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ElectricalEngineeringSyllabusforUPSCMainExamination
PaperI

1. CircuitTheory:CircuitcomponentsnetworkgraphsKCL,KVLcircuitanalysismethods:nodal
analysis,meshanalysisbasicnetworktheoremsandapplicationstransientanalysis:RL,RCandRLC
circuitssinusoidalsteadystateanalysisresonantcircuitscoupledcircuitsbalanced3phasecircuits
Twoportnetworks.
2. Signals&Systems:Representationofcontinuoustimeanddiscretetimesignals&systemsLTI
systemsconvolutionimpulseresponsetimedomainanalysisofLTIsystemsbasedonconvolutionand
differential/differenceequations.Fouriertransform,Laplacetransform,Ztransform,Transferfunction.
SamplingandrecoveryofsignalsDFT,FFTProcessingofanalogsignalsthroughdiscretetimesystems.
3. E.M.Theory:Maxwell'sequations,wavepropagationinboundedmedia.Boundaryconditions,reflection
andrefractionofplanewaves.Transmissionline:travellingandstandingwaves,impedancematching,
Smithchart.
4. AnalogElectronics:Characteristicsandequivalentcircuits(largeandsmallsignal)ofDiode,BJT,JFET
andMOSFET.Diodecircuits:clipping,clamping,rectifier.Biasingandbiasstability.FETamplifiers.
CurrentmirrorAmplifiers:singleandmultistage,differential,operational,feedbackandpower.Analysis
ofamplifiersfrequencyresponseofamplifiers.OPAMPcircuits.Filterssinusoidaloscillators:criterionfor
oscillationsingletransistorandOPAMPconfigurations.Functiongeneratorsandwaveshapingcircuits.
Linearandswitchingpowersupplies.
5. DigitalElectronics:BooleanalgebraminimizationofBooleanfunctionslogicgatesdigitalICfamilies
(DTL,TTL,ECL,MOS,CMOS).Combinationalcircuits:arithmeticcircuits,codeconverters,multiplexers
anddecoders.Sequentialcircuits:latchesandflipflops,countersandshiftregisters.Comparators,
timers,multivibrators.Sampleandholdcircuits,ADCsandDACs.Semiconductormemories.Logic
implementationusingprogrammabledevices(ROM,PLA,FPGA).
6. EnergyConversion:Principlesofelectromechanicalenergyconversion:Torqueandemfinrotating
machines.DCmachines:characteristicsandperformanceanalysisstartingandspeedcontrolofmotors
Transformers:principlesofoperationandanalysisregulation,efficiency3phasetransformers.3phase
inductionmachinesandsynchronousmachines:characteristicsandpreformanceanalysisspeed
control.
7. PowerElectronicsandElectricDrives:Semiconductorpowerdevices:diode,transistor,thyristor,triac,
GTOandMOSFETstaticcharacteristicsandprinciplesofoperationtriggeringcircuitsphasecontrol
rectifiersbridgeconverters:fullycontrolledandhalfcontrolledprinciplesofthyristorchoppersand
invertersDCDCconvertersSwitchmodeinverterbasicconceptsofspeedcontrolofdcandacMotor
drivesapplicationsofvariablespeeddrives.
8. AnalogCommunication:Randomvariables:continuous,discreteprobability,probabilityfunctions.
StatisticalaveragesprobabilitymodelsRandomsignalsandnoise:whitenoise,noiseequivalent
bandwidthsignaltransmissionwithnoisesignaltonoiseratio.LinearCWmodulation:Amplitude

modulation:DSB,DSBSCandSSB.ModulatorsandDemodulatorsPhaseandFrequencymodulation:
PM&FMsignalsnarrowbandFMgeneration&detectionofFMandPM,Deemphasis,Preemphasis.
CWmodulationsystem:Superhetrodynereceivers,AMreceivers,communicationreceivers,FM
receivers,phaselockedloop,SSBreceiverSignaltonoiseratiocalculationforAMandFMreceivers.

PaperII

1. ControlSystems:Elementsofcontrolsystemsblockdiagramrepresentationopenloop&closedloop
systemsprinciplesandapplicationsoffeedback.Controlsystemcomponents.LTIsystems:time
domainandtransformdomainanalysis.Stability:RouthHurwitzcriterion,rootloci,Bodeplotsandpolar
plots,Nyquist'scriterionDesignofleadladcompensators.Proportional,PI,PIDcontrollers.
Statevariablerepresentationandanalysisofcontrolsystems.
2. MicroprocessorsandMicrocomputers:PCorganisationCPU,instructionset,registerset,timing
diagram,programming,interrupts,memoryinterfacing,I/Ointerfacing,programmableperipheral
devices.
3. MeasurementandInstrumentation:Erroranalysismeasurementofcurrent,voltage,power,energy,
powerfactor,resistance,inductance,capacitanceandfrequencybridgemeasurement.Signal
conditioningcircuitElectronicmeasuringinstruments:multimeter,CRO,digitalvoltmeter,frequency
counter,Qmeter,spectrumanalyzer,distortionmeter.Transducers:thermocouple,thermistor,LVDT,
straingauge,piezoelectriccrystal.
4. PowerSystems:AnalysisandControl:Steadystateperformanceofoverheadtransmissionlinesand
cablesprinciplesofactiveandreactivepowertransferanddistributionperunitquantitiesbus
admittanceandimpedancematricesloadflowvoltagecontrolandpowerfactorcorrectioneconomic
operationsymmetricalcomponents,analysisofsymmetricalandunsymmetricalfaults.Conceptof
systemstability:swingcurvesandequalareacriterion.StaticVARsystem.BasicconceptsofHVDC
transmission.
5. PowerSystemProtection:Principlesofovercurrent,differentialanddistanceprotection.Conceptof
solidstaterelays.Circuitbreakers.Computeraidedprotection:Introductionlinebus,generator,
transformerprotectionnumericrelaysandapplicationofDSPtoprotection.
6. DigitalCommunication:Pulsecodemodulation(PCM),differentialpulsecodemodulation(DPCM),
deltamodulation(DM),Digitalmodulationanddemodulationschemes:amplitude,phaseandfrequency
keyingschemes(ASK,PSK,FSK).Errorcontrolcoding:errordetectionandcorrection,linearblock
codes,convolutioncodes.Informationmeasureandsourcecoding.Datanetworks,7layerarchitecture.
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