IES 2014 EXAM PATTERN

INDIAN ENGINEERING SERVICE (IES) 2014 EXAM PATTERN consists of written examination and personality test or personal interview (PI). The exam pattern is basically the pattern in which a particular exam is conducted and IES 2014 Exam Pattern written test section consists of two sections. The section 1 is an objective paper where as, section 2 is conventional paper and has two papers paper 1 and paper 2. The written examination for IES 2014 will be conducted over a period of 3 days and it is scheduled for 20th June, 2014. The application form for IES 2014 will be released from 15th March, 2014. The exam pattern of IES 2014 is same for all the categories in which the recruitment takes place. Following are the categories of IES 2014.

• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

• The written examination will consist the following two sections:
• Section I – objective types questions
• Section II conventional (essay) type questions papers.
• Both Sections of the written examination of IES 2014 will cover the entire syllabus of the relevant engineering subject.

FOLLOWING IS THE TABULAR PRESENTATION OF IES 2014 EXAM PATTERN (WRITTEN EXAMINATION):

Category	Section	Subject	Duration	Max Marks
Civil / Mechanical / Electrical / Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering	Section I Objective Paper	General Ability Test:Part A General EnglishPart B General Studies	2 hours	200
		Paper I	2 hours	200
		Paper II	2 hours	200
	Section II Conventional Paper	Paper I	3 hours	200
		Paper II	3 hours	200
Total				1000

• The question paper will only be in English therefore, all the answers should be answered in English only.
• The candidates are required to answers by themselves, under any circumstances the candidates will not be allowed to get somebody on their behalf to write exam.
• According to the IES 2014 Exam Pattern of written examination, 5% marks will be deducted from the candidates scores if the writing of the candidate is not easily legible or readable.
• SI units will be used in the papers therefore, the candidates are required to use only International form of Indian numerical (i.e 1,2,3,4) etc.
• The objective paper will be evaluated first and the candidates who scores the minimum qualifying marks their conventional paper will be further evaluated.
• The total marks are 1000 as per the exam pattern of IES 2014.
• In objective paper for every incorrect answer one third mark will be deducted as a matter of negative marking.

PERSONAL INTERVIEW ROUND:

This is the second step in the IES 2014 Exam Pattern. In this round candidates will be judges by a panel who will be judging them on various parameters and the total marks allotted to this particular section is 200 and after this round is conducted a final merit list will be formed which will comprise the name of all the selected candidates in various areas like civilengineering, electrical etc.

IES (INDIAN ENGINEERING SERVICES) 2014 ENTRANCE EXAM

INDIAN ENGINEERING SERVICES (IES) 2014 ENTRANCE EXAM will be conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on 20th June, 2014 and it is 3 day long process. The application form and notifications will be released on 15th March, 2014 and the last date for applying for IES 2014 entrance Exam is 14th April, 2014. The entrance Exam of IES is conducted once in a year. Indian Engineering Service (IES) exam primarily constitutes of Engineers who work for or under Government Of India. The task of those selected for IES is to manage a large segment of Public sector economy which comprises of Railroads, Public works, Power, Telecommunications etc. The recruitment of selected candidates are made in the following categories:

CATEGORY I: CIVIL ENGINEERING (GROUP A SERVICES/ POSTS)

(i) Indian Railway Service of Engineers
(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service
(iii) Central Engineering Service
(iv) Military Engineer Service (Building and Roads Cadre)
(v) Central Water Engineering
(vii) Assistant Executive Engineer
(viii) Survey of India Service

CATEGORY II: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (GROUP A & B SERVICES/ POSTS)

(i) Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service
(iii) Central Water Engineering Service
(iv) Indian Ordnance Factories Service
(v) Indian Naval Armament Service
(vi) Assistant Executive Engineer (in Ministry of Defence)
(vii) Assistant Naval Store officer Grade I in Indian Navy
(viii) Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service
(ix) Assistant Executive Engineer (in Boarder Roads Engineering Service)
(x) Mechanical Engineer (in Geological Survey of India)

CATEGORY III: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (GROUP A & B SERVICES/ POSTS)

(i) Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service
(iii) Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service
(iv) Indian Naval Armament Service
(v) Military Engineer Service
(vi) Assistant Executive Engineer (in Ministry of Defence)
(vii) Assistant Naval Store (in Indian Navy)

CATEGORY IV: ELECTRONIC AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING (GROUP A & B SERVICES/ POSTS)

(i) Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers
(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service
(iii) Indian Ordnance Factories Service
(iv) Indian Naval Armament Service
(v) Assistant Executive Engineer (in Ministry of Defence)
(vi) Engineer in Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing/Monitoring Organisation
(vii) Assistant Naval Stores officer (in Indian Navy)
(viii) Survey of India Service

