THE PERFECT 222

Authors
Vijayraj Singh
Jaivardhan Singh
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Jaivardhan Singh Ranawat and Vijayraj Singh have done Marine
Engineering from one of the reputed Institute of country and always
wanted to write a book which can help the cadets who are currently
pursuing their studies in Merchant Navy. After talking to a lot of
cadets all across the country, the authors realized that cadets are
facing problems during their interviews whenever basic questions are
asked which are mostly related to 11th and 12th class. This was the
time when the authors decided to write such a book which can solve
this problem of cadets to a large extent. And the authors are satisfied
so far that the book is serving its purpose very well and cadets are
appreciating the efforts.
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candidates those who want to make Merchant Navy as their
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Contents
Personal Questions
Situational Awareness
Physics
Chemistry
Mathematics
Thermodynamics
General Knowledge
PERSONEL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Before reading this section of the book you should know that this
is one of the most important section for an interview and the way
you answer these questions will set a proper tone for the rest of the
interview. The questions given in this section have been constantly
asked by various shipping companies.
All the questions are answered in a structured manner to help you
form your own answers and also the answers are explained with
the help of an examples. By reading this section you will be able to
answer every possible personal question that can be asked in an
interview.
So, before you start reading, just grab a pen & a paper and start
writing your own answers. ALL THE BEST.
1Q. Tell me something about yourself?
Ans. It is one of the most common question which has been repeatedly
asked in the interviews for merchant navy. Usually this is the very first
question which is asked by the interviewer and if answered nicely in a
correct manner, it builds up a right platform for the further interview.
The format in which this question can be answered is as follows-
NAME - I am ……., or My name is ……..
PLACE - I am from……, or I belong to……
QUALIFICATION - I have completed my 10th and 12th class from
State/CBSE/ICSE Board
ACHIEVEMENTS - Talk about any math/science or engineering
related competition in which you have participated and if you have
secured a good rank in that competition then mention about your rank
also. But if do not have a good rank then you can skip this section, there
is no harm in that.
FAMILY BACKGROUND- So far, my family background is
concerned
 If I talk about my family ……, or In my family………
HOBBIES - I have a couple of hobbies ……. ,
or
If I mention about my hobbies….
I am fond of………… or I love ……………

That’s all about me sir!

Given below is an example of the way you can answer this question.
EXAMPLE - Sir, My, name is Jayesh Goswami.
I belong to Delhi.
I have completed my 10th and 12th class from CBSE board.
I have participated in mathematics Olympiad and secured a state rank
of 10.
So far, my family background is concerned there are 4 members in my
family, me, my parents and my younger sister. My father is a teacher
and my mother is a homemaker.
And if I talk about my hobbies then I am fond of watching cricket,
reading novels and listening to light music.
That’s all about me sir!
DON’T DO’S -
Do not mention your name in the introduction if the interviewer has
already gone through your resume and has asked a question to you in
this manner-
“Okay Jayesh, tell me something about yourself ”. In this condition you
have to start the answer directly from your place and do not mention
your name as the interviewer has already mentioned it.
Do not say ‘sir’ before every sentence. Refer the above example and
say the word ‘sir’ only two times during the entire introduction (once
during starting of the introduction and another at the end).
2Q. What are your strengths or What do you think you are best at?
Ans- By asking this question the interviewer wants to know that how
do you evaluate yourself or how do you rate yourself. While answering
this question you should mention all the things you are good at but
those things should not lead to your personal life. Given below are the
points to keep in mind while answering this question.
1). DON’T TELL ONLY ADJECTIVES - While answering this
question you should not use a lot of adjectives as it adds a tone that you
must have mug up the answer and you are not even able to express
yourself properly.
EXAMPLE - I’m quite smart, I’m quite intelligent, I’m very positive,
I’m very optimistic etc.
2). STRENGTH UP WITH STORIES - Now don’t start telling stories
to the interviewer right away. What you can do is that you can tell the
interviewer about any award or project or anything good that you have
done and then relate it with a small story so that it makes much more
sense and sounds more natural.
EXAMPLE - I had participated in an extempore speech competition
and I got 3rd rank in that. The faculty in our college always tell us about
the importance of expressing yourself clearly on ship in minimum time.
So, I think that I can be a good speaker and can express myself clearly.
3). LOOK FOR THE HOLES AND FILL IT UP :- To make your
answer a bit more interesting and natural you can answer in this manner
also.
EXAMPLE - I regularly write my assignments and always submit
them on time. This quality will help me on ship as I will not try to keep
any work for due.
3Q. What are your weaknesses?
Ans. The way you answer this question will tell the interviewer that
whether you are fit for this job or not and thus this is one of the most
frequently asked question in the interviews for merchant navy and
while answering this question you should keep in mind the following
points.
1). DON’T AVOID THE ANSWER- Don’t just say that ‘no sir I don’t
really have any weaknesses.’ Every human has some weaknesses so
don’t try to avoid this question.
2). DON’T RAISE THE RED FLAG - Now please don’t try to be over
honest about your answer. Don’t confess to any horrible mistake that
you have done or weakness that you have. Just don’t say anything like
‘I miss my family’.
3). TURN A NEGATIVE INTO POSITIVE- Now the best way of
answering this question is that you give an answer which will not affect
the job you are applying for.
EXAMPLE - ‘I trust the people very easily’.
‘I always complete my work even if I have to take a lot of stress’.
Okay, you can also tell about the weaknesses you had in past but you
have overcome now.
EXAMPLE - During my school time my English-speaking qualities
were not good but after coming into the college and knowing the
importance of English speaking in merchant navy, I have improved on
my English speaking and now I can converse with people in English
without any hesitation.
4Q. Why do you want to join merchant navy?
Ans. This question has been asked by all shipping companies
repeatedly in their interviews and it is generally expected that you must
answer this question in a proper manner. Keep the following things in
mind while answering this question-
• Just try to be real while answering this question and don’t lie a
lot.
 • It would be nicer if you do not bring up the money factor while
answering this question, but it totally depends upon you. But
don’t say that money is the main reason behind you joining
merchant navy.
• You should show your interest so that the interviewer can know
that you really want to join this field and you are not lying about
your reason.
• Whatever reason you are giving to the interviewer, but prepared
to answer the counter questions regarding that.
Given below are the examples that how you should answer this
question under different conditions-
EXAMPLE-
CONDITION 1)- You are inspired by your relative or any family
friend.
Ans. Sir, from a really young age I had an interest in different kind of
machines and by the time I had completed my 10th class, I had decided
that I want to do engineering. Then one day my father took me to meet
one of his friend who is a chief engineer in merchant navy. While
talking to me, he started telling me about his job at sea and how the
ships sail across the entire world and transport cargo, I found myself
being really interested in whatever he was saying. He told me how they
work on ships and how such small number of people operate such a big
ship. He told me about his experiences at sea and by the time our
conversation ended I had decided that I want to join merchant navy.
