I.E.

Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

What is ESE/ IES ?
Engineering Services Exam comprise of engineers who work under the government of India and
designated as Class – 1 officer. They administer a large segment of the public sector economy,
which constitutes of Indian Railways, Power, Telecommunications, Central Water engineering,
Defense service of Engineers, Central Engineering Service, etc. The nature of work performed
by these bureaucrats largely depends on their engineering branch and the service or cadre they
are recruited in. The career progression goes smoothly attaining high esteem. The first position
offered is that of Asst. Executive engineer and the hierarchy ends at the position of Chairman/
Managing Director.
A combined competitive examination is conducted by the Union Public Services Commission
(UPSC) for recruitment to the Engineering Services Exam. The Examination constitutes of a
written examination followed by an interview for the personality test. The recruitment of qualified
candidates is made under the following categories:

 Civil Engineering
 Mechanical Engineering
 Electrical engineering
 Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

ELIGIBILITY
(I) Nationality:
A candidate must be either:

a. a citizen of India, or
b. a subject of Nepal, or
c. a subject of Bhutan, or
d. a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of
permanently settling in India, or
e. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African
countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and
Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently setting in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in
whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination
but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been
issued to him/her by the Government of India.

(II) Age Limits:

 (a). A candidate for this examination must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have
attained the age of 30 years on the 1st January, 2019 i.e., he/she must have been born not earlier
than 2nd January, 1989 and not later than 1st January, 1998.
(b). The upper age-limit of 30 years will be relaxable up to 35 years in the case of Government
servants of the following categories, if they are employed in a Department/ Office under the control of
any of the authorities mentioned in column 1 below and apply for admission to the examination for all
or any of the Service(s)/Post(s) mentioned in column 2, for which they are otherwise eligible.

I. A candidate who holds substantively a permanent post in the particular Department/Office

concerned. This relaxation will not be admissible to a probationer appointed against a
permanent post in the Department/Office during the period of his probation. However, this
relaxation will be admissible to a probationer so appointed provided he/she already retains a lien
on a permanent post in a Department/Office under the control of any of the authorities
mentioned in column 1 below.
II. A candidate who has been continuously in a temporary service on a regular basis in the
particular Department/Office for at least 3 years on the 1st January, 2019.

(c) The upper age-limit prescribed above will be further relaxable :

I. Up to maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.

II. Up to maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes
who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates. The closing date fixed for
the receipt of the application will be treated as the date for determining the OBC status
(including that of creamy layer) of the candidates.
III. Up to maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu
and Kashmir during the period from the 1st January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989.
IV. Up to maximum of three years, in the case of Defence Services personnel, disabled in
operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area, and released as a
consequence thereof.
V. Up to maximum of five years in the case of Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and
ECOs/SSCOs, who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st January, 2019
and have been released (i) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is
due) to be completed within one year from 1st January, 2019 otherwise than by way of dismissal
or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, or (ii) on account of physical disability
attributable to Military Service, or (iii) on invalidment.
VI. Up to maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/ SSCOs who have completed an initial period
of assignment of five years of Military Service as on 1st January, 2019 and whose assignment
has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a
certificate that they can apply for civil employment and they will be released on three months’
notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.
VII. Up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of candidates of PwBD (viz. Locomotor Disability
including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack victims & Muscular Dystrophy
and Hard of Hearing).

