Syllabus for Combined State Engineering Services (General Recruitment/Special Recruitment) Examination - UPPSC
Syllabus
Question Paper - 1
SUBJECTS
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NO. OF QUESTIONS
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MARKS
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TOTAL MARKS
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TIME
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1. General Hindi
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25 (3 Marks for each)
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75
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375
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2 Hours and 30 Min.
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2. Main Engineering subject -1 (e.g. - civil,
mechanical, electrical, agriculture)
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100 (3 marks for each)
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300
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Question Paper - 2
SUBJECTS
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NO. OF QUESTIONS
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MARKS
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TOTAL MARKS
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TIME
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1. General Studies
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25 (3 Marks for each)
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75
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375
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2 Hours and 30 Min.
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2. Main Engineering subject -2 (e.g. - civil,
mechanical, electrical, agriculture)
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100 (3 marks for each)
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300
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Personnel Interview - 100 Marks
Total Marks - 375 + 375 + 100 = 850
Curriculum
General Hindi :- Syllabus is as simple as up to High School Level.
General Studies :- Current Affairs, Scientific
points of daily needs, Questions also includes History, Geography, Political Science,
General Knowledge along with that.
CIVIL
ENGINEERING
PAPER – 1
PART – A
ENGINEERING MECHANICS, STRENGTH OF MATERIALS AND
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS.
Units and Dimensions, SI units, vectors, concept of
force, Concept of particle and rigid body Concurrent, Non- Concurrent and
parallel forces in a plane, moment of force and varignon`s theorem free body
diagram, conditions of equilibrium Principle of virtual work, equivalent force
system.
First and second Moment of area, Mass moment of
inertia, Static Friction, inclined plane and bearings, kinematics and kinetics,
kinematics in Cartesion and Polar Coordinates, motion under uniform and
non-uniform acceleration, motion under gravity, Kinetics of particle: Momentum
and Energy principles, D` Alembert`s principle, Collision of elastic bodies,
rotation of rigid, bodies, simple harmonic motion.
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS:
Simple Stress and Strain, Elastic constants, axially
loaded compression members, Shear force and bending moment, theory of simple
bending, bending stress, Shear Stress, Beams of uniform strength, Leaf Spring,
close coiled helical springs, Strain Energy in direct stress, bending &
shear. Deflection of beams; Macaulay's method, Mohr's Moment area method,
Conjugate beam method, unit load method, Torsion of shafts, Transmission of
power, Elastic stability of columns, Euler's Rankin's and Secant formulae.
Principal stresses and strains in two dimensions, Mohr's Circle, Theories of
Elastic Failure, Thin and Thick cylinder, Stresses due to internal and external
pressure Lame's equations.
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS:
Castiglianios theorems I and II, Unit load method
of consistent deformation applied to beams and pin jointed trusses.
Slope-deflection, moment distribution, Kani's method of analysis and column
Analogy method applied to indeterminate beams and rigid frames. Rolling loads
and influence lines: Influence lines for reactions of beam, shear force and
bending moment at a section of beam. Criteria for maximum shear force and
bending moment in beams traversed by a system of moving loads, influence lines
for simply supported plane pin jointed trusses, Arches: Three hinged, two
hinged and fixed arches, rib shortening and temperature effects, influence
lines in arches, Matrix methods of analysis: Force method and displacement
method of analysis of indeterminate beams and rigid frames. Plastic Analysis of
beams and frames: Theory of plastic bending, plastic analysis, statical method,
Mechanism method. Unsymmetrical bending: Moment of inertia, product of inertia,
position of neutral axis and principal axis, calculation of bending stresses.
PART – B
DESIGN OF STRUCTURES: STEEL, CONCRETE
AND MASONRY STRUCTURES.
STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGN:
Structural steel: Factors of
safety and load factors, rivetted, bolted and welded joints and its
connections, Design by working, stress/limit state method of tension and
compression member, beams of built up section, rivetted and welded plate
girders, gantry girders, stancheons with battens and lacings, slab and
gussetted column bases, Design of highway and railway bridges: Through and deck
type plate girder, Warren girder, Pratt truss.
