APPSC polytechnic lecturers syllabus for Electronics and Communication engineers-ece

Paper-1: General studies

01. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
a) General Science and Technology.
b) Role and impact of science and Technology on India’s development.
(Questions will cover general appreciation and understanding of matters of everyday observation and
experience as may be expected of a well-educated person who has not made a special study of science and
technology disciplines).
02. INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE:
a) Modern Indian History from 19th century to the present.
b) Nationalist Movement and Constitutional development.
c) Indian Culture and Heritage including architecture, Fine Arts, Dance Forms, Music, Paintings, Folk
Arts and performing arts.
d) History of Andhradesa Society, Culture, Geography and Economic Development.
03. INDIAN POLITY:
General and broad understanding of the structural (institutions) and functional (processes) aspects of Indian
Political System.
04. IDNIAN ECONOMY AND GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA:
a) Structure of National Economy.
b) Economic Development (including planning) since independence.
c) Economic Reforms.
d) Physical, Economic and Social Geography of India.
05. CURRENT EVENTS:
Current Events of Regional, National and International importance.
06. General Mental Ability (reasoning and analytical abilities)

Paper 2: ECE Engineering

01. Network analysis, Topology, Tree Tieset out set, first and Second order Circuits.Steady State and Transient response, Sinusoidal steady State Analysis.Series and parallel Resonance, Network Theorems, Laplace Transforms, Fourier series, Fourier Transforms– Applications, Two port.
Network Parameters, Interconnection of two ports, Image Impedance, Image Parameters.
Filters – constant K and M derived sections.

 Electronics Devices – Diodes, Transistors, FET biasing, and characteristics, Frequency, Response, Amplifier circuits.
Electro Magnetic Theory – Maxell’s Equations. Coulomb’s law, Amper’s law , Faraday’s law, Poynting
Energy Theorem, Stoke’s theorem, uniform plane waves.
Transmission Line Theory – Standing waves & Travelling waves, Reflection, VSWR.

02. Feedback Amplifiers and oscillator Circuits Wave Shaping circuits, Logic Gates, Boolean Theorems,
Adders & Subtractors. Antennas & Propagation – Radiation Principle, Antenna parameters.
Definitions. Directional Antennas, Linear Antenna Arrays, Broadside & End fire Arrays, Gain, Directivity, Radiation pattern.
Ground Wave, Sky Wave, Ionosphere Propagation, Guided Waves, Rectangular Wave-Guide Analysis,
Microwave Circuits and Components.
Microwave Tubes, Klystron, Magnetron, and TWT.
Modulation Techniques – AM, FM, PM. Channel capacity, Noise, AM, FM, Transmitters, Radio Receivers.
TV and Satellite Communication – Principles Radar Equation and Applications of Radar 

Computer Programming, FORTRAN, BASIC, PASCAL, Are Programming languages.