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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES APPEARING FOR THE COMPETITIVE WRITTEN TEST OF TWO AND A HALF HOURS DURATION (1030 HOURS TO 1300 HOURS) FOR SELECTION AS EXECUTIVE TRAINEES (TECHNICAL ) ON SUNDAY, THE 19^TH SEPTEMBER, 2004

·         Kindly appear for the Written Test on the specified Date and  Time  at the allotted Test Venue.

·         Make sure that you occupy the allotted seat at the Test Venue by 0950 hours, which will be displayed on the Notice Board.

·         Candidates are required to bring  any proof of their identity having their photograph viz Passport, Voters’ ID Card, Driving License, ID Card issued by the Academic Institution last attended etc., for verification, when they come for the Written Test. The Admit Card shall be signed by the Candidates in the presence of the Invigilator. Candidates should affix their passport size photograph on the Admit Card.

·         Candidates have to ensure that they return the Admit Card, OMR Answer Sheet and the Question Booklet  to the Invigilator  after the Written Test, failing which their candidature shall be cancelled.

·         The Question Booklets  are  broadly classified into five Disciplines as indicated below: 

      1)    Aeronautical
2)     Mechanical and Production
3)    Metallurgy
4)    Electrical and Electronics
5)    Computer Science 

·         Each Question Booklet will have 160 Objective Type Questions, as indicated below: 

General Awareness (15 Questions)	General Engineering (25 Questions)	Questions specific to the respective Disciplines indicated above (120 Questions)	Total (160 Questions)
15 Marks	25 Marks	120 Marks	160 Marks

 Notes

1.      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.

2.      The Question Booklet  for Electrical and Electronics Disciplines will be the same and candidates will have to answer questions for both Electrical and Electronics Branches. 

·         There are no negative marks for incorrect answers.

·         Please use  the blank pages provided at the end of the Question Booklet only for any rough work.

·         If any Candidate is  found to be indulging in any kind of malpractice like copying, trying to talk to other candidates, exchanging information, carrying/passing on chits of paper or any other mode to communicate with others,  his/her candidature shall be cancelled.

·         Mobile Phones, Pagers, Beepers, any kind of Audio Devices, Digital Diaries, Organisers etc., shall not be permitted inside the Examination Hall.

·         Candidates will be required to appear for the Written Test at their own expense and will have to make their own arrangements for boarding and lodging at the place of the Examination.

·         Further consideration of the candidature after the Written Test  will be subject to:- 

1.      Candidates having passed the final Engineering Examination in the specified Branches of Engg. indicated in the Advertisement, from any recognised Institution/University, with 60% marks in the Aggregate of all Semesters for General/OBC and 50% Marks in the aggregate of all Semesters for SC/ST Candidates.

2.      Verification of  Qualifications, Marks scored, Age, Caste (for SC/ST/OBC      only), PWD   (Person with Disability) /Ex-Servicemen etc. 

IMPORTANT 

Candidates must ensure that they are in possession of the following documents/items, when they report at the Examination Centre:

·         Admit Card (with Passport Size photograph duly affixed).

·         Proof of Identity having their photograph such as Passport, Voters’ ID Card, Driving License, ID Card issued by the Academic Institution last attended etc.,  for verification by the Invigilator.

·         HB Pencils, Eraser, Pen and  Calculator.
                                                                                                                     

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES  FOR ANSWERING ON THE OMR ANSWER SHEET 

1. Use only HB Pencil  to  mark the Ovals  in the Answer Sheet.  

2. Use Ball Point Pen  to  fill the Boxes  (ie for the Question Booklet No., Roll Number, Date of Birth and Signature.) 

3. Indicate  the Question Booklet Series and Question Booklet Serial Number in the  space  provided on the OMR Answer Sheet without fail.  
4. Please mark the relevant Ovals against the columns like Series, Category, Quota and Main Branch of Engineering as applicable to you.
5. Mark your answer only in the appropriate space against the Number corresponding to the question you are  answering. Darken the response for each question:  

                                                A        B          C            D

                                        (ie., if the  answer to the Question is option A , then it needs to be darkened )  

6.  Please ensure that the Ovals are completely darkened.

7. In case of any mistake while marking, please erase the mark completely and fill the correct Oval  again. Do not leave stray marks/half filled Ovals on the Answer Sheet.
8. Rough work must not be done on the Answer Sheet.  Use the blank pages  given at the end of the Question Booklet for rough work. 

Sample  Questions for the Executive Trainees (Technical ) Test

 Aeronautical Engineering 

1. Air Fuel ratio in a jet engine will be of the order of: 

(a) 10:1                       (b) 15:1
(c)  20:1                      (d) 60:1 

2. Fighter bombers use following type of engine:

(a) Turbo-jet                (b) Turbo-propeller
(c)  Rocket                   (d)  Ram-jet

Mechanical Engineering           

1. Least shrinkage allowance is provided in the case of following:

(a) Brass                      (b) Aluminium
(c) Cast Iron                (d) Steel 

2. If  V  is the volume of metal in a casting and A its surface area, the time of solidification will be proportional to:

(a) V, 1/A                     (b) V,1/A²  
(c ) V² ,1/A                   (d) V^2, 1/A² 

3. Fire tube boilers are limited to a maximum design working pressure of :

(a) 1 kg/cm2                 (b) 6 kg/cm2
(C) 17 kg/cm2              (d ) 100 kg/cm2 

Metallurgy

1.      A dislocation represented by T is called:

      (a)    Positive edge dislocation
(b)    Negative edge dislocation
(c)    Positive screw dislocation
(d)   Negative screw dislocation

        2.      The recrystallisation temperature of a cold worked material decreases with: 

      (a)    Increase in the degree of deformation
(b)   Increase in the initial grain size
(c)    Increase in the temperature of cold working
(d)   The presence of impurity

 Electrical Engineering

 1.      In a thyrister full converter feeding a continuous load current, what is the duration each thyrister conducts in a cycle?

(a) 60 ⁰             (b)  90 ⁰
(c) 120 ⁰           (d)  180 ⁰ 

2.      In a three-phase induction motor, the rotor field runs at the following speed with Respect to the stator structure: 

      (a) At synchronous speed in the direction of stator field
(b) At a slip speed in the direction of stator speed
(c) At synchronous speed in a direction opposite to that of stator field
(d) At zero speed

Electronics 

1.      In the hybrid parameter model of a transistor reverse transfer voltage ratio and forward transfer current ratio are respectively given by:

(a) h_{11 and}  h₂₁         (b) h₁₂ and h₁₁
(c) h₂₁ and h₁₁        (d) None of these

2.      A Signal x(t) has the Fourier transform

          X(ω) = { 1 for | ω | < }W  . Its first zero-crossing in time domain occurs at:

       O otherwise

          (a) 1/pW           (b) W
          ( c)  p/ W          (d) None of these

Computer Science

 1.      Magnetic tapes are suitable to applications:

      (a)    When only a few records are to be accessed
(b)   When most of the records are to be accessed
(c)    Only when all the records  are to be processed
(d)    None of the above

2.      A system in which 2 or more cpu’s are interconnnected and share a common

Main memory is called:

      (a)    Pipeline machine
(b)    Multifunctional system
(c)    Multiprocess
(d)   None of these