Mechanical Engineering

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What is Mechanical Engineering? What is Carnot cycle, Otto cycle, Diesel cycle? Explain simple vapour compression cycle in refrigerator? Which compressor is used in a/c? Why dont CI Engines need a spark? What is MPFI, TPFC systems? What are the Laws of Thermodynamics and PMMs? Which is your favorite car and why? Which is your favorite two-wheeler and why? During initial startup, exhaust smoke appears white. Why? What are the various Thermodynamic systems? What are the basic definitions? What is triple point of water? What is an Indicator diagram? What are the features and the advantages? How is it different from a P-V diagram? What is a differential and how does it work? Explain 4-stroke and 2-stroke engine? Explain the difference between SI and CI engine? What is the difference between Turbo charging and Supercharging? What are knocking donations preignition? What are the preventive measures adopted? What is meant by Jet Propulsion? What are Ramjet, Scramjet, Turbojet, Turboprop, and Turbofan? What are the common Automobile specifications? What are the fundamentals of Refrigeration Refrigerator systems? What are refrigerants used in refrigerators, AC, Water coolers, Walk-in coolers, Freezers, etc.? Describe the various AC systems-windows, Split, Packaged and Central. Define Heat Exchangers? Define Conduction, Convection and Radiation. Explain Stephan- Boltzmann laws, Kirchoff law, Plancks law and Weins displacement law? Explain the concept of Black Body. Describe the Lubrication Systems in IC engines. What is SAE? How to differentiate between two balls having same external radius and weight, one hollow and the others solid, of different material. Differentiate between Governors and Fly wheel. What is ASHRAE? What are different types of Turbines, Compressions, etc. What are the new trends in IC engines? CDI, Ball piston, Cam less engines GDI, VTEC? How does the number of valves per cylinder affect the cycle? How can you differentiate between the Inlet and Outlet ports? What is ABC, GPS, SBC, SOHC, and DOHC? What are the types of Gears and their application? Certain vehicles can be started by keeping the gears engaged, while certain others cannot be. Can you explain why?

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What are Governing Systems? Are you aware of the different types of Manufacturing Process? How do you polish a Ball Bearing? How will you differentiate between Lathe and Milling Machine? How will you machine a Square cross-section in Lathe? What are CNC and DNC machines? Compare. What are the different processes carried out on a Lathe? What is the mode of manufacture of common articles like chairs, toothpaste tubes, pens, etc.? What are the cutting tool materials and composition? What are the cooling fluids and their functions? Can you differentiate between a Shaper and a Planer? How would you define Heat Treatment Process? What do you mean by Bending Moment Diagram? Explain its significance. What is Hooks Law? What is Poissons Ratio? Between glass and rubber for which material is it more and why? Can Poissons Ratio be negative? What is the Bending Moment Equation and Torque Equation? What is Crippling Load and its equation? What is the Principal Stresses and Strains? What is Eulers Theory? How would you explain the factor of safety and its significance in design and manufacturing? What is Endurance Limit? How is Flow Measurement in pipe channel done? What is water hammer? What is the function of Surge Tank? Explain Boundary Layer Theory and Separation? What is Magnus Effect? Explain Mach number and its significance? Draft Tube and its application? How does a Centrifugal pump work? What is Cavitations and its use? Explain the working of Reciprocating pumps? Explain slip in Reciprocating Pumps? What is an Air vessel and its functions? Define Hydraulic Ram, Accumulator and Lift? What is the function of a Pen Stock? Apply Bernoullis Theorem to an aircraft? Compare the constructional details of a Petrol and Diesel Engine? Which gear is used to obtain the Maximum Speed Ratio? Which Law of Thermodynamics is applicable when you inflate a tyre? Why isnt the Earth Expanding? Differentiate between Absolute and kinematics viscosity? Is turbo charging possible in Petrol engines? Explain Mechatronics? Explain the various processes required to manufacture an Air conditioner or a Boiler? Draw the Fe-c Equilibrium diagram?

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What are the different types of layouts? Which type of lighting is best suited for Software Company? Questions on Head and Turbine for different types of Hydroelectric stations? Questions on electives and the reason for choosing them? Where does the future of Mechanical Engineering lie? What is Six Sigma?

