Download AIEEE Solved Papers BE/B. Arch - 9 Previous Years
June 30, 2011
AIEEE exam papers of previous years happens to be the most important preparation material for the students appearing for AIEEE as it enables one to understand the type of question asked in AIEEE as well gauge where you stands.Where to find and download these AIEEE papers for free? This blog post is being made just to answer this simple question.
While I started searching for these AIEEE exam papers for you, I came across a number of websites where the papers were promised. Many of them led me to links unknown, while some others actually gave those papers. But then, since I wanted to enable you to download these exam papers fast and free, I narrowed down my search and found the following previous years papers of AIEEE (in pdf format) truly free and actually fast. These AIEEE Solved pdf Papers are available in FIITJEE website.
Why I preferred the FIITJEE AIEEE pdf papers is because they are small in size (average 300 KB) enabling you to download fast - and yes, they are indeed free! After arriving at FIITJEE website, click the "+" sign next to "AIEEE solutions" of "Downloads" section as shown at right and you can than download these AIEEE Previous 9 Years Solved pdf papers.
Download Free AIEEE (B. Arch.) Previous 6 Years Solved pdf papers:
I also found it very difficult to find the free architectural exam papers of AIEEE, till I chanced upon this architectural entrance blog, which offers these AIEEE B. Arch. exam papers for free. You can download these papers from the links given above - they would take you to file-hosting size ziddu.com, where you would need to key-in the human verification code to download.
Books for AIEEE Solved Papers:
You can as well buy the following books on AIEEE solved papers, which gives you the complete set of AIEEE questions. Why these books helps you in your preparation is that besides the solutions to the previous years exam papers, they also gives you the AIEEE practice/mock test papers.
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 hugediscounts from 10% to 20%, apart from free shipping/postage in India if the order exceeds Rs. 100/=. 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:
Hope these last 9 years exam papers of AIEEE and the books have given you enough prep material to prepare for AIEEE in depth. Although this blog post is being made for AIEEE 2012 aspirants, even future AIEEE aspirants like AIEEE 2013/2014 would find these actual exam papers useful. Please keep coming to this blog, as I would keep on posting more study materials – AIEEE Exam Prep Books, AIEEE Sample Papers for this competitive exam.
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Indian Navy SSB Interview Prep material
June 26, 2011
Indian Navy recruits in officer cadre through various schemes like 10+2 Tech Entry, University Entry scheme etc. While written test is conducted for Permanent Commission recruitment (like 10+2 Tech Entry), there is no written test for Short Service Commission (SSC) recruitment(like UES- University Entry scheme).
But irrespective of whether there is written test, there is SSB Interview for all type of recruitment. What is SSB Interview and how to prepare for it? This is the subject matter of this blog post and it follows two of my previous blog articles:
This blog article reproduces the content of this SSB Interview Instruction manual by Indian Navy as well as from scores of other websites like youtube videos, to help you know and prepare for the same as well as to archive it for future Indian Navy aspirants. List of Prep/Guide books, coaching institutes for SSB Interview is given towards the end of this blog post.
An over view of Indian Navy SSB Interview:
SSB Interview for Indian Navy is conducted for 5 days in Bhopal, Bangalore or Coimbatore. There are two stages in SSB Interview – Stage-1 & Stage-2.
Stage-1 is only for one day and at the end of it, result is declared. Only those who succeed in Stage-1 are retained for Stage-2 SSB Interview and rest are asked to leave.
Stage-2 of SSB Interview consists of 4 days (Day 2 to 5) in which Psychological test, Group test and personal Interview is conducted. Detailed Day-wise SSB Interview process is given below:
Stage-1 of SSB Interview: on Day 1.
Stage one selection system includes the following
(i) Intelligence Test.
Verbal Test (Basic Knowledge of English).
Non- Verbal Test (Basic Knowledge of Logical Maths and Numbers).
(ii) Picture Perception and Description Test (PDPT).
Picture is flashed for 30 Seconds. The candidate have to broadly note down seven basic parameters viz number of characters, age, sex, mood, action relating to past, present and future for each character in one minute.
(iii) Discussion of the Picture – 30 Minutes.
In this phase the candidates are divided into different groups. Strength of group is around 15 candidates. Each candidate narrates his individual written story verbatim. Subsequently, in Part –II all the candidates have to come to discuss amongst themselves and achieve a common consensus about the characters and theme of the story.
As told above, Stage-1 of the SSB Interview is a screening stage - the result is declared and only those who succeed are asked to stay back for Stage-2 from Day-2 onwards.
Stage-2 of SSB Interview:
SSB Interview Day 2: Psychological Tests
SSB Psychological Tests consists of following tests:
(i) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT): 12 Pictures including one blank are shown for 30 sec each. Candidates are asked to write a story around what led to the situation? What is going on and what would be the outcome? Picture is shown for 30 seconds and they are asked to write it in 4 minutes. In the blank slide, they have to think a picture of their own choice and to write a story around that.
(ii) Word Association Test (WAT): In this test, a series of 60 words are shown to the candidates one after another for 15 seconds each. The candidate is required to write down the first thought or idea comes to his mind.
(iii) Situation Reaction Test (SRT):This test consists of 60 routine life situations regarding day to day activities. The situations are printed in a booklet and the candidate is asked to write his reactions by completing the sentences, as to how they would feel, think and act up these situations.
(iv) Self Description-15 Mins: Candidate is asked to write five separate paragraphs on each context about the opinion of his parents/guardian, friends, teachers/ superiors.
SSB Interview Day 3: 1st day of GTO.
