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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
 Explanation of ISRO Mechanical Engg. Paper (December-2017)
SET - E
1. The specific metal cutting energy is expressed  Specific metal cutting energy
as
Fc Z  cos     

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= 
 cos(   ) bt sin .cos       
(a)
sin  cos(     ) 2. For isotropic materials, the modulus of Elasticity

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in tension and shear (E and G) are related to
 sin(   ) the Poisson’s ration (  ) as follows :
(b)
sin  cos(     ) G E
(a) E (b) G 
2(1  ) 2(1   )
 cos(  ) G
(c) E
sin  cos(     ) (c) G (d) E 
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2(1  ) 2(1   )
Ans. (b)
 sin(  )
(d) Sol. For isotropic materials,
sin  cos(     )
Modulus of elasticity(E) and shear Modulus
where '  ' is rake angle, '  ' is friction angle, (G) are related by
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'  ' is shear angle and '  ' shear stress. E = 2G(1+v)
Ans. (a) E
G = 2 1  v 
Sol. Specific metal cutting energy
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
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Fc  Vc F
= bt V = c ...(i) (a) For direct impact of two bodies, coefficient
c bt
of restitution is the ratio of relative velocity
of approach of the two bodies to their
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Fc = R cos     
relative velocity of separation.

Fs = R cos       (b) Conservation of angular momentum

implies that total angular momentum of a
Fc cos      system remains constant unless acted on
Fs = cos        by an external torque.
(c) Conservation of linear momentum in a
cos     
Fc = Fs given direction implies that the sum of
cos        external forces in that direction is zero.

Z  bt cos      (d) The coefficient of friction is independent

=  of area of contact.
sin  cos       
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Sol. Coefficient of restitution Sol. Castigliano’s theroem

Relative velocity of seperation 7. Thumb rule between feed and nose radius in
= rough turning is
Relative velocity of approx
(a) f = 0.3 r (b) f = 0.5 r

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4. If f(t) = eat, its Laplace Transform (for s > a) is
given by (c) f = 0.7 r (d) f = 0.9 r
Ans (b)

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a 
(a)  (s  a) (b)
s2 2(s  a) Sol. Feed and nose radius in rough turning relation
is f = 0.5r.
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(c) (d) Does not exist 8. Which of the following is FALSE?
(s  a)
Ans. (c) (a) A reverted gear train is one in which the
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first and last gears are on the same axis.
Sol. By 1st shifting property we know that.
if L{f(t)} = f(s) then L{eat f(t)} = f(s – a) (b) Train value for a gear is the ratio of
product of driven tooth numbers to
1
So let f(t) = 1 then f(s) = Hence product of driving tooth numbers.
sa
(c) A planetary gear train is one in which the
1
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L{eat.1} = f(s–a) = axes of some of the gears may have a

sa
motion.
5. Smallest thickness which can be measured by
(d) A compound gear train is one which has
a slip gauge is
two or more gears on each axis.
(a) 1.001 mm (b) 0.01 mm
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Ans. (b)
(c) 0.001 mm (d) None of these
Product of driving tooth
Ans. (a) Sol. Train value =
Product of driven tooth
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Sol. Smallest t thickness which can be measured 9. Which of the following is true for ductile
by a slip gauge is 1.001 mm. materials?
6. The deflection of an elastic member at the (a) Engineering stres – strain curve cannot
point of application of a force in the direction have negative slope
of that force is given by the derivative of (b) Most applicable failure theory is maximum
member’s total strain energy taken with respect principal stress theory
to applied force. This is known as
(c) Ultimate strain is the strain at ultimate
(a) Principle of conservation of strain energy stress
(b) Castigliano’s theorem (d) Strain hardening is represented by a
negative slope in engineering stress strain
(c) Conservation of momentum
curve
(d) Saint-Venant’s Principle
Ans. (c)
10. Transportation method is concerned with (a) concentric locator(b) integral locator
(a) Value analysis (c) equilateral locator(d) spherical locator
(b) Linear programming Ans. (d)
(c) Queing theory Sol. No matter how a workpiece is positioned on a
(d) Break-even analysis spherical locator, the diameter of the locator
(d) is always the same. This feature makes
Ans. (b) the spherical locator impossible to jam or bind