DESIGN OF CONCRETEAND MASONRY STRUCTURES:
Reinforced Concrete: Working Stress
and Limit State Method of design - Recommendations of B.I.S. codes, design of
one way and two way slabs, stairs-case slabs, simple and continuous beams of
rectangular, T and L sections, compression members under direct load with or
without eccentricity, isolated and combined footings, Cantilever and
counter-fort type retaining walls, Water tanks: Design requirements as per
B.I.S. code for rectangular and circular tanks resting on ground, Prestressed
concrete: Methods and systems of prestressing, anchorages, analysis and design
of sections for flexure based on working stress, losses of prestress, Earth
quake resistant design of building as per BIS code. Design of brick masonry as
per I. S. Codes, Design of masonry retaining walls.
PART – C
Building Materials, Construction Technology,
Planning and Management
Building Materials: Physical
properties of construction materials with respect to their use: stones bricks,
tiles, lime, glass, cement, mortars, Concrete, concept of mix design,
pozzolans, plasticizers, super plasticizers, Special concrete: roller compacted
concrete, mass concrete, self compacting concrete, ferro cement, fibre
reinforced concrete, high strength concrete, high performance concrete, Timber:
properties, defects and common preservation treatments, Use and selection of
materials for various uses e.g. Low cost housing, mass housing, high rise
buildings.
Constructions Technology, Planning and Management:
Masonry constructions using brick, stone,
construction detailing and strength characteristics paints, varnishes,
plastics, water proofing and damp proofing materials. Detailing of walls,
floors, roofs, staircases, doors and windows. Plastering, pointing, flooring,
roofing and construction features. Retrofitting of buildings, Principle of
planning of building for residents and specific uses, National Building code
provisions and uses. Basic principles of detailed and approximate estimating,
specifications, rate analysis, principles of valuation of real property.
Machinery for earthwork, concreting and their specific uses, factors affecting
selection of construction equipments, operating cost of equipments.
Construction activity, schedules, organizations, quality assurance principles.
Basic principle of network CPM and PERT uses in construction monitoring, cost
optimization and resource allocation. Basic principles of economic analysis and
methods. Project profitability: Basis principles of financial planning, simple
toll fixation criterions.
PART – D
GEO TECHNICAL
ENGINEERINGAND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
Types of soils, phase relationships, consistency
limits particles size distribution, classifications of soils, structure and
clay mineralogy. Capillary water, effective stress and pore water pressure,
Darcy's Law, factors affecting permeability, determination of permeability,
permeability of stratified soil deposits. Seepage pressure, quick sand
condition, compressibility and consolidation, Terzaghi's theory of one
dimensional consolidation, consolidation test.
Compaction of soil, field control of compaction
total stress and effective stress parameters, pore pressure parameters, shear
strength of soils, Mohr Coulomb failure theory, shear tests.
Earth pressure at
rest, active and passive pressures, Rankin's theory Coulomb's wedge theory, Graphical method of earth pressure on retaining
wall, sheetpile walls, braced excavation, bearing capacity, Terzaghi and other
important theories, net and gross bearing pressure.
Immediate and consolidation
settlement, stability of slope, total stress and effective stress methods,
conventional methods of slices, stability number.
Subsurface exploration,
methods of boring, sampling, penetration tests, pressure meter tests, essential
features of foundation, types of foundation, design criteria, choice of type of
foundation, stress distribution in soils, Boussinessq's theory, Westergaard
method, Newmarks chart, pressure bulb, contact, pressure, applicability of
different bearing capacity theories, evaluation of bearing capacity from filed
tests, allowable bearing capacity, settlement analysis, allowable settlement,
proportioning of footing, isolated and combined footings, rafts, pile
foundation, types of piles, plies capacity, static and dynamic analysis, design
of pile groups, pile load test, settlement of piles lateral loads, foundation
for bridges, Ground improvement techniques: sand drains, stone columns,
grouting, soil stabilization geotextiles and geomembrane, Machine foundation:
Natural frequency, design of machine foundations based on the recommendation of
B.I.S. codes.