This includes the following:-
(i) Group Discussion: Two topics of common interest (social issues and current events) are discussed. It is an informal discussion and not a debate. Each topic is allotted 20 minutes each. No definite conclusion is required to be deduced.
(ii) Group Planning Exercise (GPE): It comprises of five stages viz, explanation of the model, reading of the narrative by GTO, five minutes for self reading by candidates, 10 minutes for individual written solutions and 20 minutes for group discussion. Narration of the group solution and definite conclusion is required.
(iii) Progressive Group Tasks(PGT): It is the first outdoor task. A set of four obstacles with progressively increasing level of difficulties are to be completed in 40 to 50 minutes. Structures, helping material and load are provided to the group.
(iv) Group Obstacle Race (GOR): In this task the group is pitched against each other over a set of six obstacles with a snake like load to carry.
(v) Half Group Task (HGT); It has one obstacle similar to progressive group task with helping material and load to be carried. Group is divided into two Sub Groups and assigned the same obstacle in turn in such a way that when one group is working, the other is not allowed to watch it. Time allotted to each sub group is 15 minutes.
(vi) Lecturette; It is an individual task and the candidate is required to give a short talk to the group. Three minutes are allowed to prepare any chosen topic from the four given in the Lecturette Cards for the talk.
SSB Interview Day 4: 2nd day of GTO.
(i) Individual Obstacles: A Set of 10 obstacles is set to be tackled individually. Obstacles are numbered from one to ten, denoting the points each one carries. Each individual will be given three minutes.
(ii) Command Task: Each individual is nominated as commander for one task consisting of one obstacle similar to the Progressive Group Task Time given is 15 minutes.
(iii) Final Group Task: Task consisting of one obstacle similar to the progressive group task. Time given to complete this task is 15-20 minutes.
Personal Interview: It is conducted in any of the days between Day 2 to 4 by conducted by Interviewing Officer (IO).
SSB Interview Day -5.
This includes the following:-
(i) Closing address by Deputy President of the Board.
(ii) Conference.
(iii) Announcement of results.
(iv) Dispersal.
SSB Interview Prep Books:
I found following books good for preparation of for SSB Interview. These books are available in most of the bookstores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links below, fromFlipkart.com which offers huge discounts from 10% to 20%, apart from free shipping/postage in India if the order exceeds Rs. 100/=. 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:
It has training centre in Bangalore, Chandigarh, Delhi, Dehradun, Kochi, Pune, Secunderabad, Trivandrum & Lucknow.
SSB Interview videos:
While pictures may tell you thousand thoughts, videos may tell you zillions. Therefore I am presenting below some youtube videos to help you know what goes in SSB Interview Group Obstacle tests in Day 3/4:
Hope with above information on Indian Navy SSB Interview Prep material you can crack the same easily. I would be on the lookout for more prep materials for SSB and post the same as and when I find the. Please keep visiting this blog therefore and post your experience as comments below.
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Indian Navy UES 2011 Notification Eligibility Forms
Indian Navy University Entry Scheme (UES) 2011 recruitment notification came out just yesterday for July 2012 batch. It is a great opportunity for those of you Final year engineering students, who would like to go for a career in defense for a short period (10 years to be precise in Short Service Commission), retire as an ex-navy officer at a young age (say 34 years), draw pensions for the naval service and than join civilian jobs. Wonderful is not it?
What are the eligibilities for Indian Navy University Entry Scheme and how to apply for it? This is the focus of this blog post while another blog article titled: Indian Navy SSB Interview Prep material would help you prepare for the UES selection test.
But first a primer on Indian Navy University Entry Scheme.
What is Indian Navy UES?
University Entry Scheme (UES) is a very good recruitment process conducted by Indian Navy for two of its branches – Technical & Executive, notification for which comes out towards June end and Interview held in December to April.
After being selected in UES, you are recruited as a Sub-Lieutenant and than undergo 20 weeks Naval Orientation Course at the Naval Academy, Ezhimala (in Kerela), followed by professional training in Naval Ships and Training Establishments.
Appointments under UES in navy is for Short Service commission (SSC) – the service tenure is for 10 years extendable by a further period of 4 years on mutual consent.
Salary of a Sub-Lieutenant in Indian Navy:
Pay-scale offered to Sub-Lieutenant in Indian navy is PB-3/15600-39100 5400. With this pay-scale, the CTC is approx. Rs. 58,000/- per month which includes Basic Pay, DA, Grade Pay, Military Service Pay, House Rent Allowance and Transport allowance.
Eligibility for Indian Navy UES:
Age Eligibility: as on 1st July 2012.
Min. 19, Max: 24 years (i.e. born in between 2nd July, 1988 to 1st July 1993, (both dates inclusive)
Educational Qualifications Eligibility:
Minimum 60% aggregate marks till pre final year (up to VI semester) of BE/B. Tech in following disciplines:
For UES Technical (Engineering branch):
Mechanical, Marine, Automotive, Mechatronics, Industrial & Production, Metallurgy, Aeronautical/Aerospace, Control and Production.
For UES Technical (Electrical branch):
Electrical, Electronics, Tele Communications, Instrumentation, Instrumentation and Control, Electronics and Instrumentation, Electronics and Communication, Power Engineering, Control System Engineering, Power Electronics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Avionics.
If you are a woman, you can apply for only Naval Architecture branch.
Minimum physical standards for Indian Navy UES:
In addition to above age & educational qualifications, you must also meet following physical standards:
Height and Weight:
Min. height - 157cms for men and 152 cms for women with correlated weight.
Eye Sight:
(i) Technical Branch: 6/24, 6/24 correctable to 6/6 in each eye with glasses.
