CGPSC State Engineering Services 2021 Exam - Dates, Application Form, Eligibility, Admit Card, Result

Civil Engineering - Part-I: Unit 01

• Units and dimensions
• First and second moments of area, mass, moment of Inertia
• Concept of forces, free body diagrams and conditions of static equilibrium
• Principle of virtual work
• Elastic constants, stresses, plane stress, Mohr's circle of stresses
• Strains, plane strain, Mohr's circle of strains
• Combined stresses
• Elastic theories of failures
• Bending moment and shear force diagrams for simple structures
• Bending stress and shear stress variation and torsion of circular and rectangular sections
• Unsymmeirical bending and torsion
• Beams of uniform strength
• Elastic stability of columns, Euler's, Rankine's, and Secant formulae

Civil Engineering - Part-I: Unit 02

• Analysis of determinate structures: Calculation of deflection by Macaulay method, moment area theorems, conjugate beam method, unit load methods
• Analysis of simple plane trusses and deflection computation
• Determination of degree of indeterminacy
• Analysis of indeterminate structures, Castigliano's theorem I and II, method of consistent deformation, moment distribution, slope deflection, Kani's method and colunm analogy method, stiffness and flexibility matrix methods
• Rouing loads and influence lines for determinate and indeterminate structures

Civil Engineering - Part-I: Unit 03

• Limit state design for bending, shear, axial compression, and combined forces
• Codal provisions for slabs, beams, walls, staircases, and footings
• Working stress method of design of RC members
• Design of cantilever and counter-fort retuning walls
• Design of RCC slab and beam bridges
• Principles of prestressed concrete design, materials, methods of prestressing, losses in prestressing, design of simple members and determinate structures

Civil Engineering - Part-I: Unit 04

• Factor of safety and load factors, design of steel tension and compression members
• Design of beams and columns (rolled and built up sections)
• Simple rivetted and welded Connections
• Design of base plate and grillage foundation
• Design of plate girders and gantry girders
• Plastic design of beams and frames
• Theory of plastic bending, plastic analysis, statical and mechanism methods
• Introduction to design of steel bridges

Civil Engineering - Part-I: Unit 05

• Aggregates, bricks, and cement: Types, classification, standard tests as per BIS, manufacturing of bricks and cement
• Cement mortar: Ingredients, proportions, mortars for plastering in masonry
• Concrete: Ingredients, importance of w/c ratio, workability, standard tests for fresh and hardened concrete, admixtures, methodsof concrete mix design
• Planning, design, and preparation of drawing, orientation, circulation, light and ventilation
• Construction of building components: Masonry
• Roofs, footing, staircase, doors, and windows, lintel, chhajja
• Plastering, pointing, and painting
• Building estimates and specifications, rate analysis, current schedule of rates
• Valuation, contract conditions and agreements
• Construction scheduling, bar charts, CPM, PERT, and other techniques
• Construction machinery viz. mixtures, excavators, vibrators etc

Civil Engineering - Part-II: Unit 01

• Fluid properties, pressure, thrust, buoyancy, pressure measurement, hydrostatics
• Fluid kinematics, continuity equation, types of flows, flow net, fluid dynamics, momentum and energy equations, Bernoulli's theorem and its application
• Dimensional analysis and model studies, similitude, model laws and scale ratios
• Pipe flow, laminar and turbulent flow
• Pipe flow systems, losses in pipes, boundary layer and control, drag and lift, water hammer and surges
• Pipe network analysis, open channel flows, classification, gradually varied and rapidly varied flows, hydraulic jump
• Flow measurement in pipes and open channels, introduction to fluid machinery viz. pumps, turbines etc

Civil Engineering - Part-II: Unit 02

• Hydrological cycle, precipitation and analysis of precipitation data, dependability analysis, DA, DAD, DD curves, design storm
• Run off: Its estimation, maximum rate of runoff, estimation of flood, hydrograph analysis, unit and synthetic hydrograph, design flood, flood frequency analysis, flood routing
• Ground water concepts, well hydraulics, estimation of ground water, recharge techniques
• Irrigation, soil water plant relationship
• Methods ol irrigation, crop water requirement, duty, delta, base period, evaporation, transpiration, crop rotation
• Reservoir planning, gravity and earthen dams: Their design concepts, spillway and energy dissipators, types and design considerations
• Canals, classification, alignment, design of unlined canals, Kennedy's and Lacey's theory, design of lined canals
• Bligh's and Khosla's theories of design of structures on pervious formation
• Design of hydraulic structures like weirs, barrages, head and cross regulators, canal falls, cross drainage works etc
• Water logging: Causes, effects, and remedial measures

