SSC JE EE Syllabus

The standard of the questions in Electrical Engineering subjects will be approximately at the level of Diploma in Engineering from a recognized Institute, Board or University recognized by All India Board of Technical Education.

Electrical Engineering Syllabus as per Staff Selection Commission: 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.

SSC JE Electrical Previous Year Paper Analysis: Subject wise weightage according to previous year paper (2008-24)

Subject	Average Marks per Topic	Approximate Total
Basic Concept	7 - 10 M	29 - 43 M
Circuit Law	7 - 10 M
Magnetic Circuit	8 - 12 M
AC Fundamentals	7 - 11 M
Electrical Machine
DC Machine	3 - 5 M	15 - 23 M
Transformers	3 - 5 M
Synchronous Machine	5 - 6 M
Single Phase & Special Machine	6 - 7 M
Induction Machine	1 - 2 M
Electrical Power System	12 - 15 M
Basic Electronics	4 - 8 M
Electrical & Electronics Measurement	7 - 12 M
Utilization of Electrical Energy	5 - 7 M
Electric Drive and Traction	2 - 3 M
Estimation, Costing & IE Rule	3 - 5 M
Miscellaneous Topic	10 M

SSC JE Electrical Basic Concepts Electrical Syllabus:

1. Concepts of electron, proton, neutron, ion, charge
2. Series parallel combination of R, L, C
3. Star-Delta Transformation of R, L, C
4. Conductance, Conductivity, Resistance, Resistivity Relation
5. To find the resistance of a wire when it is compressed or stretched
6. Resistance Temperature Coefficient
7. Voltage, Current, Power, Energy relation
8. Electrical equipment problems, e.g. Bulb or Heater Problem
9. Unit and Dimension of electrical quantities

SSC JE Electrical Circuit Law Syllabus:

1. Basic concept use in electric circuit or network
2. Concepts of the polarity of voltage and direction of current
3. Types of Source and element
4. Ohms and Kirchhoff’s law
5. Source Transformation rules
6. Mesh analysis and Super mesh
7. Nodal analysis and Supernode
8. Linearity principle of the circuit
9. Superposition theorem
10. Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorem and concept of OC Voltage & SC Current
11. Thevenin’s theorem for dependent voltage source and finding resistance
12. Maximum power transfer theorem for AC & DC circuit concepts
13. Statement of Tellegen's Theorem, Reciprocity theorem, Compensation Theorem.
14. Milliman's Theorem

SSC JE Electrical Electrostatics & Electromagnetism Syllabus:

1. Concepts of charge
2. Coulombs law
3. Concepts of permittivity and dielectric constant
4. Dipole
5. Gauss law
6. Concepts of an equipotential surface
7. Capacitor and its Capacitance
8. Earth magnet concepts
9. Terms related to magnetism
10. Types of magnetic material
11. Hysteresis
12. Biot savart law and ampere circuital law and their application
13. Charge and field
14. Magnetic force
15. Electromagnetic induction
16. Inductor

SSC JE Electrical AC Circuit Syllabus:

1. Concepts of frequency, wavelength, cycle, phase, etc
2. Current flow through pure Resistor, Inductor and Capacitor
3. Concepts of phasor and different forms
4. RLC series circuit
5. Resonance and Bandwidth in RLC series circuit
6. RLC parallel circuit
7. Resonance and Bandwidth in RLC parallel circuit
8. Three-phase circuit

SSC JE Electrical Electrical Machine Syllabus:

