Free resources for EE exam preparation¶
Only free, legal sources, linked to the publisher. No reposted PDFs or Telegram dumps: they are often pirated, outdated or wrong.
Full courses¶
- NPTEL (IIT/IISc video courses, free to watch; certification exams are paid and optional). Browse the Electrical Engineering discipline: https://nptel.ac.in/courses
- SWAYAM-NPTEL (the same courses with deadlines and assignments): https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in
- MIT OpenCourseWare (full lecture notes, problem sets with solutions):
- Circuits and Electronics (6.002): https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-002-circuits-and-electronics-spring-2007/
- Signals and Systems (6.003): https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-003-signals-and-systems-fall-2011/
- Electromagnetics and Applications (6.013): https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-013-electromagnetics-and-applications-spring-2009/
- Electric Machines (6.685): https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-685-electric-machines-fall-2013/
- Power Electronics (6.334): https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-334-power-electronics-spring-2007/
- Linear Algebra (18.06): https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/
- Khan Academy, Electrical Engineering (fundamentals, good for SSC/RRB JE level): https://www.khanacademy.org/science/electrical-engineering
- All About Circuits textbook (free online textbook, DC to semiconductors): https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/
- Paul's Online Math Notes (calculus, differential equations, linear algebra): https://tutorial.math.lamar.edu
NPTEL Courses mapped to GATE EE syllabus¶
| Subject | Course Name | Instructor(s) | Institute | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Electrical | Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering | Prof. Debapriya Das | IIT Kharagpur | https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105112 |
| Circuit Theory | Circuit Theory | Prof. S.C. Dutta Roy | IIT Delhi | https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108102042 |
| Electrical Machines | Electrical Machines - I | Prof. Tapas Kumar Bhattacharya | IIT Kharagpur | https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105155 |
| Control Systems | Control Engineering | Prof. S.D. Agashe | IIT Bombay | https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108101037 |
| Power Electronics | Power Electronics | Prof. D. Prasad, et al. | IIT Kharagpur | https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105066 |
| Digital Electronics | Digital Electronic Circuits | Prof. Goutam Saha | IIT Kharagpur | https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105132 |
| Power Systems | Power Systems Operation and Control | Dr. S.N. Singh | IIT Kanpur | https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108104052 |
| Instrumentation | Industrial Instrumentation | Prof. Alok Barua | IIT Kharagpur | https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105064 |
NPTEL Courses mapped to SSC JE and RRB JE (EE) syllabi¶
See ee-nptel-map.md for the full mapping of NPTEL courses to SSC JE and RRB JE topics.
Practice by simulation¶
Seeing a circuit behave is often faster than re-reading a derivation.
- Falstad circuit simulator (runs in the browser, animated current flow): https://www.falstad.com/circuit/
- ngspice (open-source SPICE): https://ngspice.sourceforge.io
- GNU Octave (free MATLAB-compatible, for control and signals practice): https://octave.org
- Scilab (free numerical computing with Xcos block diagrams): https://www.scilab.org
Official sources for ESE Paper I, CSE and power-sector current affairs¶
- Press Information Bureau: https://pib.gov.in
- Ministry of Power: https://powermin.gov.in
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy: https://mnre.gov.in
- Central Electricity Authority (reports, regulations, grid standards): https://cea.nic.in
- Bureau of Energy Efficiency (energy conservation, star labelling): https://beeindia.gov.in
- Bureau of Indian Standards (standards and quality, an ESE Paper I topic): https://www.bis.gov.in
- Ministry of Electronics and IT (e-governance, ICT, an ESE Paper I topic): https://www.meity.gov.in
- NCERT textbooks (general science and general studies foundation): https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php
Official previous papers¶
Always practise from the official papers. Each exam page links its official source.