Campus Recruitment of MRPL - 2009

MRPL(Manglore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited) - a subsidary of ONGC
Allowed branches: Mechanical, Electrical, Civil

Eligibility criteria: Top 15 students from GEN/OBC and CPI 6.5 for SC/ST

They have shortlisted the students accordingly for the interview

Interview Questions (Combined HR + Tech):
1.Tell me about urself, strengths, weaknesses, future plan, areas of interest
2.What is Zeroth law of thermodynamics
3.Expand BHN
4.Why heat treatment is done
5.What do you mean by hardness >> strength
6.Draw Rankine cycle
7.Explain all the processes in this Rankine cycle
8.What is sub cooling
9.What is Boiler Drum and where it will be in the boiler
10.What is otto cycle and where it is used
11.Where Rankine cycle is used
12.What is annealing and hardening
13.What is submerged welding
14.The delivery valve is closed in both the reciprocating and centrifugal pump, pressure gauges are fitted what happens when motor is on
15.What are the different types of welding
16.What is soldering
17.What is Thermite welding
18.What is reaction in thermite welding and what are the types of reactions
19.Basic difference between slotter machine and shaper machine
20.What is indexing and why it is used
21.Name the parts of Centrifugal pump and where is the suction valve placed in the casing
22.What is soldering and brazing
23.What is differential gear box
24.Define Octane number and Cetane number

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Questions from Bajaj Campus Recruitment

1.What is the material of Crank Shaft? Standard time= a. normal time minus allowance b. reliability time.
2. Energy stored in the spring when it is fully compressed without any deformation is ——– Ans. Resilience or proof resilience
3. Question on the relation ?L=PL/AE. What is ? (strain)? Ans. P/AE
4.Lower spindle speed is necessary for? if diameter of w/p is large when depth of cut is high
5. For which of the following material machinability is high? Ans. Aluminium
6. 24 & 2 in M24X2 represent which of the following two parameters respectively?
7.What is the equation governing kinematic links and pairs?
a. L=2p-3 b. L=2p-4 c. L=3p-5]
8.Pick out the wrong statement:-
Joule cycle consists of 2 constant volume processes and 2 adiabatic processes
Otto cycle consists of 2 constant volume processes and 2 adiabatic processes
Ericsson cycle consists of 2 constant volume processes and 2 adiabatic processes
None of the above
For same compression ratio which of the following cycles is more efficient?
a. otto b. diesel
9.The angle between face of the tool and plane parallel to the base of the tool is
a. rake angle b. clearance angle c. cutting edge angle d. lip angle
10.Bevel gears are used for transmitting torque between
Intersecting & coplanar shafts
Non-intersecting & non-coplanar shafts
Non-parallel & non-coplanar shafts None of the above
11.Expansion process in Otto cycle lasts from TDC to BDC
30 degrees before TDC till 50 degrees before BDC
30 degrees after TDC till 50 degrees after BDC none of the above
12.Which type of thread is more effective for power transmission in one direction?
a. square b. acme c. buttress
13.The state of a liquid during evaporation is
a. vapour b. steam c. water vapour
14.Throttle valve is used in steam engines to
control pressure of steam
control volume of steam
control temperature of steam none of the above

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Some more questions from BHEL - 2009

1. The ratio of two specific heats of air is equal to. = 1.41

2. A perfect gas at 270C is heated at constant pressure till its volume is double. The final temperature is = 3270C

3. An engine operates between temperature of 9000K and T2 and another engine between T2 and 8000K. For both to do equal work, value of T2 will be. = 6500K

4. Internal energy of a substance depends on = Temperature

5. Work done in compressing 1kg of gas adiabatically from p1,V1,T1 to p2, V2, T2 is equal to = Cv(T2-T1)

6. The unit of entropy is = J/kg 0K

7. Indicated power of a 4-stroke engine is equal to = pLAN/2

8. Which of the following is not an internal combustion engine :

a) 2 stroke petrol engine b) 4 stroke petrol engine c) Diesel engine d) steam engine e) Gas turbine. = (d)

