What is the IES Electrical Engineering Paper 1 Syllabus?

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  • UPSC mentioned all the topics of Electrical Engineering in the ESE (IES) 2024 notification. The list of topics and subtopics is given below:

    TopicsSubtopics
    Engineering Mathematics
    • Matrix theory, Eigen values & Eigen vectors, system of linear equations, Numerical methods for solution of non-linear algebraic equations and differential equations, integral calculus, partial derivatives, maxima and minima, Line, Surface and Volume Integrals.
    • Fourier series, linear, non-linear and partial differential equations, initial and boundary value problems, complex variables, Taylor’s and Laurent’s series, residue theorem, probability and statistics fundamentals, Sampling theorem, random variables, Normal and Poisson distributions, correlation and regression analysis.
    Electrical Materials
    • Electrical Engineering Materials, crystal structures and defects, ceramic materials, insulating materials, magnetic materials – basics, properties and applications; ferrities, ferro-magnetic materials and components; basics of solid state physics, conductors; Photo-conductivity; Basics of Nano materials and Superconductors.
    Electric Circuits and Fields
    • Circuit elements, network graph, KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis, ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenin’s,
      Norton’s, Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorems, transient response of DC and AC networks, Sinusoidal
      steady state analysis, basic filter concepts, two-port networks, three phase circuits, Magnetically coupled circuits, Gauss
      Theorem, electric field and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions, Ampere’s and Biot-Savart’s laws; inductance, dielectrics, capacitance; Maxwell’s equations.
    Electrical and Electronic Measurements
    • Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards; Bridges and potentiometers; moving coil, moving iron, dynamometer and induction type instruments, measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor, instrument transformers, digital voltmeters and multi-meters, phase, time and frequency measurement, Q-meters, oscilloscopes, potentiometric recorders, error analysis, Basics of sensors, Transducers, basics of data acquisition systems
    Computer FundamentalsNumber systems, Boolean algebra, arithmetic functions, Basic Architecture, Central Processing Unit, I/O and Memory
    Organisation; peripheral devices, data represenation and programming, basics of Operating system and networking, virtual
    memory, file systems; Elements of programming languages, typical examples.
    Basic Electronics EngineeringBasics of Semiconductor diodes and transistors and characteristics, Junction and field effect transistors (BJT, FET and
    MOSFETS), different types of transistor amplifiers, equivalent circuits and frequency response; oscillators and other
    circuits, feedback amplifiers

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