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Out of the following, which will fracture most readity, when hit with a hard hammer?

A. Brass

B. Bronze

C. German silver

D. Cast iron

Correct Answer :

D. Cast iron


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Coating thickness in case of galvanising of steel sheet generally corresponds to the deposition of __________ gms of zinc per of steel strip.

A. 5-10

B. 1000-1500

C. 120-500

D. 1500-3000

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The leaching solvent used in Baeyer's process for the purification of bauxite is

A. Ammonium hydroxide

B. Sodium carbonate

C. Sodium hydroxide

D. Ammonium carbonate

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Sudden fall of atmospheric pressure by a large amount is an indication of the

A. Rain

B. Cold wave

C. Storm

D. Fair weather

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The temperature at which ferromagnetic material can no longer be magnetised by the outside forces, is termed as the

A. Critical point

B. Curie temperature

C. Inversion temperature

D. Eutectic temperature

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A material being tested for endurance strength is subjected to the __________ load.

A. Impact

B. Completely reversed

C. Dynamic

D. Static & dynamic

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Mild steel has __________ crystal lattice structure.

A. Face centred cubic (fcc)

B. Body centred cubic (bcc)

C. Orthorhombic

D. Cubic

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A fluid is termed as the Newtonian fluid, when the shear stress is __________ the velocity gradient.

A. Independent of

B. Inversely proportional to

C. Directly proportional to

D. None of these

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Heat release during phase change is observed in case of a/an

A. Boiler

B. Condenser

C. Evaporator

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

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Large scale fire on fuel gas line is normally extinguished by

A. Water

B. Steam

C. Foam

D. Nitrogen

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Wrought iron is not

A. Ductile & resistant to corrosion/rusting

B. Weldable easily

C. Having uniform strength in all directions

D. Having maximum tensile strength along the lines of slag distribution

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Which of the following materials has the poorest electrical conductivity?

A. Carbon

B. Aluminium

C. Silver

D. Stainless steel

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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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Age hardening is connected with

A. Babbitt metal

B. Gun metal

C. Stainless steel

D. Duralumin

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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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There are one octahedral void and __________ tetrahedral void in the closest packing of atoms.

A. One

B. Two

C. Three

D. None of these

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Yield strength of a polycrystalline metal with an average grain size d, is proportional to

A. d1/2

B. d-1/2

C. d

D. d-1

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A furnace is made of a refractory brick wall of thickness 0.5 metre and thermal conductivity 0.7 W/m.°K For the same temperature drop and heat loss, this refractory wall can be replaced by a layer of diatomaceous earth of thermal conductivity 0.14 W/m.K and thickness __________ metre.

A. 0.01

B. 0.1

C. 0.25

D. 0.5

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For dynamic strain measurement, the Wheatstone bridge used is of __________ type.

A. Voltage sensitive null

B. Voltage sensitive deflected

C. Current sensitive deflected

D. None of these

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Moist climate is the most favourable factor in the site selection far a

A. Steel plant

B. Textile factory

C. Petroleum refinery

D. Coke oven battery

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Addition of __________ to steel does not help in improving its machinability.

A. Sulphur

B. Silicon

C. Lead

D. Phosphorous

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On being hit with a hammer, __________ will readily fracture.

A. Brass

B. Mild steel

C. Cast iron

D. Lead

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For which pair of the fuel gases, calorific value (C.V.) of one fuel is almost double that of the other on volume basis (i.e., kcal/Nm3) while the C.V. is same on weight basis (i.e., kcal/kg)?

A. Propane and acetylene

B. Propane and LPG

C. Sewage gas and gobar gas

D. B.F gas and coke oven gas

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Runge-Kutta method is used to solve a/an

A. Ordinary differential equation of nth order

B. Simultaneous non-linear equation

C. Linear differential equation

D. None of these

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__________ pipe is the most suitable for carrying sanitary drainage.

A. Stainless steel

B. Reinforced cement concrete

C. Cast iron

D. Asbestos cement

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The amount of different substances produced, when the same quantity of electricity is passed through different solutions are proportional to their

A. Equivalent weight

B. (Equivalent weight)2

C. Molecular weight

D. (Molecular weight)2

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In case of water (Prandtl number ≈ 6) flowing over a flat plate heated over the entire length, the thermal boundary layer thickness as compared to hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness is

A. Less

B. More

C. Equal

D. Unpredictable

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In troposphere (the weather domain), the temperature 't' at height 'h' above the sea level in metres is given by (where, temperature at sea level is 15°C and t is in °C.)

A. t = 15 - 0.0065 h

B. t = 15 + 0.0065 h

C. t = 0.0035 h - 15

D. t = 15 - 0.0035 h

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Which of the following hardness tests does not measure the indentation hardness of metals and alloys?

A. Vickers hardness test

B. Shore scleroscope test

C. Brinell hardness test

D. Rockwell hardness test

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'GASOHOL' widely used in Brazil as a motor fuel is a mixture of alcohol and

A. Petrol

B. LPG

C. Light hydrocarbon gases (e.g. butane or propane)

D. None of these

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Shaft/rotor speed is most accurately measured by a

A. Frequency counter

B. Tachometer

C. Strobometer

D. Speedometer