Tips to prepare for NPTI entrance exam

Guys, can you give me some good tips for the preparation of National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad entrance exam??????

[Quick Sam]

National Power Training Institute (NPTI), Faridabad entrance examination pattern is as given below:

NPTI Exam Pattern & Syllabus:
Part I : No of questions 60

Basic of maths, science, language / analytical reasoning / data interpretation
Part II : No of questions 30

General Engineering
Part III: No of questions 90
Subject specialization paper and candidates should select 1 group only

Common group: Permitted specializations in the qualifying degree examinations

G-I:
Mechanical
Mechanical & Automation
Production Engineering and equivalent

G-II:
Electrical
Electrical & instrumentation
Electrical & Electronics Engineering (equivalent)

G-III:
Electronics
Electronics & Communication
Electronics & Telecommunication
Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering (Equivalent)

Here are some tips which will help you in getting success in this examination:
You can improve general knowledge by regularly reading the newspaper
You can refer to different General Knowledge books
For teaching aptitude, refer to various books that are available at book stores
Understand the syllabus properly
Refer to past question papers and try to solve them as much as possible.
Try to take mock tests
Learn to choose questions
Read at least one book for each subject
Never skip "Marks Rich" questions

I am appearing in NTPI PGDC CET (Mechanical) exam so please give me some preparation tips of it also give me its syllabus?

[Quick Sam]

National Power Training Institute conducts CET for the selection to the Post Graduate Diploma Course in Thermal Power Plant Engineering.

Preparation Tips
Make Time Management
Go through the exam pattern and syllabus
Solve previous year question papers
Study from good books
Make short notes
Start revision before 2-3 days of exam

Syllabus of NTPI PGDC CET (Mechanical Engineering)
Part I
• Basic mathematics
• Basic Science
• Language
• Analytical Reasoning
• Data interpretation
Part II
• General Engineering
Part III
Mechanical engineering
Engineering Mechanics
• Free body diagrams and equilibrium
• Trusses and frames
• Virtual work
• Kinematics
• Dynamics of particles and of rigid bodies in plane motion
• Energy formulations
Strength of Materials
• Stress and strain
• Stress-strain relationship
• Mohr’s circle for plane stress and plane strain
• Thin cylinders
• Shear force and bending moment diagrams
• Bending and shear stresses
• Deflection of beams
• Torsion of circular shafts
• Euler’s theory of columns
• Strain energy methods
• Thermal stresses
• Theory of Machines
• Velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms
• Displacement
• Gear trains
• Dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism
• Flywheels
Machining and Machine Tool Operations
• Mechanics of machining
• Single and multi-point cutting tools
• Tool geometry and materials
• Tool life and wear
• Economics of machining
• Principles of non-traditional machining processes
• Principles of work holding
• Principles of design of jigs and fixtures
Vibrations
• Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems
• Effect of damping
• Critical speeds of shafts.
• Vibration isolation
• Resonance
Design
• Design for static and dynamic loading
• Failure theories
• Fatigue strength and the S-N diagram
• Principles of the design of machine elements
• Bolted riveted and welded joints
• Spur gears
• Shafts
• Rolling and sliding contact bearings
• Brakes and clutches
Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences
Fluid Mechanics
• Fluid properties
• Fluid statics
• Control-volume analysis of mass momentum and energy
• Fluid acceleration
• Differential equations of continuity and momentum
• Bernoulli’s equation
• Viscous flow of incompressible fluids
• Elementary turbulent flow
• Flow through pipes
Heat-Transfer
• Modes of heat transfer
• Resistance concept
• One dimensional heat conduction
• Electrical analogy
• Dimensionless parameters in free and forced convective heat transfer
• Unsteady heat conduction
• Fins
• Various correlations for heat transfer
• Thermal boundary layer
• Effect of turbulence
• Network analysis
• Heat exchanger performance - LMTD method, NTU method
Thermodynamics
• Zeroth First and Second laws of thermodynamics
• Thermodynamic system and processes
• Carnot cycle
• Irreversibility and availability
• Behavior of ideal and real gases
• Properties of pure substances
• Calculation of work and heat in ideal processes
• Analysis of thermodynamic cycles related to energy conversion
Applications
Power Engineering
• Steam Tables
• I.C. Engines
• Refrigeration and air-conditioning
• Reverse Brayton cycle
• Vapour refrigeration cycle
• Heat pumps
• Gas refrigeration
• Moist air
• Psychometric chart
• Basic psychometric processes
• Turbo machinery
Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering
• Structure and properties of engineering materials
• Heat treatment
• Stress-strain diagrams for engineering materials
Metal Casting
• Design of patterns
• Solidification and cooling
Forming
• Plastic deformation
• Fundamentals of hot and cold working processes
• Load estimation for bulk (forging rolling extrusion drawing) and sheet (shearing deep drawing bending)
• Metal forming processes
• Principles of powder metallurgy
Production Planning and Control
• Scheduling
• Materials requirement planning
• Forecasting models
• Aggregate production planning
Joining
• Physics of welding
• Brazing and soldering
• Adhesive bonding
• Design considerations in welding
Metrology and Inspection
• Limits fits and tolerances
• Linear and angular measurements
• Comparators
• Gauge design
Computer Integrated Manufacturing
• Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their integration tools
Inventory Control
• Safety stock inventory control systems
• Deterministic and probabilistic models
Operations Research
• Linear programming
• Simplex method
• Duplex method