1. John Thomas, an _____ writer, passed away in (a) 8.

5 hours
2018. (b) 3.75 hours
(a) imminent (b) dominant (c) 4 hours and 15 minutes
(c) eminent (d) prominent (d) 7.5 hours

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Ans. (c) Ans. (d)
2. The minister avoided any mention of the issue Sol.  360° = 12 hours

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of women’s reservation in the private sector. He
was accused of _____ the issue. 12
 1° = hours
(a) collaring (b) belting 360
(c) tying (d) skirting
12  225
Ans. (d)  225° = hours
360
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3. The sum and product of two integers are 26 and = 7.5 hours
165 respectively. The difference between these Option (d) 7.5 hours is correct
two integers is _____.
(a) 4 (b) 2 6. A person divided an amount of Rs. 100,000 into
(c) 6 (d) 3 two parts and invested in two different schemes.
In one he got 10% profit and in the other he got
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Ans. (a)
12%. If the profit percentages are interchanged
Sol. Prime factorisation of with these investments he would have got Rs.
165 = 3 × 5 × 11 120 less. Find the ratio between his investments
in the two schemes.
165 = 15 × 11
(a) 9:16 (b) 47:53
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So the two numbers whose sum is 26 and

(c) 11:14 (d) 37:63
multiplication is 165 is 15 and 11
Ans. (b)
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difference = 15 – 11
Sol.
= 4
Let first part = x
Option (a) 4 is correct
So second part = 100,000 – x
4. _____ I permitted him to leave, I wouldn’t have According to question
had any problem with him being absent _____
I? 0.1x  0.12 100,000  x  
(a) Have, would (b) Have, wouldn’t = 120
 0.12x  0.1 100,000  x  
(c) Had, would (d) Had, wouldn’t
0.2x – 0.24x + 1200 – 1000 = 120
Ans. (c)
–0.04x = –1880
5. A worker noticed that the hour hand on the x = 47000
factory clock had moved by 225 degrees during
her stay at the factory. For how long did she x 47000 47
= =
stay in the factory ? 100,000  x 53000 53
7. Under a certain legal system, prisoners are al-
lowed to make one statement. If their statement
turns out to be true then they are hanged. If
the statement turns out to be false then they
are shot. One prisoner made a statement and
the judge had no option but to set him free.
Which one of the following could be that state-
9. Congo was named by Europeans. Congo’s dic-
tator Mobuto later changed the name of the
country and the river to Zaire with the objec-
tive of Africanising names of persons and
spaces. However, the name Zaire was a Portu-
guese alteration of Nzadi o Nzere, a local Afri-
can term meaning ‘River that swallows Rivers’.

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ment ? Zaire was the Portuguese name for the Congo
(a) I committed the crime river in the 16th and 17 centuries.
(b) You committed the crime Which one of the following statements can be

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(c) I will be shot inferred from the paragraph above ?
(d) I did not commit the crime (a) The term Nzadi o Nzere was of Portuguese
origin
Ans. (c)
(b) As a dictator Mobuto ordered the Portu-
Sol.
guese to alter the name of the river to
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If prisoner make the statement “I wil be Zaire
shot” then only judge have no option and (c) Mobuto’s desire to Africanise names was
prisoner will be freeze so option (3) I will be prevented by the Portuguese
shot is correct choice
(d) Mobuto was not entirely successful in
8. M and N had four children P, Q, R and S. Of Africanising the name of his country
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them, only P and R were married. They had Ans. (d)

children X and Y respectively. If Y is a legiti-
mate child of W, which one of the following
statements is necessarily FALSE ?
(a) R is the father of Y
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10. A firm hires employees at five different skill
levels P, Q, R, S, T. The shares of employment
at these skill levels of total employment in 2010
is given in the pie chart as shown. There were

(b) W is the wife of R

a total of 600 employees in 2010 and the total
(c) M is the grandmother of Y employment increased by 15% from 2010 to
(d) W is the wife of P
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2016. The total employment at skill levels P, Q

Ans. (d) and R remained unchanged during this period.
If the exmployment at skill level S increased
Sol.
by 40% from 2010 to 2016, how many employees
M = N
were there at skill level T in 2016 ?
Percentage shear of skills in 2010

P Q R=W S
T
5 P
X Y
S 20
From the family tree option (d) W is the
25
wife of P can’not possible
So option (d) W is the wife of P is correct Q
R 25
choice
25
 (a) 72 (b) 60
V = u iˆ  v ˆj  w kˆ
(c) 30 (d) 35
Ans. (b) u = 0, w = 0

Sol. 4 ˆ
V =  t  x  yj
2010 2016  
   
T P T a = a x iˆ  a y ˆj  az kˆ
5 P
20

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S  u u u u
Q S ax = u v w  0
25 x y z t
R Q
25
 w w w w

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25 R
az = u v w  0
x y z t

15%
600  1.15  600  690  v v dv v
ay = u v w 
x y z t
 0%
P = 20%  120 120 v v
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= v 
0% y t
Q = 25%  150 150
4   4
0%
R = 25%  150 150 =   x  y  1    2 
t   t 
40%
S = 25%  150  210  4 4
a y    x  y  2  ˆj
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 t t 
T = 5%  30  ?
At (x,y) = 1,1 and t = 2 sec.
Employees at skill level T
Total acceleration
= 690  120  150  150  210 
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  4 4 m
= 60 a = a y   2  1  1  4   3 s2
 
Option (b) 60 is correct
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12. A spur gear with 20° full depth teeth is trans-

11. Water flows though a pipe with a velocity given mitting 20 kW at 200 rad/s. The pitch circle di-
 4  ameter of the gear is 100 mm. The magnitude
by V    x  y  ˆj m s , where ĵ is the unit of the force applied on the gear in the radial
t 
direction is
vector in the y direction, t(>0) is in seconds, and
(a) 0.36 kN (b) 2.78 kN
x and y are in meters The magnitude of total
acceleration at the point (x, y) = (1, 1) at t = 2 s (c) 0.73 kN (d) 1.39 kN
is _____ m/s2. Ans. (c)
Ans. (3) Sol.  = 20°

