therefore a systematic and foolproof methodology and guidance is must for becoming an IES. Adequate preparation in accordance with the syllabus of the examination and an analytical approach considering the previous years question papers will enable you to succeed in the examination. IES Examination is conducted by UPSC every year in the month of May. The examination has two parts: Written examination and Interview

Written Examination
The written covers two parts of 1000 marks which is conducted in three days. Part I consists of objective type questions and part II is of conventional papers. Both parts cover the entire syllabus of the relevant engineering branch.
There are three Objective papers and two conventional papers in IES Examination. In Objective papers rd there is a 1/3 Negative marking for wrong answers i.e. 33.33% of allotted marks will be deducted. The examination of objective paper will be conducted as:

1st Day: General Ability Test of 2 hrs. Which is consists of: Part A: General English (60 questions 100 marks) Part B: General Studies (60 questions 100 marks) 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.
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Day: Objective-I (2hrs.), lunch break 1 hr. and then Objective-II (2hrs.).

Objective I: Total 120 Questions and 200 marks for 120 questions. Time allowed 2 hrs. Objective II: Total 120 Questions and 200 marks for 120 questions. Time allowed 2 hrs. To prepare for the objective paper you should focus on previous years papers. Type and level of questions remains same. Whenever you solve the previous years papers remember the formulae, type of question and process for solving the same. Never memorize question with answer.
3 Day: Conventional-I (3hrs.), lunch break 1 hr. and then Conventional-II (3hrs.)
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Conventional I: Total 5 Questions have to be attempted of 40 marks for each question of total 200 marks. Time allowed 3 hrs. Conventional II: Total 5 Questions have to be attempted of 40 marks for each question of total 200 marks. Time allowed 3 hrs.

For Conventional Paper you must practice with previous 25 yrs IES and 25 years Civil Services (main) papers.$
Interview

Based on written test UPSC will short list students and will call for Interview. Number of students called for interview is about 2.5 to 3 times the vacancy for particular year. The interview will be of 200 marks. In interview, there is a panel of Interview. Panel constitutes three technical person and one HR person. They ask technical as well as non-technical questions. Duration would be of around 30 minutes and marks expected would be 65 to 165.
Those who perform well in the written examination and interview shall be placed in a higher position in the rank list prepared by the UPSC. There is no group discussion. After Interview final result will be published in UPSC website and Employment news.

Those who obtain a higher rank in the Engineering Services Examination will be placed for following posts/services:

What is IES?
IES, i.e., Indian Engineering Service. Becoming an IES officer is the dream of every engineer. In India there are about 7000 Engineering colleges producing 25 lacs of engineering graduates every year. Number of vacancies is more than 500 every year in IES. Seats for any branch/year are not fixed. It depends on vacancy in that particular year. Therefore a systematic and foolproof methodology and guidance is must for becoming an IES. Adequate preparation in accordance with the syllabus of the examination and an analytical approach considering the previous years question papers will enable you to succeed in the examination. IES Examination is conducted by UPSC every year in the month of May. The examination has two parts: Written examination and Interview

Written Examination
The written covers two parts of 1000 marks which is conducted in three days. Part I consists of objective type questions and part II is of conventional papers. Both parts cover the entire syllabus of the relevant engineering branch. There are three Objective papers and two conventional papers in IES Examination. In Objective papers there is a 1/3rd Negative marking for wrong answers i.e. 33.33% of allotted

marks will be deducted. The examination of objective paper will be conducted as: $ 1st Day: General Ability Test of 2 hrs. which is consists of: Part A: General English (60 questions 100 marks) Part B: General Studies (60 questions 100 marks) 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. $ 2nd Day: Objective-I (2hrs.), lunch break 1 hr. and then Objective-II (2hrs.). Objective I: Total 120 Questions and 200 marks for 120 questions. Time allowed 2 hrs. Objective II: Total 120 Questions and 200 marks for 120 questions. Time allowed 2 hrs. To prepare for the objective paper you should focus on previous years papers. Type and level of questions remains same. Whenever you solve the previous years papers remember the formulae, type of question and process for solving the same. Never memorize question with answer. $ 3rd Day: Conventional-I (3hrs.), lunch break 1 hr. and then Conventional-II (3hrs.) Conventional I: Total 5 Questions have to be attempted of 40 marks for each question of total 200 marks. Time allowed 3 hrs. Conventional II: Total 5 Questions have to be attempted of 40 marks for each question of total 200 marks. Time allowed 3 hrs. For Conventional Paper you must practice with previous 25 yrs IES and 25 years Civil

Services (main) papers. Interview Based on written test UPSC will short list students and will call for Interview. Number of students called for interview is about 2.5 to 3 times the vacancy for particular year. The interview will be of 200 marks. In interview, there is a panel of Interview. Panel constitutes three technical person and one HR person. They ask technical as well as non-technical questions. Duration would be of around 30 minutes and marks expected would be 65 to 165. Those who perform well in the written examination and interview shall be placed in a higher position in the rank list prepared by the UPSC. There is no group discussion. After Interview final result will be published in UPSC website and Employment news. $ Those who obtain a higher rank in the Engineering Services Examination will be placed for following posts/services: Category I Civil Engineering: Group A Services/Posts (i) Indian Railway Service of Engineers. (ii) Indian Railway Stores Services (Civil Engineering Posts). (iii) Central Engineering Service. (iv) Indian Defense Service of Engineers (Civil Engineering Posts). (v) Indian Ordnance Factories Services (Engineering Branch) (Civil Engineering Posts). (vi) Central Water Engineering Gr. 'A' Service (Civil Engineering Posts). (vii) Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group-A. (Civil Engg. Posts) (viii) Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil Engineering Post) (in Border Roads Engineering Service Gr. 'A'). (ix) Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) in P&T Bldg. Works (Gr. 'A') Service.

Category II Mechanical Engineering Group A Services/Posts (i) Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers. (ii) Indian Railway Stores Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts). (iii) Central Water Engineering Gr. 'A' Service Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts). (iv) Central Power Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts). (v) Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (Mechanical Engineering Posts). (vi) Indian Naval Armament Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts). (vii) Assistant Executive Engineer Group 'A' (Mech. Engg. Posts) in the corps of EME, Ministry of Defence. (viii) Assistant Naval Stores Officer, Grade- I (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy. (ix) Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts). (x) Assistant Executive Engineer Group A in the Geological Survey of India. (xi) Indian Supply Service, Group 'A' (Mechanical Engineering Posts). (xii) Indian Defence Service of Engineers (Mechanical Engineering Posts).

Category III Electrical Engineering Group A Services/Posts

(i) Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers. (ii) Indian Railway Stores Service (Electrical Engineering Posts). (iii) Central Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Service (Electrical Engg. Posts). (iv) Indian Naval Armament Service (Electrical Engineering Posts). (v) Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (Electrical Engineering Posts). (vi) Central Power Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering Posts). (vii) Indian Defense Service of Engineers (Electrical Engineering Posts). (viii) Assistant Naval Stores Officer, Grade-I (Electrical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy. (ix) Indian Supply Service Group 'A' (Electrical Engineering Posts).