Contents
SSC JE Paper-I Syllabus for Mechanical
General Intelligence & Reasoning (Weightage – 50 Marks)
- 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
General Awareness (Weightage – 50 Marks)
- Questions will be aimed at testing the candidate’s general awareness of the environment around him/her and its application to society.
- Questions will also be designed to test knowledge of current events and of such matters of everyday observations and experience in their scientific aspect as may be expected of any educated person.
- The test will also include questions relating to India and its neighboring countries especially pertaining to History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity and Scientific Research, etc.
SSC JE Paper-II Syllabus for Mechanical
Theory of Machines and Machine Design (Weightage: 7-10 Marks)
- Concept of simple machine
- Four bar linkage and link motion
- Flywheels and fluctuation of energy
- Power transmission by belts – V-belts and Flat belts
- Clutches – Plate and Conical clutch
- Gears –Type of gears
- Gear profile and gear ratio calculation
- Governors – Principles and classification
- Riveted joint
- Cams, Bearings
- Friction in collars and pivots
Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials (Weightage: 12-15 Marks)
- Equilibrium of Forces
- Law of motion
- Friction
- Concepts of stress and strain
- Elastic limit and elastic constants
- Bending moments and shear force diagram
- Stress in composite bars
- Torsion of circular shafts
- Bucking of columns – Euler‘s and Rankin‘s theories
- Thin-walled pressure vessels
Thermal Engineering (Weightage: 20-25 Marks)
Properties of Pure Substances
- p-v & P-T diagrams of pure substances like H2O
- Introduction of steam table with respect to the steam generation process
- Definition of saturation
- Wet & superheated status
- Definition of dryness fraction of steam
- Degree of superheat of steam
- H-s chart of steam (Mollier‘s Chart)
1st Law of Thermodynamics
- Definition of stored energy & internal energy
- 1st Law of Thermodynamics of cyclic process
- Non-Flow Energy Equation
- Flow Energy & Definition of Enthalpy
- Conditions for Steady State Steady Flow
- Steady State Steady Flow Energy Equation
2nd Law of Thermodynamics
- Definition of Sink
- Source Reservoir of Heat
- Heat Engine
- Heat Pump & Refrigerator
- Thermal Efficiency of Heat Engines & coefficient of performance of Refrigerators
- Kelvin – Planck & Clausius Statements of 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
- Absolute or Thermodynamic Scale of temperature
- Clausius Integral
- Entropy
- Entropy change calculation of ideal gas processes
- Carnot Cycle & Carnot Efficiency
- PMM-2; definition & its impossibility
Air standard Cycles for IC engines
- Otto cycle; plot on P-V, T-S Planes;
- Thermal Efficiency, Diesel Cycle
- Plot on P-V, T-S planes
- Thermal efficiency
- IC Engine Performance
- IC Engine Combustion
- IC Engine Cooling & Lubrication
Rankine cycle of steam (Weightage: 20-25 Marks)
- Simple Rankine cycle plot on P-V, T-S, h-s planes
- Rankine cycle efficiency with & without pump work
- Boilers; Classification; Specification
- Fittings & Accessories
- Fire Tube & Water Tube Boilers
- Air Compressors & their cycles
- Refrigeration cycles; Principle of a Refrigeration Plant
- Nozzles, Steam Turbines
Properties & Classification of Fluid (Weightage: 28-32 Marks)
- Ideal & real fluids
- Newton‘s law of viscosity
- Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluids
- Compressible and incompressible fluids
Fluid Statics: Pressure at a point
Measurement of Fluid Pressure
- Manometers
- U-tube
- Inclined tube.
Fluid Kinematics
- Streamline
- Laminar & Turbulent flow
- External & internal flow
- Continuity equation
Dynamics of ideal fluids
- Bernoulli‘s equation
- Total head
- Velocity head
- Pressure head
- Application of Bernoulli‘s equitation
Measurement of Flow rate Basic Principles
- Venturimeter
- Pilot tube
- Orifice meter
Hydraulic Turbines
- Classifications
- Principles
Centrifugal Pumps
- Classifications
- Principles
- Performance
Production Engineering (Weightage: 12-15 Marks)
Classification of Steels
- Mild steel & alloy steel
- Heat treatment of steel
Welding
- Arc Welding
- Gas Welding
- Resistance Welding
- Special Welding Techniques i.e. TIG, MIG, etc. (Brazing & Soldering)
- Welding Defects & Testing
- NDT
Foundry & Casting