How to prepare for IES/ESE with Electrical Engg., stream (Download this file here)
Let us discuss with subject wise. Here we have many books for each subject. But by experience we are going to give one book for each subject/topic. Our intention is not to say other books are not recommended, but we are recommending these. We took old question papers analysis, and depending on that we give preference to each.
Paper-I
Book: Hayt upto Maxwell Equations, and Jordan & Ballman after Maxwells Equations. For problems one may depend on Hayt solutions or Sadiku.
For objective: We may expect around 15 questions from this area. Out of which questions from Transmission lines cover least 4 questions.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
For Descriptive: For this they decreased importance from past years. We can expect around 30 to 40 marks from this area. So, we have to study this subject least important topics.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 72 | 50 | 32 | 32 | 40 | 30 |
Books: Only one book is sufficient for this. Indulkar is enough in all the ways.
For Objective: By seeing below we can expect around 10 to 15 questions from this area.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 14 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 15 |
For Descriptive: By seeing below table we can say that, we have to study this subject fully and solve complete example problems from Indulkar book.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 68 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 60 |
Books: 3000 solved problems by Schaum’s series for problems for Descriptive.
Hayt and Kemmerly upto second order transients
Chakrabarthi book for Theorems
V V Berg for Remaining topics.
For Objective: By seeing the following table we can expect around 20 to 25 questions from this subject.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 25 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 25 |
For Descriptive: By seeing the following table we can say that, importance is increasing. So, we should not leave this subject.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 22 | 50 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 60 |
4. Measurements
Books: AK Sawhney for Electrical Measurements and Kalsi for Electronic Instrumentation.
For Objective: By seeing the following table we can expect around 30 questions.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 29 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 33 | 32 |
For Descriptive: This subject is very important as its carrying almost 50% of weightage in first paper. At any cost we should not leave even a single topic also from this area.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 108 | 90 | 96 | 96 | 86 | 90 |
Books: Nagrath and Gopal for Theory and Nagoorkani for problems.
For Objective: We can expect around 40 questions from this area. We should not leave formulae based problems in this subject.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 31 | 30 | 33 | 42 | 36 | 38 |
For Descriptive:Importance for this subject is being increased.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 32 | 40 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 60 |
All over except EMF every other subject is important for Descriptive paper.
Paper-II:
Books: PS Bimbra for all the topics and example problems.
Nagrath & Kothari for 3phase transformers, 3 winding transformers, Basic concepts related to co-energy, field energy etc.,
BL Theraja- for 1-phase machines.
For Objective: For any Electrical Engineer for any competitive exam, this subject is a must to prepare.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 32 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
For Descriptive: This subject is very important and at any cost we should not leave this subject. By observing below table we can say AC machines are more important than DC machines.
| | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| AC machines | 78 | 58 | 40 | 41 | 52 |
| DC machines | 12 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 12 |
2. Power Systems: This is also very important subject and must read for any electrical engineer. Books: CL Wadhwa –Load flows, z-bus formation, part of protection, Problems related to Generating Stations.
Nagrath& Kothari-Stability, Fault analysis, Economic load dispatch, Transients on Power Systems, L,C parameter calculations and finding performance of Tr., lines.
VK Mehta- Generation, Distribution.
BadriRam for Protection.
For Objective: We can expect around 20 questions from this area.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 21 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 18 |
For Descriptive:Here by seeing the table u may conclude that, importance for protection part is reduced and need not be prepared which is NOT correct. We have to prepare each and every topic in Power Systems.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 18 | 30 | 28 | 41 | 20 | 32 |
| 70 | 28 | 2 | 55 | 32 | 30 |
| 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 29 | 10 |
| 10 | 34 | 2 | 13 | 27 | 0 |
3. Analog and Digital Electronics
Books: Morris Mano for Digital Electronics Theory
RP Jain for problems in Digital Electronics.
Boyelsted for Analog Electronics.
Objective: We can expect around 30 questions from this.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 25 | 22 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 28 |
Descriptive: For a typical Electrical Engineer, Analog may be a bit difficult (Frankly alien) subject. One can leave Analog after studying old question paper questions and important topics. But Digital Electronics should be studied.
| | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Analog | 24 | 46 | 46 | 14 | 12 |
| Digital | 4 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 30 |
Books: Goankar is enough. Especially Instruction set is important here along with machine cycles and t-states for each instruction.
Objective: We can expect 15 to 20 questions this year.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 13 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 15 |
Descriptive: This subject can be removed from the seriously preparing topics for Descriptive.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 38 | 40 | 42 | 32 | 30 | 34 |
Books: Only one book George Kennedy is enough with all example problems.
Objective: We can expect around 15 questions from this area.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 |
For Descriptive: In this area, especially analog Communication part is more important than digital. We may leave Digital Electronics for both Objective and Descriptive.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 30 | 40 | 44 | 32 | 30 | 32 |
Book: PS Bimbra for all topics in Power Electronics and For Drives GK Dubey.
Objective: We can expect around 15 questions from Power Electronics and Drives. Power Electronics part is more important than Drives for Objective.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 15 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 |
Descriptive: Here we may leave AC drives part without loosing DC Drives. Plus power electronics part need to be studied.
| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 59 | 70 | 44 | 40 | 46 | 36 |
