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ESE (ECE) prepration Tips by All India Topper of 2013
(Gautam Surabhi)
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Dear friends and all IES2014 aspirants,
All the best for ESE2014.
I am sharing my experience and preparation strategy and I wish it would be helpful for you.
IES is one of the topmost exam conducted by UPSC andcompeition is geing tougher and tougher so if you want
to make a dierence you really need to have something dierent from all others..
I started to prepare seriously from sept 2013 and almost 9 months to get a perfect grip . I prepared all gate subjects
before gate exam and practised them very extensively so that after gate they just needed revision and practise ..no
theory part after that.
For every single subj of gate,my plan was to cover each and everything and that may be a reason that I was not
able to secure a very good rank in gate as it was not the need of this exam. But I was really not concerned with
gate as my nal plan was IES. So I continued with my preps after gate without thinking twice about what had
happened in gate.i never cared as my days were valuable for me more than useless regrets.
I started with class room notes then I went for workbook question,then previous year questions then ques from
instrumentation and electrical branch then question from standard books I have reered during my semesters. For
standard books I want to make one point clear that I relied more on books Ireered in semesters rather than going
for any new one that I have never read. Yes,for unsolved questions and derivations that were not covered, I
impatiently read new books but only that part , because the moment we get a new book we madly start turning
pages and reading it all ,that is totally waste of time.
by gate I think we need to gain a good grip over those all 8 subjects. aftergate,it was serious time for gs and English
section.so from march I started reading almost everything I got to read related with gs. For GS I was quite
concerned from very beginning so I felt veryintresting to read it.i read all madeeasybooklets,made notes from
newspapers and I gave mppsc,ssc exams because they were really helpful for gssections.for geography I read
oxford atlas and notes simultaneously.i photocopied maps of india and xed them at various places on wall.it was
a fulltime reading of maps. Even when I was reading newspaper I read it with atlas so any news of india or other
country was marked in mind with its location.polity I read from classnotes and current aairs from monthly
magzines ,you can pick anyone you feel good.revision is very important for gs part and it really takes time to have
a command over it.
For English I took barrons and made it a ritual to memorize at least 10 words daily and I did it by a method called
ridiculous thinking in which we associate something odd with meaning of word and then we keep it in our
memory ,initially it takes time but friends it is really very helpfulgrammerportion I did from the booklet and

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classnotes nothing else.
For subjects like measurements and instrumentation I relied on classes and then I solved all question from all
possible resources. I want to mention one thing that always be open for discussion ,it makes you to think
dynamically and your logical connection with subject grows as you share ideas about it in group. Select some
classmates(YES,ONLY FEW) and religiously give some time for discussion ,it is very helpful.
For microwave I read liao and kulkarni,though laer is not precise but really it is good to read it once. For optical
and satellite I covered extra things from net. I read k. d. Prasad for antenna .for all those subj in which shaums
outline was available I bought and solved itonce. Then for network sadiku is one book from which I solved almost
all unsolved question and it was really helpful. And for once,do solve kanodia,it is not standard book but in
beginning it is really helpful,later on raise your level high and dont refer it again.
If you are done with good no. of revisions you really need not worry much for conv marks.(good no. of revisions
means AT LEAST 3 TIMES.).to score good in conv. You need to put your answers precisely ,to the
point,presentable in format,no need to use dierent colour pens really. Cleanliness is enough to have a good
impression. And dont just try answers if you cant solve themfully,it makes a bad impression. Rather than
practicing previous question by writing them try to get the logical sequence of answer .be ready with all important
points and never write anything extra.you can aempt theory questions with priority if they are with some diag. or
schematics. But always try to go for numericals rst.booklist I dont think I need to mention as they have been
posted many times and are almost same.
My interview was all about my work prole at BARC and too many questions from practicle implementation of
electronics. All it needed was presence of mind, condence in words, respect in persona, hard work in words and
dedication in answers. If they get convinced that you have really worked hard and you respect the positin you
want to achieve they never keep you away from this.rest part you can leave on your luck and your day(1%).
So it was something I could share about my preparations buhe very important part is your own will power and
desire to cross the hurdle and be in elite group.coaching is not a panacea and it is not a must have thing.but if you
can aord and give time ,beer to join classes. They never cover entire syllabus but they help you to cover it on
your own .and how much you cover apart from classes always gives you edge specially in conv.
You dont need to count how many hours you studied ,but how many minutes you were focussed is important. If
you had dreamt it ,then denitely you have the potential to do it and this is something you have to believe
in.never decide about how far you can go ,just start walking and be ready to take risks.because limits are not there
,they appear only when you let them to. Invade your comfort zone and live your fears. If I can do it ,I think
everyone can.
Please feel free to put yourquerries and I will try to answer them whenever I will get time and if I will be able to
answer them.
All the best.
SurabhiGautam
AIR 1 ESE 2013
BRANCH ECE
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1. Complete subjects one by one starting from the subject that you nd easy and mixing the order with the
subjects that can be nished in less time. Subject must be studied from objective as well as conventional point of
view.
For example if you nd Digital easy you can complete it rst and then after nishing some more subjects, you can
nish material or measurement like subjects which require less time.

