Section-III
Standard and Syllabi
The standard of paper in General Studies and Engineering Aptitude (Preliminary Stage-I Examination) will be such as may
be expected of an Engineering/Science Graduate. The standard of papers in other subjects will approximately be that of an
Engineering Degree Examination of an Indian University. There will be no practical examination in any of the subjects.
General Studies and Engineering Aptitude (Preliminary Examination/Stage-I, Paper I, Objective type, Common to all
Candidates)
1. Current issues of national and international importance relating to social, economic and industrial development 2. Engineering
Aptitude covering Logical reasoning and Analytical ability 3. Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Analysis 4. General
Principles of Design, Drawing, Importance of Safety 5. Standards and Quality practices in production, construction, maintenance
and services 6. Basics of Energy and Environment: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, Climate Change,
Environmental impact assessment 7. Basics of Project Management 8. Basics of Material Science and Engineering 9. Information
and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools and their applications in Engineering such as networking, e-governance and
technology based education. 10. Ethics and values in Engineering profession.
Note: The paper in General Studies and Engineering Aptitude will include Knowledge of relevant topics as may be expected
from an engineering graduate, without special study. Questions from all the 10 topics mentioned above shall be set. Marks
for each Topic may range from 5% to 15% of the total marks in the paper.
Civil Engineering
Contents for syllabi of both the Papers together for Preliminary Examination/Stage-I (objective type Paper–II)
and separately for Main/Stage-II Examination (Conventional type Paper-I and Paper – II).
PAPER – I
1. Building Materials:
Stone, Lime, Glass, Plastics, Steel, FRP, Ceramics, Aluminum, Fly Ash, Basic Admixtures, Timber, Bricks and Aggregates:
Classification, properties and selection criteria;
Cement: Types, Composition, Properties, Uses, Specifications and various Tests; Lime & Cement Mortars and Concrete:
Properties and various Tests; Design of Concrete Mixes: Proportioning of aggregates and methods of mix design.
2. Solid Mechanics:
Elastic constants, Stress, plane stress, Strains, plane strain, Mohr’s circle of stress and strain, Elastic theories of failure,
Principal Stresses, Bending, Shear and Torsion.
3. Structural Analysis:
Basics of strength of materials, Types of stresses and strains, Bending moments and shear force, concept of bending and
shear stresses; Analysis of determinate and indeterminate structures; Trusses, beams, plane frames; Rolling loads, Influence
Lines, Unit load method & other methods; Free and Forced vibrations of single degree and multi degree freedom system;
Suspended Cables; Concepts and use of Computer Aided Design.
4. Design of Steel Structures:
Principles of Working Stress methods, Design of tension and compression members, Design of beams and beam column
connections, built-up sections, Girders, Industrial roofs, Principles of Ultimate load design.
5. Design of Concrete and Masonry structures:
Limit state design for bending, shear, axial compression and combined forces; Design of beams, Slabs, Lintels,
Foundations, Retaining walls, Tanks, Staircases; Principles of pre-stressed concrete design including materials and methods;
. Earthquake resistant design of structures; Design of Masonry Structure.
6. Construction Practice, Planning and Management:
Construction - Planning, Equipment, Site investigation and Management including Estimation with latest project
management tools and network analysis for different Types of works; Analysis of Rates of various types of works; Tendering
Process and Contract Management, Quality Control, Productivity, Operation Cost; Land acquisition; Labour safety and
welfare.
PAPER – II
1. Flow of Fluids, Hydraulic Machines and Hydro Power:
(a) Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow, Pipe Flow:
Fluid properties; Dimensional Analysis and Modeling; Fluid dynamics including flow kinematics and measurements; Flow
net; Viscosity, Boundary layer and control, Drag, Lift, Principles in open channel flow, Flow controls. Hydraulic jump;
Surges; Pipe networks.
(b) Hydraulic Machines and Hydro power -
Various pumps, Air vessels, Hydraulic turbines – types, classifications & performance parameters; Power house –
classification and layout, storage, pondage, control of supply.
2. Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering:
Hydrological cycle, Ground water hydrology, Well hydrology and related data analysis; Streams and their gauging; River
morphology; Flood, drought and their management; Capacity of Reservoirs.
Water Resources Engineering : Multipurpose uses of Water, River basins and their potential; Irrigation systems, water demand
assessment; Resources - storages and their yields; Water logging, canal and drainage design, Gravity dams, falls, weirs, Energy
dissipaters, barrage Distribution works, Cross drainage works and head-works and their design; Concepts in
canal design, construction & maintenance; River training, measurement and analysis of rainfall.
3. Environmental Engineering:
(a) Water Supply Engineering:
Sources, Estimation, quality standards and testing of water and their treatment; Rural, Institutional and industrial water
supply; Physical, chemical
and biological characteristics and sources of water, Pollutants in water and its
effects, Estimation of water demand; Drinking water Standards, Water Treatment Plants, Water distribution networks.
(b) Waste Water Engineering:
Planning & design of domestic waste water, sewage collection and disposal; Plumbing Systems. Components and layout
of sewerage system; Planning & design of Domestic Waste-water disposal system; Sludge management including
treatment, disposal and re-use of treated effluents; Industrial waste waters and Effluent Treatment Plants including
institutional and industrial sewage management.
