NTPC Exam Pattern
The exam for the recruitment of Diploma Trainee is conducted in the objective modes with Multiple Choice Questions on the following two sections:
- NTPC test is organized in Hindi or English.
- National Thermal Power Corporation exam will be conducted in 2 parts.
- Part-I consists of 70 MCQ’s based on Knowledge Test in the respective discipline.
- In Part-II, Aptitude Test is organized having 50 MCQ’s on English, Quantitative aptitude & Reasoning.
- There is a negative marking of 1/4th mark for every wrong answer.
| Part | Topic | Total Questions |
| Part I | Subject Specific Questions | 70 |
| Part II | Aptitude Test | 50 |
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TPC Exam Syllabus
NTPC Exams contains two sections:
- Part I: It contains the questions related to the discipline of diploma.
- Part II: it contains the question of aptitude, English and reasoning.
NTPC Trainee Exam Syllabus for Part I:
NTPC Syllabus for Mechanical:
- Mechanics
- Theory of Machine
- Strength of Materials
- Mechanical Measuring Instruments
- Pneumatics & Hydraulics
- Production Design
- Engineering Drawing & Design/Design Calculation
- Manufacturing Processes(Drilling, Milling, Boring)/ Manufacturing Technology
- Manufacturing Processes/ Heat & Surface Treatment, Heat & Mass Transfer
- Metrology and Mesurements/Tolerance Limits,Fits
- Thermal Engineering/ Power Plant Engineering
NTPC Diploma Trainee Electrical Syllabus:
- Electrical Basics
- Electrical Engineering Materials
- DC Machine, AC Machine & Transformer
- Analog Circuits/ Electronics
- Electrical Measurements & Measuring Instruments
- Control System
- Digital Electronics
- Generation, Transmission & distribution of Electrical Power
- Circuit Theory
- Network theory
- Microprocessor
- Power Electronics & Drives
NTPC Diploma Trainee Syllabus Civil:
- Concrete/ construction Technology.
- Fluid Mechanics.
- Soil Mechanics.
- Strength of Materials.
- Engineering Mechanics.
- Civil Engineering Materials.
- Environmental Engineering.
- Transportation Engineering.
- Structural Engineering/RCC design.
- Structural Engineering/Steel/ Reinforced Cement Concrete.
- Survey estimating.
NTPC Diploma Trainee Syllabus C & I:
- Basic Electronics/ Power Electronics.
- Analog Electronics.
- Measurement & Instrumentation.
- Circuit Theory/ Digital Electronics.
- Open/Closed/Cascade loop control.
- PID controlling & tuning.
- Pneumatic control.
- Basic Data Acquisition Systems.
- PLC/DCS/SCADA.
- Networking/ computer networks.
- Field instrumentation system.
- Control valves and on/off valves.
- Power Electronics & Drives.
- Sensors & Transducers.
NTPC Syllabus Part II
NTPC Syllabus for Aptitude Test:
This part of Exam includes all basic arithmetic ability.
- Time & Work.
- Average included in NTPC Syllabus
- Profit & Loss.
- Simple & Compound Interest.
- Time & Speed included in NTPC Syllabus
- Pictorial Graph.
- Pie Chart.
- Data Interpretation included in NTPC Syllabus
- Number Systems.
- Fundamental Arithmetical operations.
- Statistical Charts
- HCF & LCM.
- Problem On Ages included in NTPC Syllabus
- Bar Graph
NTPC Syllabus for English:
- English Language.
- Vocabulary.
- Grammar.
- Sentence structure.
- Spot the error.
- Fill in the blanks.
- Synonyms/ Homonyms.
- Antonyms.
- Detecting Mis-spelt words.
- Idioms and phrases.
- One word substitutions.
- Shuffling of sentence parts.
- Shuffling of Sentences in a passage.
- Cloze passage.
- Comprehension passage.
NTPC Syllabus for Reasoning:
- Problem Solving.
- Syllogistic Reasoning.
- Decision Making.
- Visual Memory.
- Non-Verbal Series.
- Analogies.
- Clocks & Calendars.
- Number Series.
- Coding-Decoding.
- Cubes and Dice.
- Alphabet Series.
- Mirror Images.
- Arithmetical Reasoning.
- Number Ranking.
- Blood Relations.
- Embedded Figures etc.