(III) Minimum Educational Qualification:

For admission to the examination, a candidate must have –

a. obtained a degree in Engineering from a University incorporated by an Act of the Central or

State Legislature in India or other Educational Institutions established by an Act of Parliament or
declared to be deemed as Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission
Act, 1956; or
b. passed Sections A and B of the Institution Examinations of the Institution of Engineers (India); or
c. obtained a degree/diploma in Engineering from such foreign University/College/Institution and
under such conditions as may be recognised by the Government for the purpose from time to
time, or
d. passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineers (India); or
 e. passed Associate Membership Examination Parts II and III/Sections A and B of the Aeronautical
Society of India; or
f. passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Radio
Engineers, London held after November, 1959

Provided that a candidate for the post of Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering
Posts) and Indian Radio Regulatory Service Group ‘A’ may possess any of the above qualifications or
the qualification mentioned below namely:-

a. For Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engg. Posts) - M.Sc. degree or its equivalent
with Wireless Communication Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special
subject.
b. For Indian Radio Regulatory Service – M.Sc. degree or its equivalent with Wireless
Communication Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a subject or Master’s
Degree in Science with Physics and Radio Communication or Electronics or Telecommunication
as a special subject.

IES Exam Pattern

Section I
1. The examination shall be conducted according to the following plan:—

i. Stage-I: Engineering Services (Preliminary/Stage-I) Examination (Objective Type

Papers) for the selection of candidates for the Stage-II: Engineering Services
(Main/Stage-II) Examination;
ii. Stage-II: Engineering Services (Main/Stage-II) Examination (Conventional Type Papers)
and
iii. Stage-III: Personality Test

2. The Engineering Services (Preliminary/Stage-I) Examination will consist of two objective type
(multiple choices) questions papers and carrying a maximum of 500 marks (Paper 1 – 200 Marks
& Paper II – 300 Marks). Only those candidates who are declared by the Commission to have
qualified in the Preliminary/Stage-I Examination in the year will be eligible for admission to the
Main/StageII Examination of that year provided they are otherwise eligible for admission to the
Main/Stage-II Examination. The Marks obtained in Preliminary/Stage-I Examination by the
candidates who are declared qualified for admission to the Main/Stage-II Examination will be
counted for determining their final order of merit. The number of candidates to be admitted to the
Main/Stage-II Examination will be about six to seven time the total approximate number of
vacancies to be filled in the year through this examination.
Note I : The Commission will draw a list of candidates to be qualified for Engineering Services
(Main/Stage-II) Examination based on the criterion of minimum qualifying marks in General
Studies and Engineering Aptitude Paper (Paper-I) and Engineering Discipline specific paper
(Paper-II) of Preliminary/Stage-I Examination.
Note II: There will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers marked by a candidate in
the objective type question papers.

i. There are four alternative for the answers to every question. For each question for which
a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one-third (1/3rd) of the marks assigned
to that question will be deducted as penalty.
ii. If a candidate gives more than one answer, it will be treated as a wrong answer even if
one of the given answers happen to be correct and there will be same penalty as above
for that question.
 iii. If a question is left blank i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty
for that question.

3.1 The Engineering Services (Main/stage-II) Examination will consist two conventional type
papers in Engineering Discipline specific with duration of three hours and maximum marks of 600
(300 Marks in each paper).
3.2 The Stage-III will consist of Personality Test carrying 200 Marks.
4.1 Candidates who obtain such minimum qualifying marks in the Stage-I: Engineering Services
(Preliminary/Stage-I) and StageII: Engineering Services (Main/Stage-II) Examination as may be
fixed by the Commission as per its discretion, shall be summoned by them for Stage-III
(Personality Test). The number of candidates to be summoned for Personality Test will be about
twice the number ofvacancies to be filled. The Personality Test will carry 200 marks (with no
minimum qualifying marks).
4.2 Marks obtained by the candidates in the Stage-I:(Preliminary/Stage-I) Examination, Stage-
II:(Main/Stage-II) Examination and Stage-III (Personality Test) would determine their final
ranking. Candidates will be allotted to the various services keeping in view their ranks in the
examination and the preference expressed by them for the various services/posts.
5. Candidates are advised to read carefully special instructions to candidates for conventional
type tests and objective type tests given in Appendix-III (Part A and Part B) including the
procedure regarding filing in the Answer Sheet of objective type tests in the Examination Hall
uploaded on the Commission’s website (www.upsc.gov.in) on 26.09.2018.
6. In the Personality Test special attention will be paid to assessing the candidate’s capacity for
leadership, initiative and intellectual curiosity, tact and other social qualities, mental and physical
energy, powers of practical application and integrity of character.
7. Conventional papers must be answered in English. Question paper will be set in English only.
8. Details of the syllabi for Stage-I: (Preliminary/stage-I) and Stage-II :(Main/Stage-II) are at
Section III.

