What is the IES Electrical Engineering Paper 2 Syllabus?

<p>UPSC mentions the list of topics in the official syllabus as below:</p><table border="1"><tbody><tr><th>Topics</th><th>Subtopics</th></tr><tr><td>Analog and Digital Electronics</td><td><ul><li>Operational amplifiers &ndash; characteristics and applications, combinational and sequential logic circuits, multiplexers, multi-vibrators, sample and hold circuits, A/D and D/A&nbsp; converters, basics of filter circuits and applications, simple active filters;</li><li>Microprocessor basics- interfaces and applications, basics of linear integrated circuits;</li><li>Analog communication basics, Modulation and de-modulation, noise and bandwidth, transmitters and receivers, signal-to-noise ratio, digital communication basics, sampling, quantizing, coding, frequency and time domain multiplexing, power line career communication systems.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Systems and Signal Processing</td><td><ul><li>Representation of continuous and discrete-time signals, shifting and scaling operations, linear, time-invariant and causal systems, Fourier series representation of continuous periodic signals, sampling theorem, Fourier and Laplace transforms, Z transforms, Discrete Fourier transform, FFT, linear convolution, discrete cosine transform, FIR filter, IIR filter, bilinear transformation.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Control Systems</td><td><ul><li>Principles of feedback, transfer function, block diagrams and signal flow graphs, steady-state errors, transforms and their applications; Routh-hurwitz criterion, Nyquist techniques, Bode plots, root loci, lag, lead and lead-lag compensation, stability analysis, transient and frequency response analysis, state space model, state transition matrix, controllability and observability, linear state variable feedback, PID and industrial controllers</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Electrical Machines</td><td><ul><li>Single phase transformers, three-phase transformers - connections, parallel operation, auto-transformer, energy conversion principles, DC machines - types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed control of motors, Induction motors - principles, types, performance characteristics, starting and speed control, Synchronous machines - performance, regulation, parallel operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics and applications, servo and stepper motors.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>Power Systems</td><td>Basic power generation concepts, steam, gas and water turbines, transmission line models and performance, cable<br>performance, insulation, corona and radio interference, power factor correction, symmetrical components, fault analysis, <br>principles of protection systems, basics of solid state relays and digital protection; Circuit breakers, Radial and ring-main<br>distribution systems, Matrix representation of power systems, load flow analysis, voltage control and economic operation, <br>System stability concepts, Swing curves and equal area criterion. HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts, Concepts of<br>power system dynamics, distributed generation, solar and wind power, smart grid concepts, environmental implications, <br>fundamentals of power economics.</td></tr><tr><td>Power Electronics and Drives</td><td>Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs - static characteristics and principles of operation, triggering circuits, phase control rectifiers, bridge converters - fully controlled and half controlled, principles of choppers and inverters, basis concepts of adjustable speed DC and AC drives, DC-DC switched mode&nbsp; converters, DC-AC switched mode converters, resonant converters, high frequency inductors and transformers, power supplies.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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