SSC JE Preparation Tips: Know Complete Strategy & Guide

Staff Selection Commission Junior Engineer Exam 2024 ( SSC JE )

Shikha Goyal
Updated on Nov 8, 2024 15:31 IST

By Shikha Goyal, Assistant Manager

SSC JE Preparation Tips: The aspirants who aspire to become Junior Engineers in Public sector enterprises (PSEs) and affiliated institutions need to prepare for the SSC JE 2024 exam tirelessly for more than a year as SSC JE 2024 is one of the most sought and difficult exams conducted by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC). The SSC JE exam is conducted yearly to recruit JE in different branches like Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Quantity Surveying & Contract.

SSC conducts the SSC JE exam in CBT (Computer Based Test) mode. The SSC JE 2024 Tier 2 exam was conducted on November 6, 2024. Candidates who are willing to appear for the SSC JE 2024 exam must go through the page to learn the best SSC JE preparation tips and books to crack the exam with minimum effort. 

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How to Prepare for SSC JE?

The aspirants preparing for the SSC JE 2024 exam must know the tips to crack the exam. The candidates are advised to go through the SSC JE preparation tips to crack the exam:

SSC JE preparation tips for General Intelligence & Reasoning

Check out some quick SSC JE preparation tips for the General Intelligence & Reasoning section:

  • In this section, questions are based on arithmetical reasoning topics such as Analogy, Number Series, Data Sufficiency, Liner and Circular Arrangement, etc.
  • Regular practice with such questions help you ace this section
  • Refer to previous years’ SSC JE question papers for this section to know the difficulty level and type of questions asked

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SSC JE preparation tips for General Awareness

Check out some quick SSC JE preparation tips for the General Awareness section:

  • Develop regular newspaper reading habits to ace this section
  • Having a grasp on subjects such as History, Indian Polity, Indian Constitution, Economics and Geography is also important for this section
  • Take online quizzes on general knowledge regularly to know your level of preparation for this section

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SSC JE preparation tips for General Engineering

Check out some quick SSC JE preparation tips for the General Engineering section:

  • In this section, candidates need to have core Engineering knowledge of their respective branches
  • To ace this section, the basics and theoretical knowledge of candidates regarding their respective Engineering fields should be clear
  • Candidates should develop good analytical and problem-solving skills to perform well in this section
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SSC JE Preparation Strategy 2024

The candidates preparing for the SSC JE exam 2024 can go through the strategy for cracking the SSC JE exam easily:

Understanding SSC JE 2024 Syllabus

The first step towards the SSC JE preparation is understanding the syllabus of the exam that you are deciding to take. The SSC JE syllabus comprises topics like General Awareness, Reasoning, and General Intelligence. Other than these topics, the syllabus comprises specific topics of engineering like mechanical, civil, etc. The SSC JE exam is conducted in the CBT mode and the questions asked in the exam are MCQs. Get the complete syllabus of SSC JE below.

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SSC JE Syllabus and Exam Pattern

SSC JE preparation comes becomes easy when you thoroughly know and understand the syllabus and pattern of the exam.

The SSC JE exam is conducted in two stages:

  • Paper-I: An online objective-type test
  • Paper II: An Offline Descriptive Test

SSC JE paper-I is divided into three sections. The third section is further divided into three parts. Candidates have the option of attempting questions from any one part only. Total weightage of SSC JE paper-I is 200 marks.

SSC JE Paper-I Sections

Number of Questions

Total Marks

General Intelligence & Reasoning

50

50

General Awareness

50

50

General Engineering (Civil & Structural or Electrical or Mechanical)

100

100

Total

200

200

In SSC JE paper-II, candidates have to write descriptive answers of on any one Engineering topic:

  • General Engineering (Civil & Structural)
  • General Engineering (Electrical)
  • General Engineering (Mechanical)

The total weightage of paper II is 300 marks.

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SSC JE Vacancy 2024

The candidates can check the revised SSC JE vacancy in the table below:

Name of Department/Organization/Office

Name of Post

SC

ST

OBC

EWS

UR

Total

OH

HH

Others PwD

Border Roads Organization

Junior Engineer(Civil)

76

36

136

48

142

438

0

0

0

Border Roads Organization

Junior Engineer(Electrical and

Mechanical)

8

0

0

2

27

37

0

0

0

Central Water Commission

Junior Engineer(Mechanical)

1

0

1

1

9

12

0

0

0

Central Water Commission

Junior Engineer(Civil)

19

6

39

12

44

120

3

5

2

Central Public Works Department

Junior Engineer(Electrical)

13

6

24

9

40

92

2

1

1

Central Public Works Department

Junior Engineer(Civil)

30

15

55

20

86

206

3

3

3

Central Water Power Research Station

Junior Engineer(Electrical)

0

1

0

1

0

2

0

0

0

Central Water Power Research Station

Junior Engineer(Civil)

0

0

2

0

1

3

0

0

0

DGQA-Naval, Ministry of Defence

Junior Engineer(Mechanical)

0

0

0

1

2

3

0

0

1

DGQA-Naval, Ministry of Defence

Junior Engineer(Electrical)

1

0

0

0

2

3

0

0

0

Farakka Barrage Project, Ministry of Jal

Shakti

Junior Engineer(Electrical)

1

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

0

Farakka Barrage Project, Ministry of Jal

Shakti

Junior Engineer(Civil)

0

0

0

0

2

2

0

0

0

Military Engineer Service(MES)

Junior Engineer(Civil)

73

37

132

49

198

489

10

10

0

Military Engineer Service(MES)

Junior Engineer(Electrical and

Mechanical)

53

26

95

35

141

350

7

7

0

National Technical Research

Organisation(NTRO)

Junior Engineer(Civil)

1

0

1

0

4

6

0

0

0

 

Total

276

127

485

178

699

1765

25

26

7

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SSC JE Books

Check out some important SSC JE books for preparation of different sections/subjects:

SSC JE Preparation Books

Author/Publication

Important SSC JE Books for General Intelligence & Reasoning

A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning

RS Aggarwal

Lucent Reasoning

Bhupendra Kumar Singh

Important SSC JE Books for General Awareness

General Knowledge

Lucent’s

Arihant General Knowledge

Manohar Pandey

Important SSC JE Books for General Engineering (Civil & Structural)

SSC Junior Engineer Civil & Structural Recruitment Exam Guide 3rd Edition

Disha Experts

SSC (CPWD-MES) Junior Engineers Examination Civil Engineering

GK Publication

SSC Junior Engineer Civil and Structural Engineering Exam Practice Work Book

Kiran Prakashan

Important SSC JE Books for General Engineering (Electrical)

SSC JE Electrical exam Guide-Cum-practice workbook

Kiran Prakashan

Electrical Engineering Objective Types Questions

A Handa M Handa

SSC Junior Engineers (CPWD/CWC/MES) Electrical Engineering 15 Practice

GK Publication

Important SSC JE Books for General Engineering (Mechanical)

SSC Junior Engineering self-study Guide cum Practice Book

Kiran Prakashan

SSC Junior Engineers (Mechanical) Exam Guide

RPH Editorial Board

SSC CWC/MES 2015 Mechanical Engineering

GK Publication

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