tnpsc.gov.in Combined Engineering Services (CESE) Exam Syllabus 2022
Organisation : Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC)
Exam Name : TNPSC Combined Engineering Services (CESE) Exam 2022
Announcement : TNPSC Combined Engineering Services (CESE) Exam Syllabus 2022
Exam Date : 02nd July, 2022
Website : https://www.tnpsc.gov.in/English/Notification.aspx
What is TNPSC CESE Exam?
Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) conducts Combined Engineering Services Exam (CESE) every year for different posts in the department of Engineering and Administrative Services. TNPSC CESE is Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Combined Engineering Services Exam. It is a state-level exam conducted every year to recruit candidates for various posts in the engineering and administration department.
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Syllabus For TNPSC CESE
The Syllabus For TNPSC CESE are given below,
1. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
UNIT-I: SURVEYING AND HYDROLOGY
Surveying – Instruments – Methods of surveying – Computation of area – Triangulation, intersection, traversing, cross staff survey – Pane table survey – Earth work computation -Simpson‟s trapezoidal rule – Levelling – Definition – Types of benchmarks – Different types of levels – Reduction of leveling data by rise and fall method and height of collimation method -Contouring – Profile surveying – Cross section survey – Use of Minor instruments – Hydrology – Measurement of rainfall, evaporation and infiltration – Estimation of runoff – Factors affecting runoff – Computation of volume of runoff and peak flow – Unit hydrograph – Occurrence of ground water, hydraulics of wells, types of wells and their construction – Well drilling – Techniques for different formations – Well logging – Types of well screen – Design of well screens – Well development – Yield testing.
UNIT-II: SOIL EROSION AND CONSERVATION
Soil erosion – Types – Factors affecting erosion by water and wind – Stages of water erosion -Biological control measures – Biological control measures and their suitability – Contour farming, strip cropping, mixed cropping, intercropping and mulching – Mechanical control measures and their suitability – Design and construction of contour bunds, graded bunds, terraces, contour stone walls, contour trenches, staggered trenches and diversion drain – Gully control structures and check dams – Wind erosion – Types and control – Dry farming techniques for improving crop production – Estimation of soil erosion – Universal Soil Loss Equation.
UNIT-III: WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Watershed – Concept, types and delineation – Land capability classification – Participatory rural appraisal technique – Watershed development plan – Estimation of cost and benefits -Gully and ravine reclamation – In-situ & Ex-situ water harvesting, micro catchments – Ground water recharge – Farm pond and percolation pond – Selection of suitable soil and water conservation practices – Afforestation – Holistic planning – Watershed based rural development – Use of aerial photography and remote sensing in watershed management – Applications of GIS in planning and development of watersheds including forest cover and water resources.
UNIT-IV: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE
Irrigation – Sources – Soil- water- Plant relationship – Water requirement of crops– Measurement of irrigation water – Weirs and flumes – Methods of irrigation – Surface, sprinkler and drip irrigation – Drip irrigation – Components – Wetting pattern – Filters and Fertigation tanks – Design of laterals – Submain – Main lines -Pump capacity – Operation
UNIT-V: FARM AND IRRIGATION STRUCTURES
Design and construction of farm structures – Site selection – Materials of construction – Quality– types of masonry – Foundation, basement and superstructure – Types of roofs – building plan and estimation, requirements of farm house, threshing floor, drying floor, poultry house, dairy farm, rat proof godown and farm roads – Design features earthen dams and gravity dams – Water conveyance structures – Earthen channels and lined channels – Advantages of lining – materials of lining – Design of channel cross section –
Crossing control structures – Drop spillway, chute spillway, pipe inlet spill way – Road crossing structures – Culvert, inverted siphon aqueduct – Their uses – Underground pipe line system – Components and their functions – Structures for plant environment– Green houses, polyhouses and shadenets – Construction and utilization – Soil less culture.
UNIT-VI: FARM POWER
Agricultural mechanization – Scope and sources of farm power – Animate and electromechanical – Thermodynamics – Construction and working of internal combustion engines – Fuel, ignition, lubrication, cooling, air intake, exhaust, governing and electrical systems of IC engines – Different types of tractors and power tillers – Power transmission, ground drive, power takeoff, steering, brake, implement control and hydraulic systems – Bulldozer – Features, traction, suspension, steering, operations using bulldozer – Weight
transfer, theory of traction – Tractive efficiency – Mechanics and stability – Care and maintenance of tractors.
UNIT- VII: FARM MACHINERY
Farm machinery – Primary tillage implements – Mould board plough, disc plough and chisel plough – Secondary tillage implements – Cultivators, harrows and rotary tillers – Land shaping machinery – Leveller, ridger and bund former – Sowing and transplanting – Seed drills, planters and rice transplanters – Interculture implements – Plant protection equipment – Sprayers and dusters – Harvesting, threshing and combining equipment – Machinery for earth moving
and land development – Machinery for horticulture, agro-forestry and forages – Haulage of agricultural and forest produces – Management of farm machinery – Cost estimation for farm operations.
2. AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING
UNIT – I: ENGINES
Petrol engine – principle and construction – diesel engine- principle and construction – four stroke and two stroke. Carburettors – types, working principle, different circuits – compensation circuits. Cooling system – air and water cooling system- forced circulation and pressure cooling system. Lubrication system – pressure lubrication – splash lubrication – wet and dry sump lubrication. Properties of lubricants and coolants. Combustion in SI and CI engines – stages of combustion –flame propagation – detonation in SI engine and knocking in CI engines. Combustion chambers – Turbo and super chargers.
