UPSC ESE Electrical Engineering Syllabus: Paper - 1

UPSC ESE Electrical Engineering Syllabus
Preliminary Examination of Stage-I (objective type Paper-II) contains syllabus of both

the papers and Main Examination of Stage-II (Engineering Paper-I and Paper-II)
contains separate syllabus. Paper 1 has topics from Engineering
Mathematics; Electrical Materials; Electric Circuits and Fields; Electrical and Electronic
Measurements; Computer Fundamentals; and Basic Electronics Engineering.
Paper 2 has topics from Analog and Digital Electronics; Systems and Signal
Processing; Control Systems; Electrical Machines; Power Systems; and Power
Electronics and Drives.
Paper - 1
1. Engineering Mathematics
Matrix theory, Eigen values & Eigen vectors, system of linear equations, Numerical
methods for solution of non-linear algebraic equations and differential equations,
integral calculus, partial derivatives, maxima and minima, Line, Surface and Volume
Integrals.
Fourier series, linear, non-linear and partial differential equations, initial and
boundary value problems, complex variables, Taylor’s and Laurent’s series, residue
theorem, probability and statistics fundamentals, Sampling theorem, random
variables, Normal and Poisson distributions, correlation and regression analysis.
2. Electrical Materials
Electrical Engineering Materials, crystal structures and defects, ceramic materials,

insulating materials, magnetic materials – basics, properties and applications;
ferrities, ferro-magnetic materials and components; basics of solid state physics,
conductors; Photoconductivity; Basics of Nano materials and Superconductors.
3. Electric Circuits and Fields
Circuit elements, network graph, KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis, ideal current and
voltage sources, Thevenin’s, Norton’s, Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer
theorems, transient response of DC and AC networks, Sinusoidal steady state
analysis, basic filter concepts, two-port networks, three phase circuits, Magnetically
coupled circuits, Gauss Theorem, electric field and potential due to point, line, plane
and spherical charge distributions, Ampere’s and Biot-Savart’s laws; inductance,
dielectrics, capacitance; Maxwell’s equations.
4. Electrical and Electronic Measurements
Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards; Bridges and

potentiometers; moving coil, moving iron, dynamometer and induction type
instruments, measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor,
instrument transformers, digital voltmeters and multi-meters, phase, time and
frequency measurement, Q-meters, oscilloscopes, potentiometric recorders,
error analysis, Basics of sensors, Transducers, basics of data acquisition systems
5. Computer Fundamentals
Number systems, Boolean algebra, arithmetic functions, Basic Architecture, Central

Processing Unit, I/O and Memory Organisation; peripheral devices, data
represenation and programming, basics of Operating system and networking, virtual
memory, file systems; Elements of programming languages, typical examples.
6. Basic Electronics Engineering
Basics of Semiconductor diodes and transistors and characteristics, Junction and field
effect transistors (BJT, FET and MOSFETS), different types of transistor amplifiers,
equivalent circuits and frequency response; oscillators and other circuits, feedback
amplifiers.
Paper - 2
1. Analog and Digital Electronics
Operational amplifiers – characteristics and applications, combinational and

sequential logic circuits, multiplexers, multi-vibrators, sample and hold circuits, A/D
and D/A converters, basics of filter circuits and applications, simple active filters;
Microprocessor basics- interfaces and applications, basics of linear integrated
circuits; Analog communication basics, Modulation and de-modulation, noise and
bandwidth, transmitters and receivers, signal to noise ratio, digital communication
basics, sampling, quantizing, coding, frequency and time domain multiplexing, power
line carrier communication systems.
2. Systems and Signal Processing

Representation of continuous and discrete-time signals, shifting and scaling
operations, linear, time-invariant and causal systems, Fourier series representation of
continuous periodic signals, sampling theorem, Fourier and Laplace transforms, Z
transforms, Discrete Fourier transform, FFT, linear convolution, discrete cosine
transform, FIR filter, IIR filter, bilinear transformation.
3. Control Systems
Principles of feedback, transfer function, block diagrams and signal flow graphs,
steady-state errors, transforms and their applications; Routh-hurwitz criterion,
Nyquist techniques, Bode plots, root loci, lag, lead and lead-lag compensation,
stability analysis, transient and frequency response analysis, state space model, state
transition matrix, controllability and observability, linear state variable feedback, PID
and industrial controllers.
4. Electrical Machines
Single phase transformers, three phase transformers - connections, parallel

operation, auto-transformer, energy conversion principles, DC machines - types,
windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and
speed control of motors, Induction motors - principles, types, performance
characteristics, starting and speed control, Synchronous machines -
performance, regulation, parallel operation of generators, motor starting,
characteristics and applications, servo and stepper motors.
5. Power Systems
Basic power generation concepts, steam, gas and water turbines, transmission line
models and performance, cable performance, insulation, corona and radio
interference, power factor correction, symmetrical components, fault analysis,
principles of protection systems, basics of solid state relays and digital protection;
Circuit breakers, Radial and ring-main distribution systems, Matrix representation of
power systems, load flow analysis, voltage control and economic operation, System
stability concepts, Swing curves and equal area criterion. HVDC transmission and
FACTS concepts, Concepts of power system dynamics, distributed generation, solar
and wind power, smart grid concepts, environmental implications, fundamentals of
power economics.
6. Power Electronics and Drives
Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs
- static characteristics and principles of operation, triggering circuits, phase control
rectifiers, bridge converters - fully controlled and half controlled, principles of
choppers and inverters, basis concepts of adjustable speed DC and AC drives, DC-DC
switched mode converters, DC-AC switched mode converters, resonant converters,
high frequency inductors and transformers, power supplies.

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UPSC ESE Electrical Engineering Syllabus

Preliminary Examination of Stage-I (objective type Paper-II) contains syllabus of both

Electrical Engineering Materials, crystal structures and defects, ceramic materials,

3. Electric Circuits and Fields

4. Electrical and Electronic Measurements

Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards; Bridges and

Number systems, Boolean algebra, arithmetic functions, Basic Architecture, Central

6. Basic Electronics Engineering

Operational amplifiers – characteristics and applications, combinational and

2. Systems and Signal Processing

Single phase transformers, three phase transformers - connections, parallel

6. Power Electronics and Drives

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