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Eastern Railway Syllabus is available here to download. Contenders who have applied for Eastern Railway Trade Apprentice & Group – C, D Exam or JE (Junior Engineer) exam may plan their studies as per the latest topics added in Eastern Railway Paper. You may also get the exam pattern and previous year’s syllabus in the form of a PDF from here. In order to score good marks in Eastern Railway Apprentice Exam, you should start your preparation as per the Apprentice syllabus.
Eastern Railway JE Syllabus
General Intelligence and Reasoning:
Eastern Railway Syllabus is available here to download. Contenders who have applied for Eastern Railway Trade Apprentice & Group – C, D Exam or JE (Junior Engineer) exam may plan their studies as per latest topics added in Eastern Railway Paper. You may also get the exam pattern and previous year syllabus in the form of PDF from here. In order to score good marks in Eastern Railway Apprentice Exam, you should start your preparation as per Apprentice syllabus.
Eastern Railway JE Syllabus
General Intelligence and Reasoning:
- Analogy
- Coding & Decoding
- Arithmetic number series
- Non-verbal series
- Statement conclusion
General Awareness:
- General Awareness on Railway
- New Technologies & Reform in Indian Railway
- Rail Budget
- Indian – History
- Geography
- Polity
- Economy
- Current Affairs
- Sports, etc
Arithmetic Syllabus:
- Algebra
- Ratio & Proportion
- Interests.
- percentage
- Profit & loss.
- Time and distance /work.
- Pipes & Cisterns.
- Age problems.
- Mensuration.
- Data Interpretation.
Civil Engineering:
- General Civil Engineering
- Topics includes Construction/ Structure Engineering and drawing
- Estimating, Costing and Valuation & Building Materials
- Mechanics, Soil Mechanics, Structural Analysis
- Concrete Structures, Steel Structures, Hydraulics
- Hydrology, Construction, Water requirements, Highway Planning
- Traffic Engineering, Surveying, Coordinate system
- Projections, Errors and adjustments, curves
- Environmental Engineering, measurements of distance and directions
Mechanical Engineering:
- Questions from Strength of Materials
- Theory of Machines, Kinematics of Machine
- Engineering Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics
- Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Power Engineering, Steam Tables
- Thermodynamics cycles, I.C. Engines cycles
- Casting, Machining, and Machine Tool Operations
- Metrology and Inspection.
Electrical Engineering:
- Electrical Machines
- Basics of Circuit & Power Electronics
- They will also include Electrical and Electronic Measurements
- Analog and Digital Electronics
- Circuits and Measurement Systems
- Signals and Systems, Electrical Machines
- Power and Control Systems etc.
Junior Engineer Syllabus – IT:
- 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; Environment & Pollution Control.
Electronics Engineering:
- Electronic Devices, Energy bands, Signal & Systems
- Wireless Communication
- Carrier transport in silicon: diffusion current
- Drift current, mobility, and resistivity.
- Generation and recombination of carriers.
- Junctions, diodes, tunnel, Analog and Digital Circuits, & Communication
- EMFT, Basics of Signal & Systems, Control System.
- RRB Railway Junior Engineer Syllabus – Computers Engineering
- Computer fundamentals, MS Office, languages
- Information systems, DBMS
- Operating Systems, Software Engineering
- Computer Networks, Database, Algorithms
- Network communication, System programming
- Web technology & programming.
Railway Junior Engineer – Printing Press:
- Printing techniques and materials, Offset Printing
- Color science, Newspaper printing
- Paper & Ink technology
- Digital technology & Imaging; Control Application in Printing
- Basic concepts of Computers, Printing surface preparation.
Instrumentation & Measurement Engineering:
- Basics of Measurement Systems
- Transducers, Circuits, Mechanical Measurement
- Industrial Instrumentation, Analog / Digital Electronics
- Process Instrumentation will be asked.
Railway JE Syllabus – Environment & Pollution Control:
- Questions will be asked from topics of Environment
- Pollution, Sources, Control Methods, etc
Engineering Drawing / Graphics:
- Questions will be asked from basics of Drawing.
