IES and PSU exam Preparation

[Buddha Anand]

Hello friends I am going to appear for the IES and PSU exam this year. I have filled the application form for the same. I want to know the syllabus of the exam and the date of the exam. How do I prepare for the exam. What are the dates of the exam. Can anyone help me in finding the syllabus and preparation for the exam?

[Masters]

The exam is going to be held form 15th June 2012 to 17th June 2012. Here is the detailed information on which date the papers will be held.

• 15 June 2012 : General Ability Test
• 16 June 2012 : Objective Paper I & Objective Paper II
• 17 June 2012 : Conventional Paper I & Conventional Paper II

I cannot say the exact date of the PSU examination. The PSU exams are conducted between the month of March and November. The examination of each candidate is based on their current project. It varies from time to time. You can check the schedule on the official website. The schedule is updated every month.

[Career-Minded]

Here is the syllabus for the IES exam. There are five subjects in IES exam. And the reference Book for studying the subjects.

• General Ability.
• Civil Engineering-CE.
• Electrical Engineering-EE.
• Electronics & Communication Engineering-ECE.
• Mechanical Engineering-ME.

General Ability includes:
General ability includes two parts. Part A has the general English. Part B has the general studies. General English has the normal English and it is for checking the understanding English of the candidate. General studies include knowledge of the current events and observation in science aspects. It also includes the history and geography of India.

Reference Book:

• World Geography – Gohcheng Leong
• Ancient India – NCERT
• Constitution of India - Subhash Kashyap
• Life Science – NCERT

Civil Engineering-CE includes:

• Building materials
• Solid mechanics
• Structural analysis
• Design of steel structure
• Design of concrete and masonry structure
• Construction practice, planning and management
• Fluid mechanics, Open channel flow, pipe flow
• Hydraulic machines and hydropower
• Hydrology
• Water resources engineering
• Water supply engineering
• Waste Water engineering
• Solid waste management
• Air and noise pollution and ecology
• Soil mechanics
• Foundation engineering
• Surveying
• Transportation engineering

Reference Book:

• Strength of Materials /Mechanics of Structure - Gare & Timoshenko
• Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering - Gopal Ranjan & Rao
• Highway Engineering - Khanna & Justo, Kadiyali
• Railway Engineering - Saxena & Arora
• Airport Engineering - Saxena & Arora
• Building Materials - Rangwala, M.L. Gambhir
• Steel Design - S.K. Duggal, L.S. Negi,
• Plastic Analysis - Manicka Selvam

Electrical Engineering-EE includes:

• EM Theory
• Electrical Materials
• Electrical Circuits
• Measurements and Instrumentation
• Control systems
• Electrical Machines and Power Transformers
• Power systems
• Analog and digital electronics and circuits
• Microprocessors
• Communication systems
• Power electronics

Reference Book:

• Electronic Devices & Circuits & Analog Electronics - Jacob Millman
• Communication System - Simon Haykins
• Control System - I.G. Nagrath & M.
• Power Electronics - PS Bhimra
• Measurement and Instrumentation - A. K. Sahney
• Computer Engineering - Ramesh S. Gaonkar

Electronics & Communication Engineering-ECE

• Materials and Components
• Physical Electronics, Electron Devices and ICs
• Signals and Systems
• Network theory
• Electromagnetic Theory
• Electronic Measurements and instrumentation
• Analog Electronic Circuits
• Digital Electronic Circuits
• Control Systems
• Communication Systems
• Microwave Engineering
• Computer Engineering

Reference Book:

• Electronic Devices & Circuits & Analog Electronics - Jacob Millman
• Control System - I.G. Nagrath & M.
• Measurement and Instrumentation - A. K. Sahney
• Computer Engineering - Ramesh S. Gaonkar
• Network Theory - D. Roy Chaudhary Hayt
• Digital Electronics - M. Morris Mano

Mechanical Engineering-ME includes:

• Thermodynamics.
• Heat Transfer and Refrigeration and Air-conditioning.
• Fluid Mechanics.
• Fluid Machinery and Steam Generators.
• Theory of machines
• Machine Design
• Strength of materials
• Engineering materials
• Production engineering
• Industrial engineering
• Elements of computation

Reference Book:

• I.C. Engine - R.P. Sharma
• Gas Turbine and Propulsive Systems – V ganesan
• Fluid Mechanics - D.S. Kumar
• Heat and Mass Transfer - P. K Nag
• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning - CP Arora
• Theory of Machines - S S Rattan , Thomas Bevan
• Production Engg. - P. N. Rao ( Vol I & II)

[Educated]

The syllabus for the PSU exam is as follows. The PSU exam has four subjects.

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics & Telecommunication.
• Mechanical

 
Civil Engineering includes:

• Building materials
• Solid mechanics
• Structural analysis
• Design of steel structure
• Design of concrete and masonry structure
• Construction practice, planning and management
• Fluid mechanics, Open channel flow, pipe flow
• Hydraulic machines and hydropower
• Water resources engineering
• Water supply engineering
• Air and noise pollution and ecology
• Soil mechanics
• Surveying
• Transportation engineering

Electrical Engineering includes:

• EM Theory
• Electrical Materials
• Network theory
• Measurements and Instrumentation
• Control systems
• Electrical Machines
• Electrical power systems
• Analog and digital electronics and circuits
• Microprocessors
• Power Electronics

Electronics & Telecommunication includes:

• Materials and Components
• Physical Electronics, Electron Devices and ICs
• Signals and Systems
• Network theory
• Electromagnetic Theory
• Electronic Measurements and instrumentation
• Analog Electronic Circuits
• Digital Electronic Circuits
• Control Systems
• Communication Systems
• Computer Engineering

Mechanical includes:

• Thermodynamics.
• Heat Transfer and Refrigeration and Air-conditioning.
• Fluid Mechanics.
• Fluid Machinery and Steam Generators.
• Theory of machines
• Machine Design
• Strength of materials
• Engineering materials
• Production engineering
• Industrial engineering
• Elements of computation

For Reference Book I am providing the link.

• Civil Engineering – Download here
• Electrical Engineering – Download here
• Electronics & Telecommunication – Download here
• Mechanical – Download here