Scheme and Syllabus for the Recruitment of Junior Telecom Officers(ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION) Examination - 2008

SECTION – I

 

1. Materials and components

Structure and properties of Electronic Engineering materials, Conductors,

Semiconductors and Insulators, Magnetic, Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric, Ceramic,

Optical and Superconducting materials. Passive components and characteristics,

Resistors, Capacitors and Inductors; Ferrites, Quartz crystal, Ceramic resonators,

Electromagnetic and Electromechanical components.

 

2. Physical Electronics, Electron Devices and ICs

Electrons and holes in semiconductors, Carrier Statistics, Mechanics of current flow

in a semi-conductor, Hall effect; Junction theory; Different types of diodes and their

characteristics; Bipolar Junction transistor; Field effect transistors; Power switching

devices like SCRs, CTOs, power MOSFETs; Basics of ICs-bipolar, MOS and CMOS

types; Basics of Opto Electronics.

 

3. Network theory

Network analysis techniques: Network theorem, transcient and steady state

sinusoidal response, Transmission criteria: delay and rise time Elmore’s and other

definition, effect of cascading. Elements of network synthesis.

 

4. Electromagnetic Theory

Transmission lines: basic theory, standing waves, matching applications, microstrip

lines; Basics of waveguides and resonators; Elements of antenna theory.

 

5. Electronic Measurements and instrumentation

Basic concepts, standards and error analysis; Measurements of basic electrical

quantities and parameters; Electronic measuring instruments and their principles of

working: analog and digital, comparison, characteristics, applications. Transducers;

Electronic measurements of non-electrical quantities like temperature, pressure,

humidity etc. Basics of telemetry for industrial use.

 

6. Power Electronics

Power Semiconductor devices, Thyristor, Power transistor, MOSFETs, Characteristics

and operation. AC to DC convertors; 1-Phase and 3-phase DC to DC Convertors. AC

regulators. Thyristor controlled reactors, switched capacitor networks.

Inverters: Single-phase and 3-phase. Pulse width modulation. Sinusoidal

modulation with uniform sampling. Switched mode power supplies.

 

SECTION-II

1. Analog Electronic Circuits

Transistor biasing and stabilization, Small Signal analysis. Power amplifiers.

Frequency response, Wide band techniques, Feedback amplifiers. Tuned amplifiers.

Oscillators. Rectifiers and power supplies. Operational Amplifier, other linear

integrated circuits and applications. Pulse shaping circuits and waveform

generators.

 

2. Digital Electronic Circuits

Transistor as a switching element; Boolean algebra, simplification of Boolean

functions, Karnaugh Map and applications; IC Logic gates and their characteristics;

IC logic families: DTL, TTL, ECL, NMOS, PMOS and CMOS gates and their

comparison; Combinational logic circuits; Half adder, full adder; Digital Compartor;

Multiplexer Demultiplexer; ROM and their applications. Flip-flops, R-S, J-K, D and T

flip-flops; Different types of counters and registers; waveform generators. A/D and

D/A convertors. Semiconductor memories.

 

3. Control Systems

Transient and steady state response of control systems; Effect of feedback on

stability and sensitivity, Root locus techniques; Frequency response analysis.

Concepts of gain and phase margins; Constant-M and Constant-N Nichol’s Chart;

Approximation of transient response from Constant-N Nichol’s Chart; Approximation

of transient response from closed loop frequency response; Design of Control

Systems, Compensators; Industrial controllers.

 

4. Communication systems

Basic information theory: Modulation and detection in analogue and digital systems;

Sampling and data reconstruction. Quantization & Coding; Time division and

frequency division multiplexing; Equalisation; Optical Communication: in free space

& fibre optic; Propagation of signals at HF, VHF, UHF and microwave frequency;

Satellite communication.

 

5. Microwave Engineering

Microwave Tubes and solid state devices, Microwave generation and amplifiers,

Waveguides and other Microwave Components and Circuits, Microstrip circuits,

Microwave antennas, Microwave Measurements, MASERS LASERS; Microwave

Propogation. Microwave Communication Systems-terrestrial and satellite based.

 

6. Computer Engineering

Number Systems; Data representation; Programming; Elements of a high level

programming language PASCAL/C; use of basic data structures; Fundamentals of

computer architecture processor design; Control unit design; Memory organization.

I/O System Organization. Personal computers and their typical uses.

 

7. Microprocessors

Microprocessor architecture - Instruction set and simple assembly language

programming. Interfacing for memory and I/O. Applications of Microprocessors in

Telecommunications and power system.

  

SECTION-III

General ability test

The candidate’s comprehension and understanding of General English shall be

tested through simple exercises. Questions on knowledge of current events and of

such matter of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects as

may be expected of an educated person. Questions will also be included on events

and developments in Telecommunications, History of India and Geography. These

will be of a nature, which can be answered without special study by an educated

person.

