Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS)

Written Test Pattern for Intake 2021

IMPORTANT: There will be 60 Subject specific MCQs based questions

and the applicant will be given 90 minutes to attempt *.

*NOTE: This test pattern has been specially designed for Admissions in 2021 considering the
COVID pandemic situation. Follow SOPs and Stay Safe.

Distribution of Questions will be as follows:

PHYSICS

RELATED TOPICS SHARE

CLASSICAL MECHANICS (such as Kinematics, Dynamics, Work and Energy, Gravitation, Central approx. 20%
Forces, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Formalism, Non-inertial Reference Frames)
1. ELECTROMAGNETISM (such as Electrostatics, Magneto statics, AC and DC Circuits, approx. 15%
Electromagnetic Induction, Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves)
1. WAVES AND OPTICS (such as Wave Properties, Superposition, Interference, Diffraction, approx. 10%
Geometrical Optics, Polarization, Doppler Effect)
1. THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS (such as Laws of Thermodynamics and Their approx. 10%
Applications, Statistical Interpretation of Thermodynamics, ensembles, kinetic theory, ideal
gases, equation of state)
1. QUANTUM MECHANICS (such as Basics Concepts, Schrödinger Equation and its Solutions, approx. 15%
Harmonics Oscillator, Hydrogen Atom, Angular momentum and spin, Perturbation theory)
1. ATOMIC PHYSICS (such as Rutherford and Bohr models, Atomic Energy levels and Atomic approx. 10%
Spectra, Black-body Radiation, X-rays)
1. SPECIAL TOPICS (such as Nuclear and Particle Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, approx. 20%
Mathematical Methods in Physics, Computational Physics, Special Relativity, Laboratory
Methods

CHEMISTRY

RELATED TOPICS SHARE

Analytical Chemistry (Classical Quantitative Analysis, Instrumental Analysis) approx. 15%

Inorganic Chemistry(Basic Chemistry of Elements, Periodic & family trends, Electronic &
approx. 25%
Nuclear Structure, Transition Metal / Coordination Chemistry)

Organic Chemistry (Conversion of functional groups, Reactive intermediated and

approx. 30%
reaction mechanisms, molecular structure)
 Physical Chemistry (General Chemistry, Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics,
approx. 30%
Quantum and Structural Chemistry, Kinetics)

MECHANICAL

RELATED TOPICS SHARE

Mechanical Design and Anlysis approx. 30%

Kinematics, Dynamics and Vibration approx. 15%

Materials and Manufacturing approx. 15%

Thermodynamics and Energy Convesion Processes approx. 20%

Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery approx. 20%

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WITH SPECIALIZATION IN ELECTRONICS

RELATED TOPICS SHARE

Microprocessors, FPGA, VLSI, DLD, etc. approx. 24%

Circuit Analysis, Electronics, Process Instrumentation, Electrical Machines approx. 42%

Controls Systems, DSP, Signals and Systems, Probability and Random Variables,
approx. 34%
Communication Systems

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WITH SPECIALIZATION IN ELECTRICAL POWER

Electrical Engineering General (Circuit Analysis, Basic Electronics, Electricity and

Magnetism, Digital Logic Design, Signals and Systems, Control Systems, Measurement approx. 50%
and Instrumentation, etc.)

Electrical Power Specialization (High Voltage Engineering, Power System Analysis,

Power System Protection, Power Generation, Power Transmission and Distribution, approx. 50%
Power Electronics, etc.

CHEMICAL

RELATED TOPICS SHARE

Material/Energy Balances and Thermodynamics (material/energy balances; humidity; approx. 20 %

equation of state; thermodynamic properties; laws of thermodynamics; power and
refrigeration cycles; phase and reaction equilibria;)

Fluid Mechanics (momentum transfer; differential and integral analysis; dimensional approx. 20 %
analysis and similarity; pressure drop calculations; flow measurements; pumps and
compressors; compressible flows; boundary layer flows;)

Heat Transfer (modes of heat transfer; steady state and transient heat transfer; one-, two- approx. 20 %
and three-dimensional conduction heat transfer; conduction in series and parallel; energy
equation; extended surface heat transfer; internal and external convection heat transfer;
analogies; heat transfer correlations; radiation heat transfer; heat transfer equipment;)
Mass transfer (molecular diffusion; mass transfer coefficient; concept of stages; approx. 20 %
distillation; absorption and stripping; liquid-liquid extraction; adsorption; ion exchange;
humidification & dehumidification; selection and design of mass transfer equipment;)

Process dynamics/instrumentation/control (dynamic models; transfer functions; linear approx. 10 %

low order systems; open loop stability; characteristics and calibration of instruments;
control valves; classical feedback controllers; closed loop transfer functions, closed loop
stability; controller tuning; feed forward, cascade, ratio, override and selective control;)

Reaction engineering (rate of reaction; rate law and stoichiometry; equilibrium approx. 10 %
conversion; types of reactors and reactor design; collection and analysis of reaction
data; reaction mechanism; multiple reactions; catalysis;)

METALLURGY/MATERIAL

RELATED TOPICS SHARE

Ferrous & Non-ferrous Metallurgy (extraction of metals, ferrous & non-ferrous alloys) approx. 15%

Material Processing (fuels and furnaces, solidification & casting, powder metallurgy, approx. 15%
welding etc.)

Corrosion, Wear and Surface Engineering (corrosion, corrosion protection, wear, surface approx. 10%
hardening, coatings etc.)

Thermodynamics & Kinetics of Phase Transformations approx. 10%

Physical Metallurgy (metallography, microscopy, microstructure, phase diagrams, heat approx. 15%
treatment, NDT etc.)

Mechanical Metallurgy (elastic and plastic deformation, mechanical testing, metal approx. 15%
forming, fracture analysis, fatigue, creep etc.)

Engineering Materials (metals, ceramics, composites, polymers, nuclear materials, approx. 10%
semiconductors, magnetic materials etc.)

Materials Science (crystal structure, XRD, electrical and magnetic properties, thermal approx. 10%
properties, optical properties )

COMPUTER

RELATED TOPICS SHARE

Programming approx. 18%

Operating Systems approx. 18%

Data Structures approx. 18%

Computer Architecture approx. 18%

Networking approx. 18%

Others (databases, software engineering, discrete mathematics etc.) approx. 10%

CIVIL
 RELATED TOPICS SHARE

Environmental approx. 20%

Geo-Technical approx. 20%

Structural approx. 20%

Transportation approx. 20%

Water Resources approx. 20%

MECHATRONICS

RELATED TOPICS SHARE

Basic Mechanical Engineering 10%

Electrical & Electronic Engineering 30%

Systems Design Engineering 10%

Control Engineering 30%

Computer Engineering &Science 10%

Robotics and Factory Automation 10%

GEOLOGY / GEO PHYSICS

RELATED TOPICS SHARE

Plate Tectonic / Earthquake

Physical Geology

Structural Geology

Petrology

Mineralogy

Numerical Mathematics

MINING

RELATED TOPICS SHARE

Applied Geology

Mineral Exploration and Valuation

Mining Methods

Mine Machinery, Tools and Equipment All topics will have

a share of 10 to
Mine Management and Cost Economics 15% in the paper
Rock Mechanics
Explosives and Blasting

Chemical and Physical Processing of Minerals

Health, Safety and Environment