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FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)

FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIPS & CARE FOR PERSONS ON BOARD
(Management Level)

PAPER: NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER - I

TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200

Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory. and carry 30 marks each
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B. (Each question carry 20 marks)
3. Wherever applicable, sketches should be drawn to support the answer.

Questions based on

15.1.1 Ship Construction

- Welding: Down hand vertical and overhead welding, butt, lap and fillet welds, chain and intermittent
welding, weld faults, tests of welds, electric arc welding, TIG and MIG.
- Bulkheads: Transverse bulkheads and racking stresses, margin line, weather tight, rule regarding
penetration of collision bulkhead, testing of bulkheads for tightness.
- Watertight and weather-tight doors: Water tight and weather tight doors, categories of watertight doors,
rules regarding water-tight doors.
- Corrosion and its prevention: meaning of corrosion, types of corrosion, galvanic actions, cathodic
protection, structure of paints, preparing a surface for painting.
- Surveys, certification & dry-docking: Frequency of classification society surveys, items to
examine in dry dock, cleaning preparation and painting of the hull in dry dock. Surveys and
certification including Harmonised Ship Surveys and Enhanced Surveys, Condition Assessment
Scheme and Condition Assessment Programme.
15.2.1 Ship Stability

- Approximate calculation of areas and volumes: Simpson’s rule to calculate areas, volumes and centroids.
- Effects of density: TPC, FWA, DWA calculations
- Calculation of free Surface effect
- Simplified stability data: Stability information supplied in simplified form, use of diagrams of dead weight
moment.
- Trim and list: LCG, LCB and relationship with trim, trimming moment, loading a given mass to produce a
required trim, loading a mass to keep the aft draught constant, correction of draughts, forward aft and
mid-ship.
- Dynamical stability: Definition of dynamical stability and calculation of same.
- Intact stability requirements for carriage of the grain
- Dry-docking and grounding: Virtual loss of GM due to dry docking and grounding, calculation of
residual GM and draft.
PART A

Q. 1 Ship Stability- Numerical (Application of Simpson’s Rules, Grain Stability)

Q.2 Ship Stability- Numerical (Trim, Dry-docking, Grounding with fixed data)

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Q.3 Ship Stability- Numerical based on Ship Stability Booklet (List, Trim, Dry-docking, Grounding, Intact stability
requirements)

Q.4 Ship Construction- Sketch

(Construction of W/T bulkheads and its attachments to sides and tank top, How water tightness is maintained
when bulkheads are pierced by longitudinal, beams or pipes, Arrangement of power operated sliding W/T
door, Hinged W/T door and means of securing them, Ramp doors of Ro-Ro ships, Ship side doors)

PART B

Q.5 and Q.6 Ship Stability/ Ship Construction- Theory

(Ship Stability: Effect of density on trim, Effect of beam, freeboard and length on GZ curves, Effect of shift of
weight on GZ curves, Dry-docking

Ship Construction: Rules and Regulations for Bulkheads, Watertight doors, Condition Assessment Scheme and
Condition Assessment Programme)

Q. 7 Surveys and Certificates

Q. 8 Welding (Types, Faults, Tests)

Q. 9 Corrosion/ Painting

Please note that the above format is only an indicative of the examination paper. The candidates are advised
to refer to detailed teaching syllabus and the course outline.

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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Date: - 3rd March-2021
FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)
FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIP AND CARE FOR
PERSONS ON BOARD (Management Level)
Paper:- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER – I

TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200

Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory and carry 30 marks each.
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B (Each question carries 20 marks).
3. Whenever applicable sketches should be drawn to support the answer.
PART – A
Q.1 A vessel of length 141 mtrs, CoF = 2.6 mtrs, forward of midship, MCTC = 144, TPC = 19, KM = 7.7m, KG =
6.9m, w = 11300 T, at a dft F = 3.80m, A = 5.68m is floating in a dry dock where depth of water is 6.5m above
the top of the blocks. Calculate vessels residual GM and drafts F & A.
When:- a) W/L is lowered by 1.75m, and b) V/L is unstable.

Q.2 A ship of length of 160m, disp W = 10500t, CF = 3m abaft the midship, in MCTC = 160mt, TPC = 18t, KM =
7.0m, Kg = 6.6m at draft of 6.9m forward, 7.3m aft, grounds lightly on a rock 14m abaft the fore end. The tide
then falls by 90cm. Calculate her virtual GM and drafts forward and aft then.