Civil Engineering - Part-II: Unit 03

• Estimation of surface and ground water resources, quality of water from different sources, quantity of water, water requirement for various uses, demand and fluctuation in demand, population forecast, impurities of water and their significance
• Intake structure, conveyance of water, pipe materials, pumps, operation of pumping stations, water treatment methods: Sedimentation, coagulation, filtration, disinfection, aeration, and water softening
• Water quality aspects, affects, and treatment methods for fluoride, iron etc
• Rural water supply, institution and industrial water supply
• Urban rainwater disposal, systems of sewage collection and disposal
• Design of sewers and sewerage systems, pumping, characteristics of sewage
• Waste water treatment: Aerobic and anaerobic treatment processes, disposal of products of sewage treatment, stream flow rejuvenation, institutional and industrial sewage management, plumbing systems, rural and semi urban sanitation
• Solid waste: Disposal methods, recycling, and its management
• Sources and effects of air pollution, monitoring, noise pollution standards, ecological chain and balance
• Introduction to environmental impact assessment

Civil Engineering - Part-II: Unit 04

• Properties of soil: Physical and index, soil classification, soil structure, clay mineralogy, permeability, capillarity, seepage analysis, flow nets, stress distribution in soils, compaction, compressibility and consolidation, shearing resistance
• Stresses and failure, soil testing in laboratory and in-situ
• Earth pressures, retaining walls, stability of slopes, site investigations, soil exploration, samplers
• Bearing capacity: Its determination, settlement analysis, load tests, penetration tests
• Principles of design of shallow and deep foundations
• Piles and Caissons, coffer dams, elements of machine foundation
• Engineering classification of rocks, selection of foundation for dams, bridges in different geologic terrains

Civil Engineering - Part-II: Unit 05

• Surveying: Chain, compass, and plane table surveying, theodolite traversing, tacheometric surveying, trignometrical levelling, contours, methods of contouring, curves, triangulation, geodetic adjustment, theory of errors, aerial phologrammelry
• Cadastral survey, use of GIS and remote sensing, total station, use of EDM, concept of global positioning system, hydrographic surveying: Soundings, method of observations, computations and plotting
• Transportation engineering: Planning of highway systems, alignment and geometric design, horizontal and vertical curves, grade separation, materials of construction, design of flexible or rigid pavements, construction methods, drainage
• Pavement evaluation and strengthening
• Traffic surveys, intersections, signalling, mass transit system, accessibility, networking
• Planning of railway systems, terminology and designs relating to gauge, track, controls, transits, rolling stock, tractive power and track modernisation
• Airports: Layout and orientation, runway and taxiway designs, drainage aspects, air traffic control, helipads, hangers, and service equipments

Mechanical engineering - Part-I: Unit 01

• Equilibrium and resultant of system of forces and couples, free body diagram, centre of gravity and moment of inertia, kinematics and dynamics of particles and bodies, analysis of trusses and frames, work, power, and energy
• Stress strain relationship with elastic constants, stress-strain diagram, stress and strains in two dimensions, principal stresses and strain, Mohr's circle for stress and strain, strain energy, Castigliano's theory
• Bending moment and shear force diagram of beams, bending and shear stress distribution in beams, deflection of beams, combined stresses, axial, bending and torsion, torsion of circular shafts, thin and thick walled pressure vessels
• Theory of column, columns with different end conditions

Mechanical engineering - Part-I: Unit 02

• Higher and lower pairs, inversion, steering mechanisms, Hooke's joint, velocity and acceleration of links, inertia-forces, cams, conjugate action of gearing and interference, types of gears-spur, helical, bevel, and worm
• Gear trains, epicyclic gears, belt drives, brakes, clutches, dynamometers, fly wheels, governors, balancing of rotating and reciprocating masses
• Free forced and damped vibrations for a single degree of freedom
• Critical speed and whirling of shafts, gyroscope

