SSC JE Syllabus 2024 – Check Here SSC Junior Engineer Exam Pattern, Syllabus and FAQs

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

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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.

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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.