SSC Scientific Assistant Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2017 (Part I, II)

Paper

Subject

Questions

Maximum Marks

Exam Duration

Part 1

General Intelligence & Reasoning 

25

25

2 hours

Quantitative Aptitude

25

25

General English

25

25

General Awareness

25

25

Physics, Computer Science, and Information Technology, Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.

100

100

Reasoning Syllabus - Important Topics

Alphabet Test
Analogy
Arithmetic Reasoning
Blood Relation
Classification
Coding-Decoding
Distance direction test
Matrix
Logical Venn Diagram
Missing Number
Paper Cutting-Folding
Mirror Image - Water Image
Embedded figure
Figure formation & Analysis
Series
Cube
Pattern Completion
Counting of figures. 

Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus - Important Topics

Square roots

Averages

Interest

Profit and Loss

Discount

Whole Numbers

Decimals

Percentage 

Time & Distance

Time & Work

Elementary Surds

Ratio & Proportion 

Mixture and Allegation

Partnership Business

Graphs of Linear Equations

Fractions and Relationships between numbers

 Basic Algebraic Identities of School Algebra 

Triangle and its various Kinds of centers

Congruence and similarity of triangles

Bar diagram & Pie chart 

 English Syllabus & Topics

 English grammar

Vocabulary, Spellings

Synonyms and Antonyms

Comprehension,

Correct and incorrect usages

 General Awareness Syllabus

 History

Indian Constitution

Books

Culture

Awards and Honors

Current events

Geography

Important Days

Sports and Games

General Politics

Books and Authors

Economic Scene

Abbreviations.

Science – Inventions & Discoveries

Important Financial & Economic News

Current Affairs – National & International

Physics Syllabus

 Mechanics

Units and dimensions, SI Units, Newton‟s Laws of Motion, conservation of linear and angular momentum, projectiles, rotational motion, moment of inertia, rolling motion, Newton‟s Law of gravitation, Planetary motion, Kepler‟s Laws of Planetary motion, artificial satellites, Fluid motion, Bernoulli‟s theorem, Surface tension, Viscosity, Elastic Constants, bending of beams, torsion of cylindrical bodies, elementary ideas of special theory of relativity.

Thermal Physics, Radiation & Sound

Thermometry, Zeroth, first and second laws of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, Internal energy, Heat engines, Maxwell‟s relation, ideal and real gases, equations of state, Heat Capacities, Adiabatic and Isothermal processes, Clausius-Clapeyron relation, Thermal Conductivity, Entropy, Enthalpy, Dalton‟s law of partial pressure, Vapour pressure, Kinetic theory of gases, Brownian motion, Maxwell‟s velocity distribution, Equipartition of energy, mean free path Vander walls‟ equation of State, Liquefaction of gases. Blackbody radiation, Kirchhoff‟s law, Stephen‟s law, Planck‟s law. Conduction in solids.

Wave and Oscillations

Simple harmonic motion, wave motion, superposition principle, Damped oscillations; forced oscillations and resonance; simple oscillatory systems; vibrations of rods, strings and air columns. Doppler effect; Ultrasonic; Sabine‟s law of reverberation; Recording and reproduction of sound.

Optics: Nature and propagation of light; Reflection & Refraction. Interference; diffraction; polarization of light; simple interferometers. Determination of wavelength of spectral lines, Electromagnetic spectrum. Rayleigh scattering, Raman effect, Lenses and mirrors, combination of coaxial thin lenses, spherical and chromatic aberrations, and their corrections, Microscope, Telescope, Eyepieces and Photometry.

Electricity and magnetism

Electric charges, fields and potentials, Gauss‟s theorem, Electrometer, Dielectrics, Magnetic properties of matter and their measurement, Elementary theory of dia, para and ferro-magnetism, Hysteresis, Electric current and their properties, Ohm‟s law, Galvanometers, Whetstone‟s bridge and applications, Potentiometer, Faraday‟s law of E.M. induction, self and mutual inductance and their applications, alternating currents, impedance and resonance, LCR circuit, Dynamos, motors, transformers, Peltier-Seebeck and Thomson effects and applications, electrolysis, Hall effect, Hertz experiment and electro-magnetic waves, Particle accelerators and cyclotron.

Atomic structure

Electron, measurement of „e‟ and „e/m‟, measurement of Planck Constant, Rutherford-Bohr Atom, X-rays, Bragg‟s law, Moseley‟s law, Radioactivity, Alpha-Beta-Gamma emission, Elementary ideas of nuclear structures, Fission, Fusion and Reactors, Louis de Broglie waves and Electron Microscope.

Electronics

Thermo-ionic emission, diodes and triodes, p-n diodes and transistors, simple rectifier, amplifier and oscillator circuits.

