SSC Scientific Assistant Syllabus 2020

The SSC Scientific Assistant Exam Dates 2020 is expected to be announced by April 2020. As per the latest notification by IMD, the SSC Scientific Assistant Syllabus is broken down into two categories, judging a candidate's general awareness and technical knowledge.

• As per the SSC Scientific Assistant Notification, there will be negative marking for both Paper-I and Paper-II.
• The SSC Scientific Assistant Exam will be conducted in online mode. Calculators and mobile phones are not permitted during the duration of the exam.
• The SSC Scientific Assistant Exam Admit Card can be downloaded from the regional websites listed on the SSC portal.
• Candidates can refer to SSC Scientific Assistant Mock Test Series in preparation for the exam.

SSC Scientific Assistant Exam Pattern

• Part 1 of the SSC Scientific Assistant Exam Syllabus includes four topics: General Intelligence and Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General English and General Awareness.
• Each section has 25 questions and the questions are worth 1 mark each.
• Part 2 contains subjects such as Physics, Computer Science and Information Technology, Electronics and Telecommunications.
• Part 2 consists of 100 questions worth 100 marks in total.
• For every wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be considered for negative marking.
• The total time allocated for both parts is 2 hours.

SSC Scientific Assistant Syllabus for Part 1

1.SSC Scientific Assistant Reasoning Syllabus for Part 1

 This is the first section in the SSC Scientific Assistant Syllabus Part 1 category. This section aims to tests the logical and analytical reasoning capabilities of a candidate. Important topics include analogies, classification, blood relations, pattern completions, series, missing numbers and more.

Decision making	Problem-solving
Arithmetical reasoning	Observation
Visual memory	Verbal and figure classification
Analysis	Judgment
Relationship concepts	Similarities
Discrimination	Space visualization
Differences	Arithmetical number series

2. SSC Scientific Assistant Quantitative Syllabus for Part 1

This section aims to test the arithmetic knowledge of a candidate. It is a vast syllabus to cover but, some of the important topics are average, profit and loss, time and distance, percentage, discount, ratio, and proportion. The following table contains all the quantitative topics as per the SSC Scientific Assistant Exam Syllabus.

Decimals	Interest
Fractions	Time and distance
Whole numbers	Time and work
Square roots	Ratio and proportion
Average	Profit and loss
Discount	Percentage
Basic Algebra	Sphere and Circles
Graphs and Linear equations	Heights and distances
Triangle and its centers	Bar diagram and pie chart
Regular Polygons	Cylinders
Standard Identities	Degree and Radian measures

3. SSC Scientific Assistant English Syllabus for Part 1

This section of the SSC Scientific Assistant Syllabus aims to test a candidate's command over the English language. Prose and Comprehension is one of the important topics in this section.

Synonyms & Antonyms	Comprehension
Grammar	Correct and incorrect usages

4. SSC Scientific Assistant Awareness Syllabus for Part 1

This is the last section in the Part 1 category. It aims to test a candidate’s general knowledge in topics such as history, geography, politics and national-international current affairs.

History	Sports and Events
Geography	Books
Politics	Scientific Inventions
Constitution of India	Economy
Culture	Current Affairs – National and International

SSC Scientific Assistant Syllabus for Part 2

1. SSC Scientific Assistant Physics Syllabus for Part 2

This is an important section in Part 2 as per the SSC Scientific Assistant IMD Syllabus. A candidate should possess a strong foundation in Physics, in order to answer these questions. The main topics in this section are mechanics, Thermal physics, radiation and sound, electricity and magnetism, optics, waves and oscillations, and atomic structure. An in-depth breakdown of each topic is given below.

