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RPSC Assistant Engineer (AE) Syllabus

What is RPSC AE/AEN (Rajasthan Public Service Commission Assistant Engineer) Exam?

The RPSC AEN Recruitment 2024 is a state-level engineering services examination conducted by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC). It aims to recruit Assistant Engineers (AEN) for various departments, providing career opportunities in civil, electrical, mechanical, and agricultural engineering.


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Syllabus of RPSC AE Exam

Preliminary Examination

Compulsory Paper

Paper: General Knowledge and General Science including General Knowledge of Rajasthan – its Geography, Economy, and Culture

  1. Current Affairs:

    • Current events of state, national, and international importance.
    • Activities of national and international agencies.
    • Games and sports at state, national, and international levels.
  2. History & Culture:

    • Significant events in the political and cultural history of India, including major monuments and literary works, the Renaissance, struggle for freedom, and national integration.
    • History and culture of Rajasthan, focusing on:
      • The medieval background
      • Socio-economic life and organization
      • Freedom movement and political awakening
      • Political integration
      • Dialects and literature
      • Music, dance, and theatre
      • Religious beliefs, cults, saints, poets, warrior-saints, Lok Devtas, and Lok Deviyan
      • Handicrafts
      • Fairs and festivals, customs, dresses, ornaments, especially those related to folk and tribal aspects
  3. General Science:

    • General appreciation and understanding of science, including everyday observations and experiences.
    • Familiarity with topics such as electronics, telecommunications, satellites, elements of computers (hardware and software), research labs including CSIR-managed national labs and institutes, environment, and pollution.
  4. Economic Developments with Special Reference to Rajasthan:

    • Food and commercial crops of Rajasthan, agriculture-based industries, major irrigation and river valley projects, and projects for the development of the desert and wastelands.
    • Indira Gandhi Canal Project, growth and location of industries, industrial raw materials, mineral-based industries, small scale and cottage industries, export items, Rajasthani handicrafts, tribes and their economy, and the cooperative movement.
    • Tourism development in Rajasthan.
    • Objectives and progress of various five-year plans.
    • Major economic problems of Rajasthan and obstacles to economic development.
    • Current budgets of Rajasthan and the central government.
    • Economic reforms in India and their impact.
    • Commercial banks and other financial institutions in Rajasthan.
  5. Geography and Natural Resources:

    • Broad physical features of the world, important places, rivers, mountains, continents, and oceans.
    • Ecology and wildlife of India.
    • Rajasthan's physiography: climate, vegetation, and soil regions.
    • Broad physical divisions of Rajasthan.
    • Human resources: problems of population, unemployment, poverty, drought, famine, and desertification in Rajasthan.
    • Natural resources of Rajasthan: mines and minerals, forests, land, water, animal resources, wildlife, and conservation.
    • Energy problems and conventional and non-conventional sources of energy.

Optional Paper (Preliminary Examination)

(Each section to have roughly equal weightage)


MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

1. Theory of Machines

  • Kinematic Pairs and Chains: Basics, mechanisms, and inversions.
  • Slider-Crank Mechanism: Analysis of displacement, velocity, and acceleration, including Coriolis acceleration.
  • Straight Line Motion Mechanisms: Types and applications.
  • Friction Laws: Applications in brakes and dynamometers.
  • Gears and Gear Trains: Different types and their functions.
  • Governors: Types, effort, and power analysis.
  • Balancing: Static and dynamic methods.
  • Vibrations: Longitudinal, transverse, and torsional vibrations.

2. Strength of Materials

  • Static Stresses: Analysis in machine parts.
  • Deformation and Strain: Concepts of unit deformation and Poisson's ratio.
  • Stress Analysis: Direct, shear, principal, and compound stresses.
  • Torsional Stress and Stress-Strain Relationship: Fundamental concepts.
  • Bending Moment and Shear Force Diagrams: Analysis for beams.
  • Springs and Shafts: Laminated and coil springs, thick and thin-walled pressure vessels.
  • Material Failure: Concepts of fatigue, fracture, and creep.

