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Which of the following is the largest allowable diameter of a 3 m long steel rod
(G = 77 GPa) if the rod is to be twisted through 30c without exceeding a shearing stress
of 80 MPa ?
(A) 17.85 mm
(C) 5.95 mm
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(B) 11.9 mm
(D) 8.9 mm
Coriolis component acceleration exists whenever a point moves along a path that has
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The angular velocity of gear 2 is 800 rpm in the direction shown. What will be the
angular velocity of gear 8 ?
(A) 72 rpm
(B) 42 rpm
(C) 93 rpm
(D) 56 rpm
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(B) 246 N, No
(D) 315 N, Yes
(A) 13.3 kW
(B) 7.20 kW
(C) 8.9 kW
(D) 11.6 kW
Q.7
Match List I (Properties of fluids) with List II (Definition/ Result) and select the correct answer using the codes given below :
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List-I
List-II
a. Ideal fluid
1.
b. Newtonian fluid
2.
3.
Dynamic viscosity
4.
Capillary depression
5.
Kinematic viscosity
6.
Capillary rise
c.
m/r
d. Mercury in glass
Codes
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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(A) 37.6 m
(B) 3.76 m
(C) 0.0376 m
(D) 0.376 m
Q.9 A pump delivers 18.0 L/ min. of water at a net head of 1.6 m at its best efficiency
point. If the maximum pump efficiency is 70% , the power (bhp) required to run the pump
is
(A) 403 W
(B) 6.72 W
(C) 3.3 W
(D) 197 W
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Q.10
Consider two metal plates pressed against each other. Other things being equal,
which of the measures below will cause the thermal contact resistance to increase ?
(A) Cleaning the surfaces to make them shinier.
(B) Pressing the plates against each other with a greater force.
(C) Filling the gab with a conducting fluid.
(D) Coating the contact surfaces with a thin layer of soft metal such as tin.
Q.11 An automobile engine delivers 60 kW of power to the wheels while consumes fuel at
a rate of 28 L/h. The fuel has a heating value of 44000 kJ/kg and a density of 0.8 g/cm3 .
What will be the efficiency of this engine ?
(A) 38.4%
(B) 32.8%
(C) 49.3%
(D) 21.9 %
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By Trapezoidal rule, the area bounded by the curve, the x -aixs and the lines x = 1, x = 5
is
(A) 255
(B) 275
(C) 305
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(D) 310
(A) a pole
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(A) adjA ! 0
(B) adjA = 0
(C) adjA = In
(D) adjA = In - 1
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Carbon dioxide is compressed from 0.3 m3 to 0.1 m3 . During the process, the pressure and volume are related by p = av-2 , where a = 8 kPa-m6 . What will be the work done
on the carbon dioxide during this process ?
Q.15
(A) 26.7 kJ
(B) 39.9 kJ
(C) 53.3 kJ
(D) 66.8 kJ
Q.16
In a iron cooling curve, at which temperature the delta iron converts into gamma
iron ?
(A) 1400 cC
(B) 768 cC
(C) 910 cC
(D) 1535 cC
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A gating ratio of 1 : 2 : 5 is used to design the gating system for aluminium alloy
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Using the given data points tabulated below, a straight line passing through the
origin is fitted using least squares method. The slope of the line is
1.0
2.0
3.0
1.5
2.2
2.7
(A) 0.9
(B) 1.0
(C) 1.1
(D) 1.5
Q.19
In the permeability test, a sand specimen of height 5.08 cm and diameter 5.08 cm is
used. If 2000 cm3 of air is allowed to pass through the specimen for a period of 120 seconds
under a pressure of 7 gm/cm 2 , the permeability number will be
(A) 71
(B) 53.70
(C) 82
(D) 35.80
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In oxy-acetylene gas welding, for complete combustion, the ratio of oxygen to acetylene is
(A) 1 : 1
(B) 1.5 : 1
(C) 2 : 1
(D) 2.5 : 1
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(B) 52.78
(C) 53.17
(D) 53.87
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Q.24
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below
the lists :
List-I
List-II
P.
Transportation Problem
1.
Stage coach
Q.
PERT
2.
Hungarian method
R.
