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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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C. Froude


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Factor of safety in machine design is defined as the ratio of ultimate stress to __________ stress.

A. Working

B. Bearing

C. Yield

D. None of these

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Corrosion rate cannot be lowered by reducing the __________ of the corroding medium.

A. Concentration

B. Velocity

C. Temperature

D. None of these

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__________ joint is usually used for joining cast iron pipes mostly used for temporary pipelines, where it may be necessary to dismantle & reassemble the pipeline very frequently.

A. Collar

B. Flanged

C. Bell and Spigot

D. Expansion

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Materials having __________ lattice structure are usually the most ductile.

A. Body centred cubic (bcc)

B. Hexagonal close packed (hcp)

C. Face centred cubic (fcc)

D. None of these

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The elastic strain in copper is due to the

A. Motion of dislocations

B. Stretching of atomic bonds

C. Breakage of atomic bonds

D. None of the above

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Plastics as a material of construction suffer from the drawback of low

A. Machinability

B. Density

C. Strength

D. Plastic deformation

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Triple point of water is

A. 0°F

B. 492°R

C. 0°K

D. -273°C

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Latent heat of dry steam at atmospheric pressure is 539 Kcal/kg; which __________ with increase in the pressure of steam.

A. Decreases

B. Increases

C. Remain same

D. May increase or decrease

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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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Spheroidising of a material is a/an __________ process.

A. Normalising

B. Annealing

C. Tempering

D. Hardening

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Highest cutting speed is achieved by the __________ tool material.

A. High speed steel

B. Carbide

C. Cast alloy

D. Plain carbon steel

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Austempering of steel requires it to be heated to 875°C followed by sudden cooling to 250-525°C, thereby changing austenite to

A. Sorbite

B. Bainite

C. Martensite

D. Troostite

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Gross national product (GNP) means the total value of __________ in a country.

A. Goods produced

B. Gold reserve

C. Earning of the citizens

D. Taxes paid

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The delivery pressure of boiler feed water pump compared to the boiler steam pressure is

A. Same

B. Slightly less

C. Slightly more

D. Much more

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Which one is neutral in character?

A. N2O4

B. N2O

C. N2O5

D. N2O3

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__________ property of a material is determined by the Herbert Pendulum device.

A. Hardness

B. Tensile

C. Toughness

D. Compressive

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The ratio of the shear stress to the principal stress on a principal plane is

A. 0

B. 1

C. 1/2

D. 1/3

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'Dikes' are low height walls made around the storage vessels meant for storing hazardous & inflammable material (e.g., petroleum products). Volume of dikes is equal to (where, V = volume of the storage vessel)

A. V

B. V/2

C. 2V

D. 3V

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The 'laughing gas' is

A. Nitrous oxide

B. Nitric oxide

C. Nitrogen trioxide

D. Nitrogen pentoxide

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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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Lead is poured into the joint between two- __________ pipes.

A. Mild steel

B. Concrete

C. Cast iron

D. Asbestos cement

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__________ is not used as the control rod material in a nuclear reactor.

A. Cobalt

B. Hafnium

C. Cadmium

D. Boron

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In the blast furnace, incorporation of water vapour in the blast gives the following effect.

A. Increases the reducing potential of the gas

B. Increases the flame temperature

C. No significant change occurs

D. Increases the hydrogen content in the metal

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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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Thermal efficiency of an internal combustion engine is around __________ percent.

A. 8

B. 35

C. 65

D. 80

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In electrical resistance welding, distortion results from the use of improper

A. Clamping methods

B. Electrodes

C. Current

D. Filler material

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Case hardening of a material is

A. Followed by tempering or carburising

B. Preceded by its tempering

C. Done to get a soft ductile interior with a very hard surface

D. Carried out to get extreme hardness in its core

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The ratio of mass of a neutron to that of an electron is about 1839. What is the ratio of the mass of a proton to that of an electron?

A. 159

B. 1837

C. 2537

D. 10000

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Eutectoid composition of carbon steel at room temperature is

A. Cementite

B. Pearlite

C. Martensite

D. Ferrite

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The laminar boundary layer thickness in zero pressure gradient flow over a flat plate along the x-direction varies as x0.5 while the thickness of turbulent boundary layer varies as (where, x = distance from the leading edge)

A. x1.5

B. x0.8

C. x-1.5

D. x-0.8