SSC Junior Engineer Syllabus Details

SSC Junior Engineer Syllabus Details: Details on the syllabus for the Staff Selection Commission’s junior engineer examination in contract, quantity surveying, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering are provided below…

Syllabus: The engineering course questions will roughly correspond to the Diploma in Engineering (Civil/Mechanical/Electrical) level. The syllabus’s specifics are listed below:

Paper-I:

1. General Intelligence & Reasoning: Both verbal and non-verbal questions would be included in the General Intelligence Syllabus. Arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series, space visualization, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, and other topics may be covered in the test. In addition, questions on abstract concepts and symbols and their relationships, mathematical calculations, and other analytical tasks will be included in the exam.

2.General Awareness: The purpose of the questions is to gauge the candidate’s overall understanding of the world around them and how it affects society. Additionally, as may be expected of any educated individual, questions will be designed to assess knowledge of current events as well as topics related to common observations and experience in its scientific aspect. In addition, there will be questions on India and its surrounding nations in the test, particularly in the areas of general politics, science, history, culture, geography, and economics. These will be the kind of inquiries that don’t call for specialized knowledge in any field.

3. General Engineering: Civil & Structural, Electrical and Mechanical:

Part-A (Civil Engineering): Building materials, soil mechanics, hydraulics, irrigation engineering, transportation engineering, environmental engineering, estimating, costing and valuation, and surveying.
Steel design, RCC design, concrete technology, and structural theory are all included in structural engineering.

Part-B (Electrical Engineering): Basic concepts, Circuit law, Magnetic Circuit, AC Fundamentals, Measurement and Measuring instruments, Electrical Machines, Fractional Kilowatt Motors and single phase induction Motors, Synchronous Machines, Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Estimation and Costing, Utilization and Electrical Energy, Basic Electronics.

Part-C Mechanical Engineering): The properties of pure substances, engineering mechanics and material strength, theory of machines and machine design, First, second, and third laws of thermodynamics Air standard cycles for internal combustion engines, performance, cooling, and lubrication of internal combustion engines,
Boilers, Classification, Specification, Fittings & Accessories, Rankine Cycle of System Nozzles and steam turbines, refrigeration cycles, the operation of refrigeration plants, and air compressors and their cycles. Fluid dynamics, ideal fluid properties and classification, fluid statics, fluid pressure measurement, fluid kinematics, measurement of flow rate, fundamental concepts, Steel classification, centrifugal pumps, and hydraulic turbines.

Paper-II:

1.Part-A (Civil & Structural Engineering): 

Building Materials: The manufacture and quarrying of materials such as building stones, silicate-based materials, Portland cement, asbestos products, timber and wood-based goods, laminates, bituminous materials, paints, and varnishes, as well as their physical and chemical qualities and standard tests, are all covered.

Estimating, Costing and Valuation: 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, Plastering, Boundary wall, Brick building, Water Tank, Septic tank, Bar bending schedule, Centre line method, Mid-section formula, Trapezodial formula, Simpson’s rule,
Cost estimate of Septic tank, flexible pavements, Tube well, isolates and combined footings, Steel Truss, Piles and pile-caps. Valuation – Value and cost, scrap value, salvage value, assessed value, sinking fund,
depreciation and obsolescence, methods of valuation.

Surveying: Surveying principles, distance measurement, chain surveying, prismatic compass operation, compass traversing, bearings, local attraction, plane table surveying, theodolite traversing, theodolite adjustment, equating, Definitions of terminology used in contouring, leveling, earth work calculations, contour map uses, curve setting, tachometer survey, curvature and refraction corrections, and temporary and permanent dumpy level adjustments.

Soil Mechanics:

Soil formation origin, phase diagram, Definitions: unit weights, density index, specific gravity of soil grains, porosity, degree of saturation, water content, and interrelationships between various parameters The applications of grain size distribution curves soil index characteristics, Atterberg’s boundaries, ISI soil plasticity and categorization chart soil permeability, permeability coefficient, permeability coefficient calculation, Aquifers that are both confined and unconfined, effective stress, fast sand, soil consolidation, Consolidation principles, degree, pre-consolidation pressure, usually consolidated soil, e log p curve, and final settlement computation soils’ shear strength, direct shear test, Shear test Vane test triaxial Compaction of soil, Compaction test in a laboratory, Ideal moisture content and maximum dry density material, theories of earth pressure, active and passive earth pressures, Soil bearing capacity and plate load.

Hydraulics :Fluid characteristics, hydrostatics, flow measurements, Bernoulli’s theorem and its use, flow via spillways, pumps, turbines, weirs, flumes, open channels, and pipes.

