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IES exam Syllabus for Civil Engineers
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February 27, 2009
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 This blog post is a continuing blog post on Indian Engineering Services (IES) exam for Civil Engineers: IES Exam (Civil Eng.) Pattern, Syllabus, Papers & Books and focus of this blog post is to provide you the Syllabus for (IES) exam for Civil Engineers.
The same has been reproduced below in ditto from the UPSC IES exam notification
CIVIL ENGINEERING PAPER-I
(Common to both objective and conventional type papers)
1. BUILDING MATERIALS
Timber : Different types and species of structural timber, density-moisture relationship, strength in different directions, defects, influence of defects on permissible stress, preservation, dry and wet rots, codal provisions for design, Plywood.
Bricks : Types, Indian Standard classification, absorption, saturation factor, strength in masonry, influence of morter strength on masonry strength.
Cement : Compounds of, different types, setting times, strength.
Cement Mortar : Ingredients, proportions, water demand, mortars for plastering and masonry.
Concrete : Importance of W/C Ratio, Strength, ingredients including admixtures, workability, testing for strength, elasticity, non-destructive testing, mix design methods.
2. SOLID MECHANICS
Elastic constants, stress, plane stress, Mohr’s circle of stress, strains, plane strain, Mohr’s circle of strain, combined stress; Elastic theories of failure; Simple bending, shear; Torsion of circular and rectangular sections and simple members.
3. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Analysis of determinate structures - different methods including graphical methods.
Analysis of indeterminate skeletal frames - moment distribution, slope-deflection, stiffness and force methods, energy methods, Muller-Breslau principle and application.
Plastic analysis of indeterminate beams and simple frames - shape factors.
4. DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES
Principles of working stress method. Design of connections, simple members, Built-up sections and frames, Design of Industrial roofs. Principles of ultimate load design. Design of simple members and frames.
5. DESIGN OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES
Limit state design for bending, shear, axial compression and combined forces. Codal provisions for slabs, beams, walls and footings. Working stress method of design of R.C. members.
Principles of prestressed concrete design, materials, methods of prestressing, losses. Design of simple members and determinate structures. Introductions to prestressing of indeterminate structures.
Design of brick masonry as per I.S. Codes.
6. CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE, PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
Concreting Equipment:
Weight Batcher, Mixer, vibrator, batching plant, concrete pump.
Cranes, hoists, lifting equipment.
Earthwork Equipment :
Power shovel, hoe, dozer, dumper, trailers and tractor, rollers, sheep foot rollers, pumps.
Construction, Planning and Management :
Bar chart, linked bar chart, work-break down structures, Activity - on - arrow diagrams. Critical path, probabilistic activity durations; Event-based networks.
PERT network: Time-cost study, crashing; Resource allocation.
CIVIL ENGINEERING PAPER-II
(Common to both objective and conventional type papers)
1. (a) FLUID MECHANICS, OPEN CHANNEL FLOW, PIPE FLOW:
Fluid Properties, Pressure, Thrust, Buoyancy; Flow Kinematics; Integration of flow equations; Flow measurement; Relative motion; Moment of momentum; Viscosity, Boundary layer and Control, Drag, Lift; dimensional Analysis, Modelling; Cavitation; Flow oscillations; Momentum and Energy principles in Open channel flow, Flow controls, Hydraulic jump, Flow sections and properties; Normal flow, Gradually varied flow; Surges; Flow development and losses in pipe flows, Measurements; Siphons; Surges and Water hammer; Delivery of Power Pipe networks.
(b) HYDRAULIC MACHINES AND HYDROPOWER:
Centrifugal pumps, types, performance parameters, scaling, pumps in parallel; Reciprocating pumps, air vessels, performance parameters; Hydraulic ram; Hydraulic turbines, types, performance parameters, controls, choice; Power house, classification and layout, storage, pondage, control of supply.
2. (a) HYDROLOGY :
Hydrological cycle, precipitation and related data analyses, PMP, unit and synthetic hydrographs; Evaporation and transpiration; Floods and their management, PMF; Streams and their gauging; River morphology; Routing of floods; Capacity of Reservoirs.
(b) WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING :
Water resources of the globe: Multipurpose uses of Water: Soil-Plant-Water relationships, irrigation systems, water demand assessment; Storages and their yields, ground water yield and well hydraulics; Waterlogging, drainage design; Irrigation revenue; Design of rigid boundary canals, Lacey’s and Tractive force concepts in canal design, lining of canals; Sediment transport in canals; Non-Overflow and overflow sections of gravity dams and their design, Energy dissipators and tailwater rating; Design of headworks, distribution works, falls, cross-drainage works, outlets; River training.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
3. (a) WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING :
Sources of supply, yields, design of intakes and conductors; Estimation of demand; Water quality standards; Control of Water-borne diseases; Primary and secondary treatment, detailing and maintenance of treatment units; Conveyance and distribution systems of treated water, leakages and control; Rural water supply; Institutional and industrial water supply.
