SAIL Recruitment Exam for Management Trainee (MT) for the year 2015 has already been announced - it is going to be held on 10th May, 2015. Are you one of those MT job aspirants looking for the study materials for this exam? If yes, than this blog post, which has been popular among past examinees for so many years, is being updated just for you! The article at first discusses about the pattern of exam as given in the notification and than points you to the sources for sample papers and prep books for SAIL Management Trainee (MT) Exam.
SAIL Recruitment Exam for Management Trainee (MT) for the year 2015 has already been announced - it is going to be held on 10th May, 2015. Are you one of those MT job aspirants looking for the study materials for this exam? If yes, than this blog post, which has been popular among past examinees for so many years, is being updated just for you!
The article at first discusses about the pattern of exam as given in the notification and than points you to the sources for sample papers and prep books for SAIL Management Trainee (MT) Exam.
The article at first discusses about the pattern of exam as given in the notification and than points you to the sources for sample papers and prep books for SAIL Management Trainee (MT) Exam.
This blog post is a sequel to my previous blog article titled: SAIL MT Recruitment 2015 Advertisement: Download and Apply Online which informs you about the SAIL MT vacancy positions, the eligibility and also how to apply for the same.
SAIL MT Selection Process/ SAIL MT Exam Cut-off:
Selection process for MT in SAIL consists of a written test, followed by GD and interview and the weigtage of this 3-tier MT selection process is Written exam: 75, GD: 10 & Interview:15.
SAIL MT exam consists of a 200 mark question paper which has to be answered in 2 hr-30 minutes, with the exam pattern as given below. There is no absolute cut-off mark for SAIL MT exam. But to qualify in the written exam, the minimum cut-off is 50 percentile - it means you have to score more than half of the candidates.
In addition, SAIL is going to shortlist candidates for GD/Interview in the ratio of 1:4 for each discipline, category wise. Thus if you clear the written test, you have a very good chance of getting the SAIL MT job as you have to compete against only 3 persons for each post.
Exam pattern/ Format of SAIL MT Exam 2015:
SAIL MT exam consists of a 200 mark question paper which has to be answered in 2 hr-30 minutes, with the exam pattern as given below. There is no absolute cut-off mark for SAIL MT exam. But to qualify in the written exam, the minimum cut-off is 50 percentile - it means you have to score more than half of the candidates.
In addition, SAIL is going to shortlist candidates for GD/Interview in the ratio of 1:4 for each discipline, category wise. Thus if you clear the written test, you have a very good chance of getting the SAIL MT job as you have to compete against only 3 persons for each post.
Exam pattern/ Format of SAIL MT Exam 2015:
As per the recruitment notification, SAIL MT exam 2015 is going to consist of question paper on Domain knowledge (i.e. your subject of specialization) and Aptitude - each would contain 100 marks, to be answered in 75 minutes. Thus you have to answer this 200 marks question paper in 2 hr- 30 minutes.
You can find the test section-wise mark-distribution of SAIL MT question paper in the SAIL MT exam pattern as given in the table at left.
As you can see, there are equal weigtage for both the Domain knowledge and Aptitude tests. The sections in the SAIL MT Aptitude test are very similar to the ones asked in Bank MT/PO exams and hence you may use the Bank MT exam study materials to prepare for the SAIL MT exam for the Aptitude tests.
But how do you prepare for the "Domain knowledge test" of SAIL MT Exam?
For the MT (T), please rely on the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Papers and Books.
I am not knowledgeable on MT (A) subjects and hence would refrain from advising you on this.
As you can see, there are equal weigtage for both the Domain knowledge and Aptitude tests. The sections in the SAIL MT Aptitude test are very similar to the ones asked in Bank MT/PO exams and hence you may use the Bank MT exam study materials to prepare for the SAIL MT exam for the Aptitude tests.
But how do you prepare for the "Domain knowledge test" of SAIL MT Exam?
For the MT (T), please rely on the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Papers and Books.
I am not knowledgeable on MT (A) subjects and hence would refrain from advising you on this.