Section II

A. Stage-I(Preliminary/Stage-I) Examination :-

The Examination shall comprise of two papers

Subject Duration Max. Marks

Category-I Civil Engineering

Paper-I (General Studies and Engineering Aptitude) 2 hrs. 200

Paper-II (Civil Engineering) 3 hrs 300

Total 500
 Subject Duration Max. Marks

Category-II Mechanical Engineering

Paper-I (General Studies and Engineering Aptitude) 2 hrs. 200

Paper-II (Mechanical Engineering) 3 hrs 300

Total 500

Subject Duration Max. Marks

Category-III Electrical Engineering

Paper-I (General Studies and Engineering Aptitude) 2 hrs. 200

Paper-II (Electrical Engineering) 3 hrs 300

Total 500

Subject Duration Max. Marks

Category-IV Electronics and

Telecommunication Engineering

Paper-I (General Studies and Engineering Aptitude) 2 hrs. 200

Paper-II (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) 3 hrs 300

Total 500

Details of the syllabi are indicated in Section III.

B. Stage-II(Main/Stage-II) Examination:-

The Examination shall comprise of two papers

Subject Duration Max. Marks

Category-I Civil Engineering

Paper-I ( Civil Engineering) 3 hrs. 300

Paper-II (Civil Engineering) 3 hrs 300

Total 600

Subject Duration Max. Marks

Category-II Mechanical Engineering

Paper-I (Mechanical Engineering) 3 hrs. 300

Paper-II (Mechanical Engineering) 3 hrs 300

Total 600

Subject Duration Max. Marks

Category-III Electrical Engineering

Paper-I (Electrical Engineering) 3 hrs. 300

Paper-II (Electrical Engineering) 3 hrs 300

Total 600

Subject Duration Max. Marks

Category-IV Electronics and

Telecommunication Engineering

Paper-I (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) 3 hrs. 300

Paper-II (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) 3 hrs 300

Total 600

C. Stage-III(Personality Test) - 200 Marks.

 Syllabus
Stage I - Paper I, Objective type, Common to all Candidates, 2 hours duration, 200 Marks
maximum
1. Current issues of national and international importance relating to social, economic and
industrial development
2. Engineering Aptitude covering Logical reasoning and Analytical ability
3. Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Analysis
4. General Principles of Design, Drawing, Importance of Safety
5. Standards and Quality practices in production, construction, maintenance and services
6. Basics of Energy and Environment : Conservation, Environmental pollution and
degradation, Climate change, Environmental impact assessment
7. Basics of Project Management
8. Basics of Material Science and Engineering
9. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools and their applications in
Engineering such as networking, e-governance and technology based education.
10. Ethics and values in engineering profession
PAPER – I
1. Basic Electronics Engineering:
Basics of semiconductors; Diode/Transistor basics and characteristics; Diodes for different uses;
Junction & Field Effect Transistors (BJTs, JFETs, MOSFETs); Transistor amplifiers of different
types, oscillators and other circuits; Basics of Integrated Circuits (ICs); Bipolar, MOS and CMOS
ICs; Basics of linear ICs, operational amplifiers and their applications-linear/non-linear; Optical
sources/detectors; Basics of Opto electronics and its applications.
2. Basic Electrical Engineering:
DC circuits-Ohm’s & Kirchoff’s laws, mesh and nodal analysis, circuit theorems; Electro-
magnetism, Faraday’s & Lenz’s laws, induced EMF and its uses; Single-phase AC circuits;
Transformers, efficiency; Basics-DC machines, induction machines, and synchronous machines;
Electrical power sources- basics: hydroelectric, thermal, nuclear, wind, solar; Basics of batteries
and their uses.
3. Materials Science:
Electrical Engineering materials; Crystal structure & defects; Ceramic materials-structures,
composites, processing and uses; Insulating laminates for electronics, structures, properties and
uses; Magnetic materials, basics, classification, ferrites, ferro/para-magnetic materials and
components; Nano materials-basics, preparation, purification, sintering, nano particles and uses;
Nano-optical/magnetic/electronic materials and uses; Superconductivity, uses.
4. Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation:
Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards; Analog and Digital systems for
measurement, measuring instruments for different applications; Static/dynamic characteristics of
measurement systems, errors, statistical analysis and curve fitting; Measurement systems for non-
electrical quantities; Basics of telemetry; Different types of transducers and displays; Data
acquisition system basics.
5. Network Theory:
Network graphs & matrices; Wye-Delta transformation; Linear constant coefficient differential
equations- time domain analysis of RLC circuits; Solution of network equations using Laplace
transforms- frequency domain analysis of RLC circuits; 2-port network parameters-driving point &
transfer functions; State equations for networks; Steady state sinusoidal analysis.
6. Analog and Digital Circuits:
Small signal equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTS and FETs; Diode circuits for different uses; Biasing
& stability of BJT & JFET amplifier circuits; Analysis/design of amplifier- single/multi-stage;
Feedback& uses; Active filters, timers, multipliers, wave shaping, A/D-D/A converters; Boolean
Algebra& uses; Logic gates, Digital IC families, Combinatorial/sequential circuits; Basics of
multiplexers, counters/registers/ memories /microprocessors, design& applications.

PAPER – II
1. Analog and Digital Communication Systems:
Random signals, noise, probability theory, information theory; Analog versus digital communication
& applications: Systems- AM, FM, transmitters/receivers, theory/practice/ standards, SNR
comparison; Digital communication basics: Sampling, quantizing, coding, PCM, DPCM,
multiplexing-audio/video; Digital modulation: ASK, FSK, PSK; Multiple access: TDMA, FDMA,
CDMA; Optical communication: fibre optics, theory, practice/standards.
2. Control Systems:
Classification of signals and systems; Application of signal and system theory; System realization;
Transforms& their applications; Signal flow graphs, Routh-Hurwitz criteria, root loci, Nyquist/Bode
plots; Feedback systems-open &close loop types, stability analysis, steady state, transient and
frequency response analysis; Design of control systems, compensators, elements of lead/lag
compensation, PID and industrial controllers.
3. Computer Organization and Architecture:
Basic architecture, CPU, I/O organisation, memory organisation, peripheral devices, trends;
Hardware /software issues; Data representation& Programming; Operating systems-basics,
processes, characteristics, applications; Memory management, virtual memory, file systems,
protection & security; Data bases, different types, characteristics and design; Transactions and
concurrency control; Elements of programming languages, typical examples.
4. Electro Magnetics:
Elements of vector calculus, Maxwell’s equations-basic concepts; Gauss’, Stokes’ theorems;
Wave propagation through different media; Transmission Lines-different types, basics, Smith’s
chart, impedance matching/transformation, S-parameters, pulse excitation, uses; Waveguides-
basics, rectangular types, modes, cut-off frequency, dispersion, dielectric types; Antennas-
radiation pattern, monopoles/dipoles, gain, arrays-active/passive, theory, uses.
5. Advanced Electronics Topics:
VLSI technology: Processing, lithography, interconnects, packaging, testing; VLSI design:
Principles, MUX/ROM/PLA-based design, Moore & Mealy circuit design; Pipeline concepts &
functions; Design for testability, examples; DSP: Discrete time signals/systems, uses; Digital filters:
FIR/IIR types, design, speech/audio/radar signal processing uses; Microprocessors &
microcontrollers, basics, interrupts, DMA, instruction sets, interfacing; Controllers & uses;
Embedded systems.
6. Advanced Communication Topics:
Communication networks: Principles /practices /technologies /uses /OSI model/security; Basic
packet multiplexed streams/scheduling; Cellular networks, types, analysis, protocols
(TCP/TCPIP); Microwave & satellite communication: Terrestrial/space type LOS systems, block
schematics link calculations, system design; Communication satellites, orbits, characteristics,
systems, uses; Fibre-optic communication systems, block schematics, link calculations, system
design.
BOOKS
 Salary of ESE
Officers Level Pay Scale Time Frame

