Education and Career Forum

1.hw many times we can write the ies exam?

2. what is the syllabus for civil engineering?
3.what jobs wil be offered

IES :

Eligibility :

Any degree of a recognized university and Any b.Tech candidates

Age limit : 21 to 28 years

Selection process:

Written test
Interview

General test
Reasoning
Awareness
Ability

Attempts :

Four times for general candidates
Seven times for obc candidates
no limit for sc/st candidates

1.hw many times we can write the ies exam?

sol:The exam of ies and ips is conducted by upsc or union public service commission in

india under civil service exam every year. A graduate candidate in any stream are

eligible for this exam. Age limit for general category is 21 to 30 years. A idensal

category candidate have been allowed for 4 times to sit in this exam. It is not

compulsory for any candidate to take the subjects of their graduate level. I advise you

to choose that subject in which you have more command and can earn more marks.

2. what is the syllabus for civil engineering?

sol:
Paper-I
1. Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis:

1.1 Engineering Mechanics:

Units and Dimensions, SI Units, Vectors, Concept of Force, Concept of particle and rigid

body. Concurrent, Non Concurrent and parallel forces in a plane, moment of force, free

body diagram, conditions of equilibrium, Principle of virtual work, equivalent force

system.

First and Second Moment of area, Mass moment of Inertia.

Static Friction.

Kinematics and Kinetics:

Kinematics in Cartesian Co-ordinates, motion under uniform and nonuniform

acceleration, motion under gravity. Kinetics of particle: Momentum and Energy

principles, collision of elastic bodies, rotation of rigid bodies.

1.2 Strength of Materials:

Simple Stress and Strain, Elastic constants, axially loaded compression members, Shear

force and bending moment, theory of simple bending, Shear Stress distribution across

cross sections, Beams of uniform strength.

Deflection of beams: Macaulay’s method, Mohr’s Moment area method, Conjugate beam

method, unit load method. Torsion of Shafts, Elastic stability of columns, Euler’s

Rankine’s and Secant formulae.

1.3 Structural Analysis:

Castiglianio’s theorems I and II, unit load method of consistent deformation applied to

beams and pin jointed trusses. Slope-deflection, moment distribution,

Rolling loads and Influences lines: Influences lines for Shear Force and Bending

moment at a section of beam. Criteria for maximum shear force and bending Moment in

beams traversed by a system of moving loads. Influences lines for simply supported

plane pin jointed trusses.

Arches: Three hinged, two hinged and fixed arches, rib shortening and temperature

effects.

Matrix methods of analysis: Force method and displacement method of analysis of

indeterminate beams and rigid frames.

Plastic Analysis of beams and frames: Theory of plastic bending, plastic analysis,

statical method, Mechanism method.

Unsymmetrical bending: Moment of inertia, product of inertia, position of Neutral Axis

and Principle axes, calculation of bending stresses.

2. Design of Structures: Steel, Concrete and Masonry Structures:

2.1 Structural Steel Design:

Structural Steel: Factors of safety and load factors. Riveted, bolted and welded joints

and connections. Design of tension and compression member, beams of built up

section, riveted and welded plate girders, gantry girders, stancheons with battens and

lacings.

2.2 Design of Concrete and Masonry Structures:

Concept of mix design. Reinforced Concrete: Working Stress and Limit State method of

design–Recommendations of I.S. codes Design of one way and two way slabs,

stair-case slabs, simple and continuous beams of rectangular, T and L sections.

Compression members under direct load with or without eccentricity,

Cantilever and Counter fort type retaining walls.

Water tanks: Design requirements for Rectangular and circular tanks resting on ground.

Prestressed concrete: Methods and systems of prestressing, anchorages, Analysis and

design of sections for flexure based on working stress, loss of prestress.

Design of brick masonry as per I.S. Codes

3. Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow and Hydraulic Machines:

3.1 Fluid Mechanics:

Fluid properties and their role in fluid motion, fluid statics including forces acting on

plane and curved surfaces.

Kinematics and Dynamics of Fluid flow: Velocity and accelerations, stream lines,

equation of continuity, irrotational and rotational flow, velocity potential and stream

functions.

Continuity, momentum and energy equation, Navier-Stokes equation, Euler’s equation

of motion, application to fluid flow problems, pipe flow, sluice gates, weirs.

3.2 Dimensional Analysis and Similitude:

Buckingham’s Pi-theorem, dimensionless parameters.

3.3 Laminar Flow:

Laminar flow between parallel, stationary and moving plates, flow through tube.

3.4 Boundary layer: Laminar and turbulent boundary layer on a flat plate, laminar sub

layer, smooth and rough boundaries, drag and lift. Turbulent flow through pipes:

Characteristics of turbulent flow, velocity distribution and variation of pipe friction

factor, hydraulic grade line and total energy line.

3.5 Open channel flow:

Uniform and non-uniform flows, momentum and energy correction factors, specific

energy and specific force, critical depth, rapidly varied flow, hydraulic jump, gradually

varied flow, classification of surface profiles, control section, step method of

integration of varied flow equation.

