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Thisisalongpost.IhopetheinformationIprovideisworthyourtime..
Ifyouhavedroppedayearandjoinedcoachinginstitute,thenmyadviceisthatyoustickto
whatyourteachertellsyoutodo.Thisisusefulfor3rdyearstudentsandfinalyearstudents
whocantgetcoaching.
IgraduatedfromNITWarangalin2014.Iwroteeseafterfinalsemester.Ireliedonselfstudy
frombooks,lecturesofmycollegeteachersandnptel.ButIalsoattendedcrashcoursesfor
somesubjectsandIhavementionedthose
Booklistandothermaterial
Paper1
Circuittheory:

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Circuittheory:
Theory:Shaumseries
Practice:Chakraborty,gatequestionpapersofECEandEE
StartyourpreparationwithCT
Iattendedcircuittheoryclassesofgatecrashcourseofaceacademy.Ipracticedalotduringthe
classroomsessions
Controlsystems:
theory:Istudiedmycollegenotes.
Practice:Nagoorkani(Excellentbookforpractice)
Iattendedcontrolsystemclassesofgatecrashcourseofaceacademy.Ipracticedalotduring
theclassroomsessions.
Measurements:
Igotenotesofcoachingclassfrominternet(handwrittennotes)
http://www.only4engineer.com/2014/10/madeeasyhandwrittenclassroomnotes_5.html
(http://www.only4engineer.com/2014/10/madeeasyhandwrittenclassroomnotes_5.html)
(DownloadthematerialASAP.Coachingclassenotesgetsdeletedoffthenetallthetime.)
DoSELECTIVEstudyfromsawhney.
Seelastyearqpapersandreadrelevantportionfromsawhneyandmakenotes.Thesenotes
mustberevisedasmanytimesaspossible.
Easiestportiontoscoremarks:
1. http://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105053/42(http://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105053/42):Seeslide
42,43,44
2. Bridges(readallbridgesfromsawhney,practiceallderivation,phasordiagrams,
limitation)
Practice:gateqsofeceandeeforconcepts
Transducer:seelastyearqpapersandreadrelevantportionfromsawhney.
EMtheory
Onlyonebook:Sadiku.Ifocusedontheory.
Evenifyoucantunderstandmuch,justgetabasicunderstandingofthesummarypageof
eachchapterofsadiku.Andmuguptheformulas.
Materials
Theory:Onlyprepared2chapters:Dielectricmaterialsandmagneticmaterials

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Theory:Onlyprepared2chapters:Dielectricmaterialsandmagneticmaterials
Igotenotesofcoachingclassfrominternet(handwrittennotes)
http://www.only4engineer.com/2014/10/madeeasyhandwrittenclassroomnotes_5.html
(http://www.only4engineer.com/2014/10/madeeasyhandwrittenclassroomnotes_5.html)
(DownloadthematerialASAP.Coachingclassenotesgetsdeletedoffthenetallthetime.)
thensolvedALLpreviousyearobjectivesfromACEacademybook
Paper2
Machines:
Theory:PSBimbraforDCmachines,Synchronousmachinesconcepts,JBGuptaforinduction
machines,fractionalKWmotors.
JBGuptatheoryisgoodforallmachines
Practice:JBGuptaforallmachines
Iattendedallclassesofgatecrashcourse.
Powersystem:
Itisnotascomplexaselectricalmachines.Butlotsoftopicshavetobecovered.
Theory
1. TypesofPowerStations,Hydro,ThermalandNuclearStations.Pumpedstorageplants.
Economicsandoperatingfactors.:JBGuptaSELECTIVEreading
2. NagrathKothari
Powertransmissionlines.Modelingandperformancecharacteristics.Voltagecontrol.Load
flowstudies.Optimalpowersystemoperation.Loadfrequencycontrol.Symmetricalshort
circuitanalysis.ZBusformulation.SymmetricalComponents.PerUnitrepresentation.Fault
analysis.Transientandsteadystatestabilityofpowersystems.Equalareacriterion.Power
systemTransients
3. PowersystemProtectionCircuitbreakers.Relays.:JBGupta.Ifyouwantclearconceptual
understandingofrelays:readpaithankar
4. HVDCtransmission,FACTs:collegenotes.Foresereadthesolutionofoldpaper
Practice:kothari(forthetopicsmentioned),JBguptaforalltopics.
Powerelectronics:
Thistipisfor3rdyearstudents.32or6thsemisbesttimetomasterpowerelectronics.Initially
Ihaddifficultywithpowerelectronics.ButIrealisedthatEEstudentcantignorepower
electronics.4rthyearisfullofpowerelectronicstopics.Evenpowersystemssubjectslike
HVDC,FACTSarenothingbutextensionofbasicsofPE.Ifyoumasterpowerelectronicsyou 3/9