Irrigation Engineering: Definition, importance, advantages, kind and technique of irrigation, and impacts of irrigation in part two Measurements of rainfall, runoff coefficient, rain gauge, and precipitation losses such as evaporation and infiltration are all part of the field of hydrology. crops’ water needs, duties, delta, and base period, the command area, the time factor, the crop ratio, and the allowance for overlap efficiency of irrigation many kinds of canals,canal irrigation techniques and water loss in canals Types of canal lining and its benefits Yield from a well, both deep and shallow barrage and weir, Weir and porous foundation failure, Kennedy’s idea of critical velocity, Slit and Scour The hypothesis of uniform flow by Lacey What constitutes a flood, its origins and consequences, flood control techniques, water logging, and preventive measures reclamation of land, Features that impact soil fertility, objectives, strategies, land description, and reclamation procedures Important irrigation initiatives in India.

Transportation Engineering: Highway Engineering: cross-sectional features, geometric layout, pavement kinds, bitumen and aggregate materials, various testing, The design of bituminous construction, rigid pavement joints, gravel roads, water-bound macadam (WBM) and wet mix macadam (WMM), pavement maintenance, highway drainage, and railway engineering Permanent way components include sleepers, ballast, fasteners and fixtures, track geometry, stations, crossings, junctions, and yards. Different traffic surveys, the correlations between speed, flow, and density, intersections and interchanges, traffic signals, traffic operation, traffic signs and markings, and road safety are all aspects of traffic engineering.

Environmental Engineering: Water quality, water supply source, water purification, water distribution, sanitation requirements, sewerage systems, circular and oval sewers, sewer appurtenances, and sewage treatments Drainage of surface water Types, impacts, and engineered management systems of solid waste Air pollution: contaminants, origins, consequences, mitigation Cause, impacts on health, and management of noise pollution.

Structural Engineering: Elasticity constants, determinate and indeterminate beam types, bending moment and shear force diagrams of simply supported, cantilever, and overhanging beams are all included in the theory of structures. For both rectangular and circular sections, the moment of area and moment of inertia; for tee, channel, and compound sections; chimneys, dams, and retaining walls; eccentric loads; for simply supported and cantilever beams, the slope deflection; for columns and critical loads, circular section torque.

Concrete Technology:Concrete’s qualities, uses, and advantages, as well as cement aggregates, water quality and cement ratio, workability, mix design, storage, batching, mixing, placing, compaction, finishing, and curing concrete, concrete quality control, concrete in hot and cold weather, and concrete repair and maintenance.

RCC Design: RCC beams: design of single and double reinforced beams, flexural strength, shear strength, and bond strength reversible beams Tintels and T-beams Slabs with one and two ways as well as isolated footings water tanks, retaining walls, columns, stairways, and reinforced brickwork (RCC design questions might draw from the Working Stress and Limit State approaches.)

Steel Design: Steel design and construction of plate girders, roof trusses, columns, and beams.

2. Part-B (Electrical Engineering):

Basic concepts: Concepts of capacitance, inductance, and resistance, as well as the different elements that influence them notions of energy, power, voltage, current, and their units.

Circuit law: Kirchhoff’s law, Simple Circuit solution using network theorems.

Magnetic Circuit:Ideas related to flux, mmf, and reluctance many magnetic material types, Magnetic calculations for variously shaped conductors, such as solenoidal, circular, or straight Self, mutual, and electromagnetic induction.

AC Fundamentals:The alternating wave’s instantaneous, peak, RMS, and average values Illustration of a sinusoidal waveform, basic parallel and series AC circuits with RL and C in them, Resonance, Tank Circuit Poly Phase System with Star and Delta Connection, Three-Phase Power, R-Land R-Ccircuit’s DC and sinusoidal response.

Measurement and measuring instruments: Measurement of energy and power (one- and three-phase, both active and reactive), Three phase power measurement using a two wattmeter approach, Phase angle and frequency measurements extension of range watt meter, ammeter and voltmeter (both moving oil and moving iron type), AC bridges with multimeters, meggers, and energy meters Applications of CT, PT, Signal Generator, CRO, and their usage Earth Fault Locating.

Electrical Machines :

(a) DC Machine: Construction, Fundamentals of DC Motors and Generators, Features, Speed Control and DC Motor Starting How to brake a motor, DC machine losses and efficiency (b) Construction, operating principles, equivalent circuit, voltage regulation, OC and SC tests, losses, and efficiency of single- and three-phase transformers Impact of wave shape, frequency, and voltage on losses Single-phase and three-phase transformers operating in parallel auto transformers (c) three-phase induction motors, torque-speed characteristics, equivalent circuit, rotating magnetic field, and mechanism of operation beginning and three-phase induction motor speed control Braking techniques and how voltage and frequency fluctuations affect torque speed characteristics Applications and Features of Single Phase Induction Motors and Fractional Kilowatt Motors.

