BOOKS: OBJECTIVE QUES in GK : a book by Mr. B. P.

Singh of General Awareness for IES

Aptitude by RS Aggarwal
R K Jain's Mechanical Engg. {specially the last chapter of general engg}
Technical by G. K. Publishers
TIME, CSR, MANORAMA YEAR BOOK
IOCL PATTERN
Total 200 questions in 2 hoursPattern is 100 questions technical on your discipline and
100 questions on aptitude, The question paper on Aptitude will relate to General Awareness,
Reasoning and Logical Deduction, Numerical Ability and General English
Time is main factor in IOCL paper. NO NEGATIVE MARKING
APPT some antonym ,synonym, grammar
TECH
5-6 numerical on force ,moment calculation , Steel composition, 1-2 on measurement,
turbine, power cycle efficiency

Chemical engineering by Dr Ram Prasad

Technical by G. K. Publishers
Apptitude by Rs Aggrwal
Suresh on whiterose3456@gmail.com

DRDO PATTERN

www.drdo.org

Total 150 questions in 3 hours : 100 technical {negative marking of 1 per wrong answer
and 4 for right} questions 25 GK and current affairs and 25 aptitude { negative marking of

0.5 per wrong answer and 2 for right}

Reasoning question current affairs, about DRDO products, 10-12th mathematics, English,
diagrammatic questions
Refer www.drdr.org regarding DRDO products
Magazines like CSR, Manorama Year book for GK sample gk questions
INTERVIEW
Average time taken for interview is half hour. Five members. One chairman, two internal members and two
external members.

You must be in formals with tie (guys) and black shoe. If you don't bring the following certificates in
original and in Xerox you will not be allowed to be interviewed. The certificates are SSLC, PDC / PUC /
12,BTech/BE provisional or original, all the mark lists from 10th to BTech,hall ticket ,interview call
letter, course certificate from the college, ID card (passport, college ID or voters ID), two passport
sized photographs and certificates of any extra curricular activities like paper presentation, project
work etc etc
Carry with you the reports of the project work and papers presented

Prospectus of DRDO
Inside the room you will be seated in front of a board of members. Behind you will be a white
board and a sketch pen will be handed over you. You will have to use the board to explain
the answers.
Don't expect any leniency from the super brains of India.
If they see that you are not capable of answering a subject they will stick on to that subject and
fire you with a volley of questions
Interview Questions
1. Which college and university are you coming from?
2. Did you appear for GATE? Why are you not interested in higher studies?
3. Did you appear for IES?

Aptitude Questions
Where is Sarnath located? Ans- Varanasi (U.P.)
When was DRDO established? Ans- 1954
SAMYUKTA is used by whom army, navy or air force? Ans- Army
HUMSA is used for.
About 1 type of pea which DRDO has introduced.
Acrophobia is the fear from what? Ans- Heights
To find particular solution of given differential equation.
On A.P., G.P. formula.
Some on complex numbers.
Some 4-5 words were given and was asked to find out how many are spelt incorrectly.
Some questions were to find out punctuation and grammatical errors.

BHEL PATTERN

www.bhel.com

I gave BHEL Engineer Trainee written test in Mechanical stream on 10aug 08 in

Delhi. It was all India level exam. First BHEL has a certain cut off system for the
candidates.
For Mechanical the cut off is:
General -------- 72.30 %
OBC------------ 70 %
SC--------------- 60 %
ST--------------- 60 %
WRITTEN EXAM { 240 QUES IN 2.5 HRS OR 150 MINS} --- Mechanical engg
There are generally two sections:
First :
Quantative & Aptitude 120 ques
Second:
Mech engg
120 ques
Quant Attempt at least 85 ques. out of which 70 must be correct. Study geometry formulae.
Average, profit loss. in simle study RS Aggarwal
Mech
solve atleast 85 ques.out of which 55 must be correcT

Ques were simple like finding power factor..study matrix and vector of class 12.cross and dot product formulae. Ques were mainly from
FLUID, THERMAL, two-three welding technology ques, PRODUCTION Read these topics
1. Power plant
2. thermal engg Thermodynamics
3. welding
4. fluid machinery.
Engineering Mechanics
Theory of machines
Production tech
Strength of Mat

BOOKS RECOMM

R K Jain's Mechanical Engg

R.K JAIN the best book to get through PSU

Verbal and Non verbal reasoning by R. S. Aggarwal is more than sufficient. For aptitude R. S Aggarwal is
not sufficient. Learn more easy solving methods, Shortcuts-Refer TIME material.