(b) WASTE WATER ENGINEERING:
Urban rain water disposal; Systems of sewage collection and disposal; Design of sewers and sewerage systems; pumping; Characteristics of sewage and its treatment, Disposal of products of sewage treatment, streamflow rejuvenation Institutional and industrial sewage management; Plumbing Systems; Rural and semi-urban sanitation.
(c) SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Sources, classification, collection and disposal; Design and Management of landfills.
(d) AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION AND ECOLOGY:
Sources and effects of air pollution, monitoring of air pollution; Noise pollution and standards; Ecological chain and balance, Environmental assessment.
4 (a) SOIL MECHANICS:
Properties of soils, classification and interrelationship; Compaction behaviour, methods of compaction and their choice; Permeability and seepage, flow nets, Inverted filters; Compressibility and consolidation; Shearing resistance, stresses and failure; soil testing in laboratory and in-situ; Stress path and applications; Earth pressure theories, stress distribution in soil; soil exploration, samplers, load tests, penetration tests.
(b) FOUNDATION ENGINEERING :
Types of foundations, Selection criteria, bearing capacity, settlement, laboratory and field tests; Types of piles and their design and layout, Foundations on expansive soils, swelling and its prevention, foundation on swelling soils.
5. (a) SURVEYING :
Classification of surveys, scales, accuracy; Measurement of distances - direct and indirect methods; optical and electronic devices; Measurement of directions, prismatic compass, local attraction; Theodolites - types; Measurement of elevations - Spirit and trigonometric levelling; Relief representation; Contours; Digital elevation modelling concept; Establishment of control by triangulations and traversing - measurements and adjustment of observations, computation of coordinates; Field astronomy, Concept of global positioning system; Map preparation by plane tabling and by photogrammetry; Remote sensing concepts, map substitutes.
(b) TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING :
Planning of highway systems, alignment and geometric design, horizontal and vertical curves, grade separation; Materials and construction methods for different surfaces and maintenance: Principles of pavement design; Drainage.
Traffic surveys, Intersections, signalling: Mass transit systems, accessibility, networking.
Tunnelling, alignment, methods of construction, disposal of muck, drainage, lighting and ventilation, traffic control, emergency management.
Planning of railway systems, terminology and designs, relating to gauge, track, controls, transits, rolling stock, tractive power and track modernisation; Maintenance; Appurtenant works; Containerisation.
Harbours - layouts, shipping lanes, anchoring, location identification; Littoral transport with erosion and deposition; sounding methods; Dry and Wet docks, components and operational Tidal data and analyses.
Airports - layout and orientation; Runway and taxiway design and drainage management; Zoning laws; Visual aids and air traffic control; Helipads, hangers, service equipment.
Although this is the syllabus for IES Exam-2009, future IES aspirants can also use it as the reference syllabus for IES Exam-2010/2011 and also future IES exams.Labels: IES Exam, UPSC Engineering Services Exam |
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February 27, 2009
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BSNL JTO Exam Pattern, Sample Papers, Books
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February 20, 2009
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This blog post follows two of my previous blog post on BSNL JTO Exam titled: BSNL JTO-2009: Notification, Eligibility & Forms & BSNL JTO Exam Syllabus – one giving you the introductory information on BSNL JTO exam, eligibilities, how to apply for the JTO exam while the other gives you the syllabus of BSNL JTO exam.
The focus of this particular blog post is to help you prepare for the exam – by telling you about the exam pattern of BSNL JTO exam and giving you’re the sources of sample papers & available books.
Exam pattern of BSNL JTO exam:
Selection process of BSNL JTO exam consists of a written exam on all-India basis. There are 3 sections in the written test, to be answered in 3 hours without any gap in between the individual sections.
BSNL JTO exam questions are of multiple choice objective type questions, the standards of which are those of Engineering Examinations of an Indian University. Syllabus for the three JTO vacancies i.e. JTO (Civil), JTO (Electrical), JTO (Telecom) can be found from this previous blog post.
Of the 3 sections of the BSNL JTO written test, first two sections contain questions of the individual Engineering stream, with 50 questions in each section. While the third section contains General Ability questions from general English, current affairs, events and developments in Tele Communications, History of India and Geography.
Thus 120 questions of say JTO (Civil) would have following exam pattern:
Section - I: Civil Engineering Stream :50 questions
Section - II: Civil Engineering Stream :50 questions
Section - III: General Ability Test :20 questions
Same exam pattern follows for JTO (Electrical) & JTO (Telecom) also.
Based on the relative performance of all candidates and number of vacancies, BSNL would decide the minimum qualifying marks for candidates category-wise (i.e. OC/OBC/SC/ST/PH) for each section and also in the aggregate. To be selected in the JTO exam, candidates would have to score above this cut-off mark in each individual sections as well as in aggregate.
BSNL JTO exam online sample papers:
If you are thinking seriously about appearing in the BSNL JTO exam, naturally you might be wondering where to get those sample/model/past years papers of BSNL JTO exam?
I did the search for you on the net and came out with following results. The quality of not all these BSNL JTO exam sample papers is best and you might have to use them with a pinch of salt, using them for exposure only. Your main preparation material for BSNL JTO exam should be based on books given in the next section.