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA OF IES 2014 ENTRANCE EXAM:

• The candidate must be an Indian Citizen, subject to Nepal and Bhutan.
• Tibetan refugee candidates shifted their base to India before 1st January, 1962.
• The candidates of Indian origin migrated from neighbour counties like Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Burma and East African Countries of Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Ethiopia, Vietnam etc.
• For the candidates of subject to Nepal, Bhutan , Tibetan refugee and migrated are required to submit a “Certificate Of Eligibility” issued by the Government Of India.
• The candidate applying for IES 2014 Entrance Exam must have attained age of 21 years but should not be older than 30 years.

APPLICATION FORM AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURE OF IES 2014 ENTRANCE EXAM:

For availing the application form of IES 2014 the candidates have to visit the UPSC official website and go to UPSC online application link and click on the form then the candidate needs to fill all the information asked in the form. It is advisable to the candidates that they submit only the single application. The registration for IES 2014 Entrance Exam has to be made online only although the payment can be made in online and offline mode. The online mode is related to making transaction through online gateways and Offline mode is related to making payment at any branch of SBI bank.

APPLICATION FEE OF IES 2014 ENTRANCE EXAM:

• The fee for application form for the General Category and OBC category student is Rs. 200 where as,
• Candidates of SC, ST, PH, female are exempted from paying the application fee.
• The payment of application fee can be made in online and offline modes and no other mode can be used by the candidates.

SELECTION PROCEDURE OF IES 2014 ENTRANCE EXAM:

The selection procedure for IES 2014 Entrance Exam is not very rigorous and it only involves two steps, the first step is the written examination and the second step is Personality or Personal Interview of the shortlisted candidates.

GATE EXAM- Score details

After the evaluation of the answers, the raw marks obtained by a candidate will be converted to a normalized GATE Score.

From 2013 onwards, the GATE score of a candidate is being computed using the formula given below.

The GATE Score of a candidate is computed from:

S=Sq +(St−Sq)M−MqM¯¯¯¯¯¯¯t−Mq

where,

S		is the GATE Score of the candidate,
M		is the marks obtained by a candidate in the paper,
Mq		is the qualifying mark for general category candidates in the paper,
M¯¯¯¯¯¯t		is the average Marks of top 0.1% or top 10 of the candidates (whichever is higher) who appeared in the paper,
St		is the Score assigned to M¯¯¯¯¯¯t,
Sq		is the Score assigned to Mq

Mq is usually 25 marks (out of 100) or μ+σ, whichever is larger. Here μ   is the mean and σ   is the standard deviation of marks of all the candidates who appeared in that paper.

After the declaration of the results, GATE Score Cards will be issued (mailed to the Correspondence address given in the application) to (a) All SC/ST/PwD candidates whose marks are greater than or equal to the qualifying mark of SC/ST/PwD candidates in their respective papers. and (b) All other candidates whose marks are greater than or equal to the qualifying mark of OBC candidates in their respective papers. There is no provision for the issue of additional GATE Score Cards.

The GATE 2014 Committee has the authority to decide the qualifying mark/score for each GATE paper. In case any claim or dispute arises in respect of GATE 2014, it is hereby made absolutely clear that the Courts and Tribunals in Kolkata and Kolkata alone shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to entertain and settle any such dispute or claim.

GATE EXAM- Marking Scheme

For 1-mark multiple-choice questions, 1/3 marks will be deducted for a wrong answer. Likewise, for 2-marks multiple-choice questions, 2/3 marks will be deducted for a wrong answer. There is no negative marking for numerical answer type questions.

General Aptitude (GA) Questions 

In all papers, GA questions carry a total of 15 marks. The GA section includes 5 questions carrying 1 mark each (sub-total 5 marks) and 5 questions carrying 2 marks each (sub-total 10 marks).

Question Papers other than GG, XE and XL

These papers would contain 25 questions carrying 1 mark each (sub-total 25 marks) and 30 questions carrying 2 marks each (sub-total 60 marks). The question paper will consist of questions of multiple choice and numerical answer type. For numerical answer questions, choices will not be given. Candidates have to enter the answer (which will be a real number, signed or unsigned, e.g. 25.06, -25.06, 25, -25 etc.) using a virtual keypad. An appropriate range will be considered while evaluating the numerical answer type questions so that the candidate is not penalized due to the usual round-off errors.