UNIT – II: AUTOMOTIVE CHASSIS
Types of chassis layout – various types of frames – front axles – types, stub axle, front wheel geometry – Ackermann & Davis steering mechanism – steering gear boxes. Power Assisted steering. Hutch kiss and torque tube drive. Propeller shaft– final drive – types. Differential –principle and construction details- non slip differential – differential lock. Rear axle – types
– full floating – ¾ quarter & semi. Wheels and rims – types and construction. Tyres – types and construction details.
UNIT – III: SUSPENSION AND BRAKING SYSTEM
Suspension system – requirements – types – construction details of Single leaf and multi leaf coil and torsion bar springs. Rubber, pneumatic and hyroelastic suspension. Independent suspension – shock absorbers. Braking system – need, stopping distance, classification of brakes. Drum brake and disc brake theory. Mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electric and power assisted braking system. Retarders.
UNIT – IV: AUTOMOTIVE TRANSMISSION
Clutches – coils spring, diaphragm clutches – centrifugal and semi centrifugal clutches – multiplate clutches. Gear box – sliding mesh, constant mesh and synchromesh – construction and operation. Automatic transmission – fluid coupling, torque converter, epicycle gear box, hydrostatic transmission, electric drive.
UNIT – V: AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS
Battery – types, lead acid battery, battery charging, rating, and testing. Ignition system – coil, magneto and electronic ignition system – principle and operation. Spark plug – Automobile Air conditioning, power windows and central locking system – starting system – types of drives – bendix drive, solenoid drive system – charging system – generator system – types – alternator, principle and operation of cut-out and regulators.
UNIT – VI: VEHICLE BODY ENGINEERING
Classification of cars, buses, HCVs and LCVs – visibility – forward and rearward visibility – safety – design – safety equipments. Aerodynamics of vehicles – different types of drags – optimization techniques – wind tunnel testing for drag force and pressure distribution. Construction of cars – panels . Construction of buses –conventional and integral construction. Driver‟s seat – compactness of driver‟s cab – segmental design – modern painting processes
for cars. Body trim items. Body mechanism – window winding – door lock.
UNIT – VII: VEHICLE DYNAMICS
Concept of vibration – free, forced, undamped and damped vibration. Response analysis of single DOF, Two DOF and multi DOF. Vibration absorbers. Tyres – tyre forces and moments – longitudinal and lateral force at various slip angles. Tractive and cornering properties of tyres. Human response to vibration. Design and analysis of passive, semi active and active suspension using quarter car, half car and full car models. Steady state handling characteristics – directional control of vehicle. Stability of vehicle.
UNIT – VIII : VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS
Degree of freedom for vehicle control – calculation of the control – degree of freedom. Selection of control, manipulator and measured disturbances variables. General types of vehicle controllers configuration. Dynamic behaviour of first order and second order vehicle system – dynamic responses characteristics of vehicle systems. Basic control modes – proportional control – integral control. PID controls. Lambda control – knock control – adaptive
knock control – drive line modeling – active suspension control.
UNIT – IX : AUTOMOTIVE POLLUTION AND CONTROL
Pollutants – sources, formation and effects on environment and human beings.
Emission standards. HC,CO and NO formation in SI engines. Smoke emission
and NOx emissions and its types from diesel engine. Particulate emissions.
Control techniques – EGR, SCR, Secondary air induction, particulate trap and
catalytic converters. Test procedures CVS1, CVS3 – Test cycles. NDIR analyser
– flame ionization detectors – chemiluminescent analyser – dilution tunnels –
gas chromatograph – smoke meters.
UNIT – X : SERVICING & MAINTENANCE, MOTOR VEHICLE ACT
Automobile law – motor vehicle act – registration, driving licence, insurance,
pollution and control, regulation. Trouble shooting and servicing of clutch, gear
box, brakes, suspension and steering system. Trouble shooting and servicing of
engine, engine cooling system and lubrication system – tools and equipments
required for repairs – service station – organization and management of service stations.
3. CIVIL ENGINEERING
UNIT – I : BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES
Properties of engineering materials-brick, stones, aggregates, cement (types
and grades), concrete (mix design), Concrete admixtures, Self compacting
Concrete, steel and new materials. – Construction of stone masonry, brick
masonry and R.C.C. and block masonry – construction equipments – Building
bye – laws and Development regulations practiced in Tamil Nadu – Provisions
for fire safety, lighting and ventilation- Acoustics.
UNIT – II : ENGINEERING SURVEY
Survey – computation of areas – Chain Survey – Compass surveying – Plane table survey – levelling – fly levelling – L.S. and C.S. – Contour volumes – Theodolite survey – Traversing – Heights and Distances – Geodetic Observations- Tachometry and Triangulation – Use of EDM, GPS and Remote sensing techniques.
UNIT- III : STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
Stresses and strains -Thermal stresses- elastic constants – Beams and bending – Bending moment and shear force in beams – Theory of simple bending – deflection of beams – torsion – Combined stresses – stresses on inclined planes – Principal stresses and principal planes – Theories of Failure – Analysis of plane trusses.
UNIT – IV : STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Indeterminate beams – Stiffness and flexibility methods of structural analysis -Slope deflection – Moment Distribution method – Arches and suspension cables – Theory of columns – moving loads and influence lines – Matrix method- Stability of retaining walls – plastic theory.
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UNIT – V : GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Formation of soils – types of soils – classification of soils for engineering practice – Field identification of soils – Physical properties of soils – Three phase diagram – permeability characteristics of soils – stress distribution in soils – Theory of consolidation, shear strength parameters of soils – Compaction of soils. Soil exploration – Soil sampling techniques – Borelog profile – shallow foundations – Terzhagi’s bearing capacity theory – Pile foundation – Group action of piles – settlement of foundations.