CIVIL ENGINEERING PAPER- II
Part – A
FLUID MECHANICS,
OPEN CHANNEL FLOW, HYDRAULIC MACHINES AND HYDROPOWER ENGINEERING.
Fluid Mechanics:
Fluid properties and their
roles in fluid motion, fluid statics including forces acting on plane and
curved surfaces, Kinematics and Dynamics of Fluid flow: Velocity and
acceleration, stream lines, equation of continuity, irrotational and rotational
flow, velocity potential and stream functions, flownet, methods of drawing
flownet, source and sink, flow separation, free and forced vorties.
Flow control
volume equation, continuity, momentum and energy equations, Navier Strokes
equation, Euler's equation of motion and application to fluid flow problems,
pipe flow, plane, curved, stationary and moving vanes sluice gates, weirs,
orifice meters and Venturi meters.
Dimensional
Analysis and Similitude: Buckingham's Pi-theorem, dimensionless parameters, similitude
theory, model laws, undistorted and distorted models.
Laminar Flow: Laminar flow between parallel, stationary and moving
plates, flow through pipes.
Boundary Layer: Laminar and turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate,
laminar sub-layer, smooth and rough boundaries, submerged flow, drag and lift
and its applications.
Turbulent flow
through pipes: Characteristics
of turbulent flow, velocity distribution, pipe friction factor, hydraulic grade
line and total energy line, siphons, expansion and contractions in pipes pipe
networks, water hammer in pipes and surge tanks.
Open Channel
Flow: Flow types, uniform and non
uniform flows, momentum and energy correction factors, Specific energy and
specific force, critical depth, resistance equations and roughness coefficient,
rapidly varied flow, flow in transitions, Brink flow, Hydraulic jump and its
applications, waves and surges, gradually varied flow, classification of
surface profiles, control section, Integration of varied flow equation and
their solution.
HYDRAULIC
MACHINESAND HYDROPOWER:
Centrifugal
pumps-Types, characteristics, Net Positive Suction-head (NPSH), specific speed,
Pumps in series and parallel.
Reciprocating
pumps, Air vessels, Hydraulic ram, efficiency parameters, Rotary and positive
displacement pumps, diaphragm and jet pumps.
Hydraulic
turbines: types, classification, Choice
of turbines, performance parameters, controls, characteristics, specific speed.
Principles of
hydropower development: Types, layouts
and component works, surge tanks, 'types and choice, Flow duration curves and
dependable flow, Storage and pondage, Pumped storage plants, Special types of
hydel plants.
Part – B
Hydrology and
Water Resources Engineering
Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle, precipitation, evaporation,
transpiration, infiltration, overland flow, hydrographs, flood frequency
analysis, flood routing through a reservoir, channel flow routing- Muskingam
method.
Ground Water
flow: Specific yield, storage
coefficient, coefficient of permeability, confined and unconfined aquifers,
radial flow into a well under confined and unconfined conditions, Open wells
and tube wells.
Ground and
surface water recourses single and multipurpose projects, storage capacity of reservoirs,
reservoir losses, reservoir sedimentation.
Water
requirements of crops consumptive use, duty and delta, irrigation methods, Irrigation
efficiencies.
Canals: Distribution systems for cannal irrigation, canal
capacity, canal losses, alignment of main and distributory canals, Design of
cannal by kennedy's and Lacey's thoeorie, Water logging and its prevention.
Diversion head
works: Components, Principles and
design of weirs on permeable and impermeable foundations, Khosla's theory,
Bligh's creep theory Storage works. Cross drainage works.
Types of dams,
design principles of gravity and earth dams, stability analysis. Spillways: Spillway
types energy dissipation.
River training: Objectives of river training, methods of river training
and bank protection.
Part – C
Transportation Engineering
Highway
Engineering: Principles of Highway alignments,
classification and geometric design, elements and standards for roads.
Pavement:
flexible and rigid pavements Design principles and methodology. Construction methods
and materials for stabilized soil. WBM, Bituminous works and Cement Concrete roads.
Surface and
sub-surface drainage arrangements for roads, culvert structures. Pavement distresses
and strengthening by overlays.
