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The standard of the questions in Engineeringsubjects will be approximately of the level of Diploma in Engineering(Civil/Electrical/Mechanical) from a recognized Institute, Board or Universityand recognized by All India Board of Technical Education.
All the questions will be set in SI units. Thedetails of the syllabus are given below.
(i) General Awareness:
* Questions will be aimed attesting the candidate's general awareness of the environment around him/her andits application to society.
* Questions will also bedesigned to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everydayobservations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected ofany educated person.
* The test will also includequestions relating to Indiaand its neighbouring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture,Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, and Scientific Research, etc. Thesequestions will be such that they do not require a special study of anydiscipline.
(ii) General Engineering (Civil and Structural)
Part A: Civil Engineering:
* Building Materials:Physical and Chemical properties, classification, standard tests, uses andmanufacture/quarrying of materials e.g. building stones, silicate basedmaterials, cement (Portland), Asbestos products, Timber and Wood basedProducts, laminates, bituminous materials, paints, varnishes.
* Surveying:Principles of surveying, working of prismatic compass and bearings, planetablesurveying, theodolite traverse, adjustment of theodolite, levelling andcontouring, curvature, refraction correction, permanent adjustment of dumpylevel, methods of contouring and uses of a contour map, tachometric survey.
* Soil Mechanics:Origin of soil phase diagram, definitions, of void ratio porosity, degree ofsaturation, water content specific gravity of soil grains and unit weights,grain size distribution curves for different solid and their uses. Atterjerg'slimits, ISI soil classification, plasticity chart, coefficient of permeability,effective stress, consolidation of soils.
* Soil:Calculation shear strength of soils, direct shear test, vane sheartest,triaxial test, soil compaction, Lab compaction, Lab compaction test,moisture content and bearing capacity of soils, plate load test, standardpenetration test.
* Hydraulics:Fluid properties, hydrostatics, measurements of flow, Bernoulli's theorem andits application, floor through pipes, flow in open channels, weirs, flumes,spillways, pumps and turbines.
* EnvironmentalEngineering: Quality of water, source of water supply, purification ofwater, distribution of water, need of sanitation, sewerage systems, circularsewers, oval sewer, sewer appurtenances, surface water drainage sewagetreatments.
Part B: Structural Engineering
* Theory of structures:Elasticity constants, types of beams, determinate and indeterminate, bendingmoment and shear force diagrams of simply supported, cantilever and overhanging beams.
* Moment of area and moment ofinertia for rect. & circular section, bending moment and shear stress fortee, channel and compound sections, chimneys, dams and retaining walls,eccentric loads, slope deflection of simply supported and cantilever beams,critical load and columns, torsion of circular section.
* Concrete Technology:Properties, Advantages and uses of concrete, cement aggregates, importance ofwater quality, water cement ratio, workability, mix design, storage, batching,mixing, placement, compaction, finishing and curing of concrete, qualitycontrol of concrete, hot weather and cold weather concreting, repair andmaintenance of concrete structure.
* RCC Design: RCC beams:flexural strength, shear strength, bond strength, design of single reinforcedbeams, lintels, cantilever beams, double reinforced beams, one way slabs, twoway slabs, isolated footings, reinforced brick work. T-beams, columns,staircases, retaining walls water tanks (RCC design questions may be based onboth Limit State method and Working Stress method).
* Steel Design:Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams rooftrusses plategirders.
(iii) General Engineering (Electrical andMechanical)
Part A: Electrical Engineering
* Basic ElectricalEngineering and Electrical Measurements: Concepts of currents,voltage, resistance, power and energy, their units, Ohm's law.
* Circuit Law:Kirchooff's law, solution of simple network problems, Network theorems andtheir applications, Electro-magnetism concept of flux, emf, reluctance,magnetic circuits, Electro-magnetic induction, self and mutual inductance.
* A.C. fundamentals,instantaneous, peak, r.m.s. and average values of alternating waves, Equationof sinusolidal wave form, simple series and parallel a.c. circuits consistingof R.L. and C. Reasonance.
* Measurement and measuringinstruments, Moving coil and moving iron ammeters and voltmeters, Extension ofrange, Wattmeters, Multimeters, megger, Basic Electronics.
* Electrical machines:Basic principles D,C motors of generators, their characteristics, Speed controland starting of D.C. motors, losses and efficiency of D.C. machines.
* 1-phase and 3-phaseTransformers: Principles of operation, equivalent circuit, voltageregulation O.C. and S.C. tests, efficiency, auto transformers.
* Synchronous machines,generation of three phase emf, armature reaction, Voltage regulation, Paralleloperation of two alternators, synchronizing, staring and applications ofsynchronous motors.
* 3-phase Induction motor,rotating magnetic field, principle of operation, equivalent circuit, torquespeed characteristics, starting and speed control of 3-phase induction motors,Fractional kW motors, 1-phase induction motors a.c. series motor, reluctancemotor.
* General, Transmissionand Distribution: Different types of power stations, Load factor,diversity factor, demand factor, simple problems thereon, cost of generationinter connection of power stations.
* Power factor improvement,various types of tariffs, types of faults, short circuit current forsymmetrical faults.
* Switchgears-rating ofcircuit breakers: Principles of a are extinction by oil and air,H.R.C. fuses, Protection earthier leakage, over current Buchhotgz relay, Merz -Prince system of protection of generators & transformers, Protection offeeders and bus bars.
Lightning arresters.
* Various transmission anddistribution systems. Comparison of conductor materials, efficiency fordifferent systems.
* Utilization of ElectricalEnergy. Illumination, electric heating, Electric welding, electroplating,electric drivers and motors.
Part.B: Mechanical Engineering
* Flow of Fluids:Laminar & turbulent flow, equation of continuity, Bernoulli's theorem;measurement of discharge; flow through pipes; friction losses.Forces of jetimpinging on vanes, blades; work done and efficiency; classification ofturbines & pumps.
* Thermal Engineering:Laws of thermodynamics, change in entropy in various processes; properties ofsteam, uses of steam table & charts; Construction & Working of Cochran,Lancashire Locomotive & Babcock & Wilcox boilers, working of steamturbine, Otto & Diesel Cycles, working of IC engines, Carburetion, SolexCarburettor. Diesel fuel pump & injector: Cooling & lubrication.
* Production Engineering:Foundry-Different casting processes, concept of patterns; types ofmould making, puring defect in castings, causes & remedies,Welding-classification and types of welding: Testing and defects in welds.
* Lathesworking oflathe: various tools, operation on lathes, types of lathes, Drillingoperations performed on drilling machines.
* Description, principles ofworking and various operations on machine tools milling machine, shaper,grinder, boring and slotting machines.
* Strength of Materials:Stresses in composite bars, relation between elastic constants, Resilienceunder different types of loads, SF and BM diagrams; Stresses in bearns-combineddirect and bending stresses, Struts and columns - Euler's and Rankin'stheories, Torsion of circular shafts.
* Theory of Machines:Simple Mechanisms - Four bar chain, Slider crank chain, double slider crankchain, Flywheel - Turning moment diagrams.
* Fluctuation of energy,Friction-in collar and pivots, plate clutch, conical clutch, journal bearing.Transmission of power through flat and V- belts, Gears, profile of gears,Governors-Watt and Hartnell governors.
