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All perfect gases change in volume by 1/273th of its original volume at 0°C for every 1°C change in temperature, when the pressure remains constant. This statement is called

A. Boyle's law

B. Charles' law

C. Gay-Lussac law

D. Joule's law

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B. Charles' law


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All perfect gases change in volume by 1/273th of its original volume at 0°C for every 1°C change in temperature, when the pressure remains constant. This statement is called

A. Boyle's law

B. Charles' law

C. Gay-Lussac law

D. Joule's law

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A body is subjected to a tensile stress of 1200 MPa on one plane and another tensile stress of 600 MPa on a plane at right angles to the former. It is also subjected to a shear stress of 400 MPa on the same planes. The maximum normal stress will be

A. 400 MPa

B. 500 MPa

C. 900 MPa

D. 1400 MPa

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Hooke's law holds good up to

A. Yield point

B. Limit of proportionality

C. Breaking point

D. Elastic limit

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The distillation carried out in such a way that the liquid with the lowest boiling point is first evaporated and recondensed, then the liquid with the next higher boiling point is then evaporated and recondensed, and so on until all the available liquid fuels are separately recovered in the sequence of their boiling points. Such a process is called

A. Cracking

B. Carbonisation

C. Fractional distillation

D. Full distillation

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The extremeties of any diameter on Mohr's circle represent

A. Principal stresses

B. Normal stresses on planes at 45°

C. Shear stresses on planes at 45°

D. Normal and shear stresses on a plane

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A thin mild steel wire is loaded by adding loads in equal increments till it breaks. The extensions noted with increasing loads will behave as under

A. Uniform throughout

B. Increase uniformly

C. First increase and then decrease

D. Increase uniformly first and then increase rapidly

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If the rivets in adjacent rows are staggered and the outermost row has only one rivets, the arrangement of the rivets is called

A. Chain riveting

B. Zigzag riveting

C. Diamond riveting

D. Crisscross riveting

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The __________ is obtained when carbonisation of coal is carried out at 500° to 700° C.

A. Soft coal

B. Hard coal

C. Pulverised coal

D. Bituminous coal

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Reversed Joule cycle is known as

A. Carnot cycle

B. Bell-Coleman cycle

C. Rankine cycle

D. Stirling cycle

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Stirling and Ericsson cycles are

A. Reversible cycles

B. Irreversible cycles

C. Semi-reversible cycles

D. Adiabatic irreversible cycles

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Youngs modulus of a wire is defined as the stress which will increase the length of wire compared to its original length by

A. Half

B. Same amount

C. Double

D. One-fourth

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Efficiency of a riveted joint is the ratio of its strength (max. load it can resist without failure) to the strength of the un-punched plate in

A. Tension

B. Compression

C. Bearing

D. Any one of the above

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When a body is subjected to biaxial stress i.e. direct stresses (σx) and (σy) in two mutually perpendicular planes accompanied by a simple shear stress (τxy), then minimum normal stress is

A. x + σy)/2 + (1/2) × √[(σx - σy)² + 4 τ²xy]

B. x + σy)/2 - (1/2) × √[(σx - σy)² + 4 τ²xy]

C. x - σy)/2 + (1/2) × √[(σx + σy)² + 4 τ²xy]

D. x - σy)/2 - (1/2) × √[(σx + σy)² + 4 τ²xy]

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The property of a material by virtue of which it can be beaten or rolled into plates is called

A. Malleability

B. Ductility

C. Plasticity

D. Elasticity

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A thin cylindrical shell of diameter (D) and thickness (t) is subjected to an internal pressure (p). The ratio of longitudinal strain to volumetric strain is

A. (m - 1)/ (2m - 1)

B. (2m - 1)/ (m - 1)

C. (m - 2)/ (3m - 4)

D. (m - 2)/ (5m - 4)

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The ratio of elongation in a prismatic bar due to its own weight (W) as compared to another similar bar carrying an additional weight (W) will be

A. 1 : 2

B. 1 : 3

C. 1 : 4

D. 1 : 2.5

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The rivets are used for __________ fastenings.

A. Permanent

B. Temporary

C. Semi-permanent

D. None of these

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When a body is subjected to biaxial stress i.e. direct stresses (σx) and (σy) in two mutually perpendicular planes accompanied by a simple shear stress (τxy), then maximum normal stress is

A. x + σy)/2 + (1/2) × √[(σx - σy)² + 4 τ²xy]

B. x + σy)/2 - (1/2) × √[(σx - σy)² + 4 τ²xy]

C. x - σy)/2 + (1/2) × √[(σx + σy)² + 4 τ²xy]

D. x - σy)/2 - (1/2) × √[(σx + σy)² + 4 τ²xy]

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The ratio of lateral strain to the linear strain within elastic limit is known as

A. Young's modulus

B. Bulk modulus

C. Modulus of rigidity

D. Poisson's ratio

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For a beam, as shown in the below figure, the deflection at C is (where E = Young's modulus for the beam material, and I = Moment of inertia of the beam section.

A. Wl3/48 EI

B. Wa²b²/3EIl

C. [Wa/(a√3) x EIl] x (l² - a²)3/2

D. 5Wl3/384 EI

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The atomic mass of sulphur is

A. 12

B. 14

C. 16

D. 32

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The atomic mass of nitrogen is __________ oxygen.

A. Equal to

B. Less than

C. More than

D. None of these

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The limit of eccentricity for no tensile conditions for a column of circular section of diameter (D) is

A. d/4

B. d/8

C. d/12

D. d/16

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The smallest quantity of a substance, which can exist by itself in a chemically recognizable form is known as

A. Element

B. Compound

C. Atom

D. Molecule

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Which is the false statement about true stress strain method?

A. It does not exist

B. It is more sensitive to changes in both metallurgical and mechanical conditions

C. It gives a more accurate picture of the ductility

D. It can be correlated with stress strain values in other tests like torsion, impact, combined stress tests etc.

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The oxygen atom is ________ times heavier than the hydrogen atom.

A. 2

B. 8

C. 16

D. 32

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The columns whose slenderness ratio is less than 80, are known as

A. Short columns

B. Long columns

C. Weak columns

D. Medium columns

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Percentage reduction of area in performing tensile test on cast iron may be of the order of

A. 50 %

B. 25 %

C. 0 %

D. 15 %

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The absolute zero temperature is taken as

A. -273°C

B. 73°C

C. 237°C

D. -237°C

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The expansion ratio (r) is the ratio of (where v1 = Volume at the beginning of expansion, and v2 = Volume at the end of expansion)

A. v1/v2

B. v2/v1

C. (v1 + v2)/v1

D. (v1 + v2)/v2