2. After completion of each subject, practice 10 year questions both objective and subjective.

3. While practising objective, take a clock and set 1 hr alarm and aempt 60 questions (as in ESE u are supposed to
do 120 ques in 2hr). After doing 60 ques, verify your answer but dont look at the solution. Suppose you aempted
40 right and 20 wrong. Then aempt those 20 again without any time limit. Let this time you got 10 right. Now
aempt rest 10 by going through notes, books etc. And in the end you will be left with only 2 or 3 questions whose
solution will need to be looked. And in this way you will be able to revise more and understand more and make
more concepts regarding the quality questions. So dont look the solution right away, wait till all your doors get
closed.

4. In subjective also do the same procedure, set a time limit and proceed.

5. Generally students have a belief that one cannot score good marks in conventional but it is wrong. You are
supposed to pay aention to some of the facts and you can score well in conventional.

6. In subjective paper, the rst answer that you write must be of the question that you can answer best because it
will create an impression on the mind of checker.
7. Always explain each and every formula or expression used in the answer and if a symbol is used its meaning
must be provided. You are supposed to treat examiner as a layman who does not know anything.
8. You can use pencil to underline a good point or fact (I hv used it). Try to inculcate gures or block diagram to
provide beer understanding of your answer.
9. If you can provide an additional information on the question than write it as a note. For example, if a question
of dierential amplier came than you can write, NOTE: Practically instrumentation amplier is used instead of
dierential amplier as there is gain and input resistance trade-o in dierential amplier.
On reading this examiner will came to know that you not only know the answer but have understanding of
practical things. And this impression will fetch you more marks.

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10. And last but not the least YOUR HARD WORK WILL ALWAYS FETCH YOU SUCCESS.

Please let me know if somewhere I am wrong or if anyone needs more information
- ROHIT JAIN
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Strategy for ESE Objective and Conventional exams
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ESE OBJECTIVE and CONVENTIONAL PAPERS
Since both papers have common syllabus so it is advisable to prepare for both
together, one subject at a time.
First categorise subjects as GATE and Non-GATE subjects and take one standard
book per subject. I have mentioned books I referred to during my preparation.
GATE Subjects must be focused upon most for technical section.
Booklist is mentioned below:
1.NETWORK THEORY
SADIKU (or) VALKENBURG + SCHAUMs SERIES

2. EDC
MILLMAN, HALIKAS + STREETMAN +SCHAUMs SERIES
.
3. ANALOG ELECTRONICS
MILLMAN, HALKIAS + SEDRA SMITH (or DONALD NEAMEN)+SCHAUMs SERIES