Civil Engineering

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What kind of foundations do you use for Flyovers? For constructions purpose which of the following is preferred-a pre-cast pile or a cast-in-situ pile? What is Pre-stressed concrete? What are the ingredients of pre-stressed concrete? What do 53 stand for in 53-grade cement? What type of foundation would you prefer for a multistoried building? Support your answer with reasons. What are Machine Foundations? How does Machine Foundation differ in construction from an ordinary foundation? What are the requirements of an Ideal Machine foundation? What are the advantages of Pre-cast piles? What are the loads to be considered for the design of bridges? What type of foundation would be adopted in marshy soils? Explain Well Foundations. Draw the Cross Section of rail. Draw the Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams for different loading on beams. What do you mean by Batching? Where does the Maximum Bending Moment act in the case of bridges? How can the supports be provided in bridges (with reasons)? What is the life of a Pavement? According to you what is the reason for the collapse of the Kadalund Bridge? What is solution to this problem? What are the characteristics of the soil that are to be determined to decide upon the kind of foundation? How do you determine the strength of a soil mass? What are the different types of foundations adopted for different soils? Given the Plan and Elevation. Draw the Isometric view. Suppose you want to construct a bridge in Kochi, which foundation would you adopt? What is a Theodolite? How is it used? Hoe is the Theodolite leveled? Define Civil Engineering? Draw the Stress-Strain curve of mild steel? What is the difference between Bitumen and Tar? Which is commonly used-Bitumen or Tar? Why? What is Hydraulic Jump? What is Renauds Number? What is Cutback Bitumen? Define Angularity Number and give its practical application? Define Duty and Delta? What do 20 stand for in M20-mix concrete? Differentiate between Pre-tensioning and Post-tensioning? What is the role of a Plate Girder in a railway bridge?

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What is Camber? What is Differential Settlement? What is Total Energy Line? What is Piping Failure? What is the difference between Hollow Bricks and Ordinary Bricks? How many express ways are there in India? Name the different types of Retaining Wall? Which is Better-Tiled Roof or Terraced Roof? What is Leap Frog Trigonometric Leveling? What are the dimensions of a Standard Brick? Differentiate between English bond and Flemish bond? What are AADT, AASHO and ASCE? What does IRC stand for? Which instrument is used for unevenness in a road? Give the standard lengths of chains used for surveying? What is a Benchmark? What are its different types? Expand PERT? How is it different from CPM and GANTT? What is the common Earth-moving Equipment? How is Under-Water concreting carried out? What is N-value? Differentiate between BOD and COD? On what basis are the foundations classified as shallow and deep? What is the shape of concrete sample for Tensile Strength Test? What is Resonance? What is its importance in Civil Engineering? What is the Free Body Diagram? What is the Longest Railway Platform in India? What is GIS? What is Rain Water Harvesting? Differentiate between Faults and Folds? Would the WTC have collapsed if it were a reinforced concrete structure? What is RQD? What are the different types of pile foundations? Who is the Father of Soil Mechanics? Differentiate between Mild Steel and HYSD Bars? What are Geotextiles? What is the importance of Ground Improvement? Differentiate between Ground Improvement and Soil Stabilization? Differentiate between Angle of Internal Friction and Angle of Repose? What is Quick Sand? What is Specific-Yield? What are the different types of Wall Foundation? Difference between Weir and Barrage? What is Critical Hydraulic Gradient? What is Gaper Chlorination? What is permanent solution applied for restoration of Leaning Tower of Pisa? What is the usual thickness of cement concrete pavement?

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What is Littoral Drift? Why isnt a Venturimeter used commonly for measuring discharge in residential building? Which is more efficient Pump or Turbine? Difference between a confined and unconfined aquifer? Which is the instrument used to measure velocity of flow in pile? How can you measure the amount of rainfall? What is a Gyroscope? Explain with the help of figures? Draw the diagram of a cross section of Truss and explain the forces acting on it?

