General Awareness
Not publishedof exam
Logical Reasoning
Not publishedof exam
SeriesSyllogismDirectionsVisual ReasoningData Analysis
Quantitative Aptitude
Not publishedof exam
ArithmeticRatesInterestMensurationProbability
General English
Not publishedof exam
VocabularyGrammarComprehensionPara JumblesSentence Correction
Mechanical Paper II
50%of exam
Engineering MathematicsApplied Mechanics + DesignFluid + ThermalManufacturing + IndustrialMechanical Method Picker
Quick Facts
- Cycle
- Advt. 03/2026
- Official CBT
- 200 MCQs
- Local Bank
- 100 practice questions
- Papers
- 100 marks each
- Time
- 3 hours
- Marking
- +1; no negative marking
- Paper Floors
- 40 / 35 / 30
- Selection
- CBT marks only
- Language
- English + Hindi
- Eligibility
- Nine discipline-specific routes
CBT Structure
Two hundreds; three hours; zero penalty
Paper I: 100Paper II: 100Time: 180 minutesWrong: zero penalty
Official CBT vs Local Bank
Official CBT
- 200 total MCQs
- 100 each paper
- Chosen Paper II discipline
Local bank
- 100 practice questions
- 50 Paper I
- 50 Mechanical Paper II
Real length vs sample inventory
Eligibility Route Picker
- Applying Mechanical→Check listed branches(Engineering degree)
- Applying System→Check System row(Degree + MCA option)
- Applying Geology→Check MSc/MTech route
- Applying Rajbhasha→Check Hindi requirements
- Applying Company Secretary→Check ICSI membership
- Final-year candidate→Check result deadline(31 August 2026)
- Claiming marks relaxation→Verify category documents
- Any other discipline→Read exact qualification row
Official Pattern
- Official CBT
- 200 MCQs total
- Paper I
- 100 common MCQs
- Paper II
- 100 discipline MCQs
- Duration
- 180 minutes one sitting
- Correct
- +1 mark
- Wrong
- No penalty
- Blank
- Zero marks
- Language
- English and Hindi
- Hindi error
- English version final
- Final merit
- CBT marks only
- Interview
- Not held
- UR / EWS floor
- 40 each paper
- OBC-NCL floor
- 35 each paper
- SC/ST/PwD floor
- 30 each paper
- UR/OBC/EWS fee
- ₹1,180
- Fee exemptions
- SC/ST/PwBD + CIL employees
Paper I Areas
A-R-N-E: awareness, reasoning, numerical, English
A: awarenessR: reasoningN: numericalE: English
Paper I vs Paper II
Paper I
- Common across disciplines
- Four named areas
- Area weights unpublished
Paper II
- Professional knowledge
- Applied discipline
- 100 official MCQs
Common aptitude vs profession
Eligibility Boundaries
- Disciplines
- Nine advertised routes
- Engineering routes
- Branch-specific degrees
- System route
- CS/IT engineering or degree+MCA
- Geology route
- Geology/geophysics MSc or MTech
- Rajbhasha route
- Hindi MA + Hindi-English graduation
- Company Secretary
- Graduate + ICSI membership
- Standard marks rule
- 60% for UR/OBC/EWS
- Relaxed marks rule
- 55% for SC/ST/PwBD
- Final-year result
- Expected by 31 August 2026
Qualification vs CBT Marks
Qualification marks
- Check discipline row
- Standard rule: 60%
- Eligibility gate
CBT marks
- 40 / 35 / 30
- Required each paper
- Testing gate
Percentage eligibility vs test marks
General Awareness Scope
- Science
- Inventions + discoveries
- Polity
- Constitution + institutions
- History
- Indian timelines
- Geography
- India + world
- Economy
- Budget + programmes
- Current affairs
- National + international
- Environment
- Climate + SDGs
- Coal awareness
- Indian coal sector
- Digital awareness
- Internet + computers
Qualifying vs Selection
Qualifying
- Clear each paper floor
- Category-specific minimum
- Not appointment
Selection
- CBT merit
- Vacancy + category ranking
- DV + medical follow
Floor permits; merit ranks
Engineering vs Other Routes
Engineering routes
- Relevant branch required
- Listed degree names
- Discipline-specific
Other routes
- Geology postgraduate
- Rajbhasha Hindi qualifications
- Company Secretary + ICSI
No universal engineering prerequisite
Paper I Method Picker
- Series question→Test difference pattern
- Syllogism question→Draw set relations
- Direction question→Anchor north
- Percentage question→Set base 100
- Work question→Add rates
- Grammar question→Find true subject
- Para jumble→Find opening sentence
- Current-affairs claim→Verify date + source
Reasoning Tools
- Series
- Track changing gaps
- Syllogism
- Draw set relations
- Arguments
- Test stated evidence
- Blood relations
- Draw family tree
- Directions
- Anchor north first
- Clocks
- Track cyclic positions
- Cubes + dice
- Map opposite faces
- Data analysis
- Read tables + graphs
- Seating
- Place fixed clues first
Simple vs Compound Interest
Simple interest
- Original principal
- Linear growth
- PRT / 100
Compound interest
- Growing balance
- Interest compounds
- P(1 + r)^n
Fixed base vs compounding
Numerical Core
- Percentage
- Part / whole × 100
- Profit%
- Profit / cost × 100
- Simple interest
