2011 Question Booklet Code-+- I,..____.
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ME: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Duration:. Three Hours Maximum Marks: 100
Read the following instructions carefully.
1. Do not open the seal of the Question Booklet until you are asked to do so by the invigilator.
2. Take out the Optical Response Sheet (ORS) from this Question Booklet without breaking the seal.
If you find that the Question Booklet Code printed at the right hand top corner of this page does not
match with the Booklet Code on the ORS, exchange the booklet immediately with a new sealed
Question Booklet.
3. Write your registration number, your name and name of the examination centre at the specified
locations on the right half of the ORS. Also, using HB pencil, darken the appropriate bubble under
each digit of your registration number and the letters corresponding to your test paper code (ME).
4. Write your name and registration number in the space provided at the bottom of this page.
5. This Booklet contains 20 pages including blank pages for rough work. After opening the seal at the
specified time, please check all pages and report discrepancy, if any.
6. There are a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks. All these questions are of objective type.
Questions must be answered on the left hand side of the ORS by darkening the appropriate bubble
(marked A, B, C, D) using HB pencil against the question number. For each question darken the
bubble of the correct answer. In case you wish to change an answer, erase the old answer
completely. More than one answer bubbled against a question will be treated as an incorrect response.
7. Questions Q.I-Q.25 carry I-mark each, and questions Q.26-Q.55 carry 2-marks each.
8. Questions Q.48 - Q.5I (2 pairs) are common data questions and question pairs (Q.52, Q.53) and
(Q.54, Q.55) are linked answer questions. The answer to the second question of the linked answer
questions depends on the answer to the first question of the pair. If the first question in the linked pair
is wrongly answered or is unattempted, then the answer to the second question in the pair will not be
evaluated.
9. Questions Q.56 -Q.65 belong to General Aptitude (GA). Questions Q.56 -Q.60 carry I-mark each,
and questions Q.61-Q.65 carry 2-marks each. The GA questions begin on a fresh page starting from
page 13.
10. Unattempted questions will result in zero mark and wrong answers will result in NEGATIVE marks.
For Q. l -Q.25 and Q.56 -Q.60, ½ mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. For Q.26 -Q.51
and Q.61 -Q.65, ½ mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. The question pairs (Q.52, Q.53),
and (Q.54, Q.55) are questions with linked answers. There will be negative marks only for wrong
answer to the first question of the linked answer question pair, i.e. for Q.52 and Q.54, ½ mark will be
deducted for each wrong answer. There is no negative marking for Q.53 and Q.55.
11. Calculator is allowed whereas charts, graph sheets or tables are NOT allowed in the examination hall.
12. Rough work can be done on the question paper itself. Additionally, blank pages are provided at the
end of the question paper for rough work.
I :::!ration Number I ME I
ME-A 1120