Indian Engineering Officers Junior Time INR 56100-177500 On Joining

Scale(JTS)
joins as Assistant Executive
Engineer or Assistant Senior Time INR 67700-208700 3-5 years
Director at level of Junior Scale (STS)

Time Scale with a basic Junior INR 123100-215900 10-15 years

salary of Rs. 56,100/- per Administrative
Grade (JAG)
month and net salary of
around Rs. 85,000/- per Senior INR 144200-218200 15-20 years
month. Administrative
Grade (SAG)

Indian Engineering Service Higher INR 182200-224100

officers are among the top Administrative
Grade (HAG)
recipients of a good deal of
privileges and allowances. HAG+ INR 205400-224400
Below is a list of allowances
Apex Scale INR 225000
and privileges available for an
IES Officers apart from the basic pay scale:
 Residential Quarters (Type IV to Type VIII) OR HRA (presently 24% of basic pay)

 Official Vehicle

 Dearness Allowance (presently 9% of basic pay)

 CGHS Medical Facility

 Leave Travel Allowance/ Tour Allowance

 National Pension Scheme

 Gratuity

 Leave Encashment

 Mobile and Briefcase Allowance

 Newspaper and Mobile Bill Reimbursement

 Laptops

 Children Education Allowance

 Transport Allowance (approx. 8000 per month), etc.

Big Journeys begin with Small Steps

“Success doesn’t necessarily come from breakthrough Innovation, but from flawless Execution.”
Often I hear a concern among the students regarding “What should be our strategy to crack
ESE/GATE exams?" To answer this question in the most simplified way, this article is my sincere
effort to strategise things for aspirants, which will be fruitful for young friends.
There are two categories of ESE/GATE Aspirants :(1) Freshers , preparing first time for the
competitive exams (Neophytes) (2) Repeaters , who have already given one or more attempts
(Rank Improvers)

(I) Strategy for Neophytes:

If you are fresher and preparing first time then I would suggest you the following approach to be
adopted-
• Define your aim and target the desired exam right from the beginning. You should examine
closely the examination pattern, syllabus and the level of difficulty.
• The first step for amateurs should be, to go through previous years’ question papers of the aimed
exam and identify what type of questions are asked, like whether it is theoretical (then what
subjects/which topics are mostly asked) or derivations or numerical type.
• Keep one best reference book for each subject. You are not advised to read too many books for
each subject; practically it is not possible in limited time frame.

The STUDY REGIME:

Make an overall plan of your career; define immediate and ultimate goals of your career, then make
a roadmap to execute in most effective manner. Being an engineer, you should understand the
importance of planning and execution of the plan.
Overall plan may be further divided in three stages:

1. Six month /One year plan:

Divide months for different subjects and plan it so as to complete the entire syllabus in the left over
time. In the current scenario of high cut-offs, do not go for selective study; instead cover the entire
syllabus, because you never know “the topic left could be the topic of conquest.”