My Interview [35MINS]
1. what is your name
2. Tell me about ur family back ground
3. how is steam generated at wat temp and press.? wat is specific heat.
4. what is back pressure turbine,
5. how do u govern turbine
6. name different turbine.which turbine at bhakra dam.
7. parts and fuel for gas turbine
8. wat do u know about BHEL
9. your vision for INDIA 2020
10. how does inflation effects you
11. wat is GDP
12. How is electricity produced
13. wat all can be done from hydrogen.
14. WAT is the effect of temp on viscosity of a lubricant ?
15. wat will happen if petrol is inserted in a diesel car ?

HAL PATTERN

www.hal-india.com

General Awareness
(15 Questions) 15 Marks
DURATION 2.5HRS
General Engineering
(25 Questions) 25 Marks
Questions specific to the respective Disciplines indicated above (120 Questions) 160 Marks
Total (160 Questions) 120 Marks
The Question Booklet for Mechanical and Production Disciplines will be the same and candidates will have to answer
questions for both Mechanical and Production Branches

Author of the great Indian story.

Author of making globalization work.
Captain of the 2006 world cup winning Italian football team.
Full form of the acronym CITES.
Period of the fourth five-year plan.
In which year did the Turks conquer Constantinople .

NTPC PATTERN

www.ntpc.co.in

EARLIER PATTERN
170 questions (120 tech + 50 apt) in 2hrs
NEW PATTERN 2010
85 questions (50 tech & 35 apt) instead of 170 and time still 2 Hr
For tech part the syllabus is same as of the GATE
prashanthsekar@gmail.com
arunbaskin.gokul@yahoo.co.in
ABHINAV.ARIES4271@GMAIL.COM
TECHNICAL - Mechanical:
1.in centrifugal pump the discharge varies as
Speed, square of speed, root of speed, inverse to speed
2. For welding what are the precautions need to be taken?
3. What is a-b-c analysis done for
4. what is a kaplan turbine ?
5.a numerical to find out sink temp ,efficiency was given nd source T was given
6. Welding arc depends on ?
7. what is scheduling
8. what is concurrent engineering?
9.X=Fn.(t)
find the time when vel. is zero
10. a numerical on NTU...
11. A numerical on LMTD?
12.where is the program written for boot up of computer
a.RAM b. ROM c.PROM d. EPROM
13.A Numerical on thrmal power plant efficiency was given .
14.value of transmissibilty was to be found out if W/Wn is <1.414?
15.what is the value of velocity & accelaration nera bottom dead centre ?
16.a question on the format of nc machine if the point moves from one point to the other
17.a numerical on linear programming .
three constraints were given and you the maximu profit for eq 5X1 +2x2 was to be found out ?
18.if load on a beam is doubled what is the effect on bending moment ?
19.one nnumerical on emmisvity .
20.why preheating is done before welding?
21.TDS=dU+Pdv is used for :
1. What is ABC Analysis? - Inventory cost management
2. What is Fahrenheit 9 / 11 ? - A Michael Mores Documentary film of 2004. They confused it other options like
unit of temp
3. What is Kaplan Turbine - A high head low discharge , Low head high discharge etc were the options.
4. Chip formation occurs during which of the following conditions :
a) High speed low rake angle
b) Low speed High rake angle
c) Low Low
d) High High

5. What is centrifugal Pump?

6. Problems related to Speed of the Flywheel?
7. Booting Information is stored in:
a) RAM b) ROM c) EPROM d) PROM
8. C 177 S - 6 denotes which type of fit? Options were clearance fit , Running Fit, Push Fit etc
9. Pre heating in welding is done for ?? - To prevent Cold cracks
10. Precautionary measures used in Welding?
11. Problems on Efficiency of rankine cycle?
12. Hook,s law MOSTLY applies for which of these materials? - Rubber , Plastic, carbon steel , Tungsten.
13.When does Break Even Point occur?
14. What is meant by Discretionary cost?
15 .Methods to improve efficiency of heat Exchanger?
16. NGL interferometer is used for??? ( A question from metrology)
17. problems on Emissivity?
NON TECHNICAL
the questions here were a mix of apti reasoning and english ...
for this section nothing much to worry friends
this time there were 4 questions of general awareness.
1.who is chritiano ronaldo
2.what is fahrenheight 9/11?
3. which mughal emperor donated land in amritsar to build golden temple
4.economic liberalisation?
inenglish there was a easy passage and 4 questions on it ?
3 sentence correction
1 jubled up sentences
apti questions were from cone , men and work ,pricing
reasoning comprised of 3 questions where a certain pattern was shown in pictorial form nd you had find out the
odd one out OR the next one which will continue the pattern
2 question on fill the series
1 question on blood relation

ONGC

www.ongcindia.com

sandeepbhatia439@gmail.com
120 questions {40 questions in General Awareness 80TECH}
2 are of descriptive type
General awareness
1)which is the highest peak in south Africa
2)according to Indian constituency the reservations are on what basis?
3)recently who won the Rajiv Khel Rathna award?
4)yuki Bhambri relates to which sport?
5)who brought the Gandhi's memorials in south Africa?
6)who is the chairman of drafting committee of Indian constitution?
7)the quit India moment started in which year?
8)the border line between India and china?
9)lalgarh is related to which state?
10)obama won noble prize on his contribution to?
11)the first or starting page of any website is known as?
12)vitamin B12 is known as?
13)(some lake name i forgot) is in which state?
14)lowest growth of population in which state?

