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ESE (ECE) prepration Tips by All India Topper of 2013 (Gautam Surabhi) 31 Mo Monday
M AR 2014
POSTED BY IES HELPLINE BY ASHISH AND ANKUR IN POSTS FOR GATE EXAM , POSTS FOR IES EXAM
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Tags 2013, 2014, EC, ECE, electornics, electronics & Telecommunication, electronics and communication, engineering services, ESE, GATE, Gautam Surabhi, IES, ies topper, Indian Engineering Services, rohit, rohit jain, Shahid Malik, telecom, topper Dear friends and all IES2014 aspirants, All the best for ESE2014. I am sharing my experience and preparation strategy and I wish it would be helpful for you. IES is one of the topmost exam conducted by UPSC andcompeition is geing tougher and tougher so if you want to make a difference you really need to have something different from all others….. I started to prepare seriously from sept 2013 and almost 9 months to get a perfect grip . I prepared all gate subjects before gate exam and practised them very extensively so that after gate they just needed revision and practise ..no theory part after that. For every single subj of gate,my plan was to cover each and everything and that may be a reason that I was not able to secure a very good rank in gate as it was not the need of this exam. But I was really not concerned with gate as my final plan was IES. So I continued with my preps after gate without thinking twice about what had happened in gate.i never cared as my days were valuable for me more than useless regrets. I started with class room notes then I went for workbook question,then previous year questions then ques from instrumentation instrumenta tion and electrical branch then question from standard books I have reffered during my semesters. For standard books I want to make one point clear that I relied more on books Ireffered in semesters rather than going for any new one that I have never read. Yes,for unsolved questions and derivations that were not covered, I impatiently read new books but only that part , because the moment we get a new book we madly start turning pages and reading it all ,that is totally waste of time. by gate I think we need to ga gain in a good grip over those aall ll 8 subjects. af aftergate,it tergate,it wa wass serious tim timee for gs and
English section.so from march I started reading almost everything I got to read related with gs. For GS I was quite concerned from very beginning so I felt veryintresting to read it.i read all madeeasybooklets,m madeeasybooklets,made ade notes from newspapers and I gave mppsc,ssc exams because they were really helpful for gssections.for geography I read oxford atlas and notes simultaneously.i photocopied maps of india and fixed them at various places on wall.it was a fulltime reading of maps. Even when I was reading newspaper I read it with atlas so any news of india or other country was marked in mind with its location.polity I read from classnote classnotess and current affairs from monthly magzines ,you can pick anyone you feel good.revision is very important for gs part and it really takes time to have a command over it. For English I took barrons and made it a ritual to memorize at least 10 words daily and I did it by a method called ridiculous thinking in which we associate something odd with meaning of word and then we keep it in our memory ,initially it takes time but friends it is really very helpful…gr h elpful…grammerportio ammerportion n I did from the booklet and classnotes nothing else. For subjects like measurements and instrumentation instrumentation I relied on classes and then I solved all question from all possible resources. I want to mention one thing that always be open for discussion ,it makes you to think dynamically dynamicall y and your logical connection with subject grows as you share ideas about it in group. Select some classmates(YES,ONLY FEW) and religiously give some time for discussion ,it is very helpful. For microwave I read liao and kulkarni,though laer is not precise but really it is good to read it once. For optical and satellite I covered covered extra things from net. I read k. d. Prasad for antenna .for all those subj in which shaums outline was available I bought and solved itonce. Then for network sadiku is one book from which I solved almost all unsolved question and it was really helpful. And for once,do solve kanodia,it is not standard book but in beginning beginning it is real really ly helpful,late helpful,laterr on raise you yourr level high an and d don’t refer it aga again. in. If you are done with good no. of revisions you really need not worry much for conv marks.