JKSSB JE Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025 for Civil and Electrical

Knowing the latest JKSSB JE Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2025 is crucial in a candidate's journey of exam preparation. This exam is to be conducted for recruiting Junior Engineers (Civil) for 508 posts. The aspiring candidates must read the syllabus thoroughly before starting their preparation.

JKSSB Junior Engineer Syllabus 2025

The JKSSB Syllabus is released by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board. The syllabus for Junior Engineers (Civil) includes topics like Surveying, Mechanics & Structural Analysis, RCC Structures, Soil Mechanics, Irrigation Engineering, and other related topics. In this article, we have provided you with a detailed overview of the Exam Pattern along with the weighting of marks for every topic.

JKSSB Junior Engineer Syllabus 2025
Organisation	Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB)
Name of the post	Junior Engineer (Civil)
No. of Questions	120
Total Marks	120
Duration	2 hours
Subjects	Technical, General Intelligence and Reasoning
Medium	English only
Negative Marking	-0.25
Official website	www.jkssb.nic.in

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JKSSB JE Selection Process 2025

There is a two-stage selection process for JKSSB Junior Engineer Posts. The written exam is conducted to shortlist candidates for the document verification. Then the final merit list of selected candidates is released.

Written Examination: The written test comprises Multiple-choice, objective-type questions, and the question paper will be in English only. There will be negative marking for each incorrect answer. ¼ marks assigned to the question will be deducted for every incorrect response.
Document Verification: The candidates who successfully clear the JKSSB JE written exam will be called for the verification of their original documents, whose copies were uploaded at the time of filling out the application forms.

JKSSB Junior Engineer Exam Pattern 2025

The JKSSB JE Recruitment 2025 Exam Pattern comprises questions from the Technical subject. The JKSSB JE exam lasts for 2 hours, during which 120 questions are asked that are worth 120 marks. The syllabus for general intelligence, reasoning, and general awareness is the same, but it varies for the civil, mechanical, and electrical fields.

Sections	No.of Questions	Marks	Duration
Technical Subject (Civil)	120	120	2 hours

JKSSB JE (Civil) Syllabus 2025

The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has officially released the syllabus for the Junior Engineer Civil examination. The table below includes questions from all subjects of the JKSSB Civil JE Exam 2025.

Topics	Syllabus
Surveying (10 Marks)	Importance of surveying, principles, and classifications Measurements of distance and directions Chain surveying Compass surveying Leveling Tachometer Theodolite Traversing Contouring Plane table surveying Curves
Mechanics and Structural Analysis (15 Marks)	Introduction Concept of rigid body scalar and vector quantities Laws of forces, moment, friction The center of gravity Simple machines, torsion Properties of material Bending moment Shear force in statistically determining beams Simple stress and strain relationship Stress and strain in two dimensions, principal stresses, and stress transformation Simple bending theory, flexural and shear stresses, unsymmetrical bending, shear center Thin-walled pressure vessels, uniform torsion, buckling of column, combined and direct bending stresses Slope and deflection, analysis of trusses.
RCC Structures (15 Marks)	Concrete technology Ingredients of concrete Water-cement ratio Workability properties of concrete, admixtures, special concretes Non-destructive tests, and basics of mix design Concrete design working stress and limit state design concepts, analysis of ultimate load capacity, and design of members subjected to flexure, shear, compression, and torsion by limit state methods Basic elements of prestressed concrete, analysis of beam sections at transfer and service loads, one-way slab, and two-way slab.
Soil Mechanics (10 Marks)	Origin of soils, properties, soil classification Three-phase system Fundamental definitions, relationship and interrelationship, the flow of water through soils, permeability & seepage, effective stress principle, deformation of soils, consolidation, compaction, shear strength characteristics, plate load test, SPT, density control Measurement of field density by core cutter and sand replacement method Soil exploration, bearing capacity and its methods
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (15 Marks)	Properties of fluids, hydrostatic pressure, measurement of pressure, flow measurements, flow through pipes, flow through open channels, hydraulic pumps, the principle of conservation of mass, momentum, energy, and corresponding equations, potential flow, applications of momentum, and Bernoulli’s equation, laminar and turbulent flow, flow in pipes, pipe networks. Concept of boundary layer and its growth. Uniform flow, critical flow, and, gradually varied flow in channels, specific energy concept, hydraulic jump Forces on immersed bodies, flow measurements in channels, tanks, and pipes. Dimensional analysis and hydraulic modeling Kinematics of flow.
Irrigation Engineering (10 marks)	Introduction, the water requirement of crops, hydrological cycle, Dams, Canals, dams, canal headworks, and regulatory works, cross drainage works, hydraulic structures, river training works, water-logging, drainage, groundwater recharge, well hydraulics
Constructional Planning Management (15 marks)	Network diagrams, PERT-CPM, cost optimization contracts, tenders, depreciation, valuation, organization, measurement books, cash book, functions of management, construction planning, quality control, inventory control, Estimation and costing definitions, methods of estimation, and type of estimates.
Railway Engineering (10 marks)	History of Indian railways, Gauges used, the permanent way its components, Types of rails, creep, welding, Rail fixtures and fastenings, Signaling, Points and Crossings, Bridge terminology, classification, components, foundations.
Highway Engineering (10 marks)	History of the development of highways and planning, Definitions of various terms used in highway engineering., Methods of road construction, IRC classification, Highway surveys and plans Geometric design, Different types of road materials in use, Binders, Types of pavement, CBR method, subgrade preparation, WBM, WMM, Bituminous Macadam, dense bituminous macadam, special problems in hill road.
Water supply and wastewater Engineering (10 marks)	Introduction, the quantity of water, quality of water, water treatment, conveyance of water, laying out of pipes, Building water supply, water supply fixtures, and installation, plumbing, sewerage system, laying and construction of sewers, sewage characteristics, Methods of disposal, sewage treatment, building drainage, air, and noise pollution

