Kerala Public Service Commission conducts an entrance exam KPSC Lecturer in Electronics Engineering/Technology Exam for the selection of eligible candidates for the post of Lectures in various Government Polytechnic Colleges. The exam is conducted for the Electronics and Engineering Department. The exam conducted by Kerala Public Service Commission is very tough and highly competitive. Large numbers of candidates apply for the test conducted by Kerala Public Service Commission.

Structure of KPSC Lecturer in Electronics Engineering/Technology Exam

The selection of the candidates for the Lectures post in Electronics Engineering/Technology Technical Education is done on the basis of the written test conducted by Kerala PSC. The written test consists of questions of objective type format. The test consists of 100 questions. The time allotted for the completion of the exam will be one hour and fifteen minutes. The total marks awarded for the exam will be 100. The question will be in the language of English. Each question is provided with four alternatives and the candidates have to pick the correct answer from the given alternatives and mark it in the relevant column in the answer sheet. Negative marks are provided for the wrong answers.

Syllabus for KPSC Lecturer in Electronics Engineering/Technology Exam

The written test contains questions from six different sections. The syllabus for the exam will be listed below.

Section 1: Electronic Circuits

• Discrete devices
• Characteristics of diodes
• Transistors and FETs
• SCRs, DIACs, TRIACs, MOSFETs
• Rectifier
• Filters
• Active circuits
• Power amplifiers
• Transistor and FET biasing circuits
• Differential amplifiers
• OPAMP based circuits
• Inverting and noninverting amplifiers
• Comparators
• Schmitt trigger circuits
• Oscillators
• Barkhausen criterion for sustained oscillations
• Amplitude and
• Frequency
• Stabilization in oscillators
• Crystal oscillators
• DC regulators
• Voltage multipliers
• Log and antilog circuits
• Astable, mono stable and bistable multivibrators
• 555 Timer circuits
• SCR circuits
• Circuits using optical couplers
• Feedback circuits
• Gain and phase margins
• Positive feedback
• Stability analysis
• Butterworth
• Chebychev and Elliptical filter structures
• Active filters
• Phase locked loops
• Applications of PLLs, SCF

Section 2: Electronic Communication Engineering

• Fundamentals of communication engineering
• Baseband signals
• Bandwidth
• Channel capacity
• Analog
• Communication principles
• Need for modulation
• Amplitude modulation
• Frequency and phase
• Modulation
• Companding
• Depth of modulation
• Encoding
• Decoding
• Encryption and decryption
• Source and channel coding
• Shannon’s theorem on channel capacity
• Shannon-Nyquist-Hartley theorem on sampling
• Nyquist frequency
• Under sampling
• Aliasing
• Transmitter and receiver equipments
• Principle of multiple access
• Optical fiber communication
• Optical link power budget
• Optical transmitters and receivers, cable TV, CATV, Internet technologies
• Noise, noise cancellation, Wireless communication, broadband and RF communication

Section 3: Applied Electro Magnetic Theory

• Fundamentals of radiating systems
• Fields and waves
• Dipoles
• Linear, elliptical and circular polarizations
• Isotropic radiators
• Radiating patterns
• Antenna gain
• EIRP, diplexers, antennas for various purposes
• Horn antenna
• Lens antenna
• Yagi-Uda antenna
• Antenna arrays
• Marconi antenna
• Radar antenna
• EM spectrum
• Transmission lines
• Antenna aperture
• Impedances
• Intrinsic impedance of free space
• Directional antenna
• Antenna matching circuits
• Surface wave and leaky wave antenna
• ILS antenna

Section 4: Digital Electronics and Microprocessors

• Number systems
• Binary, Ternary, Quaternary
• Octal, decimal and hexadecimal codes
• Logic gates and circuits
• Boolean logic
• Combinational and sequential logic circuits
• Encoders and decoders
• Muxs and demuxs
• Memory circuits
• Comparators
• Realization of combination logic circuits
• Adder, subtracter, parity checker, flip flops
• RS, JK, D and T flip flops
• Mealy and Moore machines, finite state machines
• State diagrams
• Introduction to Microprocessors
• Word length, PC, MAR, MBR, SP, ALU, Control Unit,
• Microcontrollers
• Ports and other peripheral devices
• Interfacing of memory and other devices
• Memory mapped I/O, I/O mapped I/O
• Dual ported RAMs, ROMs and PROMS
• Flash memory, operating system principles

