Section A: Syllabus
for (Preliminary Examination)
Compulsory 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. National & International agencies and their
activities. Games & Sports at State, National and International levels
2. History & Culture: - Land Marks in the political and
cultural history of India. Major monuments and literary works. Renaissance,
struggle for freedom and national integration. History & Culture of
Rajasthan with special reference to:-
(a) The
medieval background.
(b)
Socio-economic life and organisation.
(c) Freedom
movement and political awakening.
(d)
Political integration.
(e) Dialects
and Literature.
(f) Music,
Dance & theatre.
(g)
Religious beliefs, cults, saints, poets, Warrior-saints, Lok Devtas & Lok
Deviyan.
(h)
Handicrafts.
(i) Fairs
and Festivals, Customs, Dresses, Ornaments with special reference to Folk &
tribal aspects thereof.
3. General Science: - General Science will cover General
appreciation and understanding of Science including matters of everyday
observations and experiences. Candidates are supposed to be familiar with
matters such as electronics tele-communications, Satellites and elements of
computers (both Hard & Soft Wares), research labs including CSIR managed
national labs and institutes. Environment & pollution etc.
4. Economic Developments with special reference to
Rajasthan: - Food and Commercial Crops of Rajasthan, Agriculture based
Industries, Major irrigation and River Valley Projects, Projects for the
development of the desert and waste lands. 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. Cooperative movement. Tourism Development in Rajasthan.
Various five years Plans: Objectives and progress. Major economic problems of
Rajasthan and obstacles for economic development . Current budget of Rajasthan
and Central Government. Economic Reforms in India and their impact. Commercial
banks and other financial institutions in Rajasthan
5. Geography
and Natural Resources:-
(I) Broad –
physical features of the world important places, rivers, mountains, continents,
oceans.
(II) Ecology
and wild – life of India.
(III) 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.
Animals' resources. Wild-life and conservation . Energy problems and
conventional and non-conventional sources of Energy.
Section B: Optional Paper (Preliminary Examination)
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING:
1. Theory of Machines: Kinematic pairs, Kinematic chain,
Mechanism and Inversion, Slider-crank chain, Displacement, velocity and
acceleration of a point in mechanism and their determination, Coriolis
acceleration, Mechanisms for straight line motion. Laws of friction, brakes and
dynamometers, types of gears and gears trains. Types of Governors, Governor
effort and power, static & dynamic balancing, Longitudinal, transverse and
torsional vibration.
2. Strength of Materials: Static stresses in machine parts,
Deformation, Unit deformation (Strain), Poisson's ratio, direct stress, shear
stress, principal stresses. Compound stresses, torsional stress, stress –
strain relationship, bending moment and shear force diagram for beams,
Laminated and coil springs, shafts, thick & thin wall pressure vessels,
Concept of fatigue, fracture & creep.
3. Material Science: Crystal structure, space lattice,
crystalline and amorphous solids, Coordination number, Atomic packing factor,
determination of crystal structure, imperfection in crystals, mechanism of
plastic deformation, work hardening, recrystalization, Heat treatment of steel,
Composition, Properties and applications, Common engineering materials,
corrosion, Plastics & their properties.
4. Manufacturing Processes: Moulding and casting methods,
Principle of arc and gas welding, Brazing & soldering, Metal forming
processes, Basic machining processes and machine tools, Hot & cold working
of metals, Mechanism of metal cutting, geometry of single point cutting tool
and tool materials.
5. Industrial Engineering and Management : Types of
business organization, Principles of management, elements of management,
organization charts, elements of costing, Break even analysis, types of budget
and budgetary control, Profit & Loss account, balance sheet, motion study, time
study, plant layout, material handling, CPM, PERT, Scheduling, dispatching,
routing and inventory, Materials management.
6. Thermodynamics: Basic concepts of thermodynamics, Laws
of thermodynamics and their application to different flow and non-flow systems,
Gas power cycles and vapour power cycles.
7. Heat transfer : Conduction, convection and radiation
phenomenon, Combined modes of heat transfer, Critical insulation, Fins,
Non-dimensional numbers applied to heat transfer, Thermal boundary layer,
Introduction to two phase heat transfer, Heat exchangers.
8. Environmental Engineering : Basic air and refrigeration
cycles, Vapour compression refrigeration, Vapour absorption refrigeration,
Expansion devices, Refrigerants and their properties, Psychrometric chart and
psychrometric processes, Air conditioning for human comfort and comfort chart,
Cooling load calculation.
9. Fluid Mechanics and trubomachines : Fluids and their
properties, Kinematics and dynamics of fluid flow, dimensional analysis and
similitude, Introduction to boundary layer flow, fluid flow through pipes, Flow
measurements, Hydraulic pumps and turbines, Air compressors, Gas turbines and
steam turbines.
10. Power Generation : SI and CI engines, Combustion
phenomenon, Fuels, carburetor and injection system, High pressure modern
boilers, Stream plant layout and different accessories, Hydro power plant
layout, Introduction to nuclear, MHD and biogas power plants, Economics and
sharing of load techniques of different plants.
