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Shear stress induced in a shaft subjected to tension will be

A. Maximum at periphery and zero at center

B. Maximum at center

C. Uniform throughout

D. None of the above

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D. None of the above


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One kg of ethylene (C2H4) requires 2 kg of oxygen and produces 22/7 kg of carbon dioxide and __________ kg of water or steam.

A. 9/7

B. 11/7

C. 7/4

D. 1/4

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The neutral axis of a transverse section of a beam passes through the centre of gravity of the section and is

A. In the vertical plane

B. In the horizontal plane

C. In the same plane in which the beam bends

D. At right angle to the plane in which the beam bends

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A thin mild steel wire is loaded by adding loads in equal increments till it breaks. The extensions noted with increasing loads will behave as under

A. Uniform throughout

B. Increase uniformly

C. First increase and then decrease

D. Increase uniformly first and then increase rapidly

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Which of the following is correct?

A. Gauge pressure = Absolute pressure + Atmospheric pressure

B. Absolute pressure = Gauge pressure + Atmospheric pressure

C. Absolute pressure = Gauge pressure - Atmospheric pressure

D. Atmospheric pressure = Absolute pressure + Gauge pressure

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The intensity of stress which causes unit strain is called

A. Unit mass

B. Modulus of rigidity

C. Bulk modulus

D. Modulus of Elasticity

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When shear force at a point is zero, then bending moment is _________ at that point.

A. Zero

B. Minimum

C. Maximum

D. Infinity

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Which of the following has the minimum atomic mass?

A. Oxygen

B. Sulphur

C. Nitrogen

D. Carbon

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The behaviour of super-heated vapour is similar to that of

A. Perfect gas

B. Air

C. Steam

D. Ordinary gas

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According to Kelvin-Planck's statement of second law of thermodynamics,

A. It is impossible to construct an engine working on a cyclic process, whose sole purpose is to convert heat energy into work

B. It is possible to construct an engine working on a cyclic process, whose sole purpose is to convert heat energy into work

C. It is impossible to construct a device which operates in a cyclic process and produces no effect other than the transfer of heat from a cold body to a hot body

D. None of the above

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The absolute zero pressure will be

A. When molecular momentum of the system becomes zero

B. At sea level

C. At the temperature of - 273 K

D. At the centre of the earth

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The root mean square velocity of the gas molecules is given by (where k = Boltzmann's constant, T = Absolute temperature, and m = Mass of one molecule of a gas)

A. √(KT/m)

B. √(2KT/m)

C. √(3KT/m)

D. √(5KT/m)

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Otto cycle consists of

A. Two constant volume and two isentropic processes

B. Two constant pressure and two isentropic processes

C. Two constant volume and two isothermal processes

D. One constant pressure, one constant volume and two isentropic processes

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The efficiency of Diesel cycle with decrease in cut-off

A. Increases

B. Decreases

C. First increases and then decreases

D. First decreases and then increases

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The section modulus of a circular section about an axis through its C.G., is

A. πd²/4

B. πd²/16

C. πd3/16

D. πd3/32

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Principal planes are planes having

A. Maximum shear stress

B. No shear stress

C. Minimum shear stress

D. None of the above

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A beam is loaded as cantilever. If the load at the end is increased, the failure will occur

A. In the middle

B. At the tip below the load

C. At the support

D. Anywhere

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The throttling process is __________ process.

A. Reversible

B. Irreversible

C. Reversible or irreversible

D. None of these

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Two closely coiled helical springs 'A' and 'B' are equal in all respects but the number of turns of spring 'A' is half that of spring 'B' The ratio of deflections in spring 'A' to spring 'B' is

A. 1/8

B. 1/4

C. 1/2

D. 2

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Slenderness of a column is zero when

A. Ends are firmly fixed

B. Column is supported on all sides throughout the length

C. Length is equal to radius of gyration

D. Length is twice the radius of gyration

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The fuel mostly used in blast furnace for extracting pig iron from iron ores is

A. Hard coke

B. Soft coke

C. Pulverised coal

D. Bituminous coal

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Steam coal is a

A. Pulverised coal

B. Brown coal

C. Coking bituminous coal

D. Non-coking bituminous coal

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In compression test, the fracture in cast iron specimen would occur along

A. The axis of load

B. An oblique plane

C. At right angles to the axis of specimen

D. Would not occur

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A material obeys hooks law up to

A. Plastic limit

B. Elastic limit

C. Yield point

D. Limit of proportionality

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of the unit mass of gas through one degree at constant volume, is called

A. Specific heat at constant volume

B. Specific heat at constant pressure

C. Kilo Joule

D. None of these

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The efficiency of Stirling cycle is __________ Carnot cycle.

A. Greater than

B. Less than

C. Equal to

D. None of these

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The efficiency of Ericsson cycle is __________ Carnot cycle.

A. Greater than

B. Less than

C. Equal to

D. None of these

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The total strain energy stored in a body is termed a

A. Resilience

B. Proof resilience

C. Modulus of resilience

D. Toughness

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The ratio of root mean square velocity to average velocity of gas molecules at a particular temperature is

A. 0.086

B. 1.086

C. 1.086

D. 4.086

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The efficiency of a Carnot engine depends on

A. Working substance

B. Design of engine

C. Size of engine

D. Temperatures of source and sink

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Stirling and Ericsson cycles are

A. Reversible cycles

B. Irreversible cycles

C. Semi-reversible cycles

D. Adiabatic irreversible cycles