5 Useful Books For SSC JE Civil Exam

In my post about the SSC JE Exam, I talked about eligibility criteria, salary structure, selection procedure, and application process at length along with a brief introduction of the SSC JE exam. I also dealt with some preparation strategies and tips to crack this exam in another post in this series. Now, through this post, I am going to talk about some useful books for Civil Engineering aspirants that may help them crack the SSC JE exam. For Mechanical and Electrical streams, hit the links given below to see the list of such books. 

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

 

A Modern Approach to Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by R S Aggarwal

This book is a one-stop destination for General Reasoning for SSC JE aspirants. The renowned author Dr. R S Aggarwal has written this book in a very careful and organized manner. The entire content of this book is divided into two parts: Verbal & Non-Verbal. The book covers almost all the topics mentioned in the SSC JE syllabus. Besides, all the topics are explained in such a way that even a beginner can easily understand the concepts.

The book contains concise concepts, numerous solved examples with a full explanation, and a huge collection of questions for practice along with their solutions. In conclusion, if you are willing to master the reasoning section then this book is what you are looking for. For the convenience of some aspirants, this book is also available in the Hindi language.

 

General Knowledge by Lucent Publications

Lucent’s General Knowledge has been a reliable companion for the aspirants of several competitive examinations for years. This book is very helpful in fetching decent marks in General Awareness section of the SSC JE exam. The book is quite comprehensive and covers a vast range of topics. The information provided in this book is organized in an easy-to-grasp manner. Consequently, it helps you to mug up things rather quickly.

You will find topics from Social Studies, General Sciences, and General Knowledge along with some miscellaneous topics. The content list of this book includes subjects like Indian History, World History, Geography, Indian Polity and Constitution, Indian Economy, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Computer. Moreover, a Hindi version of this book is available too. 

 

Civil Engineering Through Objective Type Questions By SP Gupta & SS Gupta

It is a popular book among the Civil Engineering students who are preparing for various competitive exams like SSC JE. This book consists of over 500 pages that contain thousands of objective type questions. You will find questions from almost all the topics in the syllabus of the SSC JE Civil exam. Also, this book constitutes a large number of questions that were previously asked in various competitive exams.

To make the most of this book, use this for your practice when you have already gone through the concepts. It will help you test your knowledge and build your confidence. 

 

SSC JE Civil Engineering Previous Years’ Topic-wise Objective Solved Papers by Made Easy Publications

The preparation of any competitive examination is incomplete without going through the Previous Years’ Questions. This book from the famous Made Easy Publications is a perfect way to get hold of the pattern and trend of questions in the SSC JE exam. This book is a huge collection of all the questions asked in the SSC JE Civil exam during 2007-2020.

The topic-wise arrangement of these questions makes it easy for you to utilize this book. Moreover, the book also explains the concept behind the questions along with their solutions. There are two separate books for Previous Years’ Questions, one is for Civil Engineering part while the other covers the General Reasoning and the General Awareness sections. 

 

SSC JE Mains Civil Engineering Subjective Conventional Solved Papers by IES Master Publications

For the preparation of the SSC JE Mains exam, you should practice subjective questions from the standard textbooks. However, you need to get accustomed to the pattern and type of questions first. For this purpose, this book from IES Master Publications is what you need. It contains the topic-wise Previous Years’ Questions of the SSC JE Mains (Paper-II) exam with their detailed solutions.

Firstly, I recommend you to solve all the questions from this book. As a result, you will have an idea about what kind of questions you need to solve from textbooks. Subsequently, you can start solving such questions from any of the standard textbooks.

 

The SSC JE exam is getting tougher every year and I am sure you will leave no stone unturned to be at the post of Junior Engineer in various departments of Government of India. 

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