Syllabus – APSC APGCL Junior Manager 2026 – Paper I & Paper II

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About APSC APGCL Junior Manager Syllabus 2026

The Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) has released the official syllabus for the Screening Test for recruitment to the post of Junior Manager in Assam Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGCL) under Advertisement No. 10/2026 dated 16/07/2026.

The recruitment examination will include Paper-I for the respective technical discipline and Paper-II covering General Studies & General English. Each paper will contain 100 objective-type questions carrying a total of 100 marks and will be conducted for 2 hours.

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APSC APGCL Junior Manager Exam Pattern

Particulars	Details
Recruiting Organization	Assam Public Service Commission (APSC)
Organization	Assam Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGCL)
Post Name	Junior Manager
Advertisement No.	10/2026
Paper I	Respective Technical Subject
Paper II	General Studies & General English
Question Type	Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Total Questions	100
Full Marks	100 Marks
Exam Duration	2 Hours
Syllabus Release Date	18 August 2026

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APSC APGCL Junior Manager Paper II Syllabus

Subject: General Studies & General English

Subject	Topics
General English	Sentence Completion, Sentence Improvement, Ordering of Words in a Sentence, Spotting Errors, Synonyms and Antonyms, Idioms and Phrases, Fill in the Blanks, Word Groups etc.
General Aptitude & Emotional Intelligence	Time and Distance; Series, Analogy, Statement, Direction; Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning etc. Understanding Emotional Intelligence, Personality and EQ, The Ability Model of EI, The Trait Model of EI, The Mixed Model of Emotional Intelligence, The Bar-On Model of Emotional Social Intelligence and the Genos Model, Criticism of the Theoretical Foundation and Measures of Assessment of Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Personality Disorders, and Individuals on the Autism Spectrum, EQ and Personal Relationships, Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace, Improving Your Emotional Intelligence.
General Knowledge	Current Affairs (National and International); Who’s Who; Sports; Books and Authors; Awards and Honours; Science – Inventions and Discoveries; Abbreviations; Important Days etc.

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APSC APGCL Junior Manager Paper I Syllabus – Electrical Engineering

