GATE-2018 ME-Set-1
Engineering
Industrial Engineering Mechanics
Engineering General Aptitude Mathematics 4%
4% 15% 14%
Manufacturing Mechanics of
Engineering Materials
14% 14%
Thermodynamics
10%
Fluid Mechanics
11%
Theory Of
Machines
7%
ME ANALYSIS-2018_3-Feb_Morning
General Aptitude
GATE 2018 Examination* (Memory Based)
Mechanical Engineering
Test Date: 3-FEB-2018
Test Time: 9:00 AM 12:00 PM
Subject Name: Mechanical Engineering
General Aptitude
Q.1 - Q.5 Carry One Mark each.
1. Her_____________ should not be confused with miserliness because she is ever willing to
assist those in need.
(A) Cleanliness (B) Punctuality
(C) Frugality (D) Greatness
[Ans. C]
2. Going by the __________ that many hands make light work, the school __________ involved all
the students in the task
(A) Principle , Principal
[Ans. A]
5. 7 machines take 7 min to make 7 identical toys. At the same rate how many minutes would
it take for 100 machines to make 100 toys?
(A) 1 (B) 7
(C) 100 (D) 700
[Ans. B]
7. From the time, the front of a train enters a platform it take 25 sec for back of the train to
leave the platform, if train is travelling at 54 km/hr. At the same speed it takes 14 sec to
pass a man running at 9 km/h in same direction of the train. Length of train and platform
in m is?
(A) 175 and 200 (B) 210 and 140
(C) 162.5 and 187.5 (D) 245 and 130
[Ans. A]
9. A number consists of 2 digits, the sum of digits is 9. If 45 is subtracted from the number its
digits are interchange. What is the number?
(A) 63 (B) 72
(C) 81 (D) 90
[Ans. B]
Technical
1. [ ] .Find rank of A
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4
[Ans. B]
3. Consider the function F(x) which is continuous in (a, b) there exists [a, b] such that
∫ f(x) dx is __________
(A) f( )(b a) (B) f(b)( a)
(C) f(a)(b ) (D) 0
[Ans. A]
5. ∯ r̅ n̂ ds over the closed surface ‘S’ bounding the volume ‘V’ where r x ̂ ŷ z ̂ is
the position vector
(A) 1V (B) 2V
(C) 3V (D) 4V
[Ans. C]
6. Let x , x be two normal random (independent) variables with means , and standard
deviation , , consider y x x is random variable then _________ (given that
, , )
(A) Y is normal distributed random variable with mean=0, variance=1
(B) Y is normal distributed random variable with mean=0, variance=5
(C) Y is not normal distributed random variable with mean =0, variance =1
(D) Y is not normal distributed random variable with mean=0, variance =5
[Ans. B]
7. A six faced fair dice is rolled 5 times then percentage probability of obtaining ‘ ’ at least
times is
(A) 33 (B) 3.33
(C) 0.33 (D) 0.0033
[Ans. C]
8. A box contains 4 Red, 4 Green, 4 Black balls, 3 balls are pulled out of the box at random
one after another without replacement. Probability of getting all 3 balls is red.
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
[Ans. B]
10. In a slider crank mechanism, crank is of length 30 mm and connecting rod is of length 70
mm. At the instant when crank is making with the line of reciprocation of slider what
will be the turning moment (N-m) on crank if a force of 40 kN is applied on the slider as
shown?
mm
[Ans. *] 1118.33
11. A mass 200 kg is supported with two springs of stiffness k=10 kN/m and subjected to a
harmonic force (t) cos t Find the magnitude of dynamic force transmitted
from each mounting to the ground
F(t)
[Ans. *] 33.33 kN
13. Below is figure shown what the name of weld based on shaded region is.
14. A block of mass 2 kg is sliding along a curved surface from P. At point Q, it’s velocity is
20m/s and radius of curvature is 2 m. What will be the normal force acting block at
Q?(Ta e g m s )
[Ans. *] 420
15. A rigid bar of weight 100 N and length L is supported to a fix support with the help of two
inextensible strings S and S . At equilibrium, what is the magnitude of tension developed
in strings T and T ?
T T
S S
(A) 100 N, 0 N
(B) 0 N, 100 N
[Ans. B]
16. A point mass is shooted vertically upward with a gun and initial velocity 4 m/sat t = 0. It
comes back to ground and rebound but 20% of the velocity is lost in rebounding. If the
final velocity comes to zero then how much time it will take?(Ta e g m s )
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D)
[Ans. C]
17. A steel column of rectangular cross-section is simply supported at ends. Length of the
column is 1.5 m and cross section dimensions are mm mm. Modulus of elasticity is
200 GPa. The critical load (in kN) which the column can carry is__________kN.
[Ans. *]1.09
18. A bar is compressed up to half of its original length. The magnitude of true strain produced
in cylinder is__________?
[Ans. *]
19. If and are maximum and minimum values of principle stresses algebraically then the
maximum value of shear stress is?
(A)
(B) √
(C) ( ) (D) √
[Ans. A]
20. True stress( ) Vs True strain ( ) curve is shown in figure when material is loaded up to A.
At A stress is 500 MPa and strain is 0.5. Then material is unloaded up to B, what will be the
strain at B if stress at B is 100 MPa, young’s modulus of material is 200 GPa.
MPa
MPa
[Ans. *] 0.498
21. Two wooden pieces are attached as shown in figure below. Their attached with figure so
the angle ( ) is given in the diagram is 30 and the whole assembly experience 10 in
tensile stress of 4 MPa.
MPa MPa
22. A block of mass 2 kg slides down steadily against a vertical wall. A very thin oil layer of
thickness 0.15mm acts as a lubricant between the block and the wall. The thickness of oil
layer is 0.15 mm.
il
h mm
If the interface area of block is m , the dynamic viscosity of oil is Pa-sec.
Find out the terminal velocity of the block. Take g = 10 .
Assume the velocity profile developed in oil layer due to sliding of block to be linear.
[Ans. *]10.714 m/s
23. An engine operates on otto cycle with initial supply of air at 0.1 MPa and .
The compression ratio of cycle is 8 and heat supplied is 500 kJ/kg.
What is the maximum temperature for the cycle?
[Ans. *] 1085
24. A simply supported beam of 4 m length is carrying uniformly distributed load of 10 kN/m
load intensity. It’s cross section area is rectangular with dimensions mm width and
200 mm depth. The maximum bending stress developed in beam is _________MPa
W m
mm
m mm
[Ans. *] 29 to 31
25. For a given state of stress, Pa, Pa and minimum principle stress is
10 kPa. What is (in kPa).
Pa
Pa
Pa
eed
[Ans. *] 53.3
27. The wire diameter of a helical compression spring is increased by 2%. Find out % change
in stiffness.
[Ans. *] 8.243
28. For the simply supported beams of length 4 m is uniformly distributed load of an intensely
10 kN/m s applied. Calculate the maximum value of bending stress (MPa) if width of beam
is 100 mm and height is 200 mm.
[Ans. *] 30
29. If a self-aligning ball bearing is having a basic load rating of 35 kN and equivalent bearing
load of 45 kN the expected rating life in number of million revolution will be
(A) <0.5 (B) 0.5 to 0.5
(C) (D)
[Ans. A]
32. The P face of a 20 cm thick wale is in contact with a fluid having ambient temperature 45
and coefficient of convection h = h⁄m . The thermal conductivity of the wall is 2.5
w/m-k. what is the temperature of A fall of the wall?
h
T
w m
P
[Ans.*] 33.88
34. For the following brake, the magnitude of braking torque (Nm) is equal to?
mm
m
mm
mm
mm
36. As shown in the figure, an open container of height 1 m is completely filled with water.
There is a hole at a depth of 0.5m from the top. What is the value of x, where the jet from
the hole strikes the ground. Calculate x in m.
x
ontainer
[Ans.*] 1
37. In a linearly hardening plastic material, true stress beyond initial yielding
(A) Increases linear with true strain
(B) Decreasing linear with true strain
(C) First increase linearly then decrease linearly
(D) Remain constant
[Ans. D]
39. The flow conditions for steady state flow through a nozzle are as shown below .
nlet
h g h g
msec W
ozzle
If the nozzle is non-insulted and rate of heat loss from fluid to surroundings through
nozzle is 5 kW, what is the exit velocity ?
[Ans. *] 141.42 m/sec
41. A gas expands from initial state p1 =100 kPa, T ) to a final state
(T ,P Pa).
The specific heats for the gas are given as:
=1kJ/Kg
=0.7KJ/Kg K
What is the change in entropy of the gas in kJ/kg-k.
[Ans. *] 0.363
42. A tank of volume m contains a mixture of saturated water and saturated vapour. In
the mixture, the mass of liquid is 8 kg. What is the entropy of the mixture in kJ/kg,if the
temperature of mixture is
Given that T
p MPa
v m g
v m g
S g
S g
[Ans. *] 3.502
43. A sprinkler rotates about hinge O in horizontal plane as shown in the figure. The discharge
to the sprinkle is uniformly distributed to the two limbs
cm cm
If the flow rate at inlet of sprinkles is 1 lt/sec and nozzle area at axis is cm . What is the
steady state angular velocity assuming frictionless hinge
[Ans. *] We Will update soon
44. Lagrangian approach. Based on lagrangion description, the position of a fluid particle is
given as x x e and y y e . Where x,y are position coordinates in m t is time in Scc
and x , y , b are constant. The flow is
(A) Steady 1D (B) Unsteady 1D
(C) Steady 2D (D) Unsteady 2D
[Ans. C]
45. A flow field is described by ⃗V (x ̂ y ̂) Where A>0. Which of the following statements
is incorrect
(A) The flow field follows continuity equation
(B) Flow is Irrotational
(C) Equation of streamline is x=y
(D) f x ,y , the flow becomes uni-directional
[Ans. C]
46. A sine bar of 125 mm is used for a taper of 27 ’ height (mm) is _________
[Ans. *] We Will update soon
47. n the Taylor’s tool life formula n of cutting velocity is decresed by 50%, the ratio of
new tool life to original tool lie is?
[Ans. *] 4
48. Number of atoms per unti cell and number of slip systems in FCC are?
[Ans. *] We Will update soon
49. A four bar mechanism has links of length 100 mm, 200 mm, 300 mm, and 350 mm. If 350
mm link is fixed, number of links that can fully rotate are?
[Ans. *] 1 Since it is crank rocks mechanism
50. For Pelton wheel for maximum power ratio of locket speed to water jet speed is?
[Ans. *] 0.5
52. An incompressible fluid is entrapped between a moving plate and a solid wall as shown
m
Moving
Plate U m sec
V d m
V
If plate is rectangular and large and is moving down with a speed of 1 m/sec. Find the
outward velocity V of the fluid? in m/sec
[Ans. *] 5