Section 5: Signals and Systems & Digital Signal Processing

• Basics of Signals
• Systems, classification, linear and nonlinear systems
• Causal and no causal systems
• Time invariance, time variance
• Principle of superposition
• Time domain analysis
• Frequency domain analysis
• Fourier series, Fourier transforms
• Laplace transforms and z-transforms
• Signal processing techniques
• Sampling

Section 6: Control Systems

• Fundamentals
• Signal flow graphs
• Reduction techniques
• Controllers and observers
• Mason’s gain formula
• Transfer function
• Order and type of controllers
• Time domain response
• Modeling techniques of control systems
• Transform domain analysis
• State space approach
• Control system components
• Stability analysis
• Routh analysis
• Bode plots
• Fuzzy control

Eligibility Criteria

The candidates have to satisfy certain eligibility criteria for attending the KPSC Lecturer in Electronics Engineering/Technology Exam. The candidates should be electronics or an electrical engineering graduate with minimum 60% marks. The candidates should be between the age group of 20 and 38 years. Officers of the Technical Education Department, Public Health Engineering Department, and Public Works Department can also apply for the test. They can apply at the age of 50 years. Age relaxation is provided for the reserved categories prescribed as per the government norms.

How to Apply?

The application form for the exam will be published in the official website of PSC www.keralpsc.org.  Kerala Public Service Commission provides the facility for the online submission of the application form. The candidates can submit the online application form. The candidates need not paid the application fee.

How to fill the Form?

The instructions for filling the application form will be available in the website. Candidates must give proper care at the time of form filling. Because any mistakes in the form will lead to the cancellation of the form and finally the chance of the candidates to attend the exam. The name and date of birth of the candidates must be same as that in the matriculation certificate. Any later change in the entered data will not be possible. The candidates can prepare the application form as per the format prescribed in the notification. The form should be filled by the candidate using a blue or black pen. The candidates should submit the application form before the last date.

Important Dates (Tentative)

• Online Registration starts from: Last Week of May, 2012
• Last date of online registration: Last Week of June, 2012
• Admission Tickets can be downloaded from: Third Week of June, 2012
• Date of the Examination: First Week of July, 2012

List of KPSC Lecturer in Electronics Engineering/Technology Exam Centers

The Kerala Public Service commission in Electrical Engineering/Technology exam will be conducted at various centers in all parts of the state of Kerala.

Contact Address for KPSC Lecturer in Electronics Engineering/Technology Exam

• Address : Kerala Public Service Commission, Thiruvananthapuram
• Website: www.keralapsc.org
• E-mail: [email protected]

Colleges Under KPSC Lecturer in Electronics Engineering/Technology Exam

• Technical Education (Govt. Polytechnics)
• Residential Women’s Polytechnic College, Payyannur
• Govt.Polytechnic College, Neyyattinkara

Reference Books for KPSC Lecturer in Electronics Engineering/Technology Exam

• Electrical Engineer’s Reference Book (16th Edition) by Search Laughton, M.A Warne
• The Electrical Engineering Handbook by Richard C. Dorf
• Adaptive Filter Theory by Simon Haykin
• Analog Integrated Circuit Design by David Johns, Kenneth W. Martin
• The Art of Electronics by Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill
• The Art of Analog Layout by Roy Alan Hastings
• Communication Systems Engineering by John G. Proakis, Masoud Salehi
• The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits by Thomas H. Lee
• Digital Signal Processing by Emmanuel Ifeachor, Barrie W. Jervis
• Digital Systems by Ronald J. Tocci, Neal Widmer
• Electrical and Electronic Principles Vol 1 by C.R. Robertson
• Electrical and Electronic Principles Vol 2 by C.R. Robertson
• Electrical and Electronic Principles and Technology by John Bird

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Study Plan

The exam is a highly competitive one. The candidates need good preparation for the exam to score good marks in the exam. The candidates can get the syllabus and topics for the exam from the website. The candidates should have an aim to score high marks in the exam. It makes them motivated and helps to cover all the topics within the time limit. The study plan must be a practical one which could be followed by the candidates. Give time for revising each topic regularly. Time is the main constraint for the exam. So the candidates have to practice with the previous question papers. By preparing a study plan and following it will help the candidates to score well in the exam.

How and Where To Get the Results?

The list of the selected candidates will be available in the official website of Public Service Commission www.keralapsc.org.

Score Validity

The exam score is valid till the vacancies for the specified post are filled.