Subject: Electrical Engineering

Topic	Syllabus
Basic Electrical Engineering	Laws of Electricity, Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff’s Law, Faraday’s Law, Left Hand Rule, Thevenin’s & Norton’s Theorems, Maximum Power Transfer Theorem, EMF, Network Analysis, Loop & Node Analysis, Voltage Source, Current Source, Resistance, Inductance, Capacitance, Impedance and Reactance. Magnetic Circuits: MMF, Flux, Reluctance, Susceptance, Electromagnetic Induction, Eddy Currents, Basics of Transformer, Generator and Motor. Electrical Measuring Instruments: PMMC & MI Meters, Wattmeter and Energy Meter. Basics of Electronics: Semiconductors, Diodes and Rectifiers.
Electrical Circuits	Phasors and Phasor Algebra, Balanced and Unbalanced Poly-Phase Circuit, Test Signals, Star-Delta Transformation, Network Theorems, Parameters of Electromagnetic Circuits, Resonance in R-L-C Series and Parallel Circuits, Network Analysis by Mesh and Node Methods.
Electrical Engineering Materials	Conducting, Insulating Materials and Magnetic Materials, Properties and Applications.
Electrical Instruments and Measurements	Principles of Measurements, Classification, Accuracy and Sensitivity, Damping and Control Forces, Shunt and Multiplier, Measurement of Resistance: Low, Medium and High, Principle and Uses of DC Potentiometers, AC Bridges, Multimeter, PF Meters and Synchroscope.
Electrical Machines	Classification of D.C. Machines, Constructional Features, E.M.F., Torque, Excitations, Motor Performance, Speed, Power, Size Considerations, Speed Control and Efficiency.
Transformers & Motors	Induced E.M.F., Equivalent Circuits, Regulation and Different Efficiencies. Three Phase Induction Machines: Torque Characteristics, Starting and Equivalent Circuits. Three Phase Synchronous Machines: Generation, Voltage Regulation, Parallel Operation, Synchronous Motor, Starting and V-Curves. Single Phase Motors: Type and Starting Characteristics.
Generation, Transmission and Distribution	Generation: Thermal, Hydel and Nuclear Power Stations, Prime Movers and Alternators. Transmission: Voltage Levels, Line Conductors, Electrical Line Parameters of Short and Medium Lines, Voltage Regulation and Corona. Distribution: D.C. and A.C. Systems, Voltage Level, Types of Distribution Feeders and Distributors, Voltage Drop and Effects, Power Factor Improvement Plant.
Substation, Switchgear & Protection	Different Types of Substations, Site Selection, Equipment, Electrical Earthing. Switchgear: Switches, Isolators, Circuit Breakers and Their Types. Protection: Fault Current and Protective Devices, Fuses, Relay Functions, Alternator Protection, Transformer Protection, Thermal Relays, Over Voltage Causes, Effect and Protective Devices.
Electrical Estimation and Costing	Estimation of Materials for Industrial and Residential Installations, UPS and Small Diesel Generating-Set and Accessories, Cost Estimation of Materials and Selection Criteria, Design and Calculation of the Cost of 400V/230V Three Phase 4 Wire, 100–500 KW Overhead Line, Tenders.
Electrical Power Utilization	Design of Lighting System. Electrical Heating: Resistance Heating, Induction Heating, Arc Heating and Dielectric Heating, Types of Electric Welding. Electrochemical Process: Principles, Equipment and Procedure. Electrical Drives: Characteristics of Various Electric Drives, Speed Control, Starting and Braking, Mechanical Consideration and Selection of Motors.
Power Electronics	Power Diodes and Darlington Pair. Thyristor: Principle, Thyristor Family, Firing Circuits, Applications, Selenium Rectifiers, Uncontrolled and Controlled Rectification, Power MOSFETS.
Digital Electronics	Digital Signals, Gates, Boolean Algebra, Logic Families, Multiplexers/Demultiplexers, Encoders/Decoders, Flip Flops, Registers, Counters and Applications of Logic Gates, OPAMPS in Timing Circuits, A/D and D/A Conversion.
Computer Programming	Concept of Low Level and High Level Languages, Block-Diagram, Concept of Flow Chart and Algorithm, Assemblers, Macros, Sub-Routines, Co-Routines, Loaders, Linkers, Editors and Compilers, Programming and File Handling in C and C++.

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APSC APGCL Junior Manager Paper I Syllabus – Mechanical Engineering

