Department of Mechanical Engineering
SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam-603110.
Technical Aptitude Training
1. 100% efficiency violates
a) Zeroth law of thermodynamics
b) First law of thermodynamics
c) Second law of thermodynamics
d) Third law of thermodynamics
2. For small motors ,which material is used for
making permanent magnets?
a) ferromagnetic b)diamagnetic
c)paramagnetic
3. Spindle of lathe runs on
a) synchronous motor b) dc shunt
c) induction motor d) dc series
4. Which of the material is used for
corossion resistant?
a) cadmium b) molybdenum
c) nickel d) chromium
5. Damper is
a) Energy producing device
b) Energy dissipating device
c) Energy absorbing device.
d) Vibration reducing device.
6. Gas turbine works on
a) Otto cycle b) Joule cycle c) Brayton cycle
d) Wankel cycle
7. Which process cannot be used to produce
external threads?
a) Forging b) Turning c) Milling
d) Rolling
8. Which of the material has lowest thermal
conductivity?
a) Stainless steel b) Steel c) Copper d)
Bronze
9. Cast Iron is used in heavy machine beds
due to
a) Low cost b) high damping coefficient c)
its operation is easier d) None of these
10. In diesel engines the compression
ratio is _____ than expansion ratio
a) Less b) more c) equal
11. Aeroplane wings are formed by
a) Casting b) Forging c) Wire EDM
d) Stretch forming
12. Plastics are welded by
a) Electron beam welding
b) CO2 welding
c) Gas welding d) Ultrasonic welding
13. Silencer reduces noise. It also
a) gives balance to engine
b) decreases fuel consumption
c) increases fuel consumption
d) reduces vibrations
14. Which law is not related to thermal
radiation?
a) Plancks law b) Fouriers law
c) Stefan Boltzmann law d) None of
these
15. The axial stress on a member which is
subjected to a sudden load when compared
to load applied gradually is
a) Same b) Double c) Half d)
Quadraple
16. The material to be used for high
compressive stress without cracks
a) White cast iron b) Grey cast iron
c) Chilled cast iron d) Malleable cast iron
17. Turbine with lowest specific speed _____
a) Francis b) Pelton c) Kaplan d)
Reaction turbine
18. Size of lathe is specified by
a) Length and width of bed
b) Center length and center height
c) Center length and bed length
d) Center height and width of the job
19. Steel is heated slowing above its
hardening temperature for 2 hours, what is the
process?
a) Normalizing b) Annealing
c) Tempering d) Strain removing
20. Vehicle for easy turn
a) front steer rear wheel drive
b) front steer front wheel drive
c) rear steer front wheel drive
d) rear steer rear wheel drive
21. Which of the following is not material
removing
a) Punching b) Coining c) Brimming d)
Trepanning
22. Which is not a polymer?
a) Glass b) Teflon c) Neoprene
d) Bakelite
23. For a centrifugal pump, with backward
curved vanes,
a) head increases & discharge decreases
b) no change in head & discharge decreases
c) head decreases & discharge increases
24. Crystal structure of graphite
a) FCC b) BCC c) HCP d) Cubical
25. The temperature at which reading on
Celsius scale and Fahrenheit scale are
same is
a) -110 C b) -40 C c) 0 C d) 32 C
26. Radiator of a truck is _____ heat
exchanger
a) Shell tube b) Parallel flow
c) Counter flow d) Cross flow
27. The normal boiling point of mercury is
approximately
a) 160 C b) 260C c) 300C
d) 360C
28. What is the range of pressure in
industrial pneumatic pipeline?
a) 5-10 bar b) 20-25 bar
c) 80-85 bar d) None
29. Which of the following does not
produce real images?
a) Convex b) Concave
c) Microlens
30. Instrument used for measuring
temperature is
a) Barometer b) Pyrometer
c) Manometer
 Department of Mechanical Engineering

SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam-603110.