Scheme and Syllabus for the Recruitment of Junior Telecom Officers(Electrical) Examination - 2008

SCHEME

For direct recruitment of JTOs(Electrical), an objective type examination of one

paper of three hours duration consisting of following sections will be conducted :-

Section-I : Electrical Engineering : 50 questions

Section-II : Electrical Engineering : 50 questions

Section-III : General Awareness : 20 questions

The questions will be so designed as to assess the ability of the candidates to apply

their technical knowledge to the solution of the problems.

The syllabus for JTOs(Electrical) Paper will as given below.

 

SYLLABUS

SECTION-I - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

1. EM Theory

Electric and magnetic fields. Gauss's Law and Amperes Law. Fields in dielectrics,

conductors and magnetic materials. Maxwell's equations. Time varying fields. Plane-

Wave propagating in dielectric and conducting media. Transmission lines.

2. Electrical Materials

Band Theory, Conductors, Semi-conductors. and Insulators. Superconductivity.

Insulators for electrical and electronic applications. Magnetic materials. Ferro and

ferri magnetism. Ceramics, Properties and applications. Hall effect alJd its

applications. Special semi conductors.

3. Electrical Circuits

Circuits elements. Kirchoff's Laws. Mesh and nodal analysis. Network Theorems and

applications. Natural response and forced response. Transient response and steady

state response for arbitrary inputs. Properties of networks in terms of poles and

zeros. Transfer function. Resonant circuits. Three phase circuits. Two-port

networks. Elements of two-element network synthesis.

4. Measurements and Instrumentation

Units and Standards. Error analysis, measurement of current, Voltage, power,

Power-factor and energy. Indicating instruments. Measurement of resistance,

inductance, Capacitance and frequency. Bridge measurements. Electronic

measuring instruments. Digital Voltmeter and frequency counter. Transducers and

their applications to the measurement of non-electrical quantities like temperature,

pressure, flow-rate displacement, acceleration, noise level etc. Data acquisition

systems. AID and D/A converters.

5. Control System

Mathematical modelling of physical systems. Block diagrams and signal flow graphs

and their reduction. Time domain and frequency domain analysis of linear

dynamical system. Errors for different type of inputs and stability criteria for

feedback systems. Stability analysis using Routh-Hurwitz array, Nyquist plot and

Bode plot. Root locus and Nicols chart and the estimation of gain and phase margin.

Basic concepts of compensator design. State variable matrix and its use in system

modelling and design. Sampled data system and performance of such a system with

the samples in the error channel. Stability of sampled data system. Elements of non-

linear control analysis. Control system components, electromechanical, hydraulic,

pneumatic components.

SECTION-II - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

1. Electrical Machines and Power Transformers

Magnetic Circuits - Analysis and Design of Power transformers. Construction and

testing. Equivalent circuits. Losses and efficiency. Regulation. Auto-transformer, 3-

phase transformer. Parallel operation.

Basic concepts in rotating machines. EMF, torque, basic machine types.

Construction and operation, leakage losses and efficiency.

D.C. Machines. Construction, Excitation methods. Circuit models. Armature reaction

and commutation. Characteristics and performance analysis. Generators and

motors. Starting and speed control. Testing, Losses and efficiency.

Synchronous Machines. Construction. Circuit model. Operating characteristics and

performance analysis. Synchronous reactance. Efficiency. Voltage regulation.

Salient-pole machine, Parallel operation. . tiunting. Short circuit transients.

Induction Machines. Construction. Principle of operation. Rotating fields.

Characteristics and performance analysis. Determination of circuit model. Circle

diagram. Starting and speed control.

Fractional KW motors. Single-phase synchronous and induction motors.

2. Power systems

Types of Power Stations, Hydro, Thermal and Nuclear Stations. Pumped storage

plants. Economics and operating factors. Power transmission lines. Modeling and

performance characteristics. Voltage control. Load flow studies. Optimal power

system operation. Load frequency control. Symmetrical short circuit analysis. ZBus

formulation. Symmetrical Components. Per Unit representation. Fault analysis.

Transient and steady-state stability of power systems. Equal area criterion. Power

system Transients. Power system Protection Circuit breakers. Relays. HVDC

transmission.

3. Analog and Digital Electronics and Circuits

Semiconductor device physics, PN junctions and transistors, circuit models and

parameters, FET, Zener, tunnel, Schottky, photo diodes and their applications,

rectifier circuits, voltage regulators and multipliers, switching behavior of diodes

and transistors. Small signal amplifiers, biasing circuits, frequency response and

improvement, multistage amplifiers and feed-back amplifiers, D.C. amplifiers,

Oscillators. Large signal amplifiers, coupling methods, push pull amplifiers,

operational amplifiers, wave shaping circuits. Multivibrators and flip-flops and their

applications. Digital logic gate families, universal gates-combination circuits for

arithmetic and logic operational, sequential logic circuits. Counters, registers, RAM

and ROMs.

