ESE 2017 Paper-1 Subjectwise analysis

From 2017 onwards UPSC has changed syllabus and exam pattern for Engineering Services Examination, ESE (Popularly known as IES or ES ). The new syllabus includes one common Paper for all streams in preliminary stage namely ESE Paper-1. In ESE Paper-1 total 10 subjects are given which are listed below. In this post, we are discussing weightage of subjects of ESE Paper-1 from most recent exam of Engineering Services Examination 2017. This analysis will be helpful to the aspirant of 2018 in making their priority.

ESE Paper-1 Subject List:

1.GS & Current Affair

2.Energy & Environment

3.Ethics & Values

4.ICT

5.Design & Drawing

6.Standard & Quality

7.Project Management

8.Basic of Material Science & Engineering

9.Engineering Mathematics & Numerical Analysis

10.Reasoning & Aptitude

Detailed Analysis of ESE Paper-1:

Sl No.	Subjects/Topics	No. Of Questions
1.	Current issues of national and international importance relating to social, economic and industrial development	6
2.	Engineering Aptitude covering logical reasoning and analytical ability	7
3.	Engineering mathematics and numerical analysis	8
4.	General principles of design, drawing, importance of safety	15
5.	Standards and quality practices and production, construction, maintenance and services	9
6.	Basic of energy environment: conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, climate change, environmental impact assessment	15
7.	Basic of project management	6
8.	Basic of material science and engineering	15
9.	Information and communication technologies (ICT) based tools and their applications in engineering such as networking, e-governance and technology-based education.	9
10.	Ethics and values in engineering profession	10

From the above analysis, the priority list is as listed below:

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A.Energy & Environment
A.Design & Drawing
A.Basic of Material Science & Engineering

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B.Ethics & Values
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C.ICT

C.Standard & Quality
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D.Engineering Mathematics & Numerical Analysis
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E.Reasoning & Aptitude
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F.GS & Current Affair
F.Project Management
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