15)vasco di gama came to which place in India on his see route?

16)before India has selected for 2010 common wealth games, which only country in Asia conducted these games?
Recently Sea link started in which Indian city?
What is operation Black-Board related to?
Who wrote Discovery of India?
Who wrote My country, My life?
Highest peak of Nilgiri Hills?
Largest Botanical garden in india is situated in which city?
Cyclone Nargis hits which country most worstly?
International date line passes through which sea or ocean?
Asia's first human DNA bank in which city?
What is green banking?
Which indian cricketer scored triple century in test cricket?
Army Operation 'Hand to Hand' is joint operation of India and which other country?
Kuchipudi dance belongs to which state?
What is the name of first indian nuclear submarine?
Mascot of Commonwealth games 2010?
What is project arrow related to?
Who is the chairman of Planning commission of India?
1. Write in brief about global awareness against terrorism?
2. Effect on economy in recent recession time?
obj. ques in GK refer a book by Mr.B.P.Singh of General awareness for IES

SAIL
Technical : 100 questions- 1 hour time.
General Aware: 150 questions- 90 mts time
Technical
Automobile engineering, Design of machine members, Strength of materials, Kinematics, MOF, Thermal subject study
all cycles n about working of piston n they have asked some problems from DMM n some problems on turbines n
some of determining speeds so frens do concentrate up on core subjects which we have in our 2nd and 3rd and 4-1 sem
subjects that too core subjects
General Awareness

1.) Terminal colours of Rainbow?

a: Violet&Red
2.)First lady in INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS?
a: Indira gandhi
b: sarogini naidu etc
3.)First Nuclear plant in INDIA is situated in
a :trombay
b: nellore etc

4.)2 capacitances are in parallel gives 6 micro farad & in series gives 25 what will be the value of indivisual
capacitance.
5.)Who invented THERMOMETER?
ANS: Farenheit
6.)Electrostatic potential is a Scalar Quantity or Vector Quantity?
7.) Among values 1 to100 Probability of occurance of numbers ending with 9 is?
a:1/10
b:9/10
c:1
d:0
8.)Si,Ge lie in ........block of periodic table
a: III
b: V
c: IVA(ANS)
D: IV B
12.)If water is heated from 0degree to 10 degree effect on volume
a: increase steadily
b: remain same
c: decrease steadily
13.)if we dig EARTH FROM North to South pole and a stone is dropped in it then efffect on its velocity
a :increase continously
b: First increase and become Zero in center
c. It Will Start Oscillate
14.)Dandi march was related t0 ........
a: Salt
b: sugar etc
15.)Radiation pattern of loop antenna
a: cardioid
b. semicircular
c. circle
d. none
16.)DENMARK lie in which continent
17.)Cooks island is situated in which continent?
18.)Range of AM Signal?
19.)In an Electrolyte if rod is immersed then mass on rod will be proportional to
a: current passed in it
20.)largest unit in energy
21.)spelling check of SATELLITE
22.)plural of "DIBIYA"IN HINDI
23.)Sarvnam chatiye
24.)RADDISH is a
a: modified root
b: bulb
c; stem
25.)X Rays are .......Rays
Ans emw
26.)ass:bray::sheep BLEAT
28.)LORD SHANKAR IS RELATED TO originaetor of ...........river
29;).........is also called JALDHAR
(1) Which type of motor is used is used for self balanced machines
(a)dc servo motors (b)dc shunt motors (c)ac servo motors (d)ac shunt motors.
(2) Which type of motors has two types of constants in it
(a)Reluctance motors (b)Pole shaded motors (c)dc shunt motors (d)ac shunt motors.
(3) Which type of power plant requires maximum expenditure