Sample paper/ Previous Years Exam Papers:
You would definitely be searching for those online sample papers, previous years SAIL exam papers to know about the exam. I did the searches for you on the net and could find only following SAIL papers:
By placementpapers.net:
SAIL paper 10 Feb, 2008 – It gives you exam experiences along with some sample questions.
By jobs-adda.blogspot.com:
SAIL paper on 3rd April, 2008 - It gives you exam experiences along with some sample questions.
However, as has been said before, all the exam sections (excepting the technical paper) of SAIL MT exam are same as that of the Bank PO exams and therefore kindly find herewith some sample papers of Bank PO exam in my previous blog post titled: SBI PO Exam pattern, Sample papers & Books.
I found following books good for preparation of for SAIL Management Trainee Exam. These books are available in most of the book stores. In case you do not find them, you can order them online by clicking the links below, from Flipkart.com which offers huge discounts upto 30%, apart from free postage if the order exceeds Rs. 500/=. If you do not find the book exclusively for "SAIL", you can also take help of guide book for other PSU like NTPC/NHPC/IOC/HP etc.
List of these prep books for SAIL MT exam has been prepared based on reader feedback.
List of these prep books for SAIL MT exam has been prepared based on reader feedback.
SAIL MT (Technical) Mechanical Engineering Recruitment Exam Guide by GK Publications
MRP: Rs. 795, Offer Price: Rs. 252, Discount: Rs. 543 (68%).
MRP: Rs. 695, Offer Price: Rs. 89, Discount: Rs. 606 (87%).
SAIL MT (Technical) Electrical Engineering Recruitment Exam Guide by GK Publications
MRP: Rs. 695, Offer Price: Rs. 227, Discount: Rs. 468 (67%).
MRP: Rs. 695, Offer Price: Rs. 348, Discount: Rs. 347 (49%).
SAIL MT (Technical) Instrumentation Engineering Recruitment Exam Guide by GK PublicationsMRP: Rs. 695, Offer Price: Rs. 227, Discount: Rs. 468 (67%).
SAIL MT (Technical) Civil Engineering Recruitment Exam Guide by GK Publications
MRP: Rs. 595, Offer Price: Rs. 204, Discount: Rs. 391 (65%).
SAIL MT (Admin) Finance Recruitment Exam Guide by GK Publications
MRP: Rs. 595, Offer Price: Rs. 240, Discount: Rs. 355 (65%).
As you have seen, there are four test sections in the Aptitude test of SAIL exam. You can therefore buy the book according to your need for improvement from the list given below:
For QA:
For QA:
Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations (Fully Solved) by R. S. Aggarwal
List Price: Rs. 500, Offer Price: Rs. 326, Discount: Rs. 174 (34%).
For Verbal Ability:
A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by R. S. Aggarwal
List Price: Rs. 550, Offer Price: Rs. 385, Discount: Rs. 165 (30%).
For Test of Reasoning:
For Verbal Ability:
A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning by R. S. Aggarwal
List Price: Rs. 550, Offer Price: Rs. 385, Discount: Rs. 165 (30%).
For Test of Reasoning:
A Modern Approach To Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal
List Price: Rs. 850, Offer Price: Rs. 595, Discount: Rs. 255 (30%).
For General Awareness:
Lucent's General Knowledge
MRP: Rs. 180, Offer Price: Rs. 126, Discount: Rs. 54 (30%).
Please not that above discounts on the MRP are what I found while posting this article and may change by the time you are reading it. Also, I am sorry but I could not find any books for other and if you know of any such book for preparation of SAIL MT exam, I would love if you post them as comments below.
For General Awareness:
Lucent's General Knowledge
MRP: Rs. 180, Offer Price: Rs. 126, Discount: Rs. 54 (30%).
Please not that above discounts on the MRP are what I found while posting this article and may change by the time you are reading it. Also, I am sorry but I could not find any books for other and if you know of any such book for preparation of SAIL MT exam, I would love if you post them as comments below.
Hope with above SAIL MT exam Prep materials, you would be able to crack the same with ease. Best wishes!
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