BPSC AE (Assistant Engineer) 2024
Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) conducts the BPSC AE exam to recruit Assistant Engineers in various departments of the Government of Bihar. Engineering graduates aspiring to pursue their careers as Assistant Engineers in Bihar Engineering Services can take advantage of this golden opportunity.
BPSC AE: Important Highlights
Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) announced recruitment notification for the post of Assistant Engineers in the Public Health Engineering Dept. (P.H.E.D.), Government of Bihar.
The important details and dates for the BPSC AE 2024 exam are given below.
BPSC Assistant Engineer 2024: Highlights | |
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Conducting Authority | BPSC |
Eligible Engineering Streams | Civil, Mechanical |
Selection Process | Written Test |
Examination Mode | Offline |
BPSC AE Official Notification 2024 | Click here to download |
Exam Date | Last Week of November |
Official Website | www.bpsc.bih.nic.in/ |
Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualification
The candidate must have a degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering from a recognised university/institution approved by the AICTE.
Age Limit (As on 01 August 2024)
The age limit for the post of BPSC AE will be as follows: -
Candidate must have completed 21 years of age. (As on 01 August 2024)
Age Limit: BPSC Assistant Engineer | |
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Unreserved (Male) | 37 years |
Unreserved (Female) | 40 years |
OBC | 40 years |
SC, ST & PWD | 42 years |
Note: Age relaxation shall be allowed as per the rules of the Bihar Government.
Selection Process
The selection process includes a written test .The candidates who will qualify for the written exam will be selected for the post of Assistant Engineer.
Exam Pattern
As per the latest information the exam pattern for the BPSC AE is as follows:
Examination Mode: Offline
Marking Scheme: 1 mark will be awarded for each correct answer, while 0.25 marks will be deducted for each incorrect answer.
Language of the Exam: The exam will be held in both Hindi and English.
Compulsory Papers | |||||
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Paper | Subject | Type of Question | Duration | Total Marks | |
1 | General English | MCQ | 1 Hour | 100 | |
2 | Genreal Hindi | MCQ | 1 Hour | 100 | |
3 | General Studies | MCQ | 1 Hour | 100 | |
4 | General Engineering Science | MCQ | 1 Hour | 100 |
Note: General Hindi and General English papers will be qualifying in nature. Candidates need to score at least 30% marks to qualify.
Optional Papers | |||||
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Paper | Subject | Type of Question | Duration | Total Marks | |
1 | Civil/Mechanical | MCQ | 1 Hour | 100 | |
2 | Civil/Mechanical | MCQ | 1 Hour | 100 |
Note: Candidates have to appear for two optional papers each of 100 marks.
Syllabus
Compulsory Papers
General Engilish and General Hindi
Questions on General English and General Hindi will be such that the candidate's understanding of language usage can be tested.
General Studies
Current events and daily news in general studies paper. Topics and experiences related to observation and their scientific information on aspects will be included.
There will be social, economic and political questions and such Research and innovative changes that have taken place in various disciplines of engineering and are important to the technological subject in engineering, including Emphasis on the development of science.
General Engineering Science
Engineering Mechanics- General Equilibrium-Equation Experiments, Motion-Equation Functions, Power, Energy.
Survey and Measurement - Distance and Area Measurement, Direction Measurement and Angular Measurement of Slope, Levitation and Height, General Survey Equipment, Electrical Workshop Measurements like Ammeter, Volt Meter, Chargemeter, Insulation Tester, Energy Meter and their working principle, Mechanical Workshop Measuring instruments, linear and angular measurements, straight, plane and roundness measurements.
Structure of solids - Generalized pressure and its relation, making laws, transformation of pressure, pressure energy, analysis of beams, columns and shafts, unbalanced orientations at the centre, principles of decay.
Engineering materials and their manufacture - Bricks lime, Cement, Shrapnel, Dalwa iron and steel, Non-ferrous metals Timber paints and miscellaneous engineering materials, Testing of engineering materials, Considerations for construction of brick floors and walls.
Transport Phenomenon - Linear and Regular Conduction of Transport, Boundary Level Continuous Equations, Warnowati's Principle, Energy Equations, Steam of Transport Conduction, Dimensional Analysis and Gadling, One Dimensional Study, Natural Movement of Heat through Single and Multilayered Materials including Walls and Cylinders and induced convective heat transfer, concept of thermal boundary level, Accutten-Boltmann's theory of radiation, Kirchhoff's law, concept of black and gray matter.
Energy conversion: Process of thermodynamics, first and second impulses and reactions of thermodynamics, water turbine-belton peel and centrifugal pump.
Elementary Engineering - Electric Circuits, Circuit Laws and Principles of Superposition Meaning of Sound Series and Parallel Connections, Resistance and Capacitance, Junction Transistor, Junction Diode, Equivalent Circuit, Common Emitter Electric Circuit, Magnetic Effect of Electric Current, Transformer, Circuit Elements In the form of Transformer, Transfer of electromagnetic energy, Function of DC Motor and Generator, Function of AC Motor and Generator.
Environmental Engineering: Water pollution and purification, sewage treatment, air pollution and its control, ecological balance.
Optional Paper I - Civil Engineering
Structural Analysis Structural Analysis
Structure:- Determination and stability, internal and external forces, special positional reinforcement and inelastic beam structure, frames and arches, structure theory, method of reinforcement and flexibility, matrix method, determination of elastic stability of pillars and analysis of impact lines for non-conforming structures and Robust analysis of dam and silt.