9. If one cylinder of a diesel engine receives more fuel than the others, then for that cylinder the:

a) exhaust will be smoky b) piston rings would stick into piston grooves c) exhaust temperature will be high d) engine starts overheating e) all of the above. = (e)

10. The spark plug gap is normally maintained at: = 0.45 to 0.6mm

11. A distributor in spark ignition engines performs the function of : = Providing the correct firing order in engine

12. Which of the following does not relate to C.I. engine:: a) fuel pump b) fuel injector c) governor d) carburetor e) flywheel = (d)

13. Air fuel ratio in a jet engine is = 60:1

14. What is the value of Prandtl No.?

15. In domestic refrigerator, the tubes at the back of the refrigerator are: a) evaporator b) condenser c) capillary tubes d)………

16. Which refrigerants has the highest critical point temperature. = Freon-11

17. Wet bulb temperature is. = indication of amount of moisture in air

18. On psychometric chart, dry bulb temperature lines are. = Vertical

19. Surface tension has the units. = newtons/m

20. The line of action of the buoyant force acts through the. = Centroid of the displaced volume of fluid

21. A pressure of 25m of head of water is equal to. =245kN/m2

22. For a submerged body to be in stable equilibrium, the center of gravity should be. =Below the center of buoyancy.

23. The actual velocity at vena contracta for flow through an orifice from a reservoir of height H=?. =Cvv2gH

24. A body weighing 2kg in air weights 2.5kg when submerged in water. Its specific gravity is. = 6

25. In a free vortex motion: = each particle moves in a circular path with a speed varying inversely as the distance from the center.

26. A centrifugal pump has speed-1000rpm, Flow-1200l.p.m, Head-20m, Power-5H.P. If its speed is increased to 1500rpm, new flow will be.: = 1800l.p.m

27. Runaway speed of a hydraulic turbine is: = the speed if the turbine runner is allowed to revolve freely without load and with the wicket gates wide open.

28. 10m of water column is equal to = 100kN/m2

29. M.I. of a circular area about an axis perpendicular to the area is: = pr4/2

30. A projectile is fired at an angle ? to the vertical. Its horizontal range will be maximum when ? is . =450

31. An elevator weighing 1000kg attains an upward velocity of 4m/sec in two seconds with uniform acceleration. The tension in the supporting cables will be = 1200kg.

32. A 13m ladder is placed against a smooth vertical wall with its lower end 5m from the wall. What should be the co-efficient of friction between ladder and floor so that it remains in equilibrium. = 0.21

33. A car is moving with a velocity of 60km/hr and possesses energy of 5×105 joules. The mass of the car will be. =3000kg.

34. If l is the span of a light suspension bridge whose each cable carries total weight (w) and the central diop is y, the horizontal pull at each support is: = wl/y OR

35. A beam of length l, having uniform load w kg/unit length is supported freely at the ends. The moments at mid span will be: = wl2/8.

36. A boiler shell 200cm dia and plate thickness 1.5cm is subjected to internal pressure of 1.5MN/m2, then the hoop stress will be. = 100N/m2

37. 100KW is to be transmitted by each of two separate shafts. A is turning at 250rpm and B at 300rpm. Which shaft must have greater diameter.: = B

38. Two identical leaf springs of spring constant k are arranged like cantilevers in parallel and attached at free end by a spring of spring constant k. The equivalent spring constant of combination is; = 1.5k.

39. Automobile steering gear is an example of: = lower pair.

40. The type of coupling used to join two shafts whose axes are neither in same straight line nor parallel, but intersect is. = Universal coupling.

41. To transmit power from one rotation shaft to another whose axes are neither parallel nor intersecting, use: = Spiral gear.