4 ˆ m P = 20 kW, w = 200 rad/s

Sol. V =  t  x  y  j s
PCD = 100 mm
 Fr = ? (a) 510 (b) 530
Fr (c) 536.67 (d) 490
F Ans. (a)

Sol. Three month moving average.
Ft
Forecast of the product for the month of
september

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F cos  = Ft
495  475  560
F =  510
Fsin  = Fr 3

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Fr 14. A parabola x = y2 with 0  x  1 is shown in the
Ft =
tan  figure. The volume of the solid of rotation ob-
tained by rotating the shaded area by 360°
Fr = Ft tan  around the x-axis is
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P 20  1000 y
T =   100N.m.
 200
T = Ft × r 2
x=y

T 100
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 Ft =   2000N
r 100
 10 3
2
0 1 x
Fr = Ft tan   2000 tan 20

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= 727.9 N (a) 2 (b)

2
= 0.73 kN

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13. The table presents the demand of a product. (c) (d) 

4
By simple three-months moving average
method, the demand-forecast of the product for Ans. (b)
the month of September is Sol.

Month Demand y
January 450 x=y
2

February 440
March 460
April 510
May 520 0 1 x
June 495
July 475 1
2
August 560 V =  y dx
0
 1 (Rth)eq = R1 + R2
V =   x dx 2L
0 L L
A k eq = AK  AK
1 1 2
x 2 
= 2 
2 2 1 1
0

K eq = K1 K 2
15. As per common design practice, the three types
of hydraulic turbines, in descending order of

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 2K1 K 2 
flow rate, are  K eq  
(a) Pelton, Francis, Kaplan  K1  K2 

(b) Francis, Kaplan, Pelton

(c)
(d)
Ans. (d)
Sol.
Pelton, Kaplan, Francis
Kaplan, Francis, Pelton

In descending order of flow rate.

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17. Consider the stress-strain curve for an ideal
elastic-plastic strain hardening metal as shown
in the figure. The metal was loaded in uniaxial
tension starting from O. Upon loading, the
stress-strain curve passes through initial yield
point at P, and then strain hardens to point Q,
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Kaplan > Francis > Pelton where the loading was stopped. From point Q,
the specimen was unloaded to point R, where
16. A slender rod of length L, diameter d (L >> d)
the stress is zero. If the same specimen is re-
and thermal conductivity k1 is joined with an-
loaded in tension from point R, the value of
other rod of identical dimensions, but of ther-
stress t which the material yields again is _____
mal conductivity k2, to form a composite cylin-
MPa.
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drical rod of length 2L. The heat transfer in ra-

dial direction and contact resistance are negli-
gible. The effective thermal conductivity of the
Q
composite rod is 210

2k1k 2 P
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(a) (b) k1k 2 180

k1  k 2
Stress (MPa)
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k1k 2
(c) k1  k 2 (d) k1  k2

Ans. (a)
Sol.
0 R Strain
K1 K2 Keq Ans. (210)
d  d Sol. As the point loaded beyond the yield point
L L 2L is unloaded completely and reloaded then
because of strain hardening (residual strain
Heat transfer in radial direction and contact remains in body) increase the yield strength.
resistance are negligible.
In this case material with start yielding
Series connection from point ‘R’ instead of ‘P’.
18. During a high cycle fatigue test, a metallic speci- The vertical position of the follower face, y(t) is
men is subjected to cyclic loading with a mean given by
stress of +140 MPa, and a minimum stress of – (a) (b) e 1  cos2t 
e sin t
70 MPa. The R-ratio (minimum stress to maxi-
mum stress) for this cycle loading is _____ (c) e sin 2t (d) e 1  cos t 
(round off to one decimal place).
Ans. (d)
Ans. (–0.2)

R
Sol.
Sol. mean = + 140 MPa T
S Y
R
min = – 70 MPa

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e Radius = R
U Q

max  min P
mean =  140
2

max  70 As the follower starts moving, the

= 140
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displacement Y can be shown as marked in
2
the diagram
max = 350 MPa Y = QS – QT

min 70 = RU – QT  QS RU 
=  0.2
max 350
= (PR – PV) – QT ...(i)
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19. A flat-faced follower is driven using a circular PR = R

eccentric cam rotating at a constant angular
 PU = ecos 
velocity  . At time t = 0, the vertical position
of the follower is y(0) = 0, and the system is in QT = (R' – e) from geometry
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the configuration shown below. Putting the above values in equation (i)

Y = e 1  cos  
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Y  1  cos t 
y(t)

dy
20. For the equation  7x 2 y  0 , if y  0   3 7 ,
dx
then the value of y(1) is
e 3 7/3 3 3/7
(a) e (b) e
7 7
7 3/7 7 7/3
(c) e (d) e
3 3
Ans. (a)

dy 3
Sol.  7x 2 y = 0, y(0) = , y(1) = ?
dx 7
 dy (c) 14 mm, 21.4 s (d) 21 mm, 28.9 s
= – 7x2y
dx Ans. (c)

dy Sol.
= –7 x2 dx
y
40 mm
7 x3
lny =  C
3

R
7x3 20 mm
y =  C
e 3

400 mm
3 c
y(0) = e  Depth of cut  (d = 2 mm) Milling cutter,

7x
3
C = ln 
7

7 

3
lny =  3  ln  7 
3
TE D = 100 mm
W = 50 mm
Z = 20 tooth, N = 1200 rpm
ft = 0.05 mm/tooth rev
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  f = z × ft = 20 × 0.05 mm/rev
3 7x 3 = 1 mm/rev
ln y  ln  = 
7 3
Overtravel = Approach (A) = d D  d 
 7y  3
ln 7x
 = 
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 3  3 = 2  100  2   14mm

