UPSC IES Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2019

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UPSC IES Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2019

The Indian Engineering Services (IES) is a combined three-stage competitive examination called the Engineering Services Examination (ESE) which is conducted by the UPSC for filling in various Technical Posts. The IES Exam is conducted in two stages: Prelims and Mains. The UPSC IES Prelims is completed successfully in the month of January 2019. Now, it is time for candidates to prepare for UPSC IES Mains 2019. So to ease out all the candidate’s preparation, we have provided the detailed UPSC IES Syllabus and Exam pattern here. Candidates who are qualified for the IES Mains can start their preparation now by going through the syllabus and exam pattern.

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IES Exam Pattern 2019

Exam Pattern Highlights
Mode of Exam	Offline
Number of Stages	3 namely Preliminary, Mains and Personal Interview
Number of papers	5
Questions Type	Preliminary Exam – Objective (Multiple Choice Questions) Mains Exam – Conventional type
Exam duration	Varies for different exam papers
Language of exam	English

IES Prelims Exam Pattern 2019

Section Name	Duration of Exam	Maximum Marks
Paper 1 (General Studies & Engineering Aptitude)	2 hours	300
Paper 2 (Engineering Discipline)	3 hours	300
Total	5 hours	600 marks

IES Mains Exam Pattern 2019

IES Mains is conducted in offline mode i.e. it is a written examination. IES Mains include two papers.

Section Name	Duration of Exam	Maximum Marks
Paper 1 (Engineering Discipline)	3 hours	300
Paper 2 (Engineering Discipline)	3 hours	300
Total	6 hours	600 marks

IES Syllabus 2019

Indian Engineering Services examination is conducted in three stages. The first two stages are written examinations that are explained below.

Stage 1 consists of 2 Papers namely General Studies & Engineering Aptitude (Paper 1) and Engineering Discipline (Civil/ Mechanical/ Electrical/ Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering).

The questions in Paper 1 are based on Current issues, Basic Engineering Aptitude, Engineering Mathematics, and Numerical Analysis, etc.
The questions in Paper 2 are based on the chosen engineering discipline.

Stage 2 also consists of 2 Papers, both the papers are engineering discipline specific.

IES Syllabus for General Knowledge and Engineering Aptitude

Questions from this section generally include Current issues of national and international importance related to economic, social and industrial development. The questions in this paper are of graduate level. Engineering Aptitude section will cover questions from:

Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability
Engineering Mathematics
Numerical Analysis
General Principles of Drawing, Design, and Importance of Safety
Basics of Project Management
Basics of Material Science and Engineering
Basics of Energy and Environment: Conservation, environmental pollution, and degradation, Climate Change, Environmental impact assessment
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools and their applications in Engineering such as networking, e-governance, and technology-based education.

IES Syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Manufacturing	Heat Transfer
Orthogonal Cutting Tool Life Equation Problems Casting Types and Design Resistance Welding Problems in Welding	Numbers in convection like Pr No, Gr No, Re No, etc. Problems on conduction Critical thickness Shape factor in radiation The problem in Heat exchangers like NTU
Thermal Science	Fluid Mechanics
1^st and 2^nd Law Problems Steam Turbines Laws of TD and Properties Problems of Diesel Otto Duel Cycle Detonation and Knocking Turbo Machinery	Velocity Potential Flow through Pipes Boundary Layer Theory Buoyancy Surface Tension Capillary Applications of Bernoulli equation Centrifugal pumps Specific speeds of the turbine and pumps
Theory of Machines and Vibration	Renewable Sources of Energy
Planetary gear train Gears LOC, POC Shafts Problems Governors & Fly Wheel Linkages Pairs & its applications Inversions of single & double slider crank	Solar Radiation, Solar Thermal Energy collection – Flat Plate and focusing collectors their materials and performance. Solar Thermal Energy Storage, Applications – heating, cooling and Power Generation; Solar Photovoltaic Conversion; Harnessing of Wind Energy, Bio-mass and Tidal Energy – Methods and Applications, Working principles of Fuel Cells

IES Syllabus for Civil Engineering (CE)