Then after that I researched about this job in detail and found out that
this is exactly the kind of job I want to do. Also, after doing marine
engineering I will be able to work on a lot of machineries in the Engine
Room of a ship and the fact that I really like machineries I will be able
to do my job with conviction. This is the main reason I want to join
merchant navy.
CONDITION 2)- Either your parents are into business or they are
working professionals.
Ans. Sir, when I was in 12th standard then at that time some merchant
navy officers visited our school. They told all the students that what
kind profession it is and how they think that it is one of the best
professions out there. They told us about their job at sea and how do
they work. Before that I didn’t knew much about merchant navy, so I
was completely fascinated by this new career option that they had
introduced to us. They told us the procedure of joining merchant navy
and all the pre-sea courses that we need to do. They also talked about
different challenges they face while working on ship and how
interesting and demanding their job is. After that I went home and
researched more about this profession and I realized that this is the
perfect career option for me and I think that I have taken a correct
decision.
CONDITION 3)- You belong to an agricultural background.
Ans. Sir, as I belong to a farming background, I used to visit my
grandfather at his farm from a very young age. There I used to see him
working on different machines like generator, tractor, motor, thresher
etc and I was always fascinated by the amount of effort these machines
reduce for humans. From that time, I had the curiosity of working on
different machines so I opted for science after my 10th class. During my
12th class when I was searching for different career options, I got to
know about merchant navy. I researched about this field in detail and I
thought that this is the perfect career option for me and also, I will able
to work on some of the largest engines in the world and so many
different machineries. I saw different videos on internet to get the
practical knowledge of the people who are already working in this field
and I found that they talk so good about this field and opportunities that
this field provides. My family has also supported me in this decision
and I believe that it is right decision as I am already liking my pre-sea
training and I’m really excited to join merchant navy.
5Q. Where do you see yourself in next 10 year?
Ans. By asking this question the interviewer wants to know that
whether you are going to stay in his company for a long time or you
just want the stepping stone to get into the shipping industry. The
answer of this question should show that you are going to work for his
company for a really long time. It is better not to directly jump to a
certain rank like ‘I can see myself as a chief engineer in your company
after 10 year’. While technically this answer is not wrong but gives an
impression that you are here only for a certain position, so instead you
can turn your answer around in this way- ‘During my initial time at sea
I would try to learn everything about my job and the job of the person
who is one rank above me. I will learn from all the senior marine
engineers working in your company and I will constantly try to improve
myself to become a good marine engineer. And after learning for so
many years I would like to become a responsible marine engineer in
your company and I would prove myself as a marine engineer on which
on company can trust’.
6Q. Why should we hire you?
Ans. Now this is the time to completely sell yourself to the interviewer
and let them know that why you are the best cadet to select. While
answering this question you should show your eagerness and
willingness to get this job. But don’t act like you are desperate to get
this job. Tell them that you are eager to start your career as early as
possible and the things you like about this company and the reason you
want to start your job with this company. Keep the following things in
mind while answering this question-
1). Show them that you have a great professional attitude and how
your professional attitude can contribute to the company.
2). Show that you are success oriented and wants to achieve success
in every task given to you.
3). Show them that you are a growth-oriented person and how your
work will contribute to the growth of the company.
7Q. Would you lie for the company?
Ans. Sir your company is one of the biggest and most reputed shipping
company in the world, it has a good reputation and I don’t think there
will be any such cases where I will have to lie. But if there any such
situation arises, I will try to resolve the problem.
Or
No sir, I won’t because if I lie once it would eventually become a habit
for me so if I lie for your company’s benefit, I may lie for my own
benefit someday in your company.
8Q. Why you want to join our company?
Ans. Now this is the question where you have to tell all the good things
about their company and also show them that you have done a good
amount of research on the company. Tell them how they are the leaders
in the shipping industry and how much they care about the marine
engineers working in their company. While telling all these things you
shouldn’t sound like you are flattering them too much. Just try to make
it more natural and for that you should do the research about the
company and what that company provides for marine engineers.
While in the first part of this answer you are mentioning about there
company, in the second part you should mention that why do you want
this job and show your willingness to get this job and also tell them that
how their company can help you to achieve your goals in a better and
faster way.
So, to answer this question you should do research about the company
before going to the interview.
9Q. Why did you join MANET?
Ans. While answering this type of question it is better not to directly
jump to the conclusions like it has a good placement record. But rather
you can start by telling good things about the college and how the
atmosphere and the knowledge given by the MANET will help you in
becoming a good Trainee Marine Engineer. After that you can mention
about how the college is able to provide so many placement
opportunities in some really good and reputed companies.
You can also talk about the good reputation of the college and how the
marine engineers produced by MANET has got some amazing reviews
by the chief engineers of their ships.
By answering the question in this manner, you are telling the
interviewer that you are more interested in becoming a good marine
engineer and at the same time you are the kind of cadet who takes any
step by doing research about it.
10Q. Are you a team player?
Ans. Being a good team player is one of the most essential thing about
the shipping industry. Now don’t just answer this question as ‘yes’.
You can make your answer really strong by supporting it with some
real examples in the past where you have worked with the team. You
can talk about any college event or school event that you have
organized with your team or either you have worked on any project
with your team then mention that also.
You can also add that “I believe in working as a team rather than an
individual and effective team work result as higher productivity and the
goal attainment is comparatively easier faster”.
While answering this question you should sound like you are very
comfortable working in a team and that you understand the importance
of working in team on ship.
11Q. What do you know about our company?
Ans This is most frequently asked question in marine interviews and
the short and crisp answer of this question can leave an impact on the
interviewer. The answer of this question describes your seriousness,
interest, capacity to research and your aptness.
To answer this question in a proper way you should visit the website of
the company and learn about the history of the company. See when did
they started as a shipping company, what type of cargoes do they carry,
name of the CEO, their headquarters, number of ships in that company,
their achievements, events they organize, the awards they won, latest
news about their company.
And it is good if you end your answer with their amazing policies for
their marine engineers.
12Q. What are your achievements?
Ans. While answering this question you should focus on the following
points-
Keep it real.
Be Relevant.
Sell yourself
Keep it recent
Keep it professional
You can say about any of your achievement be it related to sports,
academics, whether you have organized any successful event or
whether you have worked on any project. After telling them about your
achievement connect them with the requirements of marine industry
and let them know that you can prove to be a good marine engineer
onboard.
13Q. How is your experience in MANET?
Ans. You can start answering this question by explaining your
experience when you initially joined MANET and the small difficulties
that you had faced to adopt the marine environment and how did you
overcome that and now have become a really good and sincere cadet.
You can talk about how good the faculties are and how they always
support you in your academics. You also talk about the sports facilities
and facilities provided in that library like the availability of all the
newspapers which keeps you updated about the marine field.