4. DIGITAL ELECTRONICS
MORRIS MANO

5. EMT
SADIKU

6. SIGNALS & SYSTEMS

OPPENHEIM + SCHAUMs SERIES
..
7. COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
SIMON HAYKINS (or) BP LATHI + P SRI HARI (for Digital Modulation) + SCHAUMs SERIES
..
8. CONTROL SYSTEMS
BS MANKE + SCHAUMs SERIES
..
9. MICROPROCESSORS
R. GAONKAR
For non-GATE subjects, books are not recommended as the syllabus is selective and books are vast. Still some
topics are important, so the list is as follows:
10. MATERIAL SCIENCE
S.P. SETH
11. MEASUREMENTS
A.K. SAWHNEY
12. OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
SENIOR
13. SATELLITE COMMUNICATION
PRATT & BOSTIAN
14. COMPUTER ENGINEERING
STALLING
15. MICROWAVE ENGINEERING
SAMUEL L. LIAO
But I had mostly used dierent coaching institutes class notes for these non-GATE subjects available in
market and selected numericals from books.
All GATE subjects are core ones must not be ignored and prepared thoroughly for both Objective and
Conventional.
Non-GATE subjects must be prepared for conventional. Focus more on important derivations and numerical
questions must be thoroughly studied. For example Microwave by Samuel Liao has many solved examples that
come as it is in ESE conventional. But for Objective papers too-much in depth knowledge may be required
which may not be feasible in an 8 to 10 months preparation time, so it can be left out. Anyways, if conventional
concepts are strong one can expect to score above average marks in Objective questions from these
Non-GATE subjects.
How to prepare?
12 months of preparation for 12 hours of exam.
Go one subject at a time. Preferably start with GATE subjects. The order of the subjects which I felt most
comfortable with is the same as mentioned in the above list. Mark the relevant chapters/topics from syllabus.
Read the theory rst from book. Make point wise notes and mark the points you are not comfortable with.
Read and solve solved examples and objective questions rst from book. Then go for past years question banks
of ESE, rst Objective then Conventional. Mark the questions you are not comfortable with and whenever
possible discuss with friends or teachers.
None of the notes available from various sources are comprehensive. Mostly they are made keeping view of
past 5 years questions. I have seen cases where after reading notes you can solve past years questions but not
unseen questions. So notes are not exhaustive. And if everybody is reading from same notes, where is your
advantage? Remember that there is no absolute cut-o. So, reading books is a much beer option.
Coaching classes are not absolutely required if you can prepare from books. Self developed style of answering
adds weightage to your answers and may even get bonus marks. But if you feel you must join any coaching
institute, do not always go by their published results. First enquire about the who is going to teach you. As
many coaching institutes falsely claim famous faculties. Also inquire about student-to-faculty ratio because if
you dont get doubt sessions and personal aention from faculty, then you are wasting your time and money.
Also it is beer to have faculty who have themselves cleared exams like GATE, ESE with good ranks because
they are beer at understanding your doubts and problems.
One subject after the other is the best strategy. Roughly, 3 to 4 weeks is sucient for any subject. Do not mix
up. After having nished one subject, make a short summary of your notes which must include marked
points, marked questions and any silly mistakes if done. This will serve as a ready-to-revise and time-saving
content in the last phase of preparation.
It is highly recommended to NOT study the whole book but selectively deal with topics.
About 6 to 7 hours dedicated to one technical subject per day, apart from 2 to 3 hours for GS + English, will
suce in a 12 month preparation time.
It is not required to study all the time. But mind should be always with your notes and questions and doubts.
Do not doubt your doubts, they are always legit. A friends circle with like-minded aspirants where you can
put your doubts and discuss is highly recommended. Keep asking. If possible upload them on Facebook, we
will be more than happy to help if we could.
How to practice?
First nish books and solved examples.
Since objective papers lay more emphasis on speed than accuracy, so practise accordingly. 45 seconds per
question is sucient. Try nishing 120 questions within 1h 30minutes.
Conventional papers must be practised with good-writing on plain white sheets. In fact, choose one pen
and use it till exam for lasting grip. Write legit answers. Roughly 5 marks questions require th of space on
one page surface and in that proportion. Always write point wise.
Mark questions not answered and note them in your summary sheet.
Revision
Keep at least last 2 to 3 months for revision. First revise your entire notes and then revise only your short
summary prepared earlier. Textbooks should not have any role in revision. The more you revise, beer you
get at recalling concepts in the exam.
Now no need to see more practice question. Focus more on past years questions bank. Ideally, 10 or 15
years questions bank is more than sucient.
Identify your strong and weak areas during preparation. Revise weak areas more than stronger ones.
It is highly recommended to join some test series to gauge your preparation. Treat it as real test. The more
the number of aspirants in a given test series, the beer you will realize where you stand. For example I
consistently got within top 5 in every test I gave at M.E.
Dos and Donts during exam
Read the instructions carefully.
Objective papers require more speed than accuracy. Limited number of calculated risks can be taken.
