Hello, here I am providing you the details of the Combined Engineering Services Examination, TNPSC as under:

Name of the Post
Assistant Engineer (Civil) in Water Resource
Assistant Engineer (Civil) in Building Organisation, PWD
Assistant Engineer (Electrical) PWD
Assistant Engineer in the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.
Assistant Inspector of Factories
Junior Electrical Inspector
Junior Assistant Director of Boilers

Pay scale:
Assistant Engineer (Civil), Rs. 9300 - 34800
Water Resources + Grade pay
Department, PWD Rs.5100/- p.m.

Assistant Engineer (Civil), Rs. 9300 - 34800
Buildings, PWD + Grade pay
Rs.5100/- p.m.

Assistant Engineer Rs. 9300 - 34800
(Electrical) PWD + Grade pay
Rs.5100/- p.m.

Assistant Director of Rs. 9300 - 34800
Industrial Safety and Health + Grade pay
(Formerly named as Assistant Rs.5100/- p.m.
Inspector of Factories)

Age limit:
21 to 30 years

Educational qualifications:
Candidates need to have the degree of engineering in the field they are applying.

TNPSC CESE syllabus:
UNIT I
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS Engineering Properties uses and tests for stones and bricks lime -
sources, types and properties - cement - composition, tests, specifications, properties - types of
cements and admixtures. Miscelklaneous materials - Glass, Rubber Plastics and materials for
acoustics and insulation.
UNIT II
CONSTRUCTION PRACTICE Stone Masonry - Classification, construction details and supervision -
Brick Masonny - bonds - Damp proof courses - construction details of wails and arches. Shoring,
scaffolding, underpinning. Floor finishes and roof coverings. Stairs and stair cases - Layout - types -
suitability, Doors, Windows and ventilators Types - Selection, Fire resistant structure.
UNIT III
ENGINEERING SURVEY Levelling - Types - LS and CS contouring calculation of areas and volume
Theodoite survey - Traversing - Heights and Distances Techeemetry - Modern surveying
instruments. Selting out of curves Permanent adjustments of levels and theodelites.
UNIT IV
ESTIMATING AND COSTING Types of estimates - Writing technical specifications and tender
documents. Types of contracts - terms and conditions conflicts and arbitration - Rate Analysis -
schedule of rates Valuation and Rent fixation.
UNIT V
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS Stresses and strains - Elastic constants, - shear and tension
compound strees principal stresses and planes Theeries of failure. Theory of simple pending - shear
stress - distribution in beams Deflection of beams Strain energy in elastic deformation, impact
fatigue and creep.
UNIT VI
THEORY OF STRUCTURES Proposed cantilever and fixed beams Continueous beams - Theorem
of three moments - portal frames - moment distribution method - Colomns - short & long columns,
unsymmetrical sections. Euler`s theory - critical leads for different end conditions Analyusis of
arches - Eddy`s theorem - suspension bridges /moving leads - influence lines. Domes and Retaining
walls - stabilityh conditions - checking.
UNIT VII
SOIL MECHANICS Site Investigation and Soil sampling - classification of soil Engineering properties
of soil - SPT and its interpretation soil - Water interaction - permeability, seepage shear strength of
soils - Determination of C and V Stress distribution in soils - Boussinesq`s and Wester - gaard`s.
Theory of consolidation - consolidation test. compaction of soils - Meisture density relationship -
stability of slopes analysis.
UNIT VIII
FOUNDATION ENGINEERING Shallow Foundations Bearing capacity Theory - Settlement analysis
Methods of improving - bearing capacity and minimising settlement - Types of footings - Design
principles mat foundations. Deep foundations - Piles - Static and Dynamic formulac - Pile cap -
group of piles - pile lead test. Retaining walls - Earth pressure theories.
UNIT IX
WATER SUPPLY & TREATMENT Estimation of water resources - Ground water hydraulics for
ecasting demand hydraulics. Forecasting demand - Impurities of water - physical, chemical and
bacterielogical analysis - water bern diseases - pumping and gravity schemes - Water treatment
plants chlorination.
UNIT X
SEWAGE TREATMENT & POLLUTION CONTROL Disposal of sanitary sewage - sewer systems -
design flow for separate, sterm and combined systems - sewer design sewer Appurtenances -
Seweage pumping - Types of pumps. Sewage Treatment primary , secondry and tertiary levels
plants - Sludge treatment and disposal Industrial watches Rural sanitation - Air pollution - Solid
