Suggested Strategy for Mechanical Engineering

The Syllabus for Mechanical Engineering as an optional paper in the Civil Serviceds Mains examination is here ; https://www.civilserviceindia.com/subject/Mechanical-Engineering/main-syllabus.html

Please go through the entire syllabus carefully to build a sound strategy for its preparation. The syllabus includes various components and you need to do intensive reading for preparing this paper.

As you know the marks of the optional paper is crucial to decide your ranking in final list, you to have to perform exceptionally well in the paper of your choice.

Since the rest of the papers are compulsory for all, its only the optional paper that can make or break your fortune. So dont try to do selective reading and gamble, as there is only one optional paper now.

The right strategy should be to go through each section of the syllabus and pick up the books and read them carefully. First pick up lighter books to clear your concepts and then go on to read the advance books.

• Mains Syllabus of Mechanical Engineering
• Question Papers of Mechanical Engineering
• Civil Service Exam Book for Mechanical Engineering

Cover the entire syllabus and after reading each segment make notes of them simaltaniously. Rember that your notes will be the final course material for reading and revising in future. So take your time and do a good job with it.

Go ahead and start your preparation with books listed here. If any section of the syllabus is not covered in these books, you can look for other suggestive readings.

Books On Mechanical Engineering for IAS Exam

• Theory of Mechanics - S S Rattan
• Theory of Mechanism and Mechanics - Jagdish Lal.
• Mechanic of Solids - Popru
• Manufacturing Science - Ghosh and Malik
• Manufacturing Technology - P N Rao
• Production Manangement - R K Jain
• Principals of Manufacturing Material & Process - Campbeu
• Fundamentals of Classed Thermodynamics - Van Wylen
• Heat Transfer - Gupta Prakash
• Heat and Mass Transfer - R. Yadav
• Energy Conversion - Sukhalmoy
• Environmental Pollution Central Engineering C S Rao
• Fundamentals of Classed Thermodynamics - Van Wylen
• Heat Transfer - Gupta Prakash
• Heat and Mass Transfer - R. Yadav
• Energy Conversion - Sukhalmoy
• Environmental Pollution Central Engineering C S Rao
• Surveying and Levelling - T P Kanetakar
• Heat Conversion - Arora & Kundwar
• Manufacturing Science - R K Jain
• Thermodynamics - R Yadav Theory of Mechanics - S S Rattan
• Theory of Mechanism and Mechanics - Jagdish Lal.
• Mechanic of Solids - Popru
• Manufacturing Science - Ghosh and Malik
• Manufacturing Technology - P N Rao
• Production Manangement - R K Jain
• Principles of Manufacturing Material & Process - Campbeu
• Surveying and Levelling - T P Kanetakar
• Heat Conversion - Arora & Kundwar
• Manufacturing Science - R K Jain
• Thermodynamics - R Yadav