APSC JE Electrical Exam 2026: Test on 1 Nov, Paper II Renamed

What the Syllabus Corrigendum Changes

The syllabus went up on the APSC website on 18 May 2026. The corrigendum (No. 42 PSC/CON/Exam-02/2026-2027) says Paper II should be read as "General Studies" instead of "General Knowledge", and that "the other contents of the syllabus shall remain the same". The topics, the marks and the timing are unchanged, so if you have been studying from the May syllabus, keep going. The exam notification dated 25 September already uses the new name.

APSC JE Electrical Exam Date and Timing

Both papers are on the same day, 1 November 2026, each two hours long:

Paper	Subject	Time
Paper I	Electrical Engineering, 100 questions, 100 marks	10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Paper II	General Studies, 100 questions, 100 marks	1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

Both papers are multiple choice on OMR sheets. Neither the notification nor the syllabus mentions negative marking. Check the instructions on your admit card and on the question booklet on the day.

Candidate List, Admit Card and Scribe Requests

APSC will not post you an intimation letter. Everything comes through apsc.nic.in:

• 13 October 2026: the list of candidates is uploaded. Check your name. If it is missing, raise it with APSC at once, not on exam week.
• 16 October 2026: the last date for candidates with benchmark disabilities to ask for a scribe. Send a written request with supporting documents to the Commission, or email apsc-asm@nic.in.
• 26 October 2026: the e-Admission Certificate (admit card) is uploaded, and you download it yourself.

Bring a photo ID to the hall: the advertisement lists PAN card, driving licence, passport, voter ID, Aadhaar or a current institutional ID card. Admit cards for other APSC exams are on our admit card page.

APSC JE Electrical Syllabus

Paper I, Electrical Engineering covers:

• Basic electrical engineering: Ohm's, Kirchhoff's and Faraday's laws, Thevenin's and Norton's theorems, maximum power transfer, loop and node analysis, magnetic circuits, eddy currents, PMMC and MI meters, energy meters, and basic electronics (semiconductors, diodes, rectifiers).
• Electrical circuits: phasors, balanced and unbalanced polyphase circuits, star-delta transformation, resonance in RLC circuits, mesh and node analysis.
• Engineering materials: conducting, insulating and magnetic materials.
• Instruments and measurements: measuring low, medium and high resistance, DC potentiometers, AC bridges, multimeters, power factor meters, synchroscopes.
• Machines: DC machines, transformers, three-phase induction machines, synchronous machines and single-phase motors.
• Generation, transmission and distribution: thermal, hydel and nuclear stations, line parameters, corona, feeders, power factor improvement, substations, switchgear and protection.
• Estimation and costing: materials for residential and industrial installations, UPS and small DG sets, costing a 400 V/230 V three-phase four-wire overhead line, tenders.
• Utilisation: lighting design, resistance, induction, arc and dielectric heating, electric drives and motor selection.
• Power electronics: power diodes, Darlington pair, thyristors and firing circuits, controlled rectification, power MOSFETs.

Paper II, General Studies has ten topics: current affairs (India and Assam), Indian history and the national movement, Assam history, geography of India and Assam, Indian polity and Constitution, sports, books, authors and notable people of Assam, the economy of India and Assam, the environment of Assam, general mental ability, and the literature, culture and festivals of Assam and the Northeast. Six of the ten are about Assam, so give them most of your revision time.

About the 53 Posts

Advt. No. 03/2026 is dated 5 May 2026. Pay is ₹14,000 to ₹70,000 in Pay Band 2, with grade pay of ₹8,700. You needed a three-year regular diploma in electrical engineering from an AICTE-recognised institute, and to be 18 to 40 years old on 1 January 2026, with the usual relaxations.

Category	Posts	Reserved for women
Open	25	9
OBC/MOBC	14	5
OBC/MOBC (Tea Tribe & Adivasi)	3	1
SC	2	0
ST (Plains)	6	2
ST (Hills)	3	1
Total	53	18

Three posts are reserved for persons with benchmark disabilities (one each for blindness and low vision, deaf and hard of hearing, and locomotor disability) and two for ex-servicemen.

Before the Exam

The Assam Public Service Commission can cancel your candidature at any stage, even after the test, if your application does not meet the advertisement's conditions. The advertisement asks for permanent residence in Assam and, for a reserved seat, a caste certificate issued by the Government of Assam. If either of yours has lapsed, sort it out now. Our guides explain how to get a PRC in Assam and how to get a caste certificate. Download your admit card only from apsc.nic.in; our list of official recruitment websites helps you check a link. For a sense of how APSC sets its engineering papers, look at the recent APSC Junior Engineer answer key. More APSC updates are in our news section.