4. Microprocessor

Microprocessor architecture-Instruction set and simple assembly language

programming. Interfacing for memory and I/O. Applications of Micro-processors in

power system.

5. Communication Systems

Types of modulation; AM, FM and PM. Demodulators. Noise and bandwidth

considerations. Digital communication systems. Pulse code modulation and

demodulation. Elements of sound and vision broadcasting. Carrier communication.

Frequency division and time division multiplexing, Telemetry system in power

engineering.

6. Power Electronics

Power Semiconductor devices. Thyristor. Power transistor, GTOs and MOSFETS.

Characteristics and operation. AC to DC Converters; 1phase and 3-phase DC to

DC Converters; AC regulators. Thyristor controlled reactors; switched capacitor

networks. Inverters; single-phase and 3-phase. Pulse width modulation. Sinusoidal

modulation with uniform sampling. Switched mode power supplies.

SECTION-III - GENERAL ABILITY TEST

The candidate’s comprehension and understanding of general English shall be

tested through simple exercises. Questions on knowledge of current events and of

such matter of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects as

may be expected of an educated person. Questions will also be included on events

and developments in Tele Communications, History of India and Geography. These

will be of a nature, which can be answered without special study by an educated

person.

Scheme and Syllabus for the Recruitment of  Engineer Junior Telecom Officers(Civil)

For Direct Recruitment of Junior Telecom Officer(Civil), an objective type Examination of 3 hours duration consisting of following sectional papers will be conducted:

SCHEME

A. Civil Engineering Stream Section - I : 50 questions

B. Civil Engineering Stream Section - II : 50 questions

C. General Ability Test Section - III : 20 questions

1. The standard of paper in Engineering subjects will be that of Engineering

Degree Examination of Indian University.

2. In the general ability test, special attention will be paid to assess the

candidate’s capacity for general awareness. The standard of paper in

general

ability test will be such as may be expected of an Engineering

Graduate.

3. The syllabus for Civil Engineering stream paper will be as given below.

 

SYLLABUS:

SECTION-I - CIVIL ENGINEERING STREAM

BUILDING MATERIAL:

Timber: Different types and species of structural timber, density-moisture

relationship, strength in different directions, defects, influence of defects on

permissible stress, preservation, dry and wet rots, plywood, codal provision for

design.

Bricks: Types, Indian standard classification, absorption, saturation factor, strength

in masonry, influence of mortar strength and masonary strength.

Cement: Compounds, different types, setting times, strength.

Cement Mortar: Ingredients, proportions, water demands, mortar for plastering and

masonry.

Concrete: Importance of W/C ratio, strength, ingredients including admixtures,

workability, testing, elasticity, non-destructive testing mix design method.

 

SOLID MECHANICS

Elastic constants, stress, plane stress, Mohr’s circle of stress, strains, plain strain,

Mohr’s circle of strain, combined stress. Elastic theories of Failure, simple and shear

bending, Torsion of circular and rectangular section and simple members.

 

1. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

Analysis of determinate structures- different methods including graphical methods.

Analysis of indeterminate skeletal frames- moment distribution, slope deflection,

stiffness and force methods, energy methods. Muller-Breslau principal and

application. Plastic analysis of indeterminate beams and simple frames-shape

factors.

 

2. DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES

Principle of working stress method. Design of connections of simple members. Built

up sections and frames. Design of Industrial roofs. Principles of ultimate load

design. Design of members and frames.

3. DESIGN OF CONCRETE AND MASONRY STRUCTURES.

Limit state design for bending, shear, axial compression and combined forces, Codal

provisions for slabs, beams, walls and footings. Working stress method of design of

R.C. members. Principles of prestressed concrete design, material, method of

prestressing losses. Design of simple members and determinates structures.

Introductions to prestressing of indeterminate structures. Design of brick masonary

as per I.S. codes.

4. CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE, PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT.

Concreting Equipment:

Weight batcher, Mixer, vibrator, batching plant, concrete pump. Cranes, hoists,

lifting equipment.

Earthwork Equipment:

Power shovel, hoe, dozer, dumper, trailers and tractors, rollers, sheep foot rollers,

pumps.

Construction, Planning and Management:

Bar chart, linked bar chart, work break down structures, Activity-on-arrow

diagrams. Critical path, probabilistic activity durations; Event-based networks.

PERT network: Time-cost study, crashing; Resource allocation.

