The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) released the SSC JE Notification for recruiting 1765 vacancies for Junior Engineers Posts. To ace the SSC JE Exam, candidates must be well versed with SSC JE Syllabus. As the syllabus is vast, every candidate must be acquainted with every single topic asked in the SSC JE Exam. The SSC Junior Engineering (SSC JE) exam has two papers – Paper 1 and Paper 2. The Paper II of the SSC JE 2024 exam will be conducted on 6th November 2024. Candidates appearing for the SSC JE exam should be aware of the SSC JE syllabus 2024 along with all topics. In this article, we are covering a detailed SSC JE Syllabus and Exam Pattern for all engineering branches (Civil, Electrical and Mechanical).

SSC JE Syllabus 2024

The standard of the questions in Engineering subjects will be approximately of the level of a Diploma in Engineering (Civil/Electrical/Mechanical) from a recognized Institute, Board or University recognized by the All India Board of Technical Education. SSC has revised the exam pattern and this year SSC JE Paper 1 and Paper 2 both will be conducted in online mode i.e. Computer Based Test (CBT). 

SSC JE Comprises two Tiers. The exam pattern of SSC JE is explained below:

PapersType of ExaminationSubjectsMode of examination
Paper 1Objective Multiple Choice

(i) General Intelligence and Reasoning

(ii) General Awareness

(iii) Part-A General Engineering (Civil & Structural) or
Part-B General Engineering (Electrical) or
Part-C General Engineering (Mechanical)

CBT (Online)
Paper 2Objective Multiple ChoicePart-A General Engineering (Civil & Structural)
Part-B General Engineering (Electrical)
Part-C General Engineering (Mechanical)
CBT (Online)

SSC JE Tier 2 Answer Key 2024 Out- Click to Download

SSC JE Exam Pattern 2024 (Revised)

SSC JE Examination will consist of two papers i.e. Paper-I and Paper-II. As per the revised SSC JE Exam Pattern, both Paper-I and Paper-2 will be conducted online (Computer Based Examination). From this year onwards, Paper-I Exam is also an Objective Type of Paper that is to be held online. You need to check the exam pattern before going through the syllabus of SSC JE 2024.

SSC JE Paper-I Exam Pattern 2024

SSC JE Paper-I Exam Pattern 2024
SubjectNumber of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration & Timings
General Awareness50502 Hours
General Intelligence and Reasoning5050
Part A- General Engineering (Civil & Structural) or
Part B- General Engineering (Electrical) or
Part C- General Engineering (Mechanical) or
100100
Total200200

Note: There will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks (revised) for each wrong answer in Paper-I.

SSC JE Syllabus for Paper-I

SSC JE 2024 Paper 1 is conducted in the online mode and has three sections which are mentioned below:

(i) General Intelligence and Reasoning

(ii) General Awareness

(iii) General Engineering- Civil and Structural, Electrical & Mechanical

1. SSC JE Syllabus for General Intelligence & Reasoning

SSC covers both verbal and non-verbal type questions in the General Intelligence & Reasoning section. The test will also include questions designed to test the candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationships, arithmetical computations and other analytical functions.

  1. Classification
  2. Analogy
  3. Coding-Decoding
  4. Paper Folding Method
  5. Matrix
  6. Word Formation
  7. Venn Diagram
  8. Direction and Distance
  9. Blood Relations
  10. Series
  11. Verbal reasoning
  12. Non-Verbal Reasoning
  13. Seating Arrangement
  14. Puzzles & Seating Arrangement

2. SSC JE Syllabus for General Awareness

Questions asked in this section will be aimed at testing the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him/her and its application to society. Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person. 

  1. Static General Knowledge
  2. Science
  3. Current Affairs
  4. Sports
  5. Books and Authors
  6. Important Schemes
  7. Portfolios
  8. People in the News
  9. History
  10. Culture
  11. Geography
  12. Economic
  13. Awards and Honors

3. SSC JE Syllabus for General Engineering (Civil and Structural), (Electrical & Mechanical):

Part-A: Civil Engineering

  1. Building Materials
  2. Surveying
  3. Estimating
  4. Soil Mechanics
  5. Costing and Valuation
  6. Concrete Technology
  7. Irrigation Engineering
  8. Steel Design
  9. Theory of Structures
  10. Hydraulics
  11. RCC Design
  12. Environmental Engineering
  13. Transportation Engineering