(good no. of revisions means AT LEAST 3 TIMES.).to score good in conv. You need to put your answers precisely ,to the point,presentable in format,no need to use different colour pens really. Cleanliness is enough to have a good impression. And don’t just try answers if you cant solve themfully,it makes a bad impression. Rather than practicing previous question by writing them try to get the logical sequence of answer .be ready with all important points and never write anything extra.you can aempt theory questions with priority if they are with some diag. or schematics. But always try to go for numericals first.booklist I don’t think I need to mention as they have been posted many times and are almost same. My interview was all about my work profile at BARC and too many questions from practicle implementation of electronics. All it needed was presence of mind, confidence in words, respect in persona, hard work in words and dedication in answers. If they get convinced that you have really worked hard and you respect the positin you want to achieve they never keep you away from this.rest part you can leave on your luck and your day(1%). So it was something I could share about my preparations buhe very important part is your own will power and desire to cross the hurdle and be in elite group.coaching is not a panacea and it is not a must have thing.but if you can afford and give time ,beer to join classes. They never cover entire syllabus but they help you to cover it on your own .and how much you cover apart from classes always gives you edge specially in conv. You don’t need to count how many hours you studied ,but how many minutes you were focussed is important. If you had dreamt it ,then definitely you have the potential to do it and this is something you have to believe in.never decide about how far you can go ,just start walking and be ready to take risks.because limits are not there ,they appear only when you let them to. Invade your comfort zone and live your fears. If I can do it ,I think can. Please Plea seeveryone feel free to put yourquerries and I will try to answer them whenever whenever I will get time and if I will be able to answer them. All the best. SurabhiGautam
AIR 1 ESE 2013 BRANCH ECE
ESE preparation tips By Rohit Jain(ESE-2012 Rank-2) Wednesday 26 We
M AR 2014
POSTED BY IES HELPLINE BY ASHISH AND ANKUR IN POSTS FOR IES EXAM
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Tags 2012, 2013, 22014, EC, ECE, electornics, electronics & Te Telecommunication, lecommunication, electronics and communication, engineering services, ESE, GATE, GATE, IES, ies topp topper, er, Indian Engineering Services, rohit, rohit jain, telecom, topper 1. Complete subjects one by one starting from the subject that you find easy and mixing the order with the subjects that can be finished in less time. Subject must be studied from objective as well as conventional point of view. For example if you find Digital easy you can complete it first and then after finishing some more subjects, you can finish material or measurement like subjects which require less time. 2. After completion of each subject, practice 10 year questions both objective and subjective. 3. While practising objective, objective, take a clock and set 1 hr alarm and aempt 60 questions (as in ESE u are supposed to do 120 ques in 2hr). After doing 60 ques, verify your answer but dont look at the solution. Suppose you aempted 40 right and 20 wrong. Then aempt those 20 again without any time limit. Let this time you got 10 right. Now aempt rest 10 by going through notes, books etc. And in the end you will be left with only 2 or 3 questions whose solution will need to be looked. And in this way you will be able to revise more and understand more and make more concepts regarding the quality questions. So don’t look the solution right away, wait till all your doors get closed.
4. In subjective also do the same procedure, set a time limit and proceed. 5. Generally students have a belief that one cannot score good marks in conventional but it is wrong. You are
supposed to pay aention to some of the facts and you can score well in conventional. 6. In subjective paper, the first answer that you write must be of the question that you can answer best because it will create an impression on the mind of checker.
