The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts SSC JE examination every year for the recruitment of Junior Engineers (Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Quantity Surveying & Contracts) in the different government departments. In this blog, we are providing the SSC JE Electrical Syllabus 2020 for the aspirants who are preparing for it. Here, we are giving you the detailed syllabus (subjects and their subtopics) including the weightage of marks as per the previous year exam analysis.
SSC JE – Educational Qualification
Bachelor’s degree or diploma in electrical engineering from a recognized university/institution.
SSC JE – Electrical Exam Pattern
The examination consists of two papers i.e., Paper I (computer-based test) and Paper-II (written test).
The details for the exam are given below:
| Papers | Mode of exam | Subjects | Number of questions/maximum marks | Exam duration |
| Paper I | Objective | General Intelligence and Reasoning | 50/50 | 2 hours |
| General Awareness | 50/50 | |||
| Part-B (Electrical Engineering) | 100/100 | |||
| Paper II | Descriptive | Part-B (Electrical Engineering) | 300 | 22 hours |
SSC JE Electrical Syllabus Paper I and II
General Intelligence and Reasoning
General Intelligence and Reasoning comes in Paper I. It includes questions of both verbal and non-verbal type. This section includes questions designed to test the candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationships, arithmetical computations, and other analytical functions. Following are the topics come under this section:
| Analysis and judgment | Discrimination and observation | Similarities and differences |
| Arithmetic number series | Problem-solving | Space visualization |
| Arithmetical reasoning | Relationship concepts | Verbal and figure classification |
| Decision making | Reasoning analogies | Visual memory |
General awareness
General awareness comes in Paper I. This section includes the questions to test a candidate’s general awareness of the environment, knowledge of current affairs, everyday observations, and its applications to society.
This section also includes questions related to India and its neighboring countries on topics like geography, history, general polity, culture, economic scene, and scientific research.
Part-B (Electrical Engineering)
This section comes in both Paper I and Paper II. The standard of the questions in Engineering subjects (Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical) is approximately based on the level of Diploma in Engineering in respective subjects. All the questions will be set in SI units.
The details of the syllabus are given below:
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.
SSE JE Electrical Syllabus – Expert Analysis
For the starting preparation of an exam, it is necessary to aware of the detailed analysis of the previous year’s papers. So, we are providing here the complete distribution of topics of SSC JE Electrical Engineering as per their weightage in the actual exam which will help you to plan your preparation accordingly.
| Subjects | Marks weightage | Sub-topics |
| Basic concepts | 10-12 | Concepts of resistance, inductance, capacitance, and various factors affecting them. Concepts of current, voltage, power, energy, and their units. |
| Circuit law | 4-6 | Kirchhoff’s law, Simple Circuit solution using network theorems. |
| Magnetic circuit | 8-10 | Concepts of flux, mmf, reluctance, Different kinds of magnetic materials, Magnetic calculations for conductors of different configuration, Electromagnetic induction, self and mutual induction. |
| AC fundamentals | 7-8 | Instantaneous, peak, R.M.S. and average values of alternating waves, Representation of sinusoidal waveform, 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 instrument | 12-15 | 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), an extension of range wattmeter, Multimeters, Megger, Energy meter AC Bridges. Use of CRO, Signal Generator, CT, PT, and their uses. Earth Fault detection. |
| Electric machines | 22-32 | DC 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 and 3-phase transformers, Autotransformers. | ||
| 3-phase induction motors, rotating magnetic field, the principle of operation, equivalent circuit, torque-speed characteristics, starting and speed control of 3-phase induction motors. | ||
| Methods of braking, the effect of voltage and frequency variation on torque speed characteristics. | ||
| Fractional Kilowatt Motors and Single Phase Induction Motors: Characteristics and applications. | ||
| Generation, transmission and distribution | 12-15 |
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| Estimation and costing | 6-8 | Estimation of lighting scheme, electric installation of machines and relevant IE rules. Earthing practices and IE Rules |
| Utilization and Electrical Energy | 5-6 | Illumination, Electric heating, Electric welding, Electroplating, Electric drives, and motors |
| Basic electronics | 12-15 | Working of various electronic devices e.g. P N Junction diodes, Transistors (NPN and PNP type), BJT and JFET. Simple circuits using these devices |
From previous year papers analysis, the level of the general engineering topics observed as:
- Many easy questions asked from the different topics related to the direct use of formulas. So, formulas should be memorized properly.
- Concepts should be clear regarding each topic as many questions based on the indirect use and deep knowledge of the topic.
- Many difficult questions like numerical problems are time-consuming, so practice a lot of problems to improve speed and accuracy.
That’s all from us in this blog. We hope this detailed SSC JE Electrical Syllabus helps in your preparation.
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