(ii) Executive Branch: 6/12, 6/12 correctable to 6/6 in each eye with glasses.
You should not be colour/night blind.
You should NOT apply for Indian Navy UES if:
a) You are in last semester (i.e. eighth semester).
b) You have backlog in any of the semesters (appeared or pending).
Selection process for Indian Navy UES:
Based on the applications submitted, Indian Navy shortlists the candidates and than candidates are called for SSB interview, to be held at Bangalore/Bhopal/Coimbatore in between Dec 11 to Apr 12. The selection is based on the SSB interview alone, to be held for 5 days. You can know more about it in my next blog article titled: Indian Navy SSB Interview Prep material.
Indian Navy UES 2011 application form:
You have to apply for Indian Navy University Entry Scheme offline.
How to apply has been described very clearly in section: 6.HOW TO APPLY of the notification. You have to send the application form by Ordinary post only (and NOT by Regd. Post/Speed post/Courier/By Hand/E-mail). Last date to receive your completed form is 18th July, 2011.
Indian Navy UES 2011 Important dates:
Indian Navy UES 2011 Notification date: 25th June, 2011.
Last date to receive application form: 18th July, 2011.
Date of Indian Navy UES 2011 SSB Interview: 11.12.2011 to 12.04.2012.
Indian Navy UES 2012 Notification:
Some of you may be appearing in Indian Navy University Entry Scheme at a later date, say in 2012 and therefore date of Indian Navy UES 2012 may be helpful to you. You should check this officer recruitment webpage of Indian navy during June 2012, to find the exact date of Indian Navy UES 2012 Notification.
Hope with above information, you can apply confidently for Indian Navy University Entry Scheme 2011. But how to prepare for the SSB Interview of Indian Navy UES? Please find it in my blog post titled: Indian Navy SSB Interview Prep material.
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CPF Exam Sample papers with Syllabus & Exam pattern
June 21, 2011
This blog post is made as a sequel to my earlier blog article titled: CPF (AC) Exam 2011 Notification, Eligibility & Forms which tells you about how to apply for the exam along with eligibilities and where to find those forms.
The focus of this blog post is on giving you the study materials for CPF Exam – the sample question papers & books along with syllabus and exam pattern.
First let us know the pattern of CPF written Exam.
UPSC CPF Exam pattern:
The selection process of UPSC CPF exam consists of three stages:
1.0Written test of 400 marks.
2.0Physical Efficiency Tests (PETs).
3.0Interview of 200 marks.
CPF Exam Written test pattern:
There are two papers in the UPSC CPF Written Exam:
Paper I: General Ability and Intelligence: 250 marks: 2 hours 125 questions
Paper II: Essay, Précis Writing and Comprehension: 150 marks: 2 hours 13 questions
There is negative mark in Paper-I: 1/3rd mark for each wrong answer.
You can find more details on CPF exam pattern from following table:
What is CPF PET?
Subsequent to the CPF Written test, on being shortlisted for the interview, you at first have to clear the CPF PET (Physical Efficiency Tests). You have to clear the following minimum physical standard as you have to serve the best police organisations in India:
This is in addition to the minimum physical eligibility during application stage as given in the notification.
Subsequent to qualifying the CPF PET, you would be called for UPSC CPF Interview for 200 marks. The merit list is based on thus a total of 600 marks (Written: 400 + Interview: 200).
You must be searching to download some CPF Exam sample/model/previous years papers to begin your preparation. I did the search for you and you can download EPF exam papers as given below.
For Paper-II on descriptive English, you can take help of Competition Master website. This website also has very useful content for Paper-I.
UPSC CPF Exam Prep Books:
I found following books good for preparation of for CPF 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 20%, apart from free shipping/postage in India if the order exceeds Rs. 100/=. 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:
Hope above study materials for UPSC CPF Exam helps you in clearing the exam with ease. As you could find out in my previous blog post, greatest hurdle in cracking the CPF exam is the written test, where most screening is done. Once if you are invited for CPF Interview, you have a 1 in 3 chances to becoming an Assistant Commandant in Central Police Forces!
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GATE 2012 & GATE 2013 Probable Dates
What is the exam date of GATE 2012? When is the GATE 2012 Exam notification coming out?From which date GATE 2012 application form would be issued?These are the most common questions many reader of this blog are asking me since from the date GATE 2011 was over on 13th Feb, 2011.
Some of these readers had appeared in GATE 2011 but may not have done well and therefore wants to appear in GATE 2012 again. The remaining readers are those who would appear for the first time in GATE 2012.
It is for this targeted audience that this blog post is being made – to let them know about the likely exam dates of GATE 2012, based on exam-date trend analysis of last four GATE exams – GATE 2008 to GATE 2011. Let me tell you at the outset that these are only projected dates (to help you make a study plan) and hence you have to check in the GATE site nearer notification time.
At first let me tell you that GATE exam notification always comes out on the 3rd Saturday of September month, nearing 20th September. So on the basis of this, GATE 2012 exam notification should come out on 17th September, 2011 – again a Saturday. Why does it come out in Saturdays? Well, it is because GATE notification is published among others, in “Employment News” – which is a weekly, coming out in every Saturdays.
The Offline forms are issued and online form submission starts about 2/3 days from the date of notification. So accordingly GATE 2012 application form should be issued somewhere around 20th September, 2011. Last date of form submission is approximately 1 month from the date of issue of forms.
GATE exam is always held on the 2nd Sunday of February. So GATE 2012 exam should be held on 12th February, 2012. Similarly, GATE exam result is always announced on 15th March of that year – so GATE 2012 exam result should be announced on 15th March, 2012.
