The exam pattern and the syllabus for the recruitment examination with Engineers India Limited is as follows:

Exam Pattern
Section
Questions
Syllabus

Technical Section
100
Question related to your discipline

General Aptitude
50
Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, Reasoning and English Language

Exam duration: 2 hours
Negative marking: 1/4th for incorrect answer.

Part-I : Technical Part

Mechanical discipline major topics are
Experimental Reporting Skills
Fluid Mechanics
Stress Analysis
Heat Transfer
Technical Presentation Skills
Engineering Mechanics
Strength of Materials
Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics
Hydraulic Machines
Thermodynamics
Steam Boilers and Engines
Steam Nozzles and Turbines
Machine Design
IC Engines and Nuclear Power Plants
Engineering Materials
Compressors, Gas Dynamics and Gas Turbines
Theory of machines
Heat Transfer, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Workshop Technology
Production Engineering
Industrial Engineering and Production Management

Sample Questions of Mechanical Engineer
Ques: The friction experienced by a body, when in motion, is known as
A. rolling friction
B. dynamic friction
C. limiting friction
D. static friction

Ques: If the masses of both the bodies, as shown in the below figure, are reduced to 50 percent, then tension in the string will be

A. same
B. half
C. double
D Equal

Ques: Screws used for power transmission should have
A. Sow efficiency
B. high efficiency
C. very fine threads
D. strong teeth

Ques: Which of the following material has the maximum ductility?
A. Mild steel
B. Copper
C. Zinc
D. Aluminium

Ques: A diagram showing the path followed by men and materials while performing a task is known as
A. string diagram
B. flow process chart
C. travel chart
D. flow diagram

Civil Engineering major topics are
Geotechnics
Energy and Infrastructure
Soil mechanics
Geology
Computational methods
Structural Mechanics
Soil Mechanics and Engineering Geology
Transport
Concrete and Earthquake Engineering
Building Materials
Building Construction
Surveying
Concrete Technology
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering
Advanced Surveying
Strength of Materials
RCC Structures Design
Steel Structure Design
Irrigation
Highway Engineering
Airport Engineering
Fluid Mechanics
Construction Management
SI Units
Theory of Structures
Structural Design Specifications
Estimating and Costing
Tunnelling
Docks and Harbours

Sample Questions
Ques 1: Which one of the following represents an activity
A. excavation for foundation
B. curing of concrete
C. setting of question paper
D. preparation of breakfast
E. all the above.
Answer: E

Ques: The most widely used antenna in GPS is
A. Parabolid antenna
B. Microstrip antenna
C. Horn antenna
D. Slotted antenna
Answer: B

Ques: The maximum area of tension reinforcement in beams shall not exceed
A. 0.15%
B. 1.5%
C. 4%
D. 1%
Answer: C

Ques An R.C.C. beam not provided with shear reinforcement may develop cracks in its bottom inclined roughly to the horizontal at
A. 25°
B. 35°
C. 45°
D. 55°
E. 60°
Answer: C

Ques: An ideal vertical curve to join two gradients, is
A. circular
B. parabolic
C. elliptical
D. hyperbolic
Answer: B

Ques: SI unit for the surface tension, is
A. kg/m3
B. kg/m2
C. kg/m
D. N/m
Answer: D

Electrical Engineering major topics are
Communications
Control Engineering
Energy and Power
Integrated Circuit Design
Intelligent Systems
Optical and Semiconductor Devices
Signal Processing
Analogue Electronics
Digital Electronics
Signals and Linear Systems
Semiconductor Physics
Analysis of Circuits
Operational Amplifiers
Magnetism and Electromagnetism
Alternating Current and Voltage
RL Circuits
Transformers
Time Response of Reactive Circuits
Transistors and Applications
Basic Op-Amp Circuits
Special-Purpose Op-Amp Circuits
Measurement, Conversion and Control
Resistance and Power
Alternating Current vs Direct Current
Semiconductor Principles
Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT)
Field Effect Transistors (FET)
Thyristors and Tranducers
Analog to Digital
Number Systems and Codes
Logic Gates
Logic Circuit Simplification
Standard Logic Devices (SLD)
Programmable Logic Devices (PLD)

Chemical Engineering
Properties of Matter
Process Dynamics and Control
Industrial Chemistry and Biochemistry
Reaction Engineering
Transfer Processes
Process Analysis
Heat Transfer
Mechanical Operations
Mass Transfer
Petroleum Refinery Engineering
Fertiliser Technology
Chemical Process
Stoichiometry
Process Control and Instrumentation
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Fuels and Combustion
Materials and Construction
Process Equipment and Plant Design
Chemical Engineering Plant Economics
Nuclear Power Engineering
Furnace Technology

Sample questions:
Ques: A high pressure boiler generates steam at a pressure greater than __________ kg/cm2 .
A. 10
B. 30
C. 50
D. 80

Ques: The number of kg vaporized per kg of steam fed to the evaporator is defined as
A. capacity
B. rate of evaporation
C. economy
D. rate of vaporisation

Ques: Heating of ortho phosphoric acid to 250°C produces
A. metaphosphoric acid
B. pyrophosphoric acid
C. no change in it
D. none of these

Ques: A coal containing very high percentage of durain is called __________ coal.
A. bright
B. splint
C. non-banded
D. boghead

Ques:One 'amu' is equivalent to
A. 9.31 MeV
B. 931 eV
C. 931 Mev
D. 931J

Ques: Buna-S is also known as
A. teflon
B. PTFE
C. SBR
D. polycrylates

Ques: Which of the following sugars is the sweetest?
A. Glucose
B. Fructose
C. Sucrose
D. Lactose

Part-II: General Aptitude
Quantitative Aptitude
Part
Topic
Sub topics

Part-I
Number System
Fractions, Square root, cube root, HCF, LCM, Prime,
Composite, whole Number

Part-II
Algebra
Equations(Liner, Quadratic), Inequalities, Functions,
Graphs, Progression, Logarithms

Part-III
Arithmetic
Percentage, Ratio & Proportion, Profit & Loss, Partnership,
Average, Simple Interest & Compound Interest, Time &
Work, Time, speed & Distance
Part-IV
Geometry
concepts of lines & angles, Triangle, Polygon, circles, Area, Volume

Ques: How many digits are required to number a book containing 200 pages?
(a) 200 (b) 600 (c) 492 (d) 372

Ques: The sum of the two numbers is 45 & difference of 2 numbers is 675. Find the number ?
a) 20, 25 b) 15, 30 c) 10,35 d) 12,13'

Ques: What is the minimum value of x^2 + 8x + 8?
a) -6 b) -8 c) 8 d) 6

Ques: A cloth merchant claims to sell is material at cost price but uses a scale which reads 1 meter for every 95 centimeter. Find the gain percent?
(a) 0.4% (b) 52.6% (c) 4 % (d) 5.26%

Ques: In right angled triangle if 2 sides are 3 & 4 then length of hypotenuse is ?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 6.5 (d) 4