Q.3 ‘M.V.Hindship’ at a draft of 7.66m, A 7.82m, loads 220t in No.2 TD and consumes 30t of FW from the TD
drinking water tank (P). Calculate the final drafts F & A.

Q.4 Sketch and label a stern ramp of a Ro-Ro vessel.

PART – B
Q.5 What are KN curves? How do KN Curves assist a Chief Mate of a vessel in determining the Intact Stability
of a Ship?

Q.6 a) With the help of a suitable diagram, state the working of a power operated sliding watertight door.
b) State the SOLAS requirements regarding: i) number of bulkheads on a vessel and ii) Location of the
collision bulkhead.

Q.7 a) State the main features of the HSSC? State the circumstances when you will call the surveyor for
additional survey?
b) When does a certificate become invalid? How is the validity of such a certificate restored after it ceases to
be valid?

Q.8 Explain with sketches the various types of weld joints.

Q.9 Write notes on:

i) Power tool cleaning
ii) Sacrificial anode system of corrosion control
iii) Corrosion cell

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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Date: - 9th December-2020
FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)
FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIP AND CARE FOR
PERSONS ON BOARD (Management Level)
Paper:- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER – I

TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200

Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory and carry 30 marks each.
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B (Each question carries 20 marks).
3. Whenever applicable sketches should be drawn to support the answer.
PART – A
Q.1 A ship’s water plane is 180m in length. The half ordinates of the water plane. Commencing from forward
are as follows: 0.4, 4.4, 8.8, 11.0, 11.6, 11.8, 11.6, 9.6, 7.0, 0.4 meters respectively. The spacing between the 4
middle ordinates is twice that of the others. Calculate her water plane area, TPC and the position of the CF
with respect to the mid length.

Q.2 A Box shaped vessel 125m long, 20m broad at 3m draft even keel in SW, KG 3.0m. Cargo of 1500 ts is
loaded with LCG of 61m and kg 4.8m. Find the draft forward and aft after loading.

Q.3 M. V. ‘Hindship’ arrives at port with SW drafts 7.25m forward and 8.30 m aft, KG 7.5 m, FSM 1600 Tm. The
DB Tanks 2P, 2S, 4P and 4S were full of SW ballast at arrival. She then loads 400T in No.2 Tween Deck-2m to
the Port of centerline, discharges 300T from No. 5 hold 5m to the port of centerline. 2Ws DB were pumped
out and 4Ws DB were reduced to minimum to correct list. Calculate her final GM (fluid) and drafts, if the CG of
the 4P and 4S DB tanks is 7m from centerline to the respective sides.

Q.4 Sketch and label a diagram of watertight corrugated transverse bulkhead and discuss its construction and
functional aspects. State the advantages of corrugation.

PART – B
Q.5 M. V. Hindship is at even keel draft of 9.30m floating in fresh water. Calculate her drafts forward and aft
when she goes to SW, assuming negligible consumption of fuel and fresh water. Explain the change of trim
with a diagram.

Q.6 State the rules and regulations governing the requirement of minimum number of bulkhead on ships,
describe with the help of sketches the strengthening arrangement of the collision bulkhead.

Q.7 Briefly describe the scope of initial, annual, intermediate and renewal surveys for loadline certificate.

Q.8 a) Explain defects in welds using sketches.

b) Write about the tests to locate the defects in welding.
c) Briefly describe good welding practices to minimize these defects.

Q.9 Describe a typical paint scheme for:

a) Underwater areas and flat bottom b) boot-top area
c) top side area d) ballast tank interior
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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Date: - 12th October-2020
FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)
FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIP AND CARE FOR
PERSONS ON BOARD (Management Level)
Paper:- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER – I

TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200

Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory and carry 30 marks each.
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B (Each question carries 20 marks).
3. Whenever applicable sketches should be drawn to support the answer.

PART – A
Q.1 The fore deck of a vessel is 60m in length. The width off the deck at equal intervals commencing from its
fore end are 12.0, 13.5 and 15.8m. Calculate the area and the CG of the area from the fore end with respect
to: a) Fwd half of the deck b) After half of the deck.

