ISRO Scientist/ Engineer ‘SC’ Syllabus, Exam Pattern 2018

ISRO Scientist/ Engineer ‘SC’ Exam Pattern 2018 (Mechanical):

S. No. Subject No of Questions

(1) Questions on subjects relating to engineering disciplines (Mechanical) 80

 Duration of exam is 90 minutes.

 Negative Marking is there.
 Total 240 marks. Each question carries 3 marks
 1 mark is the negative marking

1) Strength of Material:

 Expecting Weightage: 10 – 13 Questions

 Tough to grasp Concepts, Moderately Time Consuming, High Scoring, More
numerical.
 Question Types/ Sub Topic: Simple stress and strain, elastic constant, Poisson's
ratio, thermal stress, principal stress and strain, Mohr’s circle analysis, shear force and
bending moment, slope and deflection, bending and torsion, columns, strain energy,
pressure vessel, testing of material on UTM and impact testing.

2) Theory of Machine and Mechanical Vibrations:

 Expecting Weightage: 8 – 10 Questions

 Few Topics, Mostly Numericals, High Scoring, Less Time Consuming.
 Question Types/Sub Topics: Planer mechanism, cams, flywheel, governor, gyroscope,
gear and gear train, balancing, underdamped and damped vibrations, natural frequency
and resonance, harmonic oscillations, whirling of the shaft, logarithmic decrements.

3) Design of machine elements:

 Expecting Weightage: 3– 4 Questions

 Very Few Selected Topics, Formula-based questions, Very Less Time-Consuming.
 Question Types/Sub Topics: Design against fluctuating load, riveted and welded joints,
bearings, clutches, belt drives, springs.

4) Engineering Mechanics:

 Expecting Weightage: 6 – 8 Questions

 Moderate difficulty level, More Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible.
 Question Types/Sub Topics: Kinematics of motion, trusses and frames, Impulse and
momentum (linear and angular), angular motion, friction, rolling and sliding motion.
5) Thermal Engineering:

 Expecting Weightage: 8 – 10 Questions

 Very Less Time Consuming, Highest Accuracy Possible, Low Difficulty Level.
 Question Types/Sub Topics: system properties and temperature measurement, the first
law of thermodynamics, heat and work transfer, entropy, the second law of
thermodynamics, availability and irreversibility, properties of pure substances, properties
of gases, refrigeration and air conditioning, Air standard cycles.

6) Heat Transfer:

 Expecting Weightage: 6 – 7 Questions

 Theoretical topics, Less Time Consuming, High Accuracy Possible, Mostly
Numericals.
 Question Types/Sub Topics: Conduction, conduction in the cylinder and spherical
objects, the critical thickness of insulation, fins, convection and various dimensionless
parameters in free and forced convective heat transfer, radiation heat exchange between
plane surfaces, shape factor, heat exchanger-LMTD and NTU methods.

7) Fluid Mechanics and Machinery:

 Expecting Weightage: 12 – 15 Questions

 Needs Clear Concepts, Less Time Consuming, High accuracy, Highest Scoring
Subject.
 Question Types/Sub Topics: Fluid properties; hydrostatic force, pressure measurement,
buoyancy, Fluid kinematics, fluid dynamics, Bernoulli’s equation, orifice, venturi meter,
Vortex flow, boundary layer, elementary turbulent flow, flow through pipes, Impulse and
reaction turbine, centrifugal pump, specific speed and cavitation.

8) Production Engineering:

 Expecting Weightage: 10 – 13 Questions

 Time Consuming, Moderate Accuracy Possible, More Theoretical.
 Question Types/Sub Topics: Metal casting, metal forming, rolling, forging, extrusion,
drawing, sheet metal operations, and blanking, punching, principles of powder
metallurgy. Principles of welding, brazing and soldering, machining analysis, tool life
and wear, various machining processes, principles of non-traditional machining,
metrology and Inspection: Limits, fits and tolerances, various gauges.

9) Material Science:

 Expecting Weightage: 3 -5 Questions

 Theoretical, Less Time-Consuming.
 Question Types/Sub Topics: Crystal structure, Miller indices, heat treatment of steel,
types of cast iron, properties of the material.
10) Engineering Mathematics:

 Expecting Weightage: 8-10 Questions

 More Time Consuming, Very High Accuracy Possible, Mostly Numericals.
 Question Types/Sub Topics: Linear Algebra: matrix algebra, eigenvalues and
eigenvectors, definite and improper integrals, gradient, divergence and curl, directional
derivatives, line, surface and volume integrals, applications of Gauss, Stokes and Green’s
theorems, first order differential equations, higher order linear differential equations with
constant coefficients, Laplace transforms, Complex analysis, analytic function,
probability and distribution.