Syllabus : Electrical Engineering Paper 2 (Engineering Service Examination)

PAPER – II

1. Analog and Digital Electronics:

• Operational amplifiers – characteristics and applications, 
• Combinational and Sequential logic circuits,
• Multiplexers, 
• Multi-vibrators, 
• Sample and hold circuits, 
• A/D and D/A converters, 
• Basics of filter circuits and applications, simple active filters; 
• Microprocessor basics- interfaces and applications,
• Basics of linear integrated circuits; 
• Analog communication basics, 
• Modulation and demodulation,
• Noise and bandwidth, 
• Transmitters and receivers, 
• Signal to noise ratio, 
• Digital communication basics, 
• Sampling, 
• Quantizing, 
• Coding, 
• Frequency and time domain multiplexing, 
• Power line carrier communication systems.

2. Systems and Signal Processing :

• 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.

3. Control Systems:

• 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.

4. Electrical Machines :

• 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.

5. 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.

6. 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, 
• Basic concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives, 
• DC-DC switched mode converters, 
• DC-AC switched mode converters, 
• Resonant converters, 
• High frequency inductors and transformers, 
• Power supplies.