Placementpapers.net
It has one BSNL JTO Exam sample papers. Click here to view this online sample papers of BSNL JTO Exam.
Freshershome.com
It has few BSNL JTO Exam sample papers. Click here to view these online sample papers of BSNL JTO Exam.
I found that almost all the BSNL JTO sample papers posted on these sites are for the JTO (Telecom) & JTO (Electrical) engineering stream and could not find any sample papers for engineering streams of JTO (Civil). If you find any, kindly post it as a comment below.
However, as the General Ability section is common to all streams, it can be found from all the above papers, question No.101-120.
Books for preparation for BSNL JTO exam:
I found following books could be useful to you for BSNL JTO exam. These books are available in most of the bookstores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links below, from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts from 10% to 25%, apart from free shipping/postage in India. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep:
Galgotia Question Bank in Electronics and Communication Engineering by Prem R.Chadha & Sarita Chadha
Cover Price: Rs. 400/=, Offer Price: Rs. 300/=, Discount: 25%
Upkars BSNL Junior Telecom Officers Recruitment Examination by P. K. Mishra & Jain.
Cover Price: Rs. 145/=.
Ramesh MTNL Elect & Tele Comm. Engg Guide by RPH Editorial Board
Cover Price: Rs. 425/=, Offer Price: Rs. 383/=, Discount: Rs. 42/= (10%)
Ramesh MTNL Computer Sc. Engg Guide by RPH Editorial Board
Cover Price: Rs. 460/=, Offer Price: Rs. 414/=, Discount: Rs. 46/= (10%)
GK Publishers Guide to BSNL Jr. Telecom Officers Examination (JTO)
Cover Price: Rs. 450/=, Offer Price: Rs. 396/=, Discount: Rs. 54/= (12%)
Above concludes this post on BSNL JTO Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books. Hope these would help you in appearing for the exam confidently. I would be on the look out for more BSNL JTO Exam sample papers and would post them here as I find them. So please check back later here again.
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BSNL JTO Exam Syllabus
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February 18, 2009
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The focus of this particular blog post is on providing you the syllabus for BSNL JTO Exam, reproduced from the BSNL JTO-2009 notification, which can be downloaded from here. The content below is reproduced for both the aspirants of BSNL JTO-2009 aspirants as well as for future aspirants, as the same syllabus can be used as the syllabus for BSNL JTO-2010/2011 in their preparation for the exam.
BSNL JTO exam consists of a 3 hour objective exam, consisting of three sections –
Section:1 & Section:2 contains questions from Engineering stream with 50 questions each, while Section-3 contains 20 questions on general English & GK.
Syllabus for the JTO Engineering streams are given below JTO stream-wise, while syllabus for Section-3 (on English & GK) is given at the end.
Syllabus for BSNL Junior Telecom Officers (JTO) - (Telecom)
SECTION - I : 50 QUESTIONS
1. Materials and components
Structure and properties of Electronic Engineering materials, Conductors, Semiconductors and Insulators, Magnetic, Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric, Ceramic, Optical and Superconducting materials. 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, Mechanics of current flow in a semi-conductor, Hall effect; Junction theory; Different types of diodes and their characteristics; Bipolar Junction transistor; Field effect transistors; Power switching devices like SCRs, CTOs, power MOSFETs; Basics of ICs-bipolar, MOS and CMOS types; Basics of Opto Electronics.
3. Network theory
Network analysis techniques: Network theorem, transcient and steady state sinusoidal response, Transmission criteria: delay and rise time Elmore’s and other definition, effect of cascading. Elements of network synthesis.
4. Electromagnetic Theory
Transmission lines: basic theory, standing waves, matching applications, microstrip lines; Basics of waveguides and resonators; Elements of antenna theory.
5. 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, applications. Transducers; Electronic measurements of non-electrical quantities like temperature, pressure, humidity etc. Basics of telemetry for industrial use.
6. Power Electronics
Power Semiconductor devices, Thyristor, Power transistor, MOSFETs, Characteristics and operation. AC to DC convertors; 1-Phase and 3-phase DC to DC Convertors.
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.
SECTION-II: 50 QUESTIONS
1. Analog Electronic Circuits
Transistor biasing and stabilization, Small Signal analysis. Power amplifiers. Frequency response, Wide band techniques, Feedback amplifiers. Tuned amplifiers. Oscillators. Rectifiers and power supplies. Operational Amplifier, 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, Karnaugh 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 Compartor; Multiplexer Demultiplexer; ROM and 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 convertors. Semiconductor memories.
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 reconstruction. Quantization & Coding; Time division and frequency division multiplexing; Equalisation; Optical Communication: in free space & fibre 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 Propogation. Microwave Communication Systems-terrestrial and satellite based.
6. Computer Engineering
Number Systems; Data representation; Programming; Elements of a high level programming language PASCAL/C; use of basic data structures; Fundamentals of computer architecture processor design; Control unit design; Memory organization. I/O System Organization. Personal computers and their typical uses.
7. Microprocessors
Microprocessor architecture - Instruction set and simple assembly language programming. Interfacing for memory and I/O. Applications of Microprocessors in Telecommunications and power system.