Mechanics	Newton’s Law of Motion, Newton’s Law of gravity, Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion, Fluid motion, Rolling motion, Planetary motion, Rotational motion, Projectiles, Surface tension, Beams, Bernoulli’s theorem, Viscosity, Units and dimensions, Elastic Constants, SI Units, artificial satellites, relativity, the moment of inertia and torsion of cylindrical bodies.
Thermal Physics, Radiation & Sound	Laws of thermodynamics, thermal conductivity, Maxwell’s relations, Clausius-Clapeyron relation, Dalton’s law of partial pressure, Kirchhoff’s law, Maxwell’s velocity distribution, Kinetic theory of gases, Stephen’s law, Vander walls equation of State, Planck’s law, internal energy, Heat engines, ideal and real gases, Thermometry, heat capacities, Entropy, Adiabatic and Isothermal processes, Equipartition of energy, Enthalpy, Blackbody radiation, reversible and irreversible processes and Conduction in solids.
Electricity and Magnetism	Faraday’s law of E.M. induction, Ohm’s law, Dielectrics, Whetstone’s bridge, and applications, impedance and resonance, Peltier-Seebeck and Thomson effects and applications, Hall effect, Hertz experiment, Gauss’s theorem, Electric charges, Electric current, and their properties, Electrometers, Elementary theory of dia, Galvanometers, alternating currents, fields and potentials, motors, LCR circuit, Dynamos, para and ferromagnetism, Particle accelerators and cyclotron, Magnetic properties of matter and their measurement, self, and mutual inductance and their applications and transformers.
Optics	Rayleigh scattering, spherical and chromatic aberrations, and their corrections, Nature, and propagation of light, Electromagnetic spectrum, Raman effect, Reflection & Refraction, Determination of wavelength of spectral lines, Interference, Lenses and mirrors, diffraction, a combination of coaxial thin lenses, Microscope, Telescope, the polarization of light, simple interferometers, Eyepieces, and Photometry.
Waves and Oscillations	Sabine’s law of reverberation, Simple harmonic motion, Damped oscillations, superposition principle, superposition principle, Doppler effect, forced oscillations and resonance, vibrations of rods, strings and air columns, simple oscillatory systems, Recording and reproduction of sound.
Electronics	Amplifier and oscillator circuits, Thermo-ionic emission, p-n diodes and transistors, diodes and triodes and simple rectifier.
Atomic Structure	Louis de Broglie waves and Electron Microscope, Moseley’s law, Rutherford-Bohr Atom, Bragg’s law, measurement of Planck Constant, Elementary ideas of nuclear structures, Electron, measurement of "e" and "e/m", Alpha-Beta-Gamma emission, Fission, Fusion and Reactors, Radioactivity and X-rays.

2.SSC Scientific Assistant Computer Syllabus for Part 2

This section is contained in the SSC Scientific Assistant SA Syllabus and it consists of different sections like Computer, Operating system, File system, I/O system, Virtual memory, Database management and more.

Computer	History of Computer, Basic hardware, Memory differentiation, RAM, ROM, Hard disk, Floppy, CDs, Virtual memory, Cache, Number systems, Binary, Hexadecimal, Binary Octal, Binary Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication, and Arithmetic through stacks
Operating System	Understanding of assemblers, their process, and programming language, different memory management techniques like Paging, Mirroring, Fragmentation, Segmentation. Difference between Static, Dynamic loading and Dynamic linking. Overview of contiguous and non-contiguous memory allocation techniques and their differences.
File System	File Concepts, Access Methods, Directory Structures, File system Structures, Allocation Methods, Space Management and Protection Consistency Semantics.
I/O System	I/O hardware, I/O subsystem, Application I/O Interface, Kernel Performance, Protection, Goals, Domain, Access matrix, and Secondary Storage Structures.
Virtual Memory	Demand Paging, Thrashing, Page Replacement, and algorithms.
Assemblers	Assembly language programming and Assembly process, A single-pass Assembler for IBM PC, Design of a low-pass. Security: Authentication, Threats, Threat Monitoring and Encryption.
Database Management Systems	Overview of DBMS, Data Types, Storage Methods, Data Dictionary, Query Basics, Administration, Forms and Reports, Graphical objects, Error Handing, Distributing Application, Clustering and Partitioning, Backup and Recovery, Security and Privacy, Distributed Databases, Client/Server Databases, Object-Oriented Databases, Integrated Applications, SQL and RDBMS.
Fundamentals of programming	C, Object-Oriented Programming in C++, Java, Unix Programming, FORTRAN, Basics of compilers.
Internet Technology	Overview, topologies, layers, network switching, bridges, routers and gateways, network types, WWW. Client-Server Applications, Internet Standards, ISP, Broadband Technologies, Protocols, web-servers, browsers, firewalls, data security, HTML, DHTML, XML and Web designing.
Fundamentals of Geographical Information System (GIS)	Overview of application development, GIS Data and Spatial Models, Topology ad Spatial Operations, Projections, Scale, Coordinate Systems, Mapping, Analysis, and Cartography.

