ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PAPER – I

(For both objective and conventional types papers) 

1. EM Theory

Electric and magnetic fields. Gauss’s Law and Amperes Law. Fields in dielectrics, conductors and
magnetic materials. Maxwell’s equations. Time varying fields. Plane-Wave propagating in dielectric and
conducting media. Transmission lines. 
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2. Electrical Materials

Band Theory, Conductors, Semi-conductors and Insulators. Super-conductivity. Insulators for electrical
and electronic applications. Magnetic materials. Ferro and ferri magnetism. Ceramics, Properties and
applications. Hall effect and its applications. Special semi conductors. 

3. Electrical Circuits

Circuits elements. Kirchoff’s Laws. Mesh and nodal analysis. Network Theorems and applications. Natural
response and forced response. Transient response and steady state response for arbitrary inputs.
Properties of networks in terms of poles and zeros. Transfer function. Resonant circuits. Threephase
circuits. Two-port networks. Elements of two-element network synthesis. 

4. Measurements and Instrumentation

Units and Standards. Error analysis, measurement of current, Voltage, power, Power-factor and energy.
Indicating instruments. Measurement of resistance, inductance, Capacitance and frequency. Bridge
measurements. Electronic measuring instruments. Digital Voltmeter and frequency counter. Transducers
and their applications to the measurement of non-electrical quantities like temperature, pressure, flow-
rate displacement, acceleration, noise level etc. Data acquisition systems. A/D and D/A converters. 

5. CONTROL SYSTEMS.

Mathematical modelling of physical systems. Block diagrams and signal flow graphs and their reduction.
Time domain and frequency domain analysis of linear dynamical system. Errors for different type of
inputs and stability criteria for feedback systems. Stability analysis using Routh-Hurwitz array, Nyquist
plot and Bode plot. Root locus and Nicols chart and the estimation of gain and phase margin. Basic
concepts of compensator design. State variable matrix and its use in system modelling and design.
Sampled data system and performance of such a system with the samples in the error channel. Stability
of sampled data system. Elements of non-linear control analysis. Control system components,
electromechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic components.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PAPER – II

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1. Electrical Machines and Power Transformers 

Magnetic Circuits - Analysis and Design of Power transformers. Construction and testing. Equivalent circuits.

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Losses and efficiency. Regulation. Auto-transformer, 3-phase transformer. Parallel operation. 

Basic concepts in rotating machines. EMF, torque, basic machine types. Construction and operation,
leakage losses and efficiency. 
B.C. Machines. Construction, Excitation methods. Circuit models. Armature reaction and commutation.
Characteristics and performance analysis. Generators and motors. Starting and speed control. Testing,
Losses and efficiency. 
Synchronous Machines. Construction. Circuit model. Operating characteristics and performance analysis.
Synchronous reactance. Efficiency. Voltage regulation. Salient-pole machine, Parallel operation. Hunting.
Short circuit transients. 
Induction Machines. Construction. Principle of operation. Rotating fields. Characteristics and performance
analysis. Determination of circuit model. Circle diagram. Starting and speed control. 
Fractional KW motors. Single-phase synchronous and induction motors. 

2. Power systems 
Types of Power Stations, Hydro, Thermal and Nuclear Stations. Pumped storage plants. Economics and
operating factors. 

Power transmission lines. Modeling and performance characteristics. Voltage control. Load flow studies.
Optimal power system operation. Load frequency control. Symmetrical short circuit analysis. ZBus
formulation. Symmetrical Components. Per Unit representation. Fault analysis. Transient and steady-
state stability of power systems. Equal area criterion. 
Power system Transients. Power system Protection Circuit breakers. Relays. HVDC transmission. 

3. ANALOG AND DIGITAL ELECTRONICS AND CIRCUITS 

Semiconductor device physics, PN junctions and transistors, circuit models and parameters, FET, Zener,
tunnel, Schottky, photo diodes and their applications, rectifier circuits, voltage regulators and
multipliers, switching behavior of diodes and transistors. 
Small signal amplifiers, biasing circuits, frequency response and improvement, multistage amplifiers and
feed-back amplifiers, D.C. amplifiers, Oscillators. Large signal amplifiers, coupling methods, push pull
amplifiers, operational amplifiers, wave shaping circuits. Multivibrators and flip-flops and their
applications. Digital logic gate families, universal gates-combination circuits for arithmetic and logic
operational, sequential logic circuits. Counters, registers, RAM and ROMs. 

4. MICROPROCESSORS 
Microprocessor architecture-Instruction set and simple assembly language programming. Interfacing for
memory and I/O. Applications of Micro-processors in power system. 

5. COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 
Types of modulation; AM, FM and PM. Demodulators. Noise and bandwidth considerations. Digital
communication systems. Pulse code modulation and demodulation. Elements of sound and vision
broadcasting. Carrier communication. Frequency division and time division multiplexing, Telemetry
system in power engineering. 