Traffic surveys
and their application in traffic planning, Typical design features for channelized,
intersection, rotary etc., signal designs, standard traffic signs and markings.
Railway
Engineering: Permanent way, ballast, sleeper, chair and faslenings,
points, crossings, different types of turn outs, cross-over, setting out of
points, Maintenance of track, super elevation, creep of rails ruling gradients,
track resistance tractive effort, curve resistance, Station yards and station
buildings, platform sidings, turn outs, Signals and interlocking, level
crossings.
Air port
Engineering: Layouts, Planning and design.
Part – D
Environmental Engineering
Water supply: Estimation of water demand, impurities in water and their
significance, physical, chemical and bacteriological parameters and their
analysis, waterborne diseases, standards for potable water.
Water collection
& treatment: Intake
structures, principles and design of sedimentation tank, coagulation cum
flocculation units slow sand filter, rapid sand filter and pressure filter, theory
& practices of chlorination, water softening, removal of taste and
salinity, Sewerage Systems, Domestic and industrial wastes, storm, sewage,
separate and combined systems, flow through sewers, design of sewers.
Waste water
characterization: Solids,
Dissolved oxygen (DO), BOD COD, TOC, and Nitrogen, Standards for disposal of
effluent in normal water course and on to land.
Waste water
treatment: Principles and design of waste
water Treatment units -, Screening, grit chamber, sedimentation tank activated
sludge process, trickling filters, oxidation ditches, oxidation ponds, septic
tank; Treatment and disposal of sludge; recycling of waste water.
Solid waste
management: Classification, Collection and
disposal of solid waste in rural and urban areas, Principles of solid waste
management.
Environmental
pollution: Air and water pollution and
their control acts. Radioactive waste and their disposal. Environmental impact
assessment of Thermal power Plants, mines and river valley projects,
Sustainable development.
Part – E
Survey and Engineering Geology
Surveying: Common methods and instruments for distance and angle
measurements in Civil Engineering works, their use in plane table traverse
survey, levelling, triangulation, contouring and topographical maps. Survey
layouts for culverts canal, bridge, roads, railway alignment and buildings.
Basic principles
of photogrammetry and remote sensing.
Introduction to
Geographical information system.
Engineering
Geology: Basic concepts of Engineering
geology and its applications in projects such as dams, bridges and tunnels.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PAPER-I
Engineering
Mechanics: Analysis of force systems,
friction, cendtroid and centre of gravity, trusses and beams, principle of
virtual work, kinematics and kinetics of particle, kinematics and kinetics of
rigid bodies.
Mechanism and
Machines: Velocity and acceleration of
links, cams and followers gears and gear trains clutches, belt drives, brakes
and dynamometers, Flywheel and governors, balancing of rotating and reciprocating
masses, balancing of multi cylinder engines, Free and forced vibration, damped
vibration, whirling of shafts.
Mechanics of
Solids: Stresses and strains, compound
stresses strains, Torsion of circular shafts, stresses and deflections in beams
unsymmetrical bending, curved beams, Thin and thick cylinders and spheres,
Buckling of columns, Energy methods, helical and leaf springs.
Design of
Machine Elements: Design for
Static and dynamic loading, Theories of failure, fatigue principles of design
of rivetted, welded and bolted joints, shafts, springs, bearings, brakes,
clutches and flywheels.
Engineering
Materials: Crystal systems and
crystallography, crystal imperfections, Alloys and phase diagrams, Heat
treatment, ferrous and non ferrous metals and alloys, Mechanical properties and
testing.
Manufacturing: Metal casting, metal forming, metal joining, Mechanics of
metal cutting, machining and machine tool operations, unconventional machining
methods limits, fits and tolerances, inspection: Surface roughness,
comparators, computer integrated manufacturing, Flexible manufacturing systems,
jigs and fixtures.
Industrial
Engineering: Production, planning and
control, inventory control and operation, research, CPM and PERT.