7x3 Total length covered by tool

3 
y = e 3
7 L + 2A = 400 + 2 × 14 = 428 mm
Time for one pass,
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 3 7/3 
 y 1  7 e 
  L
t =
fN
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21. The length, width and thickness of a steel

sample are 400 mm, 410 mm, 40 mm and 20
428
mm, respectively. Its thickness needs to be uni- =  21.4 sec
formly reduced by 2 mm in a single pass by us-  1200 
1 
ing horizontal slab miling. The miling cutter  60 
(diameter : 100 mm, width ; 50 mm) has 20 teeth
and rotates at 1200 rpm. The feed per tooth is 22. A block mass 10 kg rests on a horizontal floor.
0.05 mm. The feed direction is along the length The acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s2. The
of the sample. If the over-travel distance is the coefficient of static friction between the floor
same as the approach distance, the approach and the block is 0.2. A horizontal force of 10 N
distance and time taken to complete the re- is applied on the block as shown in the figure.
quired machining task are : The magnitude of force of friction (in N) on the
(a) 21 mm, 39.4 s (b) 14 mm, 18.4 s block is _____.
 10 N Both cycle required same amount of work
10 kg
input but by use of Isentropic expander, we
Ans. (10) can get more amount of refrigeration effect,
hence
Sol.

10 kg 10 N COP modified cycle

  COP original cycle 

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 = 0.2 24. Consider the matrix :

g = 9.81 m/s2 1 1 0 

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 
M = 10 kg P = 0 1 1 
0 0 1 
(fs)max =  Mg  0.2  10  9.81
The number of distinct eigenvalues of P is :
= 19.62 N (a) 3 (b) 0
(Fs)max > Force applied (c) 1 (d) 2
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(Fs) = 10 N Ans. (c)

23. Consider an ideal vapor compression refrigera-

1  1 0
tion cycle. If the throttling process is replaced
by an isentropic expansion process, keeping all 0 1 1
Sol. P  I =
the other processes unchanged, which one of 0 0 1
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the following statements is true for the modi-

fied cycle ? 1    1   1     0  = 0
(a) Coefficient of performance is higher than
that of the original cycle.  = 1,1,1
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(b) Coefficient of performance is the same as No. of distinct eigen value = 1.

that of the original cycle.
(c) Coefficient of performance is lower than 25. For a hydrodynamically and thermally fully de-
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that of the original cycle. veloped laminar flow through a circular pipe of
constant cross-section. The Nusselt number at
(d) Refrigerating effect is lower than that of
constant wall heat flux (Nuq) and that at con-
the original cycle.
stant wall temperature (NuT) are related as
Ans. (a)
2
(a) Nuq  NuT (b) Nu q   Nu T 
Sol. V-C-R-S cycle
2 2 (c) Nuq  NuT (d) Nuq  NuT
3 3
T T Ans. (d)
1 1
4 4 Sol. (Nu)q for constant wall heat flux and (Nu)T
S S at constant wall temperature for a
Isentropic Throttling hydrodynamically and thermally fully
Expander process developed laminar flow through a circular
 pipe of constant cross-section is 4.36 and 12.32
3.66 respectively. Hence, =  
18.66 
(Nu)q > (Nu)T
 x,y = (12.32, 18.66)
26. In a casting process, a vertical channel through
which molten metal flows downward from pour- 28. A solid cube of side 1 m is kept at a room tem-
ing basin to runner for reaching the model cul- perature of 32° C. The coefficient of linear ther-
tivate is called mal expansion of the cube material is 1×10–5/
(a) riser (b) blister °C and the bulk modulus is 200 GPa. If the cube

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(c) pin hole (d) sprue is constrained all around and heated uniformly
Ans. (d) to 42°C, then the magnitude of volumetric
(mean) stress (in MPa) induced due to heating

27. The position vector OP of point P(20, 10) is ro-
tated anti-clockwise in X-Y plane by an angle
  30 such that point P occupies position Q,
as shown in the figure. The coordinates (x, y) of
Q are
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is _____.
Ans. (60)
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Y

P
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Constrained
 in all direction

O a = 1 m
X
(a) (12.32, 18.66) (b) (18.66, 12.32) Ta = 32°C,   1  10 5 / C
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(c) (22.32 ,8.26) (d) (13.40, 22.32)

K = 200 GPa
Ans. (a)
Sol. 1P = 2T1 2P, rotates anticlockwise T = 10°C
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 x  cos   sin   x  1  2  
  =    v = 3   3  T
y  sin  cos    y  E

 x   cos30  sin 30  20  As 1 = 2  3  

  =   
y  sin 30 cos30  10  (mean volumetric stress)
0.866 0.5  20 
=    1  2 
 0.5 0.866  10   = T E = 3K 1  2  
E
 x  0.866  20  0.5  10 
  =   ET E
y  0.5  20  0.866  10   =  3K
1  2 1  2
  = 3KT  K
Natural frequency    m 
= 3  200  103  1  10 5  10  

 = 60 MPa K
1 2m  1
29. The natural frequencies corresponding to the =
2 2K 2

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spring-mass system I and II are I and II , m
I
respectively. The ratio is 30. The lengths of a large stock of titanium rods
II

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follow a normal distribution with a mean (  )
k k of 440 mm and a standard deviation (  ) of 1
M mm. What is the percentage of rods whose
System I lengths lie between 438 mm and 441 mm ?
(a) 68.4% (b) 99.75%
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k (c) 81.85% (d) 86.64%
Ans. (c)
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Sol.
k u = 440 mm
System II  = 1mm
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(a) 4 (b) 2
Xu
Z =
1 1 
(c) (d)
4 2 lower limit,
Ans. (d) 438  440
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Z(x = 438) = = –2
Sol. 1
K K 440
1 Series
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Connection 438 441