How I arrived at those GATE 2012 dates? You can find from exam date trend analysis of last four GATE exam dates as below: (click to enlarge)
You can similarly find the GATE 2013 exam dates as below:
Date of GATE 2013 exam notification: 15th September, 2012.
Date of GATE 2013 exam: 10th February, 2013.
Date of GATE 2013 result: 15th March, 2013.
Nearer the exam notification date, check on following GATE websites for exact dates:
Why to check IIT websites for GATE exam dates? Because the seven IITs & the IISC Bangalore constitutes the National Coordination Board, GATE and one of them conducts the GATE exam on behalf of NCB, GATE, like IIT Chennai was the organizing institute for GATE 2011.
How to prepare for GATE 2012 – the study materials:
If you are a GATE-2012 aspirant, you may want to know what is the syllabus of GATE 2012as well as GATE 2012 structure (the exam pattern). Also you would naturally want somesample papers for GATE 2012 preparation.
Check back later in this blog for GATE 2012 notification as well as for more study materials!
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IAF EKT Sample Papers & Books
June 20, 2011
Engineering Knowledge Test (EKT) in IAF recruitment forms an important part of the IAF selection process for both IAF FTS recruitment as well as recruitment through AFCAT. What is EKT and where to find the prep materials – the syllabus, sample papers and books for IAF EKT test? This is the subject matter of this blog article.
If you want to know what is IAF FTS & AFCAT, you are advised to go through two of my following exclusive blog post:
Without wasting any time further, let us know what is IAF EKT.
IAF EKT Exam Pattern:
IAF EKT is a 1 hour duration test with 75 objective type questions from following two parts:
Part A - General Engineering Paper: 40 Questions.
Part B - Specialist Engineering Paper: 35 Questions
You have to qualify in each of the General and Specialist paper individually. While the General Engineering Paper is common to all engineering disciplines, the Specialist Engineering Paper is held for following disciplines of engineering:
Computer and Electronics Engineering.
Mechanical Engineering.
Electronics and Communication Engineering.
Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering.
Aeronautical Engineering (Mechanical).
IAF EKT Sullabus:
You can find the detailed syllabus for EKT in my blog post titled: IAF EKT Syllabus, which lets you download the syllabus.
Sample Papers for IAF EKT:
I searched on net to find the sample/model/previous years exam papers of IAF EKT test and following are my findings:
Above links gives you the official sample paper from IAF EKT website and hence is most authentic. It gives you EKT sample questions for the General Engineering Paper as well as for each of the Specialist Engineering Papers.
EKT Sample paper from icbse.com website Above sample paper gives you a rich collection of EKT sample papers not only for “General Engineering Paper” but also for “Specialist Engineering Paper”.
Above sample/previous years EKT papers can act only as an eye opener. So how do you prepare seriously for EKT? You have to rely on good prep books, list of which is given discipline-wise below. You can also go through following blog post of mine, which would give you sample papers for your engineering disciplines:
Prep Books for IAF EKT: Which books to study in your preparation for IAF Engineering Knowledge Test? I just searched net and could not find any book with title specific to IAF EKT. However, since EKT is very similar to the test for engineering discipline recruitment like IES & public sector industries like BHEL/NTPC etc., you may find the following books useful.
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:
List Price: Rs. 400, Offer Price: 300, Discount: 25%
I hope with above prep materials for IAF EKT exam you would be able to crack the exam easily. I would be on the look out for more study materials and post the same as and when I find them. So keep visiting me!
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IAF Engineering Knowledge Test Syllabus
Following syllabus for IAF EKT (Engineering Knowledge Test) is reproduced in verbatim from IAF manual on EKT Syllabus and sample papers. You can click here to download the IAF EKT Syllabus. The same has been reproduced below, in case it becomes unavailable due to change in server resources. For any change in the syllabus, you are advised to go through the links in this IAF webpage.
This blog post forms a part of the blog article titled: IAF EKT Syllabus, Sample Papers & Books, which aims to provide you the preparation material for IAF Engineering Knowledge Test. You may find the same useful in your preparation for IAF EKT test.
EKT SYLLABUS- GENERAL ENGINEERING
1. Modern Physics:- Quantum Mechanics, Electrical Conductivity in Metals, Dielectric and magnetic properties of materials, Lasers, Super Conductivity and optical fibers.
2. Chemistry :- Chemical Energy Sources, Solar Energy, Electrochemical Energy Systems, Battery Technology, Fuel Cell, Corrosion Science & Control, Metal finishing & Electroless Plating.
4. Computers :- Computer peripherals, Data Processing, Data storage, Operation Systems, Networks of an Internets, Algorithms & Flow charts, Computer aided sketching.
5. Electrical :- DC Circuits, Electromagnetism, Single phase AC Circuits, Three phase Circuits, Measuring Instruments, Domestic Wiring, DC Machine Transformer, Synchronous Generation, Three phase Induction motor.
6. Electronics :- Semiconductors diodes, Transistor, SCR, Amp & oscillators, OP Amp, Communication Systems, Number System and Digital Logic.
7. Mechanical Engineering :- Energy & Steam, Turbines steam, Gas & Water, Internal combustion Engines, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Lathe & Drilling Machines, Milling & Grinding Machines, Joining Processes, Lubrication & Bearing , Power Transmission and workshop technologies.
EKT SYLLABUS – COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS
1. Digital Electronic Circuits:- Number representation and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point),Boolean algebra and minimization of Boolean functions, Logic functions and logic gates, Minimization, Digital IC families (DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, CMOS),Design and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits, Combinational Circuits: arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers, Decoders. Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters, shift-registers.
