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INDUSTRIES EXTENSION OFFICER - SYLLABUS

1. Basic Civil Engineering

2. Basic Mechanical Engineering
3. Basic Electrical Engineering
4. Basic Electronics & Communication Engineering
5. Basics of Computer Science Engineering
6. General Knowledge

Basic Civil Engineering

Surveying and Levelling:-Introduction, Units, Measurement of distance, Chain & Compass

Surveying, Compass Surveying - Prismatic compass, Compass surveying problem, Plane table
surveying, Methods of plane table surveying, Levelling, Methods of levelling, Classification of
levelling, Contouring, Theodolite surveying, Optics, Tachometry, Computation of area and
volume, Curve, Chain survey, Minor instruments, Measurement of distance, Chaining on sloping
ground, Mistakes in chaining

Building Construction:- Arch- Introduction, components, - Types, Brick Masonry - - Introduction,

- Bonds, Caissons, Carpentry & Joinery, Doors and windows - components, Types, DPC & Termite
proofing, Floors and floorings, Foundation, Functional planning of Building, Lintel, Pile
foundation, Plastering and Pointing, Roof, Scaffolding, Shoring, Site investigation and ground
techniques, Stair, Stone masonry Introduction, Joints, - Classification, Tools, Types of building,
Underpinning

Building Materials: - Mechanical Properties of Materials, Bricks, Cement, Ceramics, Ferrous

metals, Glass, Lime, Mortar, Non-Ferrous Metals, Paint, Varnish and Distemper, Steel, Stone,
Timber

Basic Mechanical Engineering

Thermodynamics: Laws of Thermodynamics, Significance and Applications of thermodynamics,

entropy, Ideal and real gas equations, Analysis of Carnot cycle, Otto cycle, Diesel Cycle; Efficiency
of these cycles.

Energy Conversion Devices; Boiler, Steam turbines, Working Principle of two stroke and four
stroke 1.C Engines (SI and CI), Fuels, CRDI, MPFI, Hybrid Engines, Reciprocating pumps,
centrifugal pumps and hydraulic turbines Elementary ideas only)

Refrigeration and air conditioning: Vapour compression refrigeration systems, Heat pump,
COP, Study of household refrigerator, Energy efficiency rating, Psychometry, Psychometric

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Process, Window air conditioner, Split air conditioner. Refrigerants and their impact on
environment.

Automobiles and power Transmission Devices, Different types of automobiles, types of power
units in automobiles, major components and their functions (brief discussion only ); Belts and
belt drives; Chain Drive; Rope drive; Gears and gear trains, Friction clutch (cone and single plate ),
brakes ( types and application only).

Materials and Manufacturing Processes: Engineering materials, Classifications, properties,

Alloys and their Applications; Casting, Sheet metal forming, Sheet metal Cutting, Forging. Rolling,
Extrusion; Metal joining processes - soldering, brazing and Welding; Powder metallurgy
(Elementary ideas only)

Machine Tools (Basic elements, Working principle and types of operations). Lathe, Drilling
Machine, Shaper, Planer, Slotter, Milling Machine, Grinding machine, Introduction to CNC
machines.

The importance of IC Engines: Definition, classification – two stroke engines, four stroke
engines, working of two stroke engines and four stroke engines with the help of line sketches,
comparison between two stroke and four stroke engines, comparison between petrol and diesel
engines, function of fly wheel, clutch, gearbox, propeller shaft and differential in power
transmission, explain with sketch the working of differential, briefly explain power transmission
of 4 wheel vehicle with line diagram.

The importance of Power Plants: Introduction, classification of power plants – working of

hydroelectric power plant with schematic sketches – working of thermal (Steam and Diesel)
power plant with schematic sketches – working of nuclear power plant with schematic sketches.