By this way you can structure your answer in a proper manner and let
them know that how grateful you are to study in MANET.
14Q. Tell me about the place from where you belong?
Ans. You should mention the following points while giving an answer:
• Exact location of your city/village. (district, state)
• Tourist attraction of that place.
• Any special thing about your place. (Any fort, any sweet etc.)
• Basic history of your place.
• Any famous person in any field from your place.
• Your city is also known as (Ex- Jodhpur- the sun city)
15Q. What do you do in your leisure hours?
Ans. The answer of this question should be professional and should not
include anything like you listen to music or watch movies.
You can say that you like to read novels (prepare the names and stories
of those novels before saying this) or you like to improve your
communication skills, or you like to talk to your seniors who are
already working onboard and get to know about their practical
experiences, or whether you like to watch news etc.
EXAMPLE- Sir I believe that using the leisure hours productively can
help me improve myself and this is why I like to read novels and I try
to improve my communication skills as well. I like to read news about
the current happenings in the shipping industry which helps me stay
updated. (NOTE- You should know about the latest news in shipping
industry if you want to include this point).
16Q. Can you work under pressure?
Ans. You can answer this question in a following manner but it should
not sound like you have mugged up the answer.
EXAMPLE- Yes, sir. Because I believe that there is no gain without
pain.
• Pressure is generally an opportunity to step one more feet higher
than current position.
 • It teaches us how to work in different situations and how to work
in a smart way.
• Pressure is like a challenge and without challenges, there is no
learning.
• I would better take it as knowledge and skill enhancement
opportunity.
17Q. What type of work environment do you prefer?
Ans- You should not mention any particular type of work environment
while answering this question as in shipping industry you will have to
work with the people of different countries. The answer of this question
goes in a following manner-
EXAMPLE- Sir, as far as the work environment is concerned, I’m not
very peculiar about it. I like to work with different people and thus I
am comfortable in any kind of work environment.
18Q. Why should I select you instead of a topper?
Ans- Sir, I am constantly improving on my studies and my graph is
only going up. Although I am not a topper right now but I certainly
believe that if I work constantly on my studies for a period of time then
I can also become a topper and I am working on improving myself. I
am also an enthusiastic learner and I believe that a marine engineer
should always be a good learner so that is also one of my quality.
19Q. If I select you then will you maintain your SGPA?
Ans. YES sir, I will maintain my SGPA and I will also work hard to
increase it.
20Q. Do you have any question for me?
Ans. When asked this question then do not just say NO as an answer
as it gives an impact that you are not eager to know about the company.
So, during the interview if you have been asked any question of which
you did not knew the answer, then you can ask the interviewer politely
that what could the answer of that question. Or you can also ask about
the programs that the company conducts for Cadets.
EXAMPLE- Sir, can you please tell me what are all the skill
development training courses that MAERSK provides for their Cadets
QUESTIONS BASED ON SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
To check the presence of mind and how the cadets react under
different situations that is why situational awareness is one of the
favourite topics of interviewers.
21Q. You have a copper pipe and you have to make an efficient
cooler, what will you do?
Ans. Take a table fan and then wind the copper pipe on it in a spiral
form. Now put one end of the copper pipe in to tank having chilled
water (combination of ice and water) and the outlet of the pipe is again
taken back to the tank. One small pump is to be provided between the
water tank and the inlet of the pipe. Now start the fan and start the pump
so that the pump supplies water to the copper pipe and as the copper
pipe is wounded on the fan, the fan gives cold air and acts as a cooler.
This is the simplest method to make an efficient cooler but there can be
other ways too.
22Q. If you have ever travelled in a train then you must have
noticed that the above the charging socket for the cell phone it is
written that 110V DC supply. While the charger only accepts the
AC supply then why DC supply is given?
Ans. All the appliances in the train are running on DC (Fans, Lights
etc). So not to complicate the circuit DC is provided till the charging
socket as well but a small inverter is provided just behind the socket
which converts this DC into AC.
23Q. If you are asked to clean the Engine Room, would you do
that?
Ans. As a Cadet it is my responsibility to keep my working space clean,
so I will not have any problem in cleaning the Engine Room.
24Q. If you are told to clean the toilets, would you do that?
Ans. I would not hesitate to clean my toilet and if there is any problem
with sewage treatment plant then also, I will not have any problem to
clean the toilets. But if some senior is asking me to clean his toilet
without any major reason then I will not do that as it is his personal
work and everyone should do their own personal work. (Give this
answer in a very polite manner and without any hesitation).
25Q. How much do you rate yourself?
Ans. Sir, I would rate myself at 7 as I believe that no one can be perfect
and there is always a scope for improvement. Now if the interviewer
asks about what are the flaws that you have, then you can talk about
your weaknesses that you had mentioned earlier and tell him that you
would like to improve on them. But earlier if the interviewer had asked
you about your weaknesses then don’t tell it, just simply say that a
scope of improvement does not necessarily mean that one should have
flaws.
26Q. Onboard if your senior is not following certain safety rules,
what will you do?
Ans. ‘I will tell that senior that he should follow proper safety
procedures as it is the most important thing’.
Your answer should end here but if the interviewer asks that the senior
officer is still not listening to you then what would be your net step?
The answer given below can be your next answer.
‘I will reach out to the more superior person on the ship and will tell
him that the officer is not following certain safety procedures which is
not good for the safety of that person’.
27Q. You are onboard a vessel and you receive a message that your
sister is getting married. What will you do?
Ans. I will tell the chief engineer about it and will request him if I can
get a leave. The chief engineer will contact the company ask if I can
get the leave. If I get a leave then its good but if I don’t get the leave
then also it is fine as I understand the requirements of merchant navy.
28Q. If there is any fire in this room, what will you do?
Ans. First I will assure my safety and then I will see the intensity of the
fire. If it is a minor fire then I will extinguish the fire with fire
extinguisher and if it is a major fire then I will go out of the room
through the safest escape route and will inform the higher authorities
about the fire.
29Q. Name of the next candidate sitting outside?
Ans. Well you should know it as it shows your presence of mind.
30Q. If I do not select you then what will you do?
Ans. As your company hires only deserving cadets, if you do not select
me then it means that I still have lot of scope for improvement so I will
take it positively and I will improve myself.
31Q. Were you nervous before coming interview?
Ans. I was a bit nervous before coming into the interview as I am going
to give interview for such a big company but as I have prepared for the
interview, I was confident enough to give the interview.
32Q. If an interviewer asks you to have a cup of tea then what will
you do?
Ans. While at first you should say NO but if the interview asks again
then you can take the tea or snacks whatever he/she offers. But just take
sip of tea, don’t drink the entire cup.
33Q. Do you believe that merchant navy is an adventurous field?
Ans. YES sir I do believe that merchant navy is an adventurous field.
