Technical Aptitude Test on CE - To do or not to do?

really great akd
i am always in for any technical issues

Thanks Narayana. We need more people to handle this job.
Any takers?

My name is not Taker but you can count on me. 😀

AKD: Tell me exactly. What do you want?

Should we focus on technical questions asked in aptitude or the GATE ones?

I am currently preparing a set of question paper to be sent via mail. If you can recommend a particular type of question I will include that.

@Issue: You can focus on technical questions of Mechanical. To actually start it, we need questions from atleast : Electrical, Electronics & Communication, CS/IT, Civil & Mech. One CEan for each. Let's see how many are ready.

@AKD: Count me in 😀

@AKD:- I can contribute to Electronics Section.

Great, now we have:

1. Mechanical - Issue
2. Electronics - Godfather
3. Computer Science - Reya
4. Narayana - Electrical

We need someone from Civil now.

In addition to the responsibilities mentioned in first post, we also need you to make sure there are enough registrations for the test. How can we do that?

AbraKaDabraGreat, now we have:

1. Mechanical - Issue
2. Electronics - Godfather
3. Computer Science - Reya
4. Narayana - Electrical

We need someone from Civil now.

In addition to the responsibilities mentioned in first post, we also need you to make sure there are enough registrations for the test. How can we do that?

we have to start collection of the questions to be asked. and meanwhile also have to encourage more people for participating in this quiz.

@AKD: Should we prepare questions from all the subjects?

A CE banner will do the trick.

Technical tests for all branches. This is similar to wha we have in aptitude tests registrations. Once the activity is started, people will come on their own 😀

To start a quiz we must have rich questionnaire. Banner is Good Idea and we will also display Topper's Name on CE. 😀

GF, I think you are confusing with quiz and technical aptitude tests. 😔

Technical aptitude tests will be held weekly just like our present aptitude tests which are held on Sundays.

By the way yes if you have looked at TCY analytics, the quiz will also be good.

We have English quiz isn't it? We will replace vocabulary with Technical multiple choice questions 😀

Once Biggie is back we can have a final decision. 😀

IssueGF, I think you are confusing with quiz and technical aptitude tests. 😔

Technical aptitude tests will be held weekly just like our present aptitude tests which are held on Sundays.

By the way yes if you have looked at TCY analytics, the quiz will also be good.

We have English quiz isn't it? We will replace vocabulary with Technical multiple choice questions 😀

Once Biggie is back we can have a final decision. 😀

Oh Yes Issue, Misunderstanding. 😔 Sorry !

I am in with Reya for CS section 😀

Is this test for GATE preparation or Companies Written Technical Test?

sorry for the late entry! 😉

i'll take care of the civil! 😁

when will the first test be? 😀
how are we going to organise this? 😀

@Pushkar and CT: The test format is yet to be decided. This is just an idea for 10-12 days. Once Biggie is back, he will make a decision about it.
But we all are determined to start the activity.
Tell then let us keep on adding ideas here. 😀

Issue@Pushkar and CT: The test format is yet to be decided. This is just an idea for 10-12 days. Once Biggie is back, he will make a decision about it.
But we all are determined to start the activity.
Tell then let us keep on adding ideas here. 😀

okie got it! 😀

P.S: it is not CT... it is CP! 😛

@pushkar: We can cover both areas.

It would be great if we voluntarily decide the complete framework and put it here.
Someone please take the initiative.

@akd: how should be questions like deep in subject or any other pattern i am confused because i never attempted even a single aptitude test
and you are saying as it is technical how is the questions to be framed is it like
q: the capacitance occurs between ground and distribution KV line is
a: stray capacitance
b: ground capacitance
c: a normal capacitance with some value depending on potential value
d: none

actual answer is b

is this the pattern or any new pattern for this
please make it clear with example

This pattern looks good. We can have mixed type of questions.
For eg, these can be the types:
1. Multiple choice (like what you mentioned above).
2. Fill in the blanks.
3. True or False
4. Descriptive (Give reasons sort of. (I don't recommend this at first, because it makes the process tedious for organizers.) )

Why dont we decide the complete framework of technical aptitude test in CE conference and finally come up with a good one?

Whats say people?

I have few questions to ask.Please answer to my questions.

1.How many questions should we frame?

2.Are we gonna cover all the subjects?

3.Can we have technical aptitude test for each subject per week?

4.Who is going to evaluate? Should we do that?

5.The questions should be framed in such a way that it should not be searched in google easily.Right?

6.Can we have two members for each stream?

7.Do we have negative marking like we do have for aptitude mock test?

8.what is the test duration?