- PRT / 100
- Compound amount
- P(1 + r)^n
- Average
- Total / count
- Work
- Add worker rates
- Distance
- Speed × time
- Mixture
- Weighted concentration
- Mensuration
- Match units to dimension
- Probability
- Favourable / equally likely total
- Permutation
- Order matters
English vs Hindi Version
English
- Question version
- Valid and final
- Controls Hindi errors
Hindi
- Question version
- Bilingual access
- English resolves errors
Both shown; English controls
English Core
- Subject-verb
- Find true subject
- Since / for
- Start point / duration
- Fewer / less
- Countable / uncountable
- Affect / effect
- Usually verb / noun
- Articles
- Follow opening sound
- Modifiers
- Place beside target
- Parallelism
- Match grammatical forms
- Comprehension
- Answer from passage
- Para jumbles
- Find logical connectors
Mechanics Order
Diagram first; equations second; units last
FBDEquilibriumSolveCheck units
Stress vs Strain
Stress
- Force / area
- Pressure units
- Load intensity
Strain
- Change / original
- Dimensionless
- Deformation ratio
Load intensity vs deformation
Mechanical Method Picker
- Static body→Draw FBD(Apply equilibrium)
- Plane stress→Use Mohr circle
- Forced vibration→Compare frequency ratio
- Pipe friction→Use Darcy-Weisbach
- Heat exchanger→Choose LMTD or NTU
- Cycle efficiency→Track heat + work
- Casting shrinkage→Check riser feeding
- Inventory quantity→Check EOQ assumptions
- Project duration→Find critical path
Mechanical Math + Mechanics
- Matrices
- Linear systems + eigenvalues
- Calculus
- Limits, derivatives, integrals
- Differential equations
- ODEs + Laplace transforms
- Statistics
- Distributions + standard deviation
- Numerical methods
- Approximate equations + integrals
- Free-body diagram
- Show external loads
- Equilibrium
- ΣF = 0; ΣM = 0
- Stress
- Force / area
- Strain
- Change / original length
- Beam diagrams
- Shear + bending moment
- Torsion
- Circular shaft twisting
Fluid Laws
Continuity conserves; Bernoulli balances; Darcy loses
Continuity: massBernoulli: energyDarcy: head loss
Machines + Design
- Kinematics
- Mechanism motion
- Cams
- Follower displacement
- Gear trains
- Speed + torque ratios
- Flywheel
- Smooth cyclic speed
- Governor
- Control mean speed
- Resonance
- Forcing matches natural frequency
- Damping
- Reduce vibration response
- Fatigue
- Cyclic loading failure
- S-N diagram
- Stress versus cycles
- Machine elements
- Joints, shafts, bearings, springs
Fluids + Thermal
- Continuity
- Mass flow conserved
- Bernoulli
- Flow energy balance
- Reynolds number
- Inertia / viscosity
- Darcy-Weisbach
- Major pipe loss
- Buoyancy
- Displaced-fluid weight
- Conduction
- Temperature-gradient transfer
- Convection
- Surface-fluid transfer
- Radiation
- Electromagnetic heat transfer
- LMTD
- Heat-exchanger temperature driver
- NTU
- Heat-exchanger effectiveness method
- First law
- Energy balance
- Second law
- Entropy direction
- Otto cycle
- Constant-volume heat addition
- Diesel cycle
- Constant-pressure heat addition
- Refrigerator COP
- Cooling / work input
- Turbomachinery
- Impulse + reaction principles
Manufacturing + Industrial
- Phase diagram
- Equilibrium phases
- Heat treatment
- Tailor material properties
- Riser
- Feed solidification shrinkage
- Hot working
- Above recrystallization temperature
- Welding HAZ
- Changed, unmelted base metal
- Tool life
- Speed-wear relationship
- CNC
- Programmed machine motion
- Limits + fits
- Assembly size relationship
- CMM
- Coordinate inspection
- MRP
- Schedule dependent material needs
- EOQ
- Balance ordering + holding
- Linear programming
- Optimize linear constraints
- PERT / CPM
- Schedule project networks
Common Traps
Real test vs bank
Official CBT has 200 ≠ Local bank has 100
Paper I weights
Four areas are named ≠ Area counts remain unpublished
Eligibility scope
Nine discipline routes ≠ Not engineering only
Pass vs rank
Floors permit consideration ≠ Merit decides selection
Eligibility vs CBT
Qualification row controls eligibility ≠ Paper floors control test qualification
Paper II scope
Official uses chosen discipline ≠ Local bank uses Mechanical
Language authority
Both versions displayed ≠ English controls errors
Score floor
Combined total is insufficient ≠ Each paper must clear
Last Minute
- 1.Rules belong to Advt. 03/2026
- 2.Official CBT = 200 MCQs
- 3.Local bank = 100 questions
- 4.Paper I weights remain unpublished
- 5.Paper II follows chosen discipline
- 6.Mechanical bank covers one discipline
- 7.Three hours; one sitting
- 8.Wrong answers carry no penalty
- 9.Clear each paper separately
- 10.40 / 35 / 30 by category
- 11.CBT merit; no interview
- 12.English controls Hindi errors
- 13.Eligibility differs by discipline
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