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MPSC Assistant Engineer (Mechanical), Group-B Exam Syllabus
1. APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS:
Thermodynamic Concepts, First Law of Thermodynamics, One dimensional Flow of
Compressible Fluid, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Availability, Properties of Steam

2. STRENGTH OF MATERIALS:
Simple Stress and Strain, S. F. and B. M. in Beams, Simple Theory of Bending, Shear
Stress in Beams, Simple Theory of Torsion, Bending moment combined with Torsion
and Axial Loads, Principal Stresses, Deflection of Beams, Strain Energy, Theories of
failure.

3. MATERIAL SCIENCE :
Strain Hardening, Constitution of Alloys, Iron-Carbon Equilibrium Diagram, HeatTreatment
of Steels, Cast Irons, Introduction to International Standards/Codes, NonFerrous
Metals and Alloys, Fatigue Failure, Creep, Alloy Steels, Strengthening
mechanism, Powder Metallurgy

4 HEAT TRANSFER:
Conduction, convection & radiation, emissivity, heat exchangers, mass transfer
(mechanism, fick's law of diffusion, isothermal evaporation of water into air, convective
mass transfer).

5. MACHINE DESIGN & VIBRATION :
Design consideration in castings & forgings, theories of failure, Design for static
loadings, Design against fluctuating loads, Design of shafts, Design of springs, Design
of belts. Free un-damped single degree of freedom vibration system, Free damped
single degree of freedom vibration system, Free un-damped multi degree of freedom
vibration system, forced single degree of freedom vibration system, vibration
measuring system, rotor dynamics, balancing.

6. MECHATRONICS:
Introduction to mechatronics, overview of microprocessors(8085),hydraulic&
pneumatic system in automation, PLC in automation, transient response, root locus
concepts

7. THEORY OF MACHINES :
Basic Kinematics, Special Mechanisms, Velocity Analysis of mechanisms, Acceleration
analysis of Mechanism, Static and dynamic force analysis, Flexible connector
mechanisms, Spur gear mechanism, Gear Trains, Cam Mechanism ,clutches, brakes
dynamometer, gaer trains, cam & follower.

8. PRODUCTION PROCESS :
Metal Casting Process, Forming Processes, Welding and Joining Processes, Powder
Metallurgy, Moulding with polymers, Non Destructive Techniques, CNC machines,
Metal Cutting & Tool Engineering, Surface Finish, Cutting Tool Materials, Coolants,
Design of Cutting Tools or Tool design

9 FLUID MECHANICS :
Fluid Kinematics, Fluid Dynamics, Real fluid flows, Boundary Layer Flows
Compressible Fluid flow, Hydraulic Machinery (Turbines, Pumps, compressors)

1 0 MEASUREMENT & METROLOGY:
Static characteristics, Displacement measurement, strain measurement, measurement
of angular velocity, pressure measurement, temperature measurement, vacuum
measurement, acceleration measurement, metrology.

11. MANUFACTURING PLANNING AND CONTROL :
Manufacturing Planning and control System, Forecasting, Planning Function, Planning
for Material requirements, Scheduling & Sequencing, Project management, Advanced
concepts in production planning .

12. ELECTRICAL MACHINES :
Direct Current machines Direct Current motors, DC machines 3 phase Transformers,3
phase Induction machines ,Single phase Induction motor, Synchronous machines,
Permanent magnet machines, Brushless D.C machines, Stepper motor, Tacho
generators, Synchros & resolvers, & AC servo motors. Induction Generators

13. POWER SYSTEM :
Single phase and three phase Overhead line construction, improvement. Underground
Cables, Tariff, Indian Electricity Rules-2003 – General Introduction. Distribution
System, Distribution substation, Earthing of Substation.

14. CONTROL SYSTEMS :
Objectives, Concept of feedback and Automatic Control linear and nonlinear systems.
Elementary concepts of sensitivity and robustness. Types of control systems:
Servomechanisms and regulators, examples of feedback control systems. Control
system component Potentiometer, synchros, resolvers, position encoders, D.C. and A.C.
tacho-generators, actuators. Time domain analysis: PI, PD and PID control.