Technical Aptitude Training

Answers

Question No. Answer Question No. Answer

1 C 16
2 C 17 B
3 C 18 B
4 D 19 B
5 B 20 C
6 C 21 B
7 A 22 A
8 A 23 A
9 B 24 C
10 B 25 B
11 D 26 D
12 D 27 D
13 D 28
14 B 29 B
15 B 30 B
 Interview Questions
Batch 2014
Vignesh Ram V (Selected student):
1. Tell me about yourself (make sure u tell your key strength)
2. What did you do to get state first in 12th std? (He asked it because I mentioned it)
3. Tell about your project (I explained all the parts in detail)
4. What are the difficulties faced during the fabrication?
5. What is your Area of Interest? (I answered automobile. Please say the subject which
you know very well)
6. Why automobile?
7. In automobile, which part you are strong? (I told IC Engines)
8. What material is piston made of and why? (I told CI)
9. Tell another material (I told Aluminum)
10. What is the use of piston rings?
11. What connects the piston and connecting rod?
12. What is TDi?
13. What is the difference between turbocharger and supercharger?
14. What do you know about ASHOK LEYLAND?
15. Who is the market leader in commercial vehicles segment?
16. Who will be our future competitor? (DAIMLER BHARAT BENZ)
17. Draw dual cycle P-V and T-S diagram.
18. What is the efficiency of Diesel cycle? (I wrote the formulae and told the maximum
value is around 50%)
19. What is your hobby? (Playing cricket will be too mainstream...so dont tell it...I told I
read autocar magazine..)
20. Tell about SAE (I mentioned earlier that I am the chairperson of SAE club of SSN)
21. Tell about BAJA. What is your role in it? (I told I am the head of Suspension
Department)
22. What do you mean by camber and caster?
23. What is the commonly used suspension system in trucks and buses? (Trucks-Leaf
spring, buses-Air suspension)
 24. You have a good CGPA. Why are you not interested in higher studies? (I told that I
always wanted to work in a great company like yours...I dont want to miss this
opportunity. So I dont wish to pursue higher studies but I always update myself with
all the stuffs regarding automobile)

Karthic Raja J:

1. Tell me about yourself?

2. What is my area of interest?
3. What is tensile stress?
4. Mention some of ductile material?
5. Draw bending moment diagram. ( They gave simply supported beam with UDL)
6. Explain your role in BAJA.
7. Draw the suspension system of your BAJA car and explain it.
8. What is caster angle, camber angle, toe-in and toe-out?
9. Different types of Hardness.
10. Some HR questions.

Deepak R:
1. Tell me about yourself
2. About my merit scholarship
3. About my achievements in sports
4. Where did you do your internship?
5. Tell me two things that you learnt from your internship. [Organize your answer in
your mind before starting to speak for such questions ]
6. Can you explain the working of a double shoe brake? [I interned at Brakes India Ltd]
7. Tell me about your Design and Fabrication project.
8. [Now the HR handed it over to the Technical person. There were 3 interviewers in all.
The other one was largely mute] Can you explain the working of a Steam power
plant?
9. What is the pressure of the condenser in the power plant? [I answered wrongly. There
was a spate of questions as he tried to lead me to the right answer]
 10. What is the pH of feedwater in the steam power plant?
11. What is the relation between pressure and latent heat of vaporization?
12. Can you explain about your final year project? [About Crashworthiness]
13. What is the name of the property you would expect in a crashworthy material?
14. [The silent 3rd interviewer] In which other companies have you gotten placed?
15. Are you sure you wont pick that company?
16. Why are you not pursuing higher studies? Have you written GRE or GATE?
17. [HR guy] Asks a logical puzzle

Batch 2013

1st Student:

1. Tell me about yourself

2. Family background
3. What are the designing softwares you know? (Do not simply tell names...only tell the
softwares of which you are confident of answering any question asked)
4. Is 10% deviation in results of simulation Vs real life acceptable? ( I answered yes)
5. What is an engine?
6. What is a vibration dampener?
7. What is common rail diesel injection?
8. What is unit injector?
9. About my intern project.
10. Various manufacturing processes...(forming, welding, moulding, casting, etc)
11. Which department would you like to work in? (design, manufacturing etc)
12. Difference between VTEC engine and i-VTEC engine?
13. Which is more desirable - more power or more torque in an engine?
14. Latest EMS (engine management systems)? (I answered Audis TFSI- turbocharged
fuel stratified injection)
15. Please know all the latest technologies related to automobiles if your area of interest
is automobiles.
 16. Would you work anywhere in India? Would you work in sales dept?
17. What are the various processes involved in manufacturing a car?? ( Because my in-
plant training was in a car company)
18. What is knurling?
19. What is shot peening?