Computer Science Engineering

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Explain what is the advantage of Win NT over Win 95? Explain Polymorphism and Inheritance. Give real life examples? What is Gateway used for? How is Linked List implemented? What is Semaphore? In binary research tree which traversal is used for getting ascended order values? What are the device drivers used for? Explain fork as applied in UNIX? In UNIX, what does profile contain? In UNIX, what is echo used for? In UNIX, where does Is stores contents? How is relocatable code generated in an assembler? What does Calloc do? How is it different from Malloc? What is the scope of a global variable that is declared as static? How many Flip-Flop do you require for module 19 counter? A ring counters initial state is 01000. After how many clock cycles will it return to the initial state? Explain virtual functions in C++. What is the number of address lines required for a router? What is the minimum number of IP addresses required for a router? What is the disadvantage of Pem? Explain the Shannon Hartley Theorem. What is Microwave Propagation along the curvature of earth called? What is the method used for tracking an IP address? Write a program to swap two variables without using a temporary variable. Write a program for reversing the linked. Write a C program to find whether a stack is progressive in forward or reverse direction. Write a C program that reverses the linked list. Define function. Explain function arguments? C passes by Value or by Reference? Differentiate My-Stropy and Stropy? What does a Compiler do? How much information can be stored in 1byte of an IBM PC compatible? What is the language used for Artificial Intelligence? What is a Piggy Backing? Explain the difference between Micro Kernel, and Macro Kernel. Give an example of micro kernel. What is a Real-Time system? What is the difference between Hard and Soft Real-Time systems? What is Mission Critical System? What is the important aspect of a Real-Time System?

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What is Software Lifecycle? What are the difference between Pascal and C? Which are the different computer architectures? What is the requirement of MIMD? What is the difference between RISC and CISC processors? What is the difference between loosely coupled and tightly coupled systems? What is an open system? Which are the different phases in software life cycle? How much time is spent usually in each phase and why? Why is analysis and testing phases very important? What is Testing? Which are the different types of Testing? What is unit Testing, Integration Testing, etc.? Have you worked in Windows? What is the difference you have seen in DOS environment? How does Win Main look like? How are messages processed in Windows? Have you done any Network Programming? Why are networks layered? What is the advantage of that? How many layers are there in OSI? Are you familiar with network topologies? Which are the different topologies? Give an example of Bus Type Network? What is the Band Width of Ethernet? Explain the advantage and disadvantage of Ethernet? Which is the protocol used in Ethernet? Can all recursive programs be written iteratively? What should you do to ensure that one program doesnt corrupt another program in a Multi Program Environment? What is SQL? What is the advantage of SRAM and DRAM? What is the method used for Disk Searching? Which feature does C++ have that C does not have? What is the difference between Synchronous and Asynchronous Transmission? What does quality factor indicate? What is the difference in IRET and RET Statements of 8086? What is the difference between C and C++? What is the purpose of Hashing? Define Avalanche Diode Multiplication? What is Coupling? What does CONNECT BY mean? What is DHCP used for? Explain Codds Rule related to database? What is RSA? What is the use of Global Static Variable in C? Define Functional Dependency? What is the command to initiate the Windows?

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In UNIX how does Interprocess Communication take place? Which was the first Supercomputer built in India? Whose product is in Power PC 89? What is meant by QUEUE? What is meant by STAK? What is the difference between 80286 and 80287? What is meant by Recursion? What is the difference between Macro and Ordinary definition? What is the difference between Class and Structure? Describe VRTX in a few words. How does the scheduler know the time when it should be scheduled? What is Deadlock? How do you avoid it? What is Runtime Locatable Code? What is Volatile Register definition in C? How is Semaphore Variable different from variable? What is a Dynamic Allocation? Give the difference between Monolithic and Microlithic Kernel. In UNIX what is the difference between Select and Poll? What is Finite Automata? What is Turning Machine? What is Binary Search, Traversal, and Hashing ? What is Waterfall Model, Prototype Model etc.? What is Indexing in databases? What is Atomicity? Write Recursive Programs to calculate factorial in C++. What is the best data structure to store the process information in a real time operating system? What is a Semaphore? What is a critical section problem? What is Dining Philosophers Problem? What are the various Hashing techniques? Describe layers of an OS. Quick short using double link list. What is a Router? What are System Calls? Describe a JK Flip Flop. What the various methods are of Inter Process Communications? What is a Virtual Function used for? What is Pipelining? Explain Boundary Fill, Flood Fill and Scan Fill. Explain DAD, ALE, BHE, DEN,and HLDA. What is the difference between little Endian and big Endian data format? Describe the modes of operation of 80386. Explain the Superscalar Architect of Pentium. Difference between # include Mention any two CPU scheduling algorithms. What is a Moore machine? Describe the functions of a red black tree.