42. A gear having 100 teeth is fixed and another gear having 25 teeth revolves around it, the centre lines of both gears being joined by an arm. How many revolutions will be made by gear of 25 teeth for one revolution of arm. = 5 rev.

43. The secondary critical speed of a shaft occurs at: = twice the speed of primary critical speed.

44. Brittle coating technique is used for: = experimental stress analysis.

45. Factor of safety is the ratio of: = yield stress/working stress.

46. Type of gear used for non-intersection perpendicular shafts: = Hypoid gears.

47. Corrosion resistance of steel is increased by adding: = Chromium & Nickel

48. The product of Cupola is called: = cast iron

49. Brinell tester uses a hardness steel ball of size: = 10mm

50. Sintered and tungsten carbides can be machined by: = EDM

51. What kind of abrasive cut off wheel should be used to cut concrete, stone and masonry? =Diamond grit.

52. In break-even analysis, total cost consists of: = Fixed cost + Variable cost.

53. The amount deducted from the salary of workers towards employees provident fund is : =deposited in the account of worker with Provident Fund Commissioner.

54. PERT is: = event oriented technique

55. Bar charts are suitable for: = minor works.

56. on a PERT/CPM chart represents: = a significant event representing some mile-stone

57. Electron volt is the unit of : = Energy.

58. Seamless tubes are made by?

59. Reheating in gas turbine results in: = increase of work ratio and decrease of thermal efficiency.

60. Why DC current is not used in transformer?

61. What is the purpose of draft tube in hydraulic turbines: = to convert the kinetic energy into pressure energy.

62. A mass of 100kg is falling from a height of 1m and penetrates the sand to 1m. what is the resistance force of the sand?

63. Two cars travel in the same direction at 40km/hr at a regular distance. A car comes in the opposite direction at 60km/hr. It meets each car in a gap of 8 seconds. What is the distance between the two cars?

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BHEL Campus Recruitment - 2009

Written test questions:

A total of 240 questions. 120- Technical questions in Mechanical Engineering. 120- General Apptitude questions. (Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning Ability, Logical thinking, English usage).

The questions were mainly asked in

*Thermodynamics

*Engineering Mechanics

*Theory of machines

*Production tech

One Mark for correct answer, 1/5th for wrong answer. Five choices were given

Some of the questions are:

1)Unit of Entropy (J/kg K or kJ/kg K)?

2)A mass of 100kg is falling from a height of 1 m and penetrates the sand into for 1 m. What is the resistance force given by sand?

3)Ratio of specific heats of air ? (1.41)

4)A body weighs 3 kg in air. If it is submerged in a liquid, it weighs 2.5 kg. What is the specific gravity of the liquid ?

5)Two cars travell in same direction at 40 km/hr at a regular distance. A car comes in a opposite direction in 60km/hr. It meets each car in a gap of 8 seconds. What is the distance between them?

6)A simple problem involing in hoops stress. For sphere: M= [3/2]*p*V* [density of pressure vessel material/Maximum working stress it can tolerate] For Thin walled pressure walls: Hoops stress or stress in the radial direction =p*r/2t?

7) A problem in force calculation in a body moving in a inclined surface?

8)Composition of bronze?

ans. Copper+zinc.

9) Compostion of stainless steel.?

ans. iron+chromium+nickel+carbon.

10) CI is manifactured in which process?

ans. cupola process

11)What percentage of carbon is preset in pig iron?

ans. 4.5 to 6%.

12)Water is available at 10m height. What is the pressure available?

ans= pressure=density*g*height;

p=1000*9.81*10;

p=98100N/m2.

13)What will happen if the speed of the centrifugal pump doubles?

14)The unit eV is widely used in ?

ans. Nuclear and atomic physics.

15)What will happen to the resistance, when the diameter of the conductor is doubled?

16)The power comsumed by a electrical device is 1000W at 250V, What is the resistance in the device?

ans. Power= Voltage*current,

Current=Power/Voltage,

Current,I=1000/250=4

amps. V=IR,

Therefore R=250/4=62.5 ohms.