Because adventure is not only about visiting different places but
everything which challenges you become a better professional is an
adventure and merchant navy provides lot challenges everyday which
will help me become a really good engineer and I will learn to tackle
different kind of problems also. I think that is the biggest adventure
according to me.
34Q. Do you think that your family life will get affected after
joining this field?
Ans.NO I don’t think that my family life will get affected. I can be in
touch with my family through messages and calls even when I will be
on ship and also the vacations are quite long so I can spend time with
my family during that time. I have also interacted with some teachers
from our college and asked them about how they were able to manage
their personal lives and they also always say that there is absolutely no
problem with family. So, I don’t think that joining this profession will
affect my family life.
35Q. Will you be able to survive at sea?
Ans. YES sir I will be able to survive at sea because I can adapt to
different situations very quickly and I already know what all are the
problems that I will have to face at sea but I still want to join this field
consciously, so I don’t think so that I will have any problem with
surviving at sea.
36Q. How much would you rate me?
Ans. Sir I would rate you at 9. Now if the interviewer asks that why not
10, then say that sir I believe that no one can be perfect and there is
always a scope of improvement in any field and one can always learn
about different thing to improve himself.
37Q. What would you do if you were asked to perform a task
you’ve never done before?
Ans. When you’re new to a position, your senior may ask you to
complete duties beyond your level of experience. Interviewer ask this
question to understand how you leverage your problem-solving skills
to learn how to do something new. Your response should detail your
methods for developing a new skill.
38Q. Tell me about a time when you failed. How did you deal with
this experience?
Ans. Interviewer use this question to assess your ability to overcome
pitfalls, recover from defeat and learn from your errors. You can use
your response to demonstrate your flexibility and share an example of
how you transformed a negative experience into a positive outcome.
QUESTIONS BASED ON PHYSICS
Physics is commonly asked subject in interview so cadets are advice
to go through the basics of the physics and try to get command over
this extraordinary subject of science.
39Q. What is solenoid?
Ans. A solenoid is a cylindrical coil of wire acting as a magnet when
carrying electric current.
40Q. How the aeroplanes fly in the air, what is the principle behind
this?
Ans. Because of the shape of an airplane's wing, when the force of lift
is greater than the force of gravity, the airplane is able to fly and
because of thrust, the airplane is able to move forward in flight.
According to Newton's third law of motion, the action of the wings
moving through the air creates lift.
According to a principle of aerodynamics called Bernoulli's law, fast-
moving air is at lower pressure than slow-moving air, so the pressure
above the wing is lower than the pressure below, and this creates the
lift that powers the plane upward.
41Q. What is Wheatstone Bridge?
Ans. It is a simple circuit for measuring an unknown resistance by
connecting it so as to form a quadrilateral with three known resistances
and applying a voltage between a pair of opposite corners.
42Q. What is Archimedes principle?
Ans. Archimedes' principle states that the upward buoyant force that is
exerted on a body immersed in a fluid, whether fully or partially
submerged, is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces
and acts in the upward direction at the centre of mass of the displaced
fluid.
43Q. What is buoyancy?
Ans. Buoyancy or upthrust, is an upward force exerted by a fluid that
opposes the weight of an immersed object.
44Q. What is the boiling point and freezing point?What is the value
of BP & FP for water and mercury?
Ans.The temperature at which a liquid boil and turn into a vapour is
called boiling point.
The temperature at which a liquid turn into a solid when cooled is called
as freezing point.
Boiling point for water is 100oC and freezing point for water is 0oC.
Boiling point for mercury is 356.7oC and freezing point for mercury is
-38.83oC.
45Q. What will be the boiling point of the water in vacuum whether
it would more or less than 100oC?
Ans. When we maintain vacuum (pressure below atmospheric
pressure) the water begins to boil at temperature lower than 100 degree
Celsius.
46Q. Which device is used to measure the atmospheric pressure?
What are the various units of pressure?
Ans.A barometer is a scientific instrument used to measure
atmospheric pressure.
Pascal or N/m2 or kg.m.s-2 is SI unit of Pressure.
Various pressure units with their conversion is given below in a table-

47Q. What are the various units of temperature and their

conversion?
Ans. Kelvin is the SI unit for temperature.
Kelvin, Degree Celsius, Fahrenheit and Rankine are the often-used
units for temperature.
48Q. What is the difference between Ammeter and Galvanometer?
Ans. Ammeter – An ammeter is a measuring instrument used to
measure the current in a circuit.
Galvanometer – It is an instrument for detecting and measuring small
electric currents.
49Q. How can a Galvanometer be converted into Ammeter or
Voltmeter?
Ans. The galvanometer is converted into the ammeter by connecting
the resistance in parallel with the circuit.
The galvanometer is converted into the voltmeter by connecting the
resistance in series with the circuit.
50Q. How the ammeter and voltmeter are connected in an electric
circuit? What is the ideal resistance of ammeter and voltmeter?
Ans. An ammeter is connected in series with the circuit because the
purpose of the ammeter is to measure the current through the circuit.
A voltmeter is connected in parallel with the circuit because the
purpose of the voltmeter is to measure the potential difference across
the circuit.
Note – In an electric circuit object in parallel experience the same
potential difference and the object in series experience the same electric
current.
Ideal resistance of Ammeter and Voltmeter is 0 (Zero) and ∞ (Infinity)
respectively because –
An ideal ammeter should have zero resistance so that there is no voltage
drop across it, and so it would not affect the flow of a current through
the circuit into which it is placed.
An ideal voltmeter should have an infinite resistance so that no current
will flow through it, and all the current flows through the component
that you're investigating.
51Q. What should be an ideal resistance of earth?
Ans. Ideally a ground should be of zero ohms resistance.
52Q. What are the seven fundamentals quantities?
Ans. Given below are the seven fundamentals quantities with their SI
units.

53Q. In which unit the noise pollution is measured or what is the

unit of sound?
Ans. Decibels (DB) is the SI unit of sound and the noise pollution is
measured in this unit.
54Q. What is the speed of light in vacuum?
Ans. Speed of light in vacuum is 2.9979 × 108m/s.
55Q. How much time sunlight take to reach on earth?
Ans. It takes sunlight an average of 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel
from the Sun to the Earth.
56Q. What is newton’s law of universal gravitation?
Ans.Newton's law of universal gravitation states that every particle
attracts every other particle in the universe with a force which is
directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely
proportional to the square of the distance between their centres.
57Q. Define Pascal’s law?
Ans.Pascal's law basically states that any pressure applied to a fluid
inside a closed system will transmit that pressure equally in all
directions throughout the fluid.
58Q. Define Force?
Ans.In physics, force is a push or pull on an object. A force can cause
an object to accelerate, slow down, remain in place, or change shape.
59Q. What is Law of conservation of momentum?
Ans.For a collision occurring between object 1 and object 2 in an
isolated system, the total momentum of the two objects before the
collision is equal to the total momentum of the two objects after the
collision.
