How to Prepare for ESE EE 2022 Prelims and GATE EE 2022 Simultaneously?

Know the Exam Pattern & Syllabus

GATE Electrical Engineering Exam Pattern

• While preparing for GATE you must go through the GATE  Pattern which includes MCQ, MSQ, NAT type of questions, and their marking scheme.
• In-depth knowledge of the syllabus is required, a student must familiarise himself/herself with the subjects thoroughly. GATE  syllabus includes Power Systems, Electrical Machines, Control Systems, Analog & Digital Electronics, Electrical Circuits, Power Electronics, Signals & Systems, Measurements, Electromagnetic Fields, Engineering Mathematics, General Aptitude.

ESE Electrical Engineering Preliminary Exam (Objective Papers: 500 Marks)

• Preliminary Exam for ESE EE is Objective type like GATE and consist of 2 papers that will be conducted in different sessions.
• Paper-1 is General Studies and Engineering Aptitude Paper which has a General Engineering syllabus that is common to all branches, and Paper-2 is the core Engineering Discipline Paper (separate with branches).
• Paper-1 (General Studies and Engineering Aptitude Paper) carries a total of 100 Questions(200 Marks) and the duration of the exam is 2 Hours.
• Paper-2 (Engineering Discipline Paper) carries a total of 150 Questions(300 Marks) and the duration of the paper is 3 Hours.
• Only candidates qualified in Prelims Exam (Stage-1) will be eligible for Stage 2 ie the mains examination and then for interview process.

Books for Simultaneous Preparation for GATE EE and ESE EE Prelims:

GATE EE and ESE EE include both numerical types as well as theoretical questions, so when you start with your preparation, it's imperative to choose the right books which clear the fundamentals and build your concepts strong. Here are a few books subject-wise:

Core-Subjects

• The Core subjects play an important role in increasing your ranks, one is advised to prioritize their core subjects.
• As these subjects make your concepts & basics strong which will ultimately help you to prepare other subjects.

Prioritize Important Topics

• Along with hard work, one must do smart work for an exam like GATE EE and ESE EE. 
• Yes after knowing your syllabus, you must prioritize the topics to study and must analyze the weightage of each subject on the basis of the previous year's question papers so that it is easy to manage your preparation for both GATE EE and ESE EE 2022.

Syllabus for ESE and GATE EE and ESE EE 2022:

General Studies and Engineering Aptitude

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 the Engineering profession

• General English: The question  to test the candidate’s understanding of English and workmanlike use of words
• General Studies: The questions on the History of India and Geography of nature

Electrical Materials( Material Science)

• Electrical Engineering Materials, crystal structures and defects, ceramic materials, insulating materials, magnetic materials – basics, properties, and applications; ferrites, ferromagnetic materials, and components; basics of solid-state physics, conductors; Photo-conductivity; Basics of Nano materials and Superconductors.

Electric Circuits and Fields

• Circuit elements, network graph, KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis, ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenin’s, Norton’s, Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorems, basic filter concepts, two-port networks, three-phase circuits, Magnetically coupled circuits,transient response of DC and AC networks, Sinusoidal steady-state analysis.
• Gauss Theorem, electric field and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions, Ampere’s and Biot-Savart’s laws; inductance, dielectrics, capacitance; Maxwell’s equation.
• Time-varying fields.Plane-Wave propagating in dielectric and conducting media. Transmission lines.

Electrical and Electronic Measurements:

• Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision, and standards; Bridges and potentiometers; moving coil, moving iron, dynamometer and induction type instruments, measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor, instrument transformers,
• Digital voltmeters and multimeters, phase, time and frequency measurement, Q-meters, oscilloscopes, potentiometric recorders, error analysis, Basics of sensors, Transducers, basics of data acquisition systems
• Flow-rate displacement, acceleration, noise level etc, A/D and D/A converters.

Control Systems:

• Principles of feedback, transfer function, block diagrams and signal flow graphs, steady-state errors, transforms and their applications; Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Nyquist techniques
• Bode plots, root loci, lag, lead and lead-lag compensation, stability analysis, transient and frequency response analysis, state-space model, state transition matrix, controllability and observability, linear state variable feedback, PID and industrial controllers.
• Nicols chart and the estimation of gain and phase margin, Sampled data system and performance of such a system with the samples in the error channel. Control system components, electromechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic components.

Electrical Machines :

• Single-phase transformers, three-phase transformers – connections, parallel operation, auto-transformer, energy conversion principles, DC machines – types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed control of motors, Induction motors – principles, types, performance characteristics, starting and speed control, Synchronous machines – performance, regulation, parallel operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics and applications, servo and stepper motors.
• Testing, Losses,  Hunting. Short circuit transients, Fractional KW motors.

Power Systems :

• Basic power generation concepts, steam, gas and water turbines, transmission line models and performance, cable performance, insulation, corona, and radio interference, power factor correction, symmetrical components, fault analysis, principles of protection systems, basics of solid-state relays and digital protection.
• Circuit breakers, Radial and ring-main distribution systems, Matrix representation of power systems, load flow analysis, voltage control and economic operation, System stability concepts, Swing curves and equal area criterion. HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts, Concepts of power system dynamics, distributed generation, solar and wind power, smart grid concepts, environmental implications, fundamentals of power economics.

