MPSC Main - Electrical Engineering Syllabus
Updated on: Mar 20, 2013
Paper I
| Standard : Degree in Electrical Engineering | Total Marks : 200 |
| Nature of Paper : Conventional Type | Duration : 3 Hours |
| Note : | 1) | Answers to this paper must be written in English only |
| 2) | This paper will test the candidate's ability to comprehend, to analyse, to interpret, to criticise and to appraise subject matter related to the topics/sub- topics mentioned below. | |
| 3) | For judging candidates' conceptual understanding, appropriate number of numerical problems will be asked. | |
| 4) | It is expected from candidates to study the latest and recent developments and happenings pertaining to the topics/sub- topics mentioned below. |
| Section - A( Marks : 50 ) | ||
| Electrical Fundamentals and Machines | ||
| 1) | Basics and Circuit Theory : | |
| .01) | Work, Power, Energy;Ohm's law; DC circuits; Kirchhoff's laws; AC circuits, Resonance in R-L-Ccircuits. | |
| .02) | Nodal analysis; Meshanalysis; Network theorems; Transient analysis of RL, RC and RLC circuits; 3phase circuits; Two-port networks, Circuit simulation using software packagessuch as SPICE, MATLAB etc. | |
| .03) | Maxwell's equations; Wave propagation inbounded media; Boundary conditions; Reflection and refraction of plane waves;Transmission line; Distributed parameter circuits; Traveling and standingwaves. | |
| 2) | Electrical Machines : | |
| .01) | DC Machines : Construction, Working principle, Characteristics andapplications; Starting and speed control. | |
| .02) | AC Machines: Single phase and poly phase induction motors. Synchronous motor-construction, working principle and characteristics, starting and speedcontrol; FHP motors and stepper motors, Alternators- Basics and Paralleloperation. | |
| .03) | Power and DistributionTransformers: Design, Efficiency and regulation bydirect and indirect loading; Types of transformer connections. | |
| Section - B( Marks : 50 ) | ||
| Electrical Measurements and Control | ||
| 3) | Electrical Measurements : | |
| .01) | Measurement ofcurrent, voltage, power, energy, power-factor, resistance, inductance,capacitance and frequency. | |
| .02) | Multimeters, CRO, digital voltmeter,frequency counter, Q-meter, megger, earth tester, potentiometer. | |
| .03) | Transducers: thermocouple, thermistors, LVDT, strain guage, piezo-electriccrystal; Use of transducers in measurement of non-electrical quantities, Dataacquisition systems. | |
| 4) | Control Engineering : | |
| .01) | Block diagramrepresentation; Principles and applications of feedback. | |
| .02) | LTI systems: Time-domain and transform-domain analysis; Routh-Hurwitzcriterion; Root Loci; Nyquist criterion, Bode plots. | |
| .03) | Design of lead-lagcompensators; P, PI, PID controllers; State variable representation;Principles of discrete control systems. | |
| Section -C ( Marks : 50 ) | ||
| Electrical Power Systems | ||
| 5) | Power Systems : | |
| .01) | Steady-stateperformance of overhead transmission lines and cables; Per unit quantities;Bus admittance and impedance matrices; Symmetrical components;. | |
| .02) | Analysis ofsymmetrical and unsymmetrical faults; Principle of active and reactive powertransfer and distribution, Reactive power compensation. | |
| .03) | Principles of circuitbreaking; Arc extinction for DC and AC; Arc interruption theories; Duties ofswitchgear; Various types of circuit breakers and their applications to powersystems; Specifications of an impulse voltage wave; Standard impulse;Multi-stage impulse generator; Insulation co-ordination; Principles ofovercurrent, differential and distance protection; Concept of solid-staterelays; Computer-aided protection; Protection of generators, transformers andtransmission lines; Application of DSP to protection. | |
| 6) | Computer aided power systems : | |
| .01) | Static VAR systems;Concept of HVDC transmission; FACTS devices such as SVC & UPFC. | |
| .02) | Introduction to loaddispatch centers (LDC); SCADA systems; Speed control of generators; Tie-linecontrol; Frequency control; Economic dispatch. | |
| Section - D( Marks : 50 ) | ||
| Electronics | ||
| 7) | Analog electronics : | |
| .01) | Characteristics andequivalent circuits of diode, BJT, JFET and MOSFET; Clipping, clamping andrectifier circuits using diodes; Biasing and bias stability, FET amplifiers. | |
| .02) | Single andmulti-stage, differential, operational, feedback and power amplifiers;Analysis of amplifier; Frequency response of amplifiers; OPAMP circuits;Filters; Function generation; Wave shaping circuits; Power supplies. | |
| 8) | Digital electronics : | |