While aempting objective paper, turning pages for rough work will consume unnecessary time. Prefer
doing rough work with pencil on the side of the question and then if required with a red pen over the
pencil. Do not encircle bubbles immediately. Mark answers in question paper with red pen for visibility
and before the end of exam encircle sequentially. Mark questions you think you can answer later. Try
nishing all known answers in 1h30min (45 seconds per question) keeping 20 minutes for aempting
marked questions and 10 minutes for encircling. Do not look at watch frequently.
Conventional papers require in-depth knowledge, style of presentation and relevant content in answering.
a) Write answers serially as per question numbers. Usually, 1 question is compulsory. Aempt all parts. Then
read the rest of questions and mark the questions you wish to aempt. No need to show calculations in detail
or irrelevant knowledge.
b) Write answers with question numbers sequentially. Random answering is annoying for the person who
checks your sheet.
c) It is always beer to write answers point wise. Draw neat diagrams, preferably with pencil, with proper
labels. Derivations or results if used must be mentioned. Draw a pencil line after every question to demarcate
answers.
d) Rough work must be crossed out.
e) Try to make your answer sheet error free.
f) Make index on the front sheet with question and page numbers.
My marks were:
Paper Marks
General Studies +English 117/200
Objective 1 112/200
Objective 2 111/200
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Conventional 1 132/200
Conventional 2 122/200
Interview 122/200
Sum total 715/1200
Wishing you all the best.
KUNAL SRIVASTAVA
AIR 1 ESE 2012
AIR 44 GATE 2013.
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General Studies + English
In my opinion, this paper produces dierences in the nal rank because most people
get too busy while preparing for technical papers.
Scoring in this paper is easy if youve studied selectively as there is no syllabus
dened here.
For GS part, divide the syllabus in contents like History, Polity, Geography,
Economics, Life Sciences and current aairs. First refer to the past 10 or 20 years
question papers of ESE and CDS exams of UPSC. Mark the topics mostly asked. For
example History has nearly lost its importance in ESE nowadays. But anyways refer
to the standard books like NCERT of +2 level and read only the topics asked. No
need to study the whole book. After youve nished selectively reading the
textbook, keep on practicing these past years questions. Ultimately you will
memorise and form a paern of choosing the right option. If you wish more practice
refer to Lucents GS book containing only the past years questions of various competitive exams.
Even though current aairs is not important for ESE but you can read newspaper headlines from front page,
sports, and national and international sections. No need to make notes just read carefully once. The Hindu is
highly recommended. Else reading one magazine a month is more than sucient. I would suggest Frontline
magazine. One can read them online also.
English section must be focused upon more than GS section. For English part, more emphasis must be
given on grammar part like spoing errors, sentence & paragraph arrangements, word substitution and
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comprehension. Antonyms and synonyms are not that important because if you cant recall exact words, then
you cant take risks in exam. I would suggest Hari Mohan Prasad book for competitive English. It is a complete
book covering all the aspects required in a very good fashion and large number of practice questions. Even
questions come directly from there.
GS + English should be dealt on a daily basis because basically you have to memorise. So 2 to 3 hours a day is
sucient in 7 to 8 months of preparation time.
Notes available on GS and English are not exhaustive. Beer read books and magazines.
100/200 is more than good. I was able to score 116/200.
Wishing you all the best
KUNAL SRIVASTAVA
AIR 1 ESE 2012, AIR 44 GATE 2013
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Since the syllabus for GATE and IES is common so it is advisable is to prepare for
both exams comprehensively.
GATE
Gate questions are purely conceptual, test candidates on technical skills and
numerical aptitude and in my opinion, without strong concepts and good link-up of
subjects, scoring good rank in GATE is impossible. GATE exam has now opened
doors for PSUs making it all the more competitive. Over 2,56,000 candidates
appeared in GATE 2013 in Electronics branch only.
65 questions in 3 hours make it nearly 3 minutes per question. But if concepts are not
clear even this much of time is not sucient. So clearly more emphasis is on accuracy
than on speed. Large number of candidates gets caught in a very narrow band of
marks. One should not take chances while answering. So answers which are not sure
may be left.
Developing concepts comes from reading books and applying them in a variety of practice questions to gain
condence. One standard book per subject is sucient but often students are confused and use multiple
textbooks. A standard book explains theory and follows it up with ample number of practice questions, but the
book must be properly chosen. List of suggested books is given below.
Notes borrowed from dierent sources may not be that much helpful because they are prepared keeping in
mind latest exam questions and not syllabus. Paern may change but syllabus is well dened, so book
reading is highly recommended. Also Ive seen cases where after reading notes one is able to solve past