K
2 M Parallel
Connection z = –2 z=1
K 441  440
Z(x = 441 mm) = =1
1 1
1 1
= K K Percentage of rods whose lengths lie between
K eq  1 2
438 mm and 441 mm.
= 0.3413 + (0.5 – 0.0228)
 K1K 2  K
  K eq1  K  K  = = 0.81854 = 81.854%
 1 2  2
31. Air of mass 1 kg. initially at 300 K and 10 bar,
(Keq)2 = K1 + K2 = 2 K
is allowed to expand isothermally till it reaches
 a pressure of 1 bar. Assuming air as an ideal T Tmax G
gas with gas constant of 0.287 kJ/kg K, the = R or R =
J 0 L
change in entropy of air (in kJ/kg K, round off
to two decimal places) is _____. 
Tmax R 5  10 
Ans. (0.66) =  max = = 180
G L 1000
Sol. = 0.87 × 10–3

Air, m = 1 kg
Isothermally T  300K p  0.87
T = 300K  

R
P2  1bar
4
P1 = 10 bar 3

R = 0.287 kJ/kg k
34. Evaluation of x dx using a 2-equal-segment
2
trapezoidal rule gives value of _____.

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 T2   P2  Ans. (63)
s = mcpn  T   mRn  P 
 1  1 Sol.
1  Trapezoidal Rule, h = 1
= 1  0.287n  
 10  h
 y0  y1   2  y1  y 2  ...... 
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= 0.66 kJ/kg k  ydx =
2
1 3
32. Which one of the following welding methods =
2
   
2  43  2 33 

provides the highest heat flux (W/mm2) ?
1
(a) Tungsten inert gas welding = 8  64  54  = 63
2
(b) Laser beam welding
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(c) Oxyacetylene gas welding 35. During a non-flow thermodynamic process

(1-2) executed by a perfect gas, the heat inter-
(d) Plasma arc welding
action is equal to the work interaction
Ans. (b) (Q1-2 = W12) when the process is
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(a) Adiabatic (b) Polytropic

33. A cylindrical rod of diameter 10 mm and length
1.0 m fixed at one end. The other end is twisted (c) Isothermal (d) Isentropic
by angle of 10° by applying a torque. If the maxi- Ans. (c)
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mum shear strain in the rod is p×10–3, then p is

Sol.
equal to _____ (round off to two decimal places).
For isothermal process
Ans. (0.87)
Sol. u = 0

 = 10°
As per Ist law of thermodynamics

 = u  w
d=10mm T
  w
L = 1000mm
36. A project consists of six activities. The immedi-
Torsion equation
 ate predecessor of each activity and the esti-
mated duration is also provided in the table be- L
R
low :

Immediate Estimated duration Ends of the beam

Activity Ans. (100)
predecessor  weeks 
P - 5 Sol.

R
Q - 1  M E
= =
R Q 2 y I R R

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S P,R 4 Ey L = 2R
T P 6  = 10 = 2 R
R
R=5
U S,T 3
If all activities other than S take the estimated 200  103  2.5  103
=
amount of time, the maximum duration (in 5
weeks) of the activity S without delaying the = 100 Mpa
AS
completion of the project is _____.
38. In ASA system, the side cutting and end cutting
Ans. (6)
edge angles of a sharp turning tool are 45° and
Sol. 10°, respectively. The feed during cylindrical
(5,5) (11,11) (14,14) turning is 0.1 mm/rev. The center line average
T(6) U(3)
2 5 6 surface roughness (in m , round off to one
M

P(5) decimal place) of the generated surface is _____.

S(4) Ans. (3.7)
1
(0,0) Sol.
Q(1) 3 4
R(2) f
S

(1,3) (5,7) Ra =
4  tanCs  cotCE 
Total float = Lj – Ei – tij
= 11 – 5 – 4 = 2 0.1
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Maximum duration of activity S, without de-
laying the completion of project = Total float
+ activity time = 2 + 4 = 6
37. Consider an elastic straight beam of length
L  10  m , with square cross-section of side a
= 5 mm, and Young’s modulus E = 200 GPa.
This straight beam was bent in such a way that
the two ends meet, to form a circle of mean ra-
dius R. Assuming that Euller-Bernoulli beam
theory is applicable to this bending problem,
the maximum tensile bending stress in the bent
beam is _____ MPa.
=
4  tan 45  cot10 
= 3.7 × 10–3 mm
Ra  3.7m
39. A car having weight W is moving in the direc-
tion as shown in the figure. The center of grav-
ity (CG) of the car is located at height h from
the ground, midway between the front and rear
wheels. The distance between the front and rear
wheels is l. The acceleration of the car is a, and
acceleration due to gravity is g. The reaction
on the front wheels (Rf) and rear wheels (Rr)
 are given by : 40. Taylor’s tool life equation is given by VTn = C,
a
Direction of motion where V is in m/min and T is in min. In a turn-
ing operation, two tools X and Y are used. For
CG tool X, n = 0.3 and C = 60 and for tool Y, n = 0.6
W and C = 90. Both the tools will have the same
h tool life for the cutting speed (in m/min, round
off to one decimal place) of _____.
Ans. (40)
l

R
Rr Rf
Sol.
W Wh W Wh VTn = c
(a) Rf     a:Rr    a
2 g l 2 g l

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for Tool X, for Tool y
W Wh VT0.3 = 60 VT0.6 = 90
(b) Rf  Rr    a
2 g l Velocity when both tools have same tool life.
W Wh
(c) Rf  Rr    a
2 g l T0.3 60
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=
W Wh W Wh T0.6 90
(d) Rf     a; Rr    a
2 g l 2 g l 6
 T 0.30.6 =
9
Ans. (a)
T0.3 = 1.5
Sol. 1 0.3
T = 1.5  min
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Finertia CG a
 Wa  60
 Finertia   V = 0.3 0.3 = 40 m/min.
h W  g  1.5 
A Rr B Rf 41. A uniform thin disk of mass 1 kg and radius 0.1
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l m is kept on a surface as shown in the figure.