7. Always explain each and every formula or expression used in the answer and if a symbol is used its meaning must be provided. You are supposed to treat examiner as a layman who does not know anything. 8. You can use pencil to underline a good point or fact (I hv used it). Try to inculcate figures or block diagram to provide beer understanding of your answer. 9. If you can provide an additional information on the question than write it as a note. For example, if a question of differential amplifier came than you can write, NOTE: Practically instrumentation amplifie amplifierr is used instead of differential amplifier as there is gain and input resistance trade-off in differential amplifier. On reading this examiner will came to know that you not only know the answer but have understanding of practical things. And this impression will fetch you more marks. 10. And last but not the least “YOUR HARD WORK WILL ALWAYS FETCH YOU SUCCESS”. Please let me know if somewhere I am wrong or if anyone needs more information - ROHIT JAIN RANK 2 IES 2012 RANK 15 GATE 2012
Strategy for ESE Objective and Conventional exams 23 Su Sunday
M AR 2014
POSTED BY IES HELPLINE BY ASHISH AND ANKUR IN KUNAL SRIVASTAVA (AIR 1 IES 2012, AIR 44 GATE 2013) (E&T)
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Engineering Services, Kunal Srivastava, objective, Rank 1, Rank 44, subjective ESE OBJECTIVE and CONVENTIONAL PAPER PAPERS S
Since both papers have common syllabus so it is advisable to prepare for both together, one subject at a time. First categorise subjects as GATE and Non-GATE subjects and take one standard book per subject. subject. I have me mentioned ntioned books I referred to during m my y preparation. preparation. GATE Subjects must be focused upon most for technical section. Booklist is mentioned below: RANK 1 IES 2012 RANK 44 GATE 44
1.NETWORK THEORY SADIKU (or) VALKENBURG + SCHAUM’s SERIES
………………………………………… 2. EDC MILLMAN, HALIKAS + STREETMAN +SCHAUM’s SERIES ………………………………………. 3. ANALOG ELECTRONICS MILLMAN, HALKIAS + SEDRA SMITH (or DONALD NEAMEN)+SCHAUM’s SERIES ……………………………………… 4. DIGITAL ELECTRONICS MORRIS MANO ………………………………………… 5. EMT SADIKU ………………………………………… 6. SIGNALS & SYSTEMS OPPENHEIM + SCHAUM’s SERIES ……………………………………….. 7. COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING SIMON HAYKINS (or) BP LATHI + P SRI HARI (for Digital Modulation) + SCHAUM’s SERIES
……………………………………….. 8. CONTROL SYSTEMS BS MANKE + SCHAUM’s SERIES ……………………………………….. 9. MICROPROCESS MICROPROCESSORS ORS R. GAONKAR For non-GATE subjects, books are not recommended as the syllabus is selective and books are vast. Still some topics are important, so the list is as follows: 10. MATERIAL SCIENCE S.P. SETH 11. MEASUREMENTS A.K. SAWHNEY 12. OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SENIOR 13. SATELLITE COMMUNICATION PRATT & BOSTIAN 14. COMPUTER ENGINEERING STALLING 15. MICROWAVE ENGINEERING SAMUEL L. LIAO But I had mostly used different coaching institutes’ class notes for these non-GATE subjects available in market and selected numericals from books. All GATE subjects are core ones must not be ignored and prepared thoroughly for both Objective and Conventional. Non-GATE Non-GA TE subjects must be prepared for conventional. Focus more on important derivations and numerical questions must be thoroughly studied. For example Microwave by Samuel Liao has many solved examples that come as it is in ESE conventional. But for Objective papers too-much in depth knowledge may be required which may not be feasible in an 8 to 10 months preparat preparation ion time, so it can be left out. Anyways, if conventional concepts are strong one can expect to score above average marks in Objective questions from these Non-GATE subjects. How to prepare?
12 months of preparation for 12 hours of exam. e xam.