Mechanical engineering - Part-I: Unit 03

• Design for static and dynamic loading, stress concentration factors, theories of failures, fatigue strength and S-N diagram, design of threaded, riveted and welded joints, eccentric loading, design of machine elements-keys and couplings, shafts
• Spur gears, hydrodynamic bearing, rolling and sliding contact bearings, brakes and clutches, power screw

Mechanical engineering - Part-I: Unit 04

• Structure and properties of engineering materials, metal and non-metals, plastics, iron-carbon equilibrium diagram, heat treatment of steel
• Merchant's force analysis, tool life and tool wear, cutting fluids, machinability and machining economics, metal cutting processes-turning, drilling, boring, milling, gear cutting and grinding, unconventional machining processes-EDM, ECM, USM, and LBM
• Limits, fits, and tolerances, measurement of surface roughness, interferometry, metal casting-patterns, moulds and cores, solidification and cooling, riser, runner and gate
• Hot and cold working processes, metal forming processes-forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing
• Joining processes-welding, brazing and soldering, principles of powder metallurgy

Mechanical engineering - Part-I: Unit 05

• Work study-method study and work measurement, job evaluation and wage incentive plans, production planning and control, forecasting models, aggregate production planning, scheduling, material requirement planning, inventory control-ABC analysis, EOQ model
• Linear programming-simplex method, transportation and assignment model, queuing theory, PERT and CPM, statistical quality control, control charts for variables and attributes, total quality management

Mechanical engineering - Part-II: Unit 01

• Open and close systems, heat and work, zeroth law, first and second law, its application to non-flow and flow processes
• Entropy, availability, irreversibIlity and T-ds relations
• Claperyron and real gas equations, properties of ideal gases and vapours, power cycles-Otto, diesel, dual, and Rankine cycle
• C.I and S.I engines, pre-ignition, detonation and knocking, fuel injection and carburation, supercharging
• Turbo-prop and rocket engines, engine cooling, emission and control, flue gas analysis, measurement of calorific values

Mechanical engineering - Part-II: Unit 02

• Properties and classification of fluids, manometry, forces on immersed surfaces, center of pressure, buoyancy, stability of floating bodies
• Irrotational and incompressible flow
• Inviscid flow
• Stream functions and velocity potential, continuity equation, Bernoulli's theorem, measurement of fluid flow and pressure drop-venturimeter, orificemeter, notches, pitot tube, flow through pipes, Reynold's number, laminar and turbulent flows, separations
• Flow over weirs and notches
• Open channel flow, hydraulic jump
• Boundary layer theory, dimensionless numbers, dimensional analysis, similitude and modelling

Mechanical engineering - Part-II: Unit 03

• Hydraulic pumps-reciprocating and centrifugal, uses of air vessels, seperation and cavitation
• Hydraulic turbine-Pelton, Francis, and Kaplan
• Classification of steam turbines, impulse and reaction turbine
• Specific speed, velocity triangles, open and closed cycle gas turbines
• Performance

Mechanical engineering - Part-II: Unit 04

• Modes of heat transfer
• One dimensional steady and unsteady conduction
• Composite slab and equivalent resistence
• Critical thickness of insulation, fins, heat exchangers, effectiveness, LMTD and NTU methods
• Overall heat transfer coefficient, free and forced convection, thermal boundary layer over a flat plate
• Dimensionless numbers, black body, boiling and condensation, radiation, enclosure theory, shape factor
• Fundamentals of diffusive and convective mass transfer

Mechanical engineering - Part-II: Unit 05

• Refrigerating effect, C.O.P., heat pump and refrigeration cycles and systems, properties of refrigerants, ozone free refrigerent, air refrigeration-reverse Camot cycle, Bell Coteman cycle
• Vapour compression and vapour absorption refrigerations, condensers, evaporators and expansion devices
• Solar refrigeration, psychometry, psychometric charts and its application in air conditioning
• Sensible heating and cooling, effective temperature, comfort indices, load calculations

