Sections

Syllabus

Marks

SSC JE Syllabus For General Intelligence & Reasoning 

1.Decision Making

2.Visual Memory

3.Relationship Concepts

4.Arithmetical Reasoning

5.Verbal and Figure Classification

6.Arithmetical Number Series

7.Abstract Ideas and Symbols and Their Relationships

8.Arithmetical Number Series

9.Arithmetical Computations and Other Analytical Functions

10.Space Visualization

11.Problem Solving

 50 marks

 SSC JE Syllabus For General Awareness

1.Economic Science

2.General Polity and Scientific Research

3.Current Affairs

4.India and its Neighboring Countries

  50 marks

 SSC JE Syllabus For Civil Engineering (Part-A)

1. Building Materials

2.Estimating, Costing and Valuation

Soil Mechanics

3.Irrigation Engineering

4.1st and 2nd Law of Thermodynamics

5.IC Engine Performance

6.IC Engine Cooling and Lubrication

7.Ranking Cycle of System

8.Fitting & Accessories

9.Air Compressors & their Cycles

10.Refrigeration Cycles

11.The Principle of Refrigeration Plant

12.Nozzles & Steam Turbines

13.Properties & Classifications Of Fluids

14.Fluid Statics, Measurement of Fluid Pressure

15.Transportation Engineering

16.Environment Engineering

100 marks

 SSC JE Syllabus For Structural Engineering (Part-A)

1.Theory of Structures

2.Concrete Technology

3.RCC Design, Steel Design

 SSC JE Syllabus For Electrical Engineering (Part-B)

1.AC Fundamentals

2.Measurement and Measuring Instruments

3.Electrical Machines

4.Fractional Kilowatt Motors and Single Phase Induction Motors

5.Synchronous Machines

6.Transmissions and Distribution

7.Estimating and Costing

8.Utilization and Electrical Energy

9.Basic Electronics

10.Circuit Law

11.Magnetic Circuit

 SSC JE Syllabus For Mechanical Engineering (Part-C)

1.Fluid Kinematics

2.Theory of Machines and Machine Designs

3.Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials

4.Centrifugal Pumps

5.Classification of Steels

6.Properties of Pure Substances

7.Dynamics of Ideal Fluids

8.Measurement of Flow Rate

9.Basic Principles

10.Hydraulic Turbines

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200 marks

SSC JE Syllabus For Civil Engineering

Building Materials

1.Physical and chemical properties

2.Classification, Standard Tests, Uses and Manufacture/Quarrying of Materials

Estimating, Costing and Valuation

1.Estimate, 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 of prismatic compass, compass traversing, bearings, local attraction, plane table surveying.

3.The odolite 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 contour map, tachometric survey, curve setting

6.Earth work calculation, advanced surveying equipment.

Soil Mechanics

1.Origin of soil, phase diagram, Definitions-void ratio, porosity, degree of saturation, water content, 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, quick sand, 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, run off 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 type of canals, types of canal irrigation, loss of water in canals. Canal lining – types and advantages. Shallow and deep to wells, 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

Water Bound Macadam (WBM) and Wet Mix Macadam (WMM), Gravel Road, Bituminous construction, Rigid pavement joint, pavement maintenance, Highway drainage, Railway Engineering

Components of permanent way -Sleepers, ballast, fixtures and fastening, track geometry, points and crossings, track junction, stations and yards.

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.

Surface water drainage.

2.Solid waste management – types, effects, engineered management system.

Air pollution – pollutants, causes, effects, control.

Noise pollution – cause, health effects, control. 

SSC JE Syllabus For Structural Engineering

Theory of Structures

Elasticity constants, types of beams – determinate and indeterminate, bending moment and shear force diagrams of simply supported, cantilever and over hanging beams.

Momemt of area and moment of inertia for rectangular & circular sections, bending moment and shear stress for tee, channel and compound sections.

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

Properties, Advantages and uses of concrete, cement aggregates, importance of water quality, water cement ratio

Work ability, mix design, storage, batching, mixing, placement, compaction, finishing and curing of concrete.

Quality control of concrete, hot weather and cold weather concreting, repair and maintenance of concrete structures.

RCC Design

RCC beams-flexural strength, shear strength, bond strength, design of singly reinforced and double reinforced beams, cantilever beams.

T-beams, lintels.

One way and two way slabs, isolated footings. Reinforced brick works, columns, staircases, retaining wall, water tanks (RCC design questions may be based on both Limit State and Working Stress methods).

Steel Design

Steel design and construction of steel columns

Beams roof trusses plate girders.

SSC JE Syllabus For Electrical Engineering

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 configuration 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 wave form, simple series and parallel AC Circuits consisting of R.L. and C, Resonance, Tank Circuit.

Poly Phase system – star and delta connection, 3 phase power, DC and sinusoidal response of R-Land R-C circuit.

Measurement and Measuring Instruments

Measurement of power (1 phase and 3 phase, both active and re-active) and energy, 2 wattmeter method of 3 phase power measurement.

Measurement of frequency and phase angle.

Ammeter and voltmeter (both moving oil and moving iron type), extension of range wattmeter, Multimeters, Megger, Energy meter AC Bridges.

Use of CRO, Signal Generator, CT, PT and their uses.

Earth Fault detection.

Electrical Machines

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, Losses and efficiency of D.C. Machines.

1 phase and 3 phase transformers – Construction, Principles of operation, equivalent circuit, voltage regulation, O.C. and S.C. Tests, Losses and efficiency.

Effect of voltage, frequency and wave form on losses. Parallel operation of 1 phase /3 phase transformers.

Auto transformers.

3 phase induction motors, rotating magnetic field, principle of operation, equivalent circuit, torque-speed characteristics, and starting and speed control of 3 phase induction motors.

Methods of braking, effect of voltage and frequency variation on torque speed characteristics.

Fractional Kilowatt Motors and Single Phase Induction Motors

Characteristics and applications.

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.

Generation, Transmission and Distribution

Power factor improvement, various types of tariffs, types of faults, short circuit current for symmetrical faults.

Switchgears – 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.

Lightning arresters, various transmission and distribution system, comparison of conductor materials, efficiency of different system.

Cable – Different type of cables, cable rating and derating factor.

Different types of power stations, Load factor, diversity factor, demand factor, cost of generation, inter-connection of power stations.

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 of various electronic devices e.g. P N Junction diodes, Transistors (NPN and PNP type) BJT and JFET.

Simple circuits using these devices.

SSC JE Syllabus For Mechanical Engineering

Theory Of Machines and Machine Designs

Concept of simple machine, Four bar linkage and link motion, Flywheels and fluctuation of energy

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

Equilibrium of Forces, Law of motion, Friction, Concepts of stress and strain, Elastic limit.

Elastic constants, Bending moments and shear force diagram, Stress in composite bars etc.

Thermal Engineering

Properties of Pure Substance1^st & 2^nd Law of Thermodynamics

Air standard Cycles for IC Engines.

Rakine Cycle of steam

Bolilers

Fluid Mechanics Machinery

Properties & Classification of fluid

Fluid Statics

Measurement of Fluid Pressure

Fluid Kinematics

Dynamics of Ideal Fluids

Measurement Of Flow Rate Basic Principles

Hydraulic Turbines

Centrifugal Pumps

Classification Of Steels