BSF Tradesman case studies
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The BSF Tradesman recruitment test is the selection route for candidates applying to skilled trade posts in the Border Security Force, such as electrician, fitter, welder, carpenter, mason, painter and mechanic. It is intended for people who already hold an ITI or equivalent trade qualification and can demonstrate hands-on competence, not for graduates seeking a generalist clerical or officer entry. The BSF Tradesman case studies are 5 cases and about 3,796 words.
1Tripping MCB, an Overloaded Sub-circuit and a One-Hour Shutdown
At a workshop in a frontier sector, one 230 V single-phase sub-circuit feeds two machines: a 2.2 kW compressor (efficiency 0.85, power factor 0.80) and a 5 kVA arc welder. The sub-circuit is protected by a 16 A Type B MCB and wired with 2.5 sq mm PVC-insulated copper cable clipped directly to the wall.
750 words, about 4 min2Bar Stock, Kerf and a Two-Day Fabrication Deadline
Your section must fabricate 12 identical window grilles for a newly constructed barrack block. Each grille needs 4 vertical bars of 1.20 m and 3 horizontal bars of 0.90 m, all cut from standard 6 m mild-steel square bars held by the supply depot.
730 words, about 4 min3Rebuilding a Smudged Sentry Duty Roster
Six constables, A, B, C, D, E and F, must be detailed for night sentry duty at a small installation over three consecutive nights. Exactly two men stand duty each night and each man stands duty on exactly one night.
776 words, about 4 min4A Border Village Asks the Post for Help
You are a tradesman attached to a Border Out Post in a district on the India-Pakistan border in Gujarat. The nearest village, about 4 km from the post, has 180 households.
767 words, about 4 min5A Suspicious Supplier Email, a Reorder Column and a Stale Backup
A workshop store tracks consumables in a spreadsheet with columns A Item, B Unit, C Quantity in stock, D Reorder level and E Status; data runs from row 2 to row 41. On Monday morning the store clerk, who has had no computer training, receives an email that appears to come from an approved supplier: 'Please find attached invoice.exe for the electrode consignment.
773 words, about 4 min