17)Why DC current is not used in transformer?

18)On what principle the sonar/ radar works?

19)Bending moment diagram for the UDL is in what shape?

20)Function of the distributor in petrol vehicles?

ans. Spark timing.

21)Which is not present in CI engines?

ans. carburrettor.

22)What will happen if one cylinder recieves more amount of fuel spray from injectors than other injectors?

23)Purpose of draft tube in hydraulic turbines?

ans. The purpose of a draft tube is toconvert some of the kinetic energy of the flow from the runner (the rotating part of the turbine) intopressure energy and thereby increase the efficiency ofthe hydro power turbine.

24)What is the effect or reheater in the gas turbine?

The advantage of reheater is significantly increased thrust; the

disadvantage is it has very high fuel consumption and inefficiency.

25)Problems involving with fricition coefficient.

26)Factor of safety = Yeild stress/Working stress.

27)Which is the example of non parallel power transmission (Universal coupling)?

28)For perpendicular shafts worm gear is used?

29)A planet gear with 25 teeth is meshed with a sun gear of 100 teeth. Both are connected using a arm. How many rotations are needed for planet gear to complete one rotation around the sun gear?

30)What is equivalent spring constant for spring in parallel?

31) Some questions was asked related to boundary layer and vortex flow.

32) 5 questions were asked in PERT, Process planning, Product planning, Break even analysis.

33)How are tungsten and sintered composite materials are machined?

(Electro Discharge Machining, EDM)

General Apptitude:

very easy.

There are 120 questions .

English:

Detect the words with wrong spellings (5 questions).

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words(5 questions).

Two reading comprehensions were given(10 questions).

Find the error in the sentence (8 questions).

Reasoning:

Seating arrangement problems.

Find the relation between them.

Quantitative ability:

50% of the questions are from basic geometry .

Remaining were very general and easy. But many questions are there that’s y you should consider time factor and be quick.

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Campus Recruitment of MIDMAC contracting Company -2009

MIDMAC Contracting Company

Allowed branches:
Mechanical
Electrical
Civil

Selection Procedure:
Only Interview

1.Interview questions for mechanical
2.what do you know about air conditioning?
3.Are you interested to work in Midmac Qatar
4.what is lap welding
5.what is the instrument used to test lap welding
6.composite bar of steel(I-section) and different materials, what is the momment of inertia?
7.asked about Summer training
8.working of air conditioning
9.what do you mean by 1 ton refrigeration
10.what is fire line flow

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ACC Concrete Placement Paper

1. How many inchs are there in one mm?

1 inch = —– mm?
a) 25.4
b) 254
c) 2.54
d) None of these

2. How many HP are there in one KW?
1 KW = ___ HP?

a) 122
b) 1.47
c) 1.37
d) None of these

3. A drive pulley rotates at 1440 rpm. It has a 2″ diameter. At what rpm will the driven pulley with 4″ rotate?

a) 1440
b) 2880
c) 144
d) 720

4. If H.P. of a motor is fixed, What is the relation between the torque and rpm of the motor:

a) Torque will not change with change in rpm
b) Torque will change proportionally to rpm
c) Torque will change universally proportional to rpm
d) None of these

5. If one cubic meter of cement equal to 1440 kg, calculate the density of the cement:

a) 1.440
b) 14.40
c) 144.0
d) 1440

6. In a concrete cantilever beam, the reinforcement should be…… to take the tension

a) in the neutral axis
b) bottom layer
c) top layer
d) None of these
The reinforcement should be in which axis or layer to take the tension.

