UPSC IES Syllabus & Pattern 2024 - Marking Scheme, IES Results

The Union Public Service Commission has released the exam date for IES aspirants. Indian Engineering Service Prelim exam is to take place on February 18, 2024 & IES Mains exam is conducted on June 26, 2024. Before starting with your preparations, knowing the IES syllabus and exam pattern is very important. It not only helps you in practicing the questions but also accelerates your question-solving speed. UPSC IES exam pattern includes three stages. Prelim, Mains and Interview. To ace the exam with confidence and acquire the required IES cut-off marks, candidates need to refer to the best books for IES 2024. With a huge syllabus comes more hard work and focus. The UPSC IFS syllabus is divided into two papers - Prelim & Mains. UPSC Indian Engineering Service exam is conducted annually for which candidates apply in lakhs. For a neck-to-neck competition, defence aspirants need to give their 100% to excel in the IES exam. Career Climb India has catered a complete blog based on the syllabus of UPSC IES below for the candidates planning to take the exam.

UPSC IES Exam Pattern 2024

Preliminary, Main, and Interview are the three parts of the Civil Service test. To advance to the next stage, a candidate must pass each stage. The UPSC IES Exam Pattern is as follows:

UPSC IES Prelims Exam Pattern 2024

IES Prelims exam is held in offline mode. The prelims test will consist of two papers. Multiple-choice questions will be included in both papers. For each incorrect answer, one-third of a point is deducted.

The detailed aspects of the Preliminary stage of the IES Exam Pattern are tabulated below:

Papers	Questions	Total Marks
Paper I( General Studies & Engineering Aptitude)	100	200
Paper-II(ENgineering field)	150	300
Total	250	500

UPSC IES Mains Exam Pattern 2024

IES Mains exam pattern 2024 is framed in such a way that there are two papers in IES Stage II. Questions from the chosen Engineering subject (Civil Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering/ Electrical/ Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering) will appear on both papers. There is no provision of negative marks in Mains papers.

Papers	Questions	Marks
Paper I (Engineering Stream)	5	300
Paper-II (Engineering Stream)	5	300
Total	10	600

UPSC IES Interview

IES personal interview is conducted by the UPSC for all candidates who clear the Mains cutoff. Candidates who obtain the required qualifying marks in both the Prelims and Mains exams will be invited to participate in the IES Personality Test. The Personality Exam (Interview) is worth 200 points. After the individual has passed the personality test, his or her documents and eligibility will be thoroughly scrutinised.

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UPSC IES Syllabus 2024

The syllabus is very vast thus one must be well aware of the important topics and should prepare accordingly. The candidates can also refer to the official website of UPSC for a detailed syllabus for the UPSC IES 2024 exam.

UPSC IES Prelims Syllabus 2024

IES Prelims syllabus 2024 for Paper I is same for all the branches while paper II syllabus differs as per the choice made by the candidate.

Papers and Subjects	Topics
Paper I	Current affairs (national and international) Environment: conservation, pollution, climate change, and so on. Construction and production Maintenance Importance of Safety, General Design & Drawing Principles Material Science and relevant Technologies of Information and Communication (ICT) Energy Basics Project Management Ethics and Values in the Engineering Profession Engineering Mathematics Logical Reasoning and Analytical Ability
Paper-II (Civil Engineering)	Solid Mechanics Building Materials Steel Structures Design Construction Practice and Management Concrete design and Masonry structures
Paper-II (Mechanical Engineering)	Power Planting Engineering Fluid Mechanics IC Engines Refrigerations Turbo Machinery Thermodynamics and Heat Paper
Paper-II (Electrical Engineering)	Engineering Mathematics Electrical Materials Electronic Measurements Electric Circuits Computer Fundamentals Basic Electronic Engineering
Paper-II (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering)	Analog and Digital Circuits Network Theory Basic Electronics Engineering Materials Science Basic Electrical Engineering Electronic Instrumentation and Measurements

UPSC IES Mains Syllabus 2024

IES Mains syllabus 2024 is the same for the IES Mains Paper I and IES Preliminary Paper II is the same. The difference lies that, in the preliminary examination, only objective questions are asked while in the mains paper, subjective questions are asked.

Papers and Subjects	Topics
Paper-II (Civil Engineering)	Geotechnical Engineering Foundation Engineering Geology and Surveying Transportation Engineering Water Resource Engineering Hydraulic Machines and Hydropower
Paper-II (Mechanical Engineering)	Design of Machine Elements Engineering Materials Industrial and Maintenance Engineering Mechatronics and Robotics Mechanisms and Machines Engineering Machines
Paper-II (Electrical Engineering)	Systems and Signal Processing Digital and Analog Electronics Electrical Machines Control Systems Power Drive and Electronics
Paper-II (Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering)	Advanced Electronics Topics Advanced Communication Digital and Analog Communication Systems Electro Magnetics Architecture and Computer Organization Control Systems