Part-B: Electrical Engineering

  1. Basic concepts
  2. Circuit law
  3. AC Fundamentals
  4. Magnetic Circuit
  5. Electrical Machines
  6. Utilization and Electrical Energy
  7. Transmission and Distribution
  8. Estimation and Costing
  9. Basic Electronics
  10. Generation
  11. Fractional Kilowatt Motors and single phase induction Motors
  12. Measurement and Measuring instruments
  13. Synchronous Machines

Part-C: Mechanical Engineering

  1. Theory of Machines and Machine Design
  2. IC Engines Combustion
  3. Air standard Cycles for IC Engines
  4. IC Engine Performance
  5. 1st Law of Thermodynamics
  6. 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
  7. Boilers
  8. IC Engine Cooling & Lubrication
  9. Classification
  10. Rankine cycle of System
  11. Specification
  12. Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials
  13. Centrifugal Pumps
  14. Basic Principles & Classification of steel
  15. Hydraulic Turbines
  16. Dynamics of Ideal fluids
  17. Fluid kinematics
  18. Measurement of Fluid Pressure
  19. Properties & Classification of Fluids
  20. Air Compressors & their cycles
  21. Refrigeration cycles
  22. Measurement of Flow rate
  23. Fluid Statics
  24. Nozzles & Steam Turbines
  25. Principle of Refrigeration Plant
  26. Fitting & Accessories

SSC JE Syllabus for Paper II

SSC JE Paper-II Exam Pattern

There will be a negative marking of 1 mark (revised) for each wrong answer in Paper-II. 

SSC JE Paper-II Exam Pattern 2024
SubjectsNo. of QuestionsMaximum MarksDuration & Timings

Part A- General Engineering(Civil & Structural) 

OR

Part B- General Engineering (Electrical)

OR

Part C- General Engineering (Mechanical)

1003002 Hours

SSC JE Tier 2 Syllabus 2024

This paper consists of three parts as mentioned above. Tier II is a CBT exam of 100 questions with 3 marks each and in total 300 marks for 2 hours. Candidates have to attempt any of the following parts chosen by the respective candidate:

  1. Part-A (Civil Engineering & Structural Engineering)
  2. Part-B (Electrical Engineering)
  3. Part-C (Mechanical Engineering)

Candidates need to select any one of the parts which they wish to take during the exam. Tier II of the SSC JE syllabus includes a detailed explanation of each of the topics under each part as discussed in the General Engineering section of Paper I.

SSC JE Syllabus 2024 For Civil Engineering (Part A)

SSC JE Syllabus For Civil Engineering
Building Materials 
  • Physical and chemical properties
  • Classification, Standard Tests, Uses and Manufacture/Quarrying of Materials
Estimating, Costing, and Valuation 
  1. Estimate, a glossary of technical terms, analysis of rates, methods and unit of measurement, Items of work – earthwork, Brick work (Modular & Traditional bricks), RCC work, Shuttering, Timber work, Painting, Flooring, and Plastering.
  2. Boundary wall, Brick building, Water Tank, Septic tank, Bar bending schedule, Centre line method, Mid-section formula, Trapezoidal formula, Simpson’s rule.
  3. Cost estimate of Septic tank, flexible pavements, Tube well, isolates and combined footings, Steel Truss, Piles, and pile-caps.
  4. Valuation – Value and cost, scrap value, salvage value, assessed value, sinking fund, depreciation and obsolescence, methods of Valuation.
Surveying 
  1. Principles of surveying, measurement of distance, chain surveying.
  2. Working on the prismatic compass, compass traversing, bearings, local attraction, plane table surveying.
  3. The theodolite traversing, adjustment of theodolite, Leveling, Definition of terms used in leveling, contouring, curvature, and refraction corrections.
  4. Temporary and permanent adjustments of dumpy level, methods of contouring.
  5. Uses of a contour map, tachometric survey, curve setting
  6. Earthwork calculation, advanced surveying equipment.
Soil Mechanics 
  1. Origin of soil, phase diagram, Definitions-void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, water content, the specific gravity of soil grains, unit weights, density index, and interrelationship of different parameters, Grain size distribution curves, and their uses.
  2. Index properties of soils, Atterberg’s limits, ISI soil classification, and plasticity chart.
  3. Permeability of soil, coefficient of permeability, determination of coefficient of permeability, Unconfined and confined aquifers, effective stress, quicksand, consolidation of soils, Principles of consolidation, degree of consolidation, pre-consolidation pressure, normally consolidated soil, e-log p curve, computation of ultimate settlement.
  4. Shear strength of soils, direct shear test, Vane shear test, Triaxial test.
  5. Soil compaction, Laboratory compaction test, Maximum dry density and optimum moisture content, earth pressure theories, active and passive earth pressures, Bearing capacity of soils, plate load test, standard penetration test. 