2. Analog Electronic Circuits: - Small Signal Equivalent circuits of diodes ,Simple diode circuits, clipping, clamping, rectifiers, Biasing and bias stability of transistor and FET amplifiers, Amplifiers, single-and multi-stage amplifiers, frequency response of amplifiers, Simple op-amp circuits, Sinusoidal oscillators and criterion for oscillation
3. Computer Organization and Architecture:- Machine instructions and addressing modes, Memory interface, Cache and main memory and Secondary storage. Microprocessor (8085): architecture and memory organisation.
4. Operating System:- Processes, Threads and Inter-process communication, Concurrency, Synchronization and Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory, File systems and I/O systems, Protection and security.
5. Programming and Data Structures:- Programming in C and similar Structured programming languages. Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, Scope, Binding; Abstract data types, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps.
6. Databases:- ER-model, Relational model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files, indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control.
7. Computer Networks:- ISO/OSI stack, LAN technologies (Ethernet, Token ring), Flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithms, Congestion control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP(v4), Application layer protocols (icmp, dns, smtp, pop, ftp, http); Basic concepts of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers. Network security: basic concepts of public key and private key cryptography, digital signature, firewalls.
8. Information Systems and Software Engineering:- information gathering, requirement and feasibility analysis, data flow diagrams, process specifications, input/output design, process life cycle, planning and managing the project, design, coding, testing, implementation, maintenance.
EKT SYLLABUS- MECHANICAL
1. Engineering Mechanics :- Equivalent force systems, free-body concepts, equations of equilibrium, trusses and frames, virtual work and minimum potential energy. Kinematics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, impulse and momentum (linear and angular), energy methods, central force motion.
2. Strength of Materials :- Stress and strain, stress-strain relationship and elastic constants, Mohr’s circle for plane stress and plane strain, shear force and bending moment diagrams, bending and shear stresses, deflection of beams torsion of circular shafts, thin and thick cylinders, Euler’s theory of columns, strain energy methods, thermal stresses.
3. Theory of Machines :- Displacement, velocity and acceleration, analysis of plane mechanisms, dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism, planar cams and followers, gear tooth profiles, kinematics and design of gears, governors and flywheels, balancing of reciprocating and rotating masses.
4. Vibrations :- Free and forced vibration of single degree freedom systems, effect of damping, vibration isolation, resonance, critical speed of rotors.
5. Fluid Mechanics:- Fluid properties, fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy -- Control-volume analysis of mass, momentum and energy, fluid acceleration -- Differential equation of continuity and momentum -- Bernoulli’s equation -- Viscous flow of incompressible fluids -- Boundary layer, Elementary turbulent flow -- Flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends etc.
6. Heat Transfer :- Modes of heat transfer -- One dimensional heat conduction, resistance concept, electrical analogy, unsteady heat conduction, fins -- Dimensionless parameters in free and forced convective heat transfer, Various correlations for heat transfer in flow over flat plates and through pipes -- Thermal boundary layer -- effect of turbulence -- Radiative heat transfer, black and grey surfaces, shape factors, network analysis -- Heat exchanger.
EKT SYLLABUS - ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
1. Networks: Network graphs: matrices associated with graphs; incidence, fundamental cut set and fundamental circuit matrices. Solution methods: nodal and mesh analysis. Network theorems: superposition, Thevenin and Norton's maximum power transfer, Waye-Delta transformation. Steady- state sinusoidal analysis using phasors. Linear constant coefficient differential equations; time domain analysis of simple RLC circuits, Solution of network equations using Laplace transform: frequency domain analysis of RLC circuits. 2-port network parameters: driving point and transfer functions. State-equations for networks.
2. Electronic Devices: Energy bands in silicon, intrinsic and extrinsic silicon. Carrier transport in silicon: diffusion current, drift current, mobility, and resistivity. Generation and recombination of carriers. p-n junction diode, Zener diode, tunnel diode, BJT, JFET, MOS capacitor, MOSFET, LED, p-I-n and avalanche photo diode, Basics of LASERs. Device technology: integrated circuits fabrication process, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, photolithography, n-tub, p-tub and twin-tub CMOS process.
3. Analog Circuits: Small Signal Equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs and analog CMOS. Simple diode circuits, clipping, clamping, rectifier. Biasing and bias stability of transistor and FET amplifiers. Amplifiers: single-and multi-stage, differential and operational, feedback, and power. Frequency response of amplifiers. Simple op-amp circuits. Filters. Sinusoidal oscillators; criterion for oscillation; single-transistor and op-amp configurations. Function generators and wave-shaping circuits, 555 Timers. Power supplies.
4. Digital circuits: Boolean algebra, minimization of Boolean functions; logic gates; digital IC families (DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, CMOS). Combinatorial circuits: arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers, decoders, PROMs and PLAs. Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters and shift-registers. Sample and hold circuits, ADCs, DACs. Semiconductor memories. Microprocessor(8085): architecture, programming, memory and I/O interfacing.
5. Signals and Systems: Definitions and properties of Laplace transform, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier series, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier Transform, DFT and FFT, z-transform. Sampling theorem. Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) Systems: definitions and properties; causality, stability, impulse response, convolution, poles and zeros, parallel and cascade structure, frequency response, group delay, phase delay. Signal transmission through LTI systems.
