Engineering Services Examination 2020 - IES Syllabus for ETE

Indian Engineering Services (IES), also known as Engineering Services Examination (ESE), is conducted annually by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The exam comprises of a written examination and interview. The recruitment is done to the services under different categories - Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. Candidates are required to apply for different posts as per their qualification. The article here is covering the IES Syllabus for ETE. Interested candidates must check the syllabus carefully and prepare for the exam accordingly.

IES Syllabus for ETE

Candidates are required to appear for their subject related paper in both Preliminary and Main phase of the examination. The syllabi for both the phases is common. Here is the syllabus for both Paper-I and Paper-II.

PAPER-I

Basic Electronics Engineering:

Basics of semiconductors, Diode/Transistor basics and characteristics, Diodes for different uses,  Transistor amplifiers of different types, Junction & Field Effect  Transistors  (BJTs,  JFETs,  MOSFETs),   oscillators and other circuits,  Bipolar, MOS and CMOS ICs, Basics of  Integrated Circuits  (ICs), Basics of linear ICs, operational amplifiers and their applications‐ linear/non‐linear; Optical sources/detectors, Basics of Optoelectronics and its applications. 

Basic Electrical Engineering:

DC circuits ohm’s & Kirchoff’s laws, circuit theorems, mesh and nodal analysis, Electromagnetism, Faraday’s & Lenz’s laws,  induced EMF and its uses, Single‐phase AC circuits, Transformers, efficiency, Electrical power sources‐ basics: hydroelectric, thermal, nuclear, wind, solar; Basics‐DC machines, induction machines, and synchronous machines, Basics of batteries and their uses.

Materials Science:

Electrical  Engineering materials;  Crystal structure  &  defects; composites,  processing and uses; Ceramic materials‐structures, Insulating laminates for electronics, structures, properties and uses; Nano materials‐basics, preparation, purification, sintering, nanoparticles and uses; Magnetic materials, basics, classification, ferrites,  Ferro/para‐magnetic materials and components; Nano‐optical/magnetic/electronic materials and uses; Superconductivity uses.

Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation:

Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards; Static/dynamic characteristics of measurement systems, errors, statistical analysis and curve fitting; Analog and Digital systems for measurement, measuring instruments for different applications; Measurement systems for non‐electrical quantities; Basics of telemetry; Different types of transducers and displays; Data acquisition system basics.

Network Theory:

Network graphs & matrices; Wye‐Delta transformation; Linear constant coefficient differential equations‐  time-domain analysis of RLC circuits; 2‐port  network parameters‐driving point & transfer functions; Solution of network equations using  Laplace transforms‐  frequency domain analysis of  RLC  circuits; State equations for networks; Steady state sinusoidal analysis. 

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; Feedback& uses; Analysis/design of amplifier‐ single/multi‐stage; Active filters, timers, multipliers, waveshaping, A/D‐D/A  converters; Boolean Algebra& uses; Combinatorial/sequential circuits;  Logic gates, Digital IC  families, Basics of multiplexers, counters/registers/ memories /microprocessors, design& applications.

PAPER-II

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.