60Q. What is banking of road. What is its purpose?
Ans. The phenomenon of raising outer edge of the curved road above
the inner edge to provide necessary centripetal force to the vehicles to
take a safer turn on the curved road is called Banking of Roads.
Purpose of Banking of roads –
- To provide the necessary centripetal force for the circular motion.
- To reduce wear and tear of the tyres due to friction.
- To avoid skidding.
- To avoid overturning of vehicles.
61Q. What is the density of mercury?
Ans. Density of Mercury is 13593 Kg/m3.
62Q. What is Escape Velocity?
Ans. The lowest velocity which a body must have in order to escape
the gravitational attraction of a particular planet.
63Q. What is the difference between mass and weight?
Ans. Mass is the actual amount of material contained in a body and is
measured in kg, gm, etc. Whereas weight is the force exerted by the
gravity on that object.
Value of mass is independent of the location while the value of the
weight changes as the location.
64Q. What is the value of ‘acceleration due to gravity’ on Moon?
What would be your weight on moon whether it would more or less
than your actual weight on earth?
Ans.The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Moon is about
1.625 m/s2.
Our weight on moon is less than it would be on Earth due to a difference
of the strength of gravity on the moon.
65Q. A free falling body on earth has an acceleration of?
Ans. 9.81m/s2.
66Q. What is difference between Speed and Velocity?
Ans.Speed is a scalar quantity that refers to "how fast an object is
moving." Speed is equal to the distance divided by the time taken by
the object to reach any destination.
Velocity is a vector quantity that refers to "the rate at which an object
changes its position." Velocity is equal to the change in displacement
divided by the change in time.
67Q. Define acceleration?
Ans.Acceleration is a measure of how fast the velocity changes.
Acceleration is a vector quantity that is defined as the rate at which an
object changes its velocity. An object is accelerating if it is changing
its velocity.
68Q. What are Kepler’s law of Planetary motion?
Ans. Sir Kepler has given three laws of planetary motion.
Kepler’s first law – Each planet moves in an elliptical orbit with the
sun at one focus of an ellipse.
Kepler’s second law – A line from the sun to a given planet sweeps out
equal areas in equal time.
Kepler’s third law – The periods of the planets are proportional to the
3/2 power of the major axis lengths of their orbit.
69Q. Which type of Gas is used in Domestic cooking Gas Cylinder?
Ans."LPG" (liquefied petroleum gas) is used in Domestic cooking Gas
Cylinder which is either propane, butane or a mixture of the two.
70Q. Which type of battery is used in Mobile Phone?
Ans. There are two types of batteries used in modern cell phones are
Lithium Polymer and Lithium Ion. Li-Poly is the latest and most
advanced technology for cell phone batteries.
71Q. What are the Newton’s law of Motion?
Ans. Newton's first law states that A body at rest will remain at rest,
and a body in motion will remain in motion unless it is acted upon by
an external force. Newton's first law of motion referred to as the law of
inertia
Newton's second law states that “force applied on a body is directly
proportional to rate of change of momentum”. Newton's second law of
motion referred to as Law of Force and Acceleration
Newton’s third law of motion states that “for every action, there is an
equal and opposite reaction”.
72Q. What is the law of conservation of energy?
Ans.The law of conservation of energy is a law of science that states
that energy cannot be created nor be destroyed, but only changed from
one form into another or transferred from one object to the another.
73Q. What do you mean by room temperature?
Ans. A comfortable ambient temperature, generally taken as about
20°C – 25oC.
74Q. Which metal has highest conductivity? What is the unit for
conductivity?
Ans. Silver. The SI Unit of conductivity is Siemens Per Meter (S/m).
75Q. What is the cut-in voltage for Silicon and Germanium?
Ans. Cut-in voltage for Silicon and Germanium is 0.7V and 0.3V
respectively.
76Q. What is Nuclear fission and Nuclear fusion?
Ans. Nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction in which a heavy nucleus
splits spontaneously or on impact with another particle, with the release
of energy.
Nuclear fusion is a nuclear reaction in which atomic nuclei of low
atomic number fuse to form a heavier nucleus with the release of
energy.
77Q. Filament of incandescent lamp is made of which material?
What is melting point for this material?
Ans.Filaments in incandescent light bulbs are made of tungsten. When
electric current goes through the filament, the filament glows.The
melting point of Tungsten is 3422oC which is also the highest melting
point among the metals.
78Q. What is the reason behind the formation of Rainbow?
Ans. A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by
reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting
in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky and it takes the form of a
multicoloured circular arc. Rainbows caused by sunlight always appear
in the section of sky directly opposite the sun.
79Q. How many zones/layers are in the atmosphere? Which zone
is nearest to the earth surface?
Ans. There are five main zones in the atmosphere namely troposphere,
stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. Troposphere is
the nearest zone to the earth surface, it exists from (0-10) Km above the
earth surface.
80Q. What is Newton’s law of cooling?
Ans.Newton's law of cooling states that the rate of heat loss of a body
is directly proportional to the difference in the temperatures between
the body and its surroundings provided the temperature difference is
small and the nature of radiating surface remains same.
81Q. What is Doppler’s effect?
Ans. The Doppler effect (or the Doppler shift) is the change in
frequency or wavelength of a wave in relation to an observer who is
moving relative to the wave source.Hence, the time between the arrival
of successive wave crests at the observer is reduced, causing an
increase in the frequency.
82Q. What is an EMF?
Ans. Electromotive force (emf) is a measurement of the energy that
causes current to flow through a circuit. It can also be defined as the
potential difference in charge between two points in a circuit.
83Q. What is voltage?
Ans.Voltage is another word for electrical potential difference.
Potential difference between point A and B is also known as the voltage
between point A and point B. It is also defined as the amount of work
done required to move a unit charge (+1 Coulomb) from B to A.
84Q. What is the difference between Conduction, Convection, and
Radiation?
Ans. Difference Between Conduction, Convection and Radiation.
While conduction is the transfer of heat energy by direct contact,
convection is the movement of heat by actual motion of matter;
radiation is the transfer of energy with the help of electromagnetic
waves.

85Q. What is the faraday’s law of electromagnetism?

Ans. First law of Faraday’s Electromagnetic Induction states that
whenever a conductor is placed in a varying magnetic field, EMF is
induced which is known as an induced EMF, if the circuit is closed then
current will flow through the circuit which is known as induced current.
OR
Whenever a conductor is rotated in a magnetic field, EMF is induced
in the conductor which is known as an induced EMF.
Second law of Faraday’s Electromagnetic Induction states that the
induced EMF is equal to the rate of change of flux linkages. (flux
linkages are the product of turns ‘n’ of coil and the flux associated with
it).
86Q. What is Lenz law in electromagnetic circuit?
Ans.Lenz's law is a common way to understand how electromagnetic
circuits obey Newton's third law and the conservation of energy.
