IES 2017 Syllabus for Mechanical Engineering

The As per the official declaration and notice from UPSC, IES ESE (Engineering Services Examination) 2017 syllabus has been changes and provision of Preliminary examination followed by Mains examination has been introduced.

Changes:

In Stage I there will be two papers:

1. General Studies and Engineering Aptitude Paper (2 hours) - 200 Marks
2. Engineering Discipline Specific Paper (3 hours) - 300 Marks.

Total Marks: 500

Stage-I is mandatory for all applicants and is to be qualified for entry to Stage-II.

Stage-1: Paper-I is General Studies and Engineering Aptitude having 10 sub sections namely:

1.    Current issues of national and international importance relating to social, economic and industrial development.

2.    Engineering Aptitude covering Logical reasoning and Analytical ability.

3.    Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.

4.    General Principles of Design, Drawing, Importance of Safety.

5.    Standards and Quality practices in production, construction, maintenance and services.

6.    Basics of Energy and Environment: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, Climate Change, Environmental impact assessment.

7.    Basics of Project Management.

8.    Basics of Material Science and Engineering.

9.    Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools and their applications in Engineering.

10. Ethics and values in engineering profession.

In Stage II there will be two papers:

1. Engineering Discipline Specific Paper I (3 hours) - 300 Marks.
2. Engineering Discipline Specific Paper II (3 hours) - 300 Marks.

Total Marks: 600

In Stage III there will be one personality test:

• Personality Test - 200 marks

Total Marks: 200
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Grand Total: 500 + 600 + 200 = 1300 Marks.
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Only those candidates who will qualify Stage -I will be permitted to appear in Stage-II examination. Similarly, only those Candidates qualifying at Stage-I + Stage-II will be permitted to appear in Stage-III examination.

BRIEF REPORT OF THE CHANGES

·       Approximate number of candidates qualifying for stage II is likely to 15 times the number of vacancies in each discipline.

·         Syllabus of technical subjects for preliminary as well as mains is identical.

·         GATE syllabus is a subset of ESE-2017 syllabus.

·    Weightage of stage-2 or conventional papers is up from nearly 33% till ESE 2016 to about 46% from ESE 2017 onwards.

·         Total score of all the 3 stages from ESE- 2017 onwards is up from 1200 to 1300.

·    Paper-I worth 200 marks and of 2 hours duration with equal weightage for General English and General Studies till ESE 2016 has been replaced with General Studies and Engineering Aptitude having 200 marks and 2 hours duration having 10 sub sections (detailed earlier).

·     Special emphasis on a number of subjects which are part of common B. Tech. course curriculum in nearly all institutions/universities.

·     In Mechanical Engineering stream, 2 new subjects have been added namely: Renewable Sources of Energy and Mechatronics and Robotics.