7. What do you mean by the Point of contra flexure?

a) The point where shear force is zero & bending moment is maximum
b) The point where bending moment is zero & shear force is maximum
c) Point of contra flexure is the point where shear force & bending moment both are maximum
d) None

8. With increase in which of the following, does the frictional force increase?

a) Bodies’ Size
b) Contact area between two bodies
c) Co efficient of friction
d) None

9. Which of the following are used in a two stroke diesel engine?

a) inlet valves are used
b) inlet ports are used
c) None of these


10. What is the relation between BHP, IHP & FHP is

Full form of BHP - Brake Horse Power

Full form of FHP - Frictional HP

a) BHP = IHP + FHP
b) IHP = BHP + FHP
c) FHP = IHP + BHP
d) None of the above

11. In order to have maximum resistance against the buckling failure, what kind of cross section should the column have? (assume the cross sectional area to be same for all of these)

a) Rectangle
b) Square
c) Circular
d) None of these

12. Water flows in a pipeline. Suddenly we decrease the diameter. The velocity of water will increase and pressure will ____ ?

a) increase
b) be same
c) No relation with cross sectional area
d) decrease

13. What is the function of a lead screw in a lathe machine?

a) turning of shaft
b) cutting gear
c) cut the thread
d) cut the key slot

14. What is the Unit of vibration?

a) Gallon
b) Hertz
c) Volt
d) None of these

15. The comfort level gets better with which of the following in air conditioning

a) Decrease in humidity
b) Decrease in temperature
c) Decrease in dust content
d) All of the above

16. Dry bulb temperature = wet bulb temperature when

a) Humidity is 0%
b) Humidity is 50%
c) Humidity is 100%
d) None of these

17. Which of the following engines uses a Carburetor?

a) Modern diesel engine
b) Petrol Engine
c) Cole Engine
d) None of these

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Campus recruitement of Tehri Hydro Corporation

Tehri Hydro Corporation
Public Sector Undertaking(PSU)

Eligibility Criteria
10th 60%
12th 60%
CPI 6.5 (General)
CPI 6 (SC/ST)
Branches allowed - Mechanical, Production and Industrial Engineering, Electronics, Electrical
(they said they are going to come again to recruit Civil)

Selection Procedure
Interviewed all those who fulfill the eligibility criteria
Interview Questions (mostly from Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines
1.What is Turbine
2.What are the parts of turbine
3.Working of a turine
4.Basic difference between turbine and pump
5.What is spiral casing
6.Define Draft tube
7.Explain NPSH with the help of diagrams

Some general HR questions also asked by them

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Campus Recruitement of Simplex Infrastructures

Simplex Infrastructures
Eligibility criteria
10th - 60%
12th - 60%
CPI - greater than 5.5

Selection Procedure
Written Test
Interview

Written Test- Aptii and Technical -for 30mins
Aptii is mostly Genral Knowledge and verbal
Technical covered all the topics but the paper was easy

Interview Questions
HR..
1.Tell me about your self
2.Your background
3.What is your vision
4.What all subjects you have studied(for this they started asking one question from each subject)

Tech..(mainly hydraulics)
1.What are hydraulic machines
2.What are the different hydraulic turbines
3.Difference between turbine and a pump
4.One question from material science
5.What project you have done and its details

The interview is about 15-20 mins each

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More Interview Questions

1.What are the assumptions in basic thermodynamic cycles
2.differences between air standard cycles and fuel air cycles
3.differences between supercharging and turbocharging
4.PV diagram for compressor
5.why isentropic compression is preferred
6.where pitting is maximum on gear tooth
7.what is mist lubrication
8.Gears of automobile are made of??
9.Which type of motor is used in traction
10.How friction power loss is measured in four wheeler
11.What is the purpose of a silencer
12.Hammer blow in pipe is due to bending and blockage or abrupt change in cross section area
13.What is the similarity in CAD and CAM
14.What are the processes used to increase the machinability of steel
15.In which type of fluid there is no shear stress
16.Purpose of Jigs and fixtures
17.In flange coupling, strength of bolt is tested on what basis
18.What is the system used in IC engines for smoothing the velocity
19.Purpose of supercharging
20.What is the material used for crank shaft
21.Formula for Degrees of Freedom
22.Which material has highest percentage of carbon
23.If petrol used in diesel engine (knocking, poor starting characteristics)