Electrical engineering - Part-I: Unit 01

• Coordinate system, scalar and vector fields, Stokes's theorem, Coulomb's law, Laplace's and Poisson's equations, solution of Laplace's equation, Biol-Savart's law, ampere's circuital law
• Magnetic boundary conditions
• Scalar magnetic potiential, vector magnetic potential self and mutual inductances, Faraday's law, Maxwell's equations, wave equation and solution, pointing vector
• Network analysis-circuit elements, voltage and current sources, DC circuits analysis
• AC circuits under sinusoidal steady state
• KCL and KVL analysis, magnetically coupled circuits, initial conditions, network topology
• Network theorems for AC and DC circuits, frequency domain analysis-Laplace transform, transform of waveform
• Network theorems in transform domain, Fourier series
• Network function
• Two port parameters, interconnection of two ports networks

Electrical engineering - Part-I: Unit 02

• Electronics devices and circuits, semiconductor diodes, circuit and frequency response, analysis of diode circuits, diode applications
• Transistor characteristics: Construction, principles of operation, V-I characteristics, applications, limitations, and specifications of different types
• Amplifiers: Fixing operating point, H-parameters, voltage gain current gain, input impedance, output impedance, coupled amplifier-cascaded amplifiers
• High frequency model of transistor, bandwidth of amplifiers
• Feedback amplifiers and oscillators: Negative and positive feedback, power amplifiers and tuned amplifiers, staibility consideration
• Number systems and codes, alphanumeric codes: Boolean algebra, DeMorgon's theorem, Boolean expression and logic diagram
• Truth table and maps, combinational circuits: Design procedure, comparator, decoder, demultiplexer, encoders, multiplexer
• Sequential logic circuit: Clocked sequential circuit, state equations, registers and counters
• Random access memory, timing wave form, programmable logic array (PLA)
• Analog to digital conversion, digital to analog converters
• 16-bit 8066 microprocessors, instruction set, addressing mode, machine language programming, interfacing to 16-bit microprocessor
• Microcontroller-architecture of 8051, interfacing to ADC and DAC

Electrical engineering - Part-I: Unit 03

• Application and characteristics of power electronic devices, commutation techniques, firing of SCR
• Rating and protection of SCR, series and parallel operation of SCR, operation and analysis of rectifier circuits
• Voltage source and current source inverter, harmonics and their reduction techniques
• Principle of chopper operation, various control strategies in chopper, commutation of chopper, cyclo converter

Electrical engineering - Part-I: Unit 04

• Measuring instrument types, accuracy and precision, error and error analysis, testing and calibration, operating, damping and controlling torque, extension of range of instruments
• Instrument transformers, measurement of power and energy, energy meters, trivector meter-maximum demand meter, amperehour meter, power factor meter, frequency meter, Ohmmeter, multimeter, Megger and ratio meter
• Earth resistance measurement, magnetic measurements
• Bridges and measurement with bridge circuits, sources of errors in bridges
• Transducers, classification, characteristic and choice of transducers, digital data acquisition systems, signal generators, wave analyser, digital instruments, resolution and sensitivity of digital meters, digital display system and indicators
• Analog recorders, X-Y recorders

Electrical engineering - Part-I: Unit 05

• Modeling of dynamic systems: Electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic systems, transfer function, open and closed loop systems, signal flow graph, Mason's formula, components of control systems: error detectors (synchros and potentiometer)
• Servomotors (AC and DC), technogenerators, power amplifier, stepper motors
• Time-domain analysis of closed loop systems: Time response of first and second order systems, steady state error and error constants
• Feedback control actions: Stability analysis
• Characteristics equation of closed loop system, root loci, stability by root loci
• Frequency-domain analysis, Bode plots, Nyquist stability analysis, relative stability, frequency-domain compensation: Design of compensating networks
• Sate-space analysis, observability, optimal control