AbraKaDabraThis pattern looks good. We can have mixed type of questions.
For eg, these can be the types:
1. Multiple choice (like what you mentioned above).
2. Fill in the blanks.
3. True or False
4. Descriptive (Give reasons sort of. (I don't recommend this at first, because it makes the process tedious for organizers.) )

may be but 4th one is good as i know a paper in the IES has a descriptive questions
so this make whole exam looks good and designing paper for descriptive is so easy because i can copy from my sem or mid question papers 😀
anyway whole process of designing will take a lot of time
my idea is to take
20 multiple choice (for 20 marks)
20 fill in blanks (same)
40 true or false (because it is easy) (same)
6 descriptive (because they take lot of time) (10 for each answer)
total (120 marks exam)
total time (1 hour)
descriptive answer is should be minimum of 3 lines

@AKD: Why dont you start a poll to know whether CEans want to include descriptive questions?

We will face lot of problems to evaluate descriptive questions.

If CEans are interested,then we can go ahead.

I would be glad to join too.

Reya@AKD: Why dont you start a poll to know whether CEans want to include descriptive questions?

We will face lot of problems to evaluate descriptive questions.

If CEans are interested,then we can go ahead.

no problem Reya
if we can answer that with in 3 lines we will limit the answer so maximum problems will be solved

Yes, all can discuss this in CE-Conference. Especially at night. When activity is low. 😀

@simplycoder: welcome aboard! You join godfather for electronics questions.

@AKD: Yes Boss!! 😉
I will contact him.

AbraKaDabraYes, all can discuss this in CE-Conference. Especially at night. When activity is low. 😀

@simplycoder: welcome aboard! You join godfather for electronics questions.

lol nice joke but i don't have time
thats my idea about pattern of paper
if any update i will check later

I have a simple idea for descriptive answers. Why don't we convert it into multiple choice questions itself?


1.A person weighs himself on a waterproof spring scale placed at the bottom of a 1m deep swimming pool. Will the person weigh less or more in water? Why?

(a) less because weight as measured by the spring scale is gravitational force applied by person mass on it, but when one weights oneself in water there is force of buoyancy opposing this force of gravity.

(B) he'll weigh less. because the weight of an object under water is lesser due to the buoyant forces.

(C) The weight always remains same anywhere we go. Whether we are in water or air or universe. ButMeasurement varies. There will be an opposite force in upward direction which is called the force of buoyancy.

As we will have reasons given in the options itself, the person can choose it. In this way we can have direct evaluation too 😀

But practically speaking, if we keep technical questions, we will run out of questions after a few tests.

If we want to keep the activity to go long, I feel that we should keep it GATE/IES exam oriented. So that we can have many combinations of questions 😀

Regarding the frame work, I think we can ask diagrams.
drop some slides or .gifs let them guess, we can put any commonly known facts like say picture of motherboard and ask them to recognize it.
Some commonly known circuit diagrams in electonics.
We can also ask them guess the missing components by seeing a visual.

IssueI have a simple idea for descriptive answers. Why don't we convert it into multiple choice questions itself?


1.A person weighs himself on a waterproof spring scale placed at the bottom of a 1m deep swimming pool. Will the person weigh less or more in water? Why?

(a) less because weight as measured by the spring scale is gravitational force applied by person mass on it, but when one weights oneself in water there is force of buoyancy opposing this force of gravity.

(B) he'll weigh less. because the weight of an object under water is lesser due to the buoyant forces.

(C) The weight always remains same anywhere we go. Whether we are in water or air or universe. ButMeasurement varies. There will be an opposite force in upward direction which is called the force of buoyancy.

As we will have reasons given in the options itself, the person can choose it. In this way we can have direct evaluation too 😀

but issue it won't look like descriptive because we are giving options
i have simple solution we decide evaluators who are very good on specific subject
as i know aj and praba is good on electrical
GF is good at electronics
and many
so we consult them with question and answer and make the paper final
so if we have a key that won't take much time to correct any type of paper

simplycoderRegarding the frame work, I think we can ask diagrams.
drop some slides or .gifs let them guess, we can put any commonly known facts like say picture of motherboard and ask them to recognize it.
Some commonly known circuit diagrams in electonics.
We can also ask them guess the missing components by seeing a visual.

but we can a have a problem here we can replace any component with another one because of latest technology
so that may create some problem

@issue: As you said we can convert descriptive questions into multiple choice questions.But one person cannot handle everything.

But before deciding,I personally feel that we should know whether other volunteers are happy with the decision.It is better to discuss in CE conference with all the volunteers.

The procedure is simple Reya. Only one option will be correct. The other options can be anything random. We will have the same technique of evaluating answers like the ZOHO people do. We will have instant evaluation just like our present weekly aptitude tests.

@Reya: only one person can't handle that so i am preferring about giving key
as we know some thing about all the subjects we can check whether answer is relavent or not in correction
so as my view its not at all a problem
anyway lets wait for others to respond

My ideas :-

1.How many questions should we frame?
Ans : 30

2.Are we gonna cover all the subjects?
Ans : Major subjects i think like i am from CSE So for me C, DS, DBMS, CN, OS, SE subjects are important and C & DS are mainly asked in companies written.