years questions easily but not comfortable with unseen questions. So thats why I think notes available in
the market nowadays are not exhaustive.
Also if everyone is reading from notes, then where is your advantage?
Coaching classes are more benecial to aspirants because time spent with a good teacher is always more
fruitful than time spent with books. A teacher is himself a summary of various books and with experience can
give proper guidance. People who have themselves cleared these exams with good ranks are far beer at
understanding problems of the aspirants and guiding them in the right direction than those who have not
appeared. So rst inquire about faculty proles, if possible ask their past years students then only join.
Results nowadays are published almost everywhere. Also keep in mind the student-faculty ratio of the
institute. If you are not geing your required time, doubt sessions and personal aention from faculty
members due to whatever reasons, you are not beneting from them.
One of the most common mistakes while practicing questions is that students very easily refer to the solution
manual if they are not geing answers right. Rather a habit of thinking properly and thinking over and over
again must be developed. Do not rush to answers, think properly and answers will rush to you.
Roughly 10 months is sucient time to prepare for GATE. While studying a subject, focus rst on theory, then
summarize your learning in hand-wrien notes, then practice questions from standard book and then from
past years GATE questions. Mark the questions which you could not solve and keep thinking over them. Re
summarize your notes in as less space as possible. Keep these short notes with yourself and spend time
reading them whenever youre free like while traveling in bus. It is not required to study over 10 hours a day
but your mind should be busy with concepts and questions 247. A friends circle with like-minded aspirants
where you can put up your doubts and discuss is highly recommended.
Dedicate at least 2 months for revision. Do not panic if you forget previously studied topics rather revise them
whenever you get time. Revise the entire theory and practice only those questions which you were not able to
solve in the past or you feel are the tricky ones. The more variety of unseen questions you have practiced, the
more are your chances to solve GATE questions under examination pressure.
There are times during preparation when you would feel low, tired or depressed. Do not allow this to
continue. Talk to your parents or friends or teachers. Do not spend much time in a slump. If required avoid
studying for a few days and then come back fresh.
BOOK LIST
S. No. Subject Textbook
1. Electronic Devices and Circuits Millman & Halkias
2. Analog Electronics a) Millman & Halkias b) Sedra Smith (or) Donald Neamen
3. Digital Electronics Morris Mano
4. Control Systems B.S. Manke
5. Signals & Systems a) Oppenheim b) Schaums series
6. Electromagnetic Theory Sadiku
7. Network Theory Sadiku
8. Microprocessor Gaonkar
9. Communication Engineering a) Simon Haykinsb) Schaums series
10. Engineering Mathematics HK Das
11. Quantitative Aptitude T. S. Jain
*Mathematics & Aptitude book may not be required for most aspirants.
Wishing you best of Luck
Kunal Srivastava ( ECE )
AIR-1 ESE-2012
AIR-44 GATE-2013
IES Electrical Strategy By Sourabh Anand ( Rank 3, IES
EE 2013 )
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ES is not a dicult examination provided you approach it the right way.
Now whats the right way?
Any single method cant be called the right way. Each one of us can have our unique right ways. I am sharing my
own right way; try to nd your own.
I started with analyzing previous years papers. First observation, that I made was that IES papers are very
repetitive. You will nd only few surprise s and very rarely any shocks in any particular year. Second thing I
observed was that you should cover almost entire syllabus for objective papers while selective reading can be done
for subjective papers.
After that I analysed previous years cut o and toppers marks. I found out -
1. You need to score a lile more than what an average guy can score.
2. GS paper works as game changer many times.
3. Dont worry if you nd conventional papers too tough; even Toppers struggle to score in conventional papers.
Now I outlined topic wise strategy
1. EMT clear your concepts to a fair degree with a good book like Hayt or Sadiku. Solve previous years papers.
Dont leave this subject; youll be losing easy marks. Questions are usually damn easy and predictable.
2. Network Theory Read theory from a standard book like De Carlo Lin and PRACTICE PRACTICE
PRACTICE! Solve previous years papers many times.
3. Material Science- This again is a high marks fetching subject which is highly ignored. Read indulkar (only
relevant portions). See previous years papers. Use Google to learn about the materials. Internet (particularly
Wikipedia) is highly useful for this subject.
4. Measurements and Instrumentation- This one is particularly tricky if you dont have the right material and if
you dont approach the right way. Unfortunately theres only one book available in the market A. K. Shawney.
Now you dare not read the entire book. So, start with questions. Analyse them. See, what is being asked. And
Read that only. The diagrams in the book wont give you much idea. So use internet to get a 3D view of the
instruments.
5. Control Systems Highly marks fetching and very very important. Start by reading a good book like Norman S
Nise; then solve as many problems as you can nd from any material. Try to understand the ne points by
spending a lile time on THINKING about stability, bandwidth and all.
6. Electrical Machines Electrical people have a strange and unique relationship with Electrical machines and
