SSC JE Exam Date

Sections

Number of Questions

Total marks

General Intelligence Reasoning

50

50

General Awareness

50

50

General Engineering

Part – A (Civil & Structural) or

Part – B (Electrical) or

Part – C (Mechanical)

100

100

Parts

Subject

Total Marks

Part-A

Part- B

Part-C

General Engineering (Civil & Structural)

or

General Engineering (Electrical)

or

General Engineering (Mechanical)

300

Subjects

Topics for SSC JE Syllabus

SSC JE Syllabus for General Intelligence & Reasoning

• Similarities,
• Differences,
• Space visualization,
• Problem-solving,
• Analysis, Judgment,
• Observation,
• Decision-making,
• Analogies,
• Visual memory,
• Discrimination,
• Arithmetical Reasoning,
• Verbal and Figure Classification,
• Relationship concepts,
• Arithmetical number series etc.

SSC JE Syllabus for General Awareness

• History,
• Geography,
• Economics,
• Polity,
• Scientific Research, etc.

SSC JE Syllabus for Part A Civil

• Building Materials,
• Estimating,
• Surveying,
• Soil Mechanics,
• Hydraulics,
• Irrigation Engineering,
• Costing & Valuation,
• Transportation Engineering,
• Environmental Engineering, etc.

SSC JE Syllabus for Structural Engineering

• Theory of Structures,
• Concrete Technology, etc.

SSC JE Syllabus for Part B Electrical Engineering

• Basic concepts,
• Circuit law,
• Magnetic Circuits,
• AC Fundamentals,
• Measuring instruments,
• Electrical Machines,
• Single-phase induction Motors,
• Synchronous Machines,
• Generation,
• Transmission & Distribution,
• Estimation & Costing,
• Utilization & Electrical energy, etc.

SSC JE Syllabus for Part C Mechanical Engineering

• Theory of machines & machine design,
• Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials,
• Properties of Pure Substances,
• Law of Thermodynamics,
• Air standard Cycles for IC Engines,
• Rankine cycle of System,
• Boilers,
• Classification,
• Specification,
• Fitting & Accessories,
• Air Compressors,
• Refrigeration cycles,
• Principle of Refrigeration Plant,
• Nozzles & Steam Turbines etc.

Civil Engineering units

Topics for SSC JE Syllabus

Building Materials

• Physical and Chemical properties,
• classification,
• standard tests,
• uses and manufacture/quarrying of materials e.g.
  • building stones,
  • silicate-based materials,
  • cement (Portland),
  • asbestos products,
  • timber and wood-based products,
  • laminates,
  • bituminous materials,
  • paints,
  • varnishes.

Estimating, Costing and Valuation

• Estimate,
• a glossary of technical terms,
• analysis of rates, methods, and
• units of measurement,
• Items of work –
  • earthwork,
  • brickwork,
  • RCC work,
  • Shuttering,
  • Timber work,
  • Painting,
  • Flooring, and
  • Plastering.
• Boundary wall,
• Brick building,
• Water Tank,
• Septic tank,
• Bar bending schedule,
• Centre line method,
• Midsection formula,
• Trapezoidal formula,
• Simpson’s rule etc.

Surveying

• Principles of surveying,
• measurement of distance,
• chain surveying,
• working of the prismatic compass,
• compass traversing,
• bearings,
• local attraction,
• plane table surveying,
• theodolite traversing,
• adjustment of theodolite,
• Levelling,
• Definition of terms used in leveling,
• contouring,
• curvature and refraction corrections,
• temporary and permanent adjustments of dumpy level,
• methods of contouring,
• use of contour map etc.

Hydraulics

• Fluid properties,
• Hydrostatics,
• measurements of flow,
• Bernoulli’s theorem and its application,
• flow through pipes,
• flow in open channels,
• weirs,
• flumes,
• spillways,
• pumps and
• turbines etc.

Irrigation Engineering

• Definition,
• Necessity,
• Benefits,
• Effects of irrigation,
• Types and methods of irrigation,

Hydrology –

• Measurement of rainfall,
• Runoff coefficient,
• Rain gauge,
• Losses from precipitation etc.

Transportation Engineering

Highway Engineering –

• Cross-sectional elements,
• Geometric design,
• Types of pavements,

Pavement Materials –

• Aggregates and bitumen,
• Different tests,
• Design of flexible and rigid pavements, etc.

Environmental Engineering

• Quality of water,
• Source of water supply,
• Purification of distribution of water,
• Need of sanitation,
• Sewerage systems,
• Circular sewer,
• Oval sewer,
• Appurtenances,
• Sewage treatments etc.

