mpsc.mizoram.gov.in Syllabus for Junior Engineer : Mizoram Public Service Commission
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Junior Engineer Syllabus :
(a) General English (Conventional / Objective Type)
(b) Technical Paper – I (MCQ/Objective Type)
(c) Technical Paper – II (MCQ/Objective Type)
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General English :
(Full Marks : 100)
(a) Essay Writing (Conventional)
(b) Idioms & Phrases (Objective Type)
(c) Comprehension of given passages (Objective Type)
d) Grammar (Objective Type)
Parts of Speech : Nouns, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, etc.
(e) Composition (Objective Type)
i) Analysis of complex and compound sentences
ii) Transformation of sentences
iii) Synthesis of sentences
(f) Correct usage and vocabularies (Objective Type)
Paper I :
Unit I – Computer Architecture & Organization :
a) Evolution of computers : Brief history of development; Babbage’s machines, Von Neumann Concept,Difference between calculators and computers, Generations of Computer -SSI, LSI, VLSI, Classification – micro, mini, main frames and supercomputers,PC’s and portable systems.
b) Number representation : Positional Number Systems – Decimal, Binary, Octal, HexadecimalSigned numbers, Signed – magnitude 1’s complement, 2’s complement and excess notations, numbers, Fixed and floating point numbers and operations, Booth’s Algorithm, Common errors in arithmetic truncation errors, round of errors.
Codes : weighted and nonweighted, BCD, ASCII, EBCDIC, 8421, Excess-3, 2421, Gray, Seven-segment codes.
c) Central processing unit : Components of Arithmetic Logic Unit (in block diagram only), Different types of instructions, Instruction format, addressing modes, different CPUregisters – Accumulator, Flag, Program Counter, Instruction Register and General Purpose registers. Hardware control unit – its different functions
d) Microprocessor : Intel 8085 architecture and simple assembly language programming concept, Brief introduction to Intel 8086/8088 and Pentium processor (relative study), Brief introduction to RISC processor
e) Memory : Concept of bits, bytes and words; Storage of numbers and characters, RAM, ROM, EPROM; Concept of cache memory – its role in performance improvement, memory hierarchy
f) I/O devices : Printers – Dot Matrix, Ink Jet, Line, Laser; Visual display unit – alphanumeric and graphic, Keyboard, Graphics devices – mouse, joy-stick, Scanners and digitizers, Auxiliary storage devices – floppy and Hard disk : Sectors, tracks and cylinders, accessing mechanisms (brief idea) Magnetic tapes – description and accessing mechanisms, CD ROM
Unit II – Introduction to Computer Programming using C :
a) Introduction : C language and its compilers, Keywords, expressions, constant, Primitive data types in C, Header files and library functions, Types of Variable, Pre-processor directive and Macro
b) Using Program Control : Conditional Statements, Iterative Statement, Unconditional jump and its restrictive usage, Importance of initialisation
c) Working with Array : Overview of array, One dimensional array, Multidimensional array, String representation, String manipulation
d) Creating User defined Function : Writing functions in C language, Function definition and function declaration, Writing void function, Writing parameter passing and global declaration, Scope of variables in function, Recursion: Binary search, quick sort
e) Using Pointers : Overview of pointer; Pointer and array; Dynamic allocation using pointers; Pointer to pointer, Parameter passing using pointer, Using command line argument
f) Application of Structure and Union : Overview of structure; Array of structure; Pointer to structure; User defined data type; Representation linked list: Stacks, Queues; Representation of binary tree; Representation of generalized tree; Union
g) Low Level Programming in C : Bitwise operation;Register handling;Enumerated data type
h) File Handling in C : Modes of file handling, Linking file pointer, Working with binary file, Building own header file, Linking multiple source files
Unit III – Digital Circuits :
a) Review of the number system : A brief review of various number systems and codes, e.g., Decimal, Binary, Octal, Hexadecimal, 8421, Ex~3, 2421, Gray, Alphanumeric, BCD etc.
b) Boolean algebra and logic gates : Postulates and different theorems. SOP and POS forms of expression and their conversion. Simplification: using Boolean theorems and k-map (up to 4 variables)
Basic logic gates – their symbols, truth table and logic ‘ expression for the output simple circuit realization using the logic gates. Realization of any expression either using all NAND or NOR gates
c) Combinational logic circuits : Arithmetic circuit (Adder/ Subtractor), Multiplexers and their uses, Decoder/demultiplexers and their uses, code converter, Encoder, parity generator/checkers.
d) Families of logic circuit : TTL and CMOS family, open collector and tri-state logic gates.
e) Storage devices & sequential circuits : Latches and Flip-flops, Timing diagrams of latches and flip flops, conversion of one flipflop to another, Counters – Binary ripple counters, Asynchronous module counters, UP/Down counter, Synchronous counters (binary, different modulo and UP/Down), Timing diagram of all types of counters.
Brief introduction to a few commercially available counter ICs (asynchronous and synchronous). Shift-registers-Different types of shift registers and their functional details, A few applications of shift-registers.
Memory -Memory types and terminology, Memory organization, Semiconductor memory, reading and writing, RAM, ROM, PROM cells and circuits, EPROM (Programming and erasing), Dynamic RAM, Memory expansion, PLA.
f) Data converters : Digital-to-Analog Conversion – Weighted resistor, R-2R ladder, DAC performance and their characteristics.Analog-to-Digital Conversion – Counter type ADC, dual slope type, successive approximation type, tracking type and flash type, ADC performance and their characteristics.
g) Display and display drives : Introduction to LED, LCD, 7-segment displays, Bar graph display and Dot matrix displays. Decoder drivers for 7-segment display, Bar graph display and LCD. Multiplexing of display.