The spring of stiffness k1 = 400 N/m is connected
 to the disk center A and another spring of stiff-
 MA = 0, Finertia × h + Rf ×  –W× =0
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2 ness k2 = 100 N/m is connected at point B just

W w above point A on the circumference of the disk.
h a Initially, both the springs are unstretched. A
Rf = 2 g
assume pure rolling of the disk. For small dis-

turbance from the equilibrium, the natural fre-
W Wh quency of vibration of the system is ______ rad/
Rf = 2  g    a
  s (round off to one decimal place).

 fy  0 W = Rf + Rr

W Wh
Rr   a
2 g   
 n = 23.094 rad/s
n = 23.1
B k2
42. A plane-strain compression (forging) of a block
k1 is shown in the figure. The strain in the z-di-
A rection is zero. The yield strength (S y) in
uniaxial tension/compression of the material of

R
the block is 300 MPa and it follows the Tresca
(maximum shear stress) criterion. Assume that
Ans. (23.1)
the entire block has started yielding. At a point

TE
Sol.
where x  40 MPa (compressive) and xy  0 ,
m = 1 kg, R = 0.1m
the stress component  y is
K1 = 400 N/m, K2 = 100 N/m
y
K2 Moving
B platen
K1
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O x
C
Assme pure rolling of the disc
Mc = 0 at I.C. at point (C)

Ic
M

  K 2  2R    2R  K1R  R = 0 (a) 260 MPa (compressive)

I (b) 260 MPa (tensile)
(c) 340 MPa (tensile)
K2(2R) (d) 340 MPa (compressive)
S

Ans. (d)
K1R
Sol. Plain strain compression (Forging)
R
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x , y & z are pricipal stress

Ic = Idisc + mR2 y

mR2
=  mR2
2
x
3 2 3 2
= mR =  0.1 = 1.5×10–2
2 2 z

1.5  102 
  4  100  0.12   400  0.12  = 0 under plane strain condition, z = 0

1.5  102 
  800  0.12  = 0  z  y x
   =0
E E E
800  0.12
n =
1.5  0.12 
 z =  x   y 
but x = –40
 
 z =  40   y 
Assuming,    0.5  at yielding condition.

 
z = 0.5 40   y , y , x  40
As per Tresca (Maximum shear stress)
criterion.

Syt  x  y y  z z  x 

R
= max  2
,
2
,
2
 Minimum height to which the liquid needs to
2  
be poured into the container for the cube to
just lift up, hence

TE
 40  y 0.5y  20 0.5y  20 
300  , ,  FB   mg block
 = 2 2 2 
2 
 f gVfd   V  block  g
0.5 y  20 300
=  1000  0.1  0.1  h  800  0.1  0.1  0.1
2 2
h  0.08m
AS
 y = + 560 MPa, – 640 MPa
h  80mm
y  40 300
= 
2 2
44. In a UTM experiment, a sample of length 100
 y = + 260 MPa, – 340 MPa
mm, was loaded in tension until failure. The
As block is under compression in failure load was 40 kN. The displacement, mea-
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y-direction, sured using the cross-head motion, at failure,

hence, 340 Mpa compression is the correct
option.
43. A cube of side 100 mm is placed at the bottom
S
was 15 mm. The compliance of the UTM is con-
stant and is given by 5×10´8 m/N. The strain at
failure in the sample is ____ %.
Ans. (2)

of an empty container on one of its faces. The

Sol. Compliance is the ratio of load point
density of the material of the cube is 800 kg/
deflection and applied load.
m3. Liquid of density 1000 kg/m3 is now poured
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into the container. The minimum height to L

which the liquid needs to be poured into the UTM constant = C
P
container for the cube to just lift up is _____
mm. 
As per Hooke’s law, E
Ans. (80) 
Sol.
a = 100mm P
A
or, L = E
L
 PL Fs sin 
 = E  s =
AL 6t
r cos 
L L
tan  =
1  r sin 
or, = = UTM constant = C
P AE   = 19.19°
Now, L = 100 mm, L = 15 mm, Fs = Fc cos   Ft sin 

R
C=5 × 10–8 m/N, P = 40 kN
= 1601  cos19.19  1259 sin19.19
L P P = 1098.20 N

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Strain =  
L AE L / C 1098.20  sin19.19
s =
5  0.1
PC 40  103  5  10 8
=   2  10 2 = 721.96
L 100  103
 722 Mpa
 Strain in % = 2 × 10–2 × 100% = 2%
AS
46. The rotor of turbojet engine of an aircraft has a
45. In orthogonal turning of a cylindrical tube of mass 180 kg and polar moment of inertia 10
wall thickness 5mm, the axial and the tangen- kg.m2 about the rotor axis. The rotor rotates at
tial cutting forces were measured at 1259 N and a constant speed of 1100 rad/s in the clockwise
1601 N, respectively. The measured chip thick- direction when viewed from the front of the air-
ness after machining was found to be 0.3 mm. craft. The aircraft while flying at a speed of 800
M

The rake angel was 10° and the axial feed was
100 mm/min. The rotational speed of the spindle
was 1000 rpm. Assuming the material to be per-
fectly plastic and Merchant’s first solution, the
shear strength of the martial is closest to
S
km per hour takes a turn with a radius of 1.5
km to the left. The gyroscopic moment exerted
by the rotor on the aircraft structure and the
direction of motion of the nose when the air-
craft turns, are

(a) 875 MPa (b) 200 MPa (a) 1629.6 N.m and the nose goes up
(c) 722 MPa (d) 920 MPa (b) 162.9 N.m and the nose goes up
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Ans. (c) (c) 162.9 N.m and the nose goes down
Sol. (d) 1629.6 N.m and the nose goes down
N = 1000 rpm,  = 10 Ans. (d)
f = 100 mm/min Sol.

