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Syllabus 2016

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IES ISS Exam Pattern Syllabus 2016 The examination for the Indian Economic
Service and the Indian Statistical Service 2016 have been scheduled for the month of
May 2016. Candidates appearing for this exam must have already started the
preparation for the exam. While preparing, what holds importance is having the
complete knowledge of the IES ISS Exam Pattern Syllabus 2016 that is to be followed
by the respective exams. The exam pattern signifies the type of questions, the number
of questions, marks divided within all sections etc. and the syllabus contains all the
names of topics that shall be asked in the exam. Both the Exam Pattern & Syllabus of
IES/ISS 2016 hold their own set of importance.

Change in Scheme of IES/ISS Examination & ISS Syllabus 2016 Check here

IES ISS Exam Pattern Syllabus Details

The IES Exam Pattern consists of the following categories in total.
1. Civil
2. Mechanical
3. Electrical
4. Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering

Engineering
Engineering
Engineering

IES ISS Exam Pattern Syllabus

Type of questions: Multiple Choice type Questions

Section 1 comprises of the objective type questions

Section 2 comprises of the essay type questions from the English language only

Sections
#
General
#
General
# General studies

contain
Ability

the
Test
English

The total time duration of the exam is 2 hours.

Total marks allotted to one paper: 200.

Section
#
Paper
1
# Paper 2 (2 hours) 200 marks

200

contains:
marks

200

contains:
marks

1
(2

Section
#
Paper
1
# Paper 2 (3 hours) 200 marks

Part
Part

following:
A
B

hours)

2
(3

hours)

Total marks allotted to the paper as a whole: 1000

Interview Marks: 200 marks

ISS Exam Pattern 2016 Other Details:

There

is

total

#
# Interview

of
two
Written

stages

Total marks allotted to the paper: 1000

Type of questions asked: Descriptive and essay type

Papers
#
Paper
Marks:
#
Paper
Marks:
#
Paper
Marks:
#
Paper
Marks:
#
Paper
Marks: 200

of

examination.
exam

1:

General

English

(3

2:

General

Studies

(3

3:

Statistics

(3

4:

Statistics

II

(3

5:

Statistics

III

(3

involved:
hours)
100
hours)
100
hours)
200
hours)
200
hours)

Total marks allotted to viva: 200

IES ISS Syllabus 2016

English:
Candidates will be required to write an essay in English. Other questions will be
designed to test their understanding of English and workmanlike use of words.
Passages will usually be set for summary or precise.
General Studies:

General Knowledge

Knowledge of current events and matters of everyday observation

Experience in their scientific aspects as may be expected of an educated person

who has not made a special study of any scientific subject.

Indian Polity including the political system and the Constitution of India.

History of India.

Geography of nature.

Statistics I
Probability:

Elements of measure theory

Classical definitions and axiomatic approach

Sample space

Class of events and Probability measure

Laws of total and compound probability

The Probability of m events out of n.

Conditional probability

Bayes theorem

Random variables-discrete and continuous.

Distribution function.

Standard probability distributions-Bernoulli, uniform, binomial, Poisson.

Geometric, rectangular, exponential, normal, Cauchy, hypergeometric, multinomial,
Laplace, negative binomial, beta, gamma, lognormal and compound. Poisson
distribution. Joint distributions, conditional distributions, Distributions of functions of
random variables. Convergence in distribution, in probability, with probability one
and in mean square.

Moments and cumulants.

Mathematical expectation and conditional expectation.

Characteristic function and moment and probability generating functions

Inversion uniqueness and continuity theorems

Borel 0 1 law

Kolmogorovs 0 1 law

Tchebycheffs and Kolmogorovs inequalities.

Laws of large numbers and central limit theorems for independent variables.

Conditional expectation and Martingales.

Statistical Methods

Collection

Compilation and presentation of data

Charts, diagrams, and histogram.

Frequency distribution.

Measures of location, dispersion, skewness and kurtosis.

Bivariate and multivariate data.

Association and contingency.

Curve fitting and orthogonal polynomials.

Bivariate normal distribution, regression-linear, polynomial.

Distribution of the correlation coefficient

Partial and multiple correlations

Intraclass correlation

Correlation ratio

Standard errors and large sample test.

Sampling distributions of x, S2, t, chi-square and F; tests of significance based

on them, Small sample tests. Non-parametric tests-Goodness of fit, sign, median,
run, Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney, Wald Wolfowilz and Kolmogorov-Smirnov. Rank order
statistics-minimum, maximum, range and median. The concept of Asymptotic
relative efficiency.

Numerical Analysis

Interpolation formulae (with remainder terms) due to Lagrange, Newton-Gregory,

Newton Divided different, Gauss and Stirling

Euler-Maclaurins summation formula

Inverse interpolation

Numerical integration and differentiation

Difference equations of the first order

Linear difference equations with constant coefficients

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