waste management.
PAPER -II
UNIT I
CONCRETE TECHNOLONY RC Tests on cement and aggregates - High grade cements High
strength concrete Testing of fresh and hardend concrete - Non destructive testing - Concrete mix
design - IS method quality control - cetering and shuttering sheet piles - slips and moving forms.
Coincrete hollow block masonry Construction joints.
UNIT II
DESIGN OF R.C. ELEMENTS Methods of design of concrete members. Limit state and working
stress design Design of flexural members. Design of singly and doubly reinforced rectangular and
flanged Design of slabs and columns R.C. footings
UNIT III
MISCELLANEOUS STRUCTURES Steel structures - welded connections - Design of tension and
compression members - trusses Design of purlins - Design of steel columns & beams. Design and
construction of prestressed concrete beams - Design of masonry Chimneys and stacks.
UNIT IV
WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING Water Resources in Tamil Nadu Water Resource Planning .
Master Plan for water. Water budget & Development Plan. Reservoir planning & Management.
Flood control. Chennel improvement Land Management.
UNIT V
IRRIGATION ENGINEERING Soil Plant Water Relationship - Water requirement of crops - Irrigation
methods. Irrigation efficiencies. Water logging & consequences - Salinity & alkalinity. Reclamation.
Head works and distribution works. Cross drainage works.
UNIT VI
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING Traffic Engineering and Traffic surveys - Intersections, road signals and
markings - grade separations - parking & traffic control - Traffic regulation & safety. Accident
investigation - measures for accident reduction. Traffic Management
UNIT VII
HIGHWAY ENGINEERING Highway planning in India - Road classification - Geometric design of
highways. Construction of Earth WBM, bituminous and concrete roads - Design of flexible and rigid
pavements. Design of joints in cement concrete roads - Drainage of roads - Maintenance of Roads.
UNIT VIII
RAILWAYS AIRPORTS AND HARBOURS Details of components of permanent way - geometric
design - points & croissing - signalling Interlocking and level crossings. Airport planning Components
of Airport - Site selection - Airport zonin g - planning of terminal buildings. Harbours & Ports - types -
com ponents & their functions - Layout of a harbour - Docks - Wet and dry - Break waters.
UNIT IX
PROJECT MANAGEMENT Construction Management - Inportance and scope. Construction
planning scheduling and monitoring - Cost control Quality control and inspection Network analysis
by CPM and PERT - Determination of Critical path & floats - Project Management using CPM/PERT
UNIT X
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Types of computers - conponents of moder computer systems -
Office Automation - Word processing, spread sheets and database management - Developing Flow
charts for solving Engineering problems - Computer Aided Design and drafting - Advantages of
Computer Aided drafting over traditional drafcting - Developing 2D, 3D drawings and solid
modelling.
ELECTRICAL & INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING
1. FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Dc And Ac Series And Parallel Circuits -
Kirchhoffs Law - Network Graph - Matrix Representation - Solution Of Steady State, equations -
transients in AC networks - Network theorems, super position, reciprocity, Thevenin and
Norton's theorems, Maximum power transfer therorem, star delta transformation - frequency
response of RL, RC, RIC series and parallel circuits - solutions of balanced and unbalanced
phase circuits.
2. ELECTRICAL MACHINES Constructional features of DC Machines, emf equation and
characteristics of different types of DC generators - DC motor - torque equation - DC motor
characteristics - starters of DC motors speed control of DC motors - testing of DC motors -
alternators - different types - constructional features - emf equation - regulation of alternators by
different methods - phaseor diagram - expression for power developed as a funtion of torque
angle - synchronous motors - principle of operation - v and inverted v curves - starting methods
- stepper motors - principle of operation - polyphase induction motors - principle of operation
phasor diagram and equivalent circuit - starting and speed control - single phase ixluction motor
- principle of opetation and applications - transformers - principle of operation and construction
of types different of single phase and three phase transformers - regulation,efficiency and all