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Explain the traveling sales person problem. st What are the functions done during the last 1 pass of an Assembler? Explain RTOS. How is code optimization done using DAG? What is Universal Turning Machine? What is 8087 used for? Give the features of CDMA technology Explain the principle behind the functioning of a search engine.

Electronics Engineering
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. What are the Flip Flops and explain their working? Differentiate between Flip Flops and Latches? What is Totem Pole? What is the mode of transmission to TV signals? What is the internal circuit of a Microprocessor-is it analog or digital? What are the parts of a Microprocessor? What is a bit? What is CMOS? What is the Bandwidth of FM? As an electronics engineer, How would you distinguish between Paper Money and Digital Money? What is a Modem? Draw its Internal diagram? Obtain a Square wave from a Sine wave from Zener Diode? What is the difference between oscillation and multivibrator? What is Bluetooth and WAP? What are Trappatt arid Impatt Diodes? What is Emitter Follower? Give the Electromagnetic Equation in the order of discovery? Find the transfer function of a given RLC circuit? What happens when you type username and password while logging on to a UNIX system? Draw the circuit for an adder using NAND gates. Explain internal organization of memory chips. What are the different types of a control system? Explain Open Loop with block diagram examples. What are the advantages of Closed Loops? How can you design a Stable system? Explain different Stability Criteria. Explain Ruthz- Hervitz rule in one sentence. What are Poles and their significance? Is there any control system in this room (Interview Hall)? What is Karnaugh map? What are the four methods to reduce a Boolean? Draw 8086 internal architecture. What are the different types of buses? What are the different registers in CPU? What is the use of Segment Register? Which is the first 32-bit microprocessor? What are the different UPS? Compare 8086 and 80286. Explain the internal architecture of 8086. What do you know about Antennas? Define Control System. Why are Control Systems so important? Draw the block diagram of a Control System and write its transfer function. What is ROC? Explain the transformation between S and Z plane. What is Wave Studio?

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What is a Bit Rate? What is the difference between MP3 and Wave Formats? What is Sampling? How do you damp noises and jerks in recording? What is Winamp? What are Plugins? What are Skins? What is the difference between input and output plugins? What do you know about CD writing? How do you mix BGM? What is a procedure? What is a Bus? What do you mean 20-bit address bus? What is the ideal gain of an Opamp? What is a Database? What is the database software that is proprietary of IBM? What is the difference between Half Adder and Full Adder? Implement a Half Adder and Full Adder. What is a Packet switching and Circuit switching? What is VOIP (voice over internet protocol)? What types of communication do you know? What are the different types of Digital Communication? Explain the structure of MOSFET-where and why they are preferred. How is amplification possible in transistors? Classify power amplifier (A, B, AB). What are the bases of Doping in SC? Describe DMA Controllers. What is the protocol used in a telephone network. What are the various types of Switching? How many Microprocessors are there in 8086? What is the most important advantage of Bluetooth? Which is the universal Flip-Flop? What are Interrupts? How will you set an Interrupt? What is Dynamic Memory Access? What is SRAM, DRAM? Compare the two, relative cost of the two. What will happen in case of a power failure for the above? What is Modulation? What are the different Modulation techniques? What is FM, PM and AM? Compare the three and what happens in them. Which waves will travel longer distance-FM or AM? What is a thyristor? Differentiate between Thyristor and Diode? Explain Switching action of SCR and Triggering? Draw the diagram of Thyristor. What are the advantages of CMOS and TTL? What technology is used in CMOS logic? What are VLSI and ULSI? What is the number of components in both? How many components are there in the Pentium Processor that we use? What is the latest Pentium Processor? What is its speed?