Basic Electrical Engineering

Elementary concepts of electric circuits: Kirchhoff's laws, constant voltage and current
sources Problems. Formation of network equations by mesh current and node voltage methods-
matrix representation - solution of network equations by matrix methods - problems star-delta
conversion (resistive networks only-derivation is not needed) - problems

Magnetic Circuits: MMF, field strength, flux density, reluctance (definition only) - comparison
between electric and magnetic circuits. Energy stored in magnetic circuits, magnetic circuits with
air gap-Numerical problems on series magnetic circuits Electromagnetic Induced: Faraday's laws,
lens’s laws – statically induced and dynamically induced emfs – self-inductance and mutual
inductance, Coefficient of coupling (derivation not needed)

Alternating Current fundamentals: Generation of alternating voltages – waveforms,

frequency, period, average, RMS values and factor of periodic waveform (pure sinusoidal) –
Numerical Problems

AC Circuits: Phasor representation of alternating quantities - rectangular and polar

representation Analysis or simple. AC circuits : concept of impedance, power and power factor in
ac circuits - active, reactive and apparent power solution of RL, RC and RLC series circuit -

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Numerical problems. Three phase systems: Generation of three phase voltages advantages of
three phase systems, star and delta connection (balanced only). relation between line and phase
voltages, line and phase current three phase power measurement by two wattmeter method
(derivation is not required) - Numerical problems.

Electric Machines: DC Generator and Motor – basics, AC Motors: Basics

Review with discussion of electric current, potential difference, power, EMF, resistance and its
laws, Ohms law and series parallel circuit, electromagnetism, generation of AC and DC supply.

Idea of Basic electrical circuit: Electrical supply and load and its functioning, division of voltage
and current in a parallel and series circuit – simple problems, units of power and energy, solution
of DC circuit with calculation of energy consumption in an installation.

Circuit parameters: Resistance, Capacitance and inductance. AC circuit with R, L, C. Simple

solution of typical AC circuit with resistance, impedance, power and power factor. Electrical
circuit of an installation: Earthing, lightning protection.

Basic Electronics & Communication Engineering

PN Junction diode: Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, Principle of operation, V-l

characteristics, principle of working of Zener diode, Photo diode, LED and Solar cell. Bipolar
Junction Transistors: PNP and NPN structures, Principle of operation, input and output
characteristics of common emitter configuration ( npn only ).

Rectifiers and power supplies: Block diagram description of a dc power supply, half wave and
full wave (including bridge) rectifier, capacitor filter, working of simple Zener voltage regulator.
Amplifiers and Oscillators : Circuit diagram and working of common emitter amplifier, Block
diagram of public Address system, concepts of feedback, working principles of oscillators, circuit
diagram & working of RC phase shift oscillator.

Radio communication: principle of AM & FM, frequency bands used for various communication
systems, block diagram of super heterodyne receiver. Satellite communication: concept of
geostationary Satellite system.

Mobile communication: basic principles of cellular communications, concepts of cells,

frequency reuse. Optical communication: block diagram of the optical communication system,
principle of light transmission through fibre, advantages of optical communication systems.
Entertainment Electronics Technology: Basic principles and block diagram of cable TV, CCTV, DTH
system.

Active and passive devices – review only. LED – working, applications, comparison of LED
lighting and CFL lighting. Full wave rectifier – diagram and explanation, 5 V power supply – with
bridge rectifier and 7805. SMPS – block diagram and advantages. Integrated circuits. SMDs –
advantages. Static electricity – precautions in handling electronic circuits.

Switches: ON / OFF, push to ON, push to OFF, push to ON / OFF, SPST, SPDT, DPDT. Working and
application of limit switches, proximity switches, relays.

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Microcontrollers: Simple block diagram of 8-bit microcontrollers – application. Mobile
technology: CDMA and GSM. Compare – 2G and 3G technologies.

Inverter & UPS: Block diagram. Compare – inverter and UPS. Online and off-line UPS –
differentiate. Battery selection for UPS and inverter.

E-waste: Health hazards of e-waste.

Basics of Computer Science Engineering

Computer organization: Central processing unit, input device, output device, secondary storage
device, machine language, assembly language and high-level language.

System software: Assembler, loader, linker, operating system, editors, compilers, debuggers.

Computer programming (in C language): Data types, type conversion, simple and compound
statements, usage of standard library, control structures, functions, arrays, Pointers, structure,
file handling

Data base systems: Relational Data base Management System, SQL.

Multimedia: Multimedia hardware, sound cards, CD ROMs, full motion digital video.

Computer networks: ISO / OSI protocols, TCP/IP, inter connecting network devices, Ethernet
cards, cables. Connectors, hubs, switches, routers.

Internet: Introduction to FTP, TELNET, Email, web browsers and web servers.

General Knowledge

General Knowledge: Indian constitution, Indian geography, Indian history, Kerala districts,

Kerala facts, Kerala renaissance

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