Structural Design (a) RCC beams, sills, pillars, shear and diagonal tension, Concrete techniques: Climbing and marginal load design, Study of vertical and seismic forces in building structure design. (b) Steel structure tension, compression and flexural components, roof scissor plate girder, bracket connection. (c) Pre-reinforced concrete structure and its essentials
Soil Mechanics and Foundations Engineering: Earthquake force and its determination, Formation and classification of rocks, Nature and texture of soil, Properties and behavior, Generation and compaction, Compaction, Shear force, Stability of slopes, Soil stress, Carrying capacity, Coating, Earth pressure, Retention, shallow and deep foundations including diaar seat piles, tafoot and well foundations, machine foundations, diffusion of soils.
Optional Paper II - Civil Engineering
Hydrology and Water Resources- General run-off estimation, use of hydrogram, empirical formula, potential hydrological analysis, management of surface water and groundwater, principles of irrigation engineering, water requirement for crops- General.
Description of irrigation works, flooding, damage and control, the behavior of river drainage, surface and underground drainage, channel design, and general principles of hydropower engineering.
Water system flow description- the principle of energy and momentum homogeneous, sequential traversal changed flow, components of river flow, sediment transport.
Design of Fluid-Structure:- Design of Exterior, Weir, Barrage, Canal and Canal Structure and Pulse, Cross Drainage Works, Cross Regulator, Head Regulator, Head Regulator and Canal Drain, Design of Turk and Hydroelectric Power Equipment.
Transportation Engineering Geometrical design of highways, components of traffic engineering, high side materials, maintenance of high roads. Components of bridge engineering, IRC classification, weights and its behavior in the overhead structure design.
Public Health Engineering: Water supply- population forecast, types of pipes used for water supply, construction of tube well and dug well, design of the slow sand filter and rapid gravity filter, design of the underground and upper tank, details of water supply dam construction.
Drainage and Sanitation - Surface drainage storms, Drainage and sewage - Design of double-cleaning filters Design of septic tank, Design of Imhoff tank, details of health plants.
Optional Paper I - Mechanical Engineering
Laws of thermodynamics, properties of ideal gases and vapours, power cycle, gas power cycle, gas turbine cycle, fuels and combustion.
Internal combustion engines - SI and SI engines detonation, fuel injection and carburation, performance and testing, turbo jet and turbo-prop engines, rocket engines, preliminary study of nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel.
Steam Boiler – Engine nozzle and steam turbine, modern boiler, types of steam turbine, flow of steam through nozzle, impulse and speed of reaction turbine etc., efficiency and control.
Compressible gases, dynamics and gas turbines, reciprocating, centripetal and axial flow compressors, speed graphs, efficiency and performance effect of Mach number on flow, isocentric flow, vertical shock and flow through nozzle, multi-stage compression (non-turbine with recuperation and recirculation) cycle)
Heat transfer, refrigeration and air conditioning, conduction, convection and radiation heat exchangers, types, combined heat transfer, refrigeration and hand pumps, Obelisks on total heat transfer coefficient, refrigeration systems, pyrometric and pyrometric coefficient of performance: study on charts, Cobport Indias, cooling and dehumidification. Method.
Properties and classification of fluids, fluid statics, physics and principles and uses of pure motion, air pressure and buoyancy, flow of ideal fluid, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layer theory, flow over an immersed object, flow through pipe and open channel, dimensional structure and analogy techniques.
Abyssal specific velocity and classification of general fluid mechanics, energy transfer relations, performance of pumps and impulse and reaction generators and hydraulic power transmission.
Optional Paper II - Mechanical Engineering
Principles of Mechanics Velocity and acceleration of a moving object, Mechanical friction force, inertia forces in machines, Camp gear and gear flywheel and governance, Balance of touching and reciprocating axes, systems of free and accelerated friction, Critical speed and flatness Rotation.
Machine Design Joints Threaded Fasteners and Power Screws Keys, Cotters, Grumman Chaldet Barleys, - Transmission Systems, Belt and Chain Dredges Wire Ropes, Soft Gear-Winding and Rolling Wirink.
Strength of Fluids, Relation between two-dimensional stress and strain, Mohr's circle, elastic constant.
Bending moment, shear force and deflection reduction, combined bending, direct and torsional stresses, pressure analysis of thick-walled cylinders and spheres, springs and columns, principles of decay.
Engineering Materials – Alloys and alloying materials, their types, composition, properties, uses, and other engineering materials.
Production Engineering: Metal Machining, Cutting Tools, Cutting Materials, Meters and Machinability, Measurement of Cutting Process, Machining-Grinding, Drilling Production (Manufacturing), Metal Fabrication, Metal Casting and Jointing, Dalis Special Purpose, Application and Number-Controlled Machines Tools, clamps and connected objects.
Industrial Engineering: Work Study and Work Measurement, Wage Drivers, Production Method, Production Cost, Principles of Plot, Production Planning and Control, Materials, Uses, Operations Research, Linear Programming Planning, Principles Value Engineering, Instrument Analysis CPMR PERT and Use of Computer.
BPSC AE 2024: Vacancy Distribution
As per the latest notification 2024, BPSC will recruit 113 Assistant Engineers in the Public Health Engineering Dept. (P.H.E.D.), Govt. of Bihar.
Post | Total Vacancies |
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Assistant Engineer |
113 |
FAQs
The Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) Assistant Engineer exam is conducted to recruit engineering graduates for the post of Assistant Engineer in the various departments of the Government of Bihar.
Candidate must have a full-time regular degree or equivalent in Civil or Mechanical Engineering from a recognised University/Institution.
Candidates can apply for the BPSC Assistant Engineer Exam through the official website of the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC). Official Website: https://www.bpsc.bih.nic.in/ or https://onlinebpsc.bihar.gov.in/
As per the latest official notification, the age limit for BPSC AE is between 21 and 37 years (as on 01 August 2024) for unreserved categories. However, age relaxation shall be allowed as per the government norms.