Syllabus of Computer Science and Information Technology

Computer

History of Computer and their classification, Basic Organization, Memory – RAM, ROM, EPROM, etc, Magnetic-Floppy, Hard disks, CDROM, WORM etc, Concept of Virtual Memory and Cache Memory, Number systems, binary octal, Hexadecimal, Binary Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication, Flotation, point representation and arithmetic, Arithmetic through stacks. Operating systems: assemblers, elements of Assembly language programming overview of the Assembly process, Assembler for the IBM PC, Process synchronisation, Memory Management – address Binding – Dynamic Loading and linking – overlays – logical and Physical address space – Contiguous Allocation - internal& External Fragmentation. Non-Contiguous Allocation: Paging and Segmentation Schemes – Implementation – Hardware Protection – Protection – sharing – Fragmentation.

Virtual Memory

Demand Paging – Page Replacement – Page Replacement Algorithms – Thrashing. File System: File Concepts – Assess Methods – Directory Structures – Protection Consistency Semantics – File system Structures – Allocation Methods – Free Space Management. I/O System: Overview – I/O hardware – Application I/O Interface – Kernel I/O subsystem, Performance, Secondary Storage Structures, Protection, Goals, Domain – Access matrix.

 Assemblers

Elements of assembly language programming – Overview of the Assembly process – Design of a low-pass Assembler – a single pass Assembler for the IBM PC. The security Problem – Authentication – Threats – Threat Monitoring – Encryption.

Fundamentals of programming

Unix Programming, Programming in FORTRAN, C, Object Oriented Programming in C++, programming in Java, Basics of compilers.

Database Management Systems

Advantages and components of a Database Management Systems, Data Types, Data Dictionary, Query Basics, Forms and Reports, Graphical objects, Error Handing, Distributing Application, Data Storage Methods, Data Clustering and Partitioning, Database Administration, Backup and Recovery, Security and Privacy, Distributed Databases, Client/Server Databases, Object Oriented Databases, Integrated Applications, SQL, RDBMS.

Internet Technology

Basics, topologies, layers, switching in the networks, bridges, routers and gateways, types of networks, WWW. Client/Server Applications, Internet Standards and specifications, ISP, Broad Band Technologies, Protocols, web servers, browsers, and security, fire walls, date security, HTML, DHTML, XML, Web designing.

Fundamentals of Geographical Information System (GIS)

GIS Data and Spatial Models, Topology and Spatial Operations, Projections, Scale and Coordinate Systems, Mapping, GIS Analysis, Cartography. Basics of GIS application development.  

Electronics & Telecommunication Syllabus

Electronics

Conductors, Semiconductors, Insulators, Magnetic, Passive components, characteristics of Resistors, Capacitors and inductors, PN Junction diode, forward and reverse bias characteristics and equivalent circuits of diode, Zener diode and applications, clipping, clamping and rectifier circuits using diodes. Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT) Field Effect Transistor (FET) and MOSFET; Biasing and stability, Emitter follower and its applications – Negatives feed back-transistor as a switch, Multistage Amplifiers, Feedback, Oscillators, Multi vibrators, Voltage regulation, Power amplifiers.

Introduction to Network Theorems

Kirchoff‟s laws, superposition, Thevenin‟s Norton‟s and Maximum power theorems. Voltage and Current relationship in the resistance, inductance and capacitance. The concept of reactance, susceptance, conductance, impedance and admittance in series and parallel RL, RC and RLC circuits – Three phase supply-star and delta connection diagrams – Relation between line and phase & voltages and currents, series and parallel resonance circuits – condition of resonance, resonant frequency, Q factor and bandwidth.

Digital electronics

Logic gates, Demorgan‟s theorem, Boolean algebra, frequency counters, flip-flops, shift resistors, Basic concepts of Digital to Analog and Analog to Digital Converters, Timing circuits, Digital logic circuits, systems & codes Combination logic design. 

Telecommunication

Basic antenna principle directive gain, directivity, radiation pattern, broadside and end-fire array, Yagi antenna, Parabolic antenna, Ground wave propagation, space waves, ionosphere propagation and electromagnetic frequency spectrum, Modulation, types of modulation, Amplitude Modulation (AM), Modulation index, Power relation in AM, Generation and Demodulation of AM.

Single Side Band (SSB)

Power requirement in comparison with AM, Advantages of SSB over AM. The concept of Balanced Modulator, Generation of SSB, Pilot Carrier System. Independent Side System, Vestigial Sideband Transmission. Frequency Modulation (FM): Definition of FM, Bandwidth, Noise triangle, Preemphasis and De-emphasis. Pulse Modulation (PM): Definition of PM. The difference between AM and FM. Radio receivers. Sampling Theorem, PAM, PTM, PWM, PPM, pulse code modulation, Quantization noise, commanding, PCM system, differential PCM, Delta modulation.

Multiplexing: FDM/TDM

Introduction of digital Communication

The introduction of digital Communication: PSK, ASK, FSK, introduction to fibre optics system, Propagation of light in optical fibre and ray model. Propagation of signals at HF, VHF, UHF and microwave frequency and satellite communications.