Lenz's law is named after Heinrich Lenz, and it says: An induced
electromotive force (emf) always gives rise to a current whose
magnetic field opposes the change in original magnetic flux.
87Q. How would you define an electric current?
Ans. Current is the flow of an electric charge. Current flows through a
circuit when a voltage is placed across two points of a conductor.
88Q. A magnifying glass is what type of lens?
Ans. Convex Lens.
89Q. How many watts are there in 1 horse power?
Ans. 745.7 Watts.
90Q. What is value of Newtonian constant of gravitation?
Ans. 6.674 08 x 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2.
91Q. What is unit of charge?
Ans. Coulomb. Also, unit of Charge is ampere-hour.
92Q. In which medium sound travels fast – Water or Air?
Ans.In water, the particles are much closer together, and they can
quickly transmit vibration energy from one particle to the next. This
means that the sound wave travels over 4.3 times faster than it would
in air, but it takes a lot of energy to start the vibration.
93Q. What is Scaler and vector quantity?
Ans. Scalar quantities are those which are fully described by a
magnitude (or numerical value) alone. Vector quantities are those
which are fully described by both, a magnitude and a direction.
94Q. What does Einstein's theory of relativity teach us?
Ans.Einstein's theory of relativity teach us following key points.
1. Light travels at a constant speed.
2. When you move at higher speeds, time slows down for you.
3. Speeding things get shorter in length.
4. The speed of light cannot be surpassed ever.
95Q. What do you understand by E=MC2?
Ans.In physics, mass–energy equivalence states that anything having
mass has an equivalent amount of energy and vice versa, with these
fundamental quantities directly relating to one another by Albert
Einstein's famous formula.
E=MC2 -in which E represents units of energy, M represents units of
mass, and C2 is the speed of light squared.
96Q. Define Magnetism?
Ans. It is a physical phenomenon produced by the motion of electric
charge, which results in attractive and repulsive forces between objects.
97Q. The power of lens is measured in which unit?
Ans. Dioptre.
98Q. The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves which
phenomenon?
Ans. capillary action.
99Q. Light year is unit to measure?
Ans. Distance.
100Q. Why planets do not twinkle?
Ans. Because they are nearer to earth and hence, we receive a greater
amount of light and, therefore minor variations in the intensity are not
noticeable.
101Q. Metals are good conductor of electricity because?
Ans. They contain free electrons.
102Q. Why do ships floats?
Ans. All ships can float, but floating is more complex and confusing
than it sounds and it's best discussed through a scientific concept called
buoyancy, which is the force that causes floating and another reason is
the increased bottom surface area of the ship is much larger and hence
it keeps floating.
It doesn't matter how big or small the object is: a gold ring will sink in
water, while a piece of plastic as big as a football field will float. The
basic rule is that an object will sink if it weighs more than exactly the
same volume of water.
103Q. In water an iron needle sinks, but an iron ship float. Why?
Ans. “The density of needle (as of iron) is much larger than the water.
So, it sinks easily. The weight of the water displaced by the ship is equal
to its weight, so it floats. Whereas the weight of the water displaced by
the iron needle is less than its weight so the iron needle sinks”.
104Q. Magnetism at the centre of a bar magnet is?
Ans. Zero (0).
105Q. Lux is unit of?
Ans. Intensity of illumination.
106Q. What is crest and trough of a wave?
Ans. A crest is the point on a wave with the maximum value of upward
displacement within a cycle. A crest is a point on a surface wave where
the displacement of the medium is at a maximum. A trough is the
opposite of a crest, so the minimum or lowest point in a cycle.

107Q. RADAR is use for?

Ans. It is used for detecting and locating the position of objects such as
ships and aeroplanes
108Q. What is Mirage?
Ans. an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially
the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused
by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air.
109Q. Ball pen works on which principles?
Ans. It works on the principles of capillarity and surface tension.
110Q. A falling drop of rain water acquires the spherical shape due
to?
Ans. Surface Tension.
111Q. A device used for measuring the depth of the sea is called as?
Ans. Fathometer.
112Q. One watt-hour is equivalent to how many joules?
Ans. 3.6 x 103 J.
113Q. One Nanometer is equal to?
Ans. 10-9m.
114Q. Tesla is unit of?
Ans. Tesla is unit of magnetic flux density.
115Q. What is Polarization?
Ans. It is a process of separating opposite charges within an object.
116Q. What is Resonance?
Ans. The increase in amplitude of oscillation of an electric or
mechanical system exposed to a periodic force whose frequency is
equal or very close to the natural undamped frequency of the system.
117Q. What is critical speed?
Ans. The critical speed is the speed where the rotor shaft is having
maximum vibration.
118Q. What is the value of acceleration due to gravity at the centre
of the earth?
Ans. Zero (0).
119Q. What is the refractive index of water?
Ans. 1.33
120Q. What is current density?
Ans. Current density is current per unit area.
QUESTIONS BASED CHEMISTRY
Cadets should have knowledge of Basic chemistry related to
surroundings because many times it has been observed that
interviewer is interested to check the knowledge of chemistry.
121Q. The nucleus of an atom consists of?
Ans. Protons and Neutrons.
122Q. What is Henry’s law?
Ans. It states that the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional
to its partial pressure.
123Q. What is osmosis and reverse osmosis?
Ans. Osmosis is a process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass
through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution
into a more concentrated one.
Reverse osmosis is a process by which a solvent pass through a porous
membrane in the direction opposite to that for natural osmosis when
subjected to a hydrostatic pressure greater than the osmotic pressure.
124Q. What is primary and secondary battery/cell?
Ans.A primary battery is designed to be used once and discarded, and
not recharged with electricity and cannot be reused. Alkaline batteries,
Mercury batteries, Silver-Oxide batteries, and Zinc carbon batteries are
the examples of primary batteries.
A secondary battery is designed to be used many times and can be
recharged with electricity and can be reused. Lead-Acid batteries and
Lithium batteries, nickel-cadmium are the examples of secondary
batteries.
125Q. Which is the highest and least electronegative element in the
periodic table?
Ans. Fluorine is the most electronegative element, while francium is
the least electronegative element.
126Q. What do you understand by endothermic and exothermic
reaction?
Ans. An endothermic process is any process which requires or absorbs
energy from its surroundings, usually in the form of heat.
Example - Melting ice cubes, Melting solid salts etc.
An exothermic reaction is a chemical reaction that releases energy by
light or heat. It is the opposite of an endothermic reaction.
Example - Any combustion reaction, a neutralization reaction and
rusting of iron.
127Q. What is Galvanisation?
Ans.Galvanization or galvanizing is the process of applying a
protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting. The most
common method is hot-dip galvanizing, in which the parts are
submerged in a bath of molten zinc.
128Q. Which is lightest metal? Which is the lightest gas?
Ans. Lightest metal is lithium. Lightest gases are Hydrogen and
Helium.