Hydraulics

 

 

  1. Fluid properties and hydrostatics, measurements of flow.
  2. Bernoulli’s theorem and its application.
  3. Flow-through pipes.
  4. Flow in open channels, weirs, flumes, spillways, pumps, and turbines.
Irrigation Engineering
  1. Definition, necessity, benefits, 2II effects of irrigation, types, and methods of irrigation.
  2. Hydrology – Measurement of rainfall, runoff coefficient, rain gauge.
  3. Losses from precipitation – evaporation, infiltration, etc. Water requirement of crops, duty, delta and base period, Kharif and Rabi Crops, Command area, Time factor, Crop ratio, Overlap allowance, Irrigation efficiencies.
  4. Different types of canals, types of canal irrigation, loss of water in canals. Canal lining – types and advantages. Shallow and deep to wells, the yield from a well.
  5. Weir and barrage, Failure of weirs and permeable foundation, Slit, and Scour, Kennedy’s theory of critical velocity.
  6. Lacey’s theory of uniform flow.
  7. Definition of flood, causes, and effects, methods of flood control, water logging, preventive measure.
Transportation Engineering 
  1. Highway Engineering: cross-sectional elements, geometric design, types of pavements, pavement materials
  2. Aggregates and bitumen, different tests, Design of flexible and rigid pavements
  3. Water Bound Macadam (WBM) and Wet Mix Macadam (WMM), Gravel Road, Bituminous construction, Rigid pavement joint, pavement maintenance, Highway drainage, Railway Engineering
  4. Components of the permanent way -Sleepers, ballast, fixtures and fastening, track geometry, points and crossings, track junction, stations, and yards.
  5. Traffic Engineering – Different traffic survey, speed-flow-density, and their interrelationships, intersections, and interchanges, traffic signals, traffic operation, traffic signs and markings, road safety.
Environmental Engineering
  1. Quality of water, source of water supply, purification of water, distribution of water, need of sanitation, sewerage systems, circular sewer, oval sewer, sewer appurtenances, sewage treatments.
  2. Surface water drainage.
  3. Solid waste management – types, effects, engineered management system.
  4. Air pollution – pollutants, causes, effects, control.
  5. Noise pollution – cause, health effects, control.

SSC JE Syllabus 2024 For Structural Engineering (Part A)

SSC JE Syllabus For Structural Engineering
Theory of Structures 
  1. Elasticity constants, types of beams – determinate and indeterminate, bending moment and shear force diagrams of simply supported, cantilever, and overhanging beams.
  2. Moment of area and moment of inertia for rectangular & circular sections, bending moment, and shear stress for tee, channel, and compound sections.
  3. Chimneys, dams and retaining walls, eccentric loads, slope deflection of simply supported and cantilever beams, critical load and columns, Torsion of circular section.
Concrete Technology 
  1. Properties, Advantages and uses of concrete, cement aggregates, the importance of water quality, water-cement ratio
  2. Workability, mix design, storage, batching, mixing, placement, compaction, finishing and curing of concrete.
  3. Quality control of concrete, hot weather and cold weather concreting repair, and maintenance of concrete structures.
RCC Design 
  1. RCC beams-flexural strength, shear strength, bond strength, design of singly reinforced and double reinforced beams, cantilever beams.
  2. T-beams, lintels.
  3. One-way and two-way slabs, isolated footings. Reinforced brick works, columns, staircases, retaining walls, water tanks (RCC design questions may be based on both Limit State and Working Stress methods).
Steel Design 
  1. Steel design and construction of steel columns
  2. Beams roof trusses plate girders.

SSC JE Syllabus 2024 For Electrical Engineering (Part B)