Syllabus for BSNL Junior Telecom Officers (JTO) - (Civil)
SECTION-I: 50 QUESTIONS
1. BUILDING MATERIAL:
Timber: Different types and species of structural timber, density-moisture relationship, strength in different directions, defects, influence of defects on permissible stress, preservation, dry and wet rots, plywood, codal provision for design.
Bricks: Types, Indian standard classification, absorption, saturation factor, strength in masonry, influence of mortar strength and masonary strength.
Cement: Compounds, different types, setting times, strength.
Cement Mortar: Ingredients, proportions, water demands, mortar for plastering and masonry.
Concrete: Importance of W/C ratio, strength, ingredients including admixtures, workability, testing, elasticity, non-destructive testing mix design method.
2. SOLID MECHANICS
Elastic constants, stress, plane stress, Mohr’s circle of stress, strains, plain strain, Mohr’s circle of strain, combined stress. Elastic theories of Failure, simple and shear bending, Torsion of circular and rectangular section and simple members.
3. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Analysis of determinate structures- different methods including graphical methods. Analysis of indeterminate skeletal frames- moment distribution, slope deflection, stiffness and force methods, energy methods. Muller-Breslau principal and application. Plastic analysis of indeterminate beams and simple frames-shape factors.
4. DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES
Principle of working stress method. Design of connections of simple members. Built up sections and frames. Design of Industrial roofs. Principles of ultimate load design. Design of members and frames.
5. DESIGN OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES.
Limit state design for bending, shear, axial compression and combined forces, Codal provisions for slabs, beams, walls and footings. Working stress method of design of R.C. members.
Principles of prestressed concrete design, material, method of prestressing losses. Design of simple members and determinates structures. Introductions to prestressing of indeterminate structures.
Design of brick masonary as per I.S. codes.
6. CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE, PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT.
Concreting Equipment:
Weight batcher, Mixer, vibrator, batching plant, concrete pump.
Cranes, hoists, lifting equipment.
Earthwork Equipment:
Power shovel, hoe, dozer, dumper, trailers and tractors, rollers, sheep foot rollers, pumps.
Construction, planning and Management:
Bar chart, linked bar chart, work break down structures, Activity-on-arrow diagrams. Critical path, probabilistic activity durations; Event-based networks.
PERT network: Time-cost study, crashing; Resource allocation.
SECTION- II 50 QUESTIONS
1. (a) FLUID MECHANICS, OPEN CHANNEL, PIPE FLOW:
Fluid properties, pressure, thrust, Buoyancy, Flow Kinematics, integration, of flow equation, Flow measurement, Relative motion, Moment of momentum, Viscosity, Boundary layer and control, Drag, Lift, Dimensional analysis, Modeling, Cavitations, Flow oscillations, Momentum and Energy principles, in open cannel flow, Flow control, Hydraulic jump, Flow section and properties, Normal flow, Gradually varied flow, Flow development and losses in pipe flows, Measurements, Siphons, Surges and Water hammer, Delivery of Power Pipe networks.
(b) HYDRAULIC MACHINES AND HYDROPOWER
Centrifugal pumps, performance parameters, scaling, pumps in parallel, Reciprocating pumps, air vessels, performance parameters;
2. (a) HYDROLOGY:
Hydrological cycle, precipitation and related data analysis, PMP, unit and synthetic hydrographs, Evaporation and transpiration, floods and their management, PMG, Streams and their gauging, .River morphology. Rooting of floods, Capacity of reservoirs.
(b) WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING:
Water resources of the globe: Multipurpose uses of Water, Soil Plant water relationships, irrigation systems, water demand assessment, Storage and their yields, ground water yield and well Hydraulics, Water logging, drainage design, Irrigation revenue, Design of rigid boundary canals, Lacey’ and Tractive force concepts in canal design, lining of canals; Sediment transport in canals; Non-Overflow and overflow sections of gravity dams and their design, Energy dissipaters and tail water rating, Design of head works, distribution work, falls, cross-drainage work, outlets, River training.
ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING
3. (a)WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING.
Sources of supply, yield, design of intakes and conductors, Estimation of demand, Water quality standards, Control of water born diseases. Primary and secondary treatment, detailing and maintenance of treatment units. Conveyance and distribution systems of treated water, leakage and control, Rural water supply, Institutional and Industrial water supply.
(b) WASTE WATER ENGINEERING
Urban rain water disposal, system of sewage collection and disposal, Design of sewers and sewerages systems, pumping, Characteristic of sewage and its treatment, Disposal of products of sewage treatment, stream flow rejuvenation, Institutional and industrial sewage management, plumbing system, Rural and semi-urban sanitation.
( c) SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Sources, classification, collection and disposal, Design and Management of landfills.
(d) AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION AND ECOLOGY.
Sources and effects of air pollution, monitoring of Air pollution, Noise-pollution and standards; Ecological Chain and balance, Environmental assessment.
