GPSC Marine Engineer Syllabus 2026 – Topic-wise PDF

The Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) has issued the GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus. It covers the Preliminary Test for the Class-I posts of Marine Engineer, Engineer Surveyor and Dredging cum Marine Engineer (GMB). The notice is on gpsc.gujarat.gov.in.

This GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus page lists the exam pattern, the Part I General Studies topics in Gujarati and all 33 Part II topics. More exam syllabus updates are on the site. Candidates should check all details in the article below.

Information verified from the official GPSC syllabus notice, with Part I issued under an office order dated 29 January 2025. Last verified: 22 October 2026.

The GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus has two parts. Part I is General Studies for 100 marks in Gujarati. Part II is the concern subject paper for 200 marks and 200 questions in English. Every topic is listed below.

Quick Summary of GPSC Marine Engineer Syllabus

GPSC Marine Engineer exam pattern

Preliminary Test

Part II has 200 questions.

The GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus gives Part II as the concerned subject paper for the three Class-I posts. Part I follows the Commission’s General Studies syllabus, issued under an office order dated 29 January 2025.

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Part I General Studies syllabus (Gujarati medium)

Part I of the GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus is the Commission’s new General Studies syllabus for the preliminary tests of its recruitments. The topics are printed below in Gujarati, exactly as the Commission wrote them.

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Part II syllabus, concerned subject, topics 1 to 17

The Part II list of the GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus has 33 topics for 200 marks. The Commission prints them in English, and the names below follow the printed spelling.

1. Marine Machinery Systems

• Engine Room Layout
• Engine Room Piping Layout
• Bunker & Oil Transfer
• Filters
• Pumps
• Air Compressors
• Evaporators
• Oil Purification
• Other Shipboard Machineries

2. Marine Turbo Machinery

• Steam Turbines
• Dimensional analysis: similitude for turbo machinery
• Turbo-compressor
• Gas Turbines
• Marine Turbocharger

3. Marine Internal Combustion Engines and Technology

• Heat-engine cycle
• Ideal gas cycles
• Diesel engine fuel atomization and combustion
• Classification of engines
• Basic construction -large-bore (two-stroke) engine
• Scavenging, supercharging and exhaust systems
• Forces and Stresses
• Manoeuvring Systems
• Indicator diagrams and power calculations
• Fuel pumps and Metering devices
• Modern Trends in Engine Development
• Medium speed engines
• Automation in modern diesel engine plants
• Lubrication systems
• Maintenance of Diesel engines
• Troubleshooting in Diesel engines

4. Marine Pollution Prevention and Safety

• Marpol 73/78
• Conventions and legislation adopted by various countries
• Anti-pollution procedures and all associated equipment
• Proactive measures to protect the marine environment
• Oily water separator/similar equipment requirements and operation
• Sewage treatment plant
• Incinerator
• Safety measures to be taken for repair and maintenance
• Safe working practices
• IMO 2050 Net-Zero Strategy
• Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Regulations
• Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (EEXI)
• Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII)

5. Marine Auxiliary Systems and Deck Machinery

• Pumps
• Heat Exchangers
• Evaporators and distillers
• Air Compressors
• Purifiers
• Deck Machineries

6. Marine Steam Plant, Marine Boilers and Steam Systems

• Marine Steam systems and steam utilisation
• Steam system piping components ratings and specifications
• Thermal oil systems
• Condensate and Feed water systems
• Steam traps and steam trapping
• Tracing steam lines and insulation
• Waste Heat Recovery Systems (WHRS)
• De-superheating
• Steam Propulsion Plants
• Boiler water treatment
• Control of Boiler
• Boiler and steam plant survey
• Marine boiler fundamentals
• Marine boiler construction
• Marine boiler mountings and steam distribution
• Steam boiler fuel atomization and combustion
• Boiler and Associated Auxiliaries and Steam Systems
• Boiler Operation
• Main Boiler Auto-shutdown
• Selection of Materials in Construction of Equipment
• Design Characteristics
• Waste Heat Recovery and Optimization
• Energy-efficient steam systems

7. Naval Architecture

• Geometry of Ship and Definitions
• Basic Ship Hydrostatics
• Numerical Integration in Naval Architecture
• Transverse Stability of the Ship
• Longitudinal Stability and Trim
• Flooding and Damage Stability
• Stability during Dry-docking and during grounding
• Stability requirements for vessels
• Strength of Ships
• Rudder Theory
• Resistance and Fuel Consumption
• Propellers and Power
• Motion of ship on waves

