Written test for Management Trainee (HR) is conducted in online mode covering questions on general awareness, verbal ability, reasoning, and HR. Reference books like Lotus General Knowledge with Current Affairs by Gaurav Shah, Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension – Arihant, A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning (Fully Solved) by S.Chand, Wages in India by K.N. Subramaniam, and Human Resource Management by Pattanayak, Biswajert can be used for exam preparation.

Exam Pattern for HAL Management Trainee (HR)

Written exam is conducted online in selected cities across the country. Time duration for completing the test is 2 and half hours. There will be three parts for this objective model test, Part I, Part II, and Part III. Part I includes 20 questions from current affairs and general awareness. In part II, there will be 40 questions related to English language and reasoning ability. Part III comprises of subject related questions of 100 numbers. Medium of the question paper will be English or Hindi. Candidate should specify their choice on this at the time of application submission itself.

Reference Books for HAL Management Trainee (HR)

Books for General Awareness

• Lotus General Knowledge with Current Affairs by Gaurav Shah
• Prathiyogita Darpan
• General Knowledge Overview with Current Affairs by Upkar
• Competition Success
• General Knowledge, Current Affairs and Who’s Who by Khanna

Books for Reasoning and Verbal Ability

• Test of Reasoning and General Intelligence by V.V.K.Subburaj
• Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension - Arihant
• A Modern Approach to Verbal Reasoning (Fully Solved) by S.Chand
• English Reading Comprehension - Ramesh
• A New Approach to Reasoning Verbal & Non – Verbal by Arihant
• Test of English Language - Ramesh
• General Intelligence Test/Mental Ability Test by Ram

Books for Human Resource Management

• Human Resource Management by Ivanceivich, John M
• Managing Human Resources by Gomez Megia, Luis, David Balkin, and Roberty Cardy
• Human Resource Management by Dessler, Gary
• Human Resource Management by Mathi, Robert, and John Jackson
• Human Resource Management by Shell, Scott and George Bohlander
• Human Resource Management by Pattanayak, Biswajert
• Human Resource Management by Jyothi P., and D. N. Venkatesh
• Compensation Planning by George T Mulkovich & Jerry M. Newmann
• Compensation and Reward Management by B.D. Singh
• Compensation management in a knowledge based world by Richard & Henderson
• Wages in India by K.N. Subramaniam
• Understanding wages system by A.M. Sharma
• Strategic Human Resource Management by William P. Anthony, Pamela L. Perreve & K. Michael, Kacimar
• Human Resource Development Missionary by T.V. Rao
• Designing and Managing HR Systems by TV Rao and Udai Pareek
• Organizational Theory, Design and Change by Gareth R Jones
• Management of Industrial Relations by Pramod Varma
• Personnel Management and Industrial Relations by Tripathi P.C

Other than reference books candidate can refer e-books for exam preparation. Practicing previous year’s question papers is another efficient method to get through the exam.