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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

Correct Answer :

A. Perfect gas


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The atomic mass of sulphur is

A. 12

B. 14

C. 16

D. 32

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According to Avogadro's law, the density of any two gases is __________ their molecular masses, if the gases are at the same temperature and pressure.

A. Equal to

B. Directly proportional to

C. Inversely proportional to

D. None of these

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The ideal efficiency of a Brayton cycle with regeneration, with increase in pressure ratio will

A. Increase

B. Decrease

C. Remain unchanged

D. Increase/decrease depending on application

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The polytropic index (n) is given by

A. log (p1p2)/log (v1v2)

B. log (p2/ p1)/log (v1/ v2)

C. log (v1/ v2)/ log (p1/p2)

D. log [(p1v1)/(p2v2)]

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The total elongation produced in a bar of uniform section hanging vertically downwards due to its own weight is equal to that produced by a weight

A. Of same magnitude as that of bar and applied at the lower end

B. Half the weight of bar applied at lower end

C. Half of the square of weight of bar applied at lower end

D. One fourth of weight of bar applied at lower end

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The shear force diagram of a cantilever beam of length l and carrying a uniformly distributed load of w per unit length will be

A. A right angled triangle

B. An isosceles triangle

C. An equilateral triangle

D. A rectangle

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A composite bar made up of steel and copper bars of equal lengths are heated through 100°C. The stresses developed shall be

A. Tensile in both the material

B. Tensile in steel and compressive in copper

C. Compressive in steel and tensile in copper

D. Compressive in both the materials

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A body is subjected to a tensile stress of 1200 MPa on one plane and another tensile stress of 600 MPa on a plane at right angles to the former. It is also subjected to a shear stress of 400 MPa on the same planes. The maximum normal stress will be

A. 400 MPa

B. 500 MPa

C. 900 MPa

D. 1400 MPa

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When two plates are butt together and riveted with cover plates with two rows of rivets, the joint is known as

A. Lap joint

B. Butt joint

C. Single riveted single cover butt joint

D. Double riveted double cover butt joint

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When a perfect gas is expanded through an aperture of minute dimensions, the process is known as

A. Isothermal process

B. Adiabatic process

C. Free expansion process

D. Throttling process

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In order to know whether a column is long or short, we must know its

A. Ultimate shear stress of the column

B. Factor of safety

C. Torque resisting capacity

D. Slenderness ratio

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Which of the following is an intensive property of a thermodynamic system?

A. Volume

B. Temperature

C. Mass

D. Energy

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The capacity of a strained body for doing work on the removal of the straining force, is called

A. Strain energy

B. Resilience

C. Proof resilience

D. Impact energy

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A process of heating crude oil to a high temperature under a very high pressure to increase the yield of lighter distillates, is known as

A. Cracking

B. Carbonisation

C. Fractional distillation

D. Full distillation

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The moment of resistance of a balanced reinforced concrete beam is based on the stresses in

A. Steel only

B. Concrete only

C. Steel and concrete both

D. None of these

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A simply supported beam with a gradually varying load from zero at B and w per unit length at A is shown in the below figure. The shear force at B is equal to

A. wl/6

B. wl/3

C. wl

D. 2wl/3

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In S. I. units, the value of the universal gas constant is

A. 8.314 J/kg mole-K

B. 83.14 J/kgmole-K

C. 831.4 J/kgmole-K

D. 8314 J/kgmole-K

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The behaviour of a perfect gas, undergoing any change in the variables which control physical properties, is governed by

A. Boyle's law

B. Charles' law

C. Gay-Lussac law

D. All of these

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The most probable velocity of the gas molecules is given by

A. √(KT/m)

B. √(2KT/m)

C. √(3KT/m)

D. √(5KT/m)

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Shear modulus is the ratio of

A. Linear stress to linear strain

B. Linear stress to lateral strain

C. Volumetric strain to linear strain

D. Shear stress to shear strain

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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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Stirling cycle consists of

A. Two constant volume and two isentropic processes

B. Two constant volume and two isothermal processes

C. Two constant pressure and two isothermal processes

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

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For which material the Poisson's ratio is more than unity

A. Steel

B. Copper

C. Aluminium

D. None of the above

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One molecule of oxygen consists of __________ atoms of oxygen.

A. 2

B. 4

C. 8

D. 16

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According to Euler's column theory, the crippling load for a column of length (l) with one end fixed and the other end free is __________ the crippling load for a similar column hinged at both the ends.

A. Equal to

B. Less than

C. More than

D. None of these

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One reversible heat engine operates between 1600 K and T2 K and another reversible heat engine operates between T2 K and 400 K. If both the engines have the same heat input and output, then temperature T2 is equal to

A. 800 K

B. 1000 K

C. 1200 K

D. 1400 K

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The buckling load for a given column depends upon

A. Area of cross-section of the column

B. Length and least radius of gyration of the column

C. Modulus of elasticity for the material of the column

D. All of the above

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Producer gas is obtained by

A. Partial combustion of coal, coke, anthracite coal or charcoal in a mixed air steam blast

B. Carbonisation of bituminous coal

C. Passing steam over incandescent coke

D. Passing air and a large amount of steam over waste coal at about 650°C

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The gas constant (R) is equal to the

A. Sum of two specific heats

B. Difference of two specific heats

C. Product of two specific heats

D. Ratio of two specific heats

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The given figure shows the Mohr's circle of stress for two unequal and like principal stresses (σx and σy) acting at a body across two mutually perpendicular planes. The normal stress on an oblique section making an angle θ with the minor principle plane is given by

A. OC

B. OP

C. OQ

D. PQ