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Sol. Linear programming in the locating hole.
11. The reaction in which a liquid phase transform 15. A carton carrying vessel of mass 10 tons (width
into two different solid phases is called = length = 5 m, height = 6 m), floats on water.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Eutectoid reaction
Peritectic reaction
Eutectic reaction
Peritectoid reaction
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symmetrically placed. If the vessel tilts by 0.01
radians by moving a 50 kg carton from the
centre by a distance of 2 m towards side in
horizontal direction, the metacentric height of
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the vessel is (g = 10 m/s2)
Ans. (c)
(a) 1m (b) 3 m
Sol. Eutectic reaction
(c) 1.5 m (d) 2 m
12. Margin wear in drill is due to
Ans. (a)
(a) abrasion (b) vibration
x x
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(c) thermal softening (d) diffusion 

Sol. MG =
w tan  w
Ans. (c)
Sol. Margin and crater wear is due to excessive 50  9.81 2
heat and flank wear is due to abrasion. = = 1m
10  103  9.81 0.01
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13. The specific speed of the Kaplan turbine is

16. The maximum value of reduction in rolling
(a) 2.0 – 5.0 (b) < 0.3
process is
(c) 0.3 – 2.0 (d) none of these
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D  cos   D
Ans. (a) (a)
2 
1
2 
(b)
2
1  cos 
Sol. Specific speed range
D
Pelton wheel  0.03 – 0.3 (c) D(1  sin  ) (d) [1  sin ]
2
Francis turbine  0.3 – 2.0 where ‘D’ is roll diameter and '  ' is the angle
Kaplan turbine  2.0 – 5.0 of bite.
14. The type of locator used to prevent jamming Ans. (*)
during locating of a work piece is
17. Which of the following is TRUE for vibration of  
a mechanical system (a) (b)
2 4
(a) Damping ratio () is the ratio of the critical 2 2
(c) (d)
damping to the actual damping 2 4
(b) The damping can be obtained from the Ans. (d)

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response of the system under forced 11
1
vibration using logarithmic decrement  dxdy
Sol. I = 2
method 00 1 x 1  y2

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(c) For damped mechanical systems, the 1  1
dx  dy
amplitude of vibration tends to become =    .
y 0  x 0 1  x2  1  y2
infinity when excitation frequency ()
1 dy
reaches the system’s natural frequency 1  
=   sin1 x x0   2
 1 y 
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(n ) y 0

(d) Amplitude ratio and transmissibility of a 1 1

= sin (1) sin1 y  y 0
vibration isolator is unity when the
2
frequency of exciting force is 2 times 1 1      
= sin 1 .sin 1     
the natural frequency  2  2  4
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Ans. (d) 20. White iron structure consists of

18. What is the maximum rate that a heat pump (a) Pearlite
which uses 1 kW of electric power can supply (b) Cementite
heat to a house at 27°C when the outside
(c) Ferrite
temperature is 12°C
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(d) Pearlite and Cementite

(a) 50 J/s (b) 25 kJ/s
Ans. (d)
(c) 20 kJ/s (d) 30 J/s
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21. A cantilever beam of rectangular cross section

Ans. (c)
(depth ‘d’, width ‘b’ & length ‘L’) is subjected to
TH 300 300 a shear force ‘F’ at its free end as shown in
Sol. (COP)H.P = T  T  300  285  15  20 figure. The beam is made of material which
H L
follows maximum shear stress theory. Which
of the following is TRUE?
QH
= 20 F
W
QH = 1 × 20 = 20 kJ/s d

L b

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1 (a) The beam section has a uniform shear
19. Evaluate  dxdy
(1  x2 )(1  y 2 ) F
00 stress,
bd
 (b) Maximum shear stress in section and 23. A man draws 3 balls from a jug containing 5
maximum bending stress in beam is equal white balls and 7 black balls. He gets Rs. 20
when L = d/2 for each white ball and Rs. 10 for each black
(c) For L > d/2, bending stress decides the ball. What is his expectation?
failure stress. (a) Rs. 21.25 (b) Rs. 42.50
(d) Bending stress developed in the beam is (c) Rs. 31.25 (d) Rs. 45.21
independent of ‘b’. Ans. (b)

