JKSSB JE CIVIL Exam Syllabus & Pattern

The JKSSB had announced a total of 580 vacancies for JE Civil in various depeartments. By the 20th of January 2021, many qualified and interested candidates had applied online for these positions. The JKSSB JE CIVIL Exam Syllabus & JKSSB JE CIVIL Exam Pattern are available for all candidates. This gives detailed information for candidates to help them with their exam preparation.

JKSSB JE CIVIL Exam Overview

Board	Jammu Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB)
Post	Junior Engineer (CIVIL)
No Of Vacancies	144 (Public Works Department)65 (Jal Shakti Department)
Category	Admit Card
Exam Date	To be announced
Admit Card Date	tentatively ten days before the exam date
Minimum Qualification	Three years Diploma in Civil Engineering from Govt. recognized Institute or B.Tech in Civil Engineering or AMIE Section (A&B) India
Selection Process	Written Exam, Skill Test, Interview
Job Location	Jammu & Kashmir
Official Web Portal	jkssb.nic.in

JKSSB JE CIVIL Exam Pattern

The Junior Engineer Exam for Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board comprises only one section, which is a written test with objective style questions. The examination will last 120 minutes. In two hours, candidates must answer 120 questions with 1 mark each.

Serial No	Topics	Number of questions	Duration	Total marks
1	Technical	120	2 hours	120

Section	Marks
Surveying	10
RCC Structures	15
Mechanical and Structural analysis	15
Soil mechanics	10
Irrigation Engineering	10
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics	15
Water supply And wastewater engineering	10
Highway Engineering	10
Railway Engineering	10
Constructional Planning Management	15

• The candidate will be given one mark for each right response.
• There will be a 0.25 point deduction for each wrong answer.
• The written exam is based on the Multiple Choice Question format.

JKSSB JE CIVIL Exam Syllabus 

Candidates taking the JKSSB JE CIVIL Exam should familiarise themselves with the JKSSB JE CIVIL Exam Syllabus & JKSSB JE CIVIL Exam Pattern listed below. The first and most important step in starting your preparation is to understand the syllabus.

Candidates taking the JKSSB Junior Engineer Mechanical exam can review the subject wise syllabus below:

Topic	Syllabus	Marks
Surveying	Importance of surveying, principles & classifications, measurements of distance & theodolite, directions, contouring, chain surveying, compass surveying, tacheometry, traversing, levelling, plane table surveying, curves.	10 marks
Mechanics and Structural Analysis	IntroductionConcept of rigid body scalar and vector quantities, moment, simple machines,  laws of forces, friction, torsion, centre of gravity, Properties of materials, Bending moment and shear force in statistically determinate beams.Simple stress & strain relationship. Stress & strain in two dimensions, principal stresses, stress transformation. Simple bending theory, unsymmetrical bending, flexural and shear stresses, shear centre. Thin-walled pressure vessels, combined and direct bending stresses, uniform torsion, buckling of column, combined. Slope and deflection, analysis of trusses.	15 marks
RCC Structures	Concrete technology, Ingredients of concrete, admixtures, water-cement ratio, Non-destructive tests, workability properties of concrete, special concretes, basics of mix design.Concrete design-basic working stress & limit state design concepts, analysis of ultimate load capacity & design of members subjected to compression 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, two-way slab	15 marks
Soil Mechanics	Origin of soils, properties, soil classification, three-phase system, fundamental definitions, relationship and interrelationship, flow of water through soils, permeability & seepage, effective stress principle, deformation of soils, compaction consolidation, SPT, shear strength, Density control, characteristics, plate load test, Measurement of field density by core cutter & soil exploration, sand replacement method, bearing capacity & its methods	10 marks
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics	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 & corresponding equations, applications of momentum, Bernoulli’s equation & potential flow, laminar and turbulent flow, flow in pipes, pipe networks. Concept of boundary layer & its growth. Uniform flow, critical flow & gradually varied flow in channels, hydraulic jump Forces on immersed bodies, specific energy concept flow measurements in channels, tanks & pipes. Dimensional analysis and hydraulic modelling Kinematics of flow.	15 marks
Irrigation Engineering	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	10 marks
Water supply and wastewater Engineering	Introduction, 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	10 marks
Highway Engineering	History of the development of highway 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	10 marks
Railway Engineering	History of Indian railways, Gauges used, the permanent way its components, Types of rails, creep, welding, Rail fixtures and fastenings, Signalling, Points and Crossings, Bridge terminology, classification, components, foundations.	10 marks
Constructional Planning Management	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	15 marks

After reading this blog, we hope that candidates will have a better understanding of the JKSSB JE CIVIL Exam syllabus & pattern 2021. We wish the candidates luck as they prepare for their exams.

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