All Exams Test series for 1 year @ ₹349 only

SSC JE Books2023: Subject-Wise Books

Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts central level recruitment exam nationally every year for Junior Engineer Post in different types of the branch such as Civil, Electrical, Mechanical etc. in all over India. The tentative SSC JE 2023 application date is September 2023. Candidates must utilize the available time in a more productive way to get a good score. Some of the SSC JE Mechanical books that can be referred by the candidates include SSC Junior Engineering self-study Guide cum Practice Book, SSC Junior Engineer Mechanical Recruitment Exam Guide 4th Edition, etc. Also, Check the upcoming SSC Exam Dates 2023, read the news here.

About 3 lakh candidates appear in SSC JE Exam every year for around 900-1000 vacancies. So the desiring aspirants should start their preparation vigorously right from now to land on their dream company job.

SSC JE Books

SSC JE 2023 Book List

There are ample amount of books in the market right now for this exam because of it’s difficulty and there are a lot of coaching centres also who are guiding aspiring candidates for the exam. But only coaching can’t bring you success, self-study is the best method to prepare for any kind of exams. Books have a lot of potential to help students to get a good result in their exam. So you should choose one Responsible Coaching Institution and only the best resource/book (for each topic) so that you can give all your attention in one resource and make the best result, because “Reading 1 Book 10 times is better than reading 10 books 1 time.”

General Awareness:

Some of the books that help improve general awareness skills are mentioned below:

Books Author Name/Publisher Name
Lucent’s G.K Dr Binay Karna and Manwendra Mukul
NCERT Books Till Class 10th
General Knowledge 2023 Manohar Pandey
Newspaper and Magazines -

Check out SSC JE 2023 Syllabus. Also Check SSC JE In-Hand Salary.

General Intelligence and Reasoning:

A few of the books helpful while preparing for general intelligence and reasoning are mentioned below:

Books Author Name/Publisher Name
A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning R.S. Aggrawal
SSC JE (CPWD/CWC/MES) General Intelligence & Reasoning and General Awareness G.K. Publication
A Modern Approach to Verbal and Nonverbal Reasoning R.S. Aggrawal

Download SSC JE 2023 Answer Key. Also, Check out SSC JE Notification 2023.

Part A (Civil & Structural):

SSC JE Books civil engineering must be studied thoroughly to get a good score in the SSC JE 2023 exam.

Books Author Name/Publisher Name
SSC Junior Engineer Civil & Structural Recruitment Exam Guide 3rd Edition Disha Experts
SSC (CPWD-MES) Junior Engineers Examination of Civil Engineering GK Publication
SSC Junior Engineer Civil and Structural Engineering Exam Practice Work Book Kiran Prakashan
SSC Junior Engineer Civil and Structural Engineering Recruitment Exam Guide Disha Experts
Civil Engineering: Conventional and Objective Type S Chand Publication

Check out SSC JE 2023 Tier-I Expected Cutoff

Part B (Electrical):

Books Author Name/Publisher Name
SSC JE Electrical Engineering for Junior Engineers Previous Year Solved Papers (2008-18), 2018-19 for Paper I GK Publication
Juniors Engineers Electrical Examination Guide: Electrical Engineering (Popular Master Guide) RPH Editorial Board
SSC JE Electrical exam Guide-Cum-practice workbook Kiran Prakashan
SSC JE: Electrical Engineering - Topicwise Conventional Solved Papers Made Easy Publications
SSC JE - 2019 Electrical Engineering Previous Year Objective Detailed Solution Papers Zone Tech Publications

Part C (Mechanical):

Going through the best and most recommended books for SSC JE Mechanical is crucial to stay ahead in the competition and qualify the exam with good a percentage.

Books Author Name/Publisher Name
SSC JE Civil Engineering Previous Year Topic-wise Objective Solved Papers Made Easy Publications
SSC Junior Engineers (Mechanical) Exam Guide (Popular Master Guide) RPH Editorial Board
SSC Junior Engineering self-study Guide cum Practice Book Kiran Prakashan
SSC Junior Engineer Mechanical Recruitment Exam Guide 4th Edition Disha Publication
SSC JE Exam Pattern

SSC JE 2023 Exam Pattern

Candidates should check the syllabus and SSC JE exam pattern before starting their preparation, here we have discussed the exam pattern for SSC JE Exam 2023. This exam consists of 2 papers; Paper 1 and Paper 2 and each paper contains 3 sections/parts, as per General Engineering is concerned aspirants will attempt only the part as the option chosen by the candidates during the form filling up.