Go one subject at a time. Preferably start with GATE subjects. The order of the subjects which I felt most comfortable with is the same as mentioned in the above list. Mark the relevant chapters/topics from syllabus. Read the theory first from book. Make point wise notes and mark the points you are not comfortable with. Read and solve solved examples and objective questions first from book. Then go for past years question banks of ESE, first Objective then Conventional. Mark the questions you are not comfortable with and whenever possible discuss with friends or teachers. None notes availableI have from seen various sources comprehensive are made keeping view of pastof5 the years’ questions. cases whereare after reading notes. Mostly you canthey solve past years questions but not unseen questions. questions. So n notes otes are not exhaustive. And if i f everybody is reading from same notes, where is your advantage? Remember that there is no absolute cut-off. So, reading books is a much beer option. Coaching classes are not absolutely required if you can prepare from books. Self developed style of answering adds weightage to your answers and may even get bonus marks. But if you feel you must join any coaching institute, do not always go by their published results. First enquire about the who is going to teach you. As many coaching institutes falsely claim famous faculties. Also inquire about studentto-faculty ratio because if you don’t get doubt sessions and personal aention from faculty, then you are wasting your time and money. Also it is beer to have faculty who have themselves cleared exams like GATE, ESE with good ranks because they are beer at understanding your doubts and problems. One subject after the other is the best strategy. Roughly, 3 to 4 weeks is sufficient for any subject. Do not mix up. After having finished one subject, make a short summary of your notes which must include marked points, marked questions and any silly mistakes if done . This will serve as a ready-to-revise and time-saving content in the last phase of preparation. It is highly recommended to NOT study the whole book but selectively deal with topics. About 6 to 7 hours dedicated to one technical subject per day, apart from 2 to 3 hours for GS + English, will suffice in a 12 month preparation time. It is not required to study all the time. But mind should be always with your notes and questions and doubts. Do not doubt your doubts , they are always always legit. A friends circle with like-minded aspirants where you can put your doubts and discuss is highly recommended. Keep asking. If possible upload them on Facebook , we will be more than than happy to help if we ccould. ould. How to practice? First finish books and solved examples. Since objective papers lay more emphasis on speed than accuracy, so practise accordingly. 45 seconds per question is sufficient. s ufficient. Try finishing 120 questions within 1h 30minutes. Conventional papers must be practised with good-writing on plain white sheets. In fact, choose one pen and use it till exam for lasting grip. Write legit answers. Roughly 5 marks questions require ¾ th of space on one page surface and in that proportion. Always write point wise. Mark questions not answered and note them in your summary sheet. Revision
Keep at least last 2 to 3 months for revision. First revise your entire notes and then revise only your short summary prepared earlier. Textbooks should not have any role in revision. The more you revise, beer you get at at recalling co concepts ncepts in the eexam. xam. Now no need to see more practice question. Focus more on past years questions bank. Ideally, 10 or 15 years questions bank is more than sufficient. Identify your strong and weak areas during preparation. Revise weak areas more than stronger ones. It is highly recommended to join some test series to gauge your preparation. Treat it as real test. The more the number of aspirants in a given test series, the beer you will realize where you stand. For
example I consistently got within top 5 in every test I gave at M.E. Do’s and Dont’s during exam Read the instructions carefully. Objective papers require more speed than accuracy. Limited number of calculated risks can be taken. While aempting objective paper , turning pages for rough work will consume unnecessary time. Prefer doing rough work with pencil on the side of the question and then if required with a red pen over the pencil. Do not encircle bubbles immediately. Mark answers in question paper with red pen for visibility beforeallthe end ofanswers exam encircle sequentially. Mark questions think 20 you can answer later. Try and finishing known in 1h30min (45 seconds per question)you keeping minutes for aempting marked questions and 10 minutes for encircling. Do not look at watch frequently. Conventional papers require in-depth knowledge, style of presentation and relevant content in answering. st a) Write answers answers seriall serially y as per q question uestion num numbers. bers. Usually Usually,, 1 question is compulsory compulsory.. Aempt all parts. Then read the rest of questions and mark the questions you wish to aempt. No need to show calculations in detail or irrelevant knowledge. b) Write answers with question numbers sequentially. Random answering is annoying for the person who checks your sheet. c) It is always beer to write answers point wise. Draw neat diagrams, preferably with pencil, with proper labels. Derivations or results if used must be mentioned. Draw a pencil line after every question to demarcate answers. d) Rough work must be crossed out. e) Try to make your answer sheet error free. f) Make index on the front sheet with question and page numbers.
