Engineering Services Examination (ESE) is one of the most prestigious examinations conducted in India by UPSC. These are the civil services that meet the technical and managerial functions of the Government of India. A large number of candidates take this exam, competing for limited posts. IES officers are selected by the union government on the recommendations made by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). A combined three-stage competitive examination (comprising five tests), called the Engineering Services Examination (ESE), is conducted by the UPSC for recruitment to the Indian Engineering Services. IES officers carry high respect and status in society and are able to manage activities in diverse areas.
The nature of work performed by these bureaucrats largely depends on their engineering branch and the service or cadre they are recruited in. However, they can move to any cadre, organization, agency, department, ministry or PSU of the Government of India. They are appointed in the posts analogous to their present one, either on deputation basis which is of a fixed tenure (at least 5 years and extensible) after which the officer returns to their parent cadre or on absorption basis where the official leaves the parent cadre and is "absorbed" permanently into the new cadre.
The number of Expected vacancies in Indian Engineering Services for ECE candidate is around 101 and competition is very high. For a candidate to successfully qualify the ESE Exam, a strategically and carefully planned study routine is vital, with focus and attention on what is important from examination point of view.
key facts about IES Exam Pattern:
- The exam is conducted in 3 Stages namely Preliminary Exam, Mains Exam, and Personality Test.
- The mode of examination is offline i.e. it is a written examination.
- Questions in Prelims exam are objective in nature.
- Questions in Mains will have questions of conventional type.
- The medium of examination is English.
- In IES, there will be a deduction of one-third of the mark allotted for each question for every wrong answer attempted.
ESE exam unlike other engineering exams, covers the complete engineering syllabus and ESE exam is based on more formula and theory-based questions and thus the focus should be more on memorizing formulas, important theoretical concepts, and prepare the complete syllabus.
"Spectacular achievement is always preceded by spectacular preparation"
Best Preparation Tips for ESE 2019 Exam
Here a list of important tips which will help you to prepare for the ESE 2019 Exam.
For non-technical part of ESE here is the strategy:-
1) Engineering Aptitude-Do some basic problems for aptitude, you can follow any book like Quantitative Aptitude by R.S. Aggarwal.
2) Engineering Maths- Do all the previous year GATE-mathematics questions and you'll be ready to crack all the questions.
3)Current affairs- Read any newspaper or you can follow magazines for current affairs.
4) Environment, Quality management, Project management - For these subjects, you need to take help from various resources like NCERT Books etc.
5) Engineering Drawing and safety- This is the subject where EC students are novices. You can opt for some nptel video lectures or can follow the book "Engineering Drawing by N.D. Bhatt".
6) Engineering Ethics- it's more of a practical subject rather than theoretical, so I suggest you read the basics of ethics, values, moral vs ethics, code of conduct.
For all the technical subjects you need to follow standard books like Network Analysis by Van Valkenburg, Digital Logic & Computer Design, by Moris Mano etc. CLICK HERE for complete list of books.
EXTRA TIPS:
- Follow the Exam pattern and syllabus for ESE 2019.
- Select the standard books to prepare ESE exam according to the new syllabus.
- Many of the questions in ESE Objective technical papers are repeated from previous years and also some of the questions given directly from objective books.
- Compare the previous years’ questions papers to identify repeated and important topics and questions.
- A better approach is prepared one standard book for each subject to cover the complete theory.
- You may practice the questions from previous ESE exams, and online tests and quizzes provided by BYJU'S Exam Prep.
- Make short notes on important topics and formulae list.
- Solve previous years questions for each topic to assess your preparation level on a regular basis.
- Make sure to set a time limit when solving questions to prepare yourself to complete a task within the set time.
- It is also advised to practice questions on OMR sheets to get yourself prepared for marking answers during the examination correctly and quickly.
- Prepare and practice each topic in both conventional and objective way, and focus more on objective rather than doing conventional.
Useful links:
For technical quizzes: Achiever Study Plan to crack ESE (IES) 2019 Exam in 70 days(10 Weeks)
For Non-technical quizzes: Achievers Quiz Plan for General Studies & Engg. Aptitude
Detailed ESE 2019 Syllabus & Guide - Electronics & Telecommunication Exam
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