UPSC ESE Electrical Engineering Syllabus 2023 - Check Detailed ESE EE Syllabus & Pattern

Particulars

Details

Name of the exam

UPSC ESE 2023

Conducting Authority

Union Public Service Commission

Exam Mode

Offline

Number of UPSC ESE 2023 papers

2

Branch specification

Electrical

Subject

Topics

Engineering Mathematics

• Numerical methods for solution of non‐linear algebraic equations and differential equations

• Partial derivatives

• Matrix theory

• Integral calculus

• Sampling theorem, random variables

• Normal and Poisson distributions, correlation and regression analysis

• Eigen values & Eigen vectors

• System of linear equations

• Maxima and minima

• Taylor’s and Laurent’s series, residue theorem, probability and statistics fundamentals

• Line, Surface and Volume Integrals

• Fourier series, linear, non‐linear and partial differential equations, initial and boundary value problems, complex

Electrical Materials

• Electrical Materials

• Ferrities, ferro‐magnetic materials and components

• Basics of Nano materials and Superconductors.

• Conductors

• Basics of solid state physics

• Photo‐conductivity

• Electrical Engineering Materials, crystal structures and defects, ceramic materials, insulating materials, magnetic materials - basics, properties and applications

Electric Circuits and Fields

• Circuit elements, network graph, KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis, ideal current and voltage sources

• Gauss Theorem, electric field and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions

• Transient response of DC and AC networks, Sinusoidal steady state analysis

• Thevenin’s, Norton’s, Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorems

• Basic filter concepts, two‐port networks, three phase circuits, Magnetically coupled circuits,

• Ampere’s and Biot‐Savart’s laws; inductance, dielectrics, capacitance

• Maxwell’s equations

Electrical and Electronic Measurements

• Moving coil, moving iron

• Dynamometer and induction type instruments

• Bridges and potentiometers

• Basics of sensors, Transducers, basics of data acquisition system

• 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

• Electrical and Electronic Measurements: Principles of measurement, accuracy

• Precision and standards

Computer Fundamentals

• Peripheral devices, data representation and programming, basics of Operating system and networking, virtual memory, file systems

• Number systems, Boolean algebra, arithmetic functions

• Elements of programming languages, typical examples

• Basic Architecture, Central Processing Unit, I/O and Memory Organisation

Basic Electronics Engineering

• Basics of Semiconductor diodes and transistors and characteristics

• Oscillators and other circuits, feedback amplifiers.

• Different types of transistor amplifiers, equivalent circuits and frequency response

• Junction and field effect transistors (BJT, FET and MOSFETS)

Subject

Topics

Analog and Digital Electronics

• A/D and D/A converters

• Transmitters and receivers, signal to noise ratio, digital communication basics, sampling, quantizing, coding, frequency and time domain multiplexing, power line carrier communication systems

• Basics of filter circuits and applications

• Simple active filters

• Analog communication basics,

• Modulation and de‐modulation, noise and bandwidth

• Operational amplifiers: characteristics and applications

• Multiplexers, multi‐ vibrators, sample and hold circuits

• Microprocessor basics: interfaces and applications, basics of linear integrated circuits

• Combinational and sequential logic circuits

Systems and Signal Processing

• Z transforms

• Discrete Fourier transform

• 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

• FFT

• Linear convolution

• Discrete cosine transform

• FIR filter, IIR filter, bilinear transformation.

Control Systems

• 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

• Principles of feedback, transfer function, block diagrams and signal flow graphs, steady‐state errors, transforms and their applications

• Routh‐hurwitz criterion

Electrical Machines

• Single phase transformers, three phase transformers‐connections

• DC machines ‐ types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction and commutation

• Starting and speed control of motors, Induction

• Parallel operation, auto‐transformer, energy conversion principles

• 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

Power Systems

• Basic power generation concepts, steam, gas and water turbines, transmission line models and performance, cable performance, insulation, corona and radio interference, power factor correction, symmetrical components, fault analysis, principles of protection systems, basics of solid state relays and digital protection;

• Circuit breakers, Radial and ring‐main distribution systems,

• Matrix representation of power systems, load flow analysis, voltage control and economic operation

• System stability concepts, Swing curves and equal area criterion

• HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts

• Concepts of power system dynamics, distributed generation, solar and wind power, smart grid concepts, environmental implications, fundamentals of power economics

Power Electronics and Drives

• 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 converter

Subject

Number of questions

Maximum marks

Duration

General Studies and Engineering Aptitude

100

200

2 hours

Civil/Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering

150

300

3 hours

ESE/IES Exam

Duration

Maximum Marks

Type of paper

Paper-I (Electrical Engineering)

3 hrs.

300

Descriptive

Paper-II (Electrical Engineering)

3 hrs.

300

Total

6 hrs.

600 marks

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