UPSC ESE Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2018
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducts Engineering Services Examination 2018 as a combined competitive examination for recruitment to the services or posts of Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering.The exam is conducted for selection engineers for Government of India’s engineering organizations, such as Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE), Central Engineering Service (CES), Military Engineering Services (MES), and others.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Eligibility: You need to be between 21 years to 30 years as on 1st January of the exam year. Age relaxations exist as per the government rules.
Academic Qualification Eligibility: You must be a graduate in Engineering from a recognized university. Final year students can also appear in IES exam.
ESE Exam Pattern
| Stage – I (Preliminary) | Objective Papers | Duration | Marks |
| Paper I (Common to all) | General Studies & Engineering Aptitude | 2 Hours | 200 |
| Paper II | Engineering Specific | 3 Hours | 300 |
| Stage I Total | 500 | ||
| Stage II (Mains) | Subjective Papers | ||
| Engineering Paper I | 3 Hours | 300 | |
| Engineering Paper II | 3 Hours | 300 | |
| Stage II Total | 600 | ||
| Stage I + II Total | 1100 | ||
| Stage III | Personality Test | 200 | |
| Grand Total | 1300 |
Only those candidates qualifying at Stage I are permitted to appear for Stage-II examination. Similarly, only those Candidates qualifying at Stage-I + Stage-II are permitted to appear for Stage-III examination.
UPSC IES Syllabus for General Studies:
- Geography – India.
- Indian Constitution.
- Economic Scene.
- History – India.
- Culture & Heritage.
- Sports.
- General Polity.
- Scientific Research.
- Current Events – International & National etc.
General English:
- Fill in the Blanks.
- Sentence Improvement.
- Synonyms.
- Restructuring Passage.
- Antonyms.
- Comprehension.
- Spotting Errors.
- Selecting Words etc.
UPSC Engineering Services Syllabus for Mechanical Engineering
Paper-I:
- Thermodynamics.
- Fluid Machinery and Steam Generators.
- Fluid Mechanics.
Paper-II:
- Theory of Machines.
- The strength of Materials.
- Machine Design.
- Production Engineering.
- Industrial Engineering.
- Engineering Materials.
- Elements of Computation.
UPSC Engineering Services 2018 Syllabus for Civil Engineering
The UPSC IES Syllabus for Paper I and Paper II:
Paper-I:
- Building Materials.
- Structural Analysis.
- Solid Mechanics.
- The design of Concrete and Masonry Structures.
- A design of Steel Structures.
- Construction Practice, Planning, and Management.
Paper-II:
- Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel, Flow, Pipe Flow.
- Hydrology.
- Hydraulic Machines and Hydropower.
- Environmental Engineering:
- Water Resources Engineering.
- Waste Water Engineering.
- Water Supply Engineering.
- Air and Noise Pollution and Ecology.
- Solid Waste Management.
- Foundation Engineering.
- Surveying.
- Soil Mechanics.
- Transportation Engineering.
UPSC Engineering Services Exam Syllabus for Electronics & Telecommunication
Paper-I:
- Materials and components.
- Signals and Systems.
- Physical Electronics, Electron Devices, and ICs.
- Electromagnetic Theory.
- Network Theory.
- Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation.
Paper-II:
- Analog Electronic Circuits.
- Control Systems.
- Digital Electronic Circuits.
- Microwave Engineering.
- Communication Systems.
- Computer Engineering.
UPSC ESE Electrical Engineering Syllabus 2018
Union PSC IES Syllabus 2018 for Paper I and Paper II
Paper-I:
- KM Theory.
- Electrical Circuits.
- Electrical Materials.
- Control Systems.
- Measurements and Instrumentation.
Paper-II:
- Electrical Machines and Power Transformers.
- Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits.
- Power Systems.
- Communication Systems.
- Microprocessors.
- AC regulators.
- Power Electronics.