2nd Student:
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. My area of interest.
3. Why is differential gear box used?
4. What is the function of clutch?
5. How is the first angle projection denoted?
6. About my internship and my role in that.
7. About my funded project and the design procedures in that.
8. What is unit injection system?
9. What is common rail injection system?
10. What are the basic laws of stresses?
11. What is breaking point?
12. What is yield point?
13. What is Kelvin-Plancks law?
14. Explain the working of IC engines?
15. Draw the symbols of types of welding joints.
16. Compare the different types of cad softwares.
17. What is the temperature of the cylinder head at different strokes?

3rd Student:
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Tell me about your project.
3. What did you learn during your IPT?
4. What are the advancements in diesel injection systems?
5. Emission norms followed in India.
 6. Which is better- CATIA or ANSYS?
7. What is CATIA?
8. Difference between shear force and bending moment.
9. Fuel used in heavy vehicles.

4th Student:
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Family background.
3. What is Unit injector system?
4. CRDI system.
5. What is ABS? (Answer depends on what you put as your area of interest. If you have
put Automobile as your area of interest, then answer about Antilock braking
system. If you have put Materials Science as your area of interest, then answer
about Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene.
6. Very few basic questions about Iron Carbon diagram. (Phase changes, eutectic and
eutectoid reactions)
7. What is ASR? (I think it is Anti skip regulation. Check anyway.)
8. Sulphur content in diesel in PPM.
9. Emission standards of trucks, lorries and buses of India.
10. Gases in automobile exhaust?
11. Which is most corrosive? Al, Cu or Brass? Why?
12. Final year project.
13. Why are you not pursuing MS because Materials Science is an area where there is a
lot of scope for research?

5th Student:
1. Tell me about yourself. (I categorized my answer into three sections - Started with
Character, Personal profile then I moved onto to technical side).
2. They asked me whether I have interest in automobile - I said no and told them that I
have some basic knowledge because I had a paper on auto in 6th semester.
3. And hence they asked me 4 questions.
 4. What is emission rate in India?
5. What is common rail injection system?
6. What is unit injector system?
7. What are the gases in automobile emissions?
8. I got scared and started diverting them back to my area of interest Manufacturing
Technology.
9. What is up milling and down milling?
10. What are the various manufacturing processes?
11. What did you learn in manufacturing technology? List it?
12. Draw a drill bit and mark the nomenclature.
13. How the lip angle varies?
14. What are the different types of milling machines?
15. Can end mill cutter be used for drilling holes? (answer is YES . there is a special type
of end mill cutter for this operation)
16. What is usually preferred? Up milling or down milling?
17. What are the various welding processes you know?
18. Why are you not interested in automobile? And why the hell you want to come to our
company? (In situations like this please dont panic. My answer was that
manufacturing technology is the key player of all the factories and cannot function
without this sector. So I have a role to play. They got impressed and gave a smile)
19. In which area you want to work? (Please stick to sector according to your area of
interest)
20. Where in India you want to be?

6th Student:
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. What is your father and mother doing?
3. What is your area of interest?
4. I answered automobile and was telling about Baja, and hence the following questions.
5. What is your team status in the competition as of now?
6. How many members are there in the team?
7. What is your role in the team and what do you do?
8. Then they asked me about my final year project.
9. Then in automobiles they asked me what I like in specific? I answered Engines.
10. The difference between Port type fuel injection and solenoid type fuel injection?
11. What is unit injector?
12. Use of a differential?
13. Use of a gear box?
14. What will happen if there is no gear box in a car?
15. Is there any sulphur present in diesel?
16. What is the PPM amount of sulphur in diesel?
17. Then he drew a simple diagram and asked a logical question, that was pretty easy, not
a problem.
Few suggestions:
Whatever they ask will only be regarding things that you have put in your
resume, so please dont add things in your resume, and mention things only if
you are really confident in answering any question asked related to that.
Secondly, better mention only one area of interest and be really strong in that.
I got lucky since the panel was from my area of interest and they asked all
questions relating to that.
In most cases, questions will either be relating to your area of interest, or your
project.
Even if you are not sure about the answer, just answer confidently and be
precise, if you dont know anything at all, then dont try deviating from the
question asked, thy wont appreciate that, instead just accept that you are not
sure about d answer but you will refer some book and try to know it.
They just look for that interest to learn in you.
Just answer to the point.

All the best..!!