6. Control Systems: Basic control system components; block diagrammatic description, reduction of block diagrams. Open-loop and closed-loop (feedback) systems and stability analysis of these systems. Signal flow graphs and their use in determining transfer functions of systems; transient and steady state analysis of LTI control systems and frequency response. Tools and techniques for LTI control system analysis: root loci, Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Bode and Nyquist plots. Control system compensators: elements of lead and lag compensation, elements of Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control. State variable representation and solution of state equation of LTI control systems.
7. Communications: Random signals and noise: probability, random variables, probability density function, autocorrelation, power spectral density. Analog communication systems:
amplitude and angle modulation and demodulation systems, spectral analysis of these operations, superheterodyne receivers; elements of hardware, realizations of analog communication systems; signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) calculations for amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) for low noise conditions. Fundamentals of information theory and channel capacity theorem. Digital communication systems: pulse code modulation (PCM), differential pulse code modulation (DPCM), digital modulation schemes: amplitude, phase and frequency shift keying schemes (ASK, PSK, FSK), matched filter receivers, bandwidth consideration and probability of error calculations for these schemes. Basics of TDMA, FDMA and CDMA and GSM.
8. Electromagnetics: Elements of vector calculus: divergence and curl; Gauss and Stokes theorems, Maxwell's equations: differential and integral forms. Wave equation, Poynting vector. Plane waves: propagation through various media; reflection and refraction; phase and group velocity; skin depth. Transmission lines: characteristic impedance; impedance transformation; Smith chart; impedance matching; S parameters, pulse excitation. Waveguides: modes in rectangular waveguides; boundary conditions; cut-off frequencies; dispersion relations. Basics of propagation in dielectric waveguide and optical fibers. Basics of Antennas: Dipole antennas; radiation pattern; antenna gain.
1. Electrical Circuits and Fields:- Network graph, KCL, KVL, node/ cut set, mesh/ tie set analysis, transient response of d.c. and a.c. networks -- sinusoidal steady-state analysis -- resonance in electrical circuits -- concepts of ideal voltage and current sources, network theorems, driving point, immittance and transfer functions of two port networks, elementary concepts of filters --three phase circuits -- Fourier series and its application -- Gauss theorem, electric field intensity and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distribution, dielectrics, capacitance calculations for simple configurations -- Ampere's and Biot-Savart's law, inductance calculations for simple configurations.
2. Electrical Machines :- Single phase transformer - equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, tests, regulation and efficiency -- three phase transformers - connections, parallel operation -- auto transformer and three-winding transformer -- principles of energy conversion, windings of rotating machines: D. C. generators and motors - characteristics, staring and speed control, armature reaction and commutation -- three phase induction motors -- performance characteristics, starting and speed control -- single-phase induction motors -- synchronous generators performance, regulation, parallel operation -- synchronous motors - starting, characteristics, applications, synchronous condensers -- fractional horse power motors, permanent magnet and stepper motors.
3. Control Systems :- Principles of feedback -- transfer function -- block diagrams: Signal flow graphs. Transient Response --steady-state errors -- stability-Routh and Nyquist criteria -- Bode plots -- compensation -- root loci -- time delay systems-- phase and gain margin elementary state variable formulation -- state transition matrix and response for LTI systems. Mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic system components. Synchro pair, servo and step motors. On off, cascade, P, PI, P-I-D, feed forward and derivative controller, Fuzzy controllers.
4. Electrical and Electronic Measurements :- Transducers, Mechanical Measurement and Industrial Instrumentation: Resistive, Capacitive, Inductive and piezoelectric transducers and their signal conditioning. Measurement of displacement, velocity and acceleration (translational and rotational), force, torque, vibration and shock. Measurement of pressure, flow, temperature and liquid level. Measurement of pH, conductivity, viscosity and humidity. Bridges and potentiometers, PMMC moving iron, dynamometer and induction type instruments -- measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor -- instrument transformers -- digital voltmeters and multimeters -- phase, time and frequency measurement -- Q-meter, oscilloscopes, potentiometric recorders, error analysis.
5. Analog and Digital Electronics :- Analog Electronics: Characteristics of diodes, BJT, FET, SCR -- amplifiers-biasing, equivalent circuit and frequency response -- oscillators and feedback amplifiers, operational amplifiers- characteristics and applications -- simple active filters -- Instrumentation amplifier-- precision rectifier-- V-to-I and I-to-V converter --oscillators and signal generators--VCOs and timers.Digital Electronics: Combinational logic circuits, minimization of Boolean functions. IC families, TTL, MOS and CMOS. Arithmetic circuits. Comparators, Schmitt trigger, timers and mono-stable multi-vibrator. Sequential circuits, flip-flops, counters, shift registers. Multiplexer, S/H circuit. Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog
converters. Basics of number system. Microprocessor applications, memory and input-output interfacing. Microcontrollers.
6. Telecommunication Engineering :- Signals, Systems and Communications: Periodic and aperiodic signals. Impulse response, transfer function and frequency response of first- and second order systems. Convolution, correlation and characteristics of linear time invariant systems. Discrete time system, impulse and frequency response. Pulse transfer function. IIR and FIR filters. Amplitude and frequency modulation and demodulation. Sampling theorem, pulse code modulation. Frequency and time division multiplexing. Amplitude shift keying, frequency shift keying and pulse shift keying for digital modulation.