3.6 Hydraulic Machines and Hydropower:

Hydraulic turbines, types classification, Choice of turbines, performance parameters,

controls, characteristics, specific speed. Principles of hydropower development.

4. Geotechnical Engineering:

Soil Type and structure – gradation and particle size distribution – consistency limits.

Water in soil – capillary and structural – effective stress and pore water pressure –

permeability concept – field and laboratory determination of permeability – Seepage

pressure – quick sand conditions – Shear strength determination – Mohr Coulomb

concept.

Compaction of soil – Laboratory and field tests.

Compressibility and consolidation concept – consolidation theory – consolidation

settlement analysis.

Earth pressure theory and analysis for retaining walls, Application for sheet piles and

Braced excavation.

Bearing capacity of soil – approaches for analysis – Field tests – settlement analysis –

stability of slope of earth walk.

Subsurface exploration of soils – methods

Foundation – Type and selection criteria for foundation of structures – Design criteria

for foundation – Analysis of distribution of stress for footings and pile – pile group

action-pile load test. Ground improvement techniques.

Paper-II

1. Construction Technology, Equipment, Planning and Management:

1.1 Construction Technology:

Engineering Materials:

Physical properties of construction materials with respect to their use in construction -

Stones, Bricks and Tiles; Lime, Cement, different types of Mortars and Concrete.

Specific use of ferro cement, fibre reinforced C.C, High strength concrete.

Timber, properties and defects - common preservation treatments.

Use and selection of materials for specific use like Low Cost Housing, Mass Housing,

High Rise Buildings.

1.2 Construction:

Masonry principles using Brick, stone, Blocks – construction detailing and strength

characteristics.

Types of plastering, pointing, flooring, roofing and construction features.

Common repairs in buildings.

Principles of functional planning of building for residents and specific use - Building

code provisions.

Basic principles of detailed and approximate estimating - specification writing and rate

analysis – principles of valuation of real property.

Machinery for earthwork, concreting and their specific uses – Factors affecting selection

of equipments – operating cost of Equipments.

1.3 Construction Planning and Management:

Construction activity – schedules- organization for construction industry – Quality

assurance principles.

Use of Basic principles of network – analysis in form of CPM and PERT – their use in

construction monitoring, Cost optimization and resource allocation.

Basic principles of Economic analysis and methods.

Project profitability – Basic principles of Boot approach to financial planning – simple

toll fixation criterions.

2. Surveying and Transportation Engineering

2.1 Surveying:

Common methods and instruments for distance and angle measurement for CE work –

their use in plane table, traverse survey, leveling work, triangulation, contouring and

topographical map.

Basic principles of photogrammetry and remote sensing.

2.2 Railway Engineering:

Permanent way – components, types and their functions – Functions and Design

constituents of turn and crossings – Necessity of geometric design of track – Design of

station and yards.

2.3 Highway Engineering:

Principles of Highway alignments – classification and geometrical design elements and

standards for Roads.

Pavement structure for flexible and rigid pavements - Design principles and

methodology of pavements.

Typical construction methods and standards of materials for stabilized soil, WBM,

Bituminous works and CC roads.

Surface and sub-surface drainage arrangements for roads - culvert structures.

Pavement distresses and strengthening by overlays.

Traffic surveys and their applications in traffic planning - Typical design features for

channelized, intersection, rotary etc – signal designs – standard Traffic signs and

markings.

3. Hydrology, Water Resources and Engineering:

3.1 Hydrology:

Hydrological cycle, precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, infiltration, overland flow,

hydrograph, flood frequency analysis, flood routing through a reservoir, channel flow

routing-Muskingam method.

3.2 Ground water flow:

Specific yield, storage coefficient, coefficient of permeability, confined and unconfined

equifers, aquifers, aquitards, radial flow into a well under confined and unconfined

conditions.

3.3 Water Resources Engineering:

Ground and surface water resource, single and multipurpose projects, storage capacity

of reservoirs, reservoir losses, reservoir sedimentation.

3.4 Irrigation Engineering:

(i) Water requirements of crops: consumptive use, duty and delta, irrigation methods

and their efficiencies.

(ii) Canals: Distribution systems for canal irrigation, canal capacity, canal losses,

alignment of main and distributory canals, most efficient section, lined canals, their

design, regime theory, critical shear stress, bed load.

(iii) Water logging: causes and control, salinity.

(iv) Canal structures: Design of, head regulators, canal falls, aqueducts, metering

flumes and canal outlets.

(v) Diversion headwork: Principles and design of weirs of permeable and impermeable

foundation, Khosla’s theory, energy dissipation.

(vi) Storage works: Types of dams, design, principles of rigid gravity, stability analysis.

(vii) Spillways: Spillway types, energy dissipation.

(viii) River training: Objectives of river training, methods of river training.

4. Environmental Engineering:

4.1 Water Supply:

Predicting demand for water, impurities, of water and their significance, physical,

chemical and bacteriological analysis, waterborne diseases, standards for potable

water.