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Interview Questions

Machine Design

1. Differentiate between service factor and factor of safety.
2. Draw a typical true stress versus strain curve .
3. What is wahl’s stress factor
4. Explain hydrodynamic theory of lubrication
5. Classify welded and riveted joints.
6. Explain the term virtual number of teeth in helical and bevel gears
7. How do you specify the life of an anti friction bearing?
8. Explain the term membrane stresses in vessels under pressure

Thermodynamics

1. What are various thermodynamic systems and their basic definitions?
2. What is meant by the triple point of water?
3. Which Law of Thermodynamics is relevant when you inflate a tyre?
4. Explain a perfect gas and its properties

Thermal Engineering

1. Why don’t CI engines require spark plug?
2. What is an indicator diagram? What are its advantages? How is it different from a P-V diagram?
3. What is the difference between turbocharging and supercharging?
4. What is knocking, detonation and pre-ignition? What are the preventive methods?
5. New trends in IC engines, CDI,Ball piston, Cam less engines, GDI and VTEC
6. Explain super saturated flow in steam nozzles
7. What is reheat factor?
8. What is meant by a pulsed detonation engine?
9. Is turbocharging possible in a petrol engine? Why?

Heat and Mass Transfer

1. State Fourier’s laws of conduction in one dimension
2. Explain LMTD and NTU methods
3. Explain the concept of black body
4. Differentiate between parallel and counter flow exchangers

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

1. Explain simple vapour compression cycle in a refrigerator
2. Which compressor is usually used in air conditioners?
3. What is ASHRAE?
4. Explain Joule-Thomson effect
5. Explain Sensible heating and cooling, superheating and Subcooling
6. What is the significance of multicompressor refrigerator system?
7. What is meant by 1 TR?
8. What is meant by sensible heat factor?
9. Differentiate between RSHF and GSHF
10. What is meant by effective temperature?

Automobile Engineering

1. During the starting of a vehicle, the exhaust smoke appears white. Why?
2. What is a differential and how does it work?
3. What are MPFI and TPFC systems?
4. Mention the common automobile specifications
5. What is SAE?
6. Certain vehicles can be started by keeping the gears engaged, while certain others cannot. Explain

Theory of Machines

1. How do you polish a ball bearing?
2. Which gear is used to obtain maximum speed ratio?
3. Explain the functions of Gyroscopes
4. What are the different types of clutches in use and their working?
5. Draw a Hooke’s joint and explain its function
6. What is the type of braking system in trains? Explain its function
7. Explain the function of a gearbox. What are the types of gearboxes?

Manufacturing Processes

1. Differentiate between a lathe and a milling machine
2. What are CNC and DNC machines?
3. How do you a machine a square cross section in a lathe?
4. What are satellites. Why cant single carbide be cut efficiently?
5. Differentiate between Upmilling and Downmilling
6. What is a self centering chuck?
7. What are the different indexing mechanisms used in conventional machining?
8. Why are EBM processes more widely used than LBM?
9. What are cutting fluids and their functions?

Material Science and Metallurgy

1. Draw the Fe-C equilibrium diagram
2. What is meant by fatigue and creep? Draw and explain the creep curve

Strength of Materials

1. What is the significance of a Bending Moment diagram
2. Can Poisson’s ratio be negative?
3. What is Euler’s theory?
4. What is Endurance limit?

Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines

1. Differentiate between absolute and kinematic viscosity.
2. What is water hammer? What is the function of surge tank and penstock?
3. What is magnus effect? Explain Mach number.
4. What is Cavitation? Explain slip in reciprocating pumps.
5. Describe draft tube and its applications
6. Describe air vessel, hydraulic ram, accumulator and lift
7. Give classification of turbines and the difference between impulse and reaction turbine

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