Q.2 A vessel of length 84m, displacement 3000t, TPC = 12t, KM = 4.5M, K.G. = 4.05m, MCTC = 80 mtm, CF 2m
abaft of mid-ship at a draft of F 4m, A 4.5m is dry-docked. Calculate:
i) The residual GM on taking blocks all over.
ii) Her drafts F & A.

Q.3 M. V. ‘Hindship’ is floating in SW at an even keel draft of 9.158m. Find how much ballast should be run in
FPK or APK to maintain her even keel condition when she goes from SW to FW.

Q.4 a) Sketch and label horizontal sliding watertight door?

b) Discuss its salient constructional and operational features?

PART – B
Q.5 Draw a sketch of statical stability curve for a vessel which is at an angle of loll. Also suggest the remedial
action to be taken explaining the reasons for same.

Q.6 a) What are the various types of defects which are likely to occur in welding work? Sketch and explain
each?
b) How is distortion avoided during welding of a structure?

Q.7 a) How the flag states ensure that their rules and regulations are effectively enforced on the ships
registered with them?
b) What is Enhanced Special Survey?

Q.8 a) Describe and compare the TIG and MIG welding processes.
b) What are the advantages and disadvantages of manual and automatic welding processes used in ship
construction?

Q.9 a) What are the different types of corrosion experienced by the ships structure?
b) Compare different types of corrosion prevention adopted for ships and their merits and demerits.
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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Date: - 7 Jan-2020
FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)
FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIP AND CARE FOR
PERSONS ON BOARD (Management Level)
Paper:- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER – I

TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200

Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory and carry 30 marks each.
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B (Each question carries 20 marks).
3. Whenever applicable sketches should be drawn to support the answer.

PART – A
Q.1 A ship of length 77m is floating in water of RD 1.015. The areas of the transverse cross section of the
underwater part of the ship measured at equidistant interval from forward are as follows: 450, 510, 610, 730,
800, 820, 750, 600 m2. Calculate the displacement & L.C.B. of the ship.

Q.2 A vessel of following particulars enters a SW dry dock. LBP = 140m, DF= 3.4m, DA = 5.8m, KG = 8.0, KM =
9.02, displacement = 8930t, TPC = 21.9t, LCF = 72.2m from AP, MCTC 162.5 tm. Find the virtual GM and draft F
& A, when the level water has fallen one meter after stern has taken to the blocks. Given KM at this
displacement 9.18m.

Q.3 M. V. ‘Hindship’ in Fresh Water is at a draft of F 6.32 m, A 7.18 m. Calculate the position with respect to
AP, from where 140t should be discharged to reduce her ford draft by 32 cms.

Q.4 Sketch and describe the functioning of a power operated sliding type watertight door.

PART – B
Q.5 Explain how the values of following parameters change with change in vessel’s draughts:
i) KMT ii) LCB iii) MCTC iv) LCF

Q.6 a) State the intact stability requirement for carriage of grain.

b) What is cofferdam? Where it is fitted and what are its functions?

Q.7 a) Describe the frequency of class surveys? How would you prepare your ship for Load line survey?
b) Write short notes on Condition Assessment Scheme and Condition Assessment Programme?

Q.8 Describe electric arc welding? What are the faults associated with it and what is the purpose of flux
coating on electrodes?

Q.9 Distinguish between corrosion and erosion. Describe the various methods of preventing corrosion on
board ships.

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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Date: - 10 Oct-2019
FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)
FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIP AND CARE FOR
PERSONS ON BOARD (Management Level)
Paper:- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER – I

TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200

Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory and carry 30 marks each.
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B (Each question carries 20 marks).
3. Whenever applicable sketches should be drawn to support the answer.

PART – A
Q.1 M.V. HINDSHIP in Condition No.5 grounds at a single point, port off her centre line and 60m forward of
her aft perpendicular, without rupturing her bottom plating. The tide then falls by 20 cms, listing her 3O to
starboard. Calculate the following:
a) The up thrust provided at the point of grounding.
b) The virtual GMF then.
Q.2 A vessel length of 124m displacement 7100 mt, CF = 3m fwd of midship, MCTC = 120, TPC = 20, KM =
6.2m, KG = 5.8m at a draft of 4.0 m fwd and 4.9 m aft grounds lightly on a rock 12m abaft her fore end.
Calculate:
a) The fall of tide that will make the vessel unstable.
b) Drafts F & A then.
Q.3 M. V. Hindship in condition No.6 has 300 t of cargo to shift horizontally 7m and vertically downwards 4m.
Draw the GZ curve up to 40O after the shift has taken place and estimate the resulting list.
Q.4 a) Sketch a hinged type watertight door showing securing arrangements to ensure water tightness.
b) What are the different categories of watertight doors?