power systems. They dont understand it completely. In fact they may not be able to answer very simple questions
like what does a transformer look like; but they still feel that they know a lot about electrical machines. For
machines, I suggest to unlearn a few hazy concepts and read them again with cool mind and in analytical way
like when you read Dc shunt motors have almost constant speed then ask yourself a question- Constant speed
with respect to which parameter?
7. Power Systems Read C. L. Wadhwa thoroughly. Solve previous years papers. And try to link theoretical
concepts with observations around you. Like when you read about surge arrestor try to recall where you saw
such a thing.
For power system protection, refer J. B. Gupta.
8. Analog Electronics If you have time and INTEREST in electronics, pick Sedra Smith and read thoroughly.
Youll really enjoy. If not simply skip the subject.
9. Digital Electronics Morris mano and previous years papers. Read only what is required and try to have a
broad view about topics like Counters etc. Dont worry too kuch about ne details. Just the guiding idea. There is
an excellent ebook (incomplete) available on the website openbookproject.net
10. Microprocessor- For programming part refer B. Ram and for interfacing
part refer Gaonkar. Install a 8085 simulator in your computer, run all the programs and experiment with new
ideas. Youll surely enjoy. For linux, I had an excellent simulator with showed all the states, program status word,
memory locations etc. One can nd such a simulator in windows also.
11. Power Electronics Try to analyse the circuits yourself. Discuss with friends why all the components are used
n all. There exists an insightful shortcut to remember all the formulae of choppers etc. Try to discover that.
12. Communications Try to learn the main points of any concept from an ece guy. They can tell you about all
types modulations and concepts of digital communications. Its really very very easy. Leaving them means losing
very easy marks.
Sourabh Anand
Rank 3, IES 2013
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MECHANICAL ENGG.
SUBJECT AUTHOR
Engg. Thermodynamics PK Nag
IC Engine ML Mathur and RP Sharma
Gas Turbine and Propulsive Systems PR Khajuria & SP Dubey
Fluid Mechanics Modi & Seth RK Bansal
Compressible Flow SM Yahya
Heat and Mass Transfer J P Hollman and R C Sachdeva
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning C P Arora
Fluid Machinery Jagdish Lal and R K Bansal
Theory of Machines R S Khurmi and Malik and Ghosh
Mechanical Vibration Grover
Machine Design V D Bhandari and Shigley
Material Science W D Callister and I P Singh
Production Engg. Kalpkjian Schmid Amitabh Ghosh and A K Malik
Industrial Engg. O P Khanna Bun and Sarin
Operation Research Kanti Swarup
Strength of Materials Gere and Timoshenko B C Punamia Sadhu Singh
CIVIL ENGG.
Strength of Materials Gere and Timoshenko B C Punamia Sadhu Singh
Structural Analysis S Ramamurthan C K Vang
Concrete Structures Punamia and Jain H J Shah
Steel Structures Duggal
Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engg. Ranjan and Rao Venkat Ramiah S K Garg
Fluid Mechanics R K Bansal Subramanyam
Hydrology Subramanyam
Irrigation S K Garg
Highway Engg. Khanna and Jasto Kadiyali
ELECTRIACAL ENGG.
Network Analysis Van Valkenburg
Electromagnetic William H Hayt Saddiku
Electrical Machinery P S Bhimbra
Electrical Machines Nagrath Kothari
Electrical Power Systems C L Wadhwa
Power System Engg. Nagrath Kothari
Automatic Control System Benjamin C Kuo
Control System Engg. Nagrath Gopal
Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation A K Sawhney
Integrated Electronics Jacob Millman
Digital Logic and Computer Design Morris Mano
Power Electronics P S Bhimbra
ELECTRONICS ENGG.
Network Analysis Van Valkenburg D R Choudhary
Integrated Electronics Jacob Millman and Halkias
Op-Amps Ramakant Gayakwad
Signal and System Oppenhem Schaums Series
Control System Nagrath Gopal Ogata
Communication System Kennedy Sklar Sanjay Sharma
Electromagnetics Hayt Saddiku
Antenna Theory K D Prasad
Optical Communication John M Senior
C Language Yashwant Kanitkar
Microwave S Y Liao
Electronics Devices Sedra Smith Boylestead
Microprocessor Gaonkar B Ram
Overall IES Strategy
22 Wednesday JAN 2014
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Overall IES straegy for technical and GS protion
rst of all focus all the GATE subjects which covers your 8 subjects . for these 8 subjects do IES 10 previous
year ECE Q., IES 10 previous year EE Q., GATE 10 previous year ECE Q., GATE 10 year EE Q
how to study i already told you many times .
if u r starting with the network theory .. den 1st do its theory den do its questions (as i told u above) .and tick
the questions in which u r geing diculty in solving .. and after this when u start new subjects .. den again 1st
cover the theory of network and den start the new subject theory . do dis process repetitively by which ur
subject theory will become very strong . and after gate do other 4 subjects and their quest . kindly give
full aention to the IES 10 previous year ECE Q., IES 10 previous year EE Q. solve these questions at least 10
times
and after dat for Conventionals do IES 10 previous year ECE Q., IES 10 previous year EE Q and focus only 8
subjects for conventionals and after doing dese 8 subjects previous year papers .do back questions of
standard books dat i will tell you later .
just try to follow my way of study do again and again the theory of each subjects so dat your revision time of
theory should be minimized .
after following dis strategy u will easily get under 10 rank . but it is very dicult to follow .. so try hard to
follow dis