2. Subject-wise Plan/ Bi-weekly plan:

For each subject, study should be exam oriented, i.e. you should get acclimatize with the subject
, so that you know which area is to be focussed like whether theory has to be focussed or numerical
or solving previous years’s questions will suffice. Every subject requires different approach .For
example in mathematics you may be required to focus on practicing problems where as in General
Studies Paper altogether different approach is required. similarly, in technical subjects the
approach may differ from subject to subject.
If you are enrolled in any coaching institute; then concentrate and study well in classroom. Your
class notes should be complete and ready in classroom itself, with simultaneous marking of
IMPORTANT concept /formulae and also develop a habit of writing of NOTE points ,wherever
required. If only self study is your style of preparing without coaching, then also notes making is
advisable.
One point to be kept in mind is “Work for Yourself”; i.e. make notes for yourself, it should be self
hand written notes, as this will increase your writing efficiency in terms of speed, accuracy and
hand writing and also helps in memory retention.

3. Daily To-Do list /Daily plan:

This is basically for effective time management. Plan and freeze the study hours and abstain from
using mobile phones, social media, what's app etc during these hours. 10 to 15 minutes are
sufficient to plan next day schedule, it will help in removing redundant activities of your schedule
and you can make best use of your time for study. I would also suggest to pre plan your area
/subject /topic of your study for next day, it would help in activating senses of your mind to stimulate
for study which helps in better memory retention.
Solving previous years’ questions of GATE & ESE (at least of last 10-15 years) should be made
contemporaneous with class notes. Do not postpone it for later, for all the topics that is covered in
class or studied on your own, finish the previous years' questions on priority basis.
While solving questions, mark the questions which you were not able to solve. Refer the reference
book for the clarity of concepts, and solve again. In front of the question write the Page Number
and Name of the book referred and underline or highlight the concept. This above methodology is
to be followed for all workbook and other materials also. After a few months while doing revision
you should re-attempt these marked questions only and no need to solve other questions.

Make a REVISION plan:

Make a habit of reading and revising simultaneously.
While studying a particular subject; devote 70-80% of self study time in developing concepts of
new subject and rest 20-30% time should be religiously devoted for revision of already completed
topics/subjects. And, towards months closer to exam, increase the revision time for proper
retention of concepts till exam day.
While revising, make sure you do the following:
• Review of class notes.
• Revise underlined/ highlighted portion of text book.
• Then attempt only the marked questions once more.
• If time permits, then start with new set of questions.

Make Micro notes:

After finishing every subject make micro notes, which have only principal formulae/ diagrams/
concepts of at most importance. Especially note down the area which you find difficult to remember.
Then, once this is done, take a snapshot and store in your mobile gallery. These will be your Digital
Micro Notes, which can be revised anywhere and everywhere, while travelling, gap between two
classes, free time.

Flow like a river:

Be loquacious and discussion oriented with friends and seniors and keep on clearing your doubts,
don't allow to accumulate the doubts which may result in mental stress. Let your doubts/thoughts
flow like river water which when flows gets self-purified. Also interact with successful seniors and
fellow mates to know about their path of success/strategy.
Evaluate yourself:
Take tests in examination environment and analyze your performance and make note of areas of
difficulty and make a roadmap to improve these before the next test.
Stay away from incompetent and non-achievers. Don’t let their failure demoralise you in any sense.

Make holistic and balancing approach:

Cover entire syllabus but more time should be given to important areas. Identify important subjects
and mark important topics within a subject. Scoring and low scoring areas should be segregated.
Make a balance study plan for technical and non technical subjects.
(II) Strategy for Repeaters:
• Review your past performance and find the reasons for failure. Consider failure as next stepping
step. In fact you have not failed your success is little postponed.
• Identify weak areas of each subject and start your preparation by first improving these areas.
• Focus more on solving different types of problems and that too from new source of material in
each iteration.
• Plan your study to maintain regularity and self motivation; daily scheduling and subject wise
scheduling is very important for a systematic preparation.
• Join some good test Series & appear for tests with full preparation and take the test in examination
environment. Solving previous years’ papers.
• Maintain continuity and keep up the self motivation, form groups of 3-4 friends and make schedule
of group study once in a week to discuss complex questions and doubts.

