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The value of cp/cv for air is

A. 1

B. 1.4

C. 1.45

D. 2.3

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B. 1.4


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The natural solid fuel is

A. Wood

B. Coke

C. Anthracite coal

D. Pulverised coal

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A coil is cut into two halves, the stiffness of cut coil will be

A. Double

B. Half

C. Same

D. None of these

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When a body is subjected to a direct tensile stress (σ) in one plane, then maximum normal stress occurs at a section inclined at __________ to the normal of the section.

A.

B. 30°

C. 45°

D. 90°

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The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water through one Kelvin 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 temperature at which the volume of a gas becomes zero is called

A. Absolute scale of temperature

B. Absolute zero temperature

C. Absolute temperature

D. None of these

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The maximum stress produced in a bar of tapering section is at

A. Smaller end

B. Larger end

C. Middle

D. Anywhere

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The state of a substance whose evaporation from its liquid state is complete, is known as

A. Vapour

B. Perfect gas

C. Air

D. Steam

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For same compression ratio and for same heat added

A. Otto cycle is more efficient than Diesel cycle

B. Diesel cycle is more efficient than Otto cycle

C. Efficiency depends on other factors

D. Both Otto and Diesel cycles are equally efficient

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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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Which of the following statement is wrong?

A. The deformation of the bar per unit length in the direction of the force is called linear strain.

B. The Poisson's ratio is the ratio of lateral strain to the linear strain.

C. The ratio of change in volume to the original volume is called volumetric strain.

D. The bulk modulus is the ratio of linear stress to the linear strain.

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When a body is subjected to biaxial stress i.e. direct stresses (σx) and (σy) in two mutually perpendicular planes accompanied by a simple shear stress (τxy), then maximum normal stress is

A. x + σy)/2 + (1/2) × √[(σx - σy)² + 4 τ²xy]

B. x + σy)/2 - (1/2) × √[(σx - σy)² + 4 τ²xy]

C. x - σy)/2 + (1/2) × √[(σx + σy)² + 4 τ²xy]

D. x - σy)/2 - (1/2) × √[(σx + σy)² + 4 τ²xy]

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The buckling load for a given material depends on

A. Slenderness ratio and area of cross-section

B. Poisson's ratio and modulus of elasticity

C. Slenderness ratio and modulus of elasticity

D. Slenderness ratio, area of cross-section and modulus of elasticity

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Tensile strength of a material is obtained by dividing the maximum load during the test by the

A. Area at the time of fracture

B. Original cross-sectional area

C. Average of (A) and (B)

D. Minimum area after fracture

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For a beam, as shown in the below figure, when the load W is applied in the centre of the beam, the maximum deflection is

A. Wl3 / 48EI

B. 5Wl3 / 384EI

C. Wl3 / 392EI

D. Wl3 / 384EI

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The tensile strength of the welded joint for double fillet is (where s = Leg or size of the weld, l = Length of weld, and σt = Allowable tensile stress for weld metal)

A. 0.5 s.l.σt

B. s.l.σt

C. √2 s.l.σt

D. 2.s.l.σt

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The entropy of water at 0°C is assumed to be

A. 1

B. 0

C. -1

D. 10

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The work ratio of a gas turbine plant is given by

A. (Net work output)/(Workdone by the turbine)

B. (Net work output)/(Heat supplied)

C. (Actual temperature drop)/(Isentropic temperature drop)

D. (Isentropic increase in temperature)/(Actual increase in temperature)

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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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The mass of flue gas per kg of fuel is the ratio of the

A. Mass of oxygen in 1 kg of flue gas to the mass of oxygen in 1 kg of fuel

B. Mass of oxygen in 1 kg of fuel to the mass of oxygen in 1 kg of flue gas

C. Mass of carbon in 1 kg of flue gas to the mass of carbon in 1 kg of fuel

D. Mass of carbon in 1 kg of fuel to the mass of carbon in 1 kg of flue gas

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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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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 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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Impact strength of a material is an index of its

A. Toughness

B. Tensile strength

C. Capability of being cold worked

D. Hardness

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In an ideal gas turbine plant, it is assumed that the compression and expansion processes are

A. Isothermal

B. Isentropic

C. Polytropic

D. None of these

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The heat supplied to the gas at constant volume is (where m = Mass of gas, cv = Specific heat at constant volume, cp = Specific heat at constant pressure, T2 - T1 = Rise in temperature, and R = Gas constant)

A. mR (T2 - T1)

B. mcv (T2 - T1)

C. mcp (T2 - T1)

D. mcp (T2 + T1)

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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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In a reversible adiabatic process, the ratio of T1/T2 is equal to

A. (p2/p1)γ - 1/ γ

B. (p1/p2)γ - 1/ γ

C. (v2/v1)γ - 1/ γ

D. (v1/v2)γ - 1/ γ

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The energy absorbed in a body, when it is strained within the elastic limits, is known as

A. Strain energy

B. Resilience

C. Proof resilience

D. Modulus of resilience

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A path 1-2-3 is given. A system absorbs 100 kJ as heat and does 60 kJ of work while along the path 1-4-3, it does 20 kJ of work. The heat absorbed during the cycle 1-4-3 is

A. -140 kJ

B. -80 kJ

C. -40 kJ

D. +60 kJ

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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