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The velocity of sliding of meshing gear teeth is (Where ω₁ and ω₂ are angular velocities of meshing gears and y is distance between point of contact and the pitch point)

A. (ω₁ + ω₂)y

B. (ω₁/ω₂)y

C. (ω₁ × ω₂)y

D. (ω₁ + ω₂)/y

Correct Answer :

C. (ω₁ × ω₂)y


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Which of the following statement is correct?

A. The periodic time of a particle moving with simple harmonic motion is the time taken by a particle for one complete oscillation.

B. The periodic time of a particle moving with simple harmonic motion is directly proportional to its angular velocity.

C. The velocity of a particle moving with simple harmonic motion is zero at the mean position.

D. The acceleration of the particle moving with simple harmonic motion is maximum at the mean position.

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When a slider moves on a fixed link having curved surface, their instantaneous centre lies

A. On their point of contact

B. At the centre of curvature

C. At the centre of circle

D. At the pin joint

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A fixed gear having 200 teeth is in mesh with another gear having 50 teeth. The two gears are connected by an arm. The number of turns made by the smaller gear for one revolution of arm about the centre of bigger gear is

A. 2

B. 4

C. 3

D. None of the above

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A pantograph is a mechanism with

A. Lower pairs

B. Higher pairs

C. Rolling pairs

D. Turning pairs

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A system of masses rotating in different parallel planes is in dynamic balance if the

A. Resultant force is equal to zero

B. Resultant couple is equal to zero

C. Resultant force and resultant couple are both equal to zero

D. Resultant force is numerically equal to the resultant couple, but neither of them need necessarily be zero

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The danger of breakage and vibration is maximum

A. Below the critical speed

B. Near the critical speed

C. Above the critical speed

D. None of these

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Which of the following is an inversion of a single slider crank chain?

A. Pendulum pump

B. Oscillating cylinder engine

C. Rotary internal combustion engine

D. All of these

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The frequency of oscillation of a torsional pendulum is

A. 2πk/r. √(g/l)

B. r/2πk. √(l/g)

C. 2πr/k. √(g/l)

D. r/2πk. √(g/l)

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A cam with a roller follower would constitute following type of pair

A. Lower pair

B. Higher pair

C. Open pair

D. Close pair

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The instantaneous centres which vary with the configuration of mechanism are called

A. Permanent instantaneous centres

B. Fixed instantaneous centres

C. Neither fixed nor permanent instantaneous centres

D. None of the above

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For the same lift and same angle of ascent, a smaller base circle will give

A. A small value of pressure angle

B. A large value of pressure angle

C. There is no such relation with pressure angle

D. Something else

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Lower pairs are those which have

A. Point or line contact between the two elements when in motion

B. Surface contact between the two elements when in motion

C. Elements of pairs not held together mechanically

D. Two elements that permit relative motion

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Sensitiveness of the governor is defined as the ratio of the

A. Mean speed to the maximum equilibrium speed

B. Mean speed to the minimum equilibrium speed

C. Difference of the maximum and minimum equilibrium speeds to the mean speed

D. Sum of the maximum and minimum equilibrium speeds to the mean speed

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The two elements of a pair are said to form a _________ when they permit relative motion between them.

A. Open pair

B. Kinematic pair

C. Sliding pair

D. None of these

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The static balancing is satisfactory for low speed rotors but with increasing speeds, dynamic balancing becomes necessary. This is because, the

A. Unbalanced couples are caused only at higher speeds

B. Unbalanced forces are not dangerous at higher speeds

C. Effects of unbalances are proportional to the square of the speed

D. Effects of unbalances are directly proportional to the speed

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Which of the following is an open pair?

A. Ball and socket joint

B. Journal bearing

C. Lead screw and nut

D. Cam and follower

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With single Hooke's joint it is possible to connect two shafts, the axes of which have an angular misalignment up to

A. 10°

B. 20°

C. 30°

D. 40°

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Tangential acceleration direction is

A. Along the angular velocity

B. Opposite to angular velocity

C. May be any one of these

D. Perpendicular to angular velocity

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In a turning moment diagram, the variations of energy above and below the mean resisting torque line is called

A. Fluctuation of energy

B. Maximum fluctuation of energy

C. Coefficient of fluctuation of energy

D. None of these

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Which of the following mechanism is obtained from lower pair?

A. Gyroscope

B. Pantograph

C. Valve and valve gears

D. All of the above

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Sense of tangential acceleration of a link

A. Is same as that of velocity

B. Is opposite to that of velocity

C. Could be either same or opposite to velocity

D. Is perpendicular to that of velocity

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Efficiency of a screw jack is given by

A. tan (α + φ)/tanα

B. tanα/tan (α +φ)

C. tan (α - φ)/tanα

D. tanα/tan (α - φ)

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3.The retardation of a flat faced follower when it has contact at the apex of the nose of a circular arc cam, is given by (where OQ = Distance between the centre of circular flank and centre of nose)

A. ω² × OQ

B. ω² × OQ sinθ

C. ω² × OQ cosθ

D. ω² × OQ tanθ

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A shaft has an attached disc at the centre of its length. The disc has its centre of gravity located at a distance of 2 mm from the axis of the shaft. When the shaft is allowed to vibrate in its natural bow-shaped mode, it has a frequency of vibration of 10 rad/s. When the shaft is rotated at 300 r.p.m., it will whirl with a radius of

A. 2 mm

B. 2.22 mm

C. 2.50 mm

D. 3.0 mm

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When the pitching of a ship is upward, the effect of gyroscopic couple acting on it will be

A. To move the ship towards starboard

B. To move the ship towards port side

C. To raise the bow and lower the stern

D. To raise the stern and lower the bow

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The face of the tooth is the

A. Surface of the top of tooth

B. Surface of tooth above the pitch surface

C. Width of tooth below the pitch surface

D. Width of tooth measured along the pitch circle

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Power of a governor is the

A. Mean force exerted at the sleeve for a given percentage change of speed

B. Workdone at the sleeve for maximum equilibrium speed

C. Mean force exerted at the sleeve for maximum equilibrium speed

D. None of the above

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The cam follower generally used in automobile engines is

A. Knife edge follower

B. Flat faced follower

C. Spherical faced follower

D. Roller follower

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Ackermann steering gear consists of

A. Sliding pairs

B. Turning pairs

C. Rolling pairs

D. Higher pairs

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The maximum frictional force, which comes into play, when a body just begins to slide over the surface of the other body, is known as

A. Static friction

B. Dynamic friction

C. Limiting friction

D. Coefficient of friction