Subject: Mechanical Engineering

Topic	Syllabus
Engineering Mechanics & Strength of Materials	Vector Concepts, Rest and Motion, Force Systems, Free Body Diagram, Equilibrium Principle, Static Analysis of Systems, Friction and Impending Motion, Rolling and Sliding of Cylinders, Newton’s Law of Motion, Centroid, Area & Mass Moment of Inertia, Work-Energy Principle, Impulse, Collision of Two Bodies, Plane Motion of Particles, Static Analysis of Simple Structures, Method of Joints and Sections, Virtual Work, Combined Motion of Rotation and Translation, Transmission of Power by Belt and Gear Drives, Stress & Strain, Shear Stresses, Principal Stress and Strain, Mohr’s Circle, Beams & Columns, Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagram, Theories of Failures, Columns, Struts, Torsion and Springs.
Engineering Materials	Mechanical, Thermal and Chemical Properties, Structure of Materials, Alloys, Iron and Its Alloys, Iron Carbon Phase Diagrams, Steel and Important Alloys of Iron, Heat Treatment Processes, Elastic & Plastic Behaviors, Plastic Deformation, Effect of Various Alloying Elements, Bearing Alloys, Powder Metallurgy, Fick’s Law, Commonly Used Engineering Materials for Tools, Engineering Components and Household Objects.
Design of Machine Element	Concepts of FOS, Material Selection, Engineering Materials, Design of Rivets, Screws, Bolts, Cotter and Knuckle Joints, Shafts, Keys and Couplings, Helical and Leaf Springs.
Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machines	Properties of Liquid, Hydraulic Pressure and Its Measurement, Forces on Immersed Bodies, Centre of Pressure, Buoyancy, Flow of Liquids, 1-D, 2-D & 3-D Flows, Steady, Unsteady, Laminar and Turbulent Flows, Continuity, Momentum and Energy Equations, Euler and Bernoulli’s Equations, Orifice, Mouth Piece and Nozzles, Flow Through Pipes, Channel Flow, Hydraulic Jump, Flow Measurements, Dimensional Analysis, Non-Dimensional Numbers, Stream Function, Velocity Potential, Streamline and Pathline, Rotational and Irrotational Flow, Circulation and Vorticity, Free and Forced Vortex, Pumps, Cavitation, NPSH, Compressors, Blowers, Fans, Francis, Kaplan and Pelton Turbines, Jack, Screw Pump, Gear Pump and Vane Pump.
Thermal Engineering	Basic Thermodynamic Concepts, System and Surrounding, Thermodynamic Properties, Intensive and Extensive Properties, Point and Path Functions, Zeroth, First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics, Absolute Temperature, Internal Energy, Enthalpy and Entropy, Clausius Inequality, Availability, Maxwell’s Relations, Reversibility and Irreversibility, Pure Substances and Mixtures, Thermodynamic Cycles, Carbon Cycle, Joule-Brayton Cycle, Air Standard Cycles, Ortho Cycle and Diesel Cycles, Compressors, Jet Propulsion, Steam Generators, Fuel and Combustion, I.C. Engine, Gas Turbine Cycles, Heat and Mass Transfer, Heat Exchanger, LMTD and NTU Methods, Refrigeration, Air Refrigeration System, Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycles, T-S & P-H Charts, Refrigerants, Vapor Absorption System, Psychometric Properties and Charts, Types of Power Plants.
Theory of Machines	Kinematics and Kinetics, Mechanisms and Structure, Inversions, Kinematic Chains, Types of Mechanism, Degree of Freedom, Grashof’s Criteria, Velocity Analysis, Acceleration Analysis, Gear Trains, Balancing of Rotating Masses, Brakes and Dynamometer.
Production and Industrial Engineering	Fundamentals of Metal Cutting, Tool Geometry, Cutting Forces and Tool Life, General Purpose Machine Tools, Welding Techniques, Metal Forming Methods, Powder Metallurgy, Heat Treatment, NC and CNC Machines, Measuring Instruments, Transducers, Metrology, Limits, Fits and Tolerance, Comparators, Surface Roughness and Thread Profiles, Calibration, Production Planning, Inventory Control, Material and Wage Calculation, Elements of Cost, Network Analysis, Work Study, Estimating Machining Time, Break Even Analysis, TQM & ISO 9000, Shop Floor Management, Machines & Industrial Safety.

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APSC APGCL Junior Manager Paper I Syllabus – Information Technology

Subject: Information Technology

Topic	Syllabus
Object Oriented Programming in C++	Principles of Object Oriented Programming, Classes & Objects, Functions, Constructors & Destructors, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Pointers in C++, Array, String.
Database Management System	Database System Concepts, Database Model, Types of Database, Relational Data Model, ER Diagram & Normalization, SQL, Query Processing & Transaction Processing, Concurrency, Lock Based Protocols.
Operating System	Introduction to Operating System, Evolution, Generations, Components & Services, Process Management, Scheduling Algorithms, Memory Management, I/O Management, File System Management, Security & Protection.
Data Structure	Introduction to Data Structure, Principles of Programming & Analysis of Algorithms, Sorting & Searching Algorithms, Stacks, Linked Lists, Types of Lists, Queues, Trees, Tree Types & Traversal Methods, Graphs and Hashing.
Microprocessor and Assembly Language Programming	Basics of Microprocessor, 16 Bit Microprocessor, Instruction Set, Assembly Language Programming.
Data Communication & Computer Networks	Basic Network Concepts, Network Topologies, Networking Devices, Transmission Media, OSI Model, TCP/IP Fundamentals.
Basics of Multimedia and Web Development	Multimedia Basics, Audio Fundamentals, Image Fundamentals, Image and Graphics, World Wide Web & Its Evolution, HTML, CSS.
Computer Organization and Architecture	Software & Hardware Organization of Computers, Addressing Modes, CPU Design, Memory Organization, I/O Organization, DMA Data Transfers.
Basic Electronics	Introduction to Digital Electronics, Number System, Logic Gates & Boolean Algebra, Flip-Flops, Memories, Semiconductors, Rectifiers & Filters, Transistors.
Software Development	Software Development Process, Analysis & Design Models, Software Testing Fundamentals.
Computer Hardware and Maintenance	Motherboard & Its Components, Memory & Storage Devices, I/O Devices & Interface, Power Supply, Troubleshooting & Maintenance.

