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Diameter of the rivet to be provided on a 20 mm. thick boiler plate will be __________ mm.

A. 10

B. 20

C. 30

D. 40

Correct Answer :

D. 40


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For a small scale toy factory, the fixed cost per month is Rs. 5000/-. The variable cost per toy is Rs. 20 and sales price is Rs. 30 per toy. The break even production per month will be __________ toys.

A. 250

B. 500

C. 1000

D. 3000

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In the diving apparatus, helium is used along with oxygen, because it is

A. Easily available

B. Not soluble in blood at high pressure

C. Lighter than nitrogen

D. Completely miscible with oxygen

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__________ cannot increase the fatigue strength of a material.

A. Grain refining

B. Grain coarsening

C. Surface hardening

D. Shot peening

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Which of the following relationships is correct for relating the three elastic constants of an isotropic elastic material (where, E = Young's modulus, G = Modulus of rigidity or shear modulus v = Poisson's ratio)?

A. E = 2G (1 + v)

B. E = G (1 + v)

C. E = G (1 + v)/2

D. E = 2G (1 + 2v)

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Liquid nitrogen containers can be made from

A. Ferritic stainless steel

B. HSLA steel

C. Titanium

D. Austenitic stainless steel

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Specific __________ is a dimensionless quantity.

A. Heat

B. Humidity

C. Weight

D. None of these

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Wrought iron does not have

A. Uniform strength in all directions

B. Ability to hold protective coating

C. High ductility & corrosion resistance

D. Easily weldable characteristics

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Normalising does not __________ of a metal.

A. Improve machinability & tensile strength

B. Remove internal stresses

C. Refine the structure

D. Remove strains caused by cold working

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Use of economiser in a boiler plant reduces the fuel consumption for steam generation by about __________ percent.

A. 1

B. 10

C. 30

D. 50

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Velocity of a gas in sound is not proportional to (where, T = Absolute temperature of the gas. P = Absolute pressure of the gas. y = Ratio of specific heats (Cp/Cv) ρ = specific weight of the gas)

A. √T

B. 1/√P

C. √y

D. 1/√ρ

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Which of the following gases cause global warming?

A. Carbon monoxide

B. Carbon dioxide

C. Nitrogen

D. Ozone

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Alloys having more than 80% copper are generally more

A. Abrasion resistant

B. Corrosion resistant

C. Prone to season cracking

D. Machinable

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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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For an ideal gas, Cp - Cv is

A. R

B. -R

C. 0

D. (3/2) R

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Damage to metal surface by mechanical action is called

A. Pitting

B. Corrosion

C. Erosion

D. None of these

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__________ circuit is most commonly used to measure strain with the help of a strain gauge.

A. Ballast

B. Voltage balancing potentiometric

C. Simple current sensitive

D. None of these

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__________ is the trade name assigned to a nonferrous cast alloy composed of cobalt, chromium & tungsten.

A. Stellite

B. High speed steel

C. Cermet

D. Alnico

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Pick out the wrong statement.

A. Cold cracking of a weld is due to the presence of hydrogen gas in the weld

B. True stress is given by, σ = σE (1 + εE), where σE and εE are engineering stress and engineering strain respectively

C. Phosphorous can be easily recovered in the iron blast furnace

D. High residual stress at the surface is beneficial for fatigue properties of a material

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The best lubricants for a machine working at high temperature & load is

A. Grease

B. Solid lubricant

C. Animal oils

D. Mineral oils

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The diffusion co-efficient of Ni in Cu at 1000 K is 1.93 × 10-16 m2S-1 and it is 1.94 × 10-14 m2S- 1 at 1200 K. The activation energy (in k. J.mole-1) for the diffusion of Ni in Cu is

A. 130

B. 180

C. 230

D. 250

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The minimum and the maximum number of members required to form a Private Limited Joint Stock Company are respectively

A. 7 and 30

B. 10 and 50

C. 2 and 50

D. 13 and 55

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Transformation range for ferrous material is the temperature interval during which __________ is formed during its heating.

A. Cementite

B. Austenite

C. Martensite

D. Pearlite

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The minimum temperature to which the water can be cooled in a cooling tower is the __________ temperature of air.

A. Ambient

B. Dry bulb

C. Dew point

D. Wet bulb

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__________ of austenite decreases the hardenability in steel.

A. Fine grains

B. Coarse grains

C. Homogeneity

D. Dissolved elements (except cobalt)

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The order of a chemical reaction

A. Can be determined only experimentally

B. Can be determined from the stoichiometry of the reaction

C. Cannot be zero

D. Can be fractional

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Cold working of a material results in increase in hardness, which is termed as the __________ hardening.

A. Cold

B. Work

C. Age

D. Induction

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Dephosphorization of molten pig iron is favoured by

A. Oxidising and basic slag

B. Reducing and basic slag

C. High activity co-efficient of phosphorous in metal

D. Oxidising and neutral slag

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__________ number determines whether the fluid flow in an open channel is supercritical, critical or sub-critical.

A. Mach

B. Reynolds

C. Froude

D. Weber

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Notched bar test is used for testing the __________ of a material.

A. Impact strength

B. Endurance limit

C. Machinability

D. Corrosion resistance

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The thermodynamic law, = constant, is not followed by the

A. Free expansion of an ideal gas

B. Adiabatic expansion of steam in turbine

C. Adiabatic compression of air

D. Ideal compression of air