day efficiency.
3. CONTROL SYSTEMS Open loop and closed loop systems - mathematical modelling of physical
systems - electrical, mechanical, electro mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and thermal systems
- transfer function and state space modelling of these systems - block diagram representation
and signal flow graph - electrical analog - time response of simple system for implulse, step and
ramp type of inputs - solution of state equations - STM - time domain specifications - frequency
domain analysius - polar, inverse polar, bode - constant M and N circles and Nichols chart
frequency domain specifications - Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion - Nyquist stability criterion -
construction of root locus - determination of closed loop poles - transient response and stability
from root locus
4. GENERATION TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION Sources of energy - power plants -
hydroelectric - nuclear - thermal - layout - storage schemes - turbines - hydroelectric and steam
- interconnected systems - cost evaluation - nuclear reactors - fuel materials - coolant -
comparison and detection of different types of power plants - transmission lines - performance -
short and medium - corona - insulators - transmission towers - underground cables -
distrubution - feeders - distributors and service main - comparison of distribution system - radial
and ring distributors - calculation of voltages and distributors with concentrated and distributed
loads.
5. PROTECTION AND SWITCH GEARS Circuit breakers - Arc in oil - Arc interruption - theories -
current chopping - oil circuit breakers - air blast circuit breakers - vacum circuit breakers -
sulphur hexaflouride - circuit breakers - testing of circuit breakers - protective relays - functional
charactoristics of protective relays - operating principles of relays - overcurrent relays -
directional over current relays - the universal relay - torque equation - differntial relays - feeder
protection - distance protection - generator protection - protection of transformers - carrier
current protection - comparators - static relays - fuses and H.R.C.fuses for relays (the emphasis
must be on solid state devices).
6. BASIC ELECTRONICS Semi conductor diodes - zener diodes - transistors - FET's power
diodes - thyristors - photocell - photodiodes - power diodes - photo transistors,L.D.R.and
applications - rectifiers and voltage regulators - amplifiers - classification of amplifiers - power
amplifiers - wide b and amplifiers - oscillators - operational amplifiers - application of operational
amplifiers - Indusstrial timers - voltage regulators - Instruementation amplifiers - A to D and D to
A converteros - PLL - active filters.
7. DIGITAL TECHNIQUES Number systems used in Digital electronics -weighted binary codes -
non weighted codes - crror detection and correction,alpha numeric codes,BCD- development of
Boolean algebra - truth fuctions - reading boolean expression - Boolean expansions and logic
diagrams - Minterms - tables and maps - solving digital probleme - Map reduction techniques -
sum of products from hybrid function - multiple out put minimizations - tabular minimisations -
sequential logic - flip/flops - digtal counter - ripple counter - logi c gates - mutliplexers,
demultiplexers and decoders , code converters - arithmetic funcrioons - shift registers - semi
conductormemory elements - PLA.
8. NETWORK ANALYSIS One port and two port networks - driving point impedance and
admittance of one port network - open circuit impedance and short circuit admittance of two port
network - transfer impedance and admittance - A,B,C,D parameters - impedence matching -
filters - character istic of ideal filters - low pase and High pass filters - attenuation and phase
shift - bandpass filter - elements of network synthesis - realiability of one port, hurwitz
polynomical positive real function - necessary and sufficient conditions for positive real function -
testing a positive real function proporties - synthesis of RL RC and LC driving point impedances.
9. ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS Measurement of voltage and current - permanent magnet
moving coil and moving ion meters - dynamometer type - thermocouple and rectifier typ;e
instrument of power and energy - dynamometer type wattmeter and induction type energy meter
- single phase and three phase - testing and calibration of energy meter - power factor meter -