SECTION- II - CIVIL ENGINEERING STREAM

1. (a) FLUID MECHANICS, OPEN CHANNEL, PIPE FLOW:

Fluid properties, pressure, thrust, Buoyancy, Flow Kinematics, integration, of flow

equation, Flow measurement, Relative motion, Moment of momentum, Viscosity,

Boundary layer and control, Drag, Lift, Dimensional analysis, Modeling, Cavitations,

Flow oscillations, Momentum and Energy principles, in open cannel flow, Flow

control, Hydraulic jump, Flow section and properties, Normal flow, Gradually varied

flow, Flow development and losses in pipe flows, Measurements, Siphons, Surges

and Water hammer, Delivery of Power Pipe networks.

(b) HYDRAULIC MACHINES AND HYDROPOWER

Centrifugal pumps, performance parameters, scaling, pumps in parallel,

Reciprocating pumps, air vessels, performance parameters;

2. (a) HYDROLOGY:

Hydrological cycle, precipitation and related data analysis, PMP, unit and synthetic

hydrographs, Evaporation and transpiration, floods and their management, PMG,

Streams and their gauging, .River morphology. Rooting of floods, Capacity of

reservoirs.

(b) WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING:

Water resources of the globe: Multipurpose uses of Water, Soil Plant water

relationships, irrigation systems, water demand assessment, Storage and their

yields, ground water yield and well Hydraulics, Water logging, drainage design,

Irrigation revenue, Design of rigid boundary canals, Lacey’ and Tractive force

concepts in canal design, lining of canals; Sediment transport in canals; Non-

Overflow and overflow sections of gravity dams and their design, Energy dissipaters

and tail water rating, Design of head works, distribution work, falls, cross-drainage

work, outlets, River training.

ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING

3. (a)WATER SUPPLY ENGINEERING.

Sources of supply, yield, design of intakes and conductors, Estimation of

demand, Water quality standards, Control of water born diseases. Primary

and secondary treatment, detailing and maintenance of treatment units.

Conveyance and distribution systems of treated water, leakage and

control, Rural water supply, Institutional and Industrial water supply.

(b) WASTE WATER ENGINEERING

Urban rain water disposal, system of sewage collection and disposal,

Design of sewers and sewerages systems, pumping, Characteristic of

sewage and its treatment, Disposal of products of sewage treatment,

stream flow rejuvenation, Institutional and industrial sewage

management, plumbing system, Rural and semi-urban sanitation.

(c) SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Sources, classification, collection and disposal, Design and Management of

landfills.

(d) AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION AND ECOLOGY.

Sources and effects of air pollution, monitoring of Air pollution, Noise-

pollution and standards; Ecological Chain and balance, Environmental

assessment.

4. (a) SOIL MECHANICS

Properties of soils, classification and interrelationship, Compaction

behavior, method of compaction and their choice, Permeability and

seepage, flow nets, Inverter filters, Compressibility and

consolidation ,shearing resistance, stresses and failure, SO testing in

laboratory and in-situ, Stress path and applications, Earth pressure

theories, stress distribution in soil, soil exploration, samplers, load

tests ,penetration tests.

(b) FOUNDATION ENGINEERING

Type of foundations, Selection criteria, bearing capacity, settlement,

laboratory and field test, Types of piles and their design and layout,

Foundations on expansive soils, swelling and it prevention , foundation on

swelling soils.

5. (a) SURVEYING

Classification of surveys, scales, accuracy, Measurement of distances-direct

and indirect methods, optical and electronic devices, Measurement of

directions, prismatic compass, local attraction, Theodolites-types

Measurment of elevations, Spirit and trigonometric leveling, Relief

representation,Contours,Digital elevation modeling concept, Establishment

of control by triangulations and traversing measurements and adjustment

of observations, computation of coordinates, Field astronomy, concept of

global positioning system, Map preparation by plane tabling and by

photogrammetry, Remote sensing concepts, map substitutes.

(b) TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Planning of highway systems, alignment and geometric design, horizontal

and vertical curves, grade separation, Materials and construction methods

for different surfaces and maintenance, Principles of pavement design,

Drainage.

Traffic surveys, intersections, signalling, Mass transit systems,

accessibility, networking. Planning of railway systems, terminology and

designs, relating to gauge, track controls, transits, rolling stock, tractive

power and track modernization, Maintenance Appurtenant works,

Containerisation.

SECTION-III - GENERAL ABILITY TEST

The candidate’s comprehension and understanding of general English shall be

tested through simple exercises. Questions on knowledge of current events and of

such matter of everyday observation and experience in their scientific aspects as

may be expected of an educated person. Questions will also be included on events

and developments in Tele Communications, History of India and Geography. These

will be of a nature, which can be answered without special study by an educated

person.