4. (a) SOIL MECHANICS
Properties of soils, classification and interrelationship, Compaction behavior, method of compaction and their choice, Permeability and seepage, flow nets, Inverter filters, Compressibility and consolidation ,shearing resistance, stresses and failure, SO testing in laboratory and in-situ, Stress path and applications, Earth pressure theories, stress distribution in soil, soil exploration, samplers, load tests ,penetration tests.
(b) FOUNDATION ENGINEERING
Type of foundations, Selection criteria, bearing capacity, settlement, laboratory and field test, Types of piles and their design and layout, Foundations on expansive soils, swelling and it prevention , foundation on swelling soils.
5. (a) SURVEYING
Classification of surveys, scales, accuracy, Measurement of distances-direct and indirect methods, optical and electronic devices, Measurement of directions, prismatic compass, local attraction, Theodolites-types Measurment of elevations, Spirit and trigonometric leveling, Relief representation,Contours,Digital elevation modeling concept, Establishment of control by triangulations and traversing measurements and adjustment of observations, computation of coordinates, Field astronomy, concept of global positioning system, Map preparation by plane tabling and by photogrammetry, Remote sensing concepts, map substitutes.
(b) TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
Planning of highway systems, alignment and geometric design, horizontal and vertical curves, grade separation, Materials and construction methods for different surfaces and maintenance, Principles of pavement design, Drainage.
Traffic surveys, intersections, signalling, Mass transit systems, accessibility, networking.
Planning of railway systems, terminology and designs, relating to gauge, track controls, transits, rolling stock, tractive power and track modernization, Maintenance Appurtenant works, Containerisation.
Syllabus for BSNL Junior Telecom Officers (JTO) - (Electrical)
SECTION-I: 50 QUESTIONS
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.
2. Electrical Materials
Band Theory, Conductors, Semi-conductors. and Insulators. Superconductivity. Insulators for electrical and electronic applications. Magnetic materials. Ferro and ferri magnetism. Ceramics, Properties and applications. Hall effect alJd 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. Three phase 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. AID and D/A converters.
5. Control System
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.
SECTION-II: 50 QUESTIONS
1. Electrical Machines and Power Transformers
Magnetic Circuits - Analysis and Design of Power transformers. Construction and testing. Equivalent circuits. 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.
D.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. . tiunting. 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. Microprocessor
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; 1phase 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.
BSNL JTO Syllabus for Section-III (General ability test): 20 questions
Common to all JTO streams
The candidate’s comprehension and understanding of General English shall be tested through simple exercises. Questions on knowledge of current events and of such matter of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person. Questions will also be included on events and developments in Telecommunications, History of India and Geography. These will be of a nature, which can be answered without special study by an educated person.
As was told in the beginning of this blog post, although this is the syllabus for BSNL JTO-2009 exam, the same can be used as the syllabus for BSNL JTO-2010/2011 exam in your preparation for the exam.
My next blog post gives you more material for preparation of BSNL JTO exam – by giving you the pattern of exam of BSNL JTO exam and sample papers & books. Please do visit me again.Labels: BSNL JTO Exam |
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BSNL JTO-2009: Notification, Eligibility & Forms
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February 17, 2009
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BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) time to time issues recruitment notification for jobs like Telecom Technical Assistant, Management Trainees etc. as there is huge demand for the skilled manpower. It has issued recruitment notification for Junior Telecom Officer (JTO) just today (16Th Feb, 2009) and there is a huge vacancy of 3945 JTO’s as per BSNL JTO-2009 notification.
Click here to download this BSNL JTO-2009 notification-cum-application form.
Important information from above notification is summarized in this blog post, while focus of my next blog post would be to help you prepare for this BSNL JTO-2009 exam with online sample papers & books.
Vacancies as per BSNL JTO-2009 notification:
Category-wise vacancies as per above notification is as follows:
JTO(Telecom):Total Vacancies: 3545
Category-wise Breakup: SC: 459 ST:239 OBC:989 General:1858
JTO(Civil): Total Vacancies: 200
Category-wise Breakup: SC:23 ST:16 OBC:69 General:92
JTO(Electrical):Total Vacancies: 200
Category-wise Breakup: SC:15 ST:30 OBC:55 General:100
Salaries offered for BSNL JTO:
Salary being offered by BSNL for these post of J.T.O. is in the pay-scale of Rs. 9850-250-14600 (pay-scale is likely to be revised).
BSNL JTO-2009 notification important dates:
Date of JTO-2009 form availability: 16th February, 2009.
Last date of receipt of filled-in application at BSNL Telecom Circles: 6th April, 2009.
Date of JTO-2009 written exam: 21st June, 2009.
BSNL Service Bond:
If you are recruited, you would need to execute a Service Bond in the format specified by the BSNL indicating your willingness to serve the Telecom Circle allotted and Corporation for a period of at least 5 years from the date of your appointment as a JTO.
Eligibilities for BSNL JTO-2009 exam:
Age eligibility:
Maximum 30 years as on 6th April, 2009. (i.e. on the closing date for receipt of applications). Age relaxations exist as per Govt. rule.
Academic eligibility: You must posses following qualifications as on 31.12.2009
Eligibilities for BSNL JTO (Telecom):
BE/B. Tech or equivalent Engineering degree in any of the disciplines of Telecommunication, Electronics, Radio, Computer, Electrical or Information Technology.