My marks were: Paper
Marks
Gene Ge nera rall St Stud udie iess ++En Engl glis ish h
11 117/ 7/20 2000
Objective 1
112/200
Objective 2
111/200
Conventional 1
132/200
Conventional 2
122/200
Interview
122/200
Sum total
715/1200
Wishing you all the best. KUNAL KUN AL SRIVASTA SRIVASTAV VA AIR 1 ESE 2012
AIR 44 GATE 2013.
Strategy for GS+English Su unday M AR 2014 23 S POSTED BY IES HELPLINE BY ASHISH AND ANKUR IN KUNAL SRIVASTAVA (AIR 1 IES 2012, AIR 44 GATE 2013) (E&T)
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Tags 2012, 2013, 2014, books for ECE, Coomunication, E&T, EC, ECE, Electronics, Electronics & Telecommunication Telecommunication Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Engineering, Eng ineering, ESE, GATE, IES, Indian Engineering Services, Kunal Srivastava, Rank 1, Rank 44 General Studies + English
In my opinion, this paper produces differences in the final rank because most people get too busy while preparing for technical papers. Scoring in this paper is easy if you’ve studied selectively as there is no syllabus defined here. For GS part, divide the syllabus in contents like History, Polity, Geography, Economics, Life Sciences and current affairs. First refer to the past 10 or 20 years question papers of ESE and CDS exams of UPSC. Mark the topics mostly asked. For example History has nearly lost its importance in ESE nowadays. But anyways refer to the standard books like NCERT of +2 level and read only the topics asked. RANK 1 IES 2012 No need to study the whole book. After you’ve finished selectively reading the RANK 44 GATE 44 textbook, keep on practicing these past years’ questions. Ultimately you will memorise and form a paern of choosing the right option. If you wish more practice refer to Lucent’s GS book containing only the past years questions of various competitive exams. Even though current affairs is not important for ESE but you can read newspaper headline headliness from front page, sports, and national and international sections. No need to make notes just read carefully once. The Hindu is highly recommended. Else reading one magazine a month is more than sufficient. I would suggest Frontline magazine. One can read them online also. English section must be focused upon more than GS section. For English part, more emphasis must be given on grammar part like spoing errors, sentence & paragraph arrangements, word substitution and comprehension. Antonyms and synonyms are not that important because if you can’t recall exact words, then you can’t take risks in exam. I would suggest Hari Mohan Prasad book for competitive English. It is a complete book covering all the aspects required in a very good fashion and large number of practice questions. Even questions come frombecause there. basically you have to memorise. So 2 to 3 hours a day GS + English should be dealt on adirectly daily basis is sufficient in 7 to 8 months of preparation time. Notes available on GS and English are not exhaustive. Beer read books and magazines. 100/200 is more than good. I was able to score 116/200.
Wishing you all the best
KUNA KUNAL L SRI SRIV VASTA ASTAV VA AIR 1 ESE 2012, AIR 44 GA GATE TE 2013
Strategy for GATE exam by Kunal Srivastava Sunday 23 Su
M AR 2014
POSTED BY IES HELPLINE BY ASHISH AND ANKUR IN KUNAL SRIVASTAVA (AIR 1 IES 2012, AIR 44 GATE 2013) (E&T)
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Tags 2012, 2013, 2014, books for ECE, Coomunication, E&T, EC, ECE, Electronics, Electronics & Telecommunication Telecommunication Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Engineering, Eng ineering, ESE, GATE, IES, Indian Engineering Services, Kunal Srivastava, Rank 1, Rank 44 Since the syllabus for GATE GATE and IES is common so it is advisable is to prepare for both exams comprehensively.
