S. Vishnu Sharma
IES exam syllabus – A focus on Indian Engineering Services Exam is a must for an aspirant aiming to target high profile engineering jobs in government organisations. A pass in the well-known exam is the gateway for engineering employment. The exam is held in three stages namely Prelims, Mains and Personality Test.
The test is conducted to recruit Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers and Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers.
The prelims exam comprises two papers with multiple choice question format for 500 marks. The main exam will have two papers related to the specific engineering discipline and time available to answer the questions is three hours. The marks for main exam is 600.
IES exam syllabus
The prelims exam has two papers, Paper 1 is for 220 marks is General Studies and Engineering Aptitude, Paper 2 is on relevant engineering discipline and is for 300 marks. The relevant disciplines are Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. Paper 1 in prelims will be for two hours and Paper 2 will be for three hours.
IES exam syllabus
The mains exam will have two papers related to the relevant engineering discipline and both will be for 300 marks. The topics to be studied are related to the earlier mentioned four fields of engineering. The topics to be covered are listed below for both prelims (Paper 2) and mains exam (Paper 1 and Paper 2):
Civil Engineering
Paper 1
Building Materials, Solid Mechanics, Structural Analysis, Design of Steel Structures, Design of Concrete and Masonry structures, Construction Practice, Planning and Management.
Paper 2
Flow of Fluids, Hydraulic Machines and Hydro Power,
Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering,
Environmental Engineering, Geo‐technical Engineering and Foundation Engineering, Surveying and Geology
Transportation Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Paper 1
Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Heat transfer,
IC Engines, Refrigeration and Air conditioning,
Turbo Machinery, Power Plant Engineering,
Renewable Sources of Energy
Paper 2
Engineering Mechanics, Engineering Materials, Mechanisms and Machines, Design of Machine Elements,
Manufacturing, Industrial and Maintenance Engineering, Mechanics and Robotics
Electrical Engineering
Paper 1
Engineering Mathematics, Electrical Materials,
Electric Circuits and Fields, Electrical and Electronic Measurements, Computer Fundamentals,
Basic Electronics Engineering
Paper 2
Analog and Digital Electronics, Systems and Signal Processing, Control Systems, Electrical Machines,
Power Systems, Power Electronics and Drives
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
Paper 1
Basic Electronics Engineering, Basic Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation, Network Theory
Analog and Digital Circuits
Paper 2
Analog and Digital Communication Systems, Control Systems, Computer Organization and Architecture,
Electro Magnetics, Advanced Electronics Topics,
Advanced Communication Topics