PART - B
Q.5 With the help of Righting Lever diagrams, enumerate the:
a) Intact Stability requirements for ships authorized to carry Grain in Bulk.
b) Required contents of Intact Stability Booklet, as per Intact Stability Code.
Q.6 State the SOLAS requirements for the following:
a. The minimum number of transverse watertight bulkheads on ships.
b. The location of the collision bulkhead and
c. The testing of water-tight bulkheads.
Q.7 a) What are the survey requirements for an oil tanker undergoing 3 rd special survey?
b) What are the preparations to be carried out for the above vessel prior to the commencement of the
survey?
Q.8 a) Compare the Submerged Arc Welding and Manual Metal Arc Welding processes.
b) How effective weld penetration is achieved while welding thick steel plates?
Q.9 a) Why corrosion prevention non ship’s structure is very important to ensure safety of life and marine
environment?
b) What are the different means of corrosion prevention adopted for the ship’s structure?

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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Date: - 2nd July-2019
FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)
FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIP AND CARE FOR
PERSONS ON BOARD (Management Level)
Paper:- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER – I

TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200

Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory and carry 30 marks each.
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B (Each question carries 20 marks).
3. Whenever applicable sketches should be drawn to support the answer.

PART – A

Q.1 The deck and keel of a flat bottomed barge are identical. Its sides are vertical. The deck consists of two
sections. The bow is a triangle 12m broad and measures 12m in the fore and aft direction, the mid body is
rectangle 50m long and 12m wide. If it is floating on an even keel in SW with displacement 3444t, find the
position of its COB with reference to the keel and with reference to its after end.

Q.2 M.V. Hindship drawing 4m fwd and 5.2m aft enters a SW dry-dock. KG 8.0m, FSM = 1000tm. Find the GM
(i) on taking the blocks overall.

Q.3 A ship displacing 8500t, GM-1.0m is listed to 2.5O on the port side. A weight of 60t on deck kg-11.5m and
3.5m to port of CL is to be discharged over the stbd side. Using her derrick, the head of which is 21m above
the keel, with an outreach of 10m from the CL. Calculate the list.
a) When the weight is picked up by the derrick plumped over the weight.
b) When the derrick is swung out.

Q.4 With respect to the transverse watertight bulkheads fitted on ships.

a) Sketch and label one such bulkhead showing its attachments to the sides, top and bottom.
b) Functions of transverse watertight bulkheads.
c) Regulations for the testing of such bulkheads.

PART - B

Q.5 How do the following parameters affect Stability (GZ Curve):-

a) Beam b) Freeboard

Q.6 a) Explain the intact stability requirements for carriage of grain.

b) Explain what is Angle of Loll and its corrective actions.

Q.7 Explain how you would prepare a ship for Load Line Survey.

Q.8 Describe the destructive and non-destructive methods of testing welds.

Q.9 Describe SACP and ICCP methods of corrosion prevention.

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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Date: - 1st April-2019
FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)
FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIP AND CARE FOR
PERSONS ON BOARD (Management Level)
Paper:- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER – I

TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200

Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory and carry 30 marks each.
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B (Each question carries 20 marks).
3. Whenever applicable sketches should be drawn to support the answer.

PART – A

Q.1 A ship is floating upright in S.W. on an even keel at 7 m draft F & A.

The TPCs are as follows:
Draft (m) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
TPC (Tonnes) 60 60.3 60.5 60.5 60.5 60.5 60.5
The volume between the outer bottom and 1m draft is 3044 cu.m and its centre of gravity is 0.5m above the
keel. Find the Ship’s KB.

Q.2 A vessel floating at drafts: forward 8.7m, Aft 9.4m, grounds at a point 30m aft of forward perpendicular.
Find the drafts of the vessel and the GM after tide has fallen by 70 cm, if MCTC is 340tm, TPC 28, KG 7.6m, KM
8.4 M, length 162m, LCF 78m forward of AP, Displacement 29000t.