Mechatronics and
Robotics: Microprocessors and
microcontrollers, Architecture, Programming, Computer interfacing Programmable logic
controller, sensors and actuators, Piezoelectric accelerometers, Hall effect
sensors, optical encoder, resolver, Inductosyn, Pneumatic and Hydraulic
Actuators, stepper motor, control system, mathematical modeling, control
signals, controllability and observability, Robotics: Robot classification,
robot specification. Notation: Direct and inverse kinematics homogeneous
co-ordinates and arm equation of four axix SCARA Robot.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PAPER-II
Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic systems and processes, properties of pure
substances, concepts and applications of zeroth, first and second law of
thermodynamics, entropy, availability and irreversibility, detailed analysis of
thermodynamic cycles, ideal and real gases, fuels and combustion.
Fluid Mechanics:
Basic concepts and properties
of fluids, manometry, fluid statics, buoyancy, equations of motion, Bernoulli's
equation and applications, viscous flow of incompressible fluids, laminar and
turbulent flows, flow through pipes and head losses in pipes, dimensional analysis,
Forces on immersed bodies and boundary layer over a flat plate, isentropic and adiabatic
flows, normal shock waves.
Heat Transfer: Modes of heat transfer, steady and unsteady heat
conduction, thermocouple time constant, critical thickness of insulation, heat
transfer from fins, momentum and energy equations for boundary layer flow on a
flat plate. Free and forced convection, radiation heat transfer,
Stefan-Boltzmann law, shape factor, black and grey body radiation heat exchange,
boiling and condensation, heat exchanger analysis, LMTD and NTU – effectiveness
methods.
Energy
conversion: SI and CI engines, performance
characteristics and testing of IC engines, combustion phenomena in SI and CI
engines, carburetion and fuel injection systems, emissions and emission
control. Reciprocating and rotary pumps, pelton wheel, Francis and Kaplan turbines,
velocity diagrams impulse and reaction principles steam and gas turbines; Rankine
and Brayton cycles with regeneration and reheat, high pressure boilers, draft, condensers.
Unconventional power systems, including nuclear, MHD, biomass, wind and tidal
systems, utilization of solar energy; Reciprocating and rotary compressors;
theory and applications, Theory of propulsions, pulsejet and ramjet engines.
Environmental
control: Vapour compression, vapour
absorption, steam jet and air refrigeration systems, properties of refrigerant
and their nomenclature, psychometrics properties and processes, psychrometic
relations, use of pschrometic chart, load estimation, supply air conditions,
sensible heat factors, air conditioning system layout, comfort chart, comfort and
industrial air conditioning.
ELECTRTICAL ENGINEERING
PAPER – I
Networks and
Systems: Steady-state and
Transient-state Analysis of systems, Thevenin's-, Norton's-, Superposition- and
Maximum Power Transfer-theorems, Driving point Transfer functions, Two-port
networks, Laplace and Fourier transforms and their applications in Network
analysis, Z-transforms for discrete systems, R-L, R-C & L-C network
synthesis.
E.M. Theory: Analysis of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields,
Laplace, Poission and Maxwell equations, solution of boundary value problems,
electromagnetic wave propagation, ground and space waves, Propagation between
Earth Station and Satellites.
Control systems:
Mathematical modelling of
dynamic linear continuous systems, Block diagrams and Signal flow graphs,
time-response specifications, steady-state error, Routh Hurwitz criterion,
Nyquist techniques, Root Loci, Bode Plots, Polar Plot, and stability analysis,
Lag-, Lead-, Lag-Lead-compensation, state-space modelling, state transition matrix,
controllability and observability.
Elements of
Electronics: Basics of semiconductor
diodes, BJT, FET and their chracteristics, different types of transistors and
FET amplifiers equivalent circuits and frequency response, feedback
oscillators, colpitts oscillator and Hartley Oscillator, Operational
amplifiers-chracteristics and applications.
Power System
Analysis and Design: Line parameters
and calculations, Performance of Transmission lines, Mechanical design of
overhead lines and Insulators, Corona and radio interference Parameters of
single- and three-core Cables, Bus admittance matrix, Load flow equations and
methods of solutions, Fast-decoupled load flow, Balance- and Unbalanced-faults
analysis, Power system stability, Power system transients and travailing Waves,
EHV Transmission, HVDC transmission, Concepts of FACTS, Voltage Control and
Economic operation, Concepts of distributed generation, solar and wind power,
smart grid concepts.