For GS:
Arihant Manohar pandey GK or Made easy GK booklets se theory padh kar .last 10 year Civil services
Prelims,IES,CDS ke questions solve kar lo tareeke se and more focus sholud be on Geog and life Sci. moderate on
polity and very less on History questions.(prefer new vishals publication for IAS nd CDS).do not read any current
aairs magzines as it you have seen it is not worth for IES exam.
Papers dhang se kar lena 5-6 bar sab inhi se ata h ghum phir kar
How To prepare for English:
English: For English you need to improve your vocabulary and grammar for any competitive exam.
It will take time to learn the vocabulary but it will help you in around 20 direct questions of Synonyms/Antonyms
and instead of that it will help you in understanding the passages ,PQRS type questions and in Vocabulary based
ll in the blanks. Almost it covers all the topics other than grammar based questions.
For Vocabulary rst start with news paper ,Read it and note the meaning you do not know, when there is
collection of above 500 good meanings (learn on the daily basis) then after that you will start learning directly with
any good vocabulary book like I found PT educations (VA Atlas) book good for this purpose.
For Grammar you need to rst read the rules(not try to learn them, Read them 8-10 times on regular basis) from
any good book and start solving the error related problems as much as you can by maintaining the balance with
other parts of course.
Book lists for English:
Vocabulary:
1.PT educations (VA Atlas)-Along with meaning of that word this book also contains all possible synonym
,antonym ,word usage in sentence at same place.
2.The best way to learn the meaning by some key word or by the help of some images. By this we can learn the
vocabulary easily. Book For this: VoLT ,Vocabulary learning techniques By Abhishek Jain
hps://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7IXSeex_dVk
hp://books.google.co.in/books?id=aQGNmXLPslMC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&
q&f=false