1. FLIGHT MECHANICS / AERODYNAMICS :- Atmosphere, standard atmosphere, Properties, Pressure altitude, density altitude. Classification of aircraft. Airplane (fixed wing aircraft) configuration and various parts. Bernoulli’s equation, static, dynamic pressure equivalent, calibrated, indicated air speeds, various corrections for airspeeds, Equations of equilibrium, work and energy, Incompressible flow, viscous flows, introduction to Reynolds number, Laminar turbulent flow, transition, Aerodynamic forces and moments, Lift, drag, centre of pressure, Primary flight instruments, Altimeter, ASI, VSI, Turn-bank indicator, gyroscope
2. THERMODYNAMICS:- Zeroth, First and Second laws of thermodynamics -- Thermodynamic system and processes -- Irreversibility and availability -- Behaviour of ideal and real gases, Properties of pure substances, calculation of work and heat Analysis of thermodynamic cycles related to energy conversion -- Carnot, Rankine, Otto, Diesel, Brayton and Vapour compression cycles.
3. ENGINEERING MATERIALS :- Structure and properties of engineering materials and their applications, heat treatment, fatigue and creep.
4. STRUCTURES:- Stress and Strain, Young’s modulus, Poissons ratio, Equations of equilibrium, strain-displacement relationship, plane stress and strain. Classification of structures, preliminary, secondary and tertiary , stressed skin, Characteristics of aircraft structures and materials, torsion, bending and flexural shear. Flexural shear flow in thin-walled sections. Buckling. Failure theories. Loads on aircraft. V-n diagram
5. PROPULSION :- Thermodynamics, Theory of Aircraft Gas Turbine engines, Brayton cycle, Otto cycle, Classification of jet propulsion, turboprop, turbojet, turbofan etc., effect of speed, altitude, temperature etc thrust equation, propeller theory basics. Axial compressors and turbines, centrifugal pumps and compressors. Aerothermodynamics of non rotating propulsion components: Intakes, combustor and nozzle, Elements of rocket propulsion.
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CPF (AC) Exam 2011 Notification, Eligibility & Forms
UPSCCPF (AC) 2011 Exam notification has already come out last Saturday i.e. 18/06/2011 and this blog article is being made to tell you in a nutshell about the eligibilities required & how to apply for these Assistant Commandant (AC) positions. Another accompanying blog post titled: CPF Exam: Question papers with syllabus and exam pattern gives you the prep materials for UPSC CPF (AC) Exam.
Date for UPSC CPF Exam 2011 has already been announced – it is 9th October, 2011.
CPF (AC) Exam is conducted in the month of October by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) for recruitment of Assistant Commandants (Group A) in five Central Police Forces: BSF (Border Security Force), CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force),CISF (Central Industrial Security Force), ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) and SSB(Sashastra Seema Bal).
Most of this recruitment goes for BSF & CISF, as can be seen from following break-up of posts organisation-wise in CPF exam 2011:
How tough is CPF Exam? How many candidates appear for CPF exam and how many gets selected? This might be your next question. To get answer I went through the most recentUPSC 59th Annual report as well as the previous report. The findings are as below:
As you can see from the statistics at right – the CPF exam is indeed competitive: only 1.5 to 2.0 persons per hundred who appeared in the CPF written exam gets to appear in Interview. But once if you reach the Interview stage, the prospect is much brighter: close to 30 per hundred who appears in the interview is selected.
So naturally, if you want to crack this exam, your biggest hurdle is clearing the written test. Let me give you another good piece of news: only 55% of those who applies for CPF exam appears actually in the written test – and the number of applicant for CPF exam is reducing every year (from 95433 in CPF 2006 to 68088 in CPF 2008) as you can see below:
CPF Exam Eligibility:
Age eligibility:
Min. 20 yrs & Max. 25 yrs as on 1st August of the exam year i.e. on 01/08/2011 for CPF 2011.
Academic eligibility:
A degree from a recognised University or equivalent. Final year students can also apply provided they can produce the proof of passing the exam after the Written test result is announced sometime in September, 2011.
Physical Standards eligibility:
You need to have minimum Physical Standards as given in the notification.
Female candidates can apply only for CRPF and CISF and not for other police forces.
CPF AC Exam 2011 Forms and how to apply:
You can apply for CPF Exam 2011 either Online or Offline.
CPF Exam 2011 Offline Form:
You must apply in the Common Application Form devised by UPSC, which can be purchased from the Designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices, list of which is given in section: "APPENDIX - III" in page-6 of the notification. Each such form can be used only once and only for one examination. Do not use the photocopy of the forms!
How to apply for CPF Exam 2011 has been given very clearly in section: "5. HOW TO APPLY" in page:2 of the notification. Go through it carefully and fill the application form. After filling up the form properly, you need to send the application to the following address:
Controller of Examinations, Union Public Service Commission, Dholpur House, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi-110069.
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ICICI Bank PO November 2011 Notification, Eligibility & Forms
June 19, 2011
ICICI Bank recruitment notification 2011 for its November 2011 Batch ICICI Probationary Officers (PO) Program had recently been issued. Last date to apply online for these PO positions is 27th June, 2011 .
While this blog post tells you about the notification and also how to apply for ICICI PO program, the next blog post titled: ICICI PO Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books tells you how to prepare for it.
A small primer on ICICI: What is it?
ICICI (Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India) Bank is India's second-largest bank with total assets of Rs. 3,674.19 billion (US$ 77 billion) at June 30, 2009 and profit after tax Rs. 8.78 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. The Bank has a network of 1,547 branches and about 4,816 ATMs in India and presence in 18 countries.
More about ICICI can be found from this About Us page of ICICI website as well as from Wiki.
Schedule of ICICI PO exam November 2011 is as follows: Last date of application: 27th June, 2011.
Written Aptitude Test: July 2011.
Group Discussions/Interview: August 2011.
What is ICICI Probationary Officers (PO) Programme?