8. Ship Structure and Marine Shafting

• Types of Ships
• Structural terms used in ships
• Ship Structural Materials
• Loads and stresses acting on the ship
• Stiffening of plates – Framing systems
• Bottom and side structures
• Shell and deck Structures
• Midship section
• Bulkheads & Deep Tanks
• Fore-End Arrangements
• Aft End Arrangement
• Load Line and Tonnage
• Ship surveys
• Propeller shafting and components

9. Marine Design: Pressure Vessels, Machinery Components and Vibrations

• Procedure in Mechanical Design
• Design considerations
• Design of Marine Machine Components
• Design of Pressure Vessels
• Marine Machinery Vibrations

10. Marine Electrical Motors: Starters and Drive Controls

• Electrical Motors
• Electrical Motor Starting Methodologies
• Electrical Servo Motors
• Operational Control Equipment for Electrical Motors
• Maintenance and Repair of Electrical Motors
• Maintenance and Repair of Starters for Electrical Motors
• Hybrid and Electric Propulsion Systems
• Power Electronics and Advanced Motor Drives
• Integrated Shipboard Power Systems

11. Heat Transfer and Marine Heat Exchangers

• Introduction to heat transfer
• Conductive heat transfer – basic equations
• One-dimensional steady-state heat conduction
• Convection heat transfer
• Free convection
• Heat Exchangers – Introduction / Nomenclature
• Heat Exchangers – Fabrication and construction details
• Heat Exchangers – Thermal relations
• Radiation: Processes and Properties

12. Marine Machinery Systems and Design

• Procedural Steps in Mechanical Design
• Marine Machinery Component Design
• Design of Advanced Marine Systems
• Computer-Aided Design

13. Marine Propulsion Plant: Configuration and Characteristics

• Propeller and Load diagrams
• Propulsion Systems and Configuration
• Reduction Gearing Arrangements
• Propulsion Characteristics of Diesel
• Propulsion Characteristics of Steam Plant
• Propulsion characteristics of gas turbines
• Propeller Curve Operation and CPP operation
• Ship Propeller and Machinery Interaction

14. Marine Propulsion Plant and Auxiliary Machinery: Performance Assessment

• Main Propulsion
• Aux Engine
• Aux Boiler
• Compressor
• Purifier
• Heat exchanger
• Alternative propulsion technologies
• Electric, hybrid, and fuel-cell-based propulsion systems

15. Shipboard Safety Management

• Knowledge of life-saving appliances regulations
• Organisation of fire drills and abandon ship drills
• Maintenance of operational condition of life-saving
• Fire-fighting and other safety systems
• Actions to be taken to protect and safeguard all persons on board in emergencies
• Action to limit damage and save the ship following a fire, collision, explosion or grounding
• Contingency plans for response to emergencies on ships while at sea or at port
• Ship construction including damage control
• Maritime Cybersecurity
• Cyber Risk Management for Shipboard Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) systems

16. Marine Materials

• Crystal Structure
• Polymers and Composites
• Solid Solutions and Phase Diagrams
• Heat Treatment
• Materials in Marine Industry
• Advanced marine materials
• Composite materials
• High-performance corrosion-resistant materials

17. Thermodynamics, Heat & Mass Transfer

• Basic concepts, open and closed systems, Application of thermodynamic laws, gas equations. Laws of Thermodynamics: First law, Second law, Zeroth law: statement and Explanation. Gas laws: Boyle’s law, Charles’ law, Perfect gas equation; thermodynamic cycles: Rankine cycle, Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, Dual cycle, Brayton cycle, etc.
• Introduction to three modes of heat transfer, heat balance equation- steady one-dimensional solution for conduction heat transfer, concept of conduction and film resistances, critical insulation thickness, lumped system approximation and Biot number, heat transfer through pin fins, Two-dimensional conduction solutions for both steady and unsteady heat transfer, Heisler charts.
• Heat convection, basic equations, boundary layers- Forced convection, external and internal flows- Natural convective heat transfer-Dimensionless parameters for forced and free convection heat transfer-Correlations for forced and free convection- Approximate solutions to laminar boundary layer equations (momentum and energy) for both internal and external flow- Estimating heat transfer rates in laminar and turbulent flow situations using appropriate correlations for free and forced convection.
• Interaction of radiation with materials, definitions of radiative properties, Stefan-Boltzmann’s law, blackbody and graybody radiation, Wien’s displacement law.
• Types of heat exchangers, Analysis and design of heat exchangers using both LMTD and NTU methods,
• Introduction to mass transfer, Similarity between heat and mass transfer.

Heat exchangers appear in topics 5, 11, 14 and 17. Compressors appear in topics 1, 5 and 14. The GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus lists each one under a different subject, so one revision pass can serve all of them.

This is added context, not part of the official syllabus. Confirm with the official website.