4.2 Intake of water:

Water treatment: principles of coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation; slow-;

rapid-, pressure-, filters; chlorination, softening, removal of taste, odour and salinity.

4.3 Sewerage systems:

Domestic and industrial wastes, storm sewage–separate and combined systems, flow

through sewers, design of sewers.

4.4 Sewage characterization:

BOD, COD, solids, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen and TOC. Standards of disposal in normal

watercourse and on land.

4.5 Sewage treatment:

Working principles, units, chambers, sedimentation tanks, trickling filters, oxidation

ponds, activated sludge process, septic tank, disposal of sludge, recycling of

wastewater.

4.6 Solid waste: Collection and disposal in rural and urban contexts, management of

long-term ill effects.

5. Environmental pollution: Sustainable development. Rawastes and disposal.

Environmental impact assessment for thermal power plants, mines, river valley

projects. Air pollution. Pollution control acts.

3.what jobs wil be offered?

sol:Job Recruitment on the results of this examination will be made to the Services/posts

under the following categories:-
Category I—Civil Engineering.
Category II—Mechanical Engineering.
Category III—Electrical Engineering.
Category IV—Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.
The number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is expected to

be approximately 300. The number of vacancies is liable to alteration.
Reservations will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled

Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Physically Disabled Categories in respect of

vacancies as may be fixed by the Government of India.

CATEGORY I - CIVIL ENGINEERING



Group A Services/Posts

(i) Indian Railway Service of Engineers.
(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service (Civil Engineering Posts).
(iii) Central Engineering Service.
(iv) Military Engineer Service (IDSE— Building and Roads Cadre).
(v) Central Water Engineering Service (Civil Engineering Posts).
(vi) Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group-A (Civil Engineering Posts).
(vii) Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) in the Border Roads Engineering Service.

CATEGORY II - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING


Group A Services/Posts

(i) Indian Railway Service of MECHANICAL Engineers.
(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(iii) Central Water Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(iv) Central Power Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(v) Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (MECHANICAL Engineering

Posts).
(vi) Indian Naval Armament Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(vii) Military Engineer Service (IDSE— Electrical and Mechanical Cadre) (Mechanical

Engineering Posts).
(viii) Assistant Executive Engineer Group 'A' (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in the Corps

of EME, Ministry of Defence.
(ix) Assistant Naval Store officer Grade I (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy.
(x) Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts)
(xi) Assistant Executive Engineer (Electrical & Mechanical) (Mechanical Engineering

Posts) in Boarder Roads Engineering Service, Group 'A'
(xii) Drilling Engineer (Junior) (Grade A) in the Geological Survey of India.
(xiii) Central Engineering Service (Roads) Gr "A" (Mechanical Engg. Posts)
CATEGORY III - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING


Group A Services/Posts

(i) Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers.
(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service (Electrical Engineering Posts).
(iii) Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering Posts).
(iv) Indian Naval Armament Service (Electrical Engineering Posts).
(v) Central Power Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering Posts).
(vi) Military Engineering Service (IDSE) Electrical and MECHANICAL Cadre) (Electrical

Engineering Posts). (vii) Assistant Executive Engineer Group A (Electrical Engineering

Posts) in the Corps of E.M.E, Ministry of Defence.
(viii) Assistant Naval Store officer Grade I (Electrical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy.

CATEGORY IV - ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Group A Services/Posts

(i) Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers.
(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service (Tele-communication/Electronics Engineering Posts).
(iii) Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (Electronics Engineering

Posts).
(iv) Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts).
(v) Central Power Engineering Service (Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering

Posts).
(vi) Assistant Executive Engineer Group ‘A’ (Electronics Engineering Posts) in the Corps

of E.M.E., Ministry of Defence.
(vii) Engineer Gr."A" in Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing/Monitoring

Organisation; M/o Communication and Information Technology (D/o Telecommunication)
(viii) Assistant Naval Store officer Grade I (Electronics & Telecom Engineering Posts) in

Indian Navy.
Note:- Recruitment to the Services/Posts mentioned above will be made on the basis of

the scheme(s) of examination prescribed in Appendix-I to the Notice. Candidates who

are declared qualified on the results of written part of the examination will be required

to indicate their preference for Services/Posts at the appropriate time in the detailed

application form.

N.B.(i) - Departmental candidates are the candidates admitted to the examination

under age relaxation vide Para 3 (II). Such candidates may give their preference in the

detailed application form for the services/posts in other ministries/departments also.
N.B. (ii)— Candidates admitted to the examination under the proviso to para 3 (III) will

be considered only for the posts mentioned in the said proviso, and their preference for

other Services and Posts, if any, will be ignored.
N.B. (iii)— The candidates will be allotted to various Services/Posts strictly in

accordance with their merit position, preferences exercised by them and number of

vacancies, subject to their medical fitness.
B. A candidate may apply for admission to the examination in respect of any one of the

categories of the Services/Posts mentioned in para 2 above viz. Civil Engineering or

Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering or Electronics & Telecommunication

Engineering.