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Plan And Strategy For Indian Engineering Services

(A PATH OF GLORIOUS FUTURE)

Any one can never make a comparison of Government Service with anything.
Where ever the question about Indian Engineering Services, actually these have
very high position. Here, you play a role in a making a plan and executing it not
f or money, f or any person but your beloved country and their people. No matter
how much you get in private sector. So in this way, you can play very important role in Indias development
and making its f uture bright.

Like Civil Servants in India, the Engineers recruited through Indian Engineering Services get very high honors
in government and society. At present government is spending more than 15 percent of India's GDP in
Engineering. Given the extent of tasks and f unctions managed by the public sector this extends to a f airly
broad segment of the economy covering the Railroads, Military, Public works, Power, Telecommunications,
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Government of India recruits its coveted Engineers through competitive exams held each year by Union
Public Service Commission. For this, a combined competitive examination is conducted by the UPSC.

T he test is conducted in June every year at centres across India, namely: Agartala, Ahmedabad,
Aizwal, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur
(Guwahati), Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow,
Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Sambalpur, Shillong, Simla, Srinagar,
T hiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur,Ranchi
(Jharkhand) and Vishakapatnam.

T here are two parts of Indian Engineering Services written exam, Objective Papers of 600 marks and
Conventional Papers of 400 marks ie total 1000 marks.

Beside it there is personality test of 200 marks. IES exam total carries 1200 marks. Objective Papers
consist of three papers each carrying 200 marks of two hour duration. Here f irst paper is of General Ability
Test divided in two parts-General English and General Studies and last two papers are f rom your chosen
Engineering subjects. Copyright 2009 WWW.UPSCPORTAL.COM

Part two of exam is consist of two Conventional Papers of each 200 marks are f rom Engineering subjects.
Here I am telling about General Studies, which is very important, because without qualif ying in this paper,
your other papers will not be evaluated and your all ef f orts will go in waste. So be caref ul and prepare this
paper systematically. I am giving details about this paper and related study materials. Copyright 2009
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General Ability Test:

UPSC has divided General Ability Test in two parts- Part A is General English and Part B is General Studies.
Test of both subjects held in one session of two hours and carries 200 marks. General Ability Test is part
of Objective Papers. Copyright 2009 WWW.UPSCPORTAL.COM

T he Objective Type papers, which carries 600 marks are very important, because these are evaluated f irst
and evaluation of the Conventional Type papers contained in Section-II of the Plan of Examination will be
done only of those candidates who obtain the minimum qualif ying marks in Objective types papers, as f ixed
by the Commission. So candidate must give importance to General Ability Test. T hey have of ten f ace
dif f iculties in this paper, because their background is very much dif f erent. I think a good strategy is
important f or this.
 UNDERSTANDING GENERAL ABILIT Y

About General English: T he question paper in General English will be designed to test the candidates
understanding of English and workmanlike use of words.
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About General Studies: T he paper in General Studies will include knowledge of current events and of
such matters as of everyday observation and experience in their scientif ic aspects as may be expected
of an educated person. T he paper will also include questions on History of India and Geography of a
nature which candidates should be able to answer without special study.Copyright 2009
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Instructions And Details of UPSC About IES

T he examination shall be conducted according to the following plan: Part I of IES Examination
Written examination will comprise two sections:-Section I consisting only of objective types of questions
a n d Section II of conventional papers. Both Sections will cover the entire syllabus of the relevant
engineering disciplines viz. Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electronics
& Telecommunication Engineering. T he standard and syllabi prescribed f or these papers are given in
Schedule to the Appendix. Copyright 2009 WWW.UPSCPORTAL.COM

T he details of the written examination i.e. subject, duration and maximum marks allotted to each
subject are given below:

Maximum
Category Section Subject Duration Marks

I-CIVIL ENGINEERING I-Objective General Ability Test (Part A: General 2 Hrs 200
Papers English)(Part B: General Studies)

Civil Engineering Paper I 2Hrs 200

Civil Engineering Paper II 2Hrs 200

II- Civil Engineering Paper I 3Hrs 200

Conventional
Papers Civil Engineering Paper II 3Hrs 200

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I-Mechanical ENGINEERING I-Objective General Ability Test (Part A: General 2 Hrs 200
Papers English)(Part B: General Studies)