Synchronous Machines –Three-phase emf armature reaction generation, voltage control, two alternators operating in parallel, synchronization, and active and reactive power management Synchronous motor applications and start-up.

Generation, Transmission and Distribution – Various power plant types, load, diversity, and demand factors; cost of generation; and interconnection of power plants Improvements to power factor, different tariff types, fault types, and short circuit current for symmetrical failures Circuit breakers’ ratings, the principles of arc extinction by air and oil, HRC fuses, protection against earth leakage and overcurrent, etc. are all included in switchgear. feeder and bus bar protection, the Merz-Price system of generator and transformer protection, and the Buchholtz relay Lightning arresters, diverse distribution and transmission systems, material comparisons for conductors, and system efficiency Diverse cable types, cable ratings, and derating factors.

Estimation and costing : Calculating the lighting plan, installing devices with electricity, and adhering to any IE standards IE Regulations and earthing techniques.

Utilization of Electrical Energy : Illumination, Electric heating, Electric welding, Electroplating, Electric drives and motors.

Basic Electronics : Operation of diverse technological gadgets For instance, PNP Junction diodes, NPN and PNP type transistors, BJT, and JFET basic circuits made with these components.

3. Part- C (Mechanical Engineering):

Theory of Machines and Machine Design:Notion of a basic machine Four-bar coupling and coupling movement Flywheels and energy fluctuations, belts for power transmission: flat and V-belts, Clutches: Conical and plate clutches Gears: gear profile, gear ratio computation, gear type Governors: Classification and guiding principles joined with rivets, Rolls, Wheels, Collar and pivot friction.

Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials:Balance of Forces, Friction, Law of Motion, notions of strain and stress, Elastic constants and the elastic limit Diagram of shear force and bending moments Composite bars’ stress circular shaft torsion Column bucking: Rankin and Euler’s theories, pressure containers with thin walls.

Thermal Engineering: 

Properties of Pure Substances:P-T and P-V diagrams for pure substances, such as water The steam table is introduced in relation to the steam generating process, and the terms saturation, wet, and superheated condition are defined. Definitions of the dryness fraction and steam superheat degree Mollier’s Chart, or the H-S chart of steam.

1st Law of Thermodynamics:The first law of thermodynamics for cyclic processes, the definition of internal and stored energy, the non-flow energy equation, flow energy and enthalpy, the conditions for steady state steady flow, and the steady state steady flow energy equation are all covered.

2nd Law of Thermodynamics: Definitions of sink, heat engine, heat pump, and refrigerator; heat engine thermal efficiency and refrigerator performance coefficient Planck & Clausius – Kelvin Declarations of the second law of thermodynamics, the absolute or thermodynamic temperature scale, the Clausius integral, entropy, and the computation of entropy change in ideal gas processes PMM-2: Carnot Cycle and Carnot Efficiency: Definition and Impossibility.

Air standard Cycles for IC engines: Otto cycle; plot on P-V, T-S Planes; Thermal Efficiency, Diesel Cycle; Plot on P-V, T-S planes; Thermal efficiency. IC Engine Cooling and Lubrication, IC Engine Performance, IC Engine Combustion.

Rankine cycle of steam: Rankine cycle efficiency with and without pump work, and a basic plot of the Rankine cycle on the P-V, T-S, and h-s planes Boilers; Categorization; Details; Fittings and Extras: Boilers with Fire and Water Tubes Nozzles and Steam Turbines; Air Compressors and Their Cycles; Refrigeration Cycles; The Principle of a Refrigeration Plant.

Fluid Mechanics & Machinery:

Properties & Classification of Fluid: Newton’s law of viscosity, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, ideal and real fluids, compressible and in compressible fluids

Fluid Statics: Pressure at a point

Measurement of Fluid Pressure: Manometers, U-tube, Inclined tube

Fluid Kinematics: Stream line, exterior and internal flow, laminar and turbulent flow, continuity equation

Dynamics of ideal fluids:The application of Bernoulli’s equation, total head, velocity head, and pressure head

Measurement of Flow rate Basic Principles: Venturimeter, Pilot tube, Orifice meter

Hydraulic Turbines: Classifications, Principles

Centrifugal Pumps: Classifications, Principles Performance Production Engineering:

Classification of Steels :Mild steel and alloy steel, steel heat treatment, welding (argon, gas, resistance, etc.), testing for welding defects and non-destructive testing (NDT), foundry & casting – procedures, flaws, various casting processes, forging, extrusion, etc., Basic principles of machining with a lathe, milling, drilling, shaping, and grinding are covered along with machines, tools, and manufacturing processes.