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The value of for air & most common gases can be safely assumed to be

A. 0.8

B. 1

C. 1.4

D. 1.8

Correct Answer :

C. 1.4


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The wet bulb temperature is lower in dry air than in wet air at the same temperature. A dry bulb thermometer registers a higher temperature than a wet bulb thermometer except at __________ percent relative humidity.

A. 0

B. 100

C. 50

D. None of these

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Steel is welded using the __________ flame.

A. Carburising

B. Neutral

C. Oxidising

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

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Which of the following has the least value of ultimate tensile strength (UTS)?

A. Medium carbon steel

B. High carbon steel

C. Cast iron

D. Wrought iron

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Photographic plates are coated with

A. Silver nitrate

B. Silver halide

C. Calcium silicate

D. Metallic silver

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Yield strength of a material is determined by the __________ test.

A. Creep

B. Tension

C. Compression

D. Endurance

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Work hardenable alloy steel used to make the bucket wheel excavators, blades of bulldozers and other earth moving equipments contain iron, carbon and

A. Manganese

B. Silicon

C. Nickel

D. Chromium

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Dowtherm is a

A. High temperature heating medium (a petroleum product)

B. Product of coal tar distillation

C. Very heat sensitive material

D. None of these

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__________ has a negative co-efficient of linear expansion.

A. Iron

B. Copper

C. Rubber

D. Nickel

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Addition of small amount of __________ to grey cast iron is done to produce nodular grey cast iron.

A. Manganese

B. Phosphorous

C. Magnesium

D. Chromium

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While the thermosetting polymers are amorphous in nature, the thermoplastic polymers are either amorphous or crystalline. The crystalline polymers are characterised by the

A. Low impact strength

B. High flexibility

C. Better finish and surface appearance

D. High plastic deformation

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'Cryogenics' is concerned with the generation & use of low temperature in the range of

A. 0°K to 123°K

B. 0°C to - 123°C

C. 0°C to - 273°C

D. 0°K to 273°K

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A cylindrical rod subjected to a tensile strain within the elastic limit undergoes a volume change. If the volume strain is equal to half the tensile strain, then the Poisson's ratio of the rod is

A. 0

B. 0.33

C. 0.44

D. 0.25

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Thermodynamic cycle involved in the working of a thermal power plant is the __________ cycle.

A. Joule

B. Carnot

C. Rankine

D. Brayton

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__________ joint is mostly used for joining pipes carrying water at low pressure.

A. Nipple

B. Socket

C. Union

D. Bell and spigot

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__________ is not used as a material of construction in thermocouples.

A. Alumel

B. Rhodium

C. Constantan

D. Duralumin

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For preparation of porous bearings by powder metallurgy, preferred particle shape is

A. Spherical

B. Nodular

C. Irregular

D. No preferred shape

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Powder metallurgy process does not make metal powder by

A. Atomisation

B. Grinding/milling

C. Hammering

D. Electrolytic deposition

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Pick out the wrong statement.

A. Cold cracking of a weld is due to the presence of hydrogen gas in the weld

B. True stress is given by, σ = σE (1 + εE), where σE and εE are engineering stress and engineering strain respectively

C. Phosphorous can be easily recovered in the iron blast furnace

D. High residual stress at the surface is beneficial for fatigue properties of a material

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The most abundant metal present in the earth's crust is;

A. Iron

B. Copper

C. Titanium

D. Aluminium

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Damage to metal surface by mechanical action is called

A. Pitting

B. Corrosion

C. Erosion

D. None of these

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The property of material, by which a given amount of energy is absorbed by it, without plastic deformation, is called

A. Resilience

B. Toughness

C. Ductility

D. Impact strength

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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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When the wavelength of incident X-rays increases, the angle of diffraction

A. Decreases

B. Increases

C. Remain constant

D. Shows no systematic variation

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Secondary hardening in steels arises out of the

A. Precipitation of fine alloy carbides at high temperatures

B. Refinement of ferrite grain size by working

C. Decomposition of retained austenite upon heat treatment

D. Precipitation of complex inter-metallic upon heat treatment

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Which of the following test is used for distinguishing among dry oils, semi-drying oils and non drying oils?

A. Elaiden test

B. Reichert-Meissl value test

C. Hunter value test

D. Iodine value test

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Out of the following, maximum temperature drop for a given heat flow & for the same thickness will be in the case of

A. Steel

B. Glass wood

C. Copper

D. Fireclay bricks

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At absolute zero temperature, for any reaction involving condensed phases

A. Δ G° = 0 , Δ H° = 0

B. Δ H° = 0 , Δ S° = 0

C. Δ S° = 0 , Δ E° = 0

D. Δ S° = 0 , Δ Cp° = 0

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Electrochemical corrosion can occur, only if __________ is present in contact with metal.

A. Air

B. Oxygen

C. Liquid medium

D. Gaseous medium

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What is the critical radius of insulation (cms) for a metallic cylinder, if the convective heat transfer co-efficient with the ambient atmosphere is 5 W/m2. °K? Thermal conductivity of metal and insulation material are 40 and 0.1 W/m.°K respectively.

A. 2

B. 8

C. 10

D. 40

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Materials having __________ lattice structure are usually the most ductile.

A. Body centred cubic (bcc)

B. Hexagonal close packed (hcp)

C. Face centred cubic (fcc)

D. None of these