Electrical engineering - Part-II: Unit 01

• Structure and components of power network
• Power generation-conventional, non-conventional and generation, effect of transmission voltage on power system economy
• Problems associated with modern large interconnected power systems, HVAC and HVDC Systems, plant economics
• Transmission line components and under ground cabling transmission line parameters, underground cable-grading of cables, ionization
• Heating of cables, phenomena of dielectric losses and sheath loss in cables, thermal resistance of cables
• Transmission systems and performance of transmission line short, medium, and long transmission line and their representation
• Surge impedance, loading, interpretation of long line equation and its equivalent equation
• Power flow through transmission line, method of voltage control, static and rotating VAR generator, transformer control
• Insulator and mechanical design
• Vibration and vibration dampers
• Types of insulator for overhead transmission, string efficiency, substation layout, substation equipment
• Fault analysis, symmetrical components, sequence networks
• Current limiting reactors
• Protective relays-primary and backup protection, electromagnetic relays, static analog and digital relays
• Circuit breakers, principle of arc quenching, recovery and re-striking voltage, bulk oil, minimum oil, air break, air blast, SF6, vacuum circuit breakers and DC circuit breakers, HRC fuses, testing of circuit breaker
• System protection, protection of generators, protection of transformers, protection of transmission lines, switching surges, phenomena of lightning, insulation, coordination

Electrical engineering - Part-II: Unit 02

• Power flow studies-formulation of static power flow equations and solutions, economic operations of power system
• Regulating transformer, line load ability, capability curves of alternator
• MW frequency control, MVAR voltage control problem-control of load bus voltage, voltage stability, PV curve for voltage stability
• Power system stability-steady state, dynanuc and transients stability, swing equation, solution of swing equation, methods of improving transient stability
• SCADA, concepts of smart grid
• Energy management, energy audit, energy auditing instruments
• Load curve analysis, power factor improvement in power system
• Energy conservation in transportation system, co-generation, energy conservation in industry and in building, heating and lighting

Electrical engineering - Part-II: Unit 03

• Transformer, EMF equation, construction, phasor diagrams, equivalent circuit, voltage regulation, losses and testing
• Excitation phenomenon, autotransformer
• Rotating electrical machine-DC machine, EMF equation, torque equation, armature reaction, speed control
• Three phase induction motor, principle, construction, power factor control, cogging and crawling, impact of unbalanced supply and harmonics on performance, speed control braking, induction generator
• Single phase induction motor: Construction, starting methods, comparison with three phases induction motor
• Synchronous machines, synchronous generators, EMF equation, harmonics and their elimination
• Armature reaction, determination of equivalent circuit parameters, phasor diagram, effect of excitation variation
• Salient pole machine, two reaction theory, phasor diagram, determination of Xd and Xq, power angle equation
• Synchronizing power, parallel operation
• Synchronous motors: Starting, pull in torque, armature reaction, V curves, inverted V curves, hunting and damper winding, efficiency, and losses
• Analysis under sudden short circuit, determination of transient parameters, generalized theory of electrical machines, Kron's primitive machine, Park's and inverse Park's transformation

Electrical engineering - Part-II: Unit 04

• Special motors-permanent magnet motors, P.M. synchronous motors, shaded pole motors, repulsion motor, universal motors, hysteresis motor, reluctance motor, stepper motor, AC-series motor, linear induction motors, DC and AC servo motors
• Magnetic levitadon vehicles, Brush less DC motors
• Control of DC motors by converters, speed and torque expression, speed-torque characteristics, four quadrant operation, closed loop operation of DC motor
• Control of DC motors by choppers
• Control of induction motors: Speed torque characteristics, variable frequency control of induction motor, PWM control, slip power recovery static Scherbius drive, static Kramer drive
• Control of synchronous motors, operation, waveform, speed torque characteristics

Electrical engineering - Part-II: Unit 05

• Domestic and industrial wiring, illumination engineering, nature of light, units, sensitivity of the eye, luminous efficiency, glare, various types of lamps, lighting calculation
• Heating, welding, and electrolysis, electrical heating, methods and applications, power supply and control
• Different methods of electrical welding, and equipment for them
• Furnace and welding transformers
• Electrolytic principles, laws of electrolysis, electroplating, power supply for electrolytic process
• Traction, special features of traction motors, selection of traction motor, different system of electric traction and transmission requirement
• Mechanics of train movement, transmission requirement
• Electric drives, individual and collective drives-electrical braking, plugging, rheostatic and regenerative braking, load equalization use of fly wheel criteria for selection of motors for various industrial drives