Rajasthan Power JE Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Papers & Books

This blog article is being written as a sequel to my previous blog post titled: Rajasthan Power JE Recruitment 2012 Notification, Form &am...

This blog article is being written as a sequel to my previous blog post titled: Rajasthan Power JE Recruitment 2012 Notification, Form & Eligibility. Focus of this blog post is on providing you the prep materials for the written exam being conducted for selection of Junior Engineers (JE) in five power sector companies of Rajasthan: RVPNL, RVUNL, JVVNL, AVVNL & Jd.VVNL.

The blog post discusses about the pattern of Rajasthan Power JE Exam, points you to the Syllabus, Sample Papers & list of Books you can use for this exam. At the very outset let me tell you that prep materials available on the net for Rajasthan JE Exam is non-existent and hence the prep materials presented here is taken from materials for other similar exams conducted for PSU/Govt. companies.

Rajasthan Power JE Exam Pattern:

Rajasthan RVPNL has not said much about the pattern of exam in its recruitment notification other than that the question paper shall be of 2-1/2 hours duration with total 125 Objective type questions in two sections:

Section-1:  100 questions on respective engineering discipline: Electrical/ Mechanical/ Civil/ PLCC/ C&I/ Fire Fighting.

Section-2:  25 questions on 'General Awareness' with specific reference to Rajasthan State.

Each question weighs 1 mark, thus total 125 marks in the exam. There will be five answer options for each question and you have to choose the best answer. There is no negative marking in Rajasthan Power JE Exam. The medium of the written exam will be 'English' only.

Rajasthan Power JE Exam Cut-Off:

To be considered for the merit list, you will need to score minimum cut-off 35% marks for UR category and 25% marks for SC/ST/OBC/BC/SBC (Non creamy-layer)/PH/ all female candidates. It means if you are from UR category, you need to get minimum 44 answers correct and 32 answers if you belong to other categories as given above.

Rajasthan Power JE Exam Syllabus:

Rajasthan RVPNL has not prescribed any separate syllabus for the JE exam and as per the notification, “The standard and syllabus of the examination will be of the level of Graduation Degree in Engineering”.

The best way to go forward in your preparation for RVPNL JE exam would be to base your preparation on similar exam conducted by NTPC for graduate engineers (Executive Trainees): Electrical/ Mechanical/ Civil/ Control & Instrumentation. You can also use the GATE exam engineering papers to prepare for Rajasthan Power JE Exam, since both exams are for engineering graduates.

You can click here to find the syllabus for NTPC Executive Trainees for Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Control & Instrumentation, which would give you a directional syllabus for Rajasthan Power JE Exam.

Rajasthan Power JE Exam Sample papers:

As told before, you can use the sample papers of following NTPC ET papers, just to have an idea regarding what questions are set in the selection exams for engineers in PSUs:

Placementpapers.net

Placementpapers have a good collection of NTPC test papers of previous years. Click here to find these NTPC papers.

123eng.com
Another good site where you can find some more NTPC papers is 123eng.com. Click here to find these NTPC papers.

Prep Books for Rajasthan Power JE Exam:
You can also use the following books meant for NTPC ET Exam. These books are available in most of the bookstores, but you can also order them online by clicking the links below, from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts upto 17%, apart from free shipping/postage in India if the order exceeds Rs. 300/=. You can choose to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through “Cash-on-Delivery” i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep:

NTPC/NHPC/IOC/HP- Civil Engg. Guide By RPH Editorial Board

List Price: Rs.535, Offer Price: Rs.476, Discount: Rs.59 (11%)

Guide To NTPC Civil Engineering By Mittal

List Price: Rs.595, Offer Price: Rs.595

NTPC/NHPC/IOC/HP- Mechanical Engg. Guide By RPH Editorial Board

List Price: Rs.465, Offer Price: Rs.388, Discount: Rs.77 (17%)

Guide To NTPC Mechanical Engg. By GK Publishers

List Price: Rs.540, Offer Price: Rs.491, Discount: Rs.49 (9%).

NTPC/NHPC/IOC/HP- Electrical Engg. Guide By RPH Editorial Board
List Price: Rs.495, Offer Price: Rs.495.

Guide To NTPC Electrical Engg. By GK Publishers

List Price: Rs.540, Offer Price: Rs.531, Discount: Rs.9

SAIL MT Instrumentation Engineering Recruitment Exam Guide Publisher: G.K.
List Price: Rs.510, Offer Price: Rs.440, Discount: Rs.70 (14%).

Above books helps you to prepare for your Part-B of  Rajasthan Power JE Exam. But what to prepare for "Knowledge on the state of Rajasthan"? I feel following book, although in Hindi should help:

Rajasthan General Knowledge An Introduction (Hindi) by RPH Editorial Board
List Price: Rs. 40; Offer Price: Rs. 36; Discount: Rs. 4 (10%)

I hope with above compilation of prep materials - Syllabus, Sample Papers & Prep Books for Rajasthan Power JE Exam you could at least get some direction on how to prepare. Best wishes for the exam!

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