GAIL Aptitude-General
Hello Guys,
I am John, attempted GAIL exam (Mechanical stream) on 28th Nov 2011. Let me first tell you the procedure thery adopted for the written test. We are asked to present at the exam center by 9 am. According to them there will be candidated validation upto 11 am. They had done nothing and we simply time passed two hours. It is irritating and its like the patience test. Then comes the big time. The test started at 11 am and it of 2 hours test.
In paper there are two sections.
1) Technical
2) General Aptitude.
Technical Paper.
There are 100 questions in this section. Covered almost all the topics given in the syllabus given for GAIL exam. But mostly concentrated on Manufacturing and Industrial planning subjects. I am giving some of the question which I remember:
1) Significance of Biot number.
2) Wavelength range of Thermal radiation
3) Mode of heat transfer from a chilled cococola bottle.
4) Two question on type of heat exchangers
6) Which of the following is the intensive property. Mass, Volume, Specific enthalpy, Density
7) Process occuring in Carnots cycle.
8) Max Efficiency for same CR in Otto, Diesel and Dual.
9) Probelmatic question on energy supplied in steam turbine unit by giving the pressure limits.
10) Which will have high COP value a. 20 deg super heat or b. 20 deg subcooled.
11) Given an equation for average velocity and asked to calculate the covective acceleration at specified length.
12) Pitot tube is used to calucate the velocity of
13) To eradicate the overe turning of vehicle which has to be done. Reduce the mass, Reduce the Speed, Make the CG down for the vehicle.
14) Two questions on stress concentration factor.
15) Why governing is required in the turbine.
16) Why air vessel is placed in the reciprocating pump.
17) A problem on the blade speed of the impluse turbine.
18) Formula for specific speed of turbine.
19) 4 questions on damping factors.
23) What is the operation we perform in the CAD to fill the patches.
24) What is the meaning of cast iron SG 400/15
25) What happens to the cast iron rod when manganese is added to it.
26) Two questions on stress concentration factor.
28) A question asked on usage of keys.
29) Type of bolt used in heavy machinery.
30) A theatre providing e ticketing is mainained by which platform. This is question related to management.
31) Three questions on gear mating.
34) If l/r ratio is increased what happens to its primary and secondary forces.
35) Maximum value of x power 1/x.
36) Slope of the curves Y= a power X and Y=b power X
37) Two questions on intergration.
39) A question on variable and operation cost in management science.
40) Hardness of the cast iron bar can be increase which process.
41) Which type of fit is involved in G6/g7
42) What happens to material in spinning operation.
43) Why multi point cutting tool is used.
44) How can be directional solidification eradicated.
45) What type of welding is used to weld molen metal.
General Aptitude:
In this section, there are 50 questions having a mix up from general english, aptitude and general knowledge. Some of the questions are:
1) What is the penalty imposed by US govt if any company leaks the gas into ambient.
2) Which nation president dead in flight crash recently.
3) Who had given the new symbol for Indian currency.
4) Who purchased the home belongs to Gandhiji in Capetown.
5) Which state is having the least population growth rate in year 2009.
6) Who won 2010 Canadian Grand Prix race.
7) Which river is passing towards the Arabian sea.
8) Where is the new high wattage power plant constructed recently.
9) Surrounding which planet some type of ring is identified recently.
10) With which nation army, Indian govt started hand in hand operation.
11) A picotrial graph chart is given about population cencus of five different years of three different parties, asked 4 questions related to chart.
15) A reading comprehension is given and asked 4 questions. RC is too big to read and one question is tough to answer.
19) Three questions on Compound interest problems.
22) A question from profit and loss.
23) Two logic related questions. Sitting arrangement and book cricket.
25) Fill up the missing statement. There are about 10 questions realted to this. This questions are little tricky and two options are looking same.
Overall for 150 questions, I had read all the questions but not able to attempt all the questions. So the time factor is critical. I had messed up with 5-10 questions in intention of solving the questions and wasted a bit of time. So guys dont be mess up with any question for more than a minute, since all the questions have same mark, you proceed with postive attitude still you didn't do 5-6 question in line. Hope that this informataion helps you lot for next GAIL exam preparation.
