April 2026 Jan 2026
Q1. Bridge Navigation
System Audit your action as Chief Engineer?
Q2. Inertia Test? IMO
mandated maneuvering tests at sea trial? Resolution No.
Q3. Air/Gas/Emission Test
carried out at ship trial explanation.
Q4. Test Bed significance
of all emission tests?
Q5. P&I what
protections and indemnities are provided?
Q6. MOC (Management of
Change) in detail. MOC in emergency who approves?
Q7. Debunkering what
entries and documents are required? Code no. and letter in ORB for the related
entry.
Q8. Safe Manning all
involved documents and certificates.
Q9. How will you ensure
Social Security for Engine Department as Chief Engineer?
Q10. Framo pump preparation
for dry docking and performance check.
Q11. High density cargo
can we load? Where do you check that?
Q12. Docking plan
contents of it. (Also asked as "What sort docking plan made")
Q13. PSC how inspection
affects which criteria? (Dont under question)
Q14. IMO slogans.
Q15. How to calculate paint
required?
Q16. Technical
specification of Ammonia.
Q17. Engine family vs
group.
Q18. Which certificate
indicates carriage of dangerous goods onboard?
Q19. Going with surveyor
for close-up survey of ballast tanks what particular checks will you carry
out for which you need to make a report?
Q20. Correction, corrective
action, preventive action definition with example.
Q21. Emergency fire pump
not working on Sunday, no spares, no workshop, vessel departs next day your
action as CE?
Q22. Which NOx applicable
now? Which are the special areas? Unit of NOx?
Q23. In HCP (Hull Condition
Program?) what all checks for CE?
Q24. Types of PSC
inspection. Difference between extended and expanded inspection?
Q25. What is CSR
(Continuous Survey Record)? How many forms? Why form 3 required?
Q26. Which document
indicates what certificates to be carried with respect to safety of vessel?
Q27. Cyber security
measures adopted, IMO steps towards it.
Q28. Principle of
subrogation and cross questions.
Q29. Latest amendments in
ISM. Correction, CA, PA, Non-conformity.
Q30. Classification society
Structural rules.
Q31. HART Protocol.
Q32. Alternate fuels pros
and cons, technical & operational requirements, cross questions.
Q33. Flag State exercises
administrative, technical and social control explain with examples.
Q34. Protocol and amendment
(IMO convention process).
Q35. ShaPOLI working
principle, overriding authority, who does it, measures before overriding.
Q36. Ship registration
procedure and requirements for shipowner to register ship in India.
Q37. IMO GHG strategy
Decarbonisation. (also 2023 GHG strategy)
Q38. SOLAS Chapter 12
(Additional safety measures for bulk carriers).
Q39. MARPOL Annex 5 what
is special about b/c? (Also cover IMSBC code)
Q40. Ballast water tank
inspection focus on coating and corrosion check.
Q41. Running generator
frequency fluctuating.
Q42. Initial survey and
Renewal survey scope (difference).
Q43. Documents required to
carry dangerous cargo on bulk carrier.
Q44. ISO related documents
on board ship.
Q45. Propeller removed as
CE what will you check before fitment.
Q46. Fuel consumption increased
action as CE.
Q47. External auditor gave
you MNC and left what will you do as CE.
Q48. BWTS D2 standard.
(also "BWTS complete regarding D2 standard and sampling")
Q49. MOC as per ISM.
Q50. Green, Blue, Grey and
White Hydrogen what are they?
Q51. Safety culture how
will you implement it onboard your ship?
Q52. Bunkered fuel, after
3/4/15 days analysis shows 0.55% sulphur your actions as CE (no other fuel).
Q53. New 3rd Engineer
joined, port stay 12 hours your action as CE.
Q54. Old vessel going for
scrap, built before HKC, no IHM how to make Inventory of Hazardous Material.
Q55. You joined a ship and
engine is new to you how to take over from old CE.
Q56. Civil Liability
Conventions.
Q57. Loadicator uses and
what it does. (also "function, stresses, sensors")
Q58. Container ship lost 30
containers from starboard side and listed to port your actions as CE.
Q59. Going to dry dock
how to prepare for cargo system job.
Q60. Vessel out of dry
dock, pollution happens what is applied and why in detail.
Q61. Ballast tank with
surveyor what to report (not all checks).
Q62. How to prepare a
30-year-old vessel for Hong Kong Convention practical steps as CE (not IHM
1,2,3).
Q63. Load diagram in %
why.
Q64. Continual improvement.
Q65. Types of charter party
what shipowner is responsible for in BBC (Bareboat Charter).
Q66. Marine insurance
principles what is insurable interest.
Q67. How conventions are
made in IMO.
