UPSC conducts a written exam for selecting eligible candidates to the post of ‘Air Worthiness Officer’. Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Strength of Materials, Electromagnetic Theory, Production Engineering etc. are some of the topics included in Air Worthiness Officer Exam conducted by UPSC.

Syllabus of Air Worthiness Officer Exam

• Thermodynamics & IC Engines
• Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
• Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Machinery
• Theory of Machines & Machine Design
• Strength of Materials
• Production Engineering & Industrial Engineering
• Electromagnetic Theory & Network Theory
• Electrical Materials & Components
• Electrical Circuits & Electrical Machines
• Measurements & Instrumentation
• Computer Engineering
• Control Systems & Signal Systems
• Analog & Digital Circuits
• Communication Systems

Reference Books for Air Worthiness Officer Exam

Books for Thermodynamics

• Thermodynamics by Holman, J.P
• Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics by Smith, J.M. and Van Ness
• Introduction to Thermodynamics by Sonntag, R.E., and Van Wylen
• Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics by Sears, F.W and Salinger Thermodynamics in Materials Science by DeHotf,R.T

Books for IC Engines

• Internal Combustion Engines by Ramalingam, K.K
• Internal Combustion Engines by Ganesan
• Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals by John B.Heywood
• A course in Internal Combustion Engines by Mathur M.L., and Sharma, R.P
• Internal Combustion Engine and Air Pollution by Obert, E.F
• Gas Turbine Theory by Cohen, H,Rogers,G,E.C and  Saravanamutto, H.I.H

Books for Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

• Refrigeration & Air Conditioning by W.F.Stocker and J.W.Jones
• Principles of Refrigeration by R.J.Dossat
• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning by Manohar Prasad

Books for Fluid Mechanics and Machinery

• Engineering Fluid Mechanics by Kumar K.L
• Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines by Bansal R.K
• Engineering Fluid Mechanics by Roberson J.A & Crowe C.T
• Fluid Mechanics by Streeter V.L. and Wylie E.B
• Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics and Fluid Machines by Ramamirtham S

Books for Theory of Machines & Machine Design

• Theory of Machines by Thomas Bevan
• Theory of Mechanisms and Machines by Ghosh A  and Mallick A.K
• Theory of Machines by Rattan S.S
• Mechanism and Machine Theory by Rao J.S. and Dukkipati R.V
• Design and manufacturing - An Integrated Approach by Surender Kumar and Goutam Sutradhar
• Mechanical Engineering Design by Joseph Edward Shigley and Charles R.Mischke
• Hand Book of Mechanical Design by Gitin M.Maitra and LN Prasad
• Design of Machine Elements by V.B.Bhandari

Books for Strength of Materials

• Engineering Mechanics of Solids by Egor P. Popov
• Advanced Mechanics of Solids by Srinath L.N
• Mechanics of Structures by Junarkar S.B
• Solid Mechanics by Kazimi S.M.A
• Mechanics of Solids in Introduction by Laudner T.J. and Archer R.R
• Theory and Problems of Strength of Materials by William A.Nash

Books for Production Engineering & Industrial Engineering

• A Text Book of Production Engineering by P.C.Sharma
• Technology of Instrumentation by Pearson, Bric B
• Industrial Instrumentation by Donald P. Eckman

Books for Electromagnetic Theory & Network Theory

• Linear Programming and Network Flows by M.J. Bazara, Jarvis, H. Sherali
• Computer Networks by Andrew S. Tanenbaum
• Network Theory and Filter Design by Vasudev K. Aartre
• Electromagnetics by John D. Krauss
• Field and Wave Electromagnetics by David K. Chang
• Engineering Electromagnetics by Hayt W.H

Books for Electrical Materials & Components

• Electric Machines and Power Systems by Nasar S.A
• Electrical Power Systems by Wadhwa C.L
• Materials Science for Engineers by Van Vlac L
• Materials Science and Engineering Raghavan V

Books for Electrical Circuits & Electrical Machines

• Electric Circuit Analysis by Paranjothi S.R
• Theory and Problems of Electric Circuits by Edminister, J.A
• Electronic Devices and Circuits by Millman and Halkias
• Circuits and Network Analysis and Synthesis by Sudhakar, A.and Shyam Mohan S.P

Books for Measurements & Instrumentation

• Mechanical Measurements by T.G.Beckwith and N. Lewis Buck
• Experimental Methods for Engineers by J.P.Holman
• Measurement and Instrumentation by L.F.Adams
• Mechanical Measurements by R.S.Sirhi and H.C.Radhakrishna
• Technology of Instrumentation by Pearson, Bric B
• Industrial Instrumentation by Donald P. Eckman

Books for Analog & Digital Circuits

• Digital logic and Computer Design by Morris Mano
• An Engineering Approach to Digital Design by William I. Fletcher
• Analysis and Design of Analog Integrated Circuits by Gray and Meyer
• Digital Fundamentals by Floyd T.L

Books for Communication Systems

• Principles of Communication Systems by Taub and Schilling
• Communication Systems by Simon Haykins
• Communication Systems by Bruce Carlson

In order to get prepared in Computer Engineering, candidate can refer Computers and Computation by Ghosh Dastidar, Chattopadhyay and Sarkar or Computer Fundamentals by Balaguruswamy.