GG (Geology and Geophysics) Paper

Apart from the General Aptitude (GA) section, the GG question paper consists of two parts: Part A and Part B. Part A is common for all candidates. Part B contains two sections: Section 1 (Geology) and Section 2 (Geo-physics). Candidates will have to attempt questions in Part A and either Section 1 or Section 2 in Part B.

Part A consists of 25 multiple-choice questions carrying 1-mark each (sub-total 25 marks and some of these may be numerical answer type questions). Each section in Part B (Section 1 and Section 2) consists of 30 multiple choice questions carrying 2 marks each (sub-total 60 marks and some of these may be numerical answer type questions).

XE Paper (Engineering Sciences)

In XE(Engineering Sciences) paper, Engineering Mathematics section (Section A) is compulsory. This section contains 11 questions carrying a total of 15 marks: 7 questions carrying 1 mark each (sub-total 7 marks), and 4 questions carrying 2 marks each (sub-total 8 marks). Some questions may be of numerical answer type questions.

Each of the other sections of the XE paper (Sections B through G) contains 22 questions carrying a total of 35 marks: 9 questions carrying 1 mark each (sub-total 9 marks) and 13 questions carrying 2 marks each (sub-total 26 marks). Some questions may be of numerical answer type.

XL Paper (Life Sciences)

In XL ( Life Sciences)paper, Chemistry section (Section H) is compulsory. This section contains 15 questions carrying a total of 25 marks: 5 questions carrying 1 mark each (sub-total 5 marks) and 10 questions carrying 2-marks each (sub-total 20 marks). Some questions may be of numerical answer type.

Each of the other sections of the XL paper (Sections I through M) contains 20 questions carrying a total of 30 marks: 10 questions carrying 1 mark each (sub-total 10 marks) and 10 questions carrying 2 marks each (sub-total 20 marks). Some questions may be of numerical answer type.

Note on Negative Marking for Wrong Answers

For a wrong answer chosen for the multiple choice questions, there would be negative marking. For 1-mark multiple choice questions, 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. Likewise, for 2-mark multiple choice questions, 2/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. However, there is no negative marking for a wrong answer in numerical answer type questions

GATE EXAM- Pattern of Question Papers

In all the GATE exam papers, there will be a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks, out of 65 questions, 10 questions carrying a total of 15 marks are in General Aptitude (GA).

In the papers bearing the codes AE, AG, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, MN, MT, PI, TF and XE, the Engineering Mathematics will carry around 13% of the total marks, the General Aptitude section will carry 15% of the total marks and the remaining percentage of the total marks is devoted to the subject of the paper.

In the papers bearing the codes AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH and XL, the General Aptitude section will carry 15% of the total marks and the remaining 85% of the total marks is devoted to the subject of the paper.

GATE 2014 would contain questions of two different types in various papers:

(i) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) carrying 1 or 2 marks each in all papers and sections. These questions are objective in nature, and each will have a choice of four answers, out of which the candidate has to mark the correct answer(s).

(ii) Numerical Answer Questions of 1 or 2 marks each in all papers and sections. For these questions the answer is a real number, to be entered by the candidate using the virtual keypad. No choices will be shown for this type of questions.

Design of Questions

The questions in a paper may be designed to test the following abilities:

(i) Recall: These are based on facts, principles, formulae or laws of the discipline of the paper. The candidate is expected to be able to obtain the answer either from his/her memory of the subject or at most from a one-line computation.

Example

Q. During machining maximum heat is produced

(A) in flank face
(B) in rake face
(C) in shear zone
(D) due to friction between chip and tool

(ii) Comprehension: These questions will test the candidate's understanding of the basics of his/her field, by requiring him/her to draw simple conclusions from fundamental ideas.

Example

Q. A DC motor requires a starter in order to
(A) develop a starting torque
(B) compensate for auxiliary field ampere turns
(C) limit armature current at starting
(D) provide regenerative braking

(iii) Application: In these questions, the candidate is expected to apply his/her knowledge either through computation or by logical reasoning.

Example

Q. The sequent depth ratio of a hydraulic jump in a rectangular channel is 16.48. The Froude number at the beginning of the jump is:

(A) 5.0 (B) 8.0 (C) 10.0 (D) 12.0

Examples of each of this design are given in the types of questions above.

The questions based on the above logics may be a mix of single standalone statement/phrase/data type questions, combination of option codes type questions or match items type questions.

(iv)Analysis and Synthesis: In these questions, the candidate is presented with data, diagrams, images etc. that require analysis before a question can be answered. A Synthesis question might require the candidate to compare two or more pieces of information. Questions in this category could, for example, involve candidates in recognizing unstated assumptions, or separating useful information from irrelevant information.