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RIICO Junior Engineer (Power) is an Electrical Engineering post. The following syllabus is based on the previous RIICO JE (Power) recruitment scheme and should be used as a reference for Electrical Engineering preparation.
RIICO has not notified a Junior Engineer (Power) post under the current Recruitment 2026 cycle. Candidates must check the latest official RIICO notification for any revised syllabus, examination pattern or selection process.
RIICO JE (Power) Previous Exam Pattern
| Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
| Examination Type | Objective-type written examination |
| Part I | 60 Questions – 180 Marks |
| Part II | 90 Questions – 270 Marks |
| Total Questions | 150 |
| Total Marks | 450 |
| Duration | 3 Hours |
| Marks per Question | 3 Marks |
| Negative Marking | 1 Mark deducted for each incorrect answer |
| Proficiency Test | Not prescribed for JE (Power) in the previous cycle |
RIICO JE (Power) Paper Structure
| Part | Section | Subject Area | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part I | A | Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude | 20 | 60 |
| Part I | B | Rajasthan General Knowledge, General Science and Basic Computer Skills | 30 | 90 |
| Part I | C | Hindi and English Language Comprehension | 10 | 30 |
| Part II | A | Electrical Engineering Topics – I | 50 | 150 |
| Part II | B | Electrical Engineering Topics – II | 40 | 120 |
| Total | 150 | 450 |
Part I: Non-Technical Syllabus
Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude
- Blood relations
- Logical reasoning
- Verbal reasoning
- Coding-decoding
- Basic quantitative aptitude
Rajasthan history, art, culture, geography and economy
- Important state, national and international events
- Geography and natural resources of India and Rajasthan
- Agricultural, social and economic development of India and Rajasthan
- Indian history, freedom movement and Rajasthan heritage
- Basic Physics, Chemistry and Biology
- Environment, ecosystem and energy sources
- Human body, diseases, nutrition and health
- Introduction to computers and computer systems
- Operating systems and internet applications
- Search engines, e-mail and basic computer applications
- MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
- Database Management System basics
Rajasthan history, art, culture, geography and economy
- Important state, national and international events
- Geography and natural resources of India and Rajasthan
- Agricultural, social and economic development of India and Rajasthan
- Indian history, freedom movement and Rajasthan heritage
- Basic Physics, Chemistry and Biology
- Environment, ecosystem and energy sources
- Human body, diseases, nutrition and health
- Introduction to computers and computer systems
- Operating systems and internet applications
- Search engines, e-mail and basic computer applications
- MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
- Database Management System basics
Hindi Language
संधिएवं संधि-विच्छेद
समास, उपसर्ग एवं प्रत्यय
तत्सम, तद्भव, देशज एवं विदेशीशब्द
संज्ञा, सर्वनाम, विशेषण, क्रिया एवं अव्यय
पर्यायवाची, विलोम एवं शब्द-युग्म
वाक्यांशके लिए एक शब्द
शब्दएवं वाक्य शुद्धि
लिंग, वचन, पुरुष, काल एवं वाच्य
वाक्यरचना एवं विराम-चिह्न
मुहावरेएवं लोकोक्तियाँ
प्रशासनिकएवं पारिभाषिक शब्दावली
English Language
- Articles and determiners
- Tenses and sequence of tenses
- Active and passive voice
- Direct and indirect narration
- Prepositions
- Synonyms and antonyms
- Reading comprehension
- Idioms and phrases
- Official letters, demi-official letters, circulars and notices
Part II : Electrical Engineering Syllabus
Section A
1. Electrical Circuits
- Circuit elements: resistance, inductance and capacitance
- Independent and dependent voltage and current sources
- DC and AC circuits
- Kirchhoff’s Current Law and Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law
- Nodal and mesh analysis
- Network theorems
- Network graphs and two-port networks
- RL, RC and RLC circuit response
- Phasor analysis of AC circuits
- Single-phase and three-phase circuits
- Power, power factor and resonance
2. Electromagnetic Fields
- Coulomb’s law
- Electric field intensity and electric flux density
- Gauss’s law and divergence
- Electric potential and capacitance
- Charge distributions
- Dielectric medium and dielectric properties
- Biot-Savart law and Ampere’s law
- Faraday’s law and Lorentz force
- Magnetic circuits, magnetomotive force and reluctance
- Self-inductance and mutual inductance
3. Electrical Materials
- Classification of electrical materials
- Conductors, semiconductors and insulators
- Metals and alloys
- Ceramics, polymers and composites
- Dielectric materials
- Magnetic materials
- Material properties and engineering applications
4. Electrical Machines
- DC machines
- Transformers
- Three-phase induction motors
- Single-phase induction motors
- Synchronous generators and synchronous motors
- Machine characteristics
- Losses and efficiency
- Starting, braking and speed-control methods
5. Power Systems
- Thermal, hydro and nuclear power generation
- Renewable and non-conventional energy sources
- Transmission and distribution systems
- Transmission-line parameters and performance
- Underground cables and insulators
- Neutral grounding and earthing
- Corona and its effects
- Basic power-system stability
- Introduction to HVDC transmission
Section B
1. Electrical Measurements and Instrumentation
- Units, dimensions and measurement errors
- Basic methods of electrical measurement
- Measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor
- Measurement of resistance, inductance, capacitance and frequency
- Bridge methods
- Indicating, integrating and recording instruments
- Transducers
- Measurement of pressure, temperature, flow, displacement, velocity and strain
2. Electronics and Communication Engineering
- Semiconductor devices: diode, Zener diode, BJT, JFET and MOSFET
- Biasing and equivalent circuits
- Rectifiers, filters and voltage regulators
- Single-stage and multistage amplifiers
- Operational amplifiers
- Wave-shaping circuits
- Multivibrators and flip-flops
- Logic gates, counters and registers
- RAM and ROM
- Generation and detection of AM and FM
- Noise behaviour in communication systems
3. Power Electronics
- Power semiconductor devices
- SCR, TRIAC, GTO and MOSFET
- Triggering circuits and static characteristics
- Controlled and uncontrolled rectifiers
- AC-to-DC converters
- Choppers
- Bridge converters
- Oscillators and multivibrators
4. Microprocessor Systems and Computer Systems
- Fundamentals of microprocessors
- 8085 microprocessor architecture
- Instruction set
- Basic assembly-language programming
- Memory and input-output interfacing
- Peripheral devices and applications
- Digital computer fundamentals
- Memory organisation
- Algorithms and flowcharts
5. Control Systems
- Open-loop and closed-loop systems
- Block diagrams and signal-flow graphs
- Transfer functions
- Time-domain and frequency-domain analysis
- Steady-state error
- Stability concepts
- Routh-Hurwitz criterion
- Nyquist criterion
- Bode plots
- Gain margin and phase margin
Important Note
This syllabus is for reference from the previous RIICO Junior Engineer (Power) recruitment cycle. RIICO may revise the syllabus, examination pattern, number of questions, marking scheme or selection process in a future JE (Power) notification.
