Company : HAL
Date : 19 September 2004

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES APPEARING FOR THE COMPETITIVE WRITTEN
TEST OF TWO AND A HALF HOURS DURATION (1030 HOURS TO 1300 HOURS) FOR
SELECTION AS EXECUTIVE TRAINEES (TECHNICAL ) ON SUNDAY, THE 19TH SEPTEMBER,
2004
 Kindly appear for the Written Test on the specified Date and Time at the allotted Test Venue.
 Make sure that you occupy the allotted seat at the Test Venue by 0950 hours, which will be
displayed on the Notice Board.
 Candidates are required to bring any proof of their identity having their photograph viz Passport,
Voters ID Card, Driving License, ID Card issued by the Academic Institution last attended etc., for
verification, when they come for the Written Test. The Admit Card shall be signed by the
Candidates in the presence of the Invigilator. Candidates should affix their passport size
photograph on the Admit Card.
 Candidates have to ensure that they return the Admit Card, OMR Answer Sheet and the Question
Booklet to the Invigilator after the Written Test, failing which their candidature shall be cancelled.
 The Question Booklets are broadly classified into five Disciplines as indicated below:
1) Aeronautical
2) Mechanical and Production
3) Metallurgy
4) Electrical and Electronics
5) Computer Science
 Each Question Booklet will have 160 Objective Type Questions, as indicated below:
General Awareness
General Engineering
Questions specific to the
Total
(15 Questions)
(25 Questions)
respective Disciplines
(160 Questions)
indicated above (120
Questions)
15 Marks 25 Marks 120 Marks 160 Marks
Notes
1. The Question Booklet for Mechanical and Production Disciplines will be the same and
candidates will have to answer questions for both Mechanical and Production Branches.
2. The Question Booklet for Electrical and Electronics Disciplines will be the same and candidates
will have to answer questions for both Electrical and Electronics Branches.
 There are no negative marks for incorrect answers.
 Please use the blank pages provided at the end of the Question Booklet only for any rough work.
 If any Candidate is found to be indulging in any kind of malpractice like copying, trying to talk to
other candidates, exchanging information, carrying/passing on chits of paper or any other mode to
communicate with others, his/her candidature shall be cancelled.

  Mobile Phones, Pagers, Beepers, any kind of Audio Devices, Digital Diaries, Organisers etc.,
shall not be permitted inside the Examination Hall.
 Candidates will be required to appear for the Written Test at their own expense and will have to
make their own arrangements for boarding and lodging at the place of the Examination