(a)Hydel power plants (b)Nuclear power plants (c)Thermal power plants (d)Gas based power plants.
(4) Base load of a power station stands for
(a)2-4 hours/day (b)4-8 hours/day(c)8-12 hours/day (d)12-24hours/day
(5) Bode plot is used to
(a)analyze lead-lag points (b)know maximum stability (c)know relative stability(d)know absolute stability
(6) A wire is placed on the top of a transmission line to
(a)surge high voltage (b)acts as neutral (c)acts as a transmission wire (d)acts as ground wire.
APTI+G.K was simple. For more R.S AGARWAL However some of the questions which I remember are as follows :(1) 1/0.05 equals
(a)5 (b)20 (c)50 (d)100
(2) If the radius of a circle is increased by 100% how will then the area increase
(a)100% (b)200% (c)300% (d)400%
(3) If the length, height and breadth of a cuboid is increased by 100%,200%&300% then the volume of the cuboid
will increase by
(a)3 times (b)6 times (c)12 times (d)24 times
(4) A shopkeeper buys 30 pens .He sells 27 pen at the marked price of the 30 pens. Then what is his profit
(a)31/3% (b)23/6% (c)10% (d)111/9%
(5) After seeing the picture person says his mother is the wife of my fathers son.Then how is the person in the
picture and the person
is related?
(a)Nephew (b)Uncle (c)Grandfather (d)Grandson
(6) A can do work in 30 days,B can do it in 40 days. A and B started the work and then A leaved it after 14 days
then how much
time did it take for B to complete the work
(a)5 days (b)6 days (c)3 days(d)2 days
(7) When did the Burma was separated from India?
(a)1937 (b)1905 (c)1912 (d)1926.

TATA MOTORS
1. Aptitude & Technical written(40+40)=80 q.
2.GD
3.Tecnical & HR Interview.
1. what is the poisons ratio?
2. when boiler bursts, whom u would inform?
3. modular ratio?
4. envelope of damped free vibration?
5. a ball with a mass M is falling on to the ground with some velocity V1 and raising with velocity V2 . find the
impulse?
6. Contd.. for 5th problem. When time of contact is given then force exerted on the ground.
7. two masses are connecting with string on to pulley coefficient of friction of mass m1 is given and also m1
and m2 are given. Find the relation b/n m1 and m2 , to make m2 move downwards
8. In a damped free excitation system maximum amplitude occurs
1. before resonance b. after resonance

9. Questions on set screws?

10. A four bar link mechanism is given with moment m acting on crank and also a force given at crank end.
Find the reaction at hinged end of crank.
11. Deflection due to self weight of a uniform rod of diameter D and unit density and length is given .
12. The type of key used in wrist watch?
13. Bending stress is proportional to.? Ans). Section modulus
14. The hypoid gears are . Ans). Non intersecting non parallel gears.
15. Hollow cylinder of outer D0 is given find the diameter of solid cylinder for the same material and same
torsional strength. ?
16. principle plane is ?
17. Two masses are resting on a inclined plane with 30 degree angle and the two masses are welded with
weightless rod and coefficients of friction is given. Find the common acceleration of a two masses.
18. two masses are of different weights smaller one is placed on the bigger mass. If the force is force is acting
on bigger mass given find the acceleration of smaller mass.
19. Stress on minor diameter of bolt when bolt is subjected to longitudinal force.
20. no of independent elastic constants required for isotropic material?
21. pitch of the bolt of 30 mm metric thread dia meter is?
22. the ratio of natural frequency on earth to moon?
23. upper portion of set screw is given fig shown and asked which type of set screw is ?
24. Efficiency of screw jack formula?
25. which of the parts given is harder one? Ans a). inner case b)outer case like that?
26. Max efficiency of screw jack formula?
27. Given some c/s of diffirent types which is having more torsional strength ?
28. Max principle stress theory is valid for which material?
29. efficiency of reveted joints of different types has given which is having max efficiency ?
30. if the roots are real then which type of vibrations will occur in damped systems ?
31. problem on transmissibility ?
32. when the disc is rotating on which on man is standing at the edge then what is the possibility of increase
in speed of the disc? A).man moves towards centre b)out ward? Like that
33. what is the principle behind the collisions of ball ?which is related to Q.7 ? ans constant linear momentum.
34. Find the elongation of the bar due to self weight
35. Problem on the cantilever deflection

36. Problem on the two blocks connected by string one is on table and on is hanging from the pulley
mechanics problem
37. Ratio of the tension of the band block breaks
38. max and normal efficiency of the power scew
39. what is monel metal
40. for which material max normal stress theory is used
41. efficiency of the riveted joints
42. coefficient of friction for the greased ball bearing
43. which key is used in wrist watch
44. bending stress is proportional to 1. directly/inversely proportional to section modulus
45. find the width of the strongest beam that can be cut of cylindrical log of wood whose dia is d
46. if the phi is friction angle then which of the following can not be the value of the tan(phi) a) 0 b) 1.5 mu
etc. ans is 0
47. problem on the transmissibility to calculate dynamic amplitude