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Part II syllabus, concerned subject, topics 18 to 33

The second half of the GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus starts with fluid mechanics. Topics 22 to 33 cover newer marine fields.

18. Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines

• Definition of fluid, Newton’s law of viscosity, Units and dimensions, properties of fluids, mass density, specific volume, specific gravity, viscosity, compressibility and surface tension, manometry, buoyancy, forces on submerged bodies, stability of floating bodies, fluid acceleration, fluid statics, momentum and energy, Control volume- application of continuity equation and momentum equation, Incompressible flow, Bernoulli’s equation and its applications.
• Exact flow solutions in channels and ducts, Couette and Poiseuille flow, laminar flow through circular conduits and circular annuli- concept of boundary layer – measures of boundary layer thickness – Darcy-Weisbach equation, friction factor, Moody’s diagram. Elementary turbulent flow, flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends and fittings, Types of Pipes.
• Need for dimensional analysis-methods of dimension analysis- Similitude-types of similitude Dimensionless parameters-application of dimensionless parameters-Model analysis.
• Euler’s equation – theory of Rotodynamic machines – various efficiencies – velocity components at entry and exit of the rotor, velocity triangles – Centrifugal pumps, working principle, work done by the impeller, performance curves – Cavitation in pumps- reciprocating pump- working principle.
• Classification of water turbines, heads and efficiencies, velocity triangles; axial, radial and mixed flow turbines- Pelton wheel, Francis turbine and Kaplan turbines, working principles – draft tube-Specific speed, unit quantities, performance curves for turbines – governing of turbines.
• Types of Pumps, Pump viscosity, Centrifugal, NPSH, Pump curves, Progressive cavity, Screw pumps, Rope Pump, Submersible, Vertical turbine, Coupling section, Motor section, Well Section, Hydraulic Principles, General pumping fundamentals.
• Spillways: Types of spillways based on most prominent features, Spillway Crest Gates.
• Flood Management: Methods of Flood Control, Flood Alleviation or Flood Mitigation, Structural Mitigation Measures, Non-Structural Mitigation Measures.
• Hydraulic Machines: Hydraulic press, hydraulic accumulator, hydraulic intensifier, hydraulic crane, hydraulic jack, hydraulic lift, hydraulic ram, fluid couplings, fluid torque converter and air lift pump

19. I.C. Engines, refrigeration and air conditioning, automobile engineering.

• Combustion in SI and CI engines, Combustion stages, Combustion chambers and abnormal combustion. Fuel supply systems in SI and CI engines, carburettors, Port fuel injection, direct injection and Common rail injection. Ignition system, Lubrication system and Cooling system. Testing of IC engines. Engine emissions and control. Advanced IC Engine concepts: air-standard Otto, Diesel and dual cycles.
• Engine Management, Engine System, Engine Mapping, Open-Loop Engine Control Systems, Closed-Loop Engine Control System, Additional Engine Management System, lean-burn engine control. Complete Vehicle Control System, Artificial intelligence and Engine management. Maintenance and fault diagnostics of engine management system, Engine diagnostics, Troubles and Tune-up, Engine service. Vehicle performance- performance parameters.
• Heavy Earth Movers, Types of Excavators, Dumpers, Draggers, Cranes & Drilling Rigs: D.R. & D.T.H.
• Vapour and gas refrigeration and heat pump cycles; properties of moist air, psychrometric chart, basic psychrometric processes.
• Automobile Engineering: Road load analysis, Power transmission system, Axle, Suspension, and Steering system, Brake system, Wheel and Tyres. Electrical, Electronics and safety systems. Modern automobiles.
• Hydrogen engines, Methanol engines, Dual-fuel engine technologies

20. Engineering Mechanics, Kinematics and Theory of Machines

• Free-body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and frames; virtual work; kinematics and dynamics of particles and of rigid bodies in plane motion; impulse and momentum (linear and angular) and energy formulations, collisions.
• Classification of mechanisms-Basic kinematic concepts and definitions-Degree of freedom, mobility- Grashof’s law, Universal Joint-Rocker mechanisms Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms; dynamic analysis of linkages; cams; gears and gear trains; flywheels and governors; balancing of reciprocating and rotating masses; gyroscope.
• Pumps and motors; compressors.