Eastern Railway Junior Engineer Exam Pattern
| S.No | Examination Type | Topics | No. of Questions | Marks | Exam Duration |
| 1. | Objective Type | Reasoning and General Intelligence | 60 | 60 | |
| 2. | General Awareness | 2 hrs | |||
| 3. | Arithmetic | ||||
| 4. | Technical Subjects | 90 | 90 | ||
| Total | 150 | 150 |
Eastern Railway Group C & D Syllabus
Group C & D Syllabus consists of four subjects which are as follows:
- General Awareness
- Arithmetic
- General Intelligence and
- Reasoning
General Awareness
Static GK:
- Indian History
- Politics
- Geography
- Arts
- Culture
General Science:
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Defence
- Agriculture
- Space
- Environment
- Biology
- Agriculture
Current Affairs:
- Economy
- Banking
- Awards
- Sports
- International Affairs
- Current Events
Aptitude
- Dynamics
- Statistics
- Primary Mathematics
- Analytical Geometry
- Calculus
- Statics
- Real Analysis
- Numbers
- Fundamental arithmetical operations
- Number Systems
- Computation of Whole Numbers
- Percentages
- Menstruation
- Time and Distance
- Time & Work
- Ratio and Time
- Ratio and Proportion
- Averages
- Interest
- Profit and Loss Etc
Reasoning
- Number Series
- Letter and Symbol Series
- Verbal Classification
- Essential Part
- Analogies
- Artificial Language
- Matching Definitions
- Making Judgments
- Verbal Reasoning
- Logical Problems
- Logical Games
- Blood Relations
- Analysing Arguments
- Statement and Assumption
- The course of Action
- Statement and Conclusion
- Theme Detection
- Cause and Effect
- Statement and Argument
- Logical Deduction Etc
General Intelligence
- Arithmetical Reasoning
- Similarities and Differences
- Arithmetic Number Series
- Spatial Orientation
- Analogies
- Non-verbal series
- Figures Classification
- Discrimination
- Coding and Decoding
- Relationship concepts
- Spatial Visualization
- Observation
- Directions
- Clocks & Calendars
- Syllogisms
- Visual Memory etc
Eastern Railway Group C Exam Pattern
| Type of Exam | Name of Subjects | Marks |
| General Awareness | ||
| Objective Type Question | Arithmetic | 50 |
| General Intelligence | ||
| Reasoning |
Eastern Railway Apprentice Syllabus:
For Trade Knowledge:
- Fitter
- Turner
- Welder
- Electrician
- Machinist
- D’Man (Civil)
- D’Man (Mech.)
- Electronic Mech
- COPA
- & Air Condi
- Electroplater
For Numerical Ability:
- Decimals and Fractions
- Number Systems
- Relationship Between Numbers
- Computation of Whole Numbers
- Percentage
- Average
- Fundamental Arithmetical Operations
- Partnership
- Ratio & Proportion
- Partnership
- Profit & Loss
- Time & Distance
- Simple Interest
- Mensuration
- Discount
- Use of Tables and Graphs
- Time & Work
For Logical Ability:
- Data Sufficiency
- Coding-Decoding
- Logic
- Analogy
- Eligibility Test
- Puzzle Test
- Logical Venn Diagrams
- Alphabet Test
- Deriving Conclusions from Passages
- Logical Sequence of Words
- Theme Detection
- Classification
- Series Completion
- Clocks & Calendars
- Arithmetical Reasoning
- Situation Reaction Test
- Statement – Arguments
- Inserting the Missing Character
- Statement – Conclusions
- Number, Ranking & Time Sequence
- Mathematical Operations
- Alpha Numeric Sequence Puzzle
For English:
- Verb
- Articles
- Adverb
- Tenses
- Conclusion
- Error Correction
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Synonyms
- Word Formation
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Theme detection
- Antonyms
- Comprehension
- Passage Completion
- Idioms & Phrases
- Unseen Passages
- Sentence Completion
- Fill in the Blanks
- Sentence Rearrangement
For General Knowledge:
- Sports
- Indian Constitution
- Culture
- Geography
- Current Events – International & National
- General Polity
- Scientific Research
- Economic Scene
- History etc
Eastern Railway Trade Apprentice Exam Pattern:
| Exam Type | Subject | Exam Duration |
| Numerical Ability | ||
| Objective Type | Logical Ability | 2 hours |
| English | ||
| General Knowledge |