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HVDC,FACTSarenothingbutextensionofbasicsofPE.Ifyoumasterpowerelectronicsyou
candoyourB.techprojectonapowerelectronicconverter.
So,theeasywayoutistoworkhardin32onpowerelectronics.Thenyoucanreapthe
benefitsinfinalyear.
Theory:
Onlythingwhichyouhavetolearnishowtoanalysecircuits.Oncethatislearnt,noneedto
readanybook.Sojustlearnbasicsandsimplemathstoanalysewaveforms.
Nedmohan,RobertEricksonwerefollowedinmycollege.DONOTreadthemifthesearenot
usedinyourcollege.IfyouareinterestedindoingB.techprojectonsomepowerelectronic
converter,thenthesebooksarereallyuseful.AlsoreadPowerelectronicsAdvanced
ConversiontechnologiesbyFanLinLuoandHongYe,thisbookdescribesnewtechnologies.
ForpreparationPSBimbraisgoodforIESexam.Alltopicscanbestudiedfromthisbook.
NPTELmaterialisgood.http://nptel.ac.in/syllabus/syllabus.php?subjectId=108105066
(http://nptel.ac.in/syllabus/syllabus.php?subjectId=108105066)
Practice:gateqscanbedone.
Analog:
Inmycollegedays,IstudiedNPTELcourseofhttp://nptel.ac.in/syllabus/117103063/
(http://nptel.ac.in/syllabus/117103063/).
Ithinkitcoversallrelevanttopicsforese.ForpreparationIreadJBGuptainfinalyear.
Theory:JBGupta
Practice:JBGupta
Microprocessor
Theory:
Insomecolleges8085istaught,inothers8086istaught.
8086Iwastaught8086incollege.IreadHall,burchandifor8086.forcodingpractice,there
isachapterinburchandi.Ithinkchapter3ofburchandi,ithaslotsofsolvedexample.For
8086instructionsettakexeroxfromHall.
Tolearn8085instructionset,Iwatchedsomevideosof
http://www.satishkashyap.com/2012/02/videolecturesonmicroprocessorsand.html
(http://www.satishkashyap.com/2012/02/videolecturesonmicroprocessorsand.html)
ThenImadesmallnotessothatIdontmixthetheinstructionsetof8086with8085.e.g.dont
useMULin8085.

Differencesareimportante.g.dontusememorysegmentationwhilewriting8085codes.

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Differencesareimportante.g.dontusememorysegmentationwhilewriting8085codes.
Interruptserviceprocedureof8085isimportant.Dontconfusethatwithinterruptservice
vectorsof8086
Practice:
Getxeroxof8085instructionsetfromGaonkarbook.Itisgiveninappendix
Forinterfacingdevices:Ireadcollegenotes.Butthevideolecturementionedearlierhassome
lecturesfor8255(lec14),thenlec17,18,19.
Forpractice:Ireadoldpapers.Forthosewhohavestudied8085orneverstudied
microprocessor
http://www.satishkashyap.com/2012/02/videolecturesonmicroprocessorsand.html
(http://www.satishkashyap.com/2012/02/videolecturesonmicroprocessorsand.html)
Thislectureseriesisgood.Seelecturesuptolec19.Getxeroxof8085instructionsetfrom
Gaonkarbook.Itisgiveninappendix.
Communication
Icouldgettimetopreparethis.Pleasedonotcommitthismistake.Thisisaveryimportant
topicforobjectivepaper2
Howtogetgoodmarksfromtheknowledgegained
OLDPAPERSshouldbepracticed.
IhadACEacademyoldqpapers.
Benefitsofaceacademybooks(5booksforeachpaper)
Alloldqsfrom1991aregiven
Subtopicdemarcationisdoneproperly.e.g.topicofpowersystemisdividedinto9or10
subtopics.
Paper1:
CSandCTareeasytopicstoscoreasthesehaslesstheorytobememorised.
Obj:
doALLoldqspapersforCSandCT.Focusshouldbeonaccuracy.
dolast5yearqpapersformeasurementsandEMT.
Onlydomaterialqsfor2topics(magneticmaterialanddielectricmaterial).Butpracticeall
questionsfrom1991.
Subj:
focusshouldbeonCS,CTandMeasurements.doALLnumericalsinoldpapers.
DontleavesynthesisinCT.
Readalltheoryquestionsofpreviousyearformeasurement.Transducerstopicshouldnot 5/9