100 mm G = Ip
=
1000 rev
mm Aircraft
f = 0.1 =t Nose
rev
t 0.1 1
r = = =
tc 0.3 3
bt
Fs = s 
sin 
 p At joint D,
y
GCV
FCD FAD

x 45° 45°
 z

RGCV 10kN
At joint C,
Effect  Nose goes down
RC

R
800  5
G = 10 × 1100 ×
1800  18
= 1629.63 Nm FBC
45°
G = 1629.63 N.m

47. A truss is composed of members AB, BC, CD,

AD and BD as shown in the figure. A vertical
load of 10 kN is applied at point D. The magni-
TE  Fx  0
FCDcos45 = FADcos45
FCD
AS
FCD = FAD
tude of force (in kN) in the member BC is ______.
10 kN  Fy  0 ,10 = 2FCDsin45
D
10
FCD = kN
2
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FCDcos45 = FBC
10 1
FBC =  = 5kN
45° 45° 2 2
A C
B
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Ans. (5) 48. In a four bar planar mechanism shown in the

Sol. figure, AB = 5 cm, AD = 4 cm and DC = 2 cm.
In the configuration shown, both AB and DC
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D
are perpendicular to AD. The bar AB rotates
with an angular velocity of 10 rad/s. The mag-
nitude of angular velocity (in rad/s) of bar DC
at this instant is
B
45° 45°
B
FBD = 0
10 rad/s
F BD C

FAB FBC A D

(a) 0 (b) 25
 (c) 10 (d) 15 than 20 is
Ans. (b) (a) 0.33 (b) 0.25
Sol. (c) 0 (d) 0.50

AB = 4cm Ans. (b)

AD = 4cm Sol.
y

R
CD = 2cm

AB = 10 rad/s 20
x  y  20

TE
2  I24 I12  = 4  I24 I14  (10, 10)

1 2
10 x
21, 14
24
23, 34
3 4
AS
1
 10  10
Probability (x + y > 20) = 2
20  10

5 1
2  =  0.25
4 x 4
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2 5
 50. The wall of a constant diameter pipe of length
x 4x
8  2x  5x
1 m is heated uniformly with flux q” by wrap-
8  3x
ping a heater coil around it. The flow at the
8
inlet to the pipe is hydrodynamically fully de-
x
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3 veloped. The fluid is incompressible and the

flow is assumed to be laminar and steady all
through the pipe. The bulk temperature of the
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10(x + 4) =   x fluid is equal to 0°C at the inlet and 50°C at

the exit. The wall temperatures are measured
8  at three locations, P, Q and R as shown in the
10   4  =   8
3  3 figure. The flow thermally develops after some
distance from the inlet. The following measure-
20 3 ments are made :
10   = 
3 8
200 Po int P Q R
 = = 25 rad/s
8 Wall Temp  C  50 80 90
49. The variable x takes a value between 0 and 10
with uniform probability distribution. The vari-
able y takes a value between 0 and 20 with uni-
form probability distribution. The probability
of the sum of variables (x + y) being greater
 0.2m 0.2m 0.2m 0.2m 0.2m 51. A harmonic function is analytic if it satisfies
the Laplace equation. If u(x, y) = 2x2 – 2y2 +4xy
is a harmonic function, then its conjugate har-
0°C P Q R 50°C monic function v (x, y) is
(a) 4y 2  4xy  constant

(b) 4xy  2x 2  2y2  constant

Constant wall flux
Among the locations P, Q and R, the flow is ther-
2x2  2y2  xy + constant

R
(c)
mally at :
(a) R only (b) P and Q only (d) 4xy  2y2  2x 2  constant
(c) P, Q and R (d) Q and R only

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Ans. (b)
Ans. (d)
Sol. u(x,y) = 2x2 – 2y2 + 4xy
Sol. In case of uniform heat flux, bulk mean
temperature varies linearly. The difference As harmonic function is analytic
between bulk mean temperature and wall ux = Vy
temperature is constant in thermally
AS
uy = – Vx
developed region so bulk tempeature
ux = 4x + 4y
T(x) = A + Bx
uy = – 4y + 4x
At x = 0, T = 0°C
 A = 0°C v
= Vy = 4x + 4y
y
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At x = 1, T = 50°C
 B = 50°C V = 4 xy + 2y2 + f(x)

 T(x) = 50x v
= 4y  f   x   4y  4x
x
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Wall temp. bulk temp.

Location T  Tw  T  x  f   x  = –4x
 Tw  Tx
P, x  0.4 50C 20C 30C f(x) = – 2x2 + C
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Q, x  0.6 80C 30C 50C

V = 2y2 –2x2 + 4xy + C
R, x  0.8 90C 40C 50C
52. A steam power cycle with regeneration as
R shown below on the T-s diagram employs a
Q
single open feedwater heater for efficiency im-
T
T 50°C provement. The fluids mix with each other in
an open feedwater heater. The turbine is isen-
tropic and the input (bleed) to the feedwater
0°C
K heater from the turbine is at state 2 as shown
0.4
in the figure. Process 3-4 occurs in the con-
So, Q and R in thermally developed region. denser. The pump work is negligible. The in-
 T2 = 37°C
put to the boilder is at state 5. The following
information is available from the steam tables Change in pressure, (P2 – P1) Pa
: PV = nRT

State 1 2 3 4 5 6
P1V1 = nRT1
Enthalpy  kJ kg  3350 2800 2300 175 700 1000 nRT1
P1 =
V1