7th Student:
1. About yourself, your family and area of interest.
2. Hosteller or Day Scholar?
3. Where is your father working, mother working, brother studying?
4. Why dont you want to go abroad?
5. Function of a differential gear.
6. Working of a differential.
7. Parts of a differential.
8. Unit Injector System.
9. Common Rail Injection.
10. Which is better? Unit or Common Rail? Why?
11. Does common rail reduce vibrations?
12. Does common rail improve engine performance?
13. Do you know CATIA?
14. How good are you at ProE, AutoCADD?
15. What is an array and a pointer in C programming?
16. Area of interest.
17. What is your final year project?
18. Which software are you using for your final year project?
19. Does diesel have sulfur in it?
20. What PPM of sulfur is present in diesel?
21. What is enthalpy?
22. You are the head of the quality department. Three people come with proposals saying
they can improve the engines thermal efficiency by 30, 25 and 45% respectively.
Which one will you choose?
23. Can the efficiency of an engine be 100%
24. Why cant the efficiency be 100%?
25. What is the second law of thermodynamics?

8th Student:
1. Tell about yourself and your family.
 2. Occupation of mother and father (I wasnt specific before) so they interrupted and
asked.
3. Why did you choose a college in Chennai? Didnt you get PSG?
4. Have you done any in plant training?
5. Explain it. (Be clear at this point , if you have mentioned something in your resume
make sure you remember it and can explain)
6. What is unit injector?
7. What is CRDI?
8. Difference between unit injector and CRDI.
9. Which is advantageous and why?
10. What is the pressure in the rail of CRDi?
11. Which is used nowadays?
12. What are the constituents of smoke?
13. What is called as black smoke?
14. How do you reduce emission (I dont remember the exact question but its nearly the
same)
15. Whats hoops stress?
16. What is Poissons ratio?
17. Define youngs modulus.
18. Difference between port type and solenoid type injector system.

9th Student:
1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Where did you do your intern?
3. What is batch assembly and process assembly?
4. What is product line assembly?
5. Ductility and malleability of gold?
6. Diamonds brittleness?
7. Difference between ductility and malleability?
8. Structure of Diamond?
9. Electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity of Diamond?
 10. What material is used in cutting tools?
11. What is the chemical composition of HSS?
12. What is the % composition of HSS material?
13. What is the significance of pearlite?
14. Will martensite state come after pearlite?
15. What is the temperature at which martensite is obtained?
16. Bending moment and shear diagram of a cantilever beam with two opposite loads.
17. What is quenching?
18. What is normalising?
19. What is difference between quenching and normalising?
20. What is tempering?
21. What is the use of normalising?
22. What are the chemical properties of Diamond?

Batch 2011
1st Student:
There were two panel members, a lady from HR and an old man from The Shop Floor.
1. Tell me about yourself?
2. What is your area of interest? I answered automobile so subsequent questions
3. About SI and CI engines.
4. Types of drives and advantages of a Hotchkiss drive.
5. Why is Ackerman's steering geometry used?
6. What was your project about? ( I had mentioned my internship project on Gear Box
Assembly and manufacture at Scooter India Ltd, Lucknow)
7. Different ways of manufacturing gears?
8. What is relation between speed and gear size?
9. What type of gearboxes do 3 wheelers use?
10. Explain the process of manufacture in detail?
11. What is the Assembling sequence of a Gearbox?
12. Why do you want to join Ashok Leyland?
13. Which department would you be interested in Joining?
2nd Student:
1. Speed of Crankshaft to Camshaft. (2/1)
2. Up Milling Vs Down Milling.
3. Type of Stress in Pressure Vessels. (Hoop)
4. Type of Thread in lead screw of lathe. (Square)
5. Crystal structure of graphite is? (HCP)
6. Instrument used for measuring high temperatures. (Pyrometer)
7. What is pressure angle in gears?
8. Which type of gears produce no axial thrust?
9. At what temperature Fahrenheit and Celsius scales match? (-40C)
10. Which substance has highest Cp? (Water)
11. Pressure exerted by a mercury column.
12. What motor is used to turn lathe spindle? (Induction)
13. Type of magnetic material in small motors.
14. Which type of motor has neither slip rings nor split rings?
15. What type of heat transfer takes place in a radiator?
16. Efficiency of Carnot cycle.
17. Which angle determines tool strength in single point cutting tool?
18. Purpose of superheating, reheating, regeneration in steam power plants?
19. Different processes in auto cycle?
20. When salt is added to water what happens to its freezing point? (Colligative
properties)
21. What is the heaviest liquid? (Mercury)