Q68. Safety document as per
IMO carried by ship.
Q69. As CE, at unloading
you see a 2-foot crack on side shell above waterline what to do.
Q70. Main engine crosshead
bearing survey preparation.
Q71. Unit of EEDI and EEOI.
Q72. PSC Code 30, 17, 15
meaning.
Q73. How many classification
society surveys are there?
Q74. Definition of
"new ship" as per any convention.
Q75. What all codes
applicable for chemical tanker?
Q76. Discharge criteria for
chemical tanker.
Q77. How to reduce CII in
way of cargo related work.
Q78. EEDI and EEOI
difference, and what is not in fuel consumption part for EEDI that is there for
EEOI.
Q79. Where mentioned about
safe manning document?
Q80. How class suspended,
withdrawn, and automatic suspension of class.
Q81. In ME lube oil shore
analysis report what will you check very first after getting report.
Q82. Wall wash procedure
which chemical to use.
Q83. Liner crack, new liner
fitted, vessel sailed duty of CE.
Q84. ISGOTT and the parties
to it.
Q85. ODME input and
output values.
Q86. Load diagram for
variable pitch propeller (Controllable Pitch Propeller CPP).
Q87. KN, GZ curves damage
stability.
Q88. NH3 issues in main
engine combustion (Ammonia as fuel).
Q89. QMS onboard
controlled and uncontrolled measures.
Q90. Boiler pressure during
cargo operation for tanker is high, during sailing low reasons.
Q91. Documents required for
vessel to sail (not certificates) difference between documents and
certificates.
Q92. OWS malfunction during
trying out action.
Q93. How to calculate
bunker for next 15 days.
Q94. IMO strategy to reduce
GHG emissions (short, mid, long term targets).
Q95. How many types of
marine casualty as per IMO.
Q96. IWS in detail
(In-Water Survey).
Q97. IACS in detail,
names of all members.
Q98. Running AE frequency
fluctuating at night 2/E calls, action as CE.
Q99. Which marine fuel has
highest carbon index.
Q100. Unseaworthy vs unsafe
ship difference.
Q101. Difference between
Statutory certificates, Class certificates, and Mandatory certificates.
Q102. What is not in fuel
consumption part when calculating EEDI which is there in EEOI? (repeat of Q78)
Q103. Various organs of
IMO.
Q104. Reserve buoyancy vs
Residual buoyancy.
Q105. IMO Stability
Requirements.
Q106. IMO GBS (Goal Based
Standards) why needed, since when, role of classification societies.
Q107. Implication for doing
renewal survey 4 months before?
Q108. Leadership quality of
Chief Engineer.
Q109. EEDI reference line.
Q110. ESP survey for
5-year-old ship and 15-year-old ship.
Q111. What is ESI
(Environmental Ship Index).
Q112. Can another RO carry
out survey in place of your ship's RO (Recognized Organization).
Q113. How to verify if ship
complies with ISM in shortest time.
Q114. Noise level allowable
in ER and ECR what is a decibel.
Q115. SOLAS applicability
what GT? Applicable on Indian coastal ship of 300 GT?
Q116. Name the manuals on
board.
Q117. RO criteria
(Recognized Organization criteria).
Q118. Types of audits.
Q119. CIF and FOB
(Incoterms).
Q120. USCG ballast water
requirements exact values.
Q121. BWTS not working
whom to report and action as CE.
Q122. Where H&M (Hull
& Machinery) and P&I both come together.
Q123. How to make PMS for
vessel how to prioritize jobs. Which machinery CE cannot inspect without surveyor
presence?
Q124. Qualities of Chief
Engineer as per STCW.
Q125. Chapters of COSWP
(Code of Safe Working Practices).
Q126. Reaching Japan for
4-part discharging, bilge holding tank full action as CE.
Q127. Dispensation
procedure, request to whom.
Q128. Propeller being
fitted push-up length table and graph.
Q129. Define cargo work.
Q130. How to reduce cargo
work in LNG carrier.
Q131. IMO bodies.
Q132. How to verify SEEMP
implemented onboard.
Q133. What is noon chit.
Q134. More detailed vs
expanded inspection clear ground.
Q135. Output of master's
review (Management review).
Q136. Types of civil
liability funds.
Q137. What measures dynamic
stability.
Q138. Duties of Indian
Coast Guard.
Q139. Changes in various
IMO instruments from 2020 to 2026.
Q140. Effects of low
sulphur fuel (VLSFO, ULSFO).
Q141. Non-treaty
instruments of IMO.
Q142. Edge corrosion.
Q143. Length as per tonnage
convention why not LOA? Why separate definition?
Q144. Raining during
bunkering actions as CE.