Dynamic Problem
3.
Critical path
S.
Assignment Problem
4.
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P
(A) 4
(B)
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(C)
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(D) 3
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Q.25
In the ABC method of inventory control, Group A constitutes costly items. What is
the usual percentage of such items of the total items ?
(A) 10 to 20%
(B) 20 to 30%
(C) 30 to 40%
(D) 40 to 50%
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Q.26 Match List I (Welding processes) with List II (Features) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the list :
List-I
List-II
S.
T. Thermit welding
Codes :
P
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(A) 4
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(B)
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(C)
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(D) 4
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60 kN loads applied at points 2 and 3 are removed ?
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A steel spur pinion has a module of 1.25 mm, 18 teeth cut on the 20c full-depth
system and a face width of 12 mm. At a speed of 1800 rev/ min , this pinion is expected
to transmit a steady power of 0.5 kW. If velocity factor and the modified Lewis factor are
0.74 and 0.309, respectively, what will be the resulting bending stress ?
(A) 68.76 MPa
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(A) y = x + ln (y - 2) + 2
(C) x = y + ln (y - 2) - 2
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(D) x = y + ln (y - 2) + 2
What will be the force in member AC of the truss with the loading and support
system as shown in figure when the members of the truss are all of length L ?
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(A) x < e
(B) x > e
(C) x = e
(D) x > 1
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(C) A is true, but R is false
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For flow of air at 15cC and 1 atm over a 0.3 m wide plate at 65cC with a velocity of
3 m/s , match the following quantities (List-I) with corresponding computed values (ListII) at x = 0.3 m . Take air properties as: r = 1.127 kg/m3 , m = 1.918 # 10-5 kg/m-s and
Pr = 0.7255 .
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List-II
boundary 1.
a. Hydrodynamic
layer thickness (in m)
0.0058
0.0065
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layer 4.
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Q.35
The demands of a product in the month of March, April and May turned out to be
20, 25 and 26 units respectively. The forecast for March is 20 units and smoothing constant
a is 0.2. What will be the forecast for the month of June, using exponential smoothing
method ?
(A) 20 units
(B) 22 units
(C) 26 units
(D) 28 units
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Q.36 In a vertical double-acting steam engine running at 360 rpm, the cylinder diameter
is 0.3 m, piston rod diameter is 40 mm and length of connecting rod is 0.7 m. When the
crank has moved 120c from top dead centre, the pressure of steam at the cover end is
0.35 N/mm2 and that at the crank end is 0.03 N/mm2 . If the weight of reciprocating parts
is 500 N and length of stroke is 300 mm, the piston effort will be
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(B) 23.85 kN
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(C) 59.6 kN
(D) 31.8 kN
Q.37
The arm F of a reverted Epicyclic train shown in figure, carries two wheels A and D
and a compound wheel B - C . Wheel A meshes with wheel B and wheel D meshes with
wheel C . Number of teeth on A = 40 , Number of teeth on D = 24 and number of teeth on
C = 36 . If wheel A is fixed and arm F rotates at 300 rpm counter-clockwise, the angular
speed of wheel D is
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A Cannot heat engine is shown in figure. It receives energy from a reservoir at Tres
through a heat exchanger where the heat transferred is given by QoH = k ^Tres - TH h and TL
is the low temperature at which it rejects heat. To design the heat engine for maximum
work output, what should be the high temperature, TH , in a cycle ?
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solution. The supply voltage and current of the ECM used be 18 Volt (DC) and 5000 A
respectively. Assume a tool-work gap of 0.05 cm and the current efficiency h can be taken
as 100 percent with sodium chloride electrolyte. If the specific resistance is 5.0 ohm-cm ,
the material removal rate and the electrode feed rate respectively, are
(C) 4.18 # 10-7 m3 /s, 3.60 mm/ min (D) 4.18 # 10-6 m3 /s, 0.36 mm/ min
Q.40
Consider a gas turbine engine with regeneration. The engine operates with two stages of compression and two stages of expansion. The air enters each stage of the compressor
at 300 K and each stage of the turbine at 1200 K. The pressure ratio across each stage of
the compressor and turbine is 3.5 and the compressor and turbine efficiencies are 78 % and
86 %, respectively. The effectiveness of the regenerator is 72 % . Assuming constant specific
heats for air at room temperature, what will be the thermal efficiency of the cycle ?
