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Water hammer is caused in steam carrying pipelines, because of

A. Partial condensation of steam

B. Vibration of the pipeline

C. High degree of superheat of steam

D. Its exposure to torrential rain

Correct Answer :

A. Partial condensation of steam


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Which of the following is not the function of a volute casing provided in a centrifugal pump?

A. To reduce the head loss in discharge

B. To increase the pump efficiency

C. To collect liquid from the periphery of the impeller and to transmit it to the delivery pipe at constant velocity

D. To increase the pump discharge rate

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Highest cutting speed is achieved by the __________ tool material.

A. High speed steel

B. Carbide

C. Cast alloy

D. Plain carbon steel

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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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Pick out the wrong statement

A. Processing of thermosetting plastics is ideally done by injection moulding

B. Processing of thermoplastics is ideally done by compression moulding

C. Mass production of seamless pipes are done by electrical resistance welding (ERW)

D. Stretch forming is a process of cold drawing

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If a solid is compressed adiabatically in its elastic range, its __________ remains constant

A. Internal energy

B. Enthalpy

C. Entropy

D. Temperature

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Diamagnetic materials

A. Are magnetised by eddy currents only

B. Are non-magnetic and cannot be magnetised

C. Are magnetised in direction opposite to the magnetic field

D. Can be magnetised in one direction only

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Fine grained steels have

A. High brittleness

B. Higher tendency to distort

C. High ductility

D. None of these

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Work done by a/an __________ process is determined by ∫p. dv

A. Adiabatic

B. Quasi-static

C. Isothermal

D. Isentropic

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Solidification time of a molten metal in a casting is proportional to (where, V = volume of metal & A = its surface area; in the casting)

A. V/A

B. V/A2

C. V2/A

D. V2/A2

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Parallel straight line pattern of temperature distribution for both hot and cold fluids is observed in case of heat exchanger of the type

A. Parallel flow with equal heat capacities

B. Counter flow with equal heat capacities

C. Counter flow with unequal heat capacities

D. Parallel flow with unequal heat capacities

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The behaviour of a metal specimen, which when plastically strained in tension reduces its yield stress in compression and vice versa; is termed as the

A. Work hardening

B. Bauschinger effect

C. Creeping effect

D. Stress recovery effect

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According to maximum shear stress failure criterion, yielding in material occurs, when the maximum shear stress is equal to __________ times the yield stress.

A. 0.5

B. 2

C. √2

D. √3/2

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Propulsion of rocket follows from the

A. Newton's second law of motion

B. Newton's third law of motion

C. Law of projectiles

D. Archimedes principle

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Optical activity is a/an __________ property.

A. Additive

B. Constitutive

C. Both (A) & (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

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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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Boiling point of water gets lowered at high altitudes (e.g., hills), because

A. Temperature is low

B. Atmospheric pressure is low

C. Atmospheric pressure is high

D. None of these

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Transformation range for ferrous material is the temperature interval during which __________ is formed during its heating.

A. Cementite

B. Austenite

C. Martensite

D. Pearlite

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__________ metal is used as a bearing liner material.

A. Pewter

B. White

C. Babbitt

D. Gun

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The mechanism which changes the value of manipulated variable in response to the output signal from the control unit is called the

A. Final control element

B. On-off control

C. Floating control action

D. None of these

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Capacity & power requirement for an air compressor working at high altitude compared to sealevel will be

A. More

B. Less

C. Same

D. Either more or less; depends on the climatic conditions

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A spring material should have low

A. Elastic limit

B. Deflection value

C. Fatigue resistance

D. None of these

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A fire tube boiler is limited to a maximum steam pressure of about __________ kg/cm2.

A. 6

B. 18

C. 38

D. 52

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The ratio of thermal & electrical conductivity is same for all the metals at the same temperature; and at around room temperature, this ratio is proportional to(where, T = absolute temperature, °K)

A. T

B. 1/T

C. T2

D. 1/T2

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The life of a ball bearing is inversely proportional to

A. (Load)1

B. (Load)2

C. (Load)3

D. (Load)0.33

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Minimum safe distance between two liquid fuel storage tanks is equal to (where, H = height of the tank)

A. H

B. H/2

C. H/4

D. H/6

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__________ is a special constituent of chlorophyll without which photosynthesis is not possible.

A. Calcium

B. Nitrogen

C. Phosphorous

D. Hydrogen

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Addition of __________ to steel does not help in improving its machinability.

A. Sulphur

B. Silicon

C. Lead

D. Phosphorous

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Coating thickness in case of galvanising of steel sheet generally corresponds to the deposition of __________ gms of zinc per of steel strip.

A. 5-10

B. 1000-1500

C. 120-500

D. 1500-3000

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Steam condenser tubes are made of admiralty brass, in which percentage of zinc & copper are __________ respectively.

A. 70 & 30

B. 30 & 70

C. 50 & 50

D. 90 & 10

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Friction factor for fluid flow in pipe does not depend upon the

A. Pipe length

B. Pipe roughness

C. Fluid density & viscosity

D. Mass flow rate of fluid