3. Material Science

  • Crystal Structure: Space lattice, crystalline and amorphous solids, coordination number, atomic packing factor.
  • Crystal Imperfections: Plastic deformation mechanisms, work hardening, and recrystallization.
  • Heat Treatment: Processes for steel.
  • Engineering Materials: Composition, properties, applications, and corrosion resistance.
  • Plastics: Properties and applications.

4. Manufacturing Processes

  • Moulding and Casting: Various methods.
  • Welding: Principles of arc and gas welding, brazing, and soldering.
  • Metal Forming: Techniques and processes.
  • Machining: Basic processes and machine tools.
  • Metal Cutting: Mechanisms, geometry of single-point cutting tools, and tool materials.
  • Hot and Cold Working: Processes and applications.

5. Industrial Engineering and Management

  • Business Organization: Types and principles of management.
  • Management Elements: Organization charts, elements of costing, break-even analysis.
  • Budgeting: Types and control methods.
  • Financial Statements: Profit and loss accounts, balance sheets.
  • Production Planning: Motion study, time study, plant layout, material handling.
  • Project Management: CPM, PERT, scheduling, dispatching, routing, and inventory control.
  • Materials Management: Techniques and importance.

6. Thermodynamics

  • Basic Concepts: Fundamental principles and definitions.
  • Laws of Thermodynamics: Applications to various flow and non-flow systems.
  • Power Cycles: Gas and vapor power cycles.

7. Heat Transfer

  • Modes of Heat Transfer: Conduction, convection, and radiation.
  • Combined Modes: Critical insulation, fins, and applications.
  • Non-Dimensional Numbers: Use in heat transfer analysis.
  • Thermal Boundary Layer: Introduction and applications.
  • Two-Phase Heat Transfer: Basics.
  • Heat Exchangers: Types and design considerations.

8. Environmental Engineering

  • Refrigeration Cycles: Basic air and refrigeration cycles.
  • Refrigeration Methods: Vapor compression and absorption refrigeration.
  • Expansion Devices: Types and applications.
  • Refrigerants: Properties and selection criteria.
  • Psychrometrics: Charts and processes.
  • Air Conditioning: Comfort calculations and cooling load analysis.

9. Fluid Mechanics and Turbomachines

  • Fluid Properties: Basic characteristics.
  • Fluid Flow: Kinematics and dynamics, dimensional analysis, boundary layer flow.
  • Flow Through Pipes: Analysis and measurements.
  • Hydraulic Machines: Pumps and turbines.
  • Compressors and Turbines: Air compressors, gas turbines, and steam turbines.

10. Power Generation

  • Internal Combustion Engines: SI and CI engines, combustion phenomena, fuels, carburetors, and injection systems.
  • Boilers: High pressure and modern designs.
  • Power Plant Layouts: Steam and hydro power plants.
  • Alternative Energy Sources: Introduction to nuclear, MHD, and biogas power plants.
  • Economics of Power Generation: Load sharing techniques and economic considerations.


CIVIL ENGINEERING

A. Engineering Materials & Construction Technology

  • Selection of site for various types of buildings
  • Planning and orientation of buildings
  • Bonds in masonry, damp proof course, scaffolding, underpinning, and ranking
  • Floors, staircases, roofs, doors, and windows
  • Fire protection requirements, ventilation, air conditioning, and acoustics
  • Building and highway materials and their IS codal provisions: stones, bricks, timber, lime, cement, mortar, plain and reinforced cement concrete, bitumen, asphalt

B. Surveying

  • Commonly adopted scales, chain and compass surveying, leveling
  • Temporary and permanent adjustments of levels and theodolite
  • Use of theodolite, tacheometry, trigonometrical and triangulation survey
  • Traversing and traverse adjustment, contours and contouring
  • Simple circular, compound, and transition curves and their setting out
  • Theory of errors and survey adjustment, computations of areas and volumes

