RRB JE Syllabus Official
RRB JE Syllabus Official
RRB JE Syllabus Official
1 Engineering Mechanics- Force (resolution of force, moment of force, force system, composition of
forces), Equilibrium, Friction, Centroid and Center of gravity, Simple machines.
3 Building materials- Masonry materials (stones, bricks, and mortars), Timber and miscellaneous
materials (glass, plastic, fiber, aluminum steel, galvanized iron, bitumen, PVC, CPVC, and PPF).
4 Construction of substructure- job layout, earthwork, foundation (types, dewatering, coffer dams,
bearing capacity).
5 Construction of superstructure- stone masonry, brick masonry, Hollow concrete block masonry,
composite masonry, cavity wall, doors and windows, vertical communication (stairs, lifts, escalators),
scaffolding and shoring.
6 Building finishes- Floors (finishes, process of laying), walls (plastering, pointing, painting) and roofs
(roofing materials including RCC).
7 Building maintenance- Cracks (causes, type, repairs- grouting, guniting, epoxy etc.), settlement
(causes and remedial measures), and re-baring techniques.
8 Building drawing- Conventions (type of lines, symbols), planning of building (principles of planning
for residential and public buildings, rules and byelaws), drawings (plan, elevation, section, site plan,
location plan, foundation plan, working drawing), perspective drawing.
9 Concrete Technology- Properties of various types/grades of cement, properties of coarse and fine
aggregates, properties of concrete (water cement ratio, properties of fresh and hardened concrete),
Concrete mix design, testing of concrete, quality control of concrete (batching, formwork,
transportation, placing, compaction, curing, waterproofing), extreme weather concreting and chemical
admixtures, properties of special concrete (ready mix, RCC, pre-stressed, fiber reinforced, precast, high
performance).
10 Surveying- Types of survey, chain and cross staff survey (principle, ranging, triangulation, chaining,
errors, finding area), compass survey (principle, bearing of line, prismatic compass, traversing, local
attraction, calculation of bearings, angles and local attraction) leveling (dumpy level, recording in level
book, temporary adjustment, methods of reduction of levels, classification of leveling, tilting level, auto
level, sources of errors, precautions and difficulties in leveling), contouring (contour interval,
characteristics, method of locating, interpolation, establishing grade contours, uses of contour maps),
area and volume measurements, plane table survey (principles, setting, method), theodolite survey
(components, adjustments, measurements, traversing), Tacheometric survey, curves (types, setting out),
advanced survey equipment, aerial survey and remote sensing.
11 Computer Aided Design- CAD Software (AutoCAD, Auto Civil, 3D Max etc.), CAD commands,
generation of plan, elevation, section, site plan, area statement, 3D view.
14 Irrigation Engineering- Hydrology, investigation and reservoir planning, percolation tanks, diversion
head works.
15 Mechanics of Structures- Stress and strain, shear force and bending moment, moment of inertia,
stresses in beams, analysis of trusses, strain energy.
16 Theory of structures- Direct and bending stresses, slope and deflection, fixed beam, continuous beam,
moment distribution method, columns.
17 Design of Concrete Structures- Working Stress method, Limit State method, analysis and design of
singly reinforced and doubly reinforced sections, shear, bond and development length, analysis and
design of T Beam, slab, axially loaded column and footings.
18 Design of Steel Structures- Types of sections, grades of steel, strength characteristics, IS Code,
Connections, Design of tension and compression members, steel roof truss, beams, column bases.
19 Transportation Engineering- Railway Engineering (alignment and gauges, permanent way, railway
track geometrics, branching of tracks, stations and yards, track maintenance), Bridge engineering
(site selection, investigation, component parts of bridge, permanent and temporary bridges,
inspection and maintenance), Tunnel engineering (classification, shape and sizes, tunnel investigation
and surveying, method of tunneling in various strata, precautions, equipment, explosives, lining and
ventilation).
20 Highway Engineering- Road Engineering, investigation for road project, geometric design of
highways, construction of road pavements and materials, traffic engineering, hill roads, drainage of
roads, maintenance and repair of roads.
21 Environmental Engineering- Environmental pollution and control, public water supply, domestic
sewage, solid waste management, environmental sanitation, and plumbing.
