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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

Correct Answer :

A. Increases


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The radius of the Mohrs circle in the given figure is equal to

A. Sum of two principal stresses

B. Difference of two principal stresses

C. Half the sum of two principal stresses

D. Half the difference of two principal stresses

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When a rectangular beam is loaded transversely, the maximum compressive stress is developed on the

A. Top layer

B. Bottom layer

C. Neutral axis

D. Every cross-section

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Select the correct statement as per Charles' law

A. p.v = constant, if T is kept constant

B. v/T = constant, if p is kept constant

C. p/T = constant, if v is kept constant

D. T/p = constant, if v is kept constant

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When coal is first dried and then crushed to a fine powder by pulverising machine, the resulting fuel is called

A. Wood charcoal

B. Bituminous coal

C. Briquetted coal

D. None of these

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Coke is produced

A. When coal is first dried and then crushed to a fine powder by pulverising machine

B. From the finely ground coal by moulding under pressure with or without a binding material

C. When coal is strongly heated continuously for 42 to 48 hours in the absence of air in a closed vessel

D. By heating wood with a limited supply of air to a temperature not less than 280°C

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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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In a tensile test, near the elastic limit zone, the

A. Tensile strain increases more quickly

B. Tensile strain decreases more quickly

C. Tensile strain increases in proportion to the stress

D. Tensile strain decreases in proportion to the stress

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True stress strain-curve for materials is plotted between

A. Load/original cross-sectional area and change in length/original length

B. Load/ instantaneous cross-sectional area and loge (original area/ instantaneous area)

C. Load/ instantaneous cross-sectional area and change in length/ original length

D. Load/ instantaneous area and instantaneous area/original area

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An open system is one in which

A. Heat and work crosses the boundary of the system, but the mass of the working substance does not crosses the boundary of the system

B. Mass of the working substance crosses the boundary of the system but the heat and work does not crosses the boundary of the system

C. Both the heat and work as well as mass of the working substance crosses the boundary of the system

D. Neither the heat and work nor the mass of the working substance crosses the boundary of the system

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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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A process, in which the working substance neither receives nor gives out heat to its surroundings during its expansion or compression, is called

A. Isothermal process

B. Hyperbolic process

C. Adiabatic process

D. Polytropic process

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The value of specific heat at constant pressure (cp) is __________ that of at constant volume (cv).

A. Less than

B. Equal to

C. More than

D. None of these

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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 natural solid fuel is

A. Wood

B. Coke

C. Anthracite coal

D. Pulverised coal

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The work ratio of simple gas turbine cycle depends upon

A. Maximum cycle temperature

B. Minimum cycle temperature

C. Pressure ratio

D. All of these

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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 cycle in which heat is supplied at constant volume and rejected at constant pressure is known as

A. Dual combustion cycle

B. Diesel cycle

C. Atkinson cycle

D. Rankine cycle

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The kinetic energy per kg molecule of any gas at absolute temperature T is equal to (where Ru = Universal gas constant)

A. Ru × T

B. 1.5 Ru × T

C. 2 Ru × T

D. 3 Ru × T

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The fuel mostly used in cement industry and in metallurgical processes is

A. Wood charcoal

B. Bituminous coke

C. Pulverised coal

D. Coke

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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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In the torsion equation T/J = τ/r = Gθ/ L, the term J/R is called

A. Shear modulus

B. Section modulus

C. Polar modulus

D. None of these

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The energy stored in a body when strained within elastic limit is known as

A. Resilience

B. Proof resilience

C. Strain energy

D. Impact energy

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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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Which of the following statement is correct?

A. The increase in entropy is obtained from a given quantity of heat at a low temperature.

B. The change in entropy may be regarded as a measure of the rate of the availability or unavailability of heat for transformation into work.

C. The entropy represents the maximum amount of work obtainable per degree drop in temperature.

D. All of the above

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A mixture of gas expands from 0.03 m3 to 0.06 m3 at a constant pressure of 1 MPa and absorbs 84 kJ of heat during the process. The change in internal energy of the mixture is

A. 30 kJ

B. 54 kJ

C. 84 kJ

D. 114 kJ

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According to Avogadro's law

A. The product of the gas constant and the molecular mass of an ideal gas is constant

B. The sum of partial pressure of the mixture of two gases is sum of the two

C. Equal volumes of all gases, at the same temperature and pressure, contain equal number of molecules

D. All of the above

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The neutral axis of the cross-section a beam is that axis at which the bending stress is

A. Zero

B. Minimum

C. Maximum

D. Infinity

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The principal constituents of a fuel are

A. Carbon and hydrogen

B. Oxygen and hydrogen

C. Sulphur and oxygen

D. Sulphur and hydrogen

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Resilience is the

A. Energy stored in a body when strained within elastic limits

B. Energy stored in a body when strained up to the breaking of the specimen maximum strain

C. Energy which can be stored in a body

D. None of the above

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The pull required to tear off the plate per pitch length is (where p = Pitch of rivets, t = Thickness of plates, and σt, τ and σc = Permissible tensile, shearing and crushing stresses respectively)

A. (p - 2d) t × σc

B. (p - d) t × τ

C. (p - d) t × σt

D. (2p - d) t × σt