15 ELECTRICAL DRIVES :
Electrical drive: Concept, classification, parts and advantages of electrical dive.
Dynamics of Electrical Drives: Types of Loads, Components of load torques,
Fundamental torque equations. Motor power rating: Thermal model of motor for
heating and cooling, classes of motor duty, DC motor drives: Single phase, three phases
fully controlled and half controlled rectifier fed DC drives, Induction motor drives:
Stator voltage variation by three phase controllers, chopper resistance in Stepper motor,
Switched Reluctance motor drive Industrial application: Drive consideration for Textile
mills, Steel rolling mills, Cement mills, Paper mills, Machine tools. Cranes & hoist
drives.

16 POWER GENERATION ECONOMICS:
Cost of power generation, Domestic, Commercial, Industrial etc. Concept of load factor,
diversity factor, demand factor. Electricity Tariff Subsidization and Cross subsidization.
Availability tariff of generation companies. Pool tariff of transmission companies.
Availability based tariff. Economics of Power Generation- Unit commitment solution,
Dispatch – Transmission loss formulae and its application in economic load scheduling.
Computational methods in economic load scheduling. Active and reactive power
optimization. State estimation and load forecasting

17 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS MEASUREMENT:
Analog, electrodynamometer, measurement of medium resistance, low and high
resistances. Megger Potentiometers, DC potentiometer AC potentiometers. Electrodynamic
& induction type AC energy meter, testing of Energy meters. Cathode Ray
Oscilloscope, Digital voltmeter, Sensors & Transducers: strain gauge, LVDT,
temperature transducers, Flow measurement using magnetic flow measurement.

18 ELECTRICAL MACHINE DESIGN :
Fundamental Aspects of Electrical Machine Design: Design factors, limitation in design,
modern trends in design of electric machines, modern machine manufacturing
techniques. Temperature rise, cooling and thermal grading (classification) of
insulations.
Principles of Magnetic circuit design: Design of Electromagnets: Design of
Transformer, Design of three phases Induction motor

19 CONVENTIONAL AND NON-CONVENTIONAL POWER GENERATION :
Thermal power plant - Law of Thermodynamics. Analysis of steam cycle-Carnot,
Rankine, Reheat cycle and Regenerative cycle. Layout of power plant Layout of
pulverized coal burners, fluidized bed combustion, coal handling systems, ash handling
systems. Forced draught and induced draught fans, boiler feed pumps, super heater
regenerators, condensers, boilers, de-aerators and cooling towers.
Hydro power plant - Rainfall, run off and its measurement hydrograph, flow duration
curve, reservoir storage capacity, classification of plants-run off river plant, storage
river plant, pumped storage plant, layout of hydroelectric power plant, turbine-pelton,
Kaplan, Francis(Francis)
Nuclear power plant -Introduction of nuclear engineering, fission, fusion, nuclear
material, thermal fission reactor and power plant - PWR BWR ,liquid metal fast
breeder, reactors, reactor control, introduction to plasma technology
Diesel and gas turbine power plant -General layout, Advantages and disadvantages,
component, performance of gas turbine power plant, combined heat power generation.

20 POWER GENERATION USING NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES :
Solar Energy - Solar concentrators and tracking; Dish and Parabolic trough
concentrating generating systems, Central tower solar thermal power plants; Solar
Ponds. Basic principle of power generation in a PV cell ; Band gap and efficiency of PV
cells solar cell characteristics, Manufacturing methods of mono- and poly-crystalline
cells; Amorphous silicon thin film cells.
Wind Energy - Basic component of WEC, Types of wind turbine- HAWT, VAWT,
Performance parameters of wind turbine, Power in wind, Wind electric generators, wind
characteristics and site selection; Wind farms for bulk power supply to grid.
Fuel Cell -Introduction to fuel cell, principle of operation of fuel cell, Types of fuel cell