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Readalltheoryquestionsofpreviousyearformeasurement.Transducerstopicshouldnot
beleft.
ForEMT,readsadikuandprepareshortnotesforallformulas.Attheendofeachtopic,
summaryisgiven.Atleastpracticesomeeasyquestionsoflastyear
Readalloldqsofmaterialscience.
Paper2:
Forobjective:preparealltopics.Donotleavecommunication
Forsubjective:
FocusshouldbeonPowerelectronics,machinesandpowersystems.readtheoryquestions
oftopicslikegenerationinpowersystem,preparenotesfromtheanswersgiven
Digitaland8086areeasytopicstoscoremarks
Communicationcanbeleftiftimeisless
Itisdifficulttochoosewhichqstoattemptbecausequestionsareverybig.Sodolotof
paperpracticeanddeviseyourstrategy
GSstrategy
Readthesearticles
https://ieshelpline.wordpress.com//?s=CDS&search=Go(https://ieshelpline.wordpress.com/?
s=CDS&search=Go).
ThisiswhatIdid:
Iwastoldthatonlygeographyandlifesciencesareimportant.Easiesttopictoscoremarksis
lifescience.
Forlifescience:
Ihadstudiedbiologyin12thstandard.Idownloadedyoutubevideostojogmymemory.Then
solvedalloldqspapers.
Forthosewhoarenewtothis:readthetopicsfromsomecoachingbook.Thensearchforthe
relevantvideoinyoutube.
Forgeography:
IattendedgeographyclassesofACEacademycrashcoursefories.Lotsandlotsofmap
practicearegiven.
Polity:NCERTXIOurconstitutionatwork.Thenpracticealloldqs
Economy:NCERTXIsomechapters.
History:hugesyllabussodidnotprepareit
English:Onlysynonymsandantonymsaskedinlast5years.
Trytomaximiseyourobjectivescore.Oneofmyfriendmissedobjectivecutoffby3marks.
Hedidexceptionallywellinsubjectivepapers(attempted170inpaper2)butunfortunately
hisscriptswerenotchecked.Sodonttakeobjectivepaperslightly.Itisthefirsthurdle

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hisscriptswerenotchecked.Sodonttakeobjectivepaperslightly.Itisthefirsthurdle
andyoumustnotfailhere
BlogswhichIfoundusefulduringinterviewpreparation
https://ieshelpline.wordpress.com/(https://ieshelpline.wordpress.com/).
Speculationregardingchangeinexampattern.
Paperpatternmaychangebutsyllabuswillnotchange.Sodontworryaboutit.About
conventionalpaperforgs:Indianeconomicservice,Indianstatisticalserviceexamhas
conventionalpaperforgs.Theoldqspapersoftheseexamsmaybehelpful
IESorpsu,whichjobisbetter?WhypeopleleavePSUstogetintoIES?
Inmyopinionalljobsaregood.Youcanreadthispost
https://myiesjourney.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/lifeinapsuacomparativeanalysis/
(https://myiesjourney.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/lifeinapsuacomparativeanalysis/)
Asksagar(http://itsmesagar.wordpress.com)sir.Heworkedinntpcandnowinrailways.
AboutMockpapers
Icouldnotwriteanymockpaper.Mystrategywastosolveasmanyquestionsaspossiblewith
highaccuracy.Mockpapersareveryimportant.Deviseyourstrategybywritingmocks.
Awordofadviceforstudentsappearingrightaftertheirfinalsem
Ifyouarenotstudyingindelhi/hydthenyoumighthavethisperceptionthatyoumustdropa
yearandgotodelhitoprepare.Itisimportantyougetridofthisperceptionandgetaright
ideaabouttheexam.IfoundSagarsirsblogin2013andhavefolloweditsince.HegotAIR35
inese2012andhegraduatedin2012.HepostedalotaboutESEinstarting.Hispostscleared
allmisconceptionsaboutese.Irealisedthatwithproperplanningesecanbeclearedintheyear
yougraduate.Readthesepoststogetagoodideaabouttheexam
https://itsmesagar.wordpress.com/category/ies/
(https://itsmesagar.wordpress.com/category/ies/)
Mostimportantthingistobeconfidentaboutyourpreparation.Syllabusisvastandthereisa
lotofcompetition.Therewillbetimesyouwillfeellikequitting.Atthistimetalktoyour
family.Readmotivationalpostshttps://itsmesagar.wordpress.com/category/motivation/
(https://itsmesagar.wordpress.com/category/motivation/)
Iencourageyoutofindyourownstrategy.Introspectandfindwhatisbestforyou.
Yourstrategyisthebeststrategy.Whatevertimeyouhaveforpreparationisenoughtogeta
goodrank.Thinkaboutgettingintop10andnotaboutclearingcutoff.
Allthebest.
SwayamdeepSingh
AIR23inElectricalEngineering,ESE2014
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sir,IamEEstudentof3rdyearandjoinedmadeeasy,pleasetellmeisitgoodtogiveIAS
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HiKartik,
Sorry,IdonthavemuchinfoaboutISRO.
Regardingflatfoot,itdependsonyourmedicalcentre.Atsomeplacestheyareabit
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sir,itsmyearnestrequestthatcouldyouplzsendmethepdffilesoftheclassnotesyou
havedoneduringesecrashcourse?iwillbegreatlyhelpedifudoso.thankyousir
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