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What is the technology used in the manufacture of Pentium Processor? Design a Decade Counter. Explain asynchronous and synchronous counter. Minimize function using Quine McCluskey: f= xy + xy + yz + xyz What is a Prime Implicant? How does a diode look (internally)? Explain working using internal diagram. Explain processes taking place in the depletion junction of a forward biased diode. What is an Op Amp? What is a Buffer? What is the gain of a Buffer? What is an Oscillator? How do you forward Bias a Transistor? What are the Practical Applications of Transistors? What is Reverse Recovery Time and how does it affect a Diode? What is a Compiler? How can you test a Compiler with certain boundary conditions? What is VHDL? What is FSF? What do you know about it? Any current relevance? Differentiate between Open loop and Closed loop system? Draw and explain the working of a Monostable Vibrator using op-amp? State Thevenins Theorem and Nortons. What is their application? What is the mathematics used in DSP and from which domain to which domain is converted? Differentiate between Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductor. Draw an internal block diagram of a normal voltage stabilizer. What is a Reference Variable? Volume control in TV is logarithmic. Why? Does MATLAB have an Interpreter or a Compiler? What do you know about segmentation of memory in 8086? What is Virtual Memory? Differentiate between Macros and Functions in C? What is the significance of electromagnetic interference in PCBs and computer boards? What are the various pin connections to peripherals, memory and interrupts? Draw a rough diagram of a mother board using 8086 with relevant connections? What is the Tri-state or High impedance state? What are the differences between Open Collector Output and Totem Pole Output? Find the highest clocking frequency of a digital circuit given the rise time, fall time and propagation delay? Implement Boolean expression using MUX (2 to 4, 3 to 8). Draw the states graphs of a given problem like sequence generator, flip-flops etc. Why the Accumulator is called so? How can we implement a Stack? Construct a D Flip-Flop from a T Flip Flop? What is Virtual Ground in an Opamp? Why is Up linking Frequency higher than Down Linking Frequency? Explain the Booting procedure of a computer. What is Metastable State in Flip-Flops? What is Avalanche Breakdown? When does it occur? Explain the operation of a Zener diode.

Electrical Engineering

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What is the difference between Neutral and Earth? Why is alternating current used for transmission? What is Corona? What is Skin Effect? Why is the voltage stepped up before transmission? What are the standard transmission and distribution voltages? Explain transmission and distribution systems? What are Lightening arrestors? What is the difference an Insulator and a Dielectric? Explain the principles of operation of relay and a circuit breaker? What is 3-phase supply? What is Busbar? What are the advantages of low power factor? What is Arc Formation? Why do we require protection against lightening? What is Substation? What is Grading of a cable? What is Transmission cable made of? What is the purpose of a Fuse? Explain the power rating of a bulb, say 60W, what if the voltage changes? Why is the earth pin plug the longest and thickest? Which is the motor used in fan? Explain the basic operation of dc motor/generator, induction motor, synchronous motor, stepper motor, and repulsion motor. What is Hysteresis loss? Why do we use a starter for a DC motor? What are the Back emf, Commutation, Armature Reaction, Stray Losses; and Breakdown Torque? Why an induction motor is called a Rotating Transformer? What is Slip? What is the purpose of Compensating Winding? What will happen if you supply a fan with DC What is Cogging and Crawling? Why shouldnt you start a shunt motor on a heavy load? What are Dummy Coils? What are CT and PT? What is voltage buildup of a generator? What is a universal motor? Why is transformer rating in KVA? What is Voltage Regulation? Why is Transformer Flux Constant? Why is induction motor used for most domestic applications?

