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One preparation, many exams: EE subject map

Which Electrical Engineering subjects each exam tests. If you prepare the GATE EE core well, most other exams need only a few additions. The table shows which ones.

● core subject of the exam · ○ partly covered or at a basic level · — not in the syllabus

Subject GATE EE ESE EE (Pre P-II + Mains) CSE EE optional SSC JE (EE) RRB JE (EE, technical)
Engineering Mathematics ● ● — — —
Electric Circuits / Network Theory ● ● ● ● ●
Electromagnetic Fields ● ● ● ○ ○
Signals and Systems ● ● ● — —
Electrical Machines ● ● ● ● ●
Power Systems (incl. protection) ● ● ● ● ●
Control Systems ● ● ● — —
Electrical and Electronic Measurements ● ● ● ● ●
Analog and Digital Electronics ● ● ● ○ ○
Power Electronics and Drives ● ● ● — —
Electrical Materials — ● — — —
Computer Fundamentals — ● — — ○ ¹
Microprocessors — ○ ● — —
Communication (analog and digital) — — ● — —
Estimation and Costing — — — ● ●
Utilisation of Electrical Energy — — — ● ●

¹ RRB JE CBT-2 has a separate Basics of Computers and Applications section.

State AE/JE syllabi differ by state. AE usually follows the GATE core and JE the SSC JE list. See the state tracker.

Reading the map

  • GATE → ESE: add Electrical Materials, Computer Fundamentals, microprocessor basics, ESE Paper I (general studies and engineering aptitude), and descriptive answer writing.
  • GATE → CSE EE optional: add communication (analog and digital) and microprocessors.
  • GATE → SSC JE / RRB JE: add Estimation and Costing and Utilisation. Keep the core at speed-and-accuracy depth, because the negative marking is heavy.
  • Every exam: official previous papers first. Each exam page links its official source.

Evidence status: built from the syllabus summaries on each exam page, which are themselves still 🟡 secondary or ⚪ unverified. When hive tasks T-001 to T-005 verify those pages, this table is re-checked.