22 Advanced Construction Techniques and Equipment- Fibers and plastics, artificial timber, advanced
concreting methods (under water concreting, ready mix concrete, tremix concreting, special
concretes), formwork, pre-fabricated construction, soil reinforcing techniques, hoisting and
conveying equipment, earth moving machinery (exaction and compaction equipment), concrete
mixers, stone crushers, pile driving equipment, working of hot mix bitumen plant, bitumen paver,
floor polishing machines.
23 Estimating and Costing- Types of estimates (approximate, detailed), mode of measurements and rate
analysis.
Sl.No. Subject
1. Basic concepts: Concepts of resistance, inductance, capacitance, and various factors affecting them.
Concepts of current, voltage, power, energy and their units.
6. Electrical Machines: (a) D.C. Machine - Construction, Basic Principles of D.C. motors and generators, their
characteristics, speed control and starting of D.C. Motors. Method of braking motor, Losses and efficiency
of D.C. Machines. (b) 1 phase and 3 phase transformers - Construction, Principles of operation,
equivalent circuit, voltage regulation, O.C. and S.C. Tests, Losses and efficiency. Effect of voltage,
frequency and wave form on losses. Parallel operation of 1 phase /3 phase transformers. Auto
transformers. (c) 3 phase induction motors, rotating magnetic field, principle of operation, equivalent
circuit, torque-speed characteristics, starting and speed control of 3 phase induction motors. Methods of
braking, effect of voltage and frequency variation on torque speed characteristics, Fractional Kilowatt
Motors and Single Phase Induction Motors: Characteristics and applications.
7. Synchronous Machines: Generation of 3-phase e.m.f. armature reaction, voltage regulation, parallel
operation of two alternators, synchronizing, control of active and reactive power. Starting and
applications of synchronous motors.
8. Generation, Transmission and Distribution: Different types of power stations, Load factor, diversity
factor, demand factor, cost of generation, inter-connection of power stations. Power factor improvement,
various types of tariffs, types of faults, short circuit current for symmetrical faults.
Switchgears and Protection: Rating of circuit breakers, Principles of arc extinction by oil and air, H.R.C.
Fuses, Protection against earth leakage / over current, etc. Buchholz relay, Merz-Price system of protection
of generators & transformers, protection of feeders and bus bars. Lightning arresters, various
transmission and distribution system, comparison of conductor materials, efficiency of different system.
Cable - Different type of cables, cable rating and derating factor.
9. Estimation and costing: Estimation of lighting scheme, electric installation of machines and relevant IE
rules. Earthing practices and IE Rules.
10. Utilization of Electrical Energy: Illumination, Electric heating, Electric welding, Electroplating, Electric
drives and motors.
11 . Basic Electronics: Working of various electronic devices e.g. P N Junction diodes, Transistors (NPN and
PNP type), BJT and JFET Simple circuits using these devices.
Sl.No. Subject
Electronic Components & Materials
1 Conductors, Semi conductor& Insulators; Magnetic materials; Jointing & Cleaning materials for U/G
copper cable & OFC; Cells and Batteries (chargeable and non chargeable); Relays, Switches, MCB &
Connectors.
Electronic Devices and circuits
2 PN Junction diodes, thyristor; Diode and triode circuits; Junction Transistors; Amplifiers; Oscillator;
Multivibrator , counters; Rectifiers; Inverter and UPS.
Digital Electronics
3 Number System & Binary codes; Boolean Algebra & Logic gates; Combinational & Sequential logic
circuits; A/D & D/A converter, counters; Memories
Linear Integrated Circuit
4 Introduction to operational Amplifier; Linear applications; Non Linear applications; Voltage regulators;
Timers; Phase lock loop.
Microprocessor and Microcontroller
5 Introduction to microprocessor, 8085 microprocessor working; Assembly Language programming;
Peripherals & other microprocessors; Microcontrollers
Electronic Measurements
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Measuring systems; Basic principles of measurement; Range Extension methods; Cathode ray
oscilloscope, LCD, LED panel; Transducers
Communication Engineering
7 Introduction to communication; Modulation techniques; Multiplexing Techniques; Wave Propagation,
Transmission line characteristics, OFC; Fundamentals of Public Address systems, Electronic exchange,
Radar, Cellular and Satellite Communication.