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What is Regenerating braking? Give an example in were a transformer is used in DC application? What is a problem with the fan which does not rotate unless rotated manually to start? What are Brushless alternatives? What is Equalizer Ring used for? What are Interpores used for? What is Eddy Current loss? What is Plugging of an Induction Motor? What is the Principle of operation in a tube light? What are the advantages and disadvantages of compact fluorescent lamps? Which are more dangerous-shockS, due to AC or DC? What is an UPS? What is the approximately power production capacity of India/Kerala? What is the principle of DC motor? How do you specify the rating of transformer? What are the uses of Servomotors? How is speed control of ac motors achieved? Differentiate between MC and MI instruments. What are the integrating instruments? Give examples. What are uses of PPL Circuits? How do you convert fixed ac variable dc? What is the purpose of Testing Thyristors in speed control of drives? What are the uses of Schmidt trigger circuits? How can you eliminate noise in digital circuits? Explain Low Pass. How is the alternator synchronized to the main Busbar? What is a Scott Connected Transformer? What is communication in DC machines? What are Damper Windings? What are cooling methods used to cool a transformer? Can you start a series motor without load? Draw the equivalent circuit of a transformer? What is R model of a circuit? What is specified in synchronous watts? How are lines affected due to switching operations? Is there any difference between the circuit breakers and the isolators? What do we prefer, overhead cables or underground cables? Is corona more in DC lines or AC lines? Are single induction motors self- starting? In a delta connected circuits are3rd harmonics present? What is a Shunt? What is Phase Swinging? What is Phase Margin? What type of motor is needed in Hoists? What is IDMT? What is Principle? What is Current Chopping?

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Which circuit breaker uses Current Chopping Circuit? Can an Inverter be used as a Converter? How? What are the types of faults that can occur in a 3-phase line? What is a Ground Line? What is Form Factor? What is an Oscillator? Does an Oscillator have an Input? If so, draw it? What is Modulation? How do you start an induction motor? Which type of luminance has greater visibility-GLS or FL? How would you conserve electricity at home, being an electrical engineer? What is the generating voltage in India? Which generating station in Kerala has the largest capacity? What is the oldest generating station in Kerala? What is Scada? Why do we use a Wave Trap, draw the circuit? What is the power line communication? What is the difference between an overcurrent relay and a fuse? How can you control the output voltage in an inverter and converter? How can you decrease the harmonics in a waveform? What are Travelling Waves? What is the general industrial power factor in India? What is Diversity Factor? Why is the waveform Sinusoidal? What are the practical applications of variable resistance? Explain the working of a ceiling fan? What is the equipment in a substation? What are Instrument Transformers? Name the Thyristor that can be turned off by applying signals to its gate terminal? What is the significance of having 11kv as the generation voltage? What is the effect of a Freewheeling diode? What is a Page Hit? What is Cache Memory? What do the three pins of a socket represent? What is basic circuitry of a Voltage Stabilizer? How do you drive a motor using 8085 Microprocessor? How does a Tester work? How is magnetic field intensity calculated in the vicinity of a current carrying wire?

Biotech Engineering

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What is Biotechnology and what all does it encompass? What is Recombinant DNA Technology What is a DNA Probe? What is a Complement System? Which are the enzymes involved in recombination? What are Post-Transcriptional Modifications What are Post-Translational Modifications? What is Proof-Reading of DNA? Why is Replication Semi-Conservative? What is Fork type replication? What is the role of Major Histocompatibility Complex? What are T-Cells and B-Cells? What is Hypersensitivity? What are Recombinant Vaccines? What are Edible Vaccines and what is its mechanism of action? What are Antigens? What are Monoclonal Antibodies and how are they prepared? Suggest any one factor kept in mind, while preparing a Monoclonal Antibody? What is Renal Rejection and why is it encountered? Which enzyme is also called the engineer of plants and why? What function does Colchicine play in plant Tissue Culture? How does a virus multiply in its host? What is a Fermenter? Why is it needed? What is SDS and what role does it play in DNA separation? What is the protocol of performing Electrophoresis? What is ELISA? Where is it used in daily life? What is Ouchterlony Method? What is Haemagglutination? What is the basic difference between a Direct and an Indirect ELISA? What is Western Blotting? Name a few Fluorescent Dyes used in Immunofluoroscence? How does Sickle Cell Anaemia occur? Explain one Genetic Disorder in detail. Why does a patient suffering from Sickle Cell Anaemia or Cystic Fibrosis never encounter Malaria? What Genetic Changes lead to Cancer? What is an Attenuated Vaccine? What is a Criss Cross Inheritance? What will happen to the offspring if a Thalasaemia affected male marries a normal female? What is Molecular Pharming? Why is it practiced? What is Human Genome? How big is it? What are Chromosomal Aberrations? What can be the consequences of changes in chromosome structure and number?