R
1 nRT2 nRT1
P = 
V2 V1

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6 nR
= T2  T1 
T V 
1  8.314
5 =  10
2 1
4 P = 83.14 Pa
3
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54. A circular shaft having diameter 65.000.01
0.05
mm
s
is manufactured by turning process. A 50 m
The mass flow rate of steam bled from the tur- thick coating of TiN is deposited on the shaft
bine as a percentage of the total mass flow rate Allowed variation in TiN film thickness is
at the inlet to the turbine at state 1 is _____. 5 m . The minimum hole diameter (in mm)
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Ans. (20)
to just provide clearance fit is
Sol. (a) 65.01 (b) 64.95
xh2 + (1 – x)h4 = h5 (c) 65.12 (d) 65.10
x × 2800 + (1 – x) × 175 = 700 Ans. (c)
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x = 0.2 Sol.
20% of mass flow rate of steam bled from the 50 m thick coating
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turbine of total mass flow rate.

Shaft = 650.01
0.05 mm
53. If one mole of H2 gas occupies a rigid container
with a capacity of 1000 liters and the tempera- t =  50  5  m
ture is raised from 27°C to 37°C, the change in To proivde clearnace
pressure of the contained gas (round off to two
decimal places), assuming ideal gas behavior,  DH min   D shaft max
is _____ Pa. (R = 8.314 J/mol.K).
  Ds max  2tmax
Ans. (83.14)
Sol. 2  55
= 65.01  = 65.12mm
n = 1, H2 gas (Rigid container) 1000

V = 1000 lt = 1m3 V1  V2 55. The set of equations

T1 = 27°C R  8.314 J mol k

 1 1 1
10a = 40
x  y  z 1 a 3 5 0
a  ay  3z  5 a=4 5 a 6
5x  3y  az  6 if a = 4 18  5a    6a  25 
has infinite solution, if a = AB = 0  
 a2  15  0
(a) –4 (b) 3
a2  11a  28  0
(c) 4 (d) –3
a  7,4 a = 4
Ans. (c)

R
Sol. 56. Five jobs (J1, J2, J3, J4 and J5) need to be pro-
cessed in a factory. Each job can be assigned to
  A  =   AB   no. of var iables
any of the five different machines (M1, M2, M3,
A =0

1 1 1
a a 3
5 3 a
=0
TE M4 and M5). The time duration taken (in min-
utes) by the machines for each of the jobs, are
given in the table. However, each job is assigned
to a specific machine in such a way that the
total processing time is minimum. The total pro-
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cessing time is _____ minutes.
(–a2 + 9) – (a2 – 15) + (–3a + 5a) = 0
9 – a2 + 15 – a2 + 2a = 0 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5
2
2a – 2a – 24 = 0 J1 40 30 50 50 58
2
a – a – 12 = 0 J2 26 38 60 26 38
J3 40 34 28 24 30
a2 – 4a + 3a – 12 = 0
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J4 28 40 40 32 48
(a = 4, –3)
J5 28 32 38 22 44
  AB    No. of variable  Ans. (146)
1 1 1 Sol.
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a 3 5
= 0 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5
3 a 6
J1 40 30 50 50 58
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1(18 – 5a) – 1 (–6a + 15) + 1 (–a2 + 9) = 0

J 2 26 38 60 26 38
18 – 5a – 15 + 6a + 9 – a2 = 0 J3 40 34 28 24 30
a2 – a – 12 = 0 J 4 28 40 40 32 48
a = 3, 4 a = 4 J5 28 32 38 22 54
1 1 1 Step-I Substracting each row with min.
a a 5 value of each respective row.
=0
5 3 6 10 0 20 20 28
(–6a + 15) – (6a – 25) + (–3a + 5a) = 0 0 12 34 0 12
–6a + 15 – 6a + 25 + 2a = 0 16 10 4 0 6
0 12 12 4 20
6 10 16 0 22
 Step 2: Substracting each column with min. If the dynamic viscosity of the lower fluid, 2 is
value of each respectively value.
twice that of the input fluid, 1 , then the veloc-
ity at the interface (round off to two decimal
10 0 16 20 22
places) is ____ m/s.
0 12 30 0 6
16 10 0 0 0 y 1 2 =21

R
0 12 8 4 14 2m
6 10 12 0 16 2 1m
x

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Step-3 Assigning row and column Ans. (1)
Sol.
10 0 16 20 22
V2
0 12 30 0 6 h 1
2m V1
2
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16 10 0 0 0 h
0 12 8 4 14
2 = 21
6 10 12 0 16
V2 = 3 m/s
Shear stress value at intermediate plate will
Step-4
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be
16 0 16 26 22
2 V1 1  V2  V1 
0 6 24 0 0  = 
h h
22 10 0 6 0
2 V1 = V2 – V1
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0 6 2 4 8
V2 = 3 V1 V2 = 3 m/s
6 4 6 0 10
V1 = 1 m/s
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Step-5 Min. time = 28 + 30 + 28 + 22 + 38

= 146 min 58. At a critical point in a component, the state of
57. Two immiscible, incompressible, viscous fluids stress is given as xx  100 MPa ,
having same densities but different viscosities
yy  220 MPa , xy  yx  80 MPa and all
are contained between two infinite horizontal
parallel plates. 2 m apart as shown below. The other stress components are zero. The yield
bottom plate is fixed and the upper plate moves strength of the material is 468 MPa. The factor
to the right with a constant velocity of 3 m/s. of safety on the basis of maximum shear stress
With the assumptions of Newtonian fluid, theory is _____ (round off to one decimal place).
steady, and fully developed laminar flow with Ans. (1.8)
zero pressure gradient in all directions, the
momentum equations simplify to Sol. x = 100 MPa

d 2u  y = 220 MPa
0
dy 2
 xy = 80 MPa ing system. The gas enters the heating section
of the duct at 100 kPa and 27°C with a volume
2 flow rate of 15 m3/s. If heat is lost from the gas
x   y  x  y 
1,2 =   2
  xh in the duct to the surroundings at a rate of 51
2  2  kW, the exit temperature of the gas is
(Assume constant pressure, ideal gas, negligible
2
change in kinetic and potential energies and
100  220  100  220  2 constant specific heat : C p =1 kJ/kg.K;
=
2
 
2   80
  R = 0.5 kJ/kg K).

