SSC JE
SSC JE Exam Details
Exam Date
The SSC JE is scheduled to be held on
OCTOBER 27 TO 31, 2025
About SSC JE Course
AIM CAMPUS Roorkee presents a complete SSC JE (Civil) course with 1-year validity , led by Sumit Sir (M.Tech, IIT Roorkee; 10+ yrs experience) The program ensures on-time full syllabus coverage with structured milestones, live classes + recorded replays bilingual-quality clarity delivered in English, topic-wise notes & formula sheets. PYQ drills with solutions, daily practice assignments, and rapid doubt resolution via live sessions and chat. Subjects covered include Building Materials & Construction, SOM, Structural Analysis, RCC, Steel, Surveying, Geotechnical, Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics, Irrigation/Water Resources, Environmental, Transportation, Engineering Mechanics, and exam-focused GI & GA. Access everything on our app/portal, track progress, and receive post-result interview/documentation guidance
Syllabus
- General Intelligence & Reasoning
- General Awareness
- General Engineering (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical)
Civil Engineering Syllabus
- Building Materials
- Construction Management
- Surveying
- Soil Mechanics
- Hydraulics
- Structural Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
Structural Engineering
- Theory of Structures
- Concrete Technology
- RCC Design
- Steel Design
About SSC JE
The SSC Junior Engineer (JE) exam is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission to recruit engineers in government departments.
Marks Pattern
Marks Pattern
Paper 1: 200 Marks (Objective Type)
General Intelligence & Reasoning - 50 Marks
General Awareness - 50 Marks
General Engineering (Civil/Electrical/Mechanical) - 100 Marks
Paper 2: 300 Marks (Descriptive Type)
General Engineering (Civil/Electrical/Mechanical) - 300 Marks
Total Marks: 500
SSC JE SSC JE 2025 Syllabus
General Intelligence & Reasoning
The SSC JE reasoning syllabus includes topics that test the logical and analytical abilities of candidates:
- Analogies
- Similarities & Difference
- Space Visualization
- Problem-Solving
- Arithmetical Computations
- Analysis & Judgement
- Decision-Making
- Analysis & Judgment
- Decision-Making
- Visual Memory
- Relationship Concepts
- Arithmetical Reasoning
- Verbal & Figure Classification
- Arithmetical Number Series
- Abstract Ideas and Symbols
General Awareness Syllabus
This section tests candidates’ knowledge of current affairs and general awareness:
- Environment & its Application to Society
- Current Events (National & International)
- History
- Culture
- Geography
- Economic Scene
- General Polity
- Scientific Research
SSC JE Civil Syllabus 2025
- Building Materials
- Estimating, Costing & Valuation
- Surveying
- Soil Mechanics
- Hydraulics
- Irrigation Engineering
- Transportation Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Theory of Structures
- Concrete Technology
- RCC Design
- Steel Design
- Physical and Chemical properties, classification, standard tests, uses andmanufacture/quarrying of materials e.g. building stones, silicate based materials, cement (Portland), asbestos products, timber and wood based products, laminates, bituminous materials, paints, varnishes.
- 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.
- Principles of surveying, measurement of distance, chain surveying, working of prismatic compass, compass traversing, bearings, local attraction, plane table surveying, theodolite traversing, adjustment of theodolite, Levelling, Definition of terms used in levelling, contouring, curvature and refraction corrections, temporary and permanent adjustments of dumpy level, methods of contouring, uses of contour map, tachometric survey, curve setting, earth work calculation, advanced surveying equipment.
- 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. Index properties of soils, Atterberg’s limits, ISI soil classification and plasticity chart. 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. Shear strength of soils, direct shear test, Vane shear test, Triaxial test. 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.
- Definition, necessity, benefits, 2II effects of irrigation, types and methods of irrigation, Hydrology – Measurement of rainfall, run off coefficient, rain gauge, 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. 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. Weir and barrage, Failure of weirs and permeable foundation, Slit and Scour, Kennedy’s theory of critical velocity. Lacey’s theory of uniform flow. Definition of flood, causes and effects, methods of flood control, water logging, preventive measure. Land reclamation, Characteristics of affecting fertility of soils, purposes, methods, description of land and reclamation processes. Major irrigation projects in India.
- Fluid properties, hydrostatics, measurements of flow, Bernoulli’s theorem and its application, flow through pipes, flow in open channels, weirs, flumes, spillways, pumps and turbines.
- 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.
- Highway Engineering – cross sectional elements, geometric design, types of pavements, pavement materials – 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,
- 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. Solid waste management – types, effects, engineered management system. Air pollution – pollutants, causes, effects, control. Noise pollution – cause, health effects, control.
- Elasticity constants, types of beams – determinate and indeterminate, bending moment and shear force diagrams of simply supported, cantilever and over hanging beams. Moment 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.
- Properties, Advantages and uses of concrete, cement aggregates, importance of water quality, water cement ratio, workability, 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 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
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