SYLLABUS FOR UPSC ENGINEERING SERVICE EXAMINATION ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 2017
UPSC Engineering Services Examination 2017
Union Public Service Commission Engineering Services Examination 2017 Recruitment Notification is out and last date of online registration is 26 October 2016. Eligible and interested candidates can apply online on or before the
closing date of online registration. UPSC invited applications form B.Tech/Diploma holding candidates. The total number of vacancies to be filled approximately 440 in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering. The examination will be conducted in 3 different stages, I stage is a Preliminary Examination, in this stage paper will be of objective type. After qualifying stage 1 candidate will be called for Stage 2 and this stage is called as Mains Examination. Mains Examination will be of Conventional type papers. Those who able to clear this stage they will be called for stage 3 and this is the final stage of 200 Marks is also called as Personality Test. Selected candidates will join the following organization they are as.
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.
Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
Contents for syllabus 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-linear/non-linear;
Optical sources/detectors; Basics of Opto electronics and its applications.
2. Basic Electrical Engineering:
DC circuits-Ohm’s & Kirchoff’s laws, mesh and nodal analysis, circuit theorems; Electro-magnetism, Faraday’s & Lenz’s laws,
induced EMF and its uses; Single-phase AC circuits; Transformers, efficiency; Basics-DC machines, induction machines, and
synchronous machines; Electrical power sources- basics: hydroelectric, thermal, nuclear, wind, solar; Basics of batteries and their
uses.
3. Materials Science:
Electrical Engineering materials; Crystal structure & defects; Ceramic materials-structures, composites, processing and uses;
Insulating laminates for electronics, structures, properties and uses; Magnetic materials, basics, classification, ferrites, ferro/paramagnetic
materials and components; Nano materials-basics, preparation, purification, sintering, nano particles and uses; Nanooptical/
magnetic/electronic materials and uses; Superconductivity, uses.
4. Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation:
Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards; Analog and Digital systems for measurement, measuring
instruments for different applications; Static/dynamic characteristics of measurement systems, errors, statistical analysis and
curve fitting; Measurement systems for non-electrical quantities; Basics of telemetry; Different types of transducers and displays;
Data acquisition system basics.
5. Network Theory:
Network graphs & matrices; Wye-Delta transformation; Linear constant coefficient differential equations- time domain analysis
of RLC circuits;
Solution of network equations using Laplace transforms- frequency domain analysis of RLC circuits; 2-port network parametersdriving
point & transfer functions; State equations for networks; Steady state sinusoidal analysis.
6. Analog and Digital Circuits:
Small signal equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTS and FETs; Diode circuits for different uses; Biasing & stability of BJT & JFET
amplifier circuits; Analysis/design of amplifier- single/multi-stage; Feedback& uses; Active filters, timers, multipliers, wave
shaping, A/D-D/A converters; Boolean Algebra& uses; Logic gates, Digital IC families, Combinatorial/sequential circuits; Basics of multiplexers, counters/registers/ memories /microprocessors, design& applications.
PAPER – II
1. Analog and Digital Communication Systems:
Random signals, noise, probability theory, information theory; Analog versus digital communication & applications: Systems-
AM, FM, transmitters/receivers, theory/practice/ standards, SNR comparison; Digital communication basics: Sampling, quantizing,
coding, PCM, DPCM, multiplexing-audio/video; Digital modulation: ASK, FSK, PSK; Multiple access: TDMA, FDMA, CDMA;
Optical communication: fibre optics, theory, practice/standards.
2. Control Systems:
Classification of signals and systems; Application of signal and system theory; System realization; Transforms& their applications;
Signal flow graphs, Routh-Hurwitz criteria, root loci, Nyquist/Bode plots; Feedback systems-open &close loop types, stability
analysis, steady state, transient and frequency response analysis; Design of control systems, compensators, elements of lead/lag
compensation, PID and industrial controllers.
3. Computer Organization and Architecture:
Basic architecture, CPU, I/O organisation, memory organisation, peripheral devices, trends; Hardware /software issues; Data
representation& Programming; Operating systems-basics, processes, characteristics, applications; Memory management, virtual
memory, file systems, protection & security; Data bases, different types, characteristics and design; Transactions and concurrency
control; Elements of programming languages, typical examples.
4. Electro Magnetics:
Elements of vector calculus, Maxwell’s equations-basic concepts; Gauss’, Stokes’ theorems; Wave propagation through different
media; Transmission Lines-different types, basics, Smith’s chart, impedance matching/transformation, S-parameters, pulse
excitation, uses; Waveguides-basics, rectangular types, modes, cut-off frequency, dispersion, dielectric types; Antennas-radiation
pattern, monopoles/dipoles, gain, arrays-active/passive, theory, uses.
5. Advanced Electronics Topics:
VLSI technology: Processing, lithography, interconnects, packaging, testing; VLSI design: Principles, MUX/ROM/PLA-based
design, Moore & Mealy circuit design; Pipeline concepts & functions; Design for testability, examples; DSP: Discrete time
signals/systems, uses; Digital filters: FIR/IIR types, design, speech/audio/radar signal processing uses; Microprocessors &
microcontrollers, basics, interrupts, DMA, instruction sets, interfacing; Controllers & uses; Embedded systems.
6. Advanced Communication Topics:
Communication networks: Principles /practices /technologies /uses /OSI model/security; Basic packet multiplexed streams/scheduling;
Cellular networks, types, analysis, protocols (TCP/TCPIP); Microwave & satellite communication: Terrestrial/space type LOS systems,
block schematics link calculations, system design; Communication satellites, orbits, characteristics, systems, uses; Fibre-optic
communication systems, block schematics, link calculations, system design.