21. Electrical machines & basic electronics

• Generating equipment: Classification, working principle, construction of DC Generators Machines. DC Motors: construction, Types, Principle of operation,
• 3-Phase induction motor: Construction, production of rotating magnetic field, principle of operation, speed and slip, rotor current, relation between rotor copper loss and rotor input, torque of an induction motor, torque-slip curve, Losses and Efficiency, starters for 3-phase induction motor, speed control, single-phase induction motor: Production of magnetic field, comparison between three-phase & single-phase induction motors, starting of single-phase induction motor by capacitor and shaded pole motor, Universal motors,
• Alternator: Introduction, construction, details; Transformers: General aspects, Basic definition. Working principle of transformer, Types of transformers, Transformer construction, 3-phase transformer. Supply systems: Electric Supply system, typical A.C. power supply system.
• Power Factor Improvement: disadvantages of low power factor, causes of low power factor, power factor improvement, calculation of power factor correction, importance of power factor improvement, Substation: Classification of substations.
• Engineering Semiconductor Devices and Applications: Introduction to P-N junction Diode and V-I characteristics, half-wave and Full-wave rectifiers, capacitor filter. Zener diode and its characteristics, Zener diode as voltage regulator. Regulated power supply IC based on 78XX and 79XX series, Introduction to BJT, its input-output and transfer characteristics, BJT as a single-stage CE amplifier, frequency response and bandwidth.

22. Marine Diesel Engines

• Green fuel integration
• Hydrogen-ready and methanol-compatible engine technologies

23. Green Shipping and Decarbonization

• Sustainable shipping technologies
• Carbon emission reduction strategies
• Ship energy efficiency and environmental compliance

24. Alternative Marine Fuels

• LNG
• Methanol
• Hydrogen
• Ammonia
• Biofuels
• Dual-fuel propulsion systems

25. Marine Automation and Smart Ships

• Integrated Automation Systems (IAS)
• Intelligent Engine Room Monitoring
• Digital Ship Technologies

26. Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)

• Autonomous vessel technologies
• Remote monitoring and control systems

27. Artificial Intelligence in Marine Engineering

• Predictive maintenance
• Machine learning applications
• Machinery health monitoring
• Voyage and fuel optimisation

28. Hybrid and Electric Marine Propulsion

• Battery energy storage systems
• Electric propulsion architectures
• Shore power integration

29. Robotics in Marine Engineering

• Inspection and maintenance robotics
• Remote-operated systems for shipboard applications

30. Data Analytics and Machine Learning

• Condition-based maintenance
• Performance monitoring
• Operational data analytics

31. Internet of Things (IoT)

• Smart sensors
• Remote diagnostics
• Connected ship systems

32. Smart Ship Energy Management

• Energy monitoring and optimisation
• Digital energy management systems
• Intelligent power distribution and efficiency improvement

33. Current Trends and Recent Advancements in the above fields.

The GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus brings pumps back in topics 18 and 20 after topics 1 and 5. Compressors return in topic 20. Hydrogen and methanol appear in topics 19, 22 and 24, and electric motors in topic 21 after topic 10.

This is added context, not part of the official syllabus. Confirm with the official website.

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How to study the GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus

Part II carries twice the marks of Part I, and its topic lists are longer. Candidates can group repeated subjects so that one revision pass covers more than one topic.

Within the GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus, basic subjects can come first. Thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics and engineering mechanics (topics 17, 18 and 20) support the machinery topics. Marine machinery, engines, boilers and propulsion (topics 1 to 6, 13 and 14) can follow. The newer topics 22 to 32 on fuels, automation and data tools have short lists and can be read last.

Part I questions are in Gujarati, and Part II questions are in English. Candidates should plan separate time for the Gujarati General Studies topics and for the English technical terms in the GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus.

After each subject of the GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus, candidates can test themselves with previous question papers and then move on.

Candidates can follow new vacancy notices on the latest jobs across India.

This is added context, not part of the official syllabus. Confirm with the official website.

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FAQs

What is in the GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus for Part II?

Part II lists 33 topics for 200 marks and 200 questions in English. The GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus starts with Marine Machinery Systems and ends with Current Trends and Recent Advancements in the above fields. The Commission prints the full list in the Part II annexure.

How many marks does the General Studies part carry?

The GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus gives Part I as General Studies for 100 marks, and the medium is Gujarati. The Commission lists six subject groups and a line on current events at the regional, national and international level.

Does the syllabus include alternative fuels and artificial intelligence?

Yes. The GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus covers both. Topic 24 covers LNG, Methanol, Hydrogen, Ammonia, biofuels, and Dual-fuel propulsion systems. Topic 27 covers Artificial Intelligence in Marine Engineering, with predictive maintenance, machine learning applications, machinery health monitoring and voyage and fuel optimisation.

Which posts does the GPSC Marine Engineer syllabus cover?

It covers the Preliminary Test for Marine Engineer, Class-I, Engineer Surveyor, Class-I and Dredging cum Marine Engineer, Class-I (GMB). Part II is the concerned subject paper for these posts.

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