magnetic measurement - ballistic galvanometer and fluxmeter - BH curve - permeability
measurement - current and voltage transformers - use of instrument transformers with
wattmeters - KVA and KVAR metrts - maximum demand indicators - Megger.
10. ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS BJT, FET and MOSFET voltmerters - solid state multimeter -
DMM - audio and Radio frequency signal generators - AM signal generator - function generator
- wave anlyzer - spectrum analyser - frequency measurement - measurement of period and time
- phase angle measurement - bridge type of measurements - recording instruments - display
instruments - general purpose oscilloscope - multitrace display - digital storage - sampling
oscilloscope - sychroscope.
PAPER -II
1. MEASUREMENT SCIENCE Static characteristics of measuring instruments - accuracy,
precision snesitivity,non-linerarity, hysteresis - dynamic characteristics - I order and II order
instruments - Standards andcalibration - errors and error analysis.
2. TRANSDUCERS Variable resistance transducers - potentiometer, strain gauge RTD,
thermistor, hygrometer - Variable inductance transducers - LVDT - variablpe relectance
accelerometer - variable capacitance tranaducers for differential pressure, sound and thickness
measurement - piezoelectric transducer - smart tranaducors.
3. MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS Characteristics of instruments for measurement of
displacement, velocity, acceleration, force, torque and vibration.
4. INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS Temperature measurement - thermocouples, cold-junction
compensation for thermocouple, radiation and optical pyrometers - pressure measurements -
bourdon gauge, bellows, diaphragme, differential pressure transmitter, vacum gauges, melead
gauge, prani gauge - flow measurement - office meter, venturimeter, electro magnetic flow
meter, ultrasonic flow meter, rotameter positive displacement meters, mass flow meters.
5. ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS Measurement of PH,viscosity and density - Gas chromatography
- UV and IR spectrophotometers, single beam and dual beam spectrophotometers.
6. PROCESS CONTROL Basic control actions - on - off, P, I , D, P + I , P + D and p + I + D control
actions - electronic and pneumatic controllers - feed forward control, ratio control and cascade
control - control valves - computer control of process - z transforms.
7. BIO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS Measurement of biological signals - ECG,EEG, EMG - blood
pressure and blood flow measurements - defibrillators - pace maker.
8. TELEMETRY Wired telemetry - Radio telemetry - analog modulation - time division multiplexing
and frequency division multiplexing - PAM and FM transmitters - digital modalation - PCM
transmitters - Demultiplexing - receivers - fibre optic transmitters and receivers.
9. MICRO PROCESSORS AND MICRO CONTROLLERS 8 bit microprocessors - 8085 and z80 -
Architecture, programming and interface devices - 16 bit microprocessor 8088 - Micro
controllers, 8031 and 8051 Microprocessor based instruments.
10. LOGIC AND DISTRIBUTED CONTROL Direct digital control - supervisory control - SCADA -
programmable logic control - I/o module, PLC programming, ladder diagram - distributed control
system - configuration, operator station, displays, communication in DCS ,protocols, field bus.
MECHANICAL AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
1. APPLIED MECHANICS: Statics of particles - Resolution of forces - supports and reactions -
Determination of forces in member of statically determinate plane trusses by method of joints
and method of section. Controls - moment of inertia, position, velocity and acceleration of
penticles. Newton's Second law, Equations of motion, principle of work and energy, impulse and
momentum, impact of elastic bodies, friction - laws, simple machines.
2. ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS:- Energy - Work - heat properties - states - processes.
Energy equations. Work and PV diagrams. Laws of thermodynamics Carnot cycle, reversed
carnet cycle, efficiency - COP. Specific heats - gas laws - perfect gas relationships. mole
concept, molar volume, internal energy, enthalpy, molecular weight of gas mixtures. Methods of
cycle analysis - tables of thermodynamic properties of air - thermal efficiency To cycle - diesel
cycle - dual combustion cycle - comparison of cycles - problems on use of steam tables.
3. INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES:- Basic engine nomenclature - engine classification -