(A) 43.6%
(B) 39.2 %
(C) 48.9%
(D) 51.7%
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Q.41
The air has a dry-bulb temperature of 22cC and a wet-bulb temperature of 16cC .
The enthalpy of the air at dry-bulb temperature is hg = 2541.1 kJ/kg and at the wet bulb
temperature are h f = 67.17 kJ/kg and h fg = 2463 kJ/kg . Also the saturation pressure of
water at dry-bulb and wet-bulb temperatures are 2.6452 kPa and 1.819 kPa, respectively.
Assuming the air pressure of 100 kPa, what will be the specific humidity of kilogram water
per kg of dry air and the relative humidity ?
(A) 0.00903, 54.1%
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Consider the seven jobs, each of which has to go through the machines A and B in
the order AB . Processing times in hours are given in table below :
Jobs
Machine A
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Machine B 8
What will be the idle time for machines A and B , respectively, to minimize the total
elapsed time ?
(A) 1 hour, 16 hours
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The truss ABC shown in the figure supports a vertical load W at joint B . The distance between supports is 7.0 m and joint B is restrained against displacement perpendicular to the plane of the truss. If each member is a slender circular steel pipe (E = 200 GPa
) with outside diameter 100 mm and wall thickness 6.0 mm, what will be the critical value
Wcr of the load in kN ?
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Q.45 Given figure shows that steam at a rate of 5 kg/s, enters in an isentropic steam
turbine at 4 MPa. This steam is exhausted at 50 kPa, 100cC . Five percent of this flow
is diverted for feed-water heating at 700 kPa. What will be the power produced by this
turbine in kW ?
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10 minutes. The speed was changed to 232 rpm and the tool failed after 60 minutes of
cutting time. To obtain a 30 minute tool life, what cutting speed in rpm should be used ?
Q.47
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What will be the maximum shear stresses and associated normal stresses using
Mohrs circle ?
(A) tmax =- 40 MPa , savg = 20 MPa (B) tmax = tavg = 20 MPa
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What is the effect on the tool life respectively, for a 20% increase in the cutting
speed, feed and depth of cut, taking each separately ?
(A) 25 min, 59.25 min, 34.23 min
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(A) 4.9 min
(A) (6, 4)
(B) (4, 2)
(C) (4, 5)
(D) (6, 3)
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The drag forces acting on the signboard and 2 poles respectively, are
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What will be the minimum length L of the concrete block for the panel to resist the
winds ?
(A) 18.5 m
(B) 37.1 m
(C) 8.5 m
(D) 3.71 m
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Look at this series: 8, 22, 8, 28, 8, . . . What number should come next?
(A) 09
(B) 29
(C) 32
(D) 34
Q.57
Choose the correct word that means the opposite or most nearly the opposite.
Nimble
(A) sturdy
(B) sluggish
(C) thoughtless
(D) relaxed
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The protesters were concerned that the proposed legislation would have a(n)
______ effect on the states nature preserves.
(A) scintillating
(B) deleterious
(C) insipid
(D) punctilious
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(A) ilegible
(B) illegible
(C) ilegable
(D) illegable
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Mark Smith
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Alexis Funes
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Ira Taylor
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Q.62
The area of the smallest lot listed is approximately what percent of the area of the
largest lot listed ?
(A) 25%
(B) 50%
(C) 75%
(D) 85%
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How much land does Mr. Taylor own in the Orange Grove subdivision?
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SBI lent Rs. 1 lakh to farmer Kishan Singh @ 6% per annum of simple interest for
10 years period. Meanwhile bank offered a discount in rate of interest according to Govt.
policy for farmers. Thus the rate of interest decreased to 4% . In this way Kishan Singh
had to pay total amount 1.48 lakh.
After how many year Kishan Singh got the discount in rate of interest ?
(A) 2 years
(B) 3 years
(C) 4 years
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sides. What is the ratio of the area of the shaded region to the area of the un-shaded region
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(D) 1 : 4