BPSC Vice Principal Exam Pattern 2024
| Subject | Maximum Marks | Duration |
| General Engg. Science | 100 | 3 Hours |
| General Aptitude | 50 | |
| Total | 150 | |
| Interview | 30 marks | |
BPSC Vice Principal General Engineering Syllabus
| Subject | Important Topics |
| Civil Engineering | Building Materials Estimating, Hydraulics, Irrigation Engineering, Costing and valuation,, Surveying, Soil Mechanics, Theory of Structures, Concrete Technology, Transportation Engineering, Environmental Engineering, RCC Design, Steel Design. |
| Electrical Engineering | Basic concepts, Circuit law, AC fundamentals, Measurement and Measuring Instruments, Magnetic circuit, Synchronous Machines, Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Electrical Machines, Fractional Kilowatt Motors and single phase induction Motors, Utilization and Electrical Energy, Estimation and Costing, Basic Electronics. |
| Mechanical Engineering | Theory of Machines and Machine Design, Properties of pure substances, 1st. Law of Thermodynamics, 2nd. Law of Thermodynamics, Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials, Classification, Specification, Nozzles and Steam Turbines, Properties & Classification of Fluids, Fluid Statics, Measurement of Fluid Pressure, Fitting and Accessories, Air Compressor and their cycles, Air standard cycle for IC Engines, IC Engine performance, IC Engine Combustion, IC Engine Cooling & Lubrication, Rankine cycle of System, Boilers, Measurement of Flow rate, basic principles Hydraulic Turbines, Centrifugal Pumps, Refrigeration cycles, Principle of Refrigeration Plant, Fluid Kinematics, Dynamics of ideal fluids, Classification of steels |
- Mechanical Engineering:- Engineering Mechanics: General balance-equation experiments, motionequation work, power, energy.
- Survey and Measurement – Distance and area measurement, direction measurement and angular
measurement of slope, leverage and height, general survey instruments, electrical workshop
measurements like ammeter, volt meter, charge meter, insulation tester, energy meter and their working principles, Mechanical workshop measuring instruments, linear and angular measurements, straight, plane and circular measurements.
Composition of solids – Generalized pressure and formulation of rules related to it, transformation of pressure, pressure-energy, analysis of beam, column and shaft, unbalanced bending at the centre,
principles of decay. - Engineering materials and their manufacture – Brick lime, cement, pellets, pig iron and steel,
non-ferrous metals, timber, paints and miscellaneous engineering materials, testing of engineering
materials, consideration of construction of brick floors and walls.
4.Engineering Economy and Management Engineering:- Principles of Economy, Project Planning,
CPM. And P.E. R.T. Rate analysis of technology, construction, equipment and safety critical construction items. - Transport Phenomenon– Transport is defined as linear and regular conduction, boundary level
continuity equation, Varnovati’s principle, energy equation, steam, dimensional analysis and Gadling of transport conduction, one dimensional study, heat transfer through single and multilayer materials
including walls and cylinders. Locomotion, natural and induced convective heat transfer, concept of
thermal boundary level, Preussen-Boltmann’s theory of radiation, Kirchhoff’s law, concept of black and brown substances. - Energy transformation– thermodynamic process, first and second impulse reactions of
thermodynamics, water turbine belton peel, turbine reciprocating and centrifugal pump. - Elementary Engineering:- Electric circuits, circuit rules and principle 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, magnetic circuit,
ideal. Transformer, Transformer as a circuit element, Transfer of electromagnetic energy, D.C. Working of Motor and Generator, A.C. Working of motor and generator. - Environmental Engineering– Water pollution and purification, surface water reaction, air pollution
and its control, ecological balance.
BPSC Vice Principal General Aptitude Syllabus
- Number System
- Whole Numbers
- Computation
- Decimals and Fraction
- Percentage
- Ratio and Proportion
- Average
- Interest and Profit & Loss
- Analogy
- Similiarities and Differences
- Space Visualization
- Problem Solving
- Coding and Interpretation