Structural Engineering	Geotechnical Engineering
Solid Mechanics Steel Structures Structural Analysis	Soil Mechanics Foundation Engineering
Water Resources Engineering	Environmental Engineering
Hydrology Fluid Mechanics Hydraulics Irrigation	Water and wastewater disposal Air Pollution Noise Pollution Municipal Solid Waste
Transportation Engineering	Geomatics Engineering
Transportation Infrastructure Highway Pavements Traffic Engineering	Surveying Basics of Geographical Information System (GIS) Geographical Positioning System (GPS)

IES Syllabus for Electrical Engineering (EEE)

Electric Circuits	Electromagnetic Fields
Network graph KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis Sinusoidal steady-state analysis Thevenin’s theorem, Norton’s theorem Three phase circuits	Electric Field Intensity, Electric Flux Density, Gauss’s Law, Electric field & potential due to the point, line, plane & spherical charge distributions Biot-Savart’s law, Ampere’s law Self and Mutual inductance of simple configurations
Signals and Systems	Electrical Machines
Representation of continuous and discrete-time signals. Linear Time-Invariant and Causal systems, Sampling theorem. Applications of Fourier Transform, Laplace Transform, and z-Transform	Single phase transformer, Three phase transformers, Auto-transformer, DC machines, Three phase induction motors, Operating principle of single phase induction motors, Synchronous machines Types of losses and efficiency calculations of electric machines.
Power Systems	Control Systems
Power generation concepts Electric field distribution and insulators Gauss-Seidel and Newton-Raphson load flow methods Voltage and Frequency control, Power factor correction Symmetrical components, Symmetrical and unsymmetrical fault analysis, Circuit breakers, System stability concepts	Mathematical modeling and representation of systems Feedback principle, transfer function, Block diagrams, and Signal flow graphs Transient and Steady-state analysis of linear time-invariant systems Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist criteria, Bode plots. P, PI and PID controllers; State space model, State transition matrix.
Electrical and Electronic Measurements	Analog and Digital Electronics
Bridges and Potentiometers Measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor Instrument transformers, Digital voltmeters, and multimeters Phase, Time and Frequency measurement; Oscilloscopes	Characteristics of diodes, BJT, MOSFET Oscillators and Feedback amplifiers Operational amplifiers 8085Microprocessor
Power Electronics
Characteristics of semiconductor power devices: Diode, Thyristor, Triac, GTO, MOSFET, IGBT; DC to DC conversion: Buck, Boost and Buck-Boost converters; Single and three phase configurations of uncontrolled rectifiers, Line commutated thyristor-based converters, Bidirectional ac to dc voltage source converters, Issues of line current harmonics, Power factor, Distortion factor of ac to dc converters, Single phase and three phase inverters, Sinusoidal pulse modulation.

IES Syllabus for Electronics and Telecommunications

Networks, Signals, and Systems	Electronic Devices
Network solution methods Network theorems Linear 2-port network parameters Continuous-time signals Discrete-time signals LTI systems Digital filter design techniques.	Energy bands in intrinsic and extrinsic silicon; Carrier transport P-N junction, Zener diode, BJT, MOS capacitor, MOSFET, LED, photodiode and solar cell The integrated circuit fabrication process
Analog Circuits	Digital Circuits
Small signal equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTs, and MOSFETs; Simple diode circuits Single-stage BJT and MOSFET amplifiers BJT and MOSFET amplifiers Sinusoidal oscillators Function generators, wave-shaping circuits, and 555 timers Voltage reference circuits Power supplies: ripple removal and regulation.	Number systems; Combinatorial circuits Sequential circuits Data Converters Semiconductor memories An 8-bit microprocessor (8085)
Control Systems	Communications
Basic control system components Block diagram representation Signal flow graph Transient and steady-state analysis of LTI systems; Frequency response; Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist stability criteria; Bode and root-locus plots; Lag, lead and lag-lead compensation; State variable model and solution of state equation of LTI systems.	Random processes Analog communications Information theory Digital communications Fundamentals of error correction, Hamming codes; Timing and frequency synchronization, inter-symbol interference and its mitigation Basics of TDMA, FDMA, and CDMA.
Electromagnetics
Electrostatics Maxwell’s equations Plane waves and properties Transmission lines Waveguides Antennas Basics of radar Light propagation in optical fibers

Thus, candidates can go through the detailed UPSC IES Syllabus and Exam Pattern mentioned here. Make sure you also have the right IES Preparation Books which covers all these topics and concepts.