Recruitment :NHPC Trainee Engineers, Officers May 2011

Recruitment :NHPC Trainee Engineers, Officers May 2011

National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited (NHPC)  May 2011 jobs recruitment notice:


Trainee Engineer (Civil) : 90 vacancies

Trainee Engineer (Electrical) : 90 vacancies

Trainee Engineer (Mechanical) : 60 vacancies

Medical Officer  : 9 vacancies

Trainee Officer (HR) : 14 vacancies

Trainee Officer (Law) : 10 vacancies

Trainee Officer (Company Secretary) : 3 vacancies

Assistant Hindi Officer : 10 vacancies

Hindi Translator : 10 vacancies

Special recruitment drive for PWD/SC/ST/OBC  :

Medical Officer : 1 vacancy

Trainee Officer (HR) : 1 vacancy

Trainee Officer (Finance)  :  21 vacancies

Stenographer : 01 vacancy

Stenographer Gr.II : 02 vacancies

Application fee: Candidates belonging to General and OBC category are required to pay a nonrefundable registration fee of  250/- . No fee for SC/ST/PwD category candidates.


For more information visit: http://www.nhpcindia.com/English/Scripts/Recruitment_ViewDoc.aspx?id=34&f=open_rectt_2011_1.pdf

And to apply online go to: http://www.nhpcindia.com/English/Scripts/recruitment.aspx 

NHPC 2011 Trainee Engineer exam pattern and syllabus

NHPC 2011 Trainee Engineer exam pattern and syllabus

Exam pattern for NHPC May 2011 trainees engineers exam is:

The questions paper will be in Hindi and English.
The test duration will be 3 hours and in three parts i.e.


Part –I of  140 multiple-choice questions in the concerned discipline,
Part –II of 30 multiple-choice questions on General Awareness       and
Part-III of 30 multiple-choice questions on Reasoning.

Here are some sample questions of General Awareness for NHPC Trainee Engineer:

NHPC trainees engineers model paper 2011

NHPC trainees engineers model paper 2011

NHPC trainees engineers model paper 2011
Reasoning:

NHPC trainees engineers 2011 exam will also have 30 questions on reasoning. Some model questions are given below:

1. Four of the following five pairs have same relation between their elements as in the case of the pair UNDERWAY: 39412576 and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group?
(A) WARDEN: 572419
(B) DERANU: 412793
(C) NEDA YO : 924763
(D) ENDWAR: 194572
(E) URADYE: 327461

2. Which of the following pairs has similar relationship as Run : Race?
(A) Party: Dance (B) Study: Book (C) Lecture: Study (D) Enjoy: Journey (E) None of these

3. Four of the following five pairs have same relation between their elements and hence form a group. Which one does not belong to the group?
(A) PLENTY: LEPTYN
(B) COWARD: OWCRAD (C) ALWINS: LWANIS (D) EXAMIN: XAEIMN (E) LOCATE: OCLTAE

4. 'Apparel' is related to 'Cloth' in the same way as 'Footwear' is related to-  
(A) Cobbler (B) Shoes  (C) Sandals (D) Leather E) Material  

5. Four of the following five are a like in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that  
does not belong to that group?
(A) Brass     (B) Iron     (C) Aluminium     (D) Zinc  
(E) Copper

6. Four of the following five are a  like in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that  
does not belong to that group?
(A) Corn (B) Olive (C) Onion (D) Sesame (E) Mustard  

7. Four of the following five are  alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?  
(A) Jump (B) Walk (C) Swim (D) Run  (E) Listen  

8. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so  form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?  
(A) 6S (B) 17 (C) 197 (D) 3S  (E) 14S  

9. What should come next in the following letter sequence?  
MMPMPTMPTRMPTRWMPTRWKMPI  
(A) P (B) R (C) K (D) W  (E) None of these  

10. What should come in place of the question-mark (?) in the following letter sequence?
PERPENDICULAR ERPENDICULA RPENDICUL ?  
(A) PENDIC (B) ENDIC  (C) ENDICU (D) PENDICUL (E) None of these

11. What will come in place of the question-mark (?) in the follow­ing sequence?
SEQUENTIAL EQUENTIAL  EQUENTI ? QUEN
(A) QUENTI (B) QUENT (C) UENTI (D) EQUENT (E) None of these

