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