Q.3 M.V. Hindship arrives port in water of RD 1.027 drawing F 7.00M/A 8.00M. Find her drafts F & A upon
berthing in FW.

Q.4 a) Sketch and label forward collision bulkhead?

b) Explain its constructional and location details? How does it differ from aft collision bulkhead?

PART - B

Q.5 Explain the effect of change in drafts of a ship shape vessel on:
a) KMT b) LCB c) MCTC d) LCF

Q.6 a) What are the regulations for the positioning of the collision bulkheads?
b) What are the special strengthening arrangements provided for the collision bulkhead compared to
bulkheads fitted elsewhere?

Q.7 Write short notes on the following:

a) Harmonized System of Survey and Certification.
b) Condition Assessment Scheme.

Q.8 a) Describe three types of automatic welding process used in shipyards.

b) Describe three types of welding defects and preventive measures.

Q.9 a) Sketch and describe Impressed Current Cathodic Protection system used on ships.
b) Compare the merits and demerits of Cathodic protection system by sacrificial anodes and ICCP system.

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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Date: - 3rd Jan-2019
FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)
FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIP AND CARE FOR
PERSONS ON BOARD (Management Level)
Paper:- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER – I

TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200

Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory and carry 30 marks each.
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B (Each question carries 20 marks).
3. Whenever applicable sketches should be drawn to support the answer.
Part – A
Q.1 M.V. HINDSHIP is at a displacement of 15000 tonnes, KG 7.32 m, FSM 786 tm, is listed 3.5 O to starboard and
has yet to load 380 tonnes of cargo. Space is available in No. 2 T Dk (2m starboard off centre line) and in No. 5
upper tween deck (5m to port off centre line). Find the amount of cargo to be loaded in each space so that the
ship will have list of 1O to starboard list with a final GM (solid) of +1.10m.

Q.2 The water plane areas of a ship at one meter draft intervals, commencing from the keel upwards are as
follows:
Draft (m) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
2
Areas (m ) 5850 5885 5900 5915 5943 5975 5995
Calculate her KB and FWA at a draft of 6 meters.

Q.3 A vessel of length 130 m, displacement 12420 tonnes. COF 3 m aft of mid length KG 5.25m, KM 5.90m, TPC
18, MCTC 140 tm, is at a draught of F/5.34m, A/6.62m, grounds on a rock 8 m aft of stern.
Calculate her residual GM and draughts Fore & aft if the tide falls by 80 cms after grounding. (Assume above is a
case of centre line grounding with no damage to the hull).

Q.4 Sketch, label and describe a corrugated watertight bulkhead. Explain the function of bulkheads, and their
number and location requirements.

PART - B
Q.5 a) What are the reasons for desirability of dry docking with the small stern trim.
b) What precautions will you take for dry docking a loaded ship.

Q.6 a) What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of corrugated bulkheads over plate type bulkheads?
b) What are the special strengthening arrangements provided for the bulkheads bounding the tanks for the
carriage of oil?

Q.7 a) What are the survey requirements for an oil tanker undergoing 3 rd special survey?
b) What are the preparations to be carried out for the above vessel prior to the commencement of the survey?

Q.8 a) Compare the Submerged Arc Welding and Manual Metal Arc Welding processes.
b) What are the functions of flux used in welding?
c) How effective weld penetration is achieved while welding thick steel plates?

Q.9 a) Why corrosion prevention on ship’s structure is very important to ensure safety of life and marine
environment?
b) What are the different means of corrosion prevention adopted for the ship’s structure?
c) Why only a single system of corrosion prevention is not employed on ships?

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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Date: - 7th Oct-2018
FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)
FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIP AND CARE FOR
PERSONS ON BOARD (Management Level)
Paper:- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER – I
TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200
Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory and carry 30 marks each.
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B (Each question carries 20 marks).
3. Whenever applicable sketches should be drawn to support the answer.
Part – A
Q.1 The water plane of a ship is 72 m long. It’s half ordinates starting from forward and equally spaced are given
below. Calculate the TPC & the LCF of the vessel.
Ord No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
½ ord (m) 0.0 3.2 6.4 8.8 10.6 10.2 8 6.2 3.8 1.0

Q.2 M. V. Hindship displacing 9500 t and trimmed 0.80 m by stern is to be dry-docked for bottom inspection.
KG = 7.92m, FSM = 1600 tm. Calculate:
a) The GM (f) of the vessel before entering the dry-dock.
b) The virtual GM of the vessel when her heel takes blocks all along the length of the vessel.
c) F & A draft at which the virtual GM of the vessel becomes 0.