Eligibilities for BSNL JTO (Civil):
BE/B. Tech or equivalent Engineering degree in Civil Engineering.
Eligibilities for BSNL JTO (Electrical):
BE/B. Tech or equivalent Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering.
Final year degree students may also apply provided they possesses the required educational qualification by 31.12.2009. The qualifications achieved must be from a recognized Institution/University.
If you meet the above eligibilities, you may naturally want to apply for this BSNL exam. Following section tells you that precisely.
How to apply for BSNL JTO-2009 exam:
At first download the application form for BSNL JTO-2009 exam from this link. The application form is a part of BNSL exam notification and is available from Page-9 to page-11. Print the same in A4-size paper.
If you do not belong to the categories of SC/ST/PH, you need to pay the BSNL JTO-2009 examination fee of Rs.750/- in the form of Demand Draft (DD). Now in whose favour this DD to be made and where should the completed BSNL JTO form should be sent?
There are 27 BSNL Territorial Telecom Circles and you need to send your completed application forms to any of these circles (naturally you would choose the one nearest to you. Won’t you?). You should also make the DD for BSNL JTO-2009 examination fee in favour of Senior Accounts Officer/Accounts Officer of that telecom circle. You would find the list of these telecom circles in Annexure-A of the BSNL JTO-2009 notification (page-12 to 15).
List of enclosures to be sent with BSNL JTO-2009 application form:
a. Three identical passport size photographs out of which one should be pasted (not stapled or pinned) on the application form, duly attested, and the other two attached to the application (not to be pasted or attested)
b. Two self addressed unstamped envelopes of 27 x 12 cms size
c. Bank Draft for Rs.750/- (payable at par at the station of submitting the application) - (Not required for SC/ST/PH candidates)
d. Medical certificate in respect of Physically Handicapped candidates
e. Certificate of Apprentice training if undertaken in BSNL successfully.
The envelope containing application form and enclosures should be marked “Application for J.T.Os (Telecom) Examination-2009” OR “Application for J.T.Os (Civil) Examination-2009” OR “Application for J.T.Os (Electrical) Examination-2009”, as the case may be, in bold letters on top of the envelope.
It should be sent by Registered post, so that it reaches the respective BSNL Telecom Circles on or before 6th April, 2009.
Hope above information on BSNL JTO-2009 Notification, eligibility and how to apply would help you in applying for the BSNL JTO-2009 with confidence. My next blog post would help you prepare for the exam with BSNL JTO-2009 exam pattern, sample papers and list of books. You may be interested to visit that blog post!Labels: BSNL JTO Exam |
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February 17, 2009
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Indian Forest Service (IFS) exam: an Introduction
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February 15, 2009
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The Indian Forest Service (IFS) is one of the three all India services of the Indian government, the other two being Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service. Although IFS officers are recruited by the central government through UPSC, the officers serve both the state governments and the Central Government, just like an IAS or IPS officer.
UPSC (Union Public Service Commission), the apex recruitment organisation of Indian government conducts the Indian Forest Service (IFS) exam every year in the second Saturday of July, the notification for which has just been published. This blog post and next few posts would focus on helping you get prepared for the IFS exam.
Every year 30 to 35 young persons joins IFS to take care of 6,35,400 square kilometer of Indian forest land (which is about 22.27 percent of the country). The recruitment is held through a six paper written test of 1400 marks, followed by a 300 mark Interview for those within the merit list.
IFS training programs:
What happens after some one gets selected in the IFS exam?
Well, they are put through an elaborate training programs as below:
4 months Induction program at Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun.
4 months Foundational Course at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie.
16 months Professional program at at IGNFA, where core forestry subjects are taught.
8 months at their respective state cadres for On the Job Training (OJT) to learn practical applications and skills on professional issues taught to them in the Academy.
4 months Advance Phase at IGNFA during which they present a project carried out by them during OJT and take up modules on specialized modern forestry skills required to deliver the job with a desirable standard.
You can learn more about the post-selection IFS officers training from this IGNFA link.
On completion of four year probationary period, IFS probationers are posted as the Deputy Conservators of Forests or Divisional Forest Officers in charge of districts/forest divisions.
Rank & Salaries of IFS officers:
Rank & Salaries of IFS officers (as per 5th Central Pay Commission) are as below:
Deputy Conservator of Forests: Rs. 14300-18300
Conservator of Forests (CFs): Rs. 16400-20000
Chief Conservator of Forests: Rs. 18400-22400
Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests: Rs. 22400-24500
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCFs): Rs. 24050-26000
Source: IFS, Ministry of Environment & Forest website.
Past statistics of IFS exam:
If you are an IFS aspirant, you must naturally would like to know how many people applies for IFS exam, how many appears in it and how many finally gets selected in the IFS exam.
Following data, taken from UPSC Annual Report 2005-06, gives you exactly this information (click on it to enlarge):
As you can see from the above statistics of IFS exam, almost 25% of people who applies for the IFS exam does not appears in the IFS written exam. Around 1% of those appearing in the IFS written exam are called for the interview. Around 25%-40% of those appearing in the interview are selected finally for the IFS.