  1. The candidates appearing for the post of Junior Engineer (Civil/Quantity Surveying Contract) will attempt the Part A(Civil & Structural) of both Paper 1 and 2.
  2. The candidates appearing for the post of Junior Engineer(Electrical) will attempt Part B(Electrical) of both Paper 1 and Paper
  3. The candidates appearing for the post of Junior Engineer(Mechanical) will attempt Part C (Mechanical) of Paper 1 and Paper 2.

SSC JE 2023 Paper 1 Exam Pattern

  • Duration – 2 hours.
  • Mode of Exam – Computer Based Exam
  • Question Pattern – Multiple Choice Question
  • Marking Scheme – for each correct answer, there will be +1 mark and -0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
Section Question Marks
General Intelligence and Reasoning 50 50
General Awareness 50 50
Part A(Civil And Structural), Part B(Electrical) & Part C(Mechanical) 100 100
Total 200 200

SSC JE 2023 Paper 2 Exam Pattern

  • Duration - 3 hours
  • Mode of Exam - Descriptive Written Exam in Offline Mode
  • Total Marks - 300
  • Marking Scheme – Each Correct answer contains +1 mark and for each wrong question 0.25 marks will be deducted.
Section Marks
Part A(Civil and Structural) or 300
Part B(Electrical) or 300
Part C(Mechanical) or 300
Total 300
SSC JE Syllabus

SSC JE 2023 Syllabus

We have discussed the complete SSC JE syllabus in the following paragraph –

General Intelligence and Reasoning - This section contains questions related to mental ability, general logic and simple numerical to check the candidate’s abilities to deal with abstract ideas and symbols and their relationships. Questions based on analogies, similarities, differences, space visualization, problem-solving, analysis, judgment, decision making, visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts, arithmetical reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical number series etc. are asked in this section.

General Awareness – This section tests the candidate’s knowledge about the current affairs, society, country and the world. Generally, question-related to India and its neighbouring countries, History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Politics and Scientific Research, etc. are asked in this portion.

General Engineering – Following are the topics on which the question generally comes in this section.

General Engineering (Civil & Structural)
  1. Building Materials, Estimating
  2. Costing and Valuation
  3. Surveying, Soil Mechanics
  4. Hydraulics
  5. Irrigation Engineering
  6. Transportation Engineering
  7. Environmental Engineering
  8. Structural Engineering: Theory of Structures
  9. Concrete Technology
  10. RCC Design, Steel Design.
General Engineering (Electrical)
  1. Basic concepts
  2. Electrical Machines
  3. Fractional Kilowatt Motors and single phase induction Motors
  4. Synchronous Machines
  5. Generation, Transmission and Distribution
  6. Estimation and Costing, Utilization and Electrical Energy
  7. Basic Electronics.
General Engineering (Mechanical)
  1. Theory of Machines and Machine Design
  2. Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials
  3. Properties of Pure Substances
  4. 1st Law of Thermodynamics
  5. 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
  6. Refrigeration cycles
  7. Principle of Refrigeration Plant
  8. Nozzles & Steam Turbines
  9. Properties & Classification of Fluids
  10. Fluid Statics
  11. Measurement of Fluid Pressure
  12. Fluid kinematics
  13. Dynamics of Ideal fluids
  14. Measurement of Flow rate
  15. basic principles
  16. Hydraulic Turbines
  17. Centrifugal Pumps
  18. Classification of steels
  19. Air standard Cycles for IC Engines
  20. IC Engine Performance
  21. IC Engines Combustion
  22. IC Engine Cooling & Lubrication.

Paper 2 contains lots of topics based on the Parts (A/B/C) which is a written exam. Due to these vast topics, preparation should be highly concrete because there will be different kinds of questions and their difficulty level will not be so easy.

SSC JE FAQs

SSC JE 2023 Books: FAQ’s

Ques. Which book is best for SSC JEE 2023 exam?

Ans. There are lots of books in the market which students can prefer for their preparation, but we provided all the best books subject-wise for the exam.

Ques. Is there any negative marking in SSC JE computer-based exam?

Ans. Yes, there are negative marks in the Computer Based Exam but no negative mark in the written test.

Ques. How difficult is the SSC JE Exam?

Ans. SSC JE Exam is not that much tough and not so easy. If anyone prepares sincerely and makes a perfect time table and strategy for the exam then he can surely crack the exam.

Ques. Can I crack the SSC JE 2023 Exam without coaching?

Ans. Yes and No both answers can be applicable in this case. Self-study is the best method to prepare for any exam so if you think you are comfortable with self -study and you can study from books/free videos/resources then definitely you can crack the exam. Otherwise, you must follow a coaching institution for your betterment.

Ques. What is the in-hand salary of SSC JE?

Ans. The in-hand salary of SSC JE’s is around 30,000-40,000.

*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.
How likely are you to recommend Prepp.in to a friend or a colleague?
Not so likely
Highly likely

Comments

No comments to show