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12 months agoContributor-Level 10
The UPSC ESE 2025 applications are closing soon. The candidates should note that the IES 2025 applications can be filled online only at upsc.gov.in. The candidates should note that the Union Public Service Commission released the IES 2025 notification on September 18, 2024. Candidates will be required to pay the IES application fee as per their category. The fee exemption provided for the female candidates, SC, ST, PwBD candidates is such that they do not wanted to pay any fees. On the other hand, other candidates must pay an application fee of INR 200. The fee can be paid online (through SBI Net Banking/ debit card/ credit card)
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
The application fee for IES 2024 prelims is INR 200. UPSC conducts the IES exam every year to recruit candidates for various specialised positions in the Union Government departments. The IES is a Central Civil Service and the candidates can be posted anywhere across the nation. The exam is conducted to recruit candidates for engineering positions for the various departments working under the Government of India. soon. The UPSC IES 2024 main exam was conducted on June 23, 2024. UPSC ESE 2024 (IES) main result was released on July 31, 2024. The Commission released the roll number and the names of the candidates who will be eligible for
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a year agoContributor-Level 9
The prelims test will consist of three two papers i.e. General Studies & Engineering Aptitude and Specific Discipline Paper. The prelims exam will be objective type (multiple choice questions). The exam will be held in offline mode (pen-paper based.The UPSC IES Syllabus is a relatively easier one than the IAS Syllabus. From the scope of exam pattern to syllabus for both exams, there is a huge difference.
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a year agoContributor-Level 9
The official publication of the UPSC Indian Engineering Services (IES) exam cutoff for 2024 includes information on the minimal scores needed to qualify for each category. The IES 2024 exam's total cutoff scores are as follows: 238 for the OBC category and 238 for the General and EWS categories. 202 and 227 are the corresponding cutoff scores for SC and ST candidates. To be eligible for the next steps of the selection process, which include the Mains exam and personality test, these cutoffs show the minimal scores required.
New answer posted
a year agoContributor-Level 9
The UPSC Engineering Services Examination Notification states that - a candidate must have earned an engineering degree from a university established by an act of the Central or State Legislature in India, from another educational institution founded by an act of Parliament, or from a university declared to be deemed a university under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, to be eligible to take the exam.
The candidate must, however, choose any one of the four subjects - civil, mechanical, electrical, or electronics - for which they wish to take the exam.
New answer posted
a year agoContributor-Level 10
In the formal notification, the Union Public Service Commission listed 167 vacancies. The Commission withheld the information regarding the service-wise openings for the IES 2024 exam. Candidates should anticipate the greatest number of openings in the mechanical or civil engineering categories, based on trends from the previous year. The official IES 2024 notice included information about available positions. The low amount of IES 2024 vacancies should cause candidates to expect a higher IES cutoff. IES openings significantly impact the cutoff. The date of the IES 2024 exam was February 18, 2024. September 26, 2023, was the deadline
New answer posted
a year ago
Contributor-Level 9
The Union Public Service Commission will release the UPSC ESE (IES) 2026 Prelims exam result on the official website. The Commission will conduct the IES 2026 prelims exam on February 8, 2026.
The Commission will release the UPSC IES cutoff 2026 online after the release of final result.
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a year agoNew answer posted
a year ago
Contributor-Level 9
Topics | Subtopics |
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Basic Electronics Engineering |
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Basic Electrical Engineering |
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Materials Science |
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Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation |
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Network Theory |
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Analog and Digital Circuits |
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New answer posted
a year ago
Contributor-Level 9
UPSC mentions the list of topics in the official syllabus as below:
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Analog and Digital Electronics |
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Systems and Signal Processing |
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Control Systems |
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Electrical Machines |
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Power Systems | Basic power generation concepts, steam, gas and water turbines, transmission line models and performance, cable performance, insulation, corona and radio interference, power factor correction, symmetrical components, fault analysis, principles of protection systems, basics of solid state relays and digital protection; Circuit breakers, Radial and ring-main distribution systems, Matrix representation of power systems, load flow analysis, voltage control and economic operation, System stability concepts, Swing curves and equal area criterion. HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts, Concepts of power system dynamics, distributed generation, solar and wind power, smart grid concepts, environmental implications, fundamentals of power economics. |
Power Electronics and Drives | Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs - static characteristics and principles of operation, triggering circuits, phase control rectifiers, bridge converters - fully controlled and half controlled, principles of choppers and inverters, basis concepts of adjustable speed DC and AC drives, DC-DC switched mode converters, DC-AC switched mode converters, resonant converters, high frequency inductors and transformers, power supplies. |
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