With above IFS exam statistics, you should be happy that most of your competitors abandons the race, even before the race begins!
Labels: Indian Forest Service (IFS) exam, UPSC Exam |
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February 15, 2009
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BHEL Jobs: Interview Questions
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February 04, 2009
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 Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), the premier engineering and manufacturing PSU in India, recruits executives/staffs from time to time, both in technical as well as in non-technical areas, such as for HR, Finance etc. Many of my blog readers asked me to tell them how they should prepare for BHEL Interview (I mean Personal Interview).
The focus of this blog post is therefore to tell you that: How to prepare for BHEL Interview with some sample interview questions. This blog post has also been necessitated because of recent BHEL notification for Executives & Supervisors positions in IT, Civil & Tech. Services disciplines with work experience, as the selection is based on Interview alone! You can find more about this BHEL notification in my previous post: “ BHEL ET Recruitment 2011-2012 Notification, Eligibility & Forms”.
Also, although this post is titled “BHEL Jobs: Interview Questions”, you may find the content useful for preparation for any other job interviews.
At first, let me tell you that an Interview is conducted by the Interviewer so as to fill their need of the right employee – so when you are called for an interview, Interviewer is not doing you exactly a favour – just as you need the job, they also needs you, provided you can satisfy their requirement.
If you are appearing for a first time interview, than get the basics of an interview process by going through this previous blog post of mine: Interview for Jobs. It tells you in general, what are the things an interviewer looks for in you..
With above basics of an interview, let us try to understand from which angles questions can be asked to you. All the questions that are asked to you in the interview emanates from following three areas:
1.0 What are you?
2.0 How much you know about us? Why do you want to join us?
3.0 Why do you think you have the capability to join us?
As I said earlier, these question area are not restricted to BHEL interview question alone, but for any kind of job interviews.
How and where do you find the type of questions on these three areas and how to prepare for them? Well, I can only point you to the sources where you can find information on them, but rest is your headache: You need to prepare yourself by organizing mock-interviews…
Interview Questions on “What are you?” area:
These are the questions which are asked at the very beginning of an interview, mainly to put an interviewee at ease. But sometimes a simple question like “What are your strong points?” can be very tough to answer, if you do not prepare for the question, since there would be follow-up question on these type of questions.
Some sample questions on “What are you?” area are as follows:
1).Tell us about yourself.
2).How would you describe your personality?
3).What are your strong points?
4).What are your weak points?
5).How did you do in school?
6).What experience do you have?
7).According to your definition of success, how successful have you been so far?
8).What are your most significant accomplishments in your life so far?
9).Would you describe a few situations in which your work was criticized?
10).What do you look for in a job?
You can find 99 more such questions on my previous blog post “Interview for Jobs”.
Interview Questions on “How much you know about us? Why do you want to join us?” area:
These are the questions asked to you to find how much proactive you are – how much information you have about a family (the organisation) which you want to be part of. If you do not have these information, your answers to these questions would mean that you want a job desperately and that is why you are sitting before them!
You can find information about an organisation from the “About us” page of the organizations website. For example, for BHEL Interview questions, you can find more information from this page of BHEL website. In that page, you can find more about BHEL from the following link options as shown below:
 Another great source where you can find about an organisation is Wikipedia. For example, to find about BHEL in Wikipedia, just search “wiki BHEL” in Google as shown below:
 Once if you know about the organisation, you will be at ease to answer why you want to join the organisation, by linking your strengths/interests/experiences to the services provided by the orgainsation.
Interview Questions on “Why do you think you have the capability to join us?” area:
These are the questions which are supposed to be the most difficult to answer, as you have to convince the interviewer that you have the knowledge, aptitude, experience to meet their requirements.
These interview questions are mostly drawn from your field of expertise. And hence you should have proper knowledge on it.
For example, for the BHEL positions of Executives & Supervisors in IT discipline, your academic qualification requirement is a Masters/Bachelor Degree in Computer Science/IT and hence you should have proper knowledge on Computer Science/IT to answer the BHEL Interview questions on Computer Science/IT.
Since these questions would vary depending on your own area of expertise, let me limit myself to finding some sample interview questions for these BHEL positions in IT, Civil & Tech.Services disciplines.
BHEL Interview questions for IT discipline:
You can find some IT interview questions from this link of interviewdoor.com.
And from this geekinterview.com page, find interview questions in the IT area of your own expertise.
Interview questions for Civil discipline:
I could not find any BHEL specific interview questions for Civil Engineering. But I found some 61 good Civil Engineering Interview Questions in this geekinterview.com link.
BHEL Interview questions for Tech.Services discipline (Instrumentation/Physics/Electronics):
I found following three sources where you can find Interview questions for Tech.Services discipline:
123eng.com
placementpapers.net
But I found this geekinterview.com source to be having better collections of interview questions with 97 Electronics Engineering Interview Questions.
Hope above prep materials (interview questions) for BHEL Interview helps you in preparing for the interview. As I said before, above preparation plan (i.e. finding materials for the three question areas) can be used for any sort of job-interview questions and not only for BHEL Interview.