3. SSC Scientific Assistant Electronics Syllabus for Part 2

This is the last section in the part 2 category for SSC Scientific Assistant Syllabus. Important topics include different concepts, laws, and theorems in electronics and telecommunications.

Electronics

Overview and characteristics of basic components like conductors and semiconductors, resistors, capacitors, insulators and inductors. Overview of diodes and their different characteristics, operations, and applications. Active semiconductor devices, their types, applications, and differences. Their relation with oscillators, different types of amplifier and multivibrators. A clear understanding of network laws and theorems like Kirchoff’s laws, Thevenin’s Nortons and Maximum power theorems, the relationship of voltage and current, inductance and capacitance, line, phase and voltages, Q factor and band are circuits. Measurement criteria for current like reactance and susceptance. Basic understanding of Digital electronics concepts like programs, logic gates, Boolean Algebra, Circuits like flip flops, combinational and sequential, registers, counters, and analog and digital converters.

Telecommunication

All concepts related to antennas like wavelength, different propagation methods, band, decibels, and radiation. Different types of antennas, modulation, its types and differences, demodulation, its types, and differences. Overview of Pulse, Frequency and Single sideband modulation. Characteristics and application advantages of one type over another. Concepts like power requirements, carriers, transmission, receivers, and band. Overview of digital communication concepts like different digital modulation techniques, fiber optic communication, electromagnetic carriers, signal propagation, fiber optic cable, and their types.

SSC Scientific Assistant Preparation Books

Reference books for Syllabus of SSC Scientific Assistant exam for each section are listed as below.

SSC Scientific Assistant Books for Reasoning

Book	Author
A Modern Approach to Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning (Revised Edition)	Dr. R.S Aggarwal
Analytical Reasoning	M.K.Pandey

SSC Scientific Assistant Books for Quantitative Aptitude

Book	Author
Quantitative Aptitude	Dr. R.S Aggarwal
Fast Track Objective Arithmetic	Rajesh Sharma

SSC Scientific Assistant Books for English

Book	Author
Objective General English	Dr. R.S Aggarwal and Vikas Aggarwal
General English for Competitive Examinations	A. P. Bhardwaj
English Grammar & Composition	Wren & Martin

SSC Scientific Assistant Books for General Awareness

Book	Author
General Knowledge	Manohar Pandey
General Knowledge Manual	Pearson

SSC Scientific Assistant Books for Physics

Book	Author
Class Notes of General Studies Physics	Rakesh Yadav
Physics Part I and II	H.C.Verma

SSC Scientific Assistant Books for Computers

Book	Author
Objective Computer Awareness	Somya Ranjan Behera
CS books for 11th and 12th	NCERT

SSC Scientific Assistant Books for Electronics

Book	Author
Electronic Devices and Circuits	Jacob Millman and C.Halkias
Automatic Control Systems	Benjamin C. Kuo
Digital Logic & Computer Design	Morris Mano
Integrated Circuits	K.R.Botkar

SSC Scientific Assistant Preparation Material

The SSC Scientific Assistant Syllabus for Part 1 is similar to other entrance exams conducted by SSC. Candidates can refer to mock-up exams and quizzes in order to prepare for the Part 1 section. In order to ace the Part 2 of the exam, candidates need to have a clear understanding of the concepts.

• Candidates should work on their time management skills with mock tests. The aim should be to complete maximum questions within the allocated time.
• Developing a habit of reading newspapers and online journals on a daily basis.
• Considering the SSC Scientific Assistant Syllabus for Part 2, candidates can refer to engineering books to clear basic technical concepts.