BEST BOOK FPSC Research Officer Ministry of Defence Production

Research Officer (BS-17)

Erstwhile ARDE – Ministry of Defence Production

Qualifications

Option-I

• Bachelor’s Degree of Engineering in:
  • Electrical
  • Mechanical
  • Electronics
  • Metallurgy

OR

Option-II

• Second Class or Grade ‘C’M.Sc. in:
  • Physics
  • Mathematics
  • Metallurgy

Test Type

Objective Type Test (MCQs)

Test Structure

• Part-I: English — 20 Marks
• Part-II: Professional Test — 80 Marks

Syllabus

Part-I: English

• Vocabulary
• Grammar Usage
• Sentence Structuring

Part-II: Professional

• Transistors
  • Types
  • Voltage & current calculations in simple transistor circuits
• Amplifiers & Oscillators
  • Working & classification of amplifiers
  • Class A & Class B amplifiers
  • Feedback amplifiers
  • Types of feedback
  • RC oscillators
• Integrated Circuits
  • Operational amplifiers (OP-Amps)
  • Timers
  • Flip-flops
  • Converters
  • Filters
• Telecommunications
  • Electromagnetic (EM) theory
  • Antennas & antenna gain
  • Free space loss
  • Fading
  • Modulation techniques:
    • AM, FM, PM, PWM
    • Delta, FSK, ASK, PSK
  • Error correction
  • Demodulation
  • Detectors
  • Transmitters & receivers
• Metallurgy
  • Types of bonding
  • Structure of materials
  • Crystalline & amorphous materials
  • Crystal systems & allotropy
  • Rotational & reflection symmetries
  • Crystalline defects
  • Ordered & disordered solutions
  • Crystallization & solidification
  • Dendrites
  • Grain boundaries & grain size
  • Material characterization tools:
    • X-ray diffraction
    • Optical microscopy
    • Electron microscopy