Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Ajmer

RAJASTHAN STATE AND SUBORDINATE SERVICES

COMBINED COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
SYLLABI OF THE PAPER/SUBJECTS PRESCRIBED FOR
THE MAIN EXAMINATION
OPTIONAL SUBJECT
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

PAPER-I

(Code No. 13)

(1) GENERATION - Different methods of conventional power

generation (diesel, steam, hydro and nuclear), load curve; factors
affecting the economics of power generation. Incremental rate cures.
Condition for minimum input in isolated and interconnected power
systems. Non-conventional methods of power generation like,
magneto hydrodynamics, solar, wind, geothermal and Tindal energy
conversion.
(2) TRANSMISSION - Transmission line parameters - resistance,
inductance and capacitance calculations. Performance of short,
medium and long lines. Line Insulators; their construction, testing.
Corona and its effect. Neutral earthing methods. Underground cable
Power circle diagrams. Basic ideas of power system stability, swing
equation, equal-area criterion, Methods to improve stability limits.
(3) SWITCH-GEAR AND PROTECTION - Theories of arc extinction,
comparative merits of bulk oil, minimum oil, air blast and SF6 circuit
breakers. Causes and consequences of dangerous currents. Current
limiting reactors. Busbar arrangements. Requirements of Protective
relays, Protection of line; distance protection, carrier current
protection. Protection of synchronous generators, transformers, and
busbars. Introduction to static relays. Symmetrical components and
their applications.
(4) TRANSFORMERS, INDUCTION MOTORS - EMF equation of
transformers, construction of large power transformers and
distribution transformers. Phasor diagram and equivalent circuit of
transformers Regulation. Testing of transformers. Parallel operation of
three-phase transformers. Efficiency and all day efficiency.
Construction and principle of operation of three-phase induction
motors. Torque-slip characteristics, equivalent circuit and
determination of its parameters. Circle diagram, Methods of starting
and testing. Principle of operation, methods of starting single-phase
induction motor.
(5) SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES - EMF equation, Methods of
obtaining sinusoidal wave form, Calculation of regulation by
synchronous impedance, MMF, ASA methods. Theories of cylindrical
rotor and salient pole synchronous machines. Parallel operation of

Synchronous generators. Synchronising power. Power-angle

characteristics. Principle of synchronous motor. Starting-methods, Vcurves, hunting and its prevention.
(6) HIGH VOLTAGES SYSTEMS - Methods of high voltage generation
D.C. Power frequency and impulse testing of high voltage apparatus,
High voltage measurements.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

PAPER-II

(Code No. 13)

(1) NETWORKS - Network parameters, topological concepts,

formulation of mesh and node equation, number of independent
equation. Duality. Network theorems and their applications. Two port
networks. Supplied circuits, coefficient of coupling resonance in
coupled circuits. Transient and steady state solution of R-L-C
networks. Filters; image impedance, attenuation, phase, shift and
insertion losses in constant K and M-derived filters. Analysis of
polyphase unbalanced networks.
(2) MEASUREMENTS - Principle of operation and construction of
moving coil, moving iron, dynamometer, induction, electrostatic and
thermocouple type instruments, magger, ohmmeter, wattmeter and
energy meter. Ballistic and vibration galvanometers. Measurement of
low, medium and high resistances. A.C. bridges. Instrument
transformers; constructional details, measurement of phase and ratio
error.
(3) INSTRUMENTATION - Transducers in instrumentation for
measurement of displacement pressure, strain, temperature etc. Signal
conditioners, recorders and display devices. Nuclear instrumentation.
Digital measurement of voltage, current power, time, frequency and
phase.
(4) POWER ELECTRONICS - SCRs Triacs and other devices, basic
theory of operation, characteristics, ratings, protection. Series and
parallel operation- Firing Circuits, line commutated converters,
chopper circuits, inverter, Series, parallel and bridge inverters, voltage
control, Speed control of motors.
(5) CONTROL SYSTEMS - Open loop and closed loop control.
Feedback control systems. Transfer function and state space analysis
of linear systems. Stability study by Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist
methods. Root-locus techniques.
Design of compensators.
(6) COMPUTER ENGINEERING - Basic layout of digital computer,
input-output devices, memory organization, Binary arithmetic, logic
circuits, counters, shifts registers. Basic control functions.
(7) MICRO PROCESSOR SYSTEM - Organization and programming of
a microprocessor. Domestic & Industrial applications. Semi-conductor
memories. Register organization, Interfacing memory and input-output
devices. Data transfer-applications of micro-processors.
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