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How does fermentation help in production of Therapeutic Drugs and vaccines? How are microorganisms utilized for industrial and commercial purposes? What is Flavr Savr Tomato? What are Biofertilizers and Biopesticides? How can we perform Plant Tissue Culture? Can microbes generate electricity? What are Test Tube Babies? What is in-vitro Fertilization? Can we change the genetic make-up of an in vitro Fertilized Zygote? What is biotransformation? What is Gene Therapy? Where is it practiced in daily life? What is DNA Sequencing and how is it carried out? Why is DNA Sequencing important? Explain the genetic make-up of any one recombinant product of your choice? What is the central Dogma of Molecular Biology? What is Mutation? Give examples of a few consequences of Genetic Mutation? What is Downstream Processing? How does Downstream Processing help in production of Antibiotics? What is a Sigmoid Curve? What does it depict? What is the pattern of a Microbial Growth Curve? What is the basic difference between Lag phase and Log phase of a Bacterial Growth Curve? What is Micropropogation? What is Cloning? How is it done in-vitro? What is the structure of a virus? Draw and explain. What is Bioremediation? Why is it important? How can we overcome the problem of Renal Rejection? What is Amniocentesis? What is Gene Silencing? What is DNA Fingerprinting? How does it help in criminal studies? What are Adjuvants? What is Innate and Adaptive Immunity? What is a Secondary Immunological Response? How can we identify the blood group of a person? What is an Immunoglobin? What are the various Immunoglobins? How can we purify a protein? How can we purify a Protein? What is Immobilization? How does Immobilization of enzymes help in medical science? What are Sex-Linked Diseases? What is Stem Cell Technology? How can Stem Cell Preservation help in case of a Genetic or Bone-Marrow Disease? What is Cryopreservation? What is Freeze Drying? Why is it done? Why is it important to store cell lines?

89. How does a Laminar Flow Hood help in performing experiments? 90. How can we sterilize cultures? 91. What is the difference between Sterilization and Disinfection? 92. What is Flow Cytometry? 93. What is Chromatography? Why is it done? 94. What is the basic principle of Affinity Chromatography? 95. What is SDS PAGE? 96. Why do we use Taq Polymerase in PCR? 97. How much time does it take for a vaccine to act in a human body? 98. What is a Genetically Modified Organism? 99. Why are mice preferred for any kind of laboratory experiments? 100. What is a Knock-Out Mice? 101. What is Bioinformatics? 102. What is BLAST and FASTA? 103. Why is it important to know the structure of a protein in case we want to know its function? 104. What is a Stock Solution? 105. What is Batch Fermentation? 106. How is Batch Fermentation different from a Continuous one? 107. What is Fed-Batch Fermentation? 108. What is MS Media? 109. How can we provide essential nutrients to a culture medium for cells to grow? 110. What is Antibiotic Resistance? 111. How does Immune System create its memory?

Aeronautical Engineering

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What is pressure co-efficient? What is Aerodynamic center? What is critical Mach number? What do you understand by Parasite Drag? Why Boundary Layer Formation takes place? What is Source and Sink? What is a Doublet? What do you mean by Wing Loading? What is the location of CG from the leading edge of a chord? What is Oblique Shock? Which device is use to Lower Induced Drag? What is Mach Wave? What is a moving Shock Wave? What are Stringers? What are Ribs? Why the wings of a Space Shuttle are thick? What is Taper Ratio? How is the tail flow affected by wing position? How is the Adverse Yaw controlled? What is the purpose of an Accumulator in a Hydraulic System? What is Fly by Wire System? What is the Principle of RAMJET Engine? What is Chocking? What is the difference between Detonation and Knocking? What do you understand by Trimming of Aircraft? What is Thrust Vectoring? What is buckling? What is the advantage of Wing Sweep? What is Deicing? Which type of brake discs are used in aircraft Wheels? What is FHP, IHP and BHP? Which type of material is used in making Combustion Chamber? Distinguish between Low Pressure Shaft and High Pressure Shaft in Gas Turbine Engine? What is Turbo Shaft Engine? What is the equilibrium condition in case of Level Flight? If one engine of a twin engine aircraft will fail what will be the effect on turning? What is Vortex Breakdown? What is Over-Constrained Structure?

