ONGC GT Exam Pattern, Sample Papers & Books

This blog post follows my earlier blog article titled: ONGC GT Recruitment-2012 Notification, Eligibility & Forms, which helps you to download the notification as well as how to apply for the same. The focus of this post is on how to prepare for the ONGC Graduate Trainee (GT) Exam. It at first gives you the pattern of ONGC GT written test and than the sources of sample papers & books for its preparation.

ONGC GT Exam Pattern:

In its recruitment notification, ONGC has not elaborated much on what would be the pattern of the ONGC GT Exam 2012 other than just specifying that:
1.0 The exam paper would be of Objective type (i.e. Multiple Choice Questions).
2.0 The exam paper would consist of three sections:
i) General Awareness test section– common to all.

ii) Specialization subject test section – specific to your subject.
iii) Aptitude test section– common to all, containing question from following areas:
     a) Comprehension.
     b) Reasoning (Verbal/Non-verbal).
     c) Numerical Ability/Quantitative Aptitude.
     d) Data Interpretation.

3.0 Duration for ONGC GT Exam 2012 is 3 hours.

Other than above, the recruitment notification does not say anything about how many questions are likely to be asked in each paper and what would be the mark distribution.

So based on the exam experiences of candidates who had appeared in the previous years ONGC GT exam, I found pattern of ONGC GT exam as given in the table at right. This may vary with the question/marks in the actual exam you are going to face; nevertheless, this test pattern gives you a direction to prepare:

There is a change in the pattern of ONGC GT Exam from this year onwards, in ONGC GT Exam 2012, Aptitude test section has been included. Previously, there were only two sections: General Awareness & Subject Specialization.

ONGC GT Exam Sample Papers:

What type of questions are asked in this test? Some sample questions of ONGC written test is definitely going to help you in sizing up the test. I had tried to find those online sample papers for the ONGC written exam and I could find the following sample question papers:

ONGC exam papers from way2freshers.com

This is a good source where you can find sample paper/exam experience for four previous ONGC written exams.

But above ONGC sample papers only gives you some insights on what type of questions may be asked. For serious study for the Specialization subject paper, as you can find from the feedback of ex-candidates of ONGC exam, you have to go back to your college days.

ONGC GT Exam Prep Books:

I had searched on the net for ONGC GT Exam Prep Book. I could not find books specific for ONGC exam. Therefore, I am listing below the name of books which should be useful to you to prepare for ONGC GT Exam - Test section-wise. These books are available on most of the books stores. But 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. 200/=. You can opt to pay through Credit Card/Debit Card/Internet Banking. You can also choose to pay through "Cash-on-Delivery" i.e. you pay in cash only when the same is delivered at your doorstep:

Prep Book for ONGC GT Exam (General Awareness):
General Knowledge 2013: Essential 'Knowledge Capsule' in General Awareness & Current Affairs by Manohar Pandey; Publisher: Arihant
Price: Rs. 25/=

General Knowledge Manual 2012 by Muktikanta Mohanty; Publisher: Macmillan
List Price: Rs. 175;  Offer Price:Rs. 131; Discount: Rs. 44 (25%)
General Knowledge Manual 2012 by Barry O'Brien; Publisher: Cengage
List Price: Rs. 525;  Offer Price:Rs. 394; Discount: Rs. 131 (25%)

Prep Book for ONGC GT Exam (General Aptitude):
General Aptitude: (Quantitative Aptitude & Reasoning) For Competitive Examinations by G.K. Publisher
List Price: Rs. 295;  Offer Price:Rs. 272; Discount: Rs. 23 (8%)
Quantitative Aptitude For Competitive Examinations by R. S. Aggarwal Publisher: S.Chand
List Price: Rs. 440;  Offer Price:Rs. 308; Discount: Rs. 132 (30%)
A Modern Approach To Verbal & Non-Verbal Reasoning by R. S. Aggarwal Publisher: S.Chand
List Price: Rs. 695;  Offer Price:Rs. 507;  Discount: Rs. 188 (27%)
Objective English For Competitive Examinations by Hari Prasad, Uma Sinha; Publisher:TMH
List Price: Rs. 365;  Offer Price:Rs. 274; Discount: Rs. 91 (25%)

Prep Book for ONGC GT Exam (Specialization subject):
Trends In Objective Geology by Ausaf Sayeed Publisher: CBS
List Price: Rs. 300;  Offer Price:Rs. 250; Discount: Rs. 50 (17%)
NTPC/NHPC/IOC/HP: Mechanical Engg. Guide by Gupta; Publisher: RPH
List Price: Rs. 465;  Offer Price:Rs. 399; Discount: Rs. 66 (14%)
NTPC/NHPC/IOC/HP: Electronics Engineering Guide by Gupta; Publisher: RPH
List Price: Rs. 445;  Offer Price:Rs. 381; Discount: Rs. 64 (14%)
NTPC/NHPC/IOC/HP: Electrical Engineering Guide by Gupta; Publisher: RPH
List Price: Rs. 495;  Offer Price:Rs. 424; Discount: Rs. 71 (14%)
NTPC/NHPC/IOC/HP: Civil Engineering Guide by Gupta; Publisher: RPH
List Price: Rs. 535;  Offer Price:Rs. 428; Discount: Rs. 107 (20%)


ONGC Psychometric Test:

Once you clear the written test, you would be called for the Psychometric Test. What is it? Kindly read my previous blog post titled: Psychometric Test for Jobs. It not only tells you what is a Psychometric Test, but also tells you how to answer the same.

ONGC Interview questions:

You can begin your interview preparation for ONGC Interview by reading the warming-up questions about yourself, my previous blog post: Interview for Jobs would definitely help you – it has 99 most asked questions as well as an interesting you-tube video.

Hope with above exam pattern, sample papers and books for the ONGC exam you would be able to get that much coveted ONGC job!

Best wishes!

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