C. Soil/Geotechnical Engineering

  • Classification of soil as per IS code, field identification tests for soils
  • Water content, specific gravity, voids ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, unit weight, density index, and their inter-relationship
  • Determination of various soil properties including grain size distribution, consistency limits
  • Soil permeability and its determination, Darcy's law, flow nets and their uses
  • Compaction and consolidation of soil, quality control, soil stabilization methods
  • Boussinesq's methods, Newmark's chart and its uses
  • Shear strength parameters and their determination, bearing capacity, local and general shear failures
  • Design criteria for shallow foundation, plate load test, standard penetration test
  • Earth pressures on retaining walls, stability of simple slopes, significant depth of exploration, design features of undisturbed sampler

D. Structural Mechanics

  • Stress and strain, elastic constants, factor of safety, relation among elastic constants
  • Bending moment and shear force diagrams for cantilever, simply supported, overhanging, fixed, and continuous beams subjected to static loads (concentrated, uniformly distributed, and uniformly varying)
  • Theory of simple bending, shear stress, influence lines
  • Deflection of cantilever, simply supported, fixed, and continuous beams
  • Determinate and indeterminate structures and frames, pin-jointed, plane, and space frames

E. Steel Structures

  • Design of ordinary and plate girder beams, roof trusses, welded joints, axially and eccentrically loaded columns
  • Grillage, gusseted and slab base foundations, provisions of IS: 800 and 875
  • Economic span of bridges

F. Reinforced Concrete Structures

  • Provisions of the latest IS: 456, design of beams (singly and doubly reinforced), design of shear reinforcement
  • Design of slabs spanning in two directions and T-beam slabs
  • Design of axially and uniaxially eccentrically loaded columns, design of isolated and combined column footings
  • Design of simple RCC cantilever and counterfort retaining walls, reinforcement in overhead and underground water tanks

G. Fluid Mechanics Including Hydrology and Irrigation

  • Hydraulic pressure at a point and its measurement, total pressure and center of pressure on plane and curved immersed surfaces
  • Buoyancy, conditions of equilibrium of floating bodies, fluid flow conditions
  • Bernoulli's, Navier-Stokes, and Reynolds equations, flow through orifices, venturimeter, notches, and weirs
  • Flow through pipes and open channels, gradually and rapidly varied flow, dimensional analysis
  • Momentum and angular momentum principles as applied to fluid in a control volume, applications of jets, viscous flow, concept of drag, flow through pipes
  • Engineering hydrology, hydrology of floods and droughts, reservoirs and dams, overflow structures, groundwater hydrology
  • Irrigation: canals, Kennedy's and Lacey's theories, Khosla's theories for design of hydraulic structures, groundwater and well irrigation, water logging

H. Public Health Engineering

  • Per capita water requirement for urban and rural areas, population forecast
  • Sources, water supply standards of purity, various methods of purification
  • House drainage systems, distribution network with all ancillaries, systems of drainage
  • Layout of sewerage systems, primary and secondary treatments, trickling filters, lagoons, and other treatment units and their design criteria
  • Flushing of sewers, sewage treatment, rural water supply, and sanitation

I. Highway and Bridges

  • Principles of highway planning, classification of roads, land width, building line, center line, formation width, terrain classification, pavement width, camber, longitudinal gradient, sight distance, horizontal curve, super elevation, vertical curve, lateral and vertical clearances
  • Flexible pavements: sub-base, base course, and shoulder stone/Kankar brick soling, WBM courses, shoulders, granular sub-base, stabilized soil roads, cement/lime stabilized sub-base, sand bitumen base course, crushed cement concrete base/sub-base course
  • Prime and tack coats, surface dressing, open graded premix carpet, semi-dense carpet, built-up spray grout base course, bituminous base binder course, asphaltic concrete, seal coats, mixed seal surfacing, penetration macadam base/binder course, full and semi-groups
  • Traffic engineering: traffic characteristics, road user characteristics, vehicular characteristics, volume, speed and delay studies, origin and destination study, traffic flow characteristics, traffic capacity and parking studies, traffic regulation, traffic control devices, intersection control
  • Alignment, traffic engineering, pavement design, paving materials, highway construction, and maintenance of different types of roads, highway drainage and arboriculture
  • Types of bridges, choice of type of bridge, economical considerations of fixing spans, culverts

