RELIANCE PAPER & INTERVIEW - APR 2008 - CHENNAI

Im SRINIVAS (MECHANICAL). I attended RIL at Loyola college, Chennai. Nearly 3500 students were participated. For written test they fixed aggregate as 70 but due to more applications they increased % to nearly 80.

There are two tests.
1.MAT (30 mins,75 Q)
2.TAT (30 mins,50 Q)

1. MENTAL ABILITY TEST
There are questions from series, antonyms, vocabulary, proverbs, odd one out, ratios and alphabetical games. no need for special preparation but you should have sound knowledge in vocabulary. time management is must. they are repeating the same questions for 7 years.

1. cost of three pencils is 5 cents, then with 30 cents how much we can buy.....
(6 questions from this model)
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2. the length of cloth is 36cm, after washing it becomes 33 cm similarly after washing the cloth is 26cm then before how much cms......
(6 Q from this model)

3. alphabetical game(5Q)

4. syllogism (3 Q)

5. fathers are ...... wiser than sons a.usuallly b.never c.seldom d.rarely e.always(5 Q)

6. opposite of love, hope, despair, loyal, economical, hypothetical and treacherous.

7. analogies(5 Q)

8. meanings of proverbs(10 Q)

2. TECHNICAL ABILITY TEST
There are questions from metallurgy (10 q), strength of materials,thermal and manufacturing. Special preparation is necessary.they asked 2 Q from each subject.very tough questions.
1.monel is an alloy of .....
2.HSS steel can be stabilized by.........
3.pipe scheduling means......
4.pressure rating in boiler represents.......
5.four stroke petrol engine has..........
6.the bending moment of cantilever beam is....
7.the specific speed of pump is......

They eliminated lot of guyz in the written test itself. They conducted personal interview at a hotel next day.

For freshers they tested the technical knowledge and for experienced only family background and their field of work.