Best wishes!Labels: BHEL Jobs |
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February 04, 2009
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RRB Chandigarh: Notification/Eligibility/Forms
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February 01, 2009
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 Railway recruitment Board, Chandigarh has recently issued notification (RRB/CDG/EN-01/2009, dtd. 31/01/2009) for 650 Section engineers, Junior Engineers, Assistant Loco Pilot, Technicians, break-up which is given as below:
Section Engineer: 90 posts, Pay Scale: Rs. 6500-10500
(Electrical, Elect. TRD, C&W, S&T Workshop, Signal, P.Way, Bridge, Works, Drawing)
Jr. Engineer-II: 177 posts, Pay Scale: Rs. 5000-8000.
(Electrical, Electrical TRD, DSL Mechanical, Mechanical, S&T Workshop, C&W, Works, Drg.):
Depot Material Superintendent-I : 02 posts, Pay Scale: Rs. 6500-10500.
Technician-III: 54 posts, Pay Scale: Rs. 3050-4590.
(C&W Fitter, Wireman, Lineman, TMC)
Assistant Loco Pilot: 324 posts, Pay Scale: Rs. 3050-4590.
Telecom Maintainer-III (Tele): 03 posts, Pay Scale: Rs. 3050-4590.
Eligibilities for these RRB posts:
Eligibilities for Section Engineer: Age: 20-35
Academic Eligibility: Degree in Engineering from relevant disciplines.
Eligibilities for Jr. Engineer-II: Age: 18-33
Academic Eligibility: Diploma in Engineering from relevant disciplines.
Eligibilities for Depot Material Superintendent-I: Age: 20-35
Academic Eligibility: Degree in Engineering from any discipline.
Eligibilities for Technician-III (C&W Fitter, Wireman, Lineman, TMC): Age: 18-30
Matriculate plus ITI/Act Apprenticeship passed in relevant trade.
Eligibilities for Assistant Loco Pilot: Age: 18-30
Matriculate plus ITI/Act Apprenticeship passed in relevant trade.
Eligibilities for Telecom Maintainer-III (Tele): Age: 18-30
Matriculate plus ITI/Act Apprenticeship passed in relevant trade.
Click here to download the RRB Chandigarh Notification Part-1
Click here to download the RRB Chandigarh Notification Part-2
You can find complete details on this RRB Chandigarh exam, including academic qualification requirements in the notification. This RRB Chandigarh notification has also been published in the Employment News dated 31st January, 2009.
How to apply for the RRB Chandigarh exam:
First click here to download the RRB Chandigarh exam application form and print it in A4 size 80 GSM paper (bond paper). Read the RRB Chandigarh exam notification - 01/2008 as given above thoroughly and than fill the form.
The other required forms e.g. Information Sheet, Caste Certificate Forms (SC/ST/OBC) etc. for the RRB exam can be downloaded from this home page of RRB Chandigarh (left bottom) as shown below:
 After filling the form properly, it should be sent by ORDINARY POST only along with required enclosures to following address:
Assistant Secretary, Railway Recruitment Board, SCO 34, IIND fLOOR, Madhya Marg, Sector:7-C, Chandigarh-160019.
Your form should reach above address on or before 28–Feb–2009. Application can also be dropped in the Application Box kept in above RRB Chandigarh Office up to 17:30 hours of 28–Feb–2009.
Last date for submission of applications for far-flung areas and abroad is 15–Mar–2009.
RRB Exam selection process:
RRB exams consists of written/online tests, which contains approximately 100 to 150 objective type questions to be answered in about 1½ to 2 hours.
The RRB written/online tests includes questions pertaining to General Knowledge, General English / General Hindi, General Arithmetic, Analytical and Quantitative Skills and those subjects covered as part of minimum educational/technical qualifications for the post. The question paper is bilingual i.e., in English and Hindi.
There is negative marking and for each wrong answer, 1/3rd of the mark allotted for that question is deducted.
In addition to the written test(s), interview/skill test is conducted as deemed fit by Railway Recruitment Board.
After you are qualified, you need to undergo Medical Fitness Test and also your educational and community certificate etc. would be verified.
How to prepare for the RRB Chandigarh exam?
Kindly visit my previous post titled “Sample Paper/Recommended books for RRB exam”, which gives you the recommended books for RRB exams and also source of Online Sample Papers for RRB exam.
Further to above, for the RRB online tests, you can appear in the Online RRB exam demo by visiting the RRB Secunderabad website by visiting this link. This would give you enough of information on what are these RRB online tests and how it is conducted.
Another post which gives you more information and materials on RRB written test is “Online RRB exams, RRB Aptitude Test and RRB Typing exam”.
Finally, if you want to have a birds-eye-view on RRB exams, by knowing what is a RRB, I would suggest you going through this post – “Railway Recruitment Board Exams”.
I hope above reading materials on RRB Chandigarh exam would help you clear the exam!
I would love if you post your feedback as comments to this post.
Best wishes!Labels: RRB Exam |
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February 01, 2009
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