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The Paper I exam for the post of Junior Engineers across various departments of the Indian Government is scheduled to be held on the 5th, 6th and 7th June 2024 by the Staff Selection Commission. The commission is conducting this exam to recruit 968 engineers in the Civil, Electrical and Mechanical trades.
On this page, the candidates can find the shift-wise and branch-wise analysis of the SSC JE Tier I paper. It contains the number of questions asked from various topics and difficulty levels according to the experience shared by the candidates and analyzed by our experts.
SSC JE Exam Analysis 2024
Paper I of the SSC JE Exam 2024 contains 200 questions across three sections and will be conducted for 2 Hours. The exam will be conducted in three shifts each day i.e. Shift I (9:00 AM to 11:00 AM), Shift II (1:00 PM to 3:00 PM) and Shift III (5:00 PM to 7:00 PM). We will be providing the updated shift-wise analysis here so that the candidates of the upcoming shifts can refer to and prepare themselves.
SSC JE 2024 Exam Difficulty Level
As mentioned above, the paper I of the SSC JE Exam consists of three sections. The type of questions asked in these sections vary in level from shift to shift. The table provided below will update the candidates regarding the level of questions asked in each section along with the overall difficulty level of the paper. This is a major deciding factor in the number of attempts and the cutoff.
Section | Difficulty Level (5th June) | ||
Shift I | Shift II | Shift III | |
General Intelligence & Reasoning | |||
General Awareness | |||
General Engineering | |||
Overall |
Section | Difficulty Level (6th June) | ||
Shift I | Shift II | Shift III | |
General Intelligence & Reasoning | |||
General Awareness | |||
General Engineering | |||
Overall |
Section | Difficulty Level (7th June) | ||
Shift I | Shift II | Shift III | |
General Intelligence & Reasoning | |||
General Awareness | |||
General Engineering | |||
Overall |
SSC JE Exam Analysis 2024 Good Attempts
Depending on the difficulty level of each section in the question paper, the candidates attempt different numbers of questions in the Paper I exam. The average number of attempts in the three sections and the paper as a whole has a big impact on the overall cutoff for the Tier 1 exam. The table below provides a better idea regarding the good number of attempts.
Section | Good Attempts (5th June) | ||
Shift I | Shift II | Shift III | |
General Intelligence & Reasoning | |||
General Awareness | |||
General Engineering | |||
Overall |
Section | Good Attempts (6th June) | ||
Shift I | Shift II | Shift III | |
General Intelligence & Reasoning | |||
General Awareness | |||
General Engineering | |||
Overall |
Section | Good Attempts (7th June) | ||
Shift I | Shift II | Shift III | |
General Intelligence & Reasoning | |||
General Awareness | |||
General Engineering | |||
Overall |
The candidates should keep in mind that a negative marking of 0.25 marks is applicable in this stage of the selection process and should try to maintain their accuracy level.
SSC JE Exam Analysis 2024 Questions Asked
The analysis of the Paper I exam conducted by the Staff Selection Commission will be incomplete without stating some of the questions asked in each section of the question paper. The candidates should keep in mind that these questions are memory-based. However, our experts at Adda247 have done a proper analysis of the aspirants’ feedback and exam experiences and have provided the most accurate versions of the questions asked.
Questions asked in the General Intelligence & Reasoning Section
The General Intelligence and Reasoning section is designed to test the candidate’s analytical and problem-solving skills. It examines the presence of mind required in a Junior Engineer working in various government departments. This section contains a total of 50 questions based on different topics as mentioned in the detailed notification. Some of the questions asked in the General Intelligence and Reasoning section for the SSC JE Tier I Exam 2024 are as follows.
Questions asked in the General Awareness Section
The 50 questions asked in this section are based on topics that can be divided into three broad categories i.e. Important Subjects ( History, Polity, Economics, Geography and General Science), Static General Knowledge and current events of national & international importance. Given below are the questions asked in the General Awareness section of the SSC JE Tier I Exam 2024.
Questions asked in the General Engineering Section
This section is the most important one in the SSC JE Tier I exam as it carries 50% of the weightage of the entire paper. The questions asked in this section test the candidates’ knowledge of the various topics related to the trade of engineering they have applied for. The commission recruits Junior Engineers in the Civil, Electrical and Mechanical trades. The questions asked in the General Engineering section of the 2024 exam for each trade are as follows.