Units

Topics for SSC JE Syllabus

Theory of structures

• Elasticity constants,
• Types of beams – determinate and indeterminate,
• Bending moment and shear force diagrams of simply supported,
• Cantilever and overhanging beams.
• Moment of area and
• Moment of Inertia for Rectangular & Circular sections etc.

Concrete Technology

• Properties,
• Advantages, and
• Uses of concrete,
• Cement aggregates,
• Importance of water quality,
• Water-cement ratio,
• Workability,
• Mix design,
• Storage,
• Batching, mixing,
• Placement,
• Compaction,
• Finishing etc.

RCC Design

• RCC beams-flexural strength,
• Shear strength,
• Bond strength,
• Design of singly reinforced and doubly reinforced beams,
• Cantilever beams.
• T-beams, lintels.
• One-way and two-way slabs,
• Isolated footings.
• Reinforced brickworks,
• Columns,
• Staircases,
• Retaining walls etc.

Steel Design

• Steel design and construction of steel columns,
• beams roof trusses plate girders.

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Basic concepts

• Concepts of resistance,
• Inductance,
• Capacitance, and various factors affecting them.
• Concepts of current,
• Voltage,
• Power,
• Energy and their units.

Circuit Law

• Kirchhoff‟s law,
• Simple Circuit solution using network theorems.

Magnetic Circuit

• Concepts of flux,
• MMF,
• Reluctance,
• Different kinds of magnetic materials,
• Magnetic calculations for conductors of different configurations e.g. straight, circular, solenoidal, etc.
• Electromagnetic Induction,
• Self and mutual induction.

AC Fundamentals

• Instantaneous,
• Peak,
• R.M.S. and average values of alternating waves,
• Representation of sinusoidal waveform,
• Simple series and parallel AC Circuits consisting of R.L. and C,
• Resonance,
• Tank Circuit, etc

Measurement and Measuring Instruments

• Measurement of power (1 phase and 3 phase, both active and reactive) and energy,
• 2-wattmeter method of 3-phase power measurement.
• Measurement of frequency and phase angle.

Electrical Machines

• D.C. Machine,
• Basic Principles of D.C. motors and generators,
• their characteristics,
• speed control and starting of D.C. Motors.
• Method of braking motor,
• Losses and efficiency of D.C. Machines etc.

Synchronous Machines

• Generation of 3-phase e.m.f. armature reaction,
• voltage regulation,
• parallel operation of two alternators,
• synchronizing,
• control of active and reactive power.
• Starting and applications of synchronous motors etc.

Generation, Transmission & Distribution

• Different types of power stations,
• Load factor,
• Diversity factor,
• Demand factor,
• Cost of generation,
• Inter-connection of power stations.
• Power factor improvement,
• Various types of tariffs,
• Types of faults,
• Short circuit current for symmetrical faults.
• Switchgears – a rating of circuit breakers etc.

Estimation and Costing

• Estimation of lighting scheme,
• Electric installation of machines and
• Relevant IE rules.
• Earthing practices and IE Rules.

Utilization of Electrical Energy

• Illumination,
• Electric heating,
• Electric welding,
• Electroplating,
• Electric drives and
• Motors.

Basic Electronics

• Working with various electronic devices e.g.
• P N Junction diodes,
• Transistors,
• BJT and JFET.
• Simple circuits using these devices.

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Theory of Machines and Machine Design

• Concept of a simple machine,
• Four bar linkage and link motion,
• Flywheels and fluctuation of energy,
• Power transmission by belts,
• Clutches,
• Gears, etc.

Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials

• Equilibrium of Forces,
• Law of motion,
• Friction,
• Concepts of stress and strain,
• Elastic limit and elastic constants,
• Bending moments and shear force diagram,
• Stress in composite bars etc.

Thermal Engineering

• Properties of Pure Substances,
• Laws of Thermodynamics,
• Air standard Cycles for IC engines,
• Ranking cycle of steam,
• Boilers;
• Classification;
• Specification etc.

Fluid Mechanics & Machinery

• Properties & Classification of Fluid,
• Fluid Statics,
• Measurement of Fluid Pressure,
• Fluid Kinematics,
• Measurement of Flow rate Basic Principles etc.

Production Engineering

Classification of Steels:

• mild steel & alloy steel,
• Heat treatment of steel,
• Welding,
• Welding Defects & Testing;

NDT, Foundry & Casting –

• Methods,
• Defects,
• Different casting processes etc.