Basic Electronics Engineering:

• Basics of Semiconductor diodes and transistors and characteristics, Junction and field-effect transistors (BJT, FET, and MOSFETs), different types of transistor amplifiers, equivalent circuits and frequency response; oscillators and other circuits, feedback amplifiers.

Analog and Digital Electronics:

• Operational amplifiers – characteristics and applications, combinational and sequential logic circuits, multiplexers, multi-vibrators, sample and hold circuits, A/D and D/A converters, basics of filter circuits and applications, simple active filters;
• Microprocessor basics– interfaces and applications, basics of linear integrated circuits;

Communication Systems

• Analog communication basics, Modulation and demodulation, noise and bandwidth, transmitters and receivers, signal to noise ratio,
• Digital communication basics, sampling, quantizing, coding, frequency and time domain multiplexing, power line carrier communication systems.

 Power Electronics and Drives 

• Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs – static characteristics and principles of operation, triggering circuits, phase control rectifiers, bridge converters – fully controlled and half controlled, principles of choppers and inverters, basis concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives, DC-DC switched mode converters, DC-AC switched mode converters, resonant converters, high-frequency inductors and transformers, power supplies.

Engineering Mathematics

• Matrix theory, Eigenvalues & Eigenvectors, system of linear equations, Numerical methods for solution of non-linear algebraic equations and differential equations, integral calculus, partial derivatives, maxima and minima, Line, Surface and Volume Integrals.
• Fourier series, linear, nonlinear and partial differential equations, initial and boundary value problems, complex variables, Taylor’s and Laurent’s series, residue theorem, probability and statistics fundamentals, Sampling theorem, random variables, Normal and Poisson distributions, correlation and regression analysis.

Computer Fundamentals:

• Number systems, Boolean algebra, arithmetic functions, Basic Architecture, Central Processing Unit, I/O and Memory Organisation; peripheral devices, data representation, and programming, basics of Operating system and networking, virtual memory, file systems; Elements of programming languages, typical examples.

Systems and Signal Processing :

• Representation of continuous and discrete-time signals, shifting and scaling operations, linear, time-invariant and causal systems, Fourier series representation of continuous periodic signals, sampling theorem, Fourier and Laplace transform, Z transforms, Discrete Fourier, transform, FFT, linear convolution, discrete cosine transform, FIR filter, IIR filter, bilinear transformation.

Note: GATE EE and ESE EE does not have Computer Fundamentals and General Studies but has a portion of Aptitude

Proper Study Plan

• After getting familiar with the syllabus and topics, the next step is to make the time table of what topics to cover and when so that confusion is less and all topics are covered.
• Make sure that there is a time for relaxation in your schedule as overexertion will not help.
• Perseverance to the plan throughout is the key to success, hence consistency is important for GATE EE and ESE EE EE 2022.

Time Management of GATE and ESE Prelims Electrical Engineering

• Time Management plays a major role while preparing for the exam. Since both exams are MCQ it becomes slightly easy to adjust.
• GATE EE and ESE EE aspirants should utilize each second effectively.
• Proper time division for covering the syllabus, practising sample papers will surely help the students and last-minute preparation should be done so that the candidate does not miss anything before attempting the paper.

Tips for Practice of GATE and ESE Prelims Electrical Engineering

• Studying every topic will not help without practice, it's rightly said Practice makes a man perfect. 
• Practising daily leads to perfection of a particular topic and GATE EE and ESE EE EE is more like a conceptual exam and students who practice more end up achieving a good rank.

Mock Tests & Previous Year Question Papers  of GATE and ESE Prelims Electrical Engineering

• Taking mock tests enhances the scores as these help you to solve problems within time and give you an idea of the scoring system.
• Previous Year Question papers are equally important as they provide you a rough idea of expected questions and give you a taste of the actual paper.

The Important Tips to Prepare for GATE EE and ESE EE and ESE simultaneously.

• Compare the GATE EE and ESE EE Syllabus, and identify the common topics from both GATE EE and ESE EE Prelims syllabus.
• Begin your preparation with particular subject order according to the weightage analysis of both GATE EE and ESE EE Prelims.
• Observe the types of questions from previous years of GATE EE and ESE EE Prelims. Identify the standard of questions to compare both GATE EE and ESE EE Prelims and start preparing.
• Check the mock GATE EE and ESE EE questions were asked using concepts, formulas, and applications. Many of the GATE EE and ESE EE questions are conceptual and numerical oriented.
• ESE questions are based on concepts. Many of the ESE questions are repetitive in nature. So try to practice previous year ESE questions in your preparation more and more.
• ESE syllabus is huge compared to GATEsyllabus. So plan your schedule carefully to prepare both GATE EE and ESE EE Prelims with the help of the BYJU'S Exam Prep

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