SSC JE syllabus
Recruitment exam for Junior Engineer (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical) posts in central government offices: a qualifying Paper I of 200 questions, then a 300-mark engineering Paper II.
Paper I, Civil and Structural
General Intelligence and Reasoning
50 questions, 50 marks · Shared 2 hours
1 mark a question; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer.
- Analogies, classification, series, coding-decoding, blood relations, directions, syllogisms, arithmetical reasoning
General Awareness
50 questions, 50 marks · Shared 2 hours
1 mark a question; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer.
- History, culture, geography, polity, economy, everyday science and current events
Part A: General Engineering (Civil and Structural)
100 questions, 100 marks · Shared 2 hours
About diploma level. 1 mark a question; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer. An IS 456:2000 table is available on screen.
- Engineering mechanics, solid mechanics and structural analysis
- Construction materials and management, estimating, costing and valuation
- Concrete and steel structures
- Surveying
- Soil mechanics
- Fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrology and irrigation
- Environmental and transportation engineering
Paper I, Electrical
General Intelligence and Reasoning
50 questions, 50 marks · Shared 2 hours
1 mark a question; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer.
- Analogies, classification, series, coding-decoding, blood relations, directions, syllogisms, arithmetical reasoning
General Awareness
50 questions, 50 marks · Shared 2 hours
1 mark a question; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer.
- History, culture, geography, polity, economy, everyday science and current events
Part B: General Engineering (Electrical)
100 questions, 100 marks · Shared 2 hours
About diploma level. 1 mark a question; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer.
- Fundamentals, circuit laws and magnetic circuits
- AC fundamentals
- Measurement and measuring instruments
- Electrical machines, special machines and synchronous generators
- Generation, transmission and distribution; estimation and costing; utilisation of electrical energy
- Basic electronics and power electronics
Paper I, Mechanical
General Intelligence and Reasoning
50 questions, 50 marks · Shared 2 hours
1 mark a question; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer.
- Analogies, classification, series, coding-decoding, blood relations, directions, syllogisms, arithmetical reasoning
General Awareness
50 questions, 50 marks · Shared 2 hours
1 mark a question; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer.
- History, culture, geography, polity, economy, everyday science and current events
Part C: General Engineering (Mechanical)
100 questions, 100 marks · Shared 2 hours
About diploma level. 1 mark a question; 0.25 taken off for a wrong answer. Steam tables are available on screen.
- Engineering mechanics and strength of materials
- Theory of machines and machine design
- Materials science
- Thermal engineering
- Fluid mechanics and hydraulic machinery
- Industrial engineering
- Manufacturing, metrology and advanced manufacturing
Paper II, General Engineering
General Engineering: Part A (Civil and Structural), Part B (Electrical) or Part C (Mechanical)
100 questions, 300 marks · 2 hours
3 marks a question; 1 mark taken off for a wrong answer.
- The candidate's own branch only, in more depth than Paper I, following the detailed Paper II syllabus in the notice