UPSC ESE 2021: Tips to prepare for Indian Engineering Services

Know the UPSC ESE preparation strategy for all the IES engineering branches. The UPSC ESE 2021 prelims exam is scheduled to be conducted on July 18, 2021.

UPSC ESE 2021: Tips to prepare for Indian Engineering Services
Piyush Chaudhary | May 27, 2021 - 1:27 p.m. IST
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NEW DELHI: Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is scheduled to conduct the UPSC ESE 2021 prelims exam on July 18, 2021, in offline mode. The UPSC Engineering Services Examination (ESE) is also known as Indian Engineering Services exam (IES). With just six to seven weeks left for the UPSC IES examination, applicants who have applied for the IES exam might be wondering how to prepare for the IES exam? If the IES exam is easy to crack? and more. So here is a UPSC ESE preparation strategy for all the applicants appearing for Engineering Services Examination 2021 from different branches like civil, mechanical and electrical.

How to prepare for IES Civil?

  • Candidates must make a proper IES preparation timetable.

  • They can go through the latest IES syllabus for civil engineering before starting their preparation.

  • They must study from the best and standard civil engineering IES preparation books.

  • Applicants must take short notes of all the important topics like Building Materials, Structures, Design, Survey, Construction, etc.

  • Aspirants should also solve previous year IES question papers to evaluate their preparation level.

How to prepare for IES Mechanical?

  • Make a proper UPSC ESE preparation timetable for the exam.

  • Study the mechanical syllabus of Engineering Services Examination properly.

  • Note down important formulas and short tricks for fast and accurate calculation.

  • Pay more attention to topics like engineering mechanics and material, power plant, energy, thermodynamics, robotics, etc.

  • Practice old UPSC ESE mechanical question papers or sample papers to get an idea of the IES exam pattern.

How to prepare for IES Electrical?

  • Electrical engineering students should make a proper IES preparation strategy.

  • Look at the UPSC IES electrical syllabus and exam pattern to get the idea of the topics asked in the exam.

  • Check previous year IES question papers to know the trend of questions asked in the exam.

  • Focus more on topics from which more questions are expected to be asked.

  • Make short notes of all the important formulas and laws of electrical engineering.

  • Study from the electrical engineering best books for the IES exam, etc.

UPSC ESE 2021: Selection Process

The UPSC Engineering Services Examination is conducted to hire candidates as engineers in various government departments such as public works, power and telecommunications, railways, highways and more. The UPSC ESE selection process has three stages - preliminary exam, mains and interview.

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