GATE Gate questions are purely conceptual, test candidates on technical skills and numerical aptitude and in my opinion, without strong concepts and good link-up of subjects, scoring good rank in GATE is impossible. GATE exam has now opened doors for PSU’s making it all the more competitive. Over 2,56,000 candidates appeared in GATE 2013 in Electronics branch only. 65 questions in 3 hours make it nearly 3 minutes per question. But if concepts are RANK 1 IES 2012 not clear even this much of time is not sufficient. So clearly more emphasis is on RANK 44 GATE 44 accuracy than on speed. Large number of candidates gets caught in a very narrow band of marks. marks. One should not ta take ke chance chancess while answe answering. ring. So answ answers ers which are not sure may be left. Developing concepts comes from reading books and applying them in a variety of practice questions to gain confidence. One standard book per subject is sufficient but often students are confused and use multiple textbooks. A standard book explains theory and follows it up with ample number of practice questions, but the book must be properly chosen. List of suggested books is given below. Notes borrowed from different sources may not be that much helpful because they are prepared keeping in mind latest exam questions and not syllabus. Paern may change but syllabus is well defined, so book reading is highly recommende recommended. d. Also I’ve seen cases where after reading notes one is able to solve past years questions easily but not comfortable with unseen questions. So that’s why I think notes available in the market nowadays are not exhaustive. Also if everyone is reading from notes, then where is your advantage?
Coaching classes are more beneficial to aspirants because time spent with a good teacher is always more fruitful than time spent with books. A teacher is himself a summary of various books and with experience can give proper guidance. People who have themselves cleared these exams with good ranks are far beer at understanding problems of the aspirants and guiding them in the right direction than those who have not appeared. So first inquire about faculty profiles, if possible ask their past years students then only join. Results nowadays nowadays are published aalmost lmost every everywhere. where. Also keep in mind the student-faculty student-faculty ra ratio tio of the institute. If you are not geing your required time, doubt do ubt sessions and personal aention from faculty members due to whatever reasons, you are not benefiting from them. One of the most common mistakes while practicing practicing questions is that students very easily refer to the solution manual if they are not geing answers right. Rather a habit of thinking properly and thinking over and over again must be developed. Do not rush to answers, think properly and answers will rush to you. Roughly 10 months is sufficient time to prepare for GATE. While studying a subject, focus first on theory, then summarize your learning in hand-wrien notes, then practice questions from standard book and then from past year’s GATE questions. Mark the questions which you could not solve and keep thinking over them. Re summarize your notes in as less space as possible. Keep these short notes with yourself and spend time reading them whenever you’re free like while traveling in bus. It is not required to study over 10 hours a day but your mind should be busy with concepts and questions 24×7. A friends circle with like-minded aspirants where you can put up your doubts and discuss is highly recommended. Dedicate at least 2 months for revision. Do not panic if you forget previously studied topics rather revise them whenever you get time. Revise the entire theory and practice only those questions which you were not able to solve in the past or you feel are the tricky ones. The more variety of unseen questions you have practiced, the more are your chances to solve GATE questions under examination pressure. There are times during preparation when when you would feel low, tired or depressed. Do not allow this to continue. Talk to your parents or friends or teachers. Do not spend much time in a slump. If required avoid studying for a few days and then come back fresh. BOOK LIST
S. No.
Subject
Textbook
1.
Electronic Devices aan nd C Ciircuits
Millman & Halkias
2.
Analog Electronics
a) Millman & Halkias b) Sedra Smith (or ) Donald Neamen
3.
Digital Electronics
Morris Mano
4.
Control Systems
B.S. Manke
5.
Signals & Systems
a) Oppenheim b) Schaum’s series
6.
Electromagnetic Theory
Sadiku
7.
Network Theory
Sadiku
8.
Microprocessor
Gaonkar
9.
Communication Engineering
a) Simon Haykinsb) Schaum’s series
10.
Engineering Mathematics
HK Das
11.
Quantitative Aptitude
T. S. Jain
*Mathematics *Mathemati cs & Aptitude b book ook may not be required for most aspirants. Wishing you best of Luck
Kunal Srivastava ( ECE ) AIR-1 ESE-2012 AIR-44 GATE-2013
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