JKSSB JE (Civil) Syllabus PDF

Download the syllabus PDF for the JKSSB JE Exam for the Civil discipline and prepare accordingly for the exam. The official syllabus has been attached with the official notification PDF.

Download JKSSB JE Syllabus PDF for Civil Junior Engineer Exam

JKSSB JE Electrical Exam Pattern 2025

Sections	No.of Questions	Marks	Duration
Technical Subject (Electrical)	120	120	2 hours
General Intelligence & Reasoning	30	30
General Awareness	30	30
Total	180	180

JKSSB JE (Electrical) Syllabus 2025

The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has not officially released the syllabus for the Junior Engineer Electrical examination. But we have analysed the previous year's syllabus and exam pattern for now and presented it for the candidates. We will soon update the latest JKSSB JE syllabus as soon as it is released officially.

Topics	Sub-topics
Electrical Circuits and Fields	Basic concepts: Concepts of resistance, inductance, capacitance and various factors effecting them., Circuit laws: ohms law KCL, KVL, node and mesh analysis, resonance, ideal current and voltage sources, Source conversions: Thevenin’s, Norton’s and Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorems, Simple Circuit solution using network theorems. Three phase circuits; Ampere’s and Biot-Savart’s laws; inductance; dielectrics; capacitance.
Electrical Machines	Single phase transformer – equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, tests, regulation and efficiency; three phase transformers – connections, parallel operation; autotransformer, Energy conversion principles, Electro-mechanical energy conversion ; DC machines–types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed control of motors; three phase induction motors– principles, types, performance characteristics, starting and speed control; single phase induction motors; synchronous machines – performance, regulation and parallel operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics and applications; servo and stepper motors. Braking of DC and AC motors
Power Systems	Basic power generation concepts; transmission line models and performance; cable performance, insulation; corona and radio interference; distribution systems; power factor correction; economic operation; symmetrical components; principles of over-current, differential and distance protection; Generator, feeder, transformer and bus-bar protection; Lightning protection; solid state relays and circuit breakers; Sub-Station Practices, Load frequency control, Tariffs, Earthing. Utilisation of Electrical energy: Illumination, electrical heating and welding, electroplating.
Control Systems	Basic control system components; block diagrammatic description, reduction of block diagrams. Open loop and closed loop (feedback) systems and stability analysis of these systems.
Electrical and Electronic Measurements	Bridges and potentiometers; PMMC, moving iron, dynamometer and induction type instruments; Extension of range, measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor; instrument transformers; digital voltmeters and multimeters; phase, time and frequency measurement; Q-meters; oscilloscopes. Transducers: measurement of displacement, flow and temperature, Megger. Measurements of active and reactive power, Measurement of Energy.
Power Electronics and Drives	Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs and MOSFETs – static characteristics and principles of operation; triggering circuits; phase control rectifiers; bridge converters – fully controlled and half controlled; Choppers and Inverters; concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives.
Electronic Devices and Circuits	Energy bands in silicon, intrinsic and extrinsic silicon. Carrier transport in silicon: diffusion current, drift current, mobility, and resistivity. p-n junction diode, Zener diode, tunnel diode, BJT, JFET, MOS capacitor, MOSFET, LED, avalanche photo diode Small Signal Equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs. Simple diode circuits, clipping, clamping, rectifier. Biasing and bias stability of transistor and FET amplifiers. Single-and multi-stage, tuned voltage, operational, feedback, and power amplifiers. Frequency response of amplifiers. Simple op-amp circuits. Filters. Sinusoidal oscillators; criterion for oscillation; single-transistor and op-amp configurations. Function generators and wave-shaping circuits, 555 Timers IC and its applications. Power supplies

Weightage of Topics

There are several topics in the JKSSB syllabus from which questions are asked. Here we have mentioned the weightage of different topics as per the exam pattern.

Subjects	Marks
Electric Circuits and Fields	15 marks
Electrical Machines	15 marks
Power Systems	25 marks
Control Systems	10 marks
Electrical and Electronic Measurements	15 marks
Power Electronics and Drives	10 marks
Utilization of Electrical Energy	25 marks

JKSSB JE (Electrical) Syllabus PDF

The candidates can download the detailed syllabus for JKSSB JE syllabus 2025 in PDF format for future reference. It contains all the relevant topics for the JKSSB Electrical Engineer paper.

JKSSB Electrical JE Syllabus 2025 PDF- Click to Download

FAQs

Topics in the JKSSB Junior Engineer Syllabus 2025 are Power Electronics and Drives, Utilization of Electrical Energy, Basic Electronics and many more.

The duration of JKSSB Junior Engineer exam is 2 hours.