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Ans. (c) Sol. Let X = {Amount received} = {60, 50, 40, 30}
(a) Shear stress varies parabolically in a and W  20 Rs, B  10 Rs.
rectangular cross-section

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Possible ways of drawing balls :
1.5F Either (all 3W) or (2W and 1B) or (1W and 2B)
(b) Maximum shear stress = 
bd or (3B)
maximum bending stress
Money received 60 Rs or 50 Rs or 40 Rs or
(d) Bending stress depends on b. 30 Rs
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22. A U tube manometer shown in figure is used Probability distribution :
to measure the gauge pressure of water of
X: 60 50 40 30
density 1 = 1000 kg/m3. If the density of 5 5 7 5 7 7
C3 C2  C1 C1  C2 C3
P  x :
manometer liquid 2 is 12000 kg/m3, h1 = 0.5 12
C3 12
C3 12
C3 12
C3
m & h2 = 1.0 m, gauge pressure at ‘A’, the 1 14 21 7
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centre of tube is (take g = 10 m/s2)    

22 44 44 44
Manometer
Water, density = 1000 kg/m3
liquid, density
So E(x) = pi Xi  p1X1  p2 X2  p3 X3  p4 X4
= 12000 kg/m 3 = 42.50 Rs
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24. The missing dimension in the following simple

part is
h2

A Label Point B
Missing
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distance
h1

11 ± 1
0 18
17 17
–1
A
(a) 125 kPa (b) 115 kPa B
(c) 60 kPa (d) 5 kPa
Label Point A
Ans. (b)
Sol. PA + (  gh)1 – (  gh)2 = 0
PA + (1000×10×0.5) – (12000×10×1) = 0
+1
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PA = 115 kPa –2
 (a) 11.5 ± 1.5 (b) 11.5 ± 2.5 (a) 200 N, vertical
(c) 11.5 ± 3.5 (d) 11.5 ± 4.5 (b) 200 N, at 30° to horizontal
Ans. (c) (c) 100 N vertical
Sol. Maximum dimension = 57+1–(17–1+11–1+17) (d) 100 N at 60° to horizontal

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= 15 Ans. (b)
Minimum dimension = 57–2–(17+11+1+18) T

= 8 30°

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Sol. RH
 11.5 3.5
W RV
25. Buckling loads (Pi) of 4 columns of equal length
and cross section, but with different end T sin 30   2 = 20 × 1 × 10
conditions are shown below. Which of the T = 200 N
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following is TRUE?
FH = 0
P1 P2 P3 P4
Tcos30° – RH = 0
RH = Tcos30° = 200 cos30° = 173.205 N

Fv = 0
L

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T sin30  100  2  Rv = 0

Rv = 100 N
(p) (q) (r) (s)
(a) p1 < p2 < p3 < p4(b) p3 < p1 < p4 < p2 1  R v  1  100 
 = tan  R  = tan 
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
 h  173.205 
(c) p1 < p4 < p2 < p3(d) p3 < p4 < p1 < p2
Ans. (b)   = 30°
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Sol. P2 > P4 > P1 > P3 RV

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26. The bar AB weights 10 kg per meter and is
supported by cable AC and a pin at B. Reaction
at B is (take g = 10 m/s2)
30°
C RH

RB = R2v  R  1002  173.2052

H2
°
45
30°

A = 200 N
B
2m
27. Arrange the metals Aluminium, Copper, Iron & 29. Which of the following is FALSE?
Silv er in increasing order of thermal (a) Heat flow by conduction is directly
conductivity proportional to the area and temperature
(a) Iron, Aluminium, Copper, Silver gradient
(b) Aluminium, Iron, Copper, Silver (b) Heat flow by convection is directly
(c) Copper, Iron, Silver, Aluminium proportional to the area and temperature
difference

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(d) Iron, Copper, Aluminium, Silver
(c) Heat f low by radiation is directly
Ans. (a) proportional to the cube of absolute
Sol. Thermal conductivity : tmperature of the radiating body
Iron = 79.5 W/mk
Aluminium = 205 W/mk
Copper = 385 W/mk
Silver = 406.0 W/mk
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Sol.
(d)
Ans. (c)
Emissivity of perfect black body is unity

Heat flow by radiation is directly proportional

to the fourth power of absolute temperature of
radiating body.
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28. Modulus of resilience for the below material is
30. The most applicable failure theory for metals
Stress,
N/mm2
like Aluminium is
(a) Maximum principal stress theory
Breaking point
250
(b) Maximum principal strain theory
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200 (c) Total strain energy theory

(d) Maximum distortion energy theory
Ans. (d)
Strain Sol. Aluminimum being ductile material, most
0.001 0.00325 0.05
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applicable theory for this is maximum distortion

(a) 200 kN/m2 (b) 100 kN/m2 energy theory.
(c) 606.25 kN/m2 (d) 12.29 MN/m2 31. Which one of the following is FALSE?
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Ans. (b) (a) Number of Taps generally used for hand

Sol. Modulus of reselience tapping is 3.
= Area under stress-strain graph upto elastic (b) Piispanen’s model in machining is used
limit to estimate shear strain.
(c) Chip hammering during machining is due
1/2 (   yield   yield  to improper chip control.
= 1/2 × 200 × 0.001 (d) Cemented carbide tools are generally
poor in compression.
= 0.1 MN/m2 = 100 kN/m2
Ans. (d)
Three type of taps are generally used in
sequence while doing hand tapping :
 1. Taper tap 35. A block (of cross section 4 × 3 m size) of 20
2. Plug tap kg mass rests on a flat horizontal surface as
shown in figure below. If the coefficient of
3. Bottoming tap,
friction between the block and the surface is
Cemented carbide tools are generally string in 1/4, the force ‘F’ which will cause block to
compression and weak in tension move is approximately given by

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32. A statistical process control chart which shows F
the number of defects found in a subgroup of
fixed size is 30° L=3

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(a) C-chart (b) R-chart
(c) Control chart (d) Gantt chart
Ans. (a) L=4
Sol. c-chart
33. Complex irregular three dimensional surfaces
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O 20 kg
can be located using the following method
(a) Sighting (b) Nesting
(a) 20 kgf (b) 10 kgf
(c) Integral locators (d) Buttons
(c) 5 kgf (d) 8.7 kgf
Ans. (b)
Ans. (c)
Sol. Nesting
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Fcos30°
34. The force in member BC of steel truss structure
shown in figur below is (Cross section of each
member is A, Length of each member is ‘l’)
P1 2*P1 N
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N
A l C Fcos30° =  (20 × 9.81)
B D
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l 3
F = 0.25 × 20 × 9.81
2
E l F G H J
F = 56.638 N = 5.77 kg
36. A point P moves along the path y = x2 – 4.
P2 P2
What is the displacement when the point
(a) P1 + 2P2 (b) 2P1 + P2 moves from x = 1 to x = 3
(c) 2 * (P1 + P2) (d) (P1 + P2)/2 (a) 8.24, @ tan–1 (4)°
Ans. (c) (b) 2, @ tan–1 (1)°
Sol. Using method of section cut BC, BG, FG. (c) 11.3, @ tan–1 (4)°
Taking moment about G.
(d) 11.3, @ tan–1 (1)°
FBC × l = 2P1 × l + P2 × 2l
Ans. (a)
FBC = 2(P1 + P2)
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T = I
B
(3 × 0.1 – 1 × 0.2) × 9.81 = 1.5 × 0.22 × 
0  = 16.35 rad/sec2
Sol.
A 38. Identify the geometric characteristic that
describe the feature geometry and the inter-

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A(1, –3) relationship of part features

B(3, 5) (a) form tolerance

(b) form

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So distance AB
(c) orientation tolerance
=  x2  x1 2   y2  y1 2 (d) dimension
Ans. (b)
= 5  3 2   3  12
39. Isothermal compressibility of an ideal gas is
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= 8.24
nR nRT
y 2  y1 
1  (a) (b)
and  = tan  x  x  VP VP2
 2 1
nR nRT
1  8  1 (c) 2 (d)
= tan    tan 4 VP VP
2
Ans. (b)
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37. The pulley system shown in figure has a mass

of 1.5 kg and a radius of gyration of 0.2m. The 1 V
Sol. Isothermal compressibility = – V
angular acceleration of the pulleys, when the P T C
suspended masses are released is nRT 
  
= – 1  P 
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0.
2m V P

0.
1m nRT  1/ P nRT
= – . 
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O V P VP2
40. Datum features on the part are
(a) permanent
(b) temporary
1 kg (c) either permanent or temporary
(d) none of these
3 kg Ans. (c)
(a) 5 rad/sec2 (b) 10/1.3 rad/sec2
(c) 15/1.3 rad/sec2 (d) 10 rad/sec2
 2 2 4 (b) Threads made by thread rolling process
 2 1 2  are preferred over machined threads in
41. The eigen values of A =   are bolts
 4 2 2 
(c) W hen external load is applied to a
(a) 2, 7, 2 (b) –7, –2, –2 preloaded bolt joint, a bigger percentage
(c) –2, –2, 7 (d) 2, –1, 2

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of that load relieves compression of
Ans. (c) f langes and remaining percentage
increases tension in bolts
Sol. Characteristic equation of A is

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(d) Bolted joints are designed such that bolt
A  I = 0 stiffness is higher than flange stiffness

2    2 4 Ans. (d)
2  1    2 Sol. Bolts are made of mild steel having lower
= 0
4 2 2   stiffness while flanges are made of cast iron
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having higher stiffness.
    2 2    7  = 0 or  = – 2, –2, 7 46. Root opening of a Single Vee groove weld
joint of plate thickness “t’ is
42. In process charts, the symbol used for
inspection is t t
(a) (b)
3 4
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(a) (b) t t
(c) (d)
5 6
(c) (d) Ans. (b)
Ans. (b) Sol. As per welding codal provision the root opening
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of single vee joint is ‘t/4’.

Sol.  Inspection
47. A cubic B-spline curve requires minimum
_____ control points.
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43. Efficiency of gas turbines lies between

(a) 3 (b) 4
(a) 85 to 95% (b) 50 to 60%
(c) 5 (d) 6
(c) 30 to 50% (d) 15 to 18%
Ans. (b)
Ans. (d)
48. Which one of the following is FALSE about
44. Which one of the following is impulse turbine? Boronizing process?
(a) Francis turbine (b) Kaplan turbine (a) it is a pack cementation process
(c) Pelton turbine (d) none of these (b) it can be done only on high carbon steels
Ans. (c) (c) it is used to obtain extremely high wear
45. Which of the following is FALSE for bolted resistant surfaces on steels
joints? (d) it leads to high distortion
(a) Bolted joints are preloaded to avoid Ans. (b)
vibration loosening
49. In dynamic balancing of machines, which of 3 × 10–3 > 1.5 × 10–3
the following is NOT a method of measuring hence  = 300 N/mm2
the magnitude and location of correction weight
for a two plane correction? 51. The critical pressure ratio for maximum
discharge in steam nozzle is
(a) Pivoted cradle method

2  2 
(b) Mechanical compensation method (a) (b)  
 1    1
(c) Pivoted compensation method

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1 
(d) Nodal point method  2   2  1
(c)   (d)  
Ans. (c)    1    1

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50. The stress produced in a wire of diameter 6 where '  ' is the isentropic index
mm, when it is bend around a large cylinder of
Ans. (d)
diameter 2 m can be obtained as (Young’s
modulus of both wire and cylinder = 200 GPa, Sol. Critical pressure ratio for maximum discharge
the stress strain curve of the material is given 
below) P2  2   1
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P1 =    1 

52. A jet engine consumes 1 kg of fuel for each

Stress 40kg of air intake. Fuel consumption is 1 kg/
sec. When aircraft travels in still air at 200 m/
300 N/mm2
sec, velocity of discharge gases with respect
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to engine is 700 m/sec. The power developed

E = 200 GPa by engine is
(a) 7200 kW (b) 5600 kW
(c) 2070 kW (d) 4140 kW
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Ans. (d)
Strain
Sol. a m
Power =  m ˆ f   Vj  m
ˆ a Vaircraft  × V
(a) 600 MPa (b) 300 MPa  aircraftt
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(c) 100 MPa (d) 200 MPa [(40+1) × 700 – 40 × 200] × 200
Ans. (b)  4140 kW

M  E 53. Which of the following is most appropriate for

Sol. =  vapour power cycles?
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(a) In carnot cycle, expansion of vapour
ymax 3  103
 =  = 3 × 10–3 occurs without change in entropy
R 1
(b) In Rankine cycle, transformation of liquid
 300
 yield pt =   1.5  103 water in steam generator occurs at
I 200  103 constant temperature
 >  yield pt (c) In Carnot cycle, heating of vapor occures
at constant volume
 (d) In Rankine cycle, entropy of vapour p
increases during its expansion in steam
turbine. A B

Ans. (a) Material M1 E1 E2 Material M2

Sol. In carnot cycle, compression and expansion

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54. Load Vs displacement curve shown in the Fixed End
following figure pertains to
(a) Stress in both blocks are same

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(b) Strain in both blocks are same

M = 2/3 (c) Plate AB tilts and point B mov es

Load
downward
(d) Plate AB tilts and point A mov es
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downward
Displacement
Which of the above sentences are correct?
(a) Extrusion (b) Bending
(a) p, q & r (b) q & r
(c) Blanking (d) Coining
(c) p & s (d) p & r
Ans. (c)
Ans. (d)
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55. The reheat factor Rf for a steam turbine is

usually in the range of
A B
(a) 0 to 1 (b) 1 to 1.065
E1 E2
(c) 2 to 2.065 (d) 5 to 10 Sol.
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Ans. (b)
Sol. Reheat factor Two blocks are dimensionally equal.
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Cumulative enthalpy drop Pl

= l =
Total isentropic enthalpy drop AE
It lies between 1.02 to 1.06 1
 
56. Two dimensionally equal blocks made of E
material M1 and M2 are placed on a flat as E1 > E2
horizontal surface as shown in figure below.
Young’s modulus of the materials are E1 & E2  2 > 1
resp. A uniform pressure ‘P’ is applied over Hence AB tilts and B moves downword.
the blocks through a thick plate (AB)
symmetrically placed over the blocks. For E1 load
Stress =
> E2, consider the statement below. area
As two blocks are dimensionally equal have
stress will also be equal
57. In tolerancing of a part, unless othewise Applying moment about A
specified, individual features of size must P × 3b = P1 × b + P2 × 2b ...(i)
(a) Not violate size limits of MMC at any cross
P2  2
section Strain at P2 AE  2
(b) Not violate an envelope of perfect from = P1   = P2  2  2P1  
Strain at P1
at LMC AE
(c) Not violate an envelope of perfect form P1 = P2 ...(ii)

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at MMC Put (ii) in (i)
(d) None of these P × 3b = 3P1 b

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Ans. (c)  P1 = P 2 = P
Sol. Maximum material condition (MMC) ensure
P1 P2 P
further machining for correction if nothing is Stress =  
specified. A A A
as cross-sectional area of each wire is A
58. A horizontal bar AB assumed to be rigid, is
59. In CAD, the geometric transformation is
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supported by two wires CE & DF, having
lengths L and 2L respectively and pinned at A. expressed as P* = [T]P where T is the
If each wire has cross sectional area A, the transformation matrix. If the matrix T is
diagonal, then the transformation is called
tensile stress 1 and 2 in wires CE and DF
are respectively, (a) translation (b) reflection
(c) rotation (d) scaling
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D
Ans. (d)
60. A water tank is located 3m above ground and
C 2L depth of water in tank is 2m. Exit pipe is 50mm
L in dia and 50 m long. Velocity of water at the
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A E F B exit at the ground level is approximately (Take

friction factor f = 0.05, g = 10 m/s2)
b b b (a) 1.5 m/s (b) 2 m/s
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P (c) 0.7 m/s (d) 1/4 m/s

