Engineering
Services Examination :
general information:
A combined
competitive examination for recruitment to the Services/posts mentioned in para
2 below will be held by the Union Public Service Commissionat AGARTALA,
AHMEDABAD, AIZWAL, ALIGARH, ALLAHABAD, BANGALORE, BAREILLY,
BHOPAL,KOLKATA(CALCUTTA),CHANDIGARH, CHENNAI, CUTTACK, DEHRADUN, DELHI,
DHARWAR, DISPUR (GUWAHATI), GANGTOK, HYDERABAD, IMPHAL, ITANAGAR, JAIPUR,
JAMMU, JORHAT, KOCHI , KOHIMA, KOLKATA , LUCKNOW, MADURAI, MUMBAI, NAGPUR,
PANAJI (GOA), PATNA, PORTBLAIR, RAIPUR, RANCHI, SAMBALPUR, SHILLONG, SHIMLA,
SRINAGAR, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, TIRUPATI, UDAIPUR AND VISHAKHAPATNAM commencing
on 14th MAY, 2011 in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of
Railways (Railway Board) in the Gazette of India.
THE CENTRES
AND THE DATE OF HOLDING THE EXAMINATION AS MENTIONED ABOVE ARE LIABLE TO BE
CHANGED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSION. WHILE EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO
ALLOT THE CANDIDATES TO THE CENTRE OF THEIR CHOICE FOR EXAMINATION, THE
COMMISSION MAY, AT THEIR DISCRETION, ALLOT A DIFFERENT CENTRE TO A CANDIDATE
WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES SO WARRANT. CANDIDATES ADMITTED TO THE EXAMINATION WILL BE
INFORMED OF THE TIME TABLE AND PLACE OR PLACES OF Examination.
The
candidates should note that no request for change of centre will normally be
granted. However, when a candidate desires a change in centre from the one he
had indicated in his Application form for the Examination, he must send a
letter addressed to the Secretary, Union Public Service Commission giving full
justification as to why he desires a change in centre. Such requests will be
considered on merits but requests received in the Commission’s Office after
24th Jan, 2011 will not be entertained under any circumstances nor will such
communications be replied to.
2(A).
Recruitment on the results of this examination will be made to the
Services/posts under the following categories:-
Category
I—Civil Engineering.
Category
II—Mechanical Engineering.
Category
III—Electrical Engineering.
Category
IV—Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.
The number
of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is expected to be
approximately 300. The number of vacancies is liable to alteration.
Reservations
will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes,
Other Backward Classes and Physically Disabled Categories in respect of
vacancies as may be fixed by the Government of India.
CATEGORY I
- CIVIL ENGINEERING
Group A
Services/Posts
(i) Indian
Railway Service of Engineers.
(ii) Indian
Railway Stores Service (Civil Engineering Posts).
(iii)
Central Engineering Service.
(iv)
Military Engineer Service (IDSE— Building and Roads Cadre).
(v) Central
Water Engineering Service (Civil Engineering Posts).
(vi)
Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group-A (Civil Engineering Posts).
(vii)
Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) in the Border Roads Engineering Service.
CATEGORY II
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Group A
Services/Posts
(i) Indian
Railway Service of MECHANICAL Engineers.
(ii) Indian
Railway Stores Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(iii)
Central Water Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(iv)
Central Power Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(v) Indian
Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (MECHANICAL Engineering Posts).
(vi) Indian
Naval Armament Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(vii)
Military Engineer Service (IDSE— Electrical and Mechanical Cadre) (Mechanical
Engineering Posts).
(viii)
Assistant Executive Engineer Group 'A' (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in the
Corps of EME, Ministry of Defence.
(ix)
Assistant Naval Store officer Grade I (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in Indian
Navy.
(x) Central
Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts)
(xi)
Assistant Executive Engineer (Electrical & Mechanical) (Mechanical
Engineering Posts) in Boarder Roads Engineering Service, Group 'A'
(xii)
Drilling Engineer (Junior) (Grade A) in the Geological Survey of India.
(xiii)
Central Engineering Service (Roads) Gr "A" (Mechanical Engg. Posts)
SYLLABUS:-
Engineering
Services eligibility & application
1.
Candidates must use only the form supplied with the information Brochure
purchased from any of the designated Head Post Offices/Post Offices.
Form should
be purchased from designated post offices only and not from any other agency.
Candidates must use the form supplied with the Information Brochure only and
they should in no case use photocopy/reproduction/unauthorisedly printed copy
of the Form. The form will NOT be supplied by the Commission's office.