Elements of
Electrial Machines: General concepts
of E.m.f., m.m.f., and torque in rotating machines, DC Machines: motor and
generator characteristics, equivalent circuits, commutation and amature
reaction, starting and speed controls of motors; Synchronous Machines:
performance, regulation, Parallel operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics
and applications, Transformers: phasor-diagram and equivalent circuit, efficiency,
and voltage regulation, auto-transformers, 3-phase transformers.
Measurement: Basic methods of measurement, Precision and standards,
error analysis, Bridges and Poteniometers; moving coil, Moving iron,
dynamometer and induction type instruments, measurement of voltage, current,
power, energy, and power factor, Instrument transformers, digital voltmeters and
multimeters, phase-, time- and frequency measurement, Q-meters Oscilloscopes,
Basics of sensors, and data acquisition system, Instrumentation systems for
pressure and temperature measurements.
ELECTRTICAL ENGINEERING
PAPER – II
Power
Electronics and Drives: Semiconductor,
power, diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs static
characteristics and principles of operation, triggering circuits single phase
and threephase controlled rectifiers-fully controlled and half controlled, smoothing
and filters regulated power supplies, DC-DC choppers and inverters, speed
control circuits for DC and A.C. drives, Basics of electric drives: types, quadrant
operation, reversing and braking of electric motors, estimation of power
ratings, traction motors.
Digital
Electronics: Boolean algebra, logic gates,
combinational and sequencial logic circuits, multiplexers, muiltivibrators,
sample and hold circuits, A/D and D/A converters, basics of filter circuits and
applications, active filters, semiconductor memories.
Microwaves and
Communication systems: Electromagnetic
wave in guided media, wave guide components, resonators, microwave tubes,
microwave generators and amplifiers.
Analog
Communication basics: modulation and
demodulation, noise and bandwidth, transmitters and receivers, signal to noise
ratio, digital communication basics, sampling, quantizing, coding frequency-
and time-domain multiplexing, sound and vision broadcast, antennas,
transmission lines at audio and ultra-high frequencies.
Induction and
special Machines: Three-phase
Induction motors Rotating magnetic field, Torque-slip characterstics, Equivalent
Circuit and determination of its parameters, starters, speed control, Induction
generators. Single phase Induction motors: Theory and phasor diagrams,
characteristics, starting and applications, repulsion motor, series motor: E.m.f.
equation and phasor diagram and performance, servomotors, stepper motors, reluctance
motors, brushless DC motors (BLDC).
Power system
protection and Switch gear: Methods of Arc
Extinction, Restriking voltages and recovery voltage, testing of circuit
breakers, Protective relays, protective schemes for power system equipment,
surges in transmission lines and protection.
Numerical
Methods: Solution of non liner
algebraic equations, single and multisteps methods for solution of differential
equations.
Electrical
Engineering Materials: Crystal
structure and defects, conducting, insulating and magneting Materials,
super-conductors.
Elements of
Microprocessors : Data
representation and representation of integer and floating point-numbers.
Organization and programming of a microprocessor, ROM and RAM memories CPU of a
microcomputer, interfacing memory and I/O devices, Programmable peripheral and
communication interface.Application of microprocessors.
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
PAPER-I
(a)
Thermodynamics and Heat Engines: Concept of
energy, temperature and heat equations; laws of thermodynamics, pure substances
and their properties; entropy, Rankine, air standard Otto, Diesel and Joule
cycles; indicator diagrams.
(b) Farm Power: Sources and status of power in India; farm power and
agricultural productivity relationship; construction and operational features
of IC engines, various system of IC engine namely carburetion, ignition,
cooling, lubrication; valves and valve timing, special features of diesel
engines, tractors and their classification, power transmission, repair and
maintenance; tractor testing, and tractor economics; power tillers – their
economics and suitability, Energy in Agriculture.
