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.
