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JSSC JE study plan

JSSC JE · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Civil Engineering core subjects (Building Materials, Surveying, Structural Analysis, RCC/Steel Design, Geotechnical, Hydraulics, Transportation, Environmental)

  • Build a one-page formula and IS-code clause sheet for RCC design (limit state of collapse and serviceability) and steel design (bolted and welded connections, tension and compression members)

  • Solve 30 numericals across structural analysis (slope-deflection, moment distribution, influence lines for beams) and log every mistake in an error register

  • Draw and label standard cross-sections and reinforcement detailing for a simply supported beam and a one-way slab from memory

  • List the eight core Civil subjects and rank them by your own diagnostic accuracy so later weeks target the weakest

Your checkpoint

A 6-page handwritten Civil formula bank plus a scored 30-question self-test in Structural Analysis and RCC/Steel Design with error register entries

Week 2

Civil Engineering core subjects (Building Materials, Surveying, Structural Analysis, RCC/Steel Design, Geotechnical, Hydraulics, Transportation, Environmental)

  • Work through 25 geotechnical numericals covering effective stress, consolidation settlement, shear strength parameters, and slope stability factor of safety

  • Compute 15 hydraulics problems on Bernoulli energy equation, pipe friction losses, and open-channel Manning flow

  • Summarize environmental engineering design criteria: BOD and COD kinetics, activated sludge parameters, sedimentation tank surface loading, and water treatment unit processes

  • Memorize standard values for transportation engineering: IRC stopping and overtaking sight distances, superelevation limits, and pavement design inputs

Your checkpoint

A solved-problem workbook of 40 Civil numericals (geotechnical, hydraulics, environmental, transportation) with final answers and one-line method notes

Week 3

Mechanical Engineering core subjects (Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Theory of Machines, Manufacturing, Production, Industrial Engineering)

  • Derive and memorize the first and second laws of thermodynamics relations, plus properties of steam and air-standard cycle efficiencies (Otto, Diesel, Brayton, Rankine)

  • Solve 20 fluid mechanics problems on continuity, momentum, boundary layer, and dimensional analysis

  • Compute 15 strength of materials problems on bending stress, shear stress distribution, torsion, and Euler buckling

  • Sketch and explain the working of four mechanisms (four-bar, slider-crank, cam-follower, gear train) with degrees of freedom

Your checkpoint

A Mechanical formula sheet covering thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, strength of materials, and theory of machines, validated by a 25-question timed self-test at 70% or above

Week 4

Mechanical Engineering core subjects (Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Theory of Machines, Manufacturing, Production, Industrial Engineering) & General Engineering (common engineering fundamentals for Civil and Mechanical)

  • Solve 20 manufacturing and production problems on machining time, metal cutting forces, tolerances and fits, and welding process selection

  • Practice 15 industrial engineering numericals on EOQ, break-even analysis, work sampling, and CPM/PERT network crashing

  • Review shared engineering fundamentals: stress-strain behaviour, SFD and BMD construction, basic electrical quantities, and material properties common to Civil and Mechanical

  • Compile a list of 20 recurring unit-conversion and sign-convention traps and write the correct convention for each

Your checkpoint

A 50-question mixed General Engineering and Mechanical mock completed in 60 minutes with an accuracy report by subtopic

Week 5

General Mathematics / Quantitative Aptitude

  • Drill 40 arithmetic questions on percentage, ratio and proportion, average, and profit and loss using shortcut methods under a 45-second-per-question target

  • Solve 25 problems each in time-speed-distance and time-and-work, including pipes and cisterns variants

  • Practice 20 mensuration and geometry questions on areas, volumes, and circle and triangle properties

  • Complete 20 data interpretation sets on tables, bar charts, and pie charts with calculation checks

Your checkpoint

A timed 100-question quantitative aptitude paper scored and analysed, with a one-page shortcut sheet of the ten slowest question types

Week 6

General Intelligence and Reasoning

  • Solve 30 series and analogy questions, recording the rule used for each so patterns become recognizable

  • Practice 25 coding-decoding, blood relation, and direction sense questions with diagram-based working

  • Work through 20 syllogism and statement-conclusion sets using Venn diagrams

  • Complete 15 non-verbal sets on figure series, mirror images, and paper folding

Your checkpoint

A reasoning practice log of 90 solved questions with rule annotations and a timed 50-question sectional test at 80% or above

Week 7

General Studies (History, Geography, Polity, Economy, General Science, Current Affairs)

  • Build a timeline of Indian history from ancient to modern periods with 60 key dates, movements, and associated personalities

  • Memorize Indian polity essentials: constitutional articles, fundamental rights, amendments, and the structure of Parliament and the judiciary

  • Map Indian geography and economy basics: rivers, soils, climate zones, crops, and core economic indicators and institutions

  • Summarize general science fundamentals in physics, chemistry, and biology at the level asked in the exam, plus a rolling 3-month current affairs digest

Your checkpoint

A 4-page General Studies revision digest (history timeline, polity articles, geography map facts, science one-liners) plus a 50-question GS self-test

Week 8

General Studies (History, Geography, Polity, Economy, General Science, Current Affairs) & Civil Engineering core subjects (Building Materials, Surveying, Structural Analysis, RCC/Steel Design, Geotechnical, Hydraulics, Transportation, Environmental) & Mechanical Engineering core subjects (Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Theory of Machines, Manufacturing, Production, Industrial Engineering)

  • Take three full-length simulated papers under exam timing and mark every wrong answer to its domain and subtopic

  • Re-solve every item in the error register from weeks 1 to 7 and retire only those you can now solve cold

  • Revise all formula sheets and digests in three rapid passes, prioritizing the two weakest domains identified from mock data

  • Practice exam-day logistics: question selection order, skip thresholds, and sectional time allocation

Your checkpoint

A final readiness report showing full-length mock scores trending upward, error-register closure rate above 80%, and a prioritized last-48-hour revision list

Milestones

Week 2: Civil core self-test accuracy at 60% or above across all eight Civil subtopics, with no subtopic below 40%

Week 4: Mechanical plus General Engineering mock score at 65% or above, and both the Civil and Mechanical formula sheets complete

Week 6: Quantitative aptitude and reasoning sectional tests both at 75% or above under timed conditions

Week 8: Full-length mock average at or above the previous attempt's cut-off estimate, with error-register closure above 80%