DRDO Entrance Exam Syllabus

I am looking for syllabus for Scientist Entry Test (SET) entrance examination of Defence Research & Development Organisation ?

[Arun Vats]

Here I am giving you syllabus for Scientist Entry Test (SET) entrance examination of Defence Research & Development Organisation

Chemical Engineering:

Process Calculations and Thermodynamics
Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations
Heat Transfer
Mass Transfer
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Instrumentation and Process Control
Plant Design and Economics
Chemical Technology

Computer Science and Engineering:

Theory of Computation
Digital Logic
Computer Organization and Architecture
Programming and Data Structures
Algorithms
Compiler Design
Operating System
Databases
Computer Networks

Electronics and Communication Engineering:

Networks
Electronic Devices
Analog Circuits
Digital Circuits
Signals and Systems
Control Systems
Communications
Electromagnetic

Electrical Engineering:

Electric Circuits and Fields
Signals and Systems
Electrical Machines
Power Systems
Control Systems
Electrical and Electronic Measurements
Analog and Digital Electronics
Power Electronics and Drives

Instrumentation Engineering:

Basics of Circuits and Measurement Systems
Transducers, Mechanical Measurement and Industrial Instrumentation
Analog Electronics
Digital Electronics
Signals, Systems and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Measurements
Control Systems and Process Control
Analytical, Optical and Biomedical Instrumentation

Mechanical Engineering:

Engineering Mechanics
Strength of Materials
Theory of Machines
Vibrations
Design
Fluid Mechanics
Heat-Transfer
Thermodynamics
Applications
Engineering Materials
Metal Casting
Forming
Joining
Machining and Machine Tool Operations
Metrology and Inspection
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Production Planning and Control
Inventory Control
Operations Research

Paper Pattern
DRDO SET will be 3 hours exam.
The paper contains 2 sections: Section A consists of 100 questions from the subject as per the syllabus of B.E/ B.Tech/ M.Sc

Section B consists of 50 questions covering the topics related to Logical Reasoning, Spatial Reasoning, Concept Formation, Abstract Reasoning, and Numerical Reasoning.

I want to get the Chemical Engineering DRDO SET Exam Syllabus, can you please provide me that ?

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As you want to get Chemical Engineering DRDO SET Exam Syllabus, so I am giving you same:

Process Calculations and Thermodynamics:
Laws of conservation of mass and energy; use of tie components; recycle, bypass and purge calculations; degree of freedom analysis. First and Second laws of thermodynamics. First law application to close and open systems. Second law and Entropy Thermodynamic properties of pure substances: equation of state and departure function, properties of mixtures: partial molar properties, fugacity, excess properties and activity coefficients; phase equilibria: predicting VLE of systems; chemical reaction equilibria.

Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations:
Fluid statics, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, Bernoulli equation, Macroscopic friction factors, energy balance, dimensional analysis, shell balances, flow through pipeline systems, flow meters, pumps and compressors, packed and fluidized beds, elementary boundary layer theory, size reduction and size separation; free and hindered settling; centrifuge and cyclones; thickening and classification, filtration, mixing and agitation; conveying of solids.

Heat Transfer:
Conduction, convection and radiation, heat transfer coefficients, steady and unsteady heat conduction, boiling, condensation and evaporation; types of heat exchangers and evaporators and their design.

Mass Transfer:
Fick’s laws, molecular diffusion in fluids, mass transfer coefficients, film, penetration and surface renewal theories; momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies; stagewise and continuous contacting and stage efficiencies; HTU & NTU concepts design and operation of equipment for distillation, absorption, leaching, liquid-liquid extraction, drying, humidification, dehumidification and adsorption.

Chemical Reaction Engineering:
Theories of reaction rates; kinetics of homogeneous reactions, interpretation of kinetic data, single and multiple reactions in ideal reactors, non-ideal reactors; residence time distribution, single parameter model; non-isothermal reactors; kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions; diffusion effects in catalysis.

Instrumentation and Process Control:
Measurement of process variables; sensors, transducers and their dynamics, transfer functions and dynamic responses of simple systems, process reaction curve, controller modes (P, PI, and PID); control valves; analysis of closed loop systems including stability, frequency response and controller tuning, cascade, feed forward control.

Plant Design and Economics:
Process design and sizing of chemical engineering equipment such as compressors, heat exchangers, multistage contactors; principles of process economics and cost estimation including total annualized cost, cost indexes, rate of return, payback period, discounted cash flow, optimization in design.

Chemical Technology:
Inorganic chemical industries; sulfuric acid, NaOH, fertilizers (Ammonia, Urea, SSP and TSP); natural products industries (Pulp and Paper, Sugar, Oil, and Fats); petroleum refining and petrochemicals; polymerization industries; polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC and polyester synthetic fibers.