1. Working-principle & construction of each machine
2. Referred value in Transformer
3. Transformer rating
4. Voltage regulation of the transformer
5. Losses and Separation of loss in Transformer and TEST
6. Conversion of Two winding transformers into Auto Transformer
7. Inductive and Conductive power in Autotransformer
8. Connection of 3 phase transformer and its application
9. Cooling method of transformer & Alternator
10. Concepts of conservator tank, breather, Buchholz relay in transformer
11. Types of excitation or connection in DC Machine
12. Armature reaction in DC machine & Synchronous machine
13. Commutation in DC machine
14. Armature winding concepts in DC Machine & Synchronous Machine
15. Power stages and loss in DC machine
16. Characteristics & Voltage Build-up in DC Generator
17. Application of DC Generator
18. Concepts of Back EMF
19. Torque in DC Motor
20. Characteristics of DC Motor
21. The starter used in DC Motor
22. Speed control of DC Motor
23. Application of DC Motor
24. DC Machine Testing
25. Concepts of Slip, Synchronous Speed, Rotor Parameter in Induction Motor
26. Condition of Maximum starting, Running torque and its relation in Induction motor
27. Torque-Slip characteristics of induction motor
28. Power stage in induction motor
29. Starter of induction motor
30. Doubly cage rotor
31. Induction Generator
32. Revolving field theory
33. Method of starting or types of single-phase induction motor
34. Concepts of starting and running winding in single phase induction motor
35. Comparison and Application of all single-phase induction motor
36. Construction of synchronous machine
37. Concepts of Synchronous reactance and method to find it in Synchronous machine
38. Parallel operation and synchronization of alternator
39. Synchronizing torque concept, unequal voltage, etc
40. Operation of salient pole machine (Two field theory)
41. power-angle characteristics of synchronous machine
42. Load sharing concepts of the alternator
43. How synchronous motor get start
44. Uses of damper winding in synchronous motor and generator
45. Different torque in Synchronous motor
46. Constant excitation, varying mechanical load in Synchronous motor
47. Varying excitation, Constant mechanical load in Synchronous motor( V & inverted V curve)
48. Exciter used in Alternator
49. Reluctance & Hysteresis motor
50. Repulsion Motor
51. Other special machine and its application

SSC JE Electrical Power System Syllabus:

1. Working and block diagram of different power plant
2. Comparison between power plant
3. Concepts of base-load and peak load plant
4. Various factor related to power generation, e.g. load factor, diversity factor, etc
5. Economical load dispatch
6. Tariff
7. Power factor improvement and voltage regulator
8. Mechanical design of transmission line
9. Electrical design of transmission line
10. Corona, Skin effect, Ferranti effect, Proximity effect, etc
11. AC and DC distribution system
12. Circuit breaker- Fuse and its application
13. Relay and its operation
14. Overvoltage protective equipment
15. Basic concepts of fault analysis
16. Cable and Conductor

SSC JE Electrical Basic electronics Syllabus:

1. Semiconductor physics
2. Semiconductor diode operation
3. Types of diode
4. BJT
5. FET
6. Operation Amplifier
7. Amplifier and oscillator
8. Boolean Algebra
9. Logic Gate

SSC JE Electrical Utilization of Electrical Energy Syllabus:

1. Heating
2. Welding
3. Electroplating and Cell
4. Lamp and bulb
5. Illumination terminology
6. Lighting scheme

SSC JE Electrical Electric Drive and Traction Syllabus:

1. Types of drive and advantage
2. Types of duty cycle
3. Selection of motor drive
4. Application of motor according to duty & characteristics
5. Traction

SSC JE Electrical Measurement Syllabus:

1. Types of an instrument
2. Method of producing Torque in instrument
3. Analog instrument
4. Extension of voltmeter and ammeter
5. Wattmeter
6. Energy meter
7. R, L, C measurement by different bridge connection & instrument
8. CRO, DVM, DMM, frequency meter, Q-meter, Signal generator, CT, PT
9. Error analysis
10. Transducer types and application

SSC JE Electrical Estimation-costing and IE Rule Syllabus:

1. Important IE Rule
2. Earthing practice
3. Types of Earthing
4. Method of wiring
5. Estimation of OH Line
6. Symbol of 
7. Estimation and tender

SSC JE Electrical Miscellaneous Syllabus:

1. The time constant & Transient
2. Reactive power compensation in the Power system (e.g. Static VAR)
3. Motor controller circuit
4. Types of insulation (e.g. Y, A, E, B, F, H, C, N)
5. Electrical engineering material
6. Basic of Control System
7. Transducer

SSC JE Electrical 2024 Paper 1 and Paper 2 detail syllabus Video: