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An ideal material for making cooking vessels should have

A. High heat capacity

B. Low heat capacity

C. High thermal conductivity

D. Both (B) and (C)

Correct Answer :

D. Both (B) and (C)


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Which of the following does not have a sharp melting point?

A. Thoria

B. Glass

C. Ice

D. Pig iron

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Brass parts with high residual tensile stress at the surface are susceptible to season cracking (i.e. spontaneous cracking occuring on exposure to atmospheric corrosion), if its zinc percentage is more than

A. 5

B. 10

C. 20

D. 35

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Chromium molybdenum steel cannot be welded using __________ welding.

A. Thermit

B. Electrical resistance

C. Oxy-acetylene

D. Any of these

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__________ is not a case hardening process.

A. Carburising

B. Nitriding

C. Cyaniding

D. Annealing

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Powder metallurgy technique is used in the production of __________ tools.

A. Tungsten carbide

B. High carbon steel

C. High speed steel

D. Drilling

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Production of one ton of paper in Indian paper industry consumes about __________ kWh of electricity.

A. 300

B. 800

C. 1400

D. 2000

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M10 index of coke indicates its

A. Compressive strength

B. Hardness

C. Abrasion resistance

D. Impact strength

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Material of construction of the electrode used in the electric resistance welding is

A. Stainless steel

B. Graphite

C. Copper

D. Steel

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__________ has a negative co-efficient of linear expansion.

A. Iron

B. Copper

C. Rubber

D. Nickel

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Wavelength of radiation emitted by a body depends on the __________ of its surface.

A. Temperature

B. Area

C. Nature

D. All 'a', 'b' & 'c'

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The surface tension of a liquid, at critical temperature is

A. Indeterminate

B. Zero

C. Infinity

D. Same as that at any other temperature

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Particle nature of cathode rays is proved due to the fact that they

A. Travel in a straight line

B. Get deflected by magnetic electric field

C. Produce fluorescence

D. Heat the exposed material

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Vernier calipers cannot be used to measure the

A. I.D. & O.D. of the shaft

B. Thickness of parts

C. Depth of holes

D. Clearance between two mating surfaces

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The most prominent single cause of corrosion in boiler-tubes, drums, economisers and steam superheaters in a thermal power plant boiler is the

A. Water alkalinity & leakage

B. Hydrazine addition during feed water treatment

C. Release of non-condensable gas from water in the boiler

D. Scale formation

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Hooke's law

A. Applies to elastic deformation

B. Applies beyond limit of proportionality in stress-strain curve

C. States that stress is inversely proportional to strain upto elastic limit

D. None of these

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Cold heading or upsetting is categorised as the __________ process.

A. Extrusion

B. Bending

C. Rolling

D. Forging

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Resistance of an electrical conductor is proportional to its (where, l = length and A = cross-sectional area of the conductor)

A. A

B. l

C. A2

D. Both 'a' & 'b'

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Most important property of steels for use in automobile bodies is the

A. Formability

B. Yield strength

C. Toughness

D. Resilience

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__________ metal is used as a bearing liner material.

A. Pewter

B. White

C. Babbitt

D. Gun

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Pick out the wrong statement.

A. Weldability of high carbon steel is poorer compared to low carbon steel

B. Invar is a magnetic alloy

C. Magnetic permeability of the diamagnetic material is less than one

D. Martenistic transformation never goes to completion (i.e., 100%) at room temperature

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Starting friction is low in case of the __________ lubrication.

A. Boundary

B. Hydrodynamic

C. Hydrostatic

D. Mixed/semi-fluid

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While the oxy-acetylene flame produces a temperature of 3200°C, the temperature produced by oxy-hydrogen flame is about __________ °C.

A. 1800

B. 2000

C. 2400

D. 3000

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Machinability of hard alloys and tool steels is improved by

A. Spheroidising

B. Annealing

C. Tempering

D. Normalising

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Other parameters remaining same, the recrystallisation temperature of an alloy is lowered, when

A. Strain rate is increased

B. Grain size is increased

C. Prior cold deformation is increased

D. Not affected by any of the above parameters

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Batch process is preferred over continuous process, when the

A. Product yields and quality cannot be achieved in continuous process, because of long residence time

B. Sales demand of product is not steady

C. Same equipment cannot be used for several processes of the same nature

D. All (A), (B) & (C)

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The difference between gross & net calorific values of fuel is due to the

A. Sensible heat carried away by the flue gases

B. Heat carried away by the steam from the moisture content of the fuel

C. Heat lost by radiation

D. Heat carried away by steam from the combustion of hydrogen in the fuel

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Silicon in steel

A. Makes it usable in almost all magnetic circuits where alternating current is used

B. Increases its electrical resistivity and decreases the hysteresis loss

C. Is present upto 5% & 4% respectively when used in transformers & motor armatures

D. All 'a', 'b' & 'c'

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Which of the following is not a charge material for cupola?

A. Limestone

B. Iron scrap

C. Iron ore

D. Pig iron

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Speisses is a mixture of the following:

A. Arsenides of heavy metals

B. Antimonides of heavy metals

C. Arsenides & antimonides of heavy metals

D. Iron, cobalt and nickel

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Electrochemical corrosion can occur, only if __________ is present in contact with metal.

A. Air

B. Oxygen

C. Liquid medium

D. Gaseous medium