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APSC APGCL Junior Manager Paper I Syllabus – Instrumentation

Subject: Instrumentation

Topic	Syllabus
Electrical Circuits	Voltage and Current Sources; Independent, Dependent, Ideal and Practical Sources; V-I Relationships of Resistor, Inductor, Mutual Inductor and Capacitor; Transient Analysis of RLC Circuits with DC Excitation, Kirchhoff’s Laws, Mesh and Nodal Analysis, Superposition, Thevenin, Norton, Maximum Power Transfer and Reciprocity Theorems, AC Quantities, Power, Phasor Analysis, Impedance and Admittance, Resonance, Filters, One-Port and Two-Port Networks.
Signals and Systems	Periodic, Aperiodic and Impulse Signals, Laplace, Fourier and Z-Transforms, Transfer Function, Frequency Response, Impulse Response, Convolution, Correlation, Discrete Time System, DFT and FFT, Basics of IIR and FIR Filters.
Control Systems	Feedback Principles, Signal Flow Graphs, Transient Response, Steady-State Errors, Bode Plot, Phase and Gain Margins, Routh and Nyquist Criteria, Root Loci, Lead, Lag and Lead-Lag Compensators, State-Space Representation, Time-Delay Systems, Mechanical, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Components, Synchro Pair, Servo and Stepper Motors, Servo Valves, On-Off, P, P-I, P-I-D, Cascade, Feed Forward and Ratio Controllers.
Analog Electronics	Characteristics and Applications of Diode, Zener Diode, BJT and MOSFET, Small Signal Analysis, Feedback Amplifiers, Operational Amplifiers and Applications, Difference Amplifier, Adder, Subtractor, Integrator, Differentiator, Instrumentation Amplifier, Precision Rectifier, Active Filters, Oscillators, Signal Generators, Voltage Controlled Oscillators and Phase Locked Loop.
Digital Electronics	Combinational Logic Circuits, Minimization of Boolean Functions, IC Families, TTL and CMOS, Arithmetic Circuits, Comparators, Schmitt Trigger, Multi-Vibrators, Sequential Circuits, Flip-Flops, Shift Registers, Timers and Counters, Sample and Hold Circuit, Multiplexer, ADC, DAC, Number Systems, 8-Bit Microprocessor and Microcontroller, Memory, Input-Output Interfacing and Data Acquisition Systems.
Measurements	SI Units, Systematic and Random Errors, Uncertainty, Accuracy and Precision Index, Propagation of Errors, PMMC, MI and Dynamometer Type Instruments, DC Potentiometer, Bridges for Measurement of R, L and C, Q-Meter, Measurement of Voltage, Current and Power, AC and DC Current Probes, True RMS Meters, Instrument Transformers, Timer/Counter, Time, Phase and Frequency Measurements, Digital Voltmeter, Digital Multimeter, Oscilloscope, Shielding and Grounding.
Sensors and Industrial Instrumentation	Resistive, Capacitive, Inductive, Piezoelectric and Hall Effect Sensors, Signal Conditioning Circuits, Transducers, Measurement of Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, Force, Torque, Vibration, Shock, Pressure, Flow, Temperature, Liquid Level, pH, Conductivity and Viscosity.
Communication and Optical Instrumentation	Amplitude and Frequency Modulation and Demodulation, Shannon’s Sampling Theorem, Pulse Code Modulation, Frequency and Time Division Multiplexing, Digital Modulation, Optical Sources and Detectors, LED, Laser, Photo-Diode, Light Dependent Resistor, Interferometer, Applications in Metrology and Basics of Fiber Optic Sensing.