| .01) | Boolean algebra;minimization of boolean functions; Logic gates; Digital IC families;Combinational circuits; Arithmetic circuits; Code converters; Multiplexers;Decoders. | |
| .02) | Latches andflip-flops; Counters and shift registers; Comparators; Timers;Multi-vibrators; Sample and hold circuits; ADCs and DACs; Semiconductormemories; Logic implementation using ROM, PLA & FPGA. | |
| Standard : Degree in Electrical Engineering | Total Marks : 200 |
| Nature of Paper : Conventional Type | Duration : 3 Hours |
| Note : | 1) | Answers to this paper must be written in English only |
| 2) | This paper will test the candidate's ability to comprehend, to analyse, to interpret, to criticise and to appraise subject matter related to the topics/sub- topics mentioned below. | |
| 3) | For judging candidates' conceptual understanding, appropriate number of numerical problems will be asked. | |
| 4) | It is expected from candidates to study the latest and recent developments and happenings pertaining to the topics/sub- topics mentioned below. |
| Section - A( Marks : 50 ) | ||||
| Power Electronics and Micro-controllers | ||||
| 1) | Power Electronics and Electrical Drives : | |||
| .01) | Diodes, Powertransistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs, IGBTs - Staticcharacteristics and principle of operation; Triggering circuits; Phasecontrolled rectifiers; Bridge converters - fully controlled and halfcontrolled. | |||
| .02) | Principles ofchoppers, inverters and cyclo-converters; Basic concepts of speed control ofdc and ac motors drives; Applications of variable speed drives. | |||
| 2) | Micro-processors and Micro-controllers : | |||
| .01) | Evolution ofmicroprocessor technology, 8085 CPU; Architecture, programming, memory &I/O interfacing. | |||
| .02) | 8051 Micro-controller- Architecture, memory organization, addressing modes, instruction set,boolean processing, simple programmes; Interrupt structures; Timer and serialfunctions; Parallel port features; Modes of operation; Power control;Interfacing; Typical applications. | |||
| Section - B( Marks : 50 ) | ||||
| Communication Engineering | ||||
| 3) | Analog and Digital Communication : | |||
| .01) | Need for modulation;Normal amplitude modulation; Modulation index; Frequency and phasemodulation; Frequency deviation and modulation index; Sampling theorem - lowpass and band pass; Pulse amplitude modulation; Pulse width modulation; Pulseposition modulation. | |||
| .02) | Pulse codemodulation; Differential pulse code modulation, Delta modulation; Digitalmodulation and demodulation schemes; Interfacing with power line; Descriptionof a typical power line carrier communication system. | |||
| 4) | Fibre Optic Systems : | |||
| .01) | Time divisionmultiplexing; Frequency division multiplexing; Optical properties ofmaterials; Refractive index; Absorption and emission of light. | |||
| .02) | Optical fibres;Lasers and opto-electronic materials; Fibre optic links. | |||
| Section -C ( Marks : 50 ) | ||||
| Signals, Systems and Digital SignalProcessing | ||||
| 5) | Signals and Systems : | |||
| .01) | Representation ofcontinuous-time and discrete-time signals and systems; LTI systems;Convolution; Impulse response. | |||
| .02) | Time-domain analysisof LTI systems based on convolution and differential/difference equations. | |||
| .03) | Fourier transforms; Laplace transforms;Z-transforms; Transfer functions; Sampling and recovery of signals; DFT, FFTprocessing of analog signals through discrete-time systems. | |||
| 6) | Digital Filters : | |||
| .01) | Frequency domaindesign of digital filters; Quantization effects in digital filters. | |||
| .02) | High speedconvolution and its application to digital filtering; Multi-rate filtering. | |||
| Section - D( Marks : 50 ) | ||||
| Energy Systems and Stability | ||||
| 7) | Energy Management : | |||
| .01) | Introduction toenergy problem; Power scenario of Maharashtra State and India, Difficultieswith conventional energy sources; Basics of wind turbine aerodynamics; Windenergy conversion systems and their integration into electrical grid; Powerquality issues Solar energy: Thermal conversion, Photovoltaic conversion. | |||
| .02) | Importance of energymanagement; Energy conservation opportunities, Energy audit; Energyeconomics; Discount rate; Payback period; Internal rate of return; Life cyclecosting, Electricity Act 2003. | |||
| 8) | Power System Stability : | |||
| .01) | System modelingand dynamics of synchronousgenerators; Small signal stability analysis (Low frequency oscillations) -Analysis of single machine systems, Applications of power system stabilizers,Analysis of multi-machine system. | |||
| .02) | Transient stabilityanalysis; Dynamic stability analysis; Voltage stability analysis; Static VARcontrol of load. | |||