SSC JE Syllabus For Electrical Engineering
Basic Concepts 
  1. Concepts of resistance, inductance, capacitance, and various factors affecting them.
  2. Concepts of current, voltage, power, energy, and their units.
  3. Circuit law: Kirchhoff‟s law, Simple Circuit solution using network theorems.
  4. Magnetic Circuit: Concepts of flux, mmf, reluctance, Different kinds of magnetic materials, Magnetic calculations for conductors of different configuration e.g. straight, circular, solenoidal, etc.
  5. Electromagnetic induction, self, and mutual induction.
AC Fundamentals 
  1. Instantaneous, peak, R.M.S., and average values of alternating waves.
  2. Representation of sinusoidal waveform, simple series and parallel AC Circuits consisting of R.L. and C, Resonance, Tank Circuit.
  3. Poly Phase system – star and delta connection, 3 phase power, DC and sinusoidal response of R-Land R-C circuit.
Measurement and Measuring Instruments 
  1. Measurement of power (1 phase and 3 phase, both active and re-active) and energy, 2 wattmeter method of 3 phase power measurement.
  2. Measurement of frequency and phase angle.
  3. Ammeter and voltmeter (both moving oil and moving iron type), the extension of range wattmeter, Multimeters, Megger, Energy meter AC Bridges.
  4. Use of CRO, Signal Generator, CT, PT, and their uses.
  5. Earth Fault detection.
Electrical Machines 
  1. D.C. Machine – Construction, Basic Principles of D.C. motors and generators, their characteristics, speed control, and starting of D.C. Motors. Method of braking motor, Loss, and efficiency of D.C. Machines.
  2. 1 phase and 3 phase transformers – Construction, Principles of operation, equivalent circuit, voltage regulation, O.C. and S.C. Tests, Losses, and efficiency.
  3. Effect of voltage, frequency, and waveform on losses. Parallel operation of 1 phase /3 phase transformers.
  4. Autotransformers.
  5. 3 phase induction motors, rotating magnetic field, the principle of operation, equivalent circuit, torque-speed characteristics, and starting and speed control of 3 phase induction motors.
  6. Methods of braking, the effect of voltage, and frequency variation on torque speed characteristics.
Fractional Kilowatt Motors and Single Phase Induction Motors 
  1. Characteristics and applications.
  2. 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.
  3. Starting and applications of synchronous motors.
Generation, Transmission, and Distribution 
  1. Power factor improvement, various types of tariffs, types of faults, short circuit current for symmetrical faults.
  2. Switchgears – the rating of circuit breakers, Principles of arc extinction by oil and air, H.R.C. Fuses, Protection against earth leakage / over current, etc. Buchholtz relay, Merz-Price system of protection of generators & transformers, protection of feeders and bus bars.
  3. Lightning arresters, various transmission and distribution systems, comparison of conductor materials, the efficiency of the different systems.
  4. Cable – Different types of cables, cable rating, and derating factor.
  5. Different types of power stations, Load factor, diversity factor, demand factor, cost of generation, inter-connection of power stations.
Estimation and Costing 
  1. Estimation of lighting scheme, electric installation of machines, and relevant IE rules.
  2. Earthing practices and IE Rules.
Utilization of Electrical Energy 
  1. Illumination
  2. Electric heating
  3. Electric welding
  4. Electroplating
  5. Electric drives and motors.
Basic Electronics 
  1. Working on various electronic devices e.g. P N Junction diodes, Transistors (NPN and PNP type) BJT, and JFET.
  2. Simple circuits using these devices.

SSC JE Syllabus 2024 For Mechanical Engineering (Part C)

SSC JE Syllabus For Mechanical Engineering
Theory Of Machines and Machine Designs
  1. Concept of a simple machine, Four bar linkage and link motion, Flywheels, and fluctuation of energy
  2. Power transmission by belts – V-belts and Flat belts, Clutches – Plate and Conical clutch, Gears –Type of gears, etc.
Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials
  1. Equilibrium of Forces, Law of motion, Friction, Concepts of stress and strain, Elastic limit.
  2. Elastic constants, Bending moments and shear force diagram, Stress in composite bars, etc.
Thermal Engineering
  1. Properties of Pure Substance1st & 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
  2. Air standard Cycles for IC Engines.
  3. Rakhine Cycle of steam
  4. Boilers
Fluid Mechanics Machinery
  1. Properties & Classification of fluid
  2. Fluid Statics
  3. Measurement of Fluid Pressure
  4. Fluid Kinematics
  5. Dynamics of Ideal Fluids
  6. Measurement Of Flow Rate Basic Principles
  7. Hydraulic Turbines
  8. Centrifugal Pumps
  9. Classification Of Steels

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SSC JE Syllabus: FAQs

Ans. The complete SSC JE Syllabus has been discussed in the article.

Ans. There will be 2 online papers i.e. Paper-I and Paper-II for shortlisting candidates for SSC JE Vacancy.

Ans. Yes, there is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for Paper 1 and for Paper 2, there will be a negative marking of 1 mark

Ans. Both SSC JE Paper 1 and Paper 2 will be conducted in online mode i.e. Computer Based Test.

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