Q.3 A ship has displacement 15000 MT KG=7.0

HEEL 0 15 30 45 60
GZ 0 0.38 1.0 1.41 1.2
The vessel has loaded to this displacement but the KG is found to be 6.8m. Draw the amended GZ curve and
estimate the dynamical stability at 60O.

Q.4 a) Sketch a power operated watertight door.

b) Enlist the routine inspection requirements to ensure the trouble free operation of these doors.
PART - B
Q.5 a) Discuss the effect on stability of ship due to increased beam and freeboard.
b) Define critical instant, critical period and Declivity of docks.

Q.6 a) Explain the intact stability requirement for carriage of grain.

b) What is a cofferdam? Where is it fitted and what are its functions?

Q.7 Write short notes on the following:

a) Harmonized System of Survey and Certification.
b) Condition Assessment Scheme.
c) Enhanced Survey Programme.

Q.8 a) Describe three types of automatic welding process used in shipyards.

b) Describe three types of welding defects and preventive measures.

Q.9 a) Describe the methodology of selection a suitable protective coating for different areas of ship in order to
minimize the effects of marine corrosion.
b) Write down the components of marine paint and their importance.
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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Date: - 10th July-2018 (2nd Seating Noida & Chennai)
FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)
FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIP AND CARE FOR
PERSONS ON BOARD (Management Level)
Paper:- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER – I

TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200

Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory and carry 30 marks each.
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B (Each question carries 20 marks).
3. Whenever applicable sketches should be drawn to support the answer.
Part – A
Q.1 A ship is floating upright in sea water of density 1.025t/m3 on an even keel draft of 7.0m. The TPC’s at 1.0
interval are as follows:
Draft (m) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
TPC (t/cm) 60 60.3 60.5 60.4 60.4 60.2 60
3
The volume between the keel and 1m draft is 3022m and its centroid is 0.5m above the keel. Find the ship’s
KB and displacement at 7.0m draft?

Q.2 A vessel floating at draft Fwd: 8.7m, Aft: 9.4, grounds at a point 30m aft of forward perpendicular. Find the
drafts of the vessel and the GM after tide has fallen by 70cm, if MCTC is 340tm, TPC 28, KG 7.6m, KM 8.4m, Length
162m, LCF 78m forward of AP, displacement 29000t.

Q.3 M.V. Hindship is floating in SW with displacement 11000 tons, KG 7.5 and FSM 1000tm. A weight of 500 tons is
shifted from port to starboard through a distance of 10m. Draw the full GZ curve and from it calculate the list.

Q.4 Sketch a labeled diagram of watertight bulkhead and discuss its constructional and functional aspects. State the
advantages of corrugation.

PART - B
O
Q.5 A Fully loaded ship may roll 25 to either side without causes for alarm. However, the ship falling over to an
angle of loll of 15O to one side is cause for great concern. Justify above statement, supporting your answer with well
arguments.

Q.6 a) Describe how anti-fouling paint and anti-corrosive paint acts.

b) Explain the difference between water tight and weather tight doors.

Q.7 Enumerate the preparations you would make to prepare a bulk carrier for load line and safety construction
renewal survey.

Q.8 List and describe the destructive and non-destructive methods of testing welds.

Q.9 Write short notes on the following:

a) Sacrificial anode b) Cavitations
c) Corrosion d) Safety precautions when using paints
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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Date: - 3rd July-2018
FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)
FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIP AND CCARE FOR
PERSONS ON BOARD (Management Level)
Paper:- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER – I

TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200

Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory and carry 30 marks each.
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B (Each question carries 20 marks).
3. Whenever applicable sketches should be drawn to support the answer.
Part – A
Q.1 The waterplane area of the ship commencing from the load waterline to keel spaced in 1m apart are as follows:
Area 800 760 700 600 450 10 m2
Midway between the lowest two water plane the area is 180m2
Find the displacement and KB in SW.

