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Electrical Engineering Optional Syllabus for UPSC 2025
Complete syllabus guide for Electrical Engineering Optional in UPSC Civil Services Examination. Master both papers with our comprehensive study material.
PAPER—I
1. Circuit Theory
- Circuit components
- Network Graphs
- KCL, KVL
- Circuit analysis methods
- - Nodal Analysis
- - Mesh Analysis
- - Basic Network Theorems
- Transient response of DC and AC networks
- Sinusoidal steady state analysis
- Resonance
- Ideal current and voltage sources
- Thevenin's theorem, Norton's theorem, Superposition theorem
- Maximum power transfer theorem
- Two port networks
- Three phase circuits
2. Electromagnetic Theory
- Analysis of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields
- Laplace's and Poisson's equations
- Boundary value problems
- Maxwell's equations
- Wave propagation
- Ground and surface waves
- Transmission lines
- Wave guides
- Microwave resonators
- Radiation pattern of simple antennas
3. Electrical Materials
- Band theory of solids
- Conductors, semiconductors and insulators
- Superconductivity
- Dielectric properties of materials
- Magnetic materials
- Piezoelectric materials
- Crystal structure and defects
- Conducting and insulating materials
- Magnetic materials
- Ferro and ferri magnetic materials
- Hall effect and its applications
4. Electrical Machines
- Single phase transformer
- Three phase transformers
- Auto-transformers
- Energy conversion principles
- DC machines
- Three phase induction motors
- Single phase induction motors
- Synchronous machines
- Special machines
- Generation, transmission and distribution
- Parameters of transmission lines
- Performance of transmission lines
PAPER—II
1. Control Systems
- Mathematical modeling
- Block diagrams
- Signal flow graphs
- Transient and steady state analysis
- Stability analysis
- Routh-Hurwitz criterion
- Nyquist criterion
- Bode plots
- Root locus techniques
- Design of lead-lag compensators
- State space representation
- State transition matrix
- Controllability and observability
2. Power Electronics and Drives
- Semiconductor power devices
- Diode, Thyristor, Triac, GTO, MOSFET, IGBT
- DC-DC conversion
- Single and three phase configuration
- AC-DC converters
- DC-AC converters
- Static switches
- Power supplies
- UPS
- Speed control of DC and AC motors
- Applications of variable speed drives
3. Digital Electronics
- Boolean algebra
- Logic gates
- Digital IC families
- Combinational and sequential circuits
- Multiplexer
- Demultiplexer
- Schmitt trigger
- Sample and hold circuits
- A/D and D/A converters
- 8-bit microprocessor
- Architecture, programming and interfacing
- Microcontrollers
4. Analog Electronics
- Characteristics of diodes, BJT, MOSFET
- Simple diode circuits
- Biasing
- Small signal analysis
- Amplifiers
- Oscillators
- Op Amp circuits
- Filters
- Timer
- Phase Locked Loop
- Voltage regulators
- Power amplifiers
5. Communications
- Analog and Digital communication systems
- AM, FM and PM modulation
- Demodulation
- Sampling
- Quantization
- PCM
- DPCM
- Delta modulation
- Digital modulation
- ASK, FSK, PSK
- Matched filter receivers
- Bandwidth consideration
- Error correcting codes
Recommended Study Resources
Essential Books
- • Network Analysis and Synthesis by F.F. Kuo
- • Power System Analysis by Grainger and Stevenson
- • Power Electronics by P.S. Bimbhra
- • Control Systems Engineering by Nagrath and Gopal
- • Digital Design by Morris Mano
Reference Materials
- • Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory by Boylestad
- • Communication Systems by Simon Haykin
- • Standard Reference Books by Indian Authors
- • Electric Machinery by Fitzgerald and Kingsley
- • Microprocessors by Ramesh Gaonkar
Online Resources
- • NPTEL Video Lectures
- • IEEE Journals
- • MIT OpenCourseWare
- • Engineering Video Tutorials
- • Online Circuit Simulation Tools
Practice Materials
- • Previous Years' UPSC Electrical Engineering Papers
- • Gate Study Materials
- • Solved Problems in Electrical Engineering
- • Circuit Design Practice Sets
- • Power System Analysis Problems