Anurag Pandey

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 R...

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 s...

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  P...

Ever since I have cracked (IES: AIR 14, GATE: Rank 64) these two sacred exams for Engineers, I feel contented as far as clearing exams are concerned. But I have learnt a lot from the competition inherent in these exams. Lacs of candidates, millions of coaching institutes and zillions of aspiring souls in the form of parents of these candidates. These parents spend lacs on the coaching of their budding engineering sons/daughters just to satisfy themselves that they have done their duty.  According to me, if a candidate has completed his engineering or if candidate is a final year student of Engineering - Coaching is not required atleast for cracking GATE or IES !! GATE: Its an aptitude exam for checking that graduates have acquired requisite skills expected from an qualified Engineer.  IES: Its a comprehensive exam which checks the ability of graduates to take up Group A Services of Govt of India. It is more than aptitude exam and to me it appears to me as attitud...

DBASEIII COMMANDS -Notes Database Organization: SORT, INDEX SORT Command ·    The SORT command gives us the ability to copy the record and structure of a database to another database. ·    Files can be arranged in either ascending order or descending order by using SORT command. ·    Sort command can be used in multiple fields for data arrangement. ·    SORT command creates a new database file. But the new file contains records of the original database file only the order is different. INDEX command ·    Index command can also be used to organize a data file. When you index a database, you ask dBASE to create a separate and smaller file based upon designated fields in the database. ·    The index command does not create a new database file. It creates an index file for the database with a default extension ( . NDX). ·    Unlike SORT command however INDEX does not permit the user to arrange th...

O ne of the toughest day- if I can recall. IES exam is spread on three days -Friday, Saturday & Sunday to test your abilities through 5 papers- GAT, Paper-I (Obj), Paper-II (Obj), Conventional Paper-I, Conventional Paper-II. Torture continues till Sunday ! When I concluded my preparations, I had no idea whether I would be able to make it to the elite list of IES qualifiers. But to some extent I was satisfied with my performance, this I thought made me comfortable. Never ever think of end results- just have faith in you and your capabilities which you have build through the preparations in the last 6-7 months or so.  During the preparations I had prepared two small notebooks in which I used to write important concepts and formula to revise them frequently. But before exam day when you have to solve Conventional Papers that too in Mechanical Engineering that too for Engineering Services- everything seems inadequate and so was my note book. I read it, re-read it and kept i...

I present you all with the very best analysis of IES 2009 toppers. Their marks, no of correct questions and their portfolio of scores in various subjects. This will make the complex and hazy picture- ultra clear. This is what I did in very first month of my preparations after cramming the syllabus and before making strategies for cracking the exam.       IES-2009 SCORES OF TOP 20           RANK GAT P-I P-II OBJ CONV-I CONV-II CONV TOTAL INT TOTAL 1 119 105 114 338 106 122 228 566 106 672 2 116 145 104 365 71 113 184 549 120 669 3 100 106 99 305 90 117 207 512 140 652 4 159 134 127 420 56 85 141 561 80 641 5 124 102 85 311 94 117 211 522 116 638 6 132 118 89 339 69 138 ...