BROAD CONTENTS OF THE GENERAL STUDIES AND ENGINEERING APTITUDE PAPER

( Stage-I, Paper-I).
General Studies and Engineering Aptitude
(Stage I - Paper I, Objective type, Common to all Candidates, 2 hours duration, 200 Marks maximum)
The questions from the following Topics will be set in Paper-I of Stage-I
1. Current issues of national and international importance relating to social, economic and industrial
development
2. Engineering Aptitude covering Logical reasoning and Analytical ability
3. Engineering Mathematics and Numerical Analysis
4. General Principles of Design, Drawing, Importance of Safety
5. Standards and Quality practices in production, construction, maintenance and services
6. Basics of Energy and Environment : Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation,
Climate Change, Environmental impact assessment
7. Basics of Project Management
8. Basics of Material Science and Engineering
9. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based tools and their applications in
Engineering such as networking, e-governance and technology based education.
10. Ethics and values in Engineering profession
Note:
The paper in General Studies and Engineering Aptitude will include Knowledge of relevant topics as may
be expected from an engineering graduate, without special study.
Questions from all the 10 topics mentioned above shall be set. Marks for each Topic may range from 5%
to 15% of the total marks in the paper.
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IES: References General Studies An Introduction to the Constitution of India D D Basu

Perspectives on Indian Constitution Edited by Subash Kashyap Biology for VIII-X Std
NCERT Physics for VIII-X Std NCERT Chemistry for VIII-X Std NCERT Anatomy &
Physiology Evelyn Pearce Know your body Reader's Digest An Evolution of Indian
Economy I.C.Dhingra (Sultan Chand & Co) Indian Economy Dutt & Sundaram Economic
Survey of India Government of India General Principles of World Geography Charles
Farro Monsoon Asia Charles Farro Physical Geography of India for VII - XII Std NCERT
Good School Atlas:Oxford - Buy from Amazon.in Ancient India for VII-XII Std NCERT
Medieval India for VII-XII Std NCERT Modern India Bipin Chandra History of Modern
India AC Banerjee The Hindu & Times of India Newspapers Frontline and Political &
Economic weekly Periodicals Yojana & World Focus Periodicals Statistical Methods
S.C.Gupta - Buy from Amazon.in Frontline Pratiyogita Darpan The Hindu
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1.1 Number
System......................................................................................................................................................
..................... 1-16 1.2 Average
..................................................................................................................................................................
........................17-27 1.3 Ratio &
Proportion................................................................................................................................................
....................28-39 1.4
Percentage...............................................................................................................................................
.....................................40-57 1.5 Profit and
Loss...........................................................................................................................................................
.................58-71 1.6 Simple Interest & Compound
Interest..........................................................................................................................72-85 1.7 Time
&
Work.........................................................................................................................................................
.....................86-103 1.8 Time, Speed &
Distance...................................................................................................................................................
104-124 Section-B: Algebra & Geometry 2.1 Surds, Indices &
Logarithms..........................................................................................................................................126
-134 2.2
Progression...............................................................................................................................................
..............................135-147 2.3 Permutations &
Combinations....................................................................................................................................148-
160 2.4
Probability................................................................................................................................................
...............................161-174 2.5 Geometry
..................................................................................................................................................................
..............175-208 Section-C: Reasoning & Data Interpretation 3.1 Blood
Relationship..............................................................................................................................................
...............210-213 3.2 Coding &
Decoding..................................................................................................................................................
.........214-217 3.3 Cubes and
Dices.........................................................................................................................................................
.........218-223 3.4 Direction Sense
Test..........................................................................................................................................................
224-232 3.5
Graph........................................................................................................................................................
.................................233-237 3.6
Table.........................................................................................................................................................
..................................238-241 3.7 Bar
Diagrams..................................................................................................................................................
.......................242-251 3.8 Pie-
chart.........................................................................................................................................................
..........................252-261 3.9 Miscellaneous
Puzzles......................................................................................................................................................
262-268 3.10 Logical Venn Diagram
......................................................................................................................................................269-
274 3.11 Analytical
Reasoning.................................................................................................................................................
........275-284 E
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