Mechanical Engineering Paper I 2Hrs 200

Mechanical Engineering Paper II 2Hrs 200

II- Mechanical Engineering Paper I 3Hrs 200

Conventional
Papers Mechanical Engineering Paper II 3Hrs 200

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III-Electrical ENGINEERING I-Objective General Ability Test (Part A: General 2 Hrs 200
Papers English)(Part B: General Studies)

Electrical Engineering Paper I 2Hrs 200

Electrical Engineering Paper II 2Hrs 200

II- Electrical Engineering Paper I 3Hrs 200

Conventional
Papers Electrical Engineering Paper II 3Hrs 200
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IV-Electronics & I-Objective General Ability Test (Part A: General 2 Hrs 200
Telecommunication Papers English)(Part B: General Studies)
ENGINEERING
Electronics & Telecommunication 2Hrs 200
Engineering Paper I

Electronics & Telecommunication 2Hrs 200

Engineering Paper II

II- Electronics & Telecommunication 3Hrs 200

Conventional Engineering Paper I
Papers
Electronics & Telecommunication 3Hrs 200
Engineering Paper II

Total 1000

Not e :- Candidates are advised to read caref ully special instruction to candidates f or conventional type
tests and objective type tests given in Appendix-IV (Part A & Part B) including the procedure regarding f illing
in the Answer Sheet of objective type tests in the Examination Hall.C o p y r i g h t 2009
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Conventional papers must be answered in English. Question papers will be set in English only.
Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will they be allowed the help of a
scribe to write the answers f or them.

T he Commission have discretion to f ix minimum qualif ying marks in any or all the papers of the
examination. T he Objective Type papers as contained in Section-I of the Plan of the Examination will be
evaluated f irst and evaluation of the Conventional Type papers contained in Section-II of the Plan of
Examination will be done only of those candidates who obtain the minimum qualif ying marks in Objective
types papers, as f ixed by the Commission. Marks will not be allotted f or mere superf icial knowledge.

Deduction up to 5 per cent of the maximum marks f or the written papers will be made f or illegible
handwriting.
Credit will be given f or orderly, ef f ective and exact expression combined with due economy of words in the
conventional papers of the examination.In the question papers, wherever required, SI units will be
used. Copyright 2009 WWW.UPSCPORTAL.COM

NOT E:- Candidates will be supplied with standard tables/charts in SI units in the Examination hall
for reference purpose, wherever considered necessary. Copyright 2009 WWW.UPSCPORTAL.COM

Candidates are permitted to bring and use battery operated pocket calculators f or conventional (essay)
type papers only. Loaning or inter-changing of calculators in the Examination hall is not permitted.

It is also important to note that candidates are not permitted to use calculators f or answering objective
type paper (Test book lets). T hey should not, theref ore, bring the same inside the Examination Hall.
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Candidates should use only International f orm of Indian numerals (e.g. 1,2,3,4,5,6 etc.) while answering
question papers.

Part II of IES Examination:-

Personality test is second part of IES. It carries a maximum of 200 marks of such of the candidates who
qualif y on the basis of the written examination. In the Personality Test special attention will be paid to
assessing the candidates capacity f or leadership, initiative and intellectual curiosity, tact and other social
qualities, mental and physical energy, powers of practical application and integrity of character. Copyright
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Standard and Syllabi:-

T he standard of paper in General Ability Test will be such as may be expected of a Engineering/Science
Graduate. T he standard of papers in other subjects will approximately be that of an Engineering Degree
Examination of an Indian University. T here will be no practical examination in any of the subjects.

Key to Success:

Determination and positive attitude

Hard work and systematic study

Inner motivation

Strong willpower and f aith in yourself

Focused and positive approach

Dedication, time management

Self -conf idence

What To Read For GS Portion:

1. Read a good newspaper,journals,yojana,mainstream

2. Any competitional magazine like Aspirants Times.

3. NCERT books on various topic of GS

4. Must watch programmes on current af f airs

5. NBT books on History,India year book

6. A.B.C. of science(Holy f aith),Any science journal or magazine

7. Indian Administration by Maheshwari,Our legislation by Subhash Kashyap,Constitution of India by

D.D. Basu

8. Indian Economy by Dutt and Sundaram or Mishra & Puri

9. Geography by khullar,Any Atlas,Any statistical year book.