Candidates who wish to attend Graduate Trainee Exam conducted by NTPC can refer to the books prescribed to Bachelor of Engineering/ Technology in Electrical Engineering. There will be questions to evaluate the General Aptitude as well as Professional Knowledge of the candidate.
Topics Covered Under NTPC Graduate Trainee Exam

• Quantitative Aptitude
• Verbal/ Non-verbal Reasoning
• General English
• Data Interpretation
• General Awareness
• Professional Knowledge (Electrical Engineering)

Reference Books for Professional Knowledge (Electrical Engineering)

• Electrical & Electronic measurement
• Electric Machine
• Thermal Power Engineering
• Digital Electronic circuit
• Analog Electronic circuits
• Electric Circuit theory

Books for Electrical & Electronic Measurement

• Elements of Power System Analysis by William D Stevenson
• Electricity and Magnetism by B S Agrawal
• Engineering Electromagnetics by William Hayt

Books for Thermal Power Engineering

• Power Electronics by Rammoorthy
• Electrical Power Systems by Wadhwa
• Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer by Incropera, P.P. and Dewitt
• Principles of Energy Conversion by Culp, R
• Engineering Thermodynamics by Nag P.K
• Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery by Dixon

Books for Electric Circuit Theory

• Fundamental of Electric Circuits by Charles K. Alexander
• Engineering Circuit Analysis by W.H. Hyat, J.E. Kemmerly
• OP Amps and Linear Integrated Circuits by Gayakwad
• Electronic Devices Circuits by Millman and Halkias
• Circuit Theory by Roy Choudary

Books for Digital Electronic Circuit

• Fundamental of Digital Circuits by A. Anand Kumar
• Digital Principles & Application by Leach & Malvino
• Fundamental of logic Design by Charles H. Roth

Books for Analog Electronic Circuit

• Electronic Devices -System & Application by Robert Diffenderfer
• Electronic devices & Circuits by Balbir Kumar & Shail B. Ja
• Engineering Circuit Analysis by Hayt and Kemmerly
• Electric Circuits by Schaum’s Series
• Electronic principles by Malvino

Books for Electric Machine

• Electric Machine Design by Henry Metcalfe Hobart
• Microprocessor and its Applications by Goankar
• D C Machines Measurements and Measuring Instruments by GB Bharadhwajan
• Electrical Machines by Nagarath and Kohavi
• The performance and Design of AC Machines by M G Say

In addition to these books candidates can refer Previous GATE – EEE question papers and Previous IES (Objective questions only) by GK Publications.

Reference Books for Aptitude Section

• Prathiyogitha Darpan
• Competition Success Review
• General Awareness & Current Affairs by Manohar Pandey
• Quantitative aptitude by R S Agarwal
• Critical Reasoning Preparation Guide by Manhattan
• English Language by Lucent’s General English

Apart from this, candidates are advised to arrange study materials from various coaching centers. They can download previous question papers and notes from various websites.