Computer Programming
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Programming concepts; Fundamentals of ‘C’ and C ++; Operators in ‘C’ and C ++; Control Statements;
Functions, Array String & Pointers, File Structure; Data Structure and DBMS
Sl.No. Subject
Engineering Mechanics :
Resolution of forces, Equilibrium and Equilibrant, parallelogram law of forces, triangle law of
forces, polygon law of forces and Lami’s theorem, couple and moment of a couple, condition for
equilibrium of rigid body subjected to number of coplanar non-concurrent forces, definition of static
friction, dynamic friction, derivation of limiting angle of friction and angle of repose, resolution of
1 forces considering friction when a body moves on horizontal plane and inclined plane, calculation of
moment of inertia and radius of gyration of : (a) I-Section (b) channel section (c) T-Section (d) L-
Section (Equal & unequal lengths) (e) Z-Section (f) Built up sections (simple cases only), Newton’s
laws of motion (without derivation), motion of projectile, D’Alembert’s principle, definition law of
conservation of energy, law of conservation of momentum.
Material Science
Mechanical properties of engineering materials - tensile strength, compressive strength, ductility,
malleability, hardness, toughness, brittleness, impact strength, fatigue, creep resistance. Classification
2 of steels, mild steel and alloy steels.
Importance of heat treatment. Heat treatment processes - annealing, normalizing, hardening,
tempering, carburizing, nitriding and cyaniding.
Strength of Materials
Stress, strain, stress strain diagram, factor of safety, thermal stresses, strain energy, proof resilience
3 and modules of resilience. Shear force and bending moment diagram - cant leaver beam, simply
supported beam, continuous beam, fixed beam. Torsion in shafts and springs, thin cylinder shells.
Machining
Working principle of lathe. Types of lathes - Engine lathe - construction details and specifications.
Nomenclature of single point cutting tool, geometry, tool signature, functions of tool angles. General
and special operations - (Turning, facing, taper turning thread cutting, knurling, forming, drilling,
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boring, reaming, key way cutting), cutting fluids, coolants and lubricants. Introduction to shaper,
slotter, plainer, broaching, milling and manufacture of gears, heat treatment process applied to gears.
Welding :
Metrology
Linear measurement – Slip gauges and dial indicators, angle measurements, bevel protractor, sine
bar, angle slip gauges, comparators (a) mechanical (b) electrical (c) optical (d) pneumatic.
7 Measurement of surface roughness; methods of measurements by comparison, tracer instruments and
by interferometry, collimators, measuring microscope, interferometer, inspection of machine parts
using the concepts of shadow projection and profile projection.
Properties of fluid, density, specific weight, specific gravity, viscosity, surface tension,
compressibility capillarity, Pascal’s law, measurement of pressures, concept of buoyancy. Concept of
Reynold’s number, pressure, potential and kinetic energy of liquids, total energy, laws of
8 conservation, mass, energy and momentum, velocity of liquids and discharge, Bernoulli’s equation
and assumptions, venturimeters, pitot-tube, current meters. Working principle & constructional details
of centrifugal pump, efficiencies – manometric efficiency, volumetric efficiency, mechanical
efficiency and overall efficiency, cavitation and its effect, working principle of jet & submersible
pumps with line diagrams.
Industrial Management
Job analysis, motivation, different theories, satisfaction, performance reward systems, production,
planning and control, relation with other departments, routing, scheduling, dispatching, PERT and
CPM, simple problems.
Materials in industry, inventory control model, ABC Analysis, Safety stock, re-order, level, economic
9 ordering quantity, break even analysis, stores layout, stores equipment, stores records, purchasing
procedures, purchase records, Bin card, Cardex, Material handling, Manual lifting, hoist, cranes,
conveyors, trucks, fork trucks.
Thermal Engineering
Laws of thermo dynamics, conversion of heat into work vice versa , laws of perfect gases, thermo
dynamic processes - isochoric, isobaric, isothermal hyperbolic, isentropic, polytrophic and throttling,
modes of heat transfer, thermal conductivity, convective heat transfer coefficient, Stefan Boltzman
law by radiation and overall heat transfer coefficient.