R
(a) 37°C (b) 76°C
= 160  552  802 (c) 53°C (d) 32°C
Ans. (d)


1,2 = 160  97.0824

1 = 257.08 Mpa, 2  62.9 MPa

As per maximum shear stress theory

TE
Sol.

P = 100kPa
Win = 101 kW
AS
S yt  1  2 1 2  T = 300k T2 = ?
= Max  2
, ,
2 2 
 V1 = 15m3/s
2N 

S yt Qlost = 51kW
1 257.08
= 
2N 2 2 kJ
Cp = 1
kgK
M

468
N =  1.8 kJ
257.08 R = 0.5
kgK
59. Match the following sand mold casting effects P V 100  15 kg
with their respective causes.  = 1 1 
m  10
S

R T1 0.5  300 s

Defect Cause Applying steady flow energy equation,

 1  8 = mh 
 2W
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P Blow hole 1. Poor Collapsibility mh

Q Misrum 2. Mold erosion
10  1  300   51 = 10  1  T2   101
R Hot tearing 3. Poor permeability
T2 = 305 K = 32°C
S Wash 4. Insufficient fludity
61. The value of the following definite integral is
(a) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2 _____ (round off to there decimal places).
(b) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1 e
(c) P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-2   x ln x  dx
1
(d) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3
Ans. (a) Ans. (2.097)
Sol.
60. A gas is heated in a duct as it flows over a resis-
e
tance heater. Consider a 101 kW electric heat-
1 x ln xdx
 ln x 2  1 x2  250  a 250 a
2000 × 2.5a =  
= 2    x  2  dx a  0.25 a 4
 
1000  62.5
e a = = 212.5mm
x 2 ln x x 2 5000
= 
2 4
1 63. Consider a prismatic straight beam of length L
 e2 e2  1 =  m, pinned at the two ends as shown in the

R
=  2  4   4 figure The beam has a square cross-section of
  side p = 6 mm. The Young’s modulus E = 20
e2  1 GPa, and the coefficient of thermal expansion

TE
= = 2.097
4   3  10 6 K 1 . The minimum temperature
62. A single block brake with a short shoe and rise required to cause Euler buckling of the
torque capacity of 250 N-m is shown. The cy- beam is _____ K.
lindrical brake drum rotates anticlockwise at
100 rpm and the coefficient of friction is 0.25.
AS
The value of a, in mm (round off to one decimal
L
place), such that the maximum actutating force Ans. (1)
P is 2000 N, is _____.
1.5a a Sol.
P L = m
a/4
M

Pth = Paxial

2EI
TEA =
L2
a
1 4
2  
 6  103 
S

3  10 6  T  6  6  106 = 12
Ans. (212.5) 2
Sol. T = 1K
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T = 250 Nm
64. A gas turbine with air as the working fluid has
F × r = 250 an isentropic efficiency of 0.70 when operating
250 at a pressure ratio of 3. Now, the pressure ratio
F = of the turbine is increased to 5, while maintain-
a
F/
ing the same inlet conditions. Assume air as a
P 1.5a a perfect gas with specific heat ratio   1.4 . If

0
the specific work output remains the same for
a/4
F both the cases, the isentropic efficiency of the
turbine at the pressure ratio of 5 is _____ (round
 M0 = 0 off to two decimal places).
Ans. (0.51)
a F
P × 2.5a = F   a
Sol.
4 
 = 0.7, (rp)1 = 3
 2 = ? (rp)2 = 5
Left extreme
r = 1.4 T2
face T1 = 100°C 1m 1m 1m
(WT)1 = (WT)2 2 2
100 w/m .k 100 w/m .k
Inlet condition same, 30°C 30°C
T
1

R
2 Ans. (60)
2s Sol.
S
1 2 3

TE
h1  h 2
1 =
h1  h 2s
1m 1m
T1  T2 T  T2 h h
= T T = 1 1m
1 2s T
T1  1
x
AS
T A A A T
 T   T2 
1  T1  1  = 2  T1 
 x   y  2
A = 1m
    Heat generated in the slab (2) will be
1 1
0.7 1   0.7 1   convected away from the slabs 1 and 3
  3 2 7 =
  
  5 2 4 


E  
i.e. gen = Q1,conv  Q3,conv
M

  0.51

65. Three slabs are joined together as shown in the
Q 1,conv = h  A   T1  T 

figure. There is no thermal contact resistance = 100 × 1 × (100 – 30)

at the interfaces. The center slab experience a
S

nonuniform internal heat generation with an = 7000 W

average value equal to 10000 Wm–3, while the 
Q 3,conv = h  A   T3  T 
left and right slabs have no internal heat gen-
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eration. All slabs have thickness equal to 1 m Q3,conv = 100 × 1 × (T3 – 30)
and thermal conductivity of each slab is equal

Now E
to 5 Wm–1 K–1. The two extreme faces are ex- gen = 10,000 × A × width
posed to fluid with heat transfer coefficient 100
Wm–2K–1 and bulk temperature 30°C as shown. = 10,000 × 1 × 1
The heat transfer in the slabs is assumed to be 
E gen = 10,000 W
one dimensional and steady, and all properties
are constant. If the left extreme face tempera-  10,000 = 7000 + 100 × (T3 – 30)
ture T1 is measured to be 100°C, the right ex-
treme faced temperature T2 is _____ °C.  T3  60C