Engineering graduates from streams of Telecommunication, Electronics, Computer Science, etc can apply for BSNL JTO (Telecom). There will be three sections for the test. Section I and Section II is based on the topics covered in engineering degree. Section III includes general aptitude and current affairs questions.

Detailed Syllabus for BSNL JTO (Telecom)

Materials and Components

• Electronic Engineering materials
• Capacitors
• Ceramic materials
• Ceramic resonators
• Conductors
• Electromechanical components
• Ferroelectric material
• Inductors
• Insulators
• Magnetic material
• Optical materials
• Passive components
• Piezoelectric materials
• Resistors
• Semiconductors
• Superconducting materials

Physical Electronics, Electron Devices and Integrated Circuits

• Bipolar Junction Transistor
• Carrier Statistics
• Electrons and Holes concept
• Hall Effect
• Junction theory
• Power switching devices
• Semiconductors
• Types of diodes
• Types of IC’s like bipolar, MOS and CMOS

Electromagnetic Theory

• Basics of antenna theory
• Transmission lines
• Waveguides and resonators

Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation

• Electronic measurements of non-electrical quantities
• Electronic measuring instruments
• Error analysis
• Measurement standards
• Measurements of basic electrical quantities
• Transducers
• Working principles of measuring instruments

Network Theory

• Elements of network synthesis
• Network analysis techniques
• Network theorem
• Transient and steady state sinusoidal response
• Transmission criteria

Power Electronics

• AC regulators
• AC to DC convertors
• Inverters
• Power Semiconductor devices
• Pulse width modulation
• Single-phase and 3-phase Invertors
• Sinusoidal modulation
• Switched capacitor networks
• Transistor

Syllabus for Section II

Digital Electronic Circuits

• Boolean algebra
• Boolean functions
• Combinational logic circuits
• De-multiplexer
• Digital Comparator
• Flip-flops
• Full adder
• Half adder
• IC logic families
• IC Logic gates
• Karnaugh Map
• Multiplexer
• Semiconductor memories
• Transistor
• Types of counters and registers
• Waveform generators

Analog Electronic Circuits

• Feedback amplifiers
• Frequency response
• Operational Amplifier
• Oscillators
• Power amplifiers
• Pulse shaping circuits
• Rectifiers
• Small Signal analysis
• Transistor biasing
• Tuned amplifiers

Control Systems

• Compensators
• Design of Control Systems
• Frequency response analysis
• Gain and phase margins
• Industrial controllers
• Root locus techniques
• Transient and steady state response

Communication Systems

• Frequency division multiplexing
• Optical Communication
• Propagation of signals
• Quantization & Coding
• Sampling
• Data reconstruction
• Satellite communication
• Time division Multiplexing

Microwave Engineering

• Microwave antennas
• Microwave Communication
• Microwave generation and amplifiers
• Microwave Measurements
• Microwave Propagation
• Microwave Tubes
• Solid state devices
• Waveguides

Computer Engineering

• Control unit design
• Data representation
• Computer architecture processor design
• Data structures
• I/O System Organization
• Memory organization
• Number Systems
• Personal computers
• Programming

Microprocessors

• Applications of Microprocessors in Telecommunications
• Assembly language programming
• Instruction set
• Interfacing for memory and I/O
• Microprocessor architecture

Syllabus for Section III

• English Language
• Current affairs
• Current events and developments in Telecommunication Sector

Books prescribed for engineering degree can be referred for Section I and II. Books on current events, verbal English, etc can be referred while preparing for Section III.