Anurag Pandey

Sh Ashwani Lohani, IRSME officer to be next CMD of ailing Air India, move expected to revive the sick airline. Proud moment indeed. IRSME Officer to be next CMD of Air India

Final snapshot of what needs to be focused during final revision is a must for any serious aspirant. This decides a definite syllabus to be attacked in order to crack the examination. Go through it and customize your final strategies accordingly. Paper I: Conventional: TD Relations, Availability, IC Engines-Theory +Questions, Turbojet Numerical RAC: Psychometrics, Bell, VC, VA, Air Refri HT: Conduction (Res Concept), HX, Fins , Convection, Radiation ( Fg, emissivity, energy balance concepts) FM:  B Application, Pitot, Similitude, B  Layer, Kinematics, Pipe Flow Compressible Flow : Isentropic flow, Fanno, Rayleigh + Derivations Fluid M/c: Pump, Compressors, Steam turbines, (concepts –vel diagram) Objectives : 40 Q(FM)+ 25(HT+RAC) +30(TD,ICE)+25(FM-2) Concepts grounding: .        TD Relations: Tds Equations, joule coeff, C-C Eq, Availability ( 1 st law + 2 nd law) .        Cycles of RAC + Compressors (single acting, double acting, volumetric efficiency

These questions were asked by me to a topper when I was preparing and he answered as under. Thought to share it with you all. Ways and means to fetch more marks in Conventionals ? -  You have to be specific in conventionals. I recall that I had written very to the point answers. There were some 2 markers too where I had written just couple of lines answers. In numericals, i used to write down given data, then assumptions (if any), then a figure and after that it was plain solving without much explanation. I am not sure if this is correct strategy, but I did that.    - How to deal with sticky theory questions, how much is sufficient ? -  As I said, give correct and to the point answers. Write pointwise if possible. Don't give unnecessary details.      - Any strategies for compulsory question for 20 small 2 mark questions in Paper -II !  -  I have answered that one above.      - Similar strategies for Paper-I ? As outlined above    

Time has come that reforms will touch coveted Engineering Services Exam also. Very soon we would witness following changes in the selection process and joining date for all services who join through UPSC ESE.  Considering large number of candidates writing the exam and the figure increasing every year, it is quite likely that a screening exam called "Preliminary Exam" may be included to filter serious candidates out of lacs of candidates who write UPSC-IES every year. But good news is that marks of objective type pre exam would be counted for final merit list.  New avatar of Pre Exam would include two papers - GAT & Engineering Discipline. Total marks 400 Those who would clear the pre exam would fill DAF for mains exam and format of mains exam would be as under: Paper 1: GS & English Paper 2: Hindi & Rajbhasha (qualifying) Paper3: Engineering-I Paper4: Engineering -II Total mains : 600 Interview marks : 200 Total : 1200  Proce