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

1. Electrical Circuits

  • Circuit Components: Basics of electrical components.
  • Kirchhoff's Laws (KCL and KVL): Fundamentals and applications.
  • Network Graphs: Analysis techniques including Nodal and Mesh analysis.
  • DC and AC Network Analysis: Approaches to analyze networks.
  • Network Theorems: Key theorems and their applications.
  • Network Functions: Driving point and transfer functions, poles and zeros.
  • Response to Standard Inputs: Analyzing network responses.
  • Two-Port Networks: Basics and different types of network parameters.
  • Signal Flow Graphs: Application in network analysis.
  • Mathematical Tools: Fourier series, Laplace transforms.
  • Frequency Response and Resonance: Analysis and applications.
  • Three-Phase Networks: Balanced and unbalanced networks.
  • Steady State and Transient Response: Analysis for RL, RC, and RLC circuits.

2. Field Theory

  • Electrostatics and Magnetostatics: Fundamentals of electric and magnetic fields.
  • Fields in Different Materials: Conductors, dielectrics, and magnetic materials.
  • Maxwell's Equations: Time-varying fields and electromagnetic wave equations.
  • Wave Propagation: In conducting and dielectric media.

3. Electrical Materials

  • Material Classification: Based on permanent magnetic dipoles and conductivity.
  • Electrical and Electronic Behavior: Understanding material behavior.
  • Dielectrics: Behavior in static and alternating fields, polarization phenomena.
  • Superconductivity: Basics and applications.
  • Material Applications: In magnetic, conducting, dielectric, and insulating contexts.

4. Electrical Measurement and Instrumentation

  • Measurement Principles: Units, dimensions, error analysis.
  • Measurement Methods: Basic circuit parameter measurements using bridge methods.
  • Instruments: Indicating, integrating, and recording instruments.
  • Electrical Measurements: Voltage, current, power, power factor, energy, resistance, inductance, capacitance, and frequency.
  • Transducers: Strain gauge, LVDT, resistance thermometers, thermistors, piezoelectric sensors.
  • Non-Electrical Measurements: Pressure, temperature, flow rate, displacement, velocity, acceleration, strain.
  • Digital Measurements: Voltmeters, frequency counters, distortion meters.
  • Telemetry and Data Transmission: Data recording, display, and acquisition.

5. Electronics and Communication

  • Solid State Devices: Diodes, Zener diodes, transistors (BJT, JFET, MOSFET).
  • Electronic Circuits: Biasing, analysis, rectifiers, filters, voltage regulators.
  • Amplifiers: Single and multistage, gain, frequency response.
  • Multivibrators and Flip-Flops: Applications and analysis.
  • Digital Electronics: Switching circuits, Boolean algebra, logic gates, memories, A/D and D/A converters.
  • Communication Systems: AM and FM generation and detection, noise behavior.

6. Microprocessor Systems and Computers

  • Microprocessor Architectures: Instruction sets, assembly language programming.
  • Memory and I/O Interfacing: Techniques and applications.
  • Digital Computers: Basic layout, input-output devices, memory organization, algorithms, flowcharts.

7. Power Electronics

  • Power Semiconductor Devices: Thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs.
  • Characteristics and Triggering: Static characteristics and triggering circuits.
  • AC to DC Converters: Choppers, controlled and uncontrolled rectifiers, bridge converters.

8. Control Systems

  • System Types: Open and closed loop.
  • Analysis Techniques: Block diagrams, signal flow graphs, time and frequency domain analysis, steady state error.
  • Stability Criteria: Root locus, Bode plots, Routh-Hurwitz, Nyquist criteria.
  • State Space Analysis: Linear systems.

9. Electrical Machines

  • Construction and Operation: Basics of transformers, induction motors, alternators, and synchronous motors.
  • Equivalent Circuits: For distribution and power transformers.
  • Characteristics and Applications: For various electrical machines.

