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In a spring controlled governor, when the controlling force ________ as the radius of rotation increases, it is said to be a stable governor.

A. Remains constant

B. Decreases

C. Increases

D. None of these

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C. Increases


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The gear train usually employed in clocks is a

A. Simple gear train

B. Reverted gear train

C. Sun and planet gear

D. Differential gear

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A body is said to be under forced vibrations, when

A. There is a reduction in amplitude after every cycle of vibration

B. No external force acts on a body, after giving it an initial displacement

C. A body vibrates under the influence of external force

D. None of the above

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In a steam engine, one method of obtaining the earlier cut-off with a simple slide valve is by increasing the angle of advance of the eccentric while the throw of the eccentric, steam lap and exhaust lap are kept constant. This method will

A. Cause withdrawing or throttling of steam

B. Reduce length of effective stroke of piston

C. Reduce maximum opening of port to steam

D. All of these

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The lead screw of a lathe with nut forms a

A. Rolling pair

B. Sliding pair

C. Screw pair

D. Turning pair

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The instantaneous centres which vary with the configuration of mechanism are called

A. Permanent instantaneous centres

B. Fixed instantaneous centres

C. Neither fixed nor permanent instantaneous centres

D. None of the above

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The type of coupling used to join two shafts whose axes are neither in same straight line nor parallel, but intersect is

A. Flexible coupling

B. Universal coupling

C. Chain coupling

D. Oldham's coupling

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A pantograph is a mechanism with

A. Lower pairs

B. Higher pairs

C. Rolling pairs

D. Turning pairs

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In a flat collar pivot bearing, the moment due to friction is proportional to

A. (r₁² - r₂²)/(r₁ - r₂)

B. (r₁² - r₂²)/(r₁ + r₂)

C. (r₁³ - r₂³)/(r₁² - r₂²)

D. (r₁³ - r₂³)/(r₁ - r₂)

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The natural frequency of free transverse vibrations due to a point load acting over a simply supported shaft is equal to (where δ = Static deflection of a simply supported shaft due to the point load)

A. 0.4985/√δ

B. 0.5615/√δ

C. 0.571/√δ

D. 0.6253/√δ

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Critical damping is a function of

A. Mass and stiffness

B. Mass and damping coefficient

C. Mass and natural frequency

D. Damping coefficient and natural frequency

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Bifilar suspension method is used to find the

A. Angular acceleration of the body

B. Moment of inertia of the body

C. Periodic time of the body

D. Frequency of vibration of the body

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The amplitude of vibration is always __________ the radius of the circle.

A. Equal to

B. Less than

C. Greater than

D. None of these

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A kinematic chain is known as a mechanism when

A. None of the links is fixed

B. One of the links is fixed

C. Two of the links are fixed

D. None of these

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The advantage of the piston valve over the slide valve is that in the former case

A. Wear is less

B. Power absorbed is less

C. Both wear and power absorbed are low

D. The pressure developed being high provides tight sealing

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The essential condition of placing the two masses, so that the system becomes dynamically equivalent, is (where l₁ and l₂ = Distance of two masses from the centre of gravity of the body, and kG = Radius of gyration of the body)

A. l₁ = kG

B. l₂ = kG

C. l₁l₂ = kG

D. l₁l₂ = kG²

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In higher pair, the relative motion is

A. Purely turning

B. Purely sliding

C. Purely rotary

D. Combination of sliding and turning

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A flywheel is fitted to the crankshaft of an engine having W as the amount of indicated work per revolution and permissible limits of coefficient of fluctuation of energy and speed as CE and CS respectively. The kinetic energy of the flywheel is given by

A. 2 W CE / CS

B. W CE / 2CS

C. W CE / CS

D. W CS / 2CE

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Which is the false statement about the properties of instantaneous centre?

A. At the instantaneous center of rotation, one rigid link rotates instantaneously relative to another for the configuration of mechanism considered

B. The two rigid links have no linear velocities relative to each other at the instantaneous centre

C. The two rigid links which have no linear velocity relative to each other at this center have the same linear velocity to the third rigid link

D. The double centre can be denoted either by O2 or O12, but proper selection should be made

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The indicator using Watt mechanism is known as

A. Thompson indicator

B. Richard indicator

C. Simplex indicator

D. Thomson indicator

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Hart mechanism has

A. Eight links

B. Six links

C. Four links

D. Twelve links

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The maximum efficiency of a screw jack is

A. (1 - sinφ)/(1 + sinφ)

B. (1 + sinφ)/(1 - sinφ)

C. (1 - tanφ)/(1 + tanφ)

D. (1 + tanφ)/(1 - tanφ)

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Angle of action of cam is defined as the angle

A. Of rotation of the cam for a definite displacement of the follower

B. Through which the cam rotates during the period in which the follower remains in the highest position

C. Moved by the cam from the instant the follower begins to rise, till it reaches its highest position

D. Moved by the cam from beginning of ascent to the termination of descent

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The working depth of a gear is the radial distance from the

A. Pitch circle to the bottom of a tooth

B. Pitch circle to the top of a tooth

C. Top of a tooth to the bottom of a tooth

D. Addendum circle to the clearance circle

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In a spring controlled governor, when the controlling force ________ as the radius of rotation increases, it is said to be a stable governor.

A. Remains constant

B. Decreases

C. Increases

D. None of these

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Which of the following disciplines provides study of inertia forces arising from the combined effect of the mass and the motion of the parts?

A. Theory of machines

B. Applied mechanics

C. Mechanisms

D. Kinetics

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When the pitching of a ship is upward, the effect of gyroscopic couple acting on it will be

A. To move the ship towards starboard

B. To move the ship towards port side

C. To raise the bow and lower the stern

D. To raise the stern and lower the bow

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Klein's construction is useful to determine

A. Velocity of various parts

B. Acceleration of various parts

C. Displacement of various parts

D. Angular acceleration of various parts

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The flank of the tooth is the surface of the tooth __________ the pitch surface.

A. Above

B. Below

C. At

D. None of these

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In a disc clutch, if there are n₁ number of discs on the driving shaft and n₂ number of discs on the driven shaft, then the number of pairs of contact surfaces will be

A. n₁ + n₂

B. n₁ + n₂ + 1

C. n₁ + n₂ - 1

D. n₁ + n₂ - 2

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If the number of links in a mechanism is equal to l, then the numbers of possible inversions are equal to

A. l - 2

B. l - 1

C. l

D. l + 1