Dinesh Bajaj IES / ISRO - MECH

2 November at 20:46
#ISRO Preparation 2017 #Repost

Due to recent vacancy announce by ISRO , I decided to repost this!

Today I am going to post about Preparation regarding #ISRO 2017 written exam. This post is in
two parts.
Part 1 - Analysis !
Analysis ( mechanical )
1- About 10% of Q are one line theory Qs. You should not lose marks in these. Usually repeated from
previous IES one liners.
2- About 20% of the Q are one formula type. One simple concept and calculation is needed to reach
answer. Should not lose marks in these.
3- About 60% of the Q are having 2-3 concepts involved. Medium hard and requires 2-3 formulas. Don't
panic while solving these. If not Able to solve kindly move on to next one. Gate level but can be solved
with hand calculations.
4. Last 10% are trap Q. These require long calculation and take a lot of time.. better identify such Q and
leave them . They might feel easy but investing a lot of time in solving one Q is harmful.
Next part is about stratergy to study and cover concepts..!

Part 2- strategy!
1- What to study?
Gate syllabus should be studied thoroughly. Along with some more focus on mechanics+ SOM. If you
have not studied any particular subject before please finish it in next 10-12 days only. After that you need
to focus only on revision.
2- How to study?
a. Read theory notes/ classnotes/ coaching notes and prepare short notes for revision. ( Can avoid reading
classnotes if thoroughly done for gate) . Remember in last 7-8 days only short notes to be revised.( Short
notes must have only imp concept and formula. Thats it!)
b. After reading kindly go to previous Gate/IES Q and try to solve without looking. If u make mistake try
to read that particular concept again from TEXT or YouTube and solve on ur own. Directly looking at
solution lowers ur strength to think in exam!
C. Mistake if made should be noted in your Short notes! Belive me this helps a lot and you won't repeat
them again. Sarthak and Me too have used this approach in IES!
D. Any new formula, new concept learned, and SHORTCUTs to be noted in shortnotes and used in exam.
For eg. Deflection formula for common beams with loads, SFD, BMD shapes. This will save ur time and
give u more time than other students.
3- What to solve
I suggest you to solve whole previous IES/GATE and then finally go for previous ISRO papers.. Solving a
ISRO paper will give u enormous confidence.
( Solving makes u remember formula with out even reciting them, in exam your hand will automatically
write formula as your eyes read Qs..!)
Also hand calculations get faster and faster with more numericals you solve, makes you a way ahead than
other candidates :)

4- What not to read-

Don't try to read any new concept in last 15 days okay. This will only put stress. Also if you are not getting
a particular topic despite reading many times don't worry, just leave it for now as that burden might lower
your efficiency of solving other good concepts.
5-
Lastly I would say that because now time is short and around only 40 days are remaining , give only 2 days
for short subjct( like HT) and 3-4 days for long subjct ( Production, Thermal).
40+ days seems short but remember every day has 24 hours. You people are mature enough to invest your
time In studies only, and quit other activities for these days.
Try to focus more on study than WhatsApp/FB as this one and half month, if correctly used, can make you
an isro employee!
Best of luck :)

Regards -
ESE 2015 AIR 34
ISRO 2016 Panel position 07..!