working of SI engine, CI engine, two stroke engine and four stroke engine - carburation - air fuel
mixture ratio. Combustion in SI engine - ignition systems - timing - spark plugs - combustion
chamber. Combustion in CI engine - ignition delay - valve timing diagram - fuel supply injection
systems. Performance of SI and CI engines - factors affecting the performance characteristics.
Cooling - lubrication systems, fuels used in SI and CI engines. Measurements of engine power -
indicated mean effective pressure - indicated horse power - brake horse power - specific fuel
consumption - thermal efficiency.
4. GAS DYNAMICS AND JET PROPULSION:- Energy equation for flow process - velocity of
sound - mach number - effect of Mach number on compressibility. Isentropic flow with variable
area - Area ratio as a function of Mach Number - mass flow rate - flow through nozzles - flow
through diffusers. Solution of Fanne flow equation - isothermal flow with friction. Flow with
normal shockwaves - governing equations. Prandtl - Meyer equation. Aircraft propulsion - jet
engines - energy flow - thrust power and propulsive efficiency - performance of jet engine.
Rocket engines - performance - solid and liquid propellant rockets. Comparison of various
propulsion systems.
5. REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING:- Principles of refrigeration - mechanism of
producing cold - types of refrigerations - refrigerating effect and unit of refrigeration - coefficient
of performance of refrigerator. Air refrigeration systems - reversed Carnot cycle - Bell colemen
cycle. Simple vapour compression system. Advanced vapour compression systems - T.S
Diagram - pH chart - dry and wet compression - under cooling. Vapour absorption systems.
Refrigerants. Refrigeration applications. Air conditioning - Factors in air conditioning - simple
heating and cooling - dehumidification - humidification.
6. FLUID MECHANICS:- Classification of fluids - fluid properties - Ideal fluid flow - Rotational -
irrational flow - Bernoulli's equation - Flow through pipes - pipes in series - pipes in parallel -
DARCY'S equation - viscous fluid flow - Navier - stokes equation - Laminar and Turbulent flow -
Reynold's number - Compressible flow of perfect gas - speed of sound wave - concept of Mach
number – Hydraulic Jump.
7. TURBOMACHINERY:- Definition and classification of turbo machines, equation for energy
transfer. Centrifugal fans, blowers and Compressors. Axial flow fans and compressors. Axial
turbine stages. Free and forced vortex flow. Centrifugal pumps - workdone - head - specific
energy - priming - performance of multistage pumps. Hydraulic turbines - different types -
governing, performance - selection of turbines. Gravitation - method of preventing - hydraulic
coupling - torque convertors.
8. HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER:- Modes of heat transfer, one dimentional heat conduction,
resistance concept, unsteady state heat conduction. Fins, free and forced conviction. Thermal
boundary layer concept. D.B. equations and other correlations, radiation, black and gray bodies,
shape factor design of heat enchangers. NTU method. Analogy of mass, Heat and Momentum
transfers, mass transfer equipments.
9. POWER PLANT ENGINEERING:- Sources of energy - conventional and non - conventional
Location of steam power plant, diesel power plant and nuclear power plants - layout. Disposal of
waste, safety and hazards. Hydroelectric power plants, Gas power plants - environmental
problems. Power plant economics, cost benefit analysis - future power plants wind, tidel, solar
energy - problems and prospects. Geothermal energy, fuel cells, thermionic and thermo electric
converters etc.
10. INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL:- Elements of measurement systems. Range, span,
sensitivity, accuracy, precision and repeatability of instrument. Errors in measurement system.
Transducers for measurement of pressure, manometers, temperature measuring instruments,
measurement of speed, strain gauge basics, force measurement using load cells and
electromechanical methods. Dynamometers for power measurement, flow meters, rotameters,
using velocity process, hot wire anemometer, accelerometers. Open and closed loop control
systems. Transfer function, Hydraulic and Pneumatic control systems, Different types of controls
like, two way proportional, differential and integral control.

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