3P 6P 2P 4P Ans. (a)
(a) and (b) and
5A 5A 5A 5A Sol. Apply Bernoullis equation between (1) and (2)
3P 6P P
(c) and (d) each
A A A
Ans. (d) 2m
P1 P2 3m

A 3m
Sol. b b b
P
 V2 62. The distribution of temperature T, at a particular
H=  hf instant, across a large concrete wall, 1m thick,
2g
which is heated from one side is given by the
V 2 fV 2 equation T = 150 – 80x + 16x2, where the
H= 
2g 2gd distance x is in meters and T is in the degree
Celsius. Thermal conductivity of wall is 0.6 W/

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V2  f  mk, area of cross section is 10 m2. The heat
H= 1  
2g  d accumulated in unit time at this instant in the
concrete wall is
V2  0.05  50 

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5= 1   (a) 768 J/sec (b) 384 J/sec
2  10  50  103 
V = 1.4 m/s (c) 96 J/sec (d) 192 J/sec
 1.5 m/s Ans. (d)
61. The work ratio of a gas turbine is a function of
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(a) temperature ratio and pressure ratio Qout
(b) pressure ratio Qin

(c) temperature ratio

(d) non of these
Ans. (a)
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x
Wnet
Sol. Work ratio = W
turbine x = 0 to 1m
3   
P Q accumulated = Qin  Qout
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dT  dT 
2 = – kA   KA 
4 dx x 0  dx x 1m 
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= – 0.6×10×(–80) + (0.6×10×(–80+32))
1
V = 192 J/sec

WT  WC Cp  T2  T1  63. Which one of the following is the permanent

 = 1 mould casting process?
WT Cp  T3  T4 
(a) Investment casting process
 r 1 
T1  r r  1 (b) Full mould process
p 
= 1
 r 1  (c) Vacuum casting process
 r r  1
T  
p
3
(d) Die casting process
r 1
rp r Ans. (d)
r 1 64. Tolerances generally followed for tooling design
T are
 1  1 rp r
T3
 (a) 5-10% of work piece tolerance 68. Adaptive response rate forercasting is related
(b) 11-30% of work piece tolerance to

(c) 31-50% of work piece tolerance (a) Production Planning

(d) None of these (b) Production Scheduling

Ans. (c) (c) Value analysis

65. Which of the following is FALSE about normal (d) Inventory control

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distribution? Ans. (d)
(a) Normal distribution is applied for discrete 69. Process in which lowest tolerances in cast
random distribution products of ferrous and non ferrous metals

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(b) The shape of the normal curve is bell can be achieved is
shaped (a) Die casting
(c) The area under a standard normal curve (b) Shell casting
is 1 (c) Investment casting
(d) The standard normal curve is symmetric (d) Sand casting
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about the value 0
Ans. (c)
Ans. (a)
70. Pickling treatment is cleaning the casting with
Sol (a) is false bacause normal distribution is
applicable for continuous random variable. (a) Soda ash

66. The temperature of the products of combustion (b) Dilute acid

when the maximum amount of chemical energy
M

(c) Compressed air and sand particles

is converted to thermal energy is (d) Iron shots
(a) Higher than adiabatic flame temperature Ans. (b)
(b) Lower than adiabatic flame temperature Sol. Pickling is a metal surface treatment which
(c) Eqaul ot adiabatic flame temperature usually contains acid.
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(d) Independent of adiabatic flame 71. Element which makes steel stainless
temperature (a) Mg (b) Ni
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Ans. (c) (c) C (d) Cr