Things to be kept in mind during preparation:

•Never read too many books for the same topic. This will simply kill your time. To save time, always
refer to material of coaching institute supplemented by the standard books.
•Strengthen the key concepts of each subject. The questions are based on the basic concepts and
they do not require much calculation. Cramming up the formulae won’t help until and unless you
have a clear concept of the topic.
•Focus on writing & presentation skills, theory, derivations & diagrams for subjective paper.
•Solve all the previous 10 years questions thoroughly. In IES exam, a lot many questions are based
on the concepts of previous year’s questions.
•Rather than solving five questions on similar concepts. It is better to solve one question with five
different methods. It gives knowledge about the shortest methods to be used.
Strategy during the Exam:
Objective Papers:
•Stay ahead of time, and not with it. Split your time into milestones like 28-30 questions per 30
minutes.
•The questions from the same subject in the objective papers are mostly bunched together. Solve
the questions from the easy subjects first to be ahead of time and your milestones.
•Blind Guessing should be avoided. Always try to make a smart guess by eliminating some of the
options which cannot be true.
Conventional Papers:
•Selection of questions and Time Management is an important key to fetch good marks in the
conventional paper. The questions must be selected from the subjects which you are good at.
•With the introduction of Question Paper cum Answer Booklet (QAB) by UPSC, there is absolutely
no reason to do the questions in the order they are printed in the paper. Solve the easiest ones
first. Getting the easy questions safely under your belt at the start of an exam is a wonderful boost
to confidence, and can help reduce any feelings of panic that might arise when looking at the
harder questions. The easy questions are likely to take less time than the average. That means
you’ll be ahead of schedule from the start – another good confidence boost.
•Allot time appropriately for the theory questions as per the marks allocated against these
questions.

Exam Pattern
 Stage-I: Preliminary Examination (Objective
Papers)
STAGE-I PAPER TYPE

PAPER-I GENERAL STUDIES AND ENGINEERING APTITUDE

PAPER-II ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE

(CE/ ME/EE/E&T)

TOTAL MARKS

 Minimum Qualifying Marks for each Paper will be at the discretion of the commission.

 Only those candidates qualifying at this Stage are permitted to appear for Stage – II examination.

Stage-II: Mains Examination (Conventional

Papers)
STAGE-II PAPER TYPE

PAPER-I ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE-I

(CE/ ME/EE/E&T)

PAPER-II ENGINEERING DISCIPLINE-II

(CE/ ME/EE/E&T)

TOTAL MARKS (MAINS)

TOTAL MARKS (MAINS + PRELIMS)

 Only those candidates qualifying at this stage (i.e. Stage – I + Stage – II) are selected for Stage –
III which is the Personality Test (Interview).

Stage-III: Personality Test

STAGE-III

Personality Test

STAGE-I+ STAGE-II+STAGE III

 Only those candidates qualifying at this Stage (i.e. Stage I + Stage II + Stage III) are included in
the Final Merit List of Engineering Services Exam.
Jobs offered
Electronics and Communication Engineering
(i) Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers. (ii) Indian Railway Stores Service
(Telecommunication/Electronics Engineering Posts). (iii) Indian Radio Regulatory Service Gr ‘A’.
(iv) Indian Telecommunication Service Gr ‘A’. (v) Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics
and Telecom Engineering Posts). (vi) Asstt. Naval Store Officer Grade‐I(Electronics and Telecom
Engg. Posts) in Indian Navy. (vii) Central Power Engineering Service Gr ‘A’ (Electronics &
Telecom Engineering Posts). (viii) Indian Skill Development Service. (ix) Junior Telecom Officer
Gr ‘B’. (x) Central Power Engineering Service Gr ‘B’ (Electronics & Telecom Engineering Posts).