Syllabus and Exam Pattern: Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP)

Railway Recruitment Board

Assistant Loco Pilot (ALP)

Exam Pattern:

Sections:

1. Arithmetic Ability

2. General Awareness

3. General English

4. Reasoning

5. Technical subjects

There will be 120 - 140 questions in this paper.

General English, Arithmetic Ability and Reasoning sections will have 15 - 20 questions each and General Awareness section will include a total of 20 questions.

A maximum of 55 questions will be asked from Technical subjects, which will be divided as

Mechanical Engineering – 30 questions

Electrical Engineering – 20 questions

Basic Electronic Energy – 5 questions

Negative Marks: 1/3 marks

Medium of this written examination will be English, Urdu or Hindi.

Syllabus

1) Mechanical: Measurements, Heat, Engine, Thermo Dynamics, Energy Material, Energy Conservation, Management, Applied Mechanics, Turbo Machines, Production Engineering, Automation Engineering, Theory of Motion, Strength of Material, Metallurgy, Metal Handling, Refrigerator and Air Condition, Heat Transformation etc.

2) Automobile: Machine Design, Theory of Machine, IC Engine, Heat Transfer, Thermo Dynamics, Applying Motion of Materials, Power Plant Turbine and Boilers, Production Technology and Metallurgy etc.

3) Electrical: Indian Electrical Rolls, Cables, Transfers, Electrical Fundamental Proven System, Alternative Single Phase Motor System, Three Phase motor System, Illumination, Magnetism, Directed Motors etc.

4) Electronics and Communication: Transistor, Dias, Digital Electronics, Electronic Tube Networking and Industrial Electronics, Semi Conductor Physics, Robotic Radio Communication system and Satellite Matters, Computer and Micro Processor etc.

5) General English: About 10 questions will be asked from this section. Questions will be from the topics of basic grammar such as articles, prepositions, voices, tenses, synonyms, antonyms etc.

6) Reasoning: Topics such as coding, decoding, blood relations, arrangements, calender - dates, weeks, classification, analogy, verbal and non- verbal questions are important. In the Arithmetic Section, candidates should prepare topics such as time and distance, ratios, averages, interest methods, pictogram based problems etc

7) Maths: Time and Distance Factors, Ratios, Averages, Interest, Pictogram-Based Problems, etc.

8) General Science questions