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What is Quenching? What do you understand by Annealing? What is the purpose of FINS? What do you mean by Critical Thickness of Insulation? What do you understand by Weld ability of a Material? What is fiber reinforced plastic. What is De-turbulater? What is a Carry through Structure? How Kruger Flap increases lift? What is Diamond Airfoil and where it is used? What is Aspect Ratio? For a given span which will be better a Biplane or Mono-plane and why? What is stiffness of a spring? What are Principal Stress and Principal Strain? What is Tri-cycle arrangement of wheels? What is Stream Function? What is the position of Canard surface with respect to Wing? What is function of Spoiler in the wing? What is wet area of the Aircraft? What is principle behind Stealth Technology? Why Bomber and Cargo aircraft have Taper-End Fuselage? What is the effect observed when aircraft goes from Transonic to Sonic zone? What is Side Slip? What is ABS? What is the advantage of Variable Exhaust Nozzle? How Prevention of normal shock wave take place in the intake of the aircraft? What is OSTWALD efficiency? What is Winglet? What is the advantage of T-tail Configuration? What do you understand by the terms Port and Starboard? What is the position of Navigation Lights in the aircraft? How does a Radar function? What is Pitot-Static tube? What is Anhedral Configuration? What is Drag-Divergence number? What are Blinker type oxygen masks? What do you understand by Convergence? What is a free Elevator? What is Inertial Navigation System? What cause Dutch-Roll? Which type of cooling is used in Radial Engine? What is delta arrangement in Piston Engine?

81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122.

Which type of Engine Mounting is used in Commercial Aircraft? What is Stress Tensor? What is Torsion? What is Wave Drag? What do you understand by Vortex Lift? Why Compressor blade is twisted? Is stalling of Compressor Blade Possible? If yes, How? What is Valve diagram of an I.C. Engine? What is SFC for a Propeller Engine? What is Vapor Lock? What is the reason to use Taper Wings? Why we use Winglets at the tips of the wings? What is the difference between Centrifugal and Axial turbine engines? Why we use turbochargers in aircraft engines at higher altitudes? Give two methods to increase Critical Mach Number? How does MACH angle increases? Which structural element of the wing of an aircraft gives airfoil shape to the wing? Why we use leading edge extensions on an aircraft? What is Schlieren method for Visualization technique? Why do we use sharp edge knife in Schlieren method? Describe the different types of Combustion chambers? What do understand my Ramming of air? What is the function of Flaps on aircraft's wing? What is the adverse pressure gradient in boundary layer? What will happen to the static pressure across an oblique shock? What makes a delta wing not to stall at higher angle of attack? Why we use CFD? Describe to advantages of using turbo fan engines? What is V-STOL? Why we not use normal air to fill aircraft's tires? What is the function of elevator? What is zero lift angle for chambered airfoil? Why chambered airfoil generates lift at zero angle of attack? What is the difference between monocoque and semi-monocoque structure? Pressure drag is lesser in turbulent flow or laminar flow over an airfoil? What makes an aircraft to yaw without vertical stabilizer? What is Ruddervator? What is the drawback of using piston engines in an aircraft? What is Bow shock? What is the structural disadvantage of using low wings? What is the disadvantage of Burring engine in the Fuselage? Why Pneumatic system is not preferred much as compare to hydraulic system?

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What is power assisted hydraulic system? What is an Economizer?\ What is Enthalpy of Vaporization? What is a detached shock? What is Mach reflection? What do you mean by bypassing of air? What are Inlet Guide Vanes? What is Impeller Eye?