3.Can we have technical aptitude test for each subject per week?
Ans : No.

4.Who is going to evaluate? Should we do that?
Ans : the one who is good in his field or use google.

5.The questions should be framed in such a way that it should not be searched in google easily.Right?
Ans : Well doesn't matter because these tests are very good for those who are serious in attempting it and really working hard in preparing them..

6.Can we have two members for each stream?
Ans : Decide it

7.Do we have negative marking like we do have for aptitude mock test?
Ans : Yes. 3 marks for correct, 1 negative point for incorrect

8.what is the test duration?
Ans : 40 (30 questions in 40 min)

Please start tech test with multiple options like you did in apti test.

AbraKaDabraThis pattern looks good. We can have mixed type of questions.
For eg, these can be the types:
1. Multiple choice (like what you mentioned above).
2. Fill in the blanks.
3. True or False
4. Descriptive (Give reasons sort of. (I don't recommend this at first, because it makes the process tedious for organizers.) )

I agree with Option No:- 1,2,3
As AKD told it might be tedious for organizer to read all the answers and then dedicate the marks for that answer and it is little bit confusing too.

Now why i am agree with No:- 2 and 3 because i think its not easy to make 4 option for each and every question if we want to make the test interesting then all the wrong 3 option must be very close to the Right answer isn't it?

So Finally From Electronics Section there are Simplycoder and Narayana with Me. :welcome: guys. 😀

I got a new idea regarding this we give a thread with all the trades with respective links we give questions in a blog and link it to post so when anyone select a trade lets take electrical as example if we click on it there opens blog with questions particiments should mail answers in given time then they are evaluated and result is anounced more information wil be posted soon

wow nice idea.......technical contests are also very important...i am glad to know this...definitely i will contribute to my best for this....

Friends let us keep it simple-

Step one] registrations-

CE user id ____________
Password ____________
E mail address_____________
Technical Branch ___________

Step 2] Once the registrations are closed a link similar to zoho aptitude test will be sent automatically via server.

Step 3] Tests are conducted on a pre decided time ( once we have customised test engine we can have multiple timings)

Step 4] Once the tests are submitted The answers which are previously fed to the system automatically evaluates answer sheets withing 1-2 minutes.

Step 5] Results are displayed.

In this way, the person who sets the question paper need not evaluate each and every answer manually.

What say folks ?? 😀

IssueFriends let us keep it simple-

Step one] registrations-

CE user id ____________
Password ____________
E mail address_____________
Technical Branch ___________

Step 2] Once the registrations are closed a link similar to zoho aptitude test will be sent automatically via server.

Step 3] Tests are conducted on a pre decided time ( once we have customised test engine we can have multiple timings)

Step 4] Once the tests are submitted The answers which are previously fed to the system automatically evaluates answer sheets withing 1-2 minutes.

Step 5] Results are displayed.

In this way, the person who sets the question paper need not evaluate each and every answer manually.

What say folks ?? 😀

I Agree with this. Let's See what other people say.

PS:- Once we have Team for every branch we will collect questions from every team leader. meanwhile you all people must have to keep working on questions. Ceans who are ready to contribute in this please PM me your Email IDs. Or send me mail on maddy@crazyengineers.net

how is this
thread in anouncement section
Technical aptitude test live now
(by opening it appears like)
1:electrical
2:electronics
3:mechanical
4:civil
5:cse
6:it
.
.
.

then we will give questions in a blog and link them to the name
then we ask the participents to mail the answer in a given specified time and we directly send the mail to the evaluators
by correcting them they give answers as fast as possible

​what you think about this friends

IssueFriends let us keep it simple-

Step one] registrations-

CE user id ____________
Password ____________
E mail address_____________
Technical Branch ___________

Step 2] Once the registrations are closed a link similar to zoho aptitude test will be sent automatically via server.

Step 3] Tests are conducted on a pre decided time ( once we have customised test engine we can have multiple timings)

Step 4] Once the tests are submitted The answers which are previously fed to the system automatically evaluates answer sheets withing 1-2 minutes.

Step 5] Results are displayed.

In this way, the person who sets the question paper need not evaluate each and every answer manually.

What say folks ?? 😀

this is clear and good! 😀 lets adopt it 😀

CIVILPRINCESSthis is clear and good! 😀 lets adopt it 😀

k then whats next
is there any need of giving syllabus

Hi friends,

I want to bail out from this "Technical aptitude test team".I want to participate rather than preparing questions.I sincerely thank all the volunteers of this team who co-operated with me to decide about the pattern of the technical aptitude test yesterday.All the best guys 😀 Keep rocking\m/