This program is a nation wide initiative by ICICI Bank to attract bright graduate students topursue a career in banking. On being selected for this programme the students are given an intensive one-year residential training program covering following:
Corporate Banking
Private Banking
Risk and Credit Management
Treasury
Branch Management
Relationship Management
On successful completion of the year-long training program, the students are awarded a Diploma in Banking & Insurance and absorbed as an Asst. manager at ICICI Bank at a gross salary of more than 3.5 lakhs per annum. While working in ICICI, they will also have an opportunity to pursue an e-MBA, the cost for which is borne by ICICI Bank and the students are paid a monthly stipend (Rs. 2500/- during class room training phase of 9 months & more than Rs. 10,000/- during Internship phase of 3 months) to take care of their expenses.
ICICI PO Exam Application Form: You can apply only on-line for ICICI PO program. There is no offline application form for ICICI PO Exam.
What is the selection procedure for ICICI Probationary Officers exam: ICICI conducts a 3-tier selection process:
1.0 Aptitude Test.
2.0 Group Discussion.
3.0 Interview.
On top of above, for the successful students, it also conducts Psychometric Profiling.
What are these tests and how to prepare for it? You can find all the study materials you need for ICICI Bank PO exam in my blog post: ICICI PO Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books.
When is the next ICICI Bank PO Exam due?
I have been following ICICI po exam for last two years and you can see at right when the PO exams were held in last two years. Based on this, the next ICICI Bank PO Exam should be held in May 2012, notification for which should come out in December last week 2011/January first week, 2012.
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AFCAT 2011 Notification Eligibility Form
June 12, 2011
AFCAT (Air Force Common Admission Test)-2011 notification has just come out yesterday and the last date for application is 11th July, 2011. The AFCAT 2011 exam would be conducted on 28th August, 2011. Both men and women can apply for this recruitment exam.
This blog article encapsulates salient points in above notifications to help you apply for the same as well so as to archive it as reference material for future AFCAT exams like AFCAT 2012/AFCAT 2013. Another follow-up blog article titled: AFCAT Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Sample Papers & Books would help you prepare for this exam.
But before that let us know about AFCAT in brief.
What is AFCAT?
AFCAT is a common recruitment exam conducted by IAF (Indian Air Force) every year in the month of March & August, exam notification for which comes out in the months of December/January and June/July every year. The March exam of any year is conducted for the training course that would commence from January next year. While for the August exam, the course commence from July next year. For example, August 2011 AFCAT is being conducted for the courses that will commence in July 2012.
It is called a Common Admission Test as it is conducted for all three branches of Indian Air Force. i.e. Flying Branch, Technical Branch and Ground Duty Branches in a single exam.
AFCAT training course duration is: for Flying & Technical branch 74 weeks (1 and 1/2 year) and for Ground Duty branch 52 weeks (1 year) in Air Force training establishments. AFCAT is conducted for SSC (Short Service Commission) in Flying Branch and both SSC as well as PSC (Permanent Service Commission) for Technical Branch and Ground Duty Branches.
Salary offered post AFCAT, after training period:
After successful completion of the training, you are commissioned as a Flying Officer with following approximate gross salaries:
You are also entitled to get other benefits like free furnished accommodation, rations, medical benefits, LTC etc.
Eligibilities for AFCAT: So are you interested to join IAF through AFCAT? If yes, than check the eligibilities by going through the blog post of mine titled: AFCAT eligibilities.
Selection process for AFCAT:
At first you have to appear in AFCAT exam to be conducted on 28th August, 2011. On being selected in AFCAT, you would be called for AFSB (Air Force Selection Board) Interview.
On being selected in Stage-1 & 2 of AFSB Interview, if you had appeared for flying branch or technical branch you have to undergo one more written test- PABT (Pilot Aptitude Battery Test) for flying branch and EKT (Engineering Knowledge Test) for technical branch. There is no further written test for Ground Duty Branches after Stage-1 & 2 of AFSB Interview.
AFCAT test centres under Eastern Air Command: Chabua, Guwahati, Bagdogra, Jorhat, Kolkata, Shillong, Silchar, Tezpur, Kalaikunda, Hashimara.
AFCAT test centres under Central Air Command: Agra, Allahabad, Barielly, Gorakhpur, Gwalior, Lucknow, Patna, Varanasi.
AFCAT test centres under South Western Air Command: Ahmedabad, Barmer, Jamnagar, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Mumbai, Pune, Vadodara.
AFCAT test centres under Southern Air Command: Thiruvananthapuram, Sulur (Coimbatore), Kochi, Thanjavur.
AFCAT test centres under Headquarters Maintenance Command, Nagpur: Nagpur, Ojhar (Nasik).
AFCAT test centres under Headquarters Training Command,Karnataka: Bangalore, Belgaum, Bidar, Chennai, Hyderabad.
AFCAT 2011 Important Dates: Date of AFCAT 2011 Notification: 11th June, 2011.
Last date for receipt of AFCAT 2011 FORMS: 11th July. 2011
(for remote areas last date is: 18th July. 2011).
Date of AFCAT 2011 exam: 28th August, 2011.
AFCAT 2012 Exam Date Notification: Some of you may want to appear in AFCAT 2012 and hence would like to know what would be the exam date for AFCAT 2012. The first AFCAT 2012 exam would be held in March, 2012 while the second would be held in August 2012. For the exam notification of AFCAT 2012, please check this website December/January for the March exam and June/July for the August exam.
Hope with above information you can apply confidently for AFCAT 2011 August exam confidently. How to prepare for AFCAT? Find this in my subsequent blog post titled: AFCAT Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Sample Papers & Books.
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