129Q. The most commonly used bleaching agent is?
Ans. Chlorine.
130Q. What is percentage of oxygen in air?
Ans. 20.95%.
126Q. The main use of salt in diet is?
Ans. It produces in small amounts the hydrochloric acid required for
the digestion of food.
127Q. The most malleable metal is?
Ans. Gold.
128Q. The major constituent of air is?
Ans. Nitrogen (78.09%).
129Q. The main active constituent of tea and coffee is?
Ans. caffeine
130Q. Which metal is liquid at room temperature?
Ans. Mercury.
131Q. The number of electrons presents in H+ is?
Ans. Zero.
132Q. Which type of refrigerant is used in a domestic refrigerator?
Ans.Modern refrigerators usually use a refrigerant called HFC-134a
(1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane), which does not deplete the ozone layer.
Earlier we’re using chlorofluorocarbons in refrigerants began in the late
1970s and now almost we have stopped using CFC because it is the
main cause for depletion of ozone layer.
133Q. Why sodium and potassium are kept in kerosene?
Ans. Because if they kept open, they can burn and if they kept in water
they can react with water. So, they are kept in kerosene. Sodium and
Potassium are the most reactive metals on this earth. They react very
explosively with both water and air that is why they are stored in
kerosene instead.
134Q. What is acid rain? What is the reason behind this?
Ans.Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction that begins when
compounds like sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into
the air. These substances can rise very high into the atmosphere, where
they mix and react with water, oxygen, and other chemicals to form
more acidic pollutants, known as acid rain.
135Q. Which metals can be easily cut by the knife?
Ans.The alkali metals are the elements in Group 1 (1A). They are
lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, and francium and can
be easily cut with the help of a knife.
136Q. What is Avogadro’s law?
Ans.Avogadro's law states that, "equal volumes of all gases, at the same
temperature and pressure, have the same number of molecules.
137Q. What is Avogadro’s Number/constant?
Ans.The number of atoms or molecules in one mole of a substance,
equal to 6.023 × 1023.
138Q. Which type of acid is present in lemon, Tomato, Tamarind
and Apple?
Ans. Citric acid, Oxalic acid,tartaric acid and Malic acid is present in
lemon, Tomato, Tamarind and Apple respectively.
139Q. What is the full form of CNG, LNG and LPG?
Ans. CNG - Compressed Natural Gas, LPG - Liquefied Petroleum Gas,
LNG- Liquefied Natural Gas.
140Q. Which type of gas is used in Air Conditioning?
Ans. We use Air Conditioning to improve thermal comfort and indoor
air quality. So, we use "Freon gas" In AC. Although CFC and R410A
are also used.
141Q. What do you understand by Potential of Hydrogen (PH)?
Ans. A measure of acidity or alkalinity of water-soluble substances (PH
stands for 'potential of Hydrogen'). A PH value is a number from 1 to
14, with 7 as the middle (neutral) point. Values below 7 indicate acidity
which increases as the number decreases, 1 being the most acidic and
values above 7 indicate alkalinity which increases as the number
increases.
142Q. Which non-metal is a good conductor of electricity?
Ans. Graphite.
143Q. Why salt water conducts electricity and fresh water does not
conducts very well?
Ans.An electric current is a flow of electrical charge. Pure water
contains very few ions, so it does not conduct electricity very well.
When salt is dissolved in water, the solution conducts very well,
because the solution contains ions. The ions come from the salt, whose
chemical name is sodium chloride.
144Q. What is the basic use of alum?
Ans. It is widely used in the treatment of water, in medicine, for
cosmetics (in deodorant and antitranspirants) and in food preparation
(in baking powder and pickling).
145Q. The human body is made up of several chemical elements;
the element presents in the highest proportion (65%) in the body
is?
Ans. Oxygen.
QUESTION BASED ON MATHEMATICS
While appearing for the interview cadets should have basic
knowledge of secondary level mathematics.
Cadets are advice to go through the following topics-
Number system, Basic formulae of trigonometry and some readily
used formulae in Mathematics.
146Q. What is the square of 49?
Ans. Do not go for the traditional method to solve this question always
try to apply some special tricks to solve this kind of questions rapidly.
(50-1)2 = 502 – 2(50)(1) + 12 = 2401
In this way you can solve various questions without using pen and
paper. Just remember basic formulae and then you can solve any of the
below question in couple of seconds.
Similar questions: - 512, 992, 1012 and many more.
147Q. What is natural number?
Ans. Natural numbers include: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . . and are also called the
positive integers.
148Q. What is Whole number?
Ans. Whole number starts from 0 and then same as of natural number.
149Q. Is 1 a prime number or not?
Ans. The definition of a prime number is a positive integer that has
exactly two positive divisors. However, 1 only has one positive divisor
(1 itself), so it is not a prime number.
150Q. What is Pythagoras Theorem?
Ans. It is a theorem discovered by Pythagoras that “the square on the
hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares
on the other two sides.
151Q. What is the value of “iota2”?
Ans. -1.
152Q. What is the value of 1/∞?
Ans. Zero (0).
153Q. Is 0 an integer?
Ans. Yes 0 is an integer.
154Q. What is rational number? Is every integer a rational
number?
Ans. In mathematics, a rational number is any number that can be
expressed as the quotient or fraction p/q of two integers, a numerator p
and a non-zero denominator q. Since q may be equal to 1, every integer
is a rational number.
155Q. What is 1/0?
Ans. It can’t be defined.
QUESTIONS BASED ON THERMO-DYNAMICS
Cadets are advice to go through this subject and build the basic
foundation of thermodynamics with all the concept clear.
156Q. What are the three laws of thermodynamics?
Ans. The first law, also known as The Law of Conservation of Energy,
states that energy cannot be created nor be destroyed.
The second law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of any
isolated system always increases.
The third law of thermodynamics states that the entropy of a system
approaches a constant value as the temperature approaches absolute
zero.
157Q. Enthalpy and Entropy are functions of a single parameter.
What is that?
Ans. Temperature.
158Q. What is the Zeroth law of Thermodynamics?
Ans. The zeroth law of thermodynamics states that if there are two
thermodynamic systems, each in thermal equilibrium with a third one,
then they are in thermal equilibrium with each other.
159Q. What do you understand by Charles law, Boyle’s law and
Gay-Lussac's law?
Ans. Charles Law –The volume of a given mass of a perfect gas varies
directly as its absolute temperature when the absolute pressure remains
constant.
Boyle’s Law –The absolute pressure of a given mass of a perfect gas
varies inversely to its volume when the temperature remains constant.
Gay-Lussac's law– The absolute pressure of a given mass of a perfect
gas varies directly as its absolute temperature, when the volume
remains constant.
160Q. What is joule’s law?
Ans. It states that “The change of internal energy of a perfect gas is
directly proportional to the change of temperature”.
161Q. What is a pump?
