Rrb senior section engineer exam pattern syllabus 2014

1. RRB Senior Section Engineer Exam Pattern Syllabus 2014
Latest Exam Pattern Syllabus for RRB Senior Section Engineer Railway
Recruitment Board SSE Written Exam Syllabus/ Question Papers
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RRB SSE Exam Syllabus/ Question Paper Pattern
Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs) will conduct a Written exam for
recruitment of Senior Section Engineer (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical,
Electronics, Communication, Maintenance, Automobile
ETC.), Chief Depot Material Superindent & Chemical Mettalurgical
AssistantNowadays Competition Level become very high so
Competitive Exams gets too tougher. Candidates facing critical problem
of “What to prepare” and “How to prepare” for the best performance in
their Exams. Without Proper Knowledge of Syllabus Pattern, one can
not give 100% in the exam.For solving candidates purpose, we are
providing the latest Syllabus & Exam Pattern of Senior Section Engineer
Exam Exam conducting RRB.
Exam Pattern:- There will be a Objective Type Multiple Choice
Question in the Written Exam for Senior Section Engineer
(SSE). Pattern for the written exam will be as follows:-
 Written exam will consists of Total 150 Questions.

2.  Time Duration for Written exam is 2 Hours.
 There will be Negative Marking of 1/3 Marks in the written exam.
 90 Questions will be asked from Technical Ability & General
Science.
 60 Questions will be from General Awareness, Arithmetic, General
Intelligence and Reasoning
Syllabus:- Syllabus for the Senior Section Engineer (P-Way, Bridge,
Works, Drawing Civil, Estimator, Research Engineering, Engineer
Workshop, Mechanical Workshop, Mechanical, Carriage & Wagon,
Dsl Mechanical, Dsl Electrical, Dsl (A), Loco, J&T (Jig & Tools)
/(Drawing/ Design & Drawing) Mechanical, Drawing, (Design)
Mechanical, Engineering Workshop, S&T Workshop, Mechanical/
Dy. Car/ BG & MG, Electrical/ Electrical
(GS), Electrical Operations, Electrical Maintenance, Electrical
(TRD), Electrical(TRS), Electrical /RS, (Drawing/
Design&Drawing) Electrical, Signal, Telecommunication, Drawing/
S&T, (Research) Instrumentation, Track Machine, Printing
Press, Engineer / Melting, Chief Depot Material Superindent,
Chemical Mettalurgical Assistant as per Notification is given below:-
General Intelligence & Reasoning:- Questions will be asked from
analogies, similarities and differences, spatial visualization, spatial
orientation, problem solving, analysis, judgment, decision making,
visual memory, discrimination, observation, relationship concepts,

3. arithmetic reasoning, verbal and figure classification, arithmetical
number series, non-verbal series, coding and decoding, statement
conclusion, syllogistic reasoning.
Arithmetic:- Algebra Basic algebra, factors & simplification,
polynomials, Arithmetic Simple & compound interest, installments,
taxation, shares & dividends, Ratio & proportion, percentage, time,
distance & work, profit & loss, Pipes & Cisterns, Mensuration, Problem
on Ages, Investment etc.. From Data Interpretation Use of Tables and
Graphs, Histogram, Frequency polygon, Bar-diagram, Pie-chart,
Pictorial Graph etc.
General Awareness:- Question will be asked from Indian History,
Indian Polity, Current Events, Geography, Economy etc. Focus will be
on Current national & International events, banking, sports etc. Some
questions from Finance & Marketing can be ask in the exam. Focus will
be on News related to Railway, Rail Budget, New Technologies &
Reform in Indian Railway.
General Science:- Questions will be of Basic Concept of Science (Class
12th standard), Questions will be ask from Daily use science. Physics,
Chemistry, Biology & Zoology.
Technical Ability:- Questions will be ask from the Subject/ Trade/
Branch select by candidate. For Section Engineer Some Mathematics
questions from topics Laplace Transformation, Matrices, Basic Linear
Algebra will be ask.

4. Subject/ Branch Wise Questions for Technical Ability will be from
following Topics of Eligible Trades:-
Civil Engineering:- Mechanics, Structural Analysis, Concrete
Structures, Steel Structures, Soil Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics and
Hydraulics, Hydrology, Bridge Construction, Water requirements,
Highway Planning, Traffic Engineering, Importance of surveying,
principles and classifications, mapping concepts, coordinate system,
map projections, measurements of distance and directions, leveling,
theodolite traversing, plane table surveying, errors and adjustments,
curves, Environmental Engineering, Estimating, Costing and Valuation
& Building Materials.
Focus will be Mainly on Construction/ Structure Engineering. Some
Questions from Basic Drawing type will be ask in the exam. Questions
ask will be General Civil Engineering Type.
Mechanical Engineering:- Engineering Mechanics, Strength of
Materials, Theory of Machines, Design for static and dynamic loading,
Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Power Engineering,
Steam Tables, Rankine, Brayton cycles with regeneration and reheat,
I.C. Engines: air-standard Otto, Diesel cycles, Metal Casting, Machining
and Machine Tool Operations, Metrology and Inspection. Questions will
be ask from basics of these Subjects & beam types.
Electrical Engineering:- Basics of Circuits and Measurement Systems,
Electric Circuits and Fields, Signals and Systems,Electrical Machines,

5. Power Systems, Control Systems, Electrical and Electronic
Measurements, Analog and Digital Electronics, Power Electronics and
Drives. In Electrical Engineering Key Subject for RRB exam is
Electrical Machines, Basics of circuit & Power Electronics.
Electronics Engineering:- Electronic Devices: Energy bands in silicon,
intrinsic and extrinsic silicon. Carrier transport in silicon: diffusion
current, drift current, mobility, and resistivity. Generation
and recombination of carriers.p-n junction diode, Zener diode, tunnel
diode, BJT, JFET, MOS, MOSFET, LED, p-I-n and avalanche photo
diode, Varactor Diode, Analog Circuits, Digital Circuits, Signal &
Systems , Control System & Communication Basics. For Electronics &
Communications people Focus on Basic & Fundamental Electronics
Concept, Signal & Systems, Wireless Communication, Antennas,
Arrays, EMFT.
Computers Engineering:- MS Office; Computer fundamentals &
organization; C , C++ & Java language; Information systems; DBMS;
System programming; Operating systems; UNIX; SAD; Data &
Network communication; Web technology & programming; Software
Engineering, Computer Networks, Databases, Algorithms.
Instrumentation & Measurement:- Basics of Circuits and
Measurement Systems, Transducers, Mechanical Measurement and
Industrial Instrumentation, Analog Electronics, Digital Electronics,
Signal Systems, Measurement System, Process Control, Control

6. Systems & Instrumentation. Focus will be more on Transducers,
Measurement & Control Systems. Some questions of Signal & System
will be ask in the RRB exam.
Chemical Metallurgical Assistant:- Basic concepts of Fuel; Material
Science; Polymers; Thermodynamics; Applied Chemistry; Computers;
Instrumentation & Measurement; Environment & Pollution Control.
Environment & Pollution Control:- Nature of questions is Basie Type.
It will be a test of General Engineering topics of Environment, Pollution
Control Methods, Type of Pollution etc.
Engineering Drawing / Graphics:- In Engineering Drawing Sections
questions will be ask from basics of Drawing. Candidates have to focus
on Fundamental of Graphics & Engineering Drawing.