10. Power Systems

  • Generation Methods: Thermal, hydro, nuclear, and non-conventional energy sources.
  • Transmission and Distribution: Line parameters, performance of lines, neutral earthing, underground cables.
  • Corona Effect: Causes, effects, and remedial measures.
  • Power System Stability: Basic concepts.
  • Switchgear and Protection: Arc extinction, types of circuit breakers, protective relays, and protection schemes.
  • Symmetrical Components: Applications in power systems.


Agricultural Engineering

1. Surveying, Leveling, and Land Development

  • Linear Measurements: Various surveying devices and methods.
  • Land Grading and Leveling: Techniques and procedures.
  • Contouring and Terracing: Methods and applications.
  • Earth Work Estimation: Calculation methods and budgeting for land development.

2. Soil and Water Conservation

  • Precipitation and Hydrologic Cycle: Point rainfall analysis and frequency analysis.
  • Watersheds: Definition, concept, and agricultural watershed management.
  • Runoff Prediction: Factors affecting runoff and hydrograph analysis.
  • Soil Erosion: Types, factors, and impact on agricultural productivity.
  • Erosion Control Measures: Contour cultivation, strip cropping, terracing, afforestation, pastures.
  • Role of Vegetation: Importance in soil and water conservation, design of grassed waterways.
  • Gully Control: Design of structures like chute spillways, drop spillways, and retards.
  • Erosion Mechanics: Wind and water erosion and control methods.
  • Water Harvesting Structures: Design and function of Khadin, Tanka, Nadi, and Anicut.

3. Irrigation

  • Soil-Water-Plant Relationship: Understanding and managing water requirements for crops.
  • Irrigation Scheduling: Methods and soil moisture measurement techniques.
  • Water Conveyance and Control: Design of field channels and irrigation methods.
  • Irrigation Efficiencies: Calculation and improvement methods.
  • Drainage: Benefits, surface and subsurface drainage, design and layout of drainage systems.
  • Pumps: Construction, performance, selection, and maintenance of various types of pumps.
  • Water Resources Management: Surface water, groundwater, canal irrigation, and well construction.

4. Farm Power and Machinery

  • IC Engines: Terminology, cycles, and engine components.
  • Fuel and Lubrication Systems: Function and maintenance.
  • Cooling and Governing Systems: Principles and types.
  • Tractor Systems: Types, power transmission, and traction theory.
  • Farm Machinery: Tillage, sowing, planting, spraying, harvesting, and threshing equipment.
  • Cost Analysis: Evaluation of farm equipment costs and related calculations.

5. Agricultural Processing

  • Size Reduction Machinery: Types and applications.
  • Material Handling Equipment: Separation based on size, shape, and surface characteristics.
  • Heating and Cooling of Food Products: Heat transfer and types of heat exchangers.
  • Drying and Evaporation: Principles, equipment, and psychrometric applications.
  • Milling Processes: Techniques for rice, maize, wheat, and pulse milling.
  • Grain Storage: Design and requirements.
  • Food Preservation: Principles and thermal processing methods.

6. Farm Electrification and Rural Housing

  • Electric Motors: Selection, installation, and maintenance on farms.
  • Wiring Standards: Types and selection based on Indian standards.
  • Rural Electrification: Program details and implementation.
  • Rural Housing: Building materials, design of beams, slabs, columns, and foundations.
  • Planning and Design: Rural houses, farm roads, village drainage, waste disposal, and sanitary structures.
  • Cost Estimation: Material and cost analysis in construction projects.

7. Renewable Energy

  • Solar Radiation: Measurement and applications in thermal devices.
  • Solar Devices: Solar cooker, water heater, dryer, refrigerator, and air conditioner.
  • Photovoltaic Devices: Principles and applications.
  • Bioenergy: Production, conversion, and utilization.
  • Biogas: Types and design of biogas plants.
  • Biomass Gasification: Processes and applications.
  • Wind Energy: Conversion processes, water pumping, windmills, and aero generators.

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