10 Air standards cycles - Carnot cycle, Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, construction and working of internal
combustion engines, comparison of diesel engine and petrol engine. Systems of internal combustion
engine, performance of internal combustion engines.
Air compressors their cycles refrigeration cycles, principle of a refrigeration plant.
Syllabus for Computer Science and Information Technology Exam Group - JE (IT)
8 System Programming :
Back-ground, Assemblers, Loaders and Linkers, Macro Processors, Compilers
9 Operating System using LINUX :
Operating System, Types, Features & Basic Architecture of Unix/Linux System, Unix File System &
Structure, Linux Commands for files and directories, Filters and Pipes, Process, Creating and Editing
Files with VI Editor, System Administration, Role of System Administrator, Managing User
Accounts.
10 Web Technologies and Programming :
Internet & Intranet, Hardware & Software like Bus, Ethernet, LAN, Routers, Gateways, Bridge,
Switches, Subnet etc. Internet Service Provider, Backbones, NAPs, URL, Domain Names,
Email, Web Server and Proxy Server, Web Caches, Web Browser like Internet Explorer, Internet
Viruses, Internet Security Issues, Firewall, Data Encryption, Digital Signatures and Certificates,
Creating the Website and Home Page, HTML Programming Basics, Syntax and Rules, Search
and Search Engine for Internet, Outlook Express and Front Page.
13 Java Programming:
JAVA and Internet: Support systems and environment; JVM: Data Type: program structure.
Constants & Variables, Type Casting; Operators, Class, Creating Objects, Class Members,
Constructors, Overloading, Inheritance, Arrays. Creating Threads: Threads Class; Thread
Methods; Thread Priority; Synchronization. Applets: Executable Applet, Adding Applet to
HTML, File; passing Parameters to Applets.
Software Engineering:
Software Process - life cycle models; system engineering: Software Requirements - Functional
and non-functional; prototyping; verification; validation. Design Concepts and Principles -
design heuristic; architectural design; user interface design; system design; SCM process.
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Software testing - types of test; testing strategies; integration and validation testing system
testing and debugging. Software Project Management - Measures and measurements; cost
estimation; Task Network; Error Tracking; CASE tools.
6 Magnetism: Magnetic field, Uniform and non uniform magnetic fields. Magnetic induction. Magnetic
lines of force. Magnetic pole strength, Magnetic moment. Inverse square law of magnetism. Magnetic
7 properties
Electricity of
&materials and their classification.
Electro Magnetism: Electric charge, field, electric intensity, electric potential, potential
difference. Simple Electric Circuits. Conductors, Non conductors / Insulators, Coulomb’s inverse square
8 law.
Modern Primary and secondary
Physics: Discharge Cells.
of Ohm’s Law through
Electricity - its limitations.
gases, Resistances
Cathode rays, in series
Anodeand rays
parallel,
andEmf of
their
aproperties;
circuit; Specific resistance. Kirchhoff’s laws. Relation between electric potential
X-rays; Atomic models: JJ Thomson, Rutherford and Bohr’s models. Atomic nucleus and and Electric energy,
electric
its PowerAtomic
structure. (wattage). Heating
models: Masseffect of electric
defect; Radio current,
Activity-andDiscovery,
Joule’s law. Ampere’soflaw,
properties circular
alpha, loop
different
and fields;Magnetic
Solenoid. radioactive series;
force on Chain
moving and controlled
charged nuclear
particle and reactions;
long Fission
straight and fusion
conductors. ofbeta,
nuclei
Fleming’s
and-
left
gamma
atomic radiations.
bomb Applications
and hydrogen bomb. of alpha, beta, and gamma radiations,
hand rule, Electric motor. Electromagnetic induction - Faraday’s law Electromagnetic flux. Lentz law,
9 Generators and
Electronics and Alternating Currents.
Communications: Inductance
Semi - self,
conductors, mutual
diode, p-ninductance and principles Transistor
junction characteristics. of transformer.
– pnp
& npn characteristics and uses. Zener Diode characteristics. Simple electronic circuits, Logic gates –
10 applications,
Matter: Statesmodulation
of matter.and demodulation.