Grammar :
Follow any good book which have along with exercise , there solution in Detailed Manner.I have read many books
for this but I found best one is:
hp://www.ipkart.com/common-errors-english/p/itmczbzr2hazmrsx
After practicing from these books , now time to solve the questions which asked in UPSC previous papers :
Solve IES ,CDS,SCRA 10 year English part questions:
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STORY OF PATIENCE AND BELEIVE IN ME TO DO
SOMETHING (Ashish Choudhary)
21 Tuesday JAN 2014
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Hi frds this is my story of preparation of IES . I m sharing this story just becoz many people asked me to leave
subjects. Due to time shortage .. isko padhne ke bad aap ko 1000% lagega ki aapko koi subject nahi chorna
chahiye .. I joined coaching in delhi on 11 dec. 2010. I asked the director . was it possible to be clear IES-11
in this short time ? They frankly said me ya u can if u worked hard .. I said him sir mein computer science se hun
. To unhone saaf saaf mana kar diya ki aapko apna paisa bigadna hai to join kare .. becoz at mid dec. U r joining
the coaching ..is time par log apna revision srart kar dete hain . aur aap ab preparation start karne ki bat kar
rahe hainthat time I got puzzled what to do or what not to do ? Asked my elder brother he said do
whatever u like .. we are with u . Then I decided to prepare 4 IES-11. Maine sir se guarantee li ki sir aap sare
subjects karwa denge is time period mein .. he assured me that he would try his best I never heard the name of
IES till oct. 2010 I had Many options like RAS , SSC etc. I chosed IES from one of them as my option. And I
needed to go in good department. Becoz I left JTO (I didnt join coaching like made easy. from the starting I
need personal assistance from the teacher ..in a class of 300 its not possible to talk to teacher so I joined a
normal coaching as compared to made easy.) At the time of December . All people was busy with GATE exam
Jab maine coaching join ki coaching mein maths chal rahi thi .. I didnt have any interest in that maths ,,, becoz
mujhe shuru se GATE se koi lena dena nahi tha .. (becoz after m.tech. bhi log IES hi karte hain to direct hi kar
leni chahiye 2 saal kharab kyun kare ) Maine weekend class bhi li . normal batches mein bhi padha jaldi se jaldi
Subjects nish jo karne the gate ke paper tak mere 4 subjects ho gaye .. (edc , analog , control system , signal
system) I aempted gate paper which was on 13 feb 2011 by these subjects. I got 46.33 marks (around 3100) Uske
bad as usual ghar jate hi h sab .. mere sare room mates chale gaye to mujhe bhi jana pada .. r hum 26 feb ko
wapis aaye abhi bhi 8 sub. bache the .. I never lose my condence . abhi bhi aise ka subjects the jinka maine
kabhi naam bhi nahi suna tha .. Still I hava a hope in mind .. backup ke liye SSC CGL ka form dal diya tha IES
mein nahi hua to kuch to hona chahiye ghar walon ko shant karne ko.. After 1st march 2011 i got more serious
abt this paper ..I regularly aend the classes my timing was mrg 8 to 5 pm . after sleeping 2 hours I read
again till mrg 4 am or 5 am , Most of the subjects I did through projector . Microwave hume 2 din mein karwai
thi isse pahle maine kabhi Microwave ka name bhi nahi suna tha . I made my own rules and regulations and
follow them consistently. Maine remaining subjects projector ke through kiye time kam tha director sir
hume projector par 2 din mein 1 sub. Samjha dete the aur r us 1 subject ko karne mein meri puri jaan nikal jati
thi par mein bhi jab tak nahi sota tha tab tak complete na ho jaye same day ka Maine bhi beech mein bahut
bar himmat hari condence loose kiya par my elder brother supports me every time . he said always to me .u
do ur best rest will be automatically good .. Digital electronics maine khud ne kar li . Mujhe achi tarah yad
hai aprail 10th tak mera communications nahi hua tha . I said Director sir communications karwa dijiye .. sir ne
hume poora communication slides par 2 din mein karwa diya . and I took 3 more days to complete
communications. !. (aaj mujhse log kehte hain ki sir humare 2 subjects reh gaye hain . hum unhe choor de kya
.. agar us time mein communications ko chor jata to conrm mera selection nahi hota IES 2011 mein isliye
koi bhi subject mat chorna .. koi bhi subject 3 din se jyada ka nahi hai IES Mein) Gk gs ki classes bhi chalti rehti thi
I joined par time bahut kam the isliye jyada nahi kar paya gs . I did just 10 years obj. papers of made easy
publications around 20 times .. And started conventional quest. From 1st april for dat also I did buk of made
easy 10 years paper .. Coaching mein conventional quest. Ki class hoti thi I never missed those classes Back to
home(jaipur) on 30 april 2011 Paper was on 14th may , 15th may , 16th may 2011.. I got cleared my IES in rst
aempt just by my own rules and regulations (maine kabhi koi buk nahi ki bus coaching notes ko tips par la
rakha tha ..) If a person focus all of their energy , day and night , on a worthy cause , with full dedication , full
truth , purity , positive aitude . success is guaranteed .. IES 2011 Mark sheet Gs 54 Obj. Paper 1 108 Obj.
Paper 2 116 Conv. Paper 1 101 Conv. Paper 2 90 Interview 98 AIR 96 My rst and last aim was IES .. so I
got it 90 % of my classmates distracts to other exams like psus Par mein to koi psu de hi nhi sakta tha(becoz
my B.E. degree in Computer science) . mere liye to bus 1 hi paper tha IES . I Cleared also my back up
paper ssc cgl .. I also lled form of ISRO-2011 from EC and got 89 rank in wrien exam . Final result ke bad ki
kahani mein bad mein sunaunga .. friends after exam of IES 2011 i gave my medical examination at Mumbai
(Worst place for medical )and got the leer of unt 4 alll services dimag kharab ho gaya tha yar sari
mehnat pani mein chali gayi thi . I was unt 4 all due to Glycosuria and Impaired Blood glucose level I had
lost all my hopes still i applied 4 re-medical at Kolkata my re-medical examination date was 4th June 2012
and my IES-2012 exam would start on 14th june I went to kolkata on 3rd june . wahan unhone detailed check
up ke liye mujhe admit kar liya . aur unhone mujhe 9th june ko free kiya m kolkata se jaipur pahuncha 10th
june ko . unhone mujhe mere medical status ke barein mein nahi bataya . 14th june ko IES-2012 ka paper tha
. full upset tha mind . still i gave my paper .. and on 23rd june i got leer from kolkata medical board U R
FIT FOR ALL . and us din mujhe pata chala ki bahut bar selection hone ke bad bhi aapko problem face karni
pad sakti hai . and in IES 2012 I got AIR-14 and my marks are GS 69.45 Obj. Paper 1 133.33 Obj. Paper 2
135 Conv. Paper 1 99 Conv. Paper 2 116 Interview 90 AIR 14 So My 2nd aempt was IES -2012 and I got
my desired department dat was IRSS And I made this group becoz IES is the easiest paper if u r going in right
direction .mujhe pata hai is paper ko lekar coaching walon ne bahut jyada misconception create kar rakha hai
. I will try to help u as much as I can do .. And frds i have aempted IES-2013 (Roll no. 136445) with u .
and expecting dis time also under 10 Rank so we will all clear it .. just be +ve . always think u
can and u will be in Now we will all prepare for IES-2014 we all will do it . keep it up friends
I m aempting dis paper again and again .. just to help u guys and i can help u only when i will be in
touch with dis paper . and 1 thing more i can assure u dis will not waste 1 seat of yours
Surendra Meena (ECE) ESE-2013 Interview
21 Tuesday JAN 2014
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Date of Interview -16/01/2014
Chairperson Manbir Singh sir
Branch ECE
Chairperson:-
1.u hv cmpltd ur graduation in 2012, wht r u doing after dat?
2.Tell me abt employment opportunities, agriculture, industry or anything famous abt karauli(hometown)?
3.Red stone used in Rashtrapati bhawan is the same from karauli or not?
Tech1
1. Hv u desinged/worked on a project outside clg?
2. Name of the project designed/worked in clg?
3. Name of the subs studied in the nal sem?
4. How 2 identiy the Anode n Cathode terminals in a Diode and E,B,C terminals in BJT?
5. Resistance colour code trick?
6. Temperature dependency of resistance of conducture n semicunducture, same or not?
7. What is mobility?
Tech2
1.Asked abt project?
2.Appls of Transistor?
3.Di b/w Analog and Digital Electronics?
4.Appls of Digital electronics?
5.Appls of Analog elecct?
6.Universal gate?
7.Use/appls of universal gate?
Tech3
1.Suppose der is 1v potential at a point on the conducture then what will be the potential at other point on the
conducture?
2.If conducture is made innitly large then potential at that point?
3.What is line integral of Force?
4.Then told me nw try to relate or think abt the potential for innitaly large conductor?
then chairperson told me to leave. Board members were cooperating well n trying 2 get answers by giving
hints..
All the best guys..
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