Ans. Pump is a mechanical device which converts mechanical energy
of the fluid to hydraulic energy.
162Q. What are the various types of pumps?
Ans. The below table will clear your all doubts regarding the type of
pumps.

163Q. Do all pumps require priming?

Ans. No. Positive displacement pumps does not require priming.
164Q. What is priming?
Ans. Priming is basically filling the water inside the casing of pump in
order to remove the vapours and gases from the suction pipe and the
casing.
164Q. Does centrifugal pump require priming?
Ans. Yes centrifugal pump requires priming.
165Q. What is turbine?
Ans. Turbine is a mechanical device which converts hydraulic energy
of a fluid to the mechanical energy.
166Q. What is a flywheel?
Ans. The function of the flywheel in an engine is to store rotational
energy and smoothen out the vibration and rotation of the crankshaft.
It stores excess of rotational energy from the power stroke and supplies
it back during non- power strokes of the cycle. So, energy is stored in
flywheel as rotational kinetic energy.
167Q. Diesel engines are also known as?
Ans. Compression ignition engine.
168Q. In a four-stroke cycle, the minimum temperature inside the
engine cylinder occurs at the?
Ans. Beginning of suction stroke.
169Q. What do you understand by a boiler?
Ans. A boiler is a closed vessel in which water is heated and converted
into steam. The produced steam is then used for various purposes on
the ship.
170Q. Boiler is which type of system – Closed system or open
system?
Ans. Boiler is a closed system.
171Q. What is viscosity?
Ans. Viscosity is a measure of a fluid’s resistance to flow. It decreases
(thins) with increasing temperature and increases (or thickens) with
decreased temperature.
172Q. What is dew point?
Ans. The atmospheric temperature (varying according to pressure and
humidity) below which water droplets begin to condense and dew can
form.
173Q. Which type of engine is used in Motor cycle?
Ans. In general, motorcycles are incorporated with 4-stroke engine.
174Q. In which type of engine carburettor is present?
Ans. Petrol Engines are having carburettor.
175Q. Is it impossible to make an engine working on a Carnot
cycle?
Ans. Yes.
176Q. One kilowatt is equal to?
Ans. 1000 N-m/s.
177Q. What is unit of refrigeration?
Ans. A refrigeration ton is approximately equivalent to 12,000 British
thermal unit/hour or 3.5 kW.
178Q. For the same maximum pressure and temperature Diesel
cycle is more efficient than Otto cycle. Is this sentence correct?
Ans. Yes, it is correct.
179Q. The entropy of the universe is continually on the increase or
decrease?
Ans. The entropy of the universe is continually on the increase.
180Q. A cycle consisting of two isothermal and two isentropic
processes, is known as?
Ans. Carnot cycle.
181Q. When wood is heated with a limited supply of air to a
temperature not less than 280°C, the resulting fuel is?
Ans. wood charcoal.
182Q. What is Heat Pump?
Ans. It is a device that transfers heat from a colder area to a hotter area
by using mechanical energy.
183Q. How many joules are there in one calorie?
Ans. 4.186 Joules.
184Q. What do we call the process taking place at constant
pressure?
Ans. Isobaric.
185Q. What do we call the process taking place at constant
temperature?
Ans. Isothermal.
QUESTIONS BASED ON GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Before going for an actual interview, cadets should have a basic
general knowledge and should be aware of the current maritime
happenings.
Below are some basic questions which have been asked in recent
various interviews.
186Q. What is capital of Denmark?
Ans. Copenhagen.
187Q. What is capital of Norway?
Ans. Oslo.
188Q. What is capital of Panama?
Ans. Panama City.
189Q. Which city of India is known as Blue city?
Ans. Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
190Q. Silicon Valley of India is?
Ans. Bengaluru, Karnataka.
191Q. Suez Canal connects which two seas?
Ans. Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
192Q. What two bodies of water do the Panama Canal connect?
Ans. It connects North Atlantic Ocean and South Pacific Ocean.
193Q. What is full form of GMT?
Ans. Greenwich Mean Time.
194Q. What is GMT of India?
Ans. India Standard Time is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich
Mean Time (GMT+5.30).
195Q. Which is busiest port of world?
Ans. Port of Shanghai. As the largest port in China, the Port of
Shanghai is also the busiest port in the world.
196Q. Which is largest container port of India?
Ans. Nhava Sheva now known as Jawaharlal Nehru Port is the largest
container port in India, situated at the mainland of Konkan area across
the Navi Mumbai Maharashtra.
197Q. What is full form of AM and PM?
Ans. “AM” stands for Anti Meridiem - which means “before noon”and
“PM” stands for Post Meridiem – which means “after noon”.
198Q. What do you understand by latitude and longitude in
geography?
Ans. In geography, latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the
north–south position of a point on the Earth's surface.
Longitude, is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west
position of a point on the Earth's surface.
199Q. What is difference between port and harbour?
Ans. Harbour is a place on the coast where ships, boats and barges can
seek shelter from a stormy weather. Port is a location on the coast that
can be used to load and unload cargo.
Harbours do not provide as many facilities as ports.
200Q. What is leap year?
Ans. Leap year is a year, occurring once every four years, which has
366 days including 29 February as an intercalary day.
211Q. Which is longest river in world?
Ans. Longest river is Nile.
212Q. Where is Sahara Desert located?
Ans. North Africa.
213Q. Which ship is the first container ship in the E-class of eight
owned by the A. P. Moller-Maersk Group?
Ans. Emma Maersk.
214Q. What is Sagarmala project?
Ans. Sagarmala project have 4 important aim-
- Port Modernization - Under this project the 9 major and 200 minor
ports in India will be modernized to load and unload the cargo at a much
faster rate than present. Also, the cargo carrying capacity of all the ports
will be doubled.
- Port Connectivity - All the ports will be connected to each other with
the help of new railway tracks, roadways and hinterland to transport the
cargo at a much efficient rate.
- Port-Led Industrialization - An industrial corridor will be made near
to the ports so that the products produced in India will be transported
with a minimum cost. This will support the Make in India initiative of
the government.
- Coastal Community Development - The people who live in the coastal
regions of India will get a lot of job opportunities because of this
project.
215Q. What is full form IPL?
Ans. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for
Twenty20 cricket competition in India.
216Q. When the National Maritime Day is celebrated in India?
Ans. 5th April.
217Q. The World Largest desert is?
Ans. Sahara.
218Q. The device used for measuring altitudes is?
Ans. Altimeter.
219Q. The Gate way of India is located in?
Ans. Mumbai.
220Q. Which Port is known as Maritime Hub?
Ans. Singapore.
221Q. How many oceans are there?
Ans. Including Antarctic ocean there are 5 oceans.
222.Q Have you watched Captain Phillips movie?
Ans. If you have seen this movie then say yes and explain the reasons
what special you have learned from this movie otherwise say no.
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