67. Fredric W Taylor introduced a system of Ans. (d)
working known as
Sol. Chromium imparts corrosion resistance to
(a) Line organisation steel.
(b) Effective organisation 72. Isentropic process is related to
(c) Functional organisation (a) Adiabatic expansion
(d) None of the above (b) Reversible adiabatic expansion
Ans. (c) (c) Isothermal expansion
Sol. The concept of functional organisation was (d) Reversible isothermal expansion
given by FW taylor.
Ans. (b)
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Sol. ds =  Sgen = C
T T
= 0 + 0 (for reversible + adiabetic) 75. A cantilever beam of cross section area ‘A’,
Hence reversible adiabatic process always moment of inertia ‘I’ and length ‘L’ is having
isentropic natural frequency 1 . If the beam is accidently

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73. A 10 mm thick plate-1 is welded to another broken into two haves, the natural frequency
plate-2 (10mm thk) using fillet weld of thickness of the remaining cantilever beam 2 will be
10 mm, on two sides of plate-1 as shown in such that

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figure. Plate-1 project outside plate-2 by 85
(a) 2  1
mm. An end load of 1 kN acts on plate-1. The
primary shear stress produced in the weld (b) 2  1
throat is (c) 2  1
30 (d) Can not be obtained from the given data
Plate-2
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P=1kN Ans. (b)
10 Plate-1
g
Sol. n =

20
3
 = (Assumed)
3EI
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85
1
n  3/ 2

(a) 173 N/mm2 (b) 2.4 N/mm2
 n2  n1
(c) 85 N/mm2 (d) None of these
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Ans. (b) 76. A 3m long steel shaft has to transmit 7.5 kw

P at 3600 rpm. Required shaft diameter is given
Sol. Primary shear stream = by (Take allowable shear stress = 100 N/
A
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1 103 mm2, 2 = 10)?

= = 2.4 N/mm2
 0.707  10  30   2 (a) 10 mm (b) 7.5 mm
74. Isochoric changes in ideal gas are (c) 25 mm (d) 12.5 mm
characterized by
Ans. (a)
V
(a) = const (b) PV = Const 16 T
T Sol. Z=
d3
P
(c) = Const (d) None of these 2NT
T P=
60
Ans. (c)
2  3600  T
PV 7.5 × 103 =
Sol. = C 60
T
T = 19.89 Nm
Isochoric V = C
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Z= 3 =
d EI dx4
16  19.894  103 80. A point moves according to the relation
100 =
d3 x  8t 2 cos  t  , y  4t 3 sin  t  , where x and
d = 10.04 mm y are in meters, and t in seconds. If angular
77. For thin cylindrical shell structures loaded in velocity   8  rad/sec, velocity vector of the

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compression, the design is based on point at t = 0.5 sec is given by
(a) Yield strength of material
(a) 8  j4 (b) 6  j20
(b) Ultimate strength of material
(c)
(d)
Ans. (c)

78.
Buckling strength of the structure
Shear strength of the structure
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The frictional shear stress    in metal forming
Ans. (c)
(c) 8  j4

x = t 2 cos  t 
(d) 20  j6
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y = – 4t 3 sin  t 
is expressed as
m  dx
(a) (b) u=  16 t.cos  t   8t 2.  sin  t 
3 3m dt

 3
(c) (d)  dy
v =  12 t 2 sin  t   4 t 3 . cos  t 
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m 3 m dt
which ‘m’ is the friction shear factor and '  ' is
Velocity vactor at t = 0.5 sec
the flow stress
V = ui + Vj
Ans. (a)
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79. Governing differential equation for small = 16  0.5 cos  8  0.5   8  0.5 2  8 sin  8  0.t   î
deflections of elastic beams is given by
 12  0.5 2 sin  8  0.5   4  0.53  8  cos  8  0.5   ĵ
d2 y M d3 y
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(a)  (b) EI 3  V(x)

dx2 EI dx as sinn = 0
d4 y = 8 cos 4i  4 cos  4  j
(c) EI  q(x) (d) All the above
dx 4
Ans. (d) cos  n  = 1 if n = even

M d2 y = 8i  j4
Sol. =
EI dx2
V d3 y
=
EI dx3