Q.2 A ship of length 100m and maximum breadth 18m, has following TPC values commencing at 8m draught and
downwards:
Draught (m) 8.0 7.5 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.5 0
TPC 25 24 22.5 20 18 15 12 9.0 6.5 4.2 3.0
Calculate the following, at ship’s 8m draught:
a) Displacement b) KB c) CB (Block Co-efficient).

Q.3 A vessel of length 200m floats in water of R.D. 1.002 with draught of Fwd-7.50m, Aft-8.20m. She goes to water
R.D. 1.020, without change in distribution of weighs of onboard. Find her new draughts Fwd & Aft in water of R.D.
1.020. Her hydrostatic particulars in salt water are as follows: MCTC = 140 tm; TPC = 25; LCF = 95 m; LCB = 105 m,
Displacement = 40000 Tonnes.

Q.4 a. Draw and label a neat diagram of a flat transverse watertight bulkhead?
b. What are the SOLAS requirements regarding piercing of the collision bulkhead to allow for dealing with liquid in
the fore peak tank?

PART - B
Q.5 a) What are the reasons for desirability of dry docking with the small stern trim?
b) What precautions will you take for dry docking a loaded ship?

Q.6 a) What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of corrugated bulkheads over plate type bulkheads?
b) What are the special strengthening arrangements provided for the bulkheads bounding the tanks for the carriage
of oil?

Q.7 With respect to Enhanced Survey, explain the following:

a. Critical Areas b. Suspect Areas c. Close-up inspection d. Substantial Corrosion.

Q.8 a. Describe with sketches, the various types of weld ‘Joints’

b. List the various defects in welding. Explain any one of them.

Q.9 Explain the various methods of surface preparation prior to the application of paints.
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 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Date: - 2ND April-2018
FIRST MATE OF A FOREIGN GOING SHIP (PHASE – I)
FUNCTION: CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF THE SHIP AND CCARE FOR
PERSONS ON BOARD (Management Level)
Paper:- NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PAPER - I
TIME: 3 Hours PASS MARKS: 120 MAX. MARKS: 200
Notes:
1. All questions in Part A are compulsory and carry 30 marks each.
2. Attempt any four out of five from Part B (Each question carries 20 marks).
3. Whenever applicable sketches should be drawn to support the answer.
Part - A
Q.1 A ships water plane is 80m long the breadths commencing from fwd are as follows: 0, 3.05, 7.1, 9.4, 10.2,
10.36, 10.3, 10.0, 8.84, 5.75 and 0m respectively. The space between the first three and last three ordinates is
half of the other ordinates. Calculate the area of water plane and its position of the centre of floatation.

Q.2 A vessel of L 148 m, LCF 70 m, draft forward 8.00 m, draft aft 9.80 m, TPC 32, MCTC = 264 lightly grounds
on gently sloping seabed. Soundings taken at that instant showed forward depth as 8.00 m and aft depth as
10.9m. Find the draft after tide falls by a. 30cm b.2.00m.

Q.3 M.V. ‘Hindship’ berthed in a dock where RD of water is 1.007, at a draft of F: 7.87m, A: 8.32m, KG 7.45m,
FSM 970 mt. She discharged 410 t of cargo from 2 TD. A 60t case is shifted from deck, Kg 14.7m, LCg 58.6m to
No.2 Hold. 110 t water kg 2.77m, LCg 16.23 m was received in No.8 (P & S) tanks, filling them completely.
Calculate the draft F & A at which she would sail from the dock.

Q.4 (a) State the SOLAS requirements regarding: i) number of bulkheads on a vessel and
II) Location of the collision bulkhead.
(b) Sketch and label a stern ramp of a Ro-Ro vessel.

PART - B
Q.5 Discuss the effect of change in the Density of water in which a ship is floating on:
i) Trim ii) GZ values iii) LCG

Q.6 a) What are the regulations for the positioning of the collision bulkhead?
b) What are the special strengthening arrangements provided for the collision bulkhead compared to
bulkheads fitted elsewhere?

Q.7 a) Explain what is Close up inspection and ‘Critical areas’ with reference to Enhanced Survey program.
Describe the contents of “Documents File”.
b) Write short notes on Condition Assessment Scheme (CAS)?

Q.8 a) List various types of welding.

b) Write short notes on weld faults?

Q.9 a) Sketch and describe Impressed Current Cathodic Protection system used on ships.
b) Compare the merits and demerits of Cathodic protection system by sacrificial anods and ICCP system.
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