6. POWER ELECTRONICS 
Power Semiconductor devices. Thyristor. Power transistor, GTOs and MOSFETS. Characteristics and
operation. AC to DC Converters; 1-phase and 3-phase DC to DC Converters; AC regulators. Thyristor
controlled reactors; switched capacitor networks. 
Inverters; single-phase and 3-phase. Pulse width modulation. Sinusoidal modulation with uniform
sampling. Switched mode power supplies.
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ENGINEERING PAPER - I

(For both objective and conventional type papers) 

1. Materials and Components : 

Structure and properties of Electrical Engineering materials; Conductors, Semiconductors and Insulators, magnetic,
Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric, Ceramic, Optical and Super-conducting materials.

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Passive components and characteristics Resistors, Capacitors and Inductors; Ferrites, Quartz crystal
Ceramic resonators, Electromagnetic and Electromechanical components. 
2. Physical Electronics, Electron Devices and ICs: 
Electrons and holes in semiconductors, Carrier Statistics, Mechanism of current flow in a semiconductor,
Hall effect; Junction theory; Different types of diodes and their characteristics; Bipolar Junction
transistor; Field effect transistors; Power switching devices like SCRs, GTOs, power MOSFETS; Basics of
ICs - bipolar, MOS and CMOS types; basic of Opto Electronics. 

3. Signals and Systems 

Classification of signals and systems: System modelling in terms of differential and difference equations;
State variable representation; Fourier series; Fourier transforms and their application to system
analysis; Laplace transforms and their application to system analysis; Convolution and superposition
integrals and their applications; Z-transforms and their applications to the analysis and characterisation
of discrete time systems; Random signals and probability, Correlation functions; Spectral density;
Response of linear system to random inputs. 

4. Network theory 
Network analysis techniques; Network theorems, transient response, steady state sinusoidal response;
Network graphs and their applications in network analysis; Tellegen’s theorem. Two port networks; Z, Y,
h and transmission parameters. Combination of two ports, analysis of common two ports. Network
functions : parts of network functions, obtaining a network function from a given part. Transmission
criteria : delay and rise time, Elmore’s and other definitions effect of cascading. Elements of network
synthesis. 

5. Electromagnetic Theory 
Analysis of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields; Laplace’s and Poisson’s equations; Boundary value
problems and their solutions; Maxwell’s equations; application to wave propagation in bounded and
unbounded media; Transmission lines : basic theory, standing waves, matching applications, microstrip
lines; Basics of wave guides and resonators; Elements of antenna theory. 

6. Electronic Measurements and instrumentation 

Basic concepts, standards and error analysis; Measurements of basic electrical quantities and
parameters; Electronic measuring instruments and their principles of working : analog and digital,
comparison, characteristics, application. Transducers; Electronic measurements of non electrical
quantities like temperature, pressure, humidity etc; basics of telemetry for industrial use. 

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ENGINEERING PAPER – II
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1. Analog Electronic Circuits : 

Transistor biasing and stabilization. Small signal analysis. Power amplifiers. Frequency response. Wide banding
techniques. Feedback amplifiers. Tuned amplifiers. Oscillators. Rectifiers and power supplies. Op Amp, PLL, other
linear integrated circuits and applications. Pulse shaping circuits and waveform generators. 

2. Digital Electronic Circuits : 

Transistor as a switching element; Boolean algebra, simplification of Boolean functions, Karnaguh map and
applications; IC Logic gates and their characteristics; IC logic families : DTL, TTL, ECL, NMOS, PMOS and CMOS gates
and their comparison; Combinational logic Circuits; Half adder, Full adder; Digital comparator; Multiplexer Demulti-
plexer; ROM an their applications. Flip flops. R-S, J-K, D and T flip-flops; Different types of counters and registers
Waveform generators. A/D and D/A converters. Semiconductor memories. 

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3. Control Systems : 
Transient and steady state response of control systems; Effect of feedback on stability and sensitivity;
Root locus techniques; Frequency response analysis. Concepts of gain and phase margins: Constant-M
and Constant-N Nichol’s Chart; Approximation of transient response from Constant-N Nichol’s Chart;
Approximation of transient response from closed loop frequency response; Design of Control Systems,
Compensators; Industrial controllers. 

4. Communication Systems : 
Basic information theory; Modulation and detection in analogue and digital systems; Sampling and data
reconstructions; Quantization & coding; Time division and frequency division multiplexing; Equalization;
Optical Communication : in free space & fiber optic; Propagation of signals at HF, VHF, UHF and
microwave frequency; Satellite Communication. 

5. Microwave Engineering : 
Microwave Tubes and solid state devices, Microwave generation and amplifiers, Waveguides and other
Microwave Components and Circuits, Microstrip circuits, Microwave Antennas, Microwave Measurements,
Masers, lasers; Microwave propagation. 
Microwave Communication Systems terrestrial and Satellite based. 

6. Computer Engineering : 
Number Systems. Data representation; Programming; Elements of a high level programming
languagePASCAL/C; Use of basic data structures; Fundamentals of computer architecture; Processor
design; Control unit design; Memory organisation, I/o System Organisation. Microprocessors :
Architecture and instruction set of Microprocessors 8085 and 8086, Assembly language Programming.
Microprocessor Based system design : typical examples. Personal computers and their typical uses.