PSTCL Syllabus 2021

The Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL) has released the recruitment notification to recruit candidates for the vacant post of AE/OT (Electrical), AE/OT (Civil), Account Officer, Assistant Manager/HR, Assistant Manager/IT, Divisional Accountant, JE/Substation, JE/Civil, JE/Communication, Telephone Mechanic, Lower Division Clerk/Typist & Lower Division Clerk (Accountant). A total number of 490 Vacancies are released for recruitment. All the interested candidates can apply for recruitment till 17 May 2021. The exam is scheduled to be held in June/July 2021. So, all the students who are going to appear in the examination are requested to start their preparation right away without waiting for the last moment. Today, in this article we are going to provide you the detailed syllabus of PSTCL 2021.

PSTCL Recruitment 2021: Exam Syllabus

PSTCL General Knowledge (GK) Syllabus

• Biology 
• Geography 
• Current Affairs 
• Indian Economy 
• Heritage 
• General Science 
• Indian History 
• Sports 
• Countries and Capitals 
• Literature 
• Famous Places in India 
• Indian Politics 
• Civics 
• Inventions and Discoveries 
• Indian Parliament 
• Tourism 
• Famous Books & Authors 
• Famous Days & Dates 
• Artists 
• Rivers, Lakes and, Seas 
• Environmental Issues 

PSTCL General Awareness (GA) Syllabus 

• National and international current affairs 
• Famous Places in India 
• Economic issues in India 
• Countries and Capitals 
• World organizations 
• Science and innovations 
• Political Science 
• International issues 
• Geography of India 
• About India and its neighboring countries 
• New inventions 
• Scientific observations 
• Indian Culture 
• History of India

PSTCL Reasoning Syllabus 

• Embedded Figures 
• Non-Verbal Series 
• Clocks & Calendars 
• Data Interpretation 
• Coding-Decoding 
• Statements & Arguments 
• Number Series 
• Mirror Images 
• Statements & Conclusions 
• Number Ranking 
• Decision Making 
• Blood Relations 
• Analogy 
• Arithmetical Reasoning 
• Cubes and Dice 
• Directions 
• Syllogism 
• Alphabet Series 

PSTCL Numerical Ability Syllabus 

• Odd Man Out 
• Numbers and Ages 
• Volumes Profit and Loss 
• Races and Games 
• Mensuration 
• Problems on L.C.M and H.C.F 
• Permutations and Combinations 
• Simplification and Approximation
• Areas 
• Time and Distance 
• Problems on Trains 
• Mixtures and Allegations 
• Pipes and Cisterns 
• Time and Work Partnership 
• Ratio and Proportion 
• Simple Interest 
• Probability 
• Averages 
• Problems on Numbers 
• Compound Interest 
• Percentages 
• Boats and Streams 
• Simple Equations 
• Quadratic Equations 
• Indices and Surds 
• Idioms & Phrases 
• Subject-Verb Agreement 
• Unseen Passages 
• Fill in the Blanks 
• Reading Comprehension 
• Antonyms 
• Synonyms
• Missing Verbs 
• Sentence Rearrangement 
• Verb 
• Word Formations 
• Adverb 
• Para Jumbles 
• Error Spotting/Phrase Replacement 
• Meanings 
• Articles 
• Cloze Test 
• Sentence Corrections 
• Adjectives 
• Grammar 
• Phrase Replacement 

PSTCL Junior Engineer (Civil) Syllabus

• Building Materials: Physical and Chemical properties, classification, standard tests, uses and manufacture/quarrying of materials e.g. building stones, silicate based materials, cement (Portland), Asbestos products, Timber and Wood based Products, laminates, bituminous materials, paints, varnishes
• Surveying: Principles of surveying, working of properties, compass and bearing, plane table surveying, theodolite traverse, adjustment of theodolite, levelling and contouring, curvature, refraction, permanent adjustment of dumpy level, methods of contouring and uses of a control map, tachometric survey.
• Soil Mechanics: Origin of soil phase diagram, definitions of void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, water content, specific gravity of soil grains and unitweights, grain size distribution curves for different solid and their uses Atterjerg’s limits, ISI soil classification, plasticity chart, coefficient of permeability, effective stress, consolidation of soils.
• Calculation of shear strength of soils, direct shear test, vane shear test, triaxial test, soil compaction, Lab compaction, Lab compaction test, moisture content and bearing capacity of soils, plate load test, standard penetration test.
• Hydraulics: Fluid properties, hydrostatics, measurements of flow, Bernoulli’s theorem and its application, flow through pipes, flow in open channels, weirs, flumes, spillways, pumps and turbines,
• Environmental Engineering: Quality of water, source of water supply, purification of water, distribution of water, need of sanitation, sewerage system, circular sewers, oval sewer, sewer appurtenances, surface water drainage, sewage treatments
• Structural Engineering : Theory of structures: Elasticity constants, type of beams, determinate and indeterminate, bending moment and shear force diagrams of simply supported, cantilever and overhanging beams. Moment of area and moment of inertia for rect. & circular section, bending moment and shear stress for toe, channel and compound sections, chimneys, dams and retaining walls, eccentric loads, slope deflection of simply supported and cantilever beams, critical load and columns, torsion of circular section.
• Concrete Technology: Properties, Advantages and uses of concrete, cement aggregates quality, water cement ratio, workability, mix design, storage, batching. mixing, placement, compaction, finishing and curing of concrete, quality control of concrete, hot weather and cold weather concreting, repair and maintenance concrete structure.

RCC Design

• RCC beams: flexural strength, shear strength, bond strength, design of singly reinforced beams, lintels, cantilever beams, double reinforced beams, one way slabs, two way slabs, isolated footings, reinforced brick work. T-beams, columns,staircases, retaining walls, water tanks (RCC design questions may be based on both Limit State method and Working Stress method)
• Steel Design: Steel design and construction of steel columns, beams, roof trusses, plate girders Basic Knowledge of land laws Le Land Acquisition Act, Land Revenue Act, Hindu Succession Act, Basic Knowledge of AutoCAD, preparation of two dimensional drawings, basic understanding of elevation and layout plans of markets Marketing strategies in real estate

PSTCL Junior Engineer (Electrical)

Basic Electrical Engineering

• DC Circuits
• Electro Magnetism
• AC Circuits
• Network Theorems

Electrical Circuits and Systems

• DC Circuits
• Classification of Materials
• Active and Passive Components
• AC Fundamentals
• Transformers
• DC Machines
• AC Machines
• Semi Conductor Diode
• Transistors
• Power Supplies

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

• Basic Electromagnetic Laws
• Measuring Instruments
• Transformers
• DC Machines
• Induction Machines
• Synchronous Machines

Electrical Technology and Electronics

• Basic Concepts
• Electrical Safety
• AC Fundamentals
• Electromagnetic Induction
• Electrical Machines
• Transformers
• Basic Electronics

Electrical Machines

• Generalized system of Electrical Machines
• Transformers
• DC Machines
• AC Machines
• Single phase and Fractional Kilowatt Motors

PSTCL Recruitment 2021: Exam Pattern

Lower Division Clerk/ Typist Exam Pattern

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