2. The
application form must be filled in by the candidates in their own handwriting.
Since this form will be processed on computerised machines, candidates should
exercise due care in handling and filling up the application form. They should
use HB pencil only to darken the circles. For writing in the boxes, they should
use blue or black pen. Scince the entries made by the candidates by darkening
the circles will be taken into account while processing the applications on
computerised machines, they should make these entries very carefully and
accurately. Entries in the boxes are meant for confirmatory purposes and these
should also, therefore, be made correctly. There should be no variation between
the entries made by the candidates by darkening the circles and those written
in the accompanying boxes.
3.
Candidates should ensure that the signatures appended by them in all the places
viz. in their application form, Attendance List etc. and in all the
correspondence with the Commission, should be identical and there should be no
variation of any kind. If any variation is found in the signatures appended by
him at different places, his candidature will be liable to be cancelled by the
Commission.
4. No
change in the entries made in original application form will be allowed under
any circumstances.
5. The
candidates are advised in their own interest to ensure that the applications
reach the Commission's Office on or before the closing date. Applications
received in the Commission's Office after the closing date will not be
considered.
6. While
filling in his application form, the candidate should carefully decide about
his choice for the centre and engineering disciplines for the examination. More
than one application from a candidate giving different centres and/or
engineering disciplines will not be accepted in any case. Even if a candidate
sends more than one completed application, the Commission will accept only one
application at their discretion and the Commission's decision in the matter
shall be final.
7. On the
Acknowledgement Card, the candidates should write their application form No.
(as printed below the bar code on the form) and the name of examination viz.
"Engineering Service Examination, 2011". They should also write
clearly and legibly their mailing address on the Acknowledgement Card. A
postage stamp of Rs. 6/- should be affixed on the card. The Acknowledgement
Card should not be stapled or pinned or tagged or pasted with the Application
Form.
Eligibility
Conditions (in brief)
(i) Age
limits :
21-30 years
as on 1.8.2011. (Upper age limit relaxable for SCs/Sts, OBCs and certain other
categories as specified in Para 3(ii) of Notice).
(ii)
Educational Qualifications : Degree in Engineering or equivalent. M.Sc Degree
or its equivalent with Wireless Communication, Electronics, Radio Physics or
Radio Engineering as a special subject also acceptable for certain posts. (See
Para 3(iii) of Notice).
(iii) Fee :
Rs. 100/- (Rupees one hundred only)
(No fee for
SCs/STs/Physically Handicapped only).
EXAMINATION PLANNING:-
1. The
EXAMINATION shall be conducted according to the following plan:-
Part I-The
written examination will comprise two sections-Section I consisting only of
objective types of questions and Section II of conventional papers. Both
Sections will cover the entire syllabus of the relevant engineering disciplines
viz. Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electronics
& Telecommunication Engineering. The standard and syllabi prescribed for
these papers are given in Schedule to the Appendix. The details of the written
examination i.e. subject, duration and maximum marks allotted to each subject
are given in para 2 below.Part II-Personality test carrying a maximum of 200
marks of such of the candidates who qualify on the basis of the written
examination.
2. The
following will be the subjects for the written examination:-
Note:
Candidates are advised to read carefully special instruction to candidates for
conventional type tests and objective type tests given in Appendix-IV (Part A
& Part B) including the procedure regarding filling in the Answer Sheet of
objective type tests in the Examination Hall.
3. In the
Personality Test special attention will be paid to assessing the candidate's
capacity for leadership, initiative and intellectual curiosity, tact and other
social qualities, mental and physical energy, powers of practical application
and integrity of character.
4.
Conventional papers must be answered in English. Question papers will be set in
English only.
5.
Candidates must write the papers in their own hand. In no circumstances will
they be allowed the help of a scribe to write the answers for them.
6. The
Commission have discretion to fix minimum qualifying marks in any or all the
papers of the examination. The Objective Type papers as contained in Section-I
of the Plan of the Examination will be evaluated first and evaluation of the
Conventional Type papers contained in Section-II of the Plan of Examination
will be done only of those candidates who obtain the minimum qualifying marks
in Objective types papers, as fixed by the Commission.
7. Marks
will not be allotted for mere superficial knowledge.
8.
Deduction up to 5 per cent of the maximum marks for the written papers will be
made for illegible handwriting.
9. Credit
will be given for orderly, effective and exact expression combined with due
economy of words in the conventional papers of the examination.
10. In the
question papers, wherever required, SI units will be used.