(c) Farm
Machinery: Design, construction,
operation, repair and maintenance of tillage tools, implements and equipment
viz. mould board and disk plough; harrows, cultivators, rotary tiller, seeding
and planting machines, hoe, weeders, sprayers and dusters; harvester, threshers
and combines; soil and crop factors influencing machine performance and energy
requirements; selection of farm machines, economics of agricultural
mechanization. Earth moving machineries.
(d) Heat and
Mass Transfer: Thermal properties of
materials; steady state and transient heat conduction, natural and forced
convection; boiling, condensation, thermal radiation exchange, Heat exchangers,
heat and mass transfer analogy; Fick's laws of diffusion, psychrometrics;
analysis of heat and mass transfer processes, instrument and measurement
systems.
(e) Process and
Food Engineering : Unit operations
in post harvest processing (cleaning, grading, drying, size reduction,
evaporation, pasteurization, distillation etc.); processing of cereals, pulses,
oilseeds, fruits & vegetables, animal feed, spices, dairy products, meat
etc.; design of processing equipment and systems, milking machines.
(f) Storage and handling:
Changes in stored products
during storage; storage of food grains and their products, perishables
(vegetable, fruits, dairy product, meat and eggs) storage system- air tight
ventilated, refrigerated, modified atmospheric and controlled atmospheric
storages; packaging; conveyors; design and management of storage and handling
systems. Reducing losses in storages and handling.
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
PAPER-II
(a) Hydraulics
and Fluid Mechanics: Fluid
properties, units and dimensions: surface tension and capillarity, equation of
continuity, Bernoulli equation, Laminar and turbulent flow, steady and unsteady
flow, Flow of fluids in pipes and open channels, design of open channels for
non erosive and non silting velocities, most economical cross section, measurement
of irrigation water and other water measuring devices viz. weirs, notches, orifices
and flumes.
(b) Surveying
and Leveling: Linear measurements; survey
methods and devices used; principle of leveling, simple, differential and
profile leveling; Contouring and characteristics of contour lines; Land
leveling and grading, earth work estimation.
(c) Soil and
Water Conservation Engineering: Forms of
precipitation; hydrologic cycle; Point rainfall analysis, frequency analysis,
agricultural watershed and its management; water management in
agri-horti-aquaculture system, mechanics of water and wind erosion; Rational
method of prediction of peak runoff and its limitations; concept of unit hydrograph
and instantaneous hydrograph; factors affecting erosion and runoff; water erosion
control measures – contour cultivation, strip cropping, terracing,
afforestation, pastures; Design of gully control structures – temporary and
permanent; stream bank erosion; flood routing; flood amelioration by upstream
soil water management; wind erosion control measures and sand dunes
stabilization.
(d) Irrigation
Pumps: Design, construction,
performance characteristics, selection, installation, servicing and maintenance
of different pumps (reciprocating, centrifugal, gear, turbine, submersible,
propeller, jet); Hydraulic ram; Renewable and non-renewable power sources for
pumping solar pumps.
(e) Irrigation
and Drainage Engineering: Water wealth and
irrigation in India; Soil water plant relationship; Forms and occurrence of
soil water; methods and devices for soil moisture measurement; water
requirement of crops; irrigation scheduling; irrigation methods – their
hydraulics and design flood, border, furrow, sprinkler and drip irrigation, concept
of irrigation efficiencies; water conveyance and control; Design of canals.
Lacey and Kennedy's theories.
Drainage needs
and its benefits; Darcy's Law, hydraulic conductivity; drainage coefficient; drainage
methods, surface drainage (drainage of flat and sloping lands); design of open ditches
their alignment and construction; designs and layout of subsurface drains;
depth and spacing of drains and drainage outlets; installation of drains and
drainage wells; drainage of salt affected areas.
(f) Ground Water
Hydrology and Tube well Engineering: Occurrence and
movement of ground water, steady and transient flow into wells, well
interference, well drilling, design of well assembly and gravel pack,
installation of well screen, completion and development of wells.
(g) Rural
Engineering: Building materials and their
properties; Farm stead planning, and design of dairy barns; poultry,
goat-sheep, and piggery housing; selection of site, planning and design of
rural houses, farm roads, village drainage; waste disposal and sanitary structures;
cost estimates, green house construction.