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APSC APGCL Junior Manager Paper I Syllabus – Civil Engineering

Subject: Civil Engineering

Topic	Syllabus
Strength of Materials & Theory of Structures	Normal Stress, Shearing Stress, Normal Strain, Hook’s Law, Stress-Strain Behaviour of Mild Steel, Poisson’s Ratio, Shearing Strain, Torsion of Circular Shaft, Relations Among Load, Shear and Bending Moment, Shear and Bending Moment Diagrams, Pure Bending, Bending of Members Made of Several Materials, Shearing Stresses in a Beam, Mohr’s Circle for Plane Stress, Principal Stresses, Maximum Shearing Stress, Euler’s Formula for Columns, Elastic Curve, Slope and Deflection, Castigliano’s Theorem, Stability and Degree of Indeterminacy, Rolling Loads, Influence Lines, Trusses, Floor Girders, Cables and Three-Hinged Arch.
Water Resources Engineering	Hydrology: Rainfall, Stream Flow Measurements, Runoff, Hydrographs, Flood Studies, Reservoir and Channel Routing, Flood Forecasting, Flood Protection Measures, River Training Works and Well Hydraulics. Irrigation: Command Area, Duty and Delta, Canal Outlets and Crop-Water Requirement.
Fluid Mechanics	Properties of Fluid, Manometry, Forces on Plane and Curved Surfaces, Flow Classification, Continuity Equation, Momentum Equation, Energy Equation and Their Applications, Orifices, Venturimeter, Weirs and Notches, Laminar and Turbulent Flow Through Pipes, Darcy Weisbach Equation, Moody Diagram, Steady Uniform Flow in Open Channels and Manning’s Formula.
Geotechnical Engineering	Preliminary Definitions & Relationship, Determination of Index Properties, Classification of Soils, Soil Structure and Clay Mineralogy, Permeability, Darcy’s Law, Seepage Analysis, Compaction, One Dimensional Consolidation, Terzaghi’s Theory, Shear Strength, Tests, Shallow and Deep Foundations and Soil Exploration.
Highway and Railway Engineering	Highway Geometric Design, Cross Sectional Elements, Sight Distances, Horizontal and Vertical Alignments, Types and Components of Pavement Structures, Design of Flexible Pavements, Traffic Characteristics, Traffic Volume Studies, O-D Studies, Traffic Capacity Studies, Components, Construction and Maintenance of Rail Tracks, Points and Crossings.
Surveying	Contouring, Theodolite and Its Adjustment, Measurement of Angles and Setting Out Lines, Trigonometrical Levelling, Tacheometry, Curves and Methods of Setting Out Curves, Introduction to Electronic Theodolites and Total Stations.
Structural Design	Working Stress Methods of Design, Singly and Doubly Reinforced Sections, Rectangular and Tee Beams, Shear, Torsion and Development Length, One and Two Way Slabs, Short and Long Columns, Design of Isolated Footings, Introduction of Limit State Design, Design for Flexure, Shear and Compression, Riveted and Welded Connections, Tension and Compression Members, Splicing and Lacing, Beam Column Connection and Roof Trusses.
Environmental Engineering	Estimation of Quality of Water, Per Capita Demand, Population Forecasting, Water Quality Parameters, Treatment of Water, Distribution System, Estimation of Quantity of Sewage, Dry Weather Flow and Storm Runoff, Sewer Appurtenances, Characteristics of Sewage, Treatment and Disposal of Sewage and Sludge Digestion.

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