(c) Solid Waste Management:
Sources & classification of solid wastes along with planning & design of its management system; Disposal system,
Beneficial aspects of wastes and Utilization by Civil Engineers.
(d) Air, Noise pollution and Ecology:
Concepts & general methodology.
4. Geo-technical Engineering and Foundation Engineering :
(a)Geo-technical Engineering: Soil exploration - planning & methods, Properties of soil, classification, various tests and
interrelationships; Permeability & Seepage, Compressibility, consolidation and Shearing resistance, Earth pressure theories and
stress distribution in soil; Properties and uses of geo-synthetics.
(b) Foundation Engineering: Types of foundations & selection criteria, bearing capacity, settlement analysis, design and testing
of shallow & deep foundations; Slope stability analysis, Earthen embankments, Dams and Earth retaining structures: types,
analysis and design, Principles of ground modifications.
5. Surveying and Geology:
(a) Surveying: Classification of surveys, various methodologies, instruments & analysis of measurement of distances,
elevation and directions; Field astronomy, Global Positioning System; Map preparation; Photogrammetry; Remote
sensing concepts; Survey Layout for culverts, canals, bridges, road/railway alignment and buildings, Setting out of
Curves.
(b) Geology: Basic knowledge of Engineering geology & its application in projects.
6. Transportation Engineering:
Highways - Planning & construction methodology, Alignment and geometric design; Traffic Surveys and Controls; Principles
of Flexible and Rigid pavements design.
Tunneling - Alignment, methods of construction, disposal of muck, drainage, lighting and ventilation.
Railways Systems – Terminology, Planning, designs and maintenance practices; track modernization.
Harbours – Terminology, layouts and planning.
Airports – Layout, planning & design.
Section-III
Standard and Syllabi
The standard of paper in General Studies and Engineering Aptitude (Preliminary Stage-I Examination) will be such as may
be expected of an Engineering/Science Graduate. The standard of papers in other subjects will approximately be that of an
Engineering Degree Examination of an Indian University. There will be no practical examination in any of the subjects.
General Studies and Engineering Aptitude (Preliminary Examination/Stage-I, Paper I, Objective type, Common to all
Candidates)
1. Current issues of national and international importance relating to social, economic and industrial development 2. Engineering
Aptitude covering Logical reasoning and Analytical ability 3. Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Analysis 4. General
Principles of Design, Drawing, Importance of Safety 5. Standards and Quality practices in production, construction, maintenance
and services 6. Basics of Energy and Environment: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, Climate Change,
Environmental impact assessment 7. Basics of Project Management 8. Basics of Material Science and Engineering 9. Information
and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools and their applications in Engineering such as networking, e-governance and
technology based education. 10. Ethics and values in Engineering profession.
Note: The paper in General Studies and Engineering Aptitude will include Knowledge of relevant topics as may be expected
from an engineering graduate, without special study. Questions from all the 10 topics mentioned above shall be set. Marks
for each Topic may range from 5% to 15% of the total marks in the paper.
Mechanical Engineering
Contents for syllabi of both the Papers together for Preliminary Examination/ Stage-I (objective type Paper–II) and
separately for Main/ Stage-II Examination (Conventional type Paper-I and Paper – II).
PAPER – I
1 . 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.
2. Thermodynamics and Heat transfer:
Thermodynamic systems and processes; properties of pure substance; Zeroth, First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics;
Entropy, Irreversibility and availability; analysis of thermodynamic cycles related to energy conversion: Rankine, Otto, Diesel
and Dual Cycles; ideal and real gases; compressibility factor; Gas mixtures.
Modes of heat transfer, Steady and unsteady heat conduction, Thermal resistance, Fins, Free and forced convection, Correlations
for convective heat transfer, Radiative heat transfer – Radiation heat transfer co-efficient; boiling and condensation, Heat
exchanger performance analysis.
3. IC Engines, Refrigeration and Air conditioning:
SI and CI Engines, Engine Systems and Components, Performance characteristics and testing of IC Engines; Fuels; Emissions
and Emission Control. Vapour compression refrigeration, Refrigerants and Working cycles, Compressors, Condensers,
Evaporators and Expansion devices, Other types of refrigeration systems like Vapour Absorption, Vapour jet, thermo electric
and Vortex tube refrigeration. Psychometric properties and processes, Comfort chart, Comfort and industrial air conditioning,
Load calculations and Heat pumps.
4. Turbo Machinery:
Reciprocating and Rotary pumps, Pelton wheel, Kaplan and Francis Turbines, velocity diagrams, Impulse and Reaction
principles, Steam and Gas Turbines, Theory of Jet Propulsion – Pulse jet and Ram Jet Engines, Reciprocating and Rotary
Compressors – Theory and Applications
5. Power Plant Engineering:
Rankine and Brayton cycles with regeneration and reheat, Fuels and their properties, Flue gas analysis, Boilers, steam turbines
and other power plant components like condensers, air ejectors, electrostatic precipitators and cooling towers – their theory and
design, types and applications;
6. Renewable Sources of Energy:
Solar Radiation, Solar Thermal Energy collection - Flat Plate and focusing collectors their materials and performance. Solar
Thermal Energy Storage, Applications – heating, cooling and Power Generation; Solar Photovoltaic Conversion; Harnessing of
Wind Energy, Bio-mass and Tidal Energy – Methods and Applications, Working principles of Fuel Cells.
PAPER – II
[Link] 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
8clutches, 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.