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Technical Expert (Category-A) Electrical Engineer
BS-17 · Ministry of Defence · F.4-158/2026-R
The Technical Expert (Category-A) Electrical Engineer test is a 100-mark MCQ paper of 100 minutes, with negative marking of 0.25 per wrong answer. The pass rule for this post is 40% overall. The paper structure, part by part, is below.
At a glance
Total marks
100
Duration (minutes)
100
Negative marking
0.25
per wrong answerSections
2
Pass mark: 40% overall (40 out of 100 marks).
- For Cat-A separate papers may be designed as there is hardly any commonality in the syllabus of the three disciplines of Engineering.
Paper structure
Part-I
20 marks · 20% of the paper
English
20 marks
- Vocabulary
- Grammar Usage
- Sentence Structuring
Part-II
80 marks · 80% of the paper
Professional Test
80 marks
- Electric Circuits
- Semiconductor Devices
- Electrical Instrumentation
- Power Transmission
- Power System Operation and Control
- Power System Protection
- High Voltage Engineering
- Electrostatics & Electronic System Design
- DC Motors & Generators
- Transmission Lines & Antennas
- Basic IT/Computer Knowledge
- DC Generators and Batteries
- Power Factor and Power Factor Improvement
- AC Fundamentals
- AC Motors and AC Generators
- Power System Analysis
- Heating Ventilation and AC Equipment
- Project Management
- Alternative Energy Sources
About the post
- Case number
- F.4-158/2026-R
- Vacancies
- 2
- Employment
- Temporary
- Age limit
- 22-30 years plus five (5) years general relaxation in upper age limit.
- Domicile quota
- Punjab (Open Merit)=Two and Sindh (Rural) (Open Merit)=One
- Place of posting
- Rawalpindi / Anywhere in Pakistan
- Qualifications
- For Category-A: Bachelor's of Engineering in the relevant subject or equivalent qualification from a University recognized by HEC.
- Notes
- PEC registration required, where applicable.Candidates must clearly indicate in their application form the category (A) or (B) for which they apply.
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