SSC JE Admit Card 2026: Paper 1 on 2–6 Nov, Download Steps

The SSC JE admit card 2026 for Paper 1 will open 3–4 days before your exam date. Paper 1 of the Junior Engineer Examination 2026 is on 2 to 6 November 2026, as per SSC’s notice dated 1 October. So if your exam is on 2 November, keep checking ssc.gov.in from 29–30 October.

This exam fills 1,748 tentative vacancies for Junior Engineer (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Telecom) and Scientific Assistant in IMD, all Group B posts at Pay Level 6. Below: how to download the card, the ID rule that sends people back from the gate, and the big change in how Paper 1 is counted this year.

Detail	Information
Exam	SSC Junior Engineer Examination, 2026
Posts	JE (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Telecom), Scientific Assistant (IMD)
Vacancies	1,748 (tentative)
Pay	Level 6, ₹35,400–1,12,400
Exam city details	About 10 days before your exam, in your SSC login
Admit card	3–4 days before your exam date
Paper 1 date	2 to 6 November 2026 (computer based)
Paper 1 pattern	200 questions, 200 marks, 2 hours, −0.25 per wrong answer
Paper 2	December 2026 (tentative)
Official site	ssc.gov.in

SSC JE exam city details: check yours first

SSC puts up the exam city and date about 10 days before the exam. Many of you can already see yours in the candidate login.

Here’s the rule people miss: if you can’t find your details one week before your exam date, you must contact your SSC Regional Office right away, with proof that you applied. The notification says that if you don’t, you lose any claim later. With exams starting 2 November, that week is now.

JE (Telecom) is a new post this year, and its Part-G paper runs in a separate batch. If you applied only for Telecom, your date may not fall within 2–6 November. Go by the date in your own login.

How to download the SSC JE admit card 2026

1. Go to ssc.gov.in and click Login.
2. Enter your registration number (OTR) and password.
3. Open the Admit Card section and choose Junior Engineer Examination, 2026 (Paper-I).
4. Download the admission certificate PDF.
5. Print it in colour if you can, and keep one extra copy. SSC itself tells you to keep a spare for later stages.

SSC will not send the admit card by post or email. If the link isn’t showing, it’s most likely because your exam is more than 3–4 days away. Candidates with 6 November exams will get their cards later than those with 2 November exams.

Details to check on the admit card

Check these the day you download, not on exam morning:

• Name, photo and date of birth: the date of birth must match your ID proof exactly
• Exam date, shift and reporting time
• Full venue address: open it on a map and plan your route
• Subject/part: Part-A (Civil), Part-B (Electrical), Part-C (Mechanical), Part-D/E/F (IMD) or Part-G (Telecom)
• Category, PwBD status and scribe details, if any

The subject you chose in the form cannot be changed now, under any circumstances. If something else looks wrong, contact your SSC Regional Office with your registration ID, email, mobile number, name, date of birth and exam name. SSC ignores messages that leave these out.

SSC JE Paper 1 is a computer-based test, taken in a lab like this one. Photo: Chris Ikpemi / Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Documents to carry and exam-day rules

What you need depends on whether you completed Aadhaar-based authentication while applying.

If you did Aadhaar authentication: bring the printed admission certificate and follow any extra instructions printed on it.

If you did not, the rules are stricter:

• Report 2 hours before the exam start time
• Carry 2 recent passport-size colour photos
• Carry an original photo ID with your date of birth printed on it, matching the admit card: Voter ID, driving licence, PAN, passport, college ID, employer ID or another government photo ID
• If your ID has no date of birth, also carry an original proof of date of birth (Class 10 certificate or marksheet, birth certificate or category certificate)

A date of birth mismatch means no entry. Check this tonight. It’s a silly reason to lose an exam you’ve prepared months for.

PwBD candidates using a scribe must also carry the medical certificate or undertaking and a photocopy of the scribe’s photo ID, as the notification says.

Don’t bring your own calculator. A scientific calculator, the IS 456:2000 tables and the steam table appear on the screen during the exam. A physical calculator isn’t allowed in the lab.

SSC JE Paper 1 exam pattern 2026

Section	Questions	Marks
General Intelligence & Reasoning	50	50
General Awareness	50	50
Engineering subject (your part)	100	100
Total	200	200

• Duration: 2 hours (2 hours 40 minutes for candidates eligible for a scribe)
• Negative marking: 0.25 for each wrong answer
• Language: Hindi and English

The big change: Paper 1 is only qualifying now

This is new in 2026. Paper 1 marks won’t count in your final merit. They’re used only to shortlist you for Paper 2. Final selection depends only on Paper 2 (100 questions, 300 marks, −1 per wrong answer).

The minimum qualifying marks in Paper 1 are:

Category	Minimum marks
UR	30%
OBC / EWS	25%
All other categories	20%

But passing isn’t enough. Candidates are shortlisted by merit (normalised marks), with separate lists for JE Civil, JE Electrical & Mechanical, Scientific Assistant (IMD) and JE Telecom.

My honest advice for the last few days: don’t skip General Awareness just because Paper 1 is “only qualifying”. With thousands competing for a Paper 2 seat, those 50 easy-ish marks often decide who gets through. Revise static GK and the last 6 months of current affairs, and do 2 full mock tests on a computer, not on paper.

What comes after Paper 1

• Tentative answer key: SSC uploads it on ssc.gov.in after the exam. You can challenge answers online at ₹50 per question (non-refundable). See how this worked for CGL in our SSC CGL answer key 2026 post.
• Paper 1 result: a shortlist for Paper 2, by post-wise merit.
• Paper 2: tentatively in December 2026. It’s the paper that actually decides selection, so start technical revision right after 6 November.
• Document verification: done by the user department after the final result, not by SSC.

Also writing a railway exam this season? Our RRB JE admit card 2026 post covers CBT 1 on 27–28 October.

My take

Two things to do today. First, log in and confirm your exam city and date are showing. If they aren’t, call your Regional Office now, not on 1 November. Second, take out your photo ID and check that the date of birth matches your application.

After that, the admit card is just a download. Your last 5 days are better spent on mock tests than on refreshing the SSC website.