12. If W means White, Y means Yellow, B means Black, G means Green, R means Red, which of the following will come next in the sequence given below? WWYWYBWYBGWYBG RWWYWYBWYB
(A) Red (B) White  (C) Green (D) Yellow (E) None of these

Answers: 1,c, 2. b, 3.a, 4. d, 5. a, 6. c, 7. e, 8. d, 9. e. 10.e, 11. a, 12. c

General Awareness :

There would be 30 questions on General Awareness in NHPC 2011 trainees engineer exam. Some model questions are given below

1. Which of the following metals was not known to the Indus people? 

(1) Tin  (2) Copper  (3) Iron  (4) Lead 

2. The Brahmanas are books that deal with . 

(1) the Bhakti theory (2) ritualism  (3) yoga  '  (4) meditation 

3. Buddha preached his first ser­monat 

(1) Lumbini  (2) Samath  (3) Sanchi  (4) Gaya 

4. Who was govemor-general when the 1857 revolt broke out? 

(1) Dalhousie (2) Canning  (3) Curzon  (4) Lawrence 

5. Which of the following princely states was not annexed by the British? 

(1) Sind  (2) Gwalior  (3) Awadh  (4) Satara 

6. The British received· permission to establish their company in In­dia from 

(1) Akbar  (2) Jahangir (3) Shah Jahan (4) Aurangzeb 

7. How many times did Jawahar Lal Nehru become the president of Indian National Congress? 

(1)2   (2)3  (3) 4  (4) 5 

8. Individual Civil Disobedience Movement was launched in· 

(1) 1942  (2) 1940  (3) 1945  (4) 1947 

9. Who gave Vallabh Bhai Patel the title of'Sardar'? 

(1) C. Rajagopalachari (2) M.K. Gandhi  (3) JL Nehru  (4) M.A. Jinnah 

10. The rate of rotation of the earth on its axis is highest on 

(1) January 3 (2) December 22 (3) July 4 (4) It never changes 

11. Most of the weather phenomena take place in the 

(1) stratosphere (2) troposphere (3) tropopause (4) ionosphere 

12. Name the instrument used for measuring humidity. 

(1) barometer (2) thermometer (3) hygrometer (4) hydrometer 

13. Which of the following is not a  planetary wind?  . 

(1) easterlies (2) westerlies' (3) drainage wind  (4) trade winds  . 

14. Blizzards are characteristic of­__ region. 

(1) equatorial (2) tropical  (3) antarctic  (4) temperate 

15. Who is the Chief Minister of Maharashtra? 

(1) N.D. KaInpte (2) Prithviraj Chavan (3) H.N. Singh (4) None of these 

16. Who was the heroine of the 1942. Quit India movement? . 

(1) Dr. Annie Besant (2) Sucheta Kriplani (3) Arona Asal Ali (4) Sarojini Naidu 

17. The crust layer of the earth is also called 

(1) Sial  (2) Sima  (3) Moho  (4) Nife 

18. Plains formed in limestone re­gions are called. 

(1) karst plains (2) floods plains . (3) pene plains (4) alluvial plains 

19. Which is an organic rock? 

(1) Marble  (2) Coal  (3) Granite  (4) Slate 

20. For the enforcement of Funda­-mental Rights, the courts can is­sue 

(1) a decree  (2) an ordinance  (3) a writ  (4) a notification 

21. What is the maximum age for election to the office of the Presi­dent? 

(1) 65  (2) 70  (3) 75  (4) No limit 

22. The final authority to make a proclamation of emergency rests with 

(1) the Parliament (2) the president (3) Council of Ministers (4) the Prime Ministers 

23. The Minimum age at which a per­son can be appointed prime Minister of India is   

(1) 21 years  (2) 25 years  (3) 30 years  (4) 35 years 

24. A devastating tsunami rocked which of the following countries in March 2011 killing thou­sands? 

(1) Congo (2) Japan (3) Fukushima (4) Ireland 

25. The maximum duration of the zero hour in Lok Sabha can be 

(1) 30 minutes (2) one hour (3) unspecified (4).two hours 

Answers: 

1.(3) 2.(2)  3.(2) 4. (2) 5.(2) 6.(2)   7.(2) 8.(2) 9.(2)  10.(4) 11.(2) 12.(3) 13.(3) 14.(3)   15.(2) 16.(4) 17 (1) 18.(1)  19.(2)  20. (3) 21.(4)' 22.(2)  23. 2,  24. 2 25. 3