SSC JE Paper 2 2024: The recruitment drive aims to fill a total of 1,765 positions in the civil, mechanical, and electrical fields.
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Join Careers360 PremiumVikas Kumar Pandit | September 3, 2024 | 07:54 AM IST
NEW DELHI: The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has announced the exam dates for the junior engineer (JE) paper 2 exams 2024 for civil, mechanical, and electrical posts. As per the official notice, the SSC JE paper 2 will be held on November 6, 2024. Candidates who qualify the SSC JE paper 1 will be eligible to appear for the next stage.
“The Commission has decided to conduct the Paper-II of Junior Engineer (Civil, Mechanical & Electrical) Examination, 2024 on 6th day of November 2024,” the official notice read. Candidates who qualify the SSC JE Paper 1 exam and are eligible for Paper 2 can apply for the SSC JE 2024 Paper 2 exam through the official website, ssc.gov.in.
The commission has increased the number of vacancies for Junior Engineer posts to 1,765. Initially, the SSC recruitment drive aimed to fill a total of 968 Junior Engineer positions in the civil, mechanical, and electrical fields.
The SSC JE selection process requires candidates to undergo Paper 1, Paper 2, and a document verification process. SSC JE Paper 2 will have 100 multiple-choice questions from the civil, electrical, and mechanical streams. Each correct answer will be awarded 3 marks, while each incorrect answer will result in a deduction of 1/3 mark. The exam will have a duration of 120 minutes.
Also readSSC CPO 2024 paper 1 result out at ssc.gov.in; category wise cut-off marks
The commission has revised the number of vacancies for the SS JE 2024 recruitment exam. Candidates can check the category-wise and field-wise number of vacancies from the table given below.
Name of Organisation | Field | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | UR | Total |
Border Road Organisation (Males) | Civil | 76 | 36 | 136 | 48 | 142 | 438 |
Border Road Organisation (Males) | Electrical and Mechanical | 08 | 00 | 00 | 02 | 27 | 37 |
Central Public Works Department | Electrical | 13 | 06 | 24 | 09 | 40 | 92 |
Central Public Works Department | Civil | 30 | 15 | 55 | 20 | 86 | 206 |
Central Water Commission | Civil | 19 | 06 | 39 | 12 | 44 | 120 |
Central Water Commission | Mechanical | 01 | 00 | 01 | 01 | 09 | 12 |
Farakka Barrage Project | Civil | -- | -- | -- | -- | 02 | 02 |
Farakka Barrage Project | Electrical | 01 | -- | -- | -- | 01 | 02 |
Military Engineer Services | Civil | 73 | 37 | 132 | 49 | 198 | 489 |
Military Engineer Services | Electrical and Mechanical | 53 | 26 | 95 | 35 | 141 | 350 |
DGQA-NAVAL, Ministry of Defence | Electrical | 01 | -- | -- | -- | 02 | 03 |
DGQA-NAVAL, Ministry of Defence | Mechanical | -- | -- | -- | 01 | 02 | 03 |
National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) | Civil | 01 | -- | 01 | -- | 04 | 06 |
Central Water Power Research Station | Electrical | -- | 01 | -- | 01 | -- | 02 |
Central Water Power Research Station | Civil | -- | -- | 02 | -- | 01 | 03 |
Total | 276 | 127 | 485 | 178 | 699 | 1,765 |
The SSC JE Paper 1 exam 2024 was held on June 5, 6, and 7, with the results announced on August 20, 2024. The SSC JE paper 1 scorecard 2024 was released on August 22 and candidates can download their scorecards till September 5, up to 6 pm.
According to the SSC JE paper 1 result, a total of 16,223 candidates qualified for the SSC JE 2024 paper 2 exam. Among them, 11,765 are eligible for civil engineering posts, while 4,458 have qualified for electrical and mechanical engineering positions.
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