Elements, Compounds and Mixtures. Methods of separation of mixtures.
Chromatography. Behavior of gases; measurable properties of gases; gas laws. Mole concept. Dolton,
11 . Avogadro, Berzelius Physical
Chemical Reactions: laws. and chemical changes. Types of Chemical reactions; Physical and Chemical
properties various compounds. Chemical calculations. NaOH, Bleaching powder, baking soda, washing
12 soda,
Acidsand
andtheir uses,Salts:
Bases, PlasterStrength
of Paris. and uses of Acids & Bases. Neutralization. Nature and uses of
different Salts. Water of crystallization. Complex, Neutral and double salts. Oxidation and Reduction,
13 Rancidity. Identification
Atomic Structure: of Acids, spectrum,
Electromagnetic Bases– Indicators: Natural, Characteristics
Atomic spectrum, Chemical. PH of Scale - Roleproton
electron, of PHand
in
daily life-agriculture, medicine. Classification of salts based on affinity to water Examples
neutron, Rutherford’s model of an atom, nature of electromagnetic radiation, Plank’s quantum of Acidic,
Basic, Mixed,
mechanics, Complex,ofNeutral
explanation photo and double
electric salts.
effect, Solutions
features - Typesspectra,
of atomic of solutions; solubility,ofionization,
characteristics hydrogen
Concentration; Oxidation number concept. Balancing of Redox reactions, Calculation
spectrum, Bohr’s theory of structure of atom, Bohr’s explanation of spectral lines, failure of Bohr’s of
Concentrations. Stoichiometry.
theory, wave particle nature of electrons, de Broglie’s hypothesis, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle,
important features of the Quantum mechanical model of an atom, Quantum numbers, concept of
orbitals, define an atomic orbital in terms of quantum numbers-shapes of s, p and d orbitals, n l x rule,
Energies of electronic energy levels (n+l) rule state Auffbau principle, Pauli’s exclusive principle and
Hund’s rule of maximum multiplicity, electronic configuration of atom, explanation of stability of half
filled and completely filled orbital.
14 Periodic Classification of Elements: Characteristics of elements in groups and periods. Signification of
atomic number and electronic configuration as the basis per periodic classification. Classification of
15 elements
Chemical into s-block,Ionic
Bonding: p-block,
and d-block,
Covalentf-block
bonds:and their main of
Introduction characteristics. Periodic Electronic
chemical bonding. trends in
physical and chemical properties of elements. Study of different Groups of periodic table.
Configuration of Noble gases. sigma, pi bond with examples. Shapes of molecules bond lengths and
16 bond angles
Carbon in Compounds:
and its molecules. Hybridization
Need to studyand explanation
of carbon of H2O,
compounds BF3, CH4,
separately. NH3 etc. of
Classification molecules.
Organic
Hydrogen bonding and types of H bonds.
compounds Hydro carbons - Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes aromatic and aliphatic compounds with
examples. Bonding in Carbon including Hybridization. Allotropes of Carbon. Versatile nature of
carbon. Tetravalency, Chains, branches and rings. Catenation, Isomerism. Saturated and Unsaturated
carbon compounds. Bonding of carbon with other elements. Functional groups in carbon compounds.
17 Environmental Chemistry:
Homologous series. Different
Chemical types of
properties of carbon
pollutions, acid rains,
compounds Ozone andand
Combustion its Oxidation.
reactions, effects
Additionof
depletion of ozone layer, Green house effect and global warming, Green Chemistry as an
reactions. Substitution reaction. Important carbon compounds. Nomenclature organic compounds. alternative tool
for reducing pollution.
Carbohydrates and their classification. Proteins-examples, Oils and fats examples Polythene - Nylon,
PVC, Polyvinyl alcohol; Rubber – uses in daily life. Polymers, and other important organic
18 Metallurgy:
compounds. Occurrence of Metals. Minerals, Ores - Examples. Extractions of metals - activity series
and related metallurgy, flow chart of steps involved in the extraction of metals from ore. Refining
metals, Electrolytic refining, Corrosion - Prevention of Corrosion. Alloys and their uses.