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Which of the following is a commonly used manometric liquid for low pressure range?

A. Ethyl alcohol

B. Carbon tetrachloride

C. Glycerol

D. Ethylene glycol

Correct Answer :

B. Carbon tetrachloride


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High relative humidity decreases the evaporative process and as the temperature is increased, the relative humidity decreases. The comfort range for human body is the ambient temperature of 22 to 27°C with relative humidity ranging from __________ percent.

A. 5 to 10

B. 15 to 25

C. 45 to 50

D. 75 to 80

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__________ is used for tying the steel columns to concrete foundation.

A. Grouting

B. Eyebolt

C. Anchor bolts

D. Refractory castables

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Presence of nickel & chromium in steel does not raise its

A. Elastic limit

B. Machining properties

C. Ductility

D. Resilience

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Increasing the carbon content of steel

A. Reduces the upper shelf energy

B. Increasing the ductility transition temperature

C. Decreases brittleness

D. Decreases hardness

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A furnace is made of a refractory brick wall of thickness 0.5 metre and thermal conductivity 0.7 W/m.°K For the same temperature drop and heat loss, this refractory wall can be replaced by a layer of diatomaceous earth of thermal conductivity 0.14 W/m.K and thickness __________ metre.

A. 0.01

B. 0.1

C. 0.25

D. 0.5

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Lead is added to 60:40 brass primarily to improve

A. Machinability

B. Corrosion resistance

C. Fluidity

D. Strength

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Copper deposits are found in India at the following location:

A. Kudremukh

B. Kolar

C. Khetri

D. Ramagundam

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Calorific value of __________ are almost same.

A. Lignite & anthracite coal

B. Lignite & coal gas

C. Petrol & diesel

D. Coal gas & natural gas

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A form of stress corrosion failure termed as 'season cracking' is generally observed in

A. Thermosetting polymers

B. High carbon steels

C. Brasses

D. Borosilicate glasses

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In practice, the compression ratio of compression-ignition (CI) engine ranges from

A. 15 to 25

B. 5 to 10

C. 40 to 55

D. 60 to 70

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The substance used as a smoke screen in warfare is

A. C2H2

B. SiCl4

C. P2O5

D. PCl5

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Density in the solid state is slightly less than that in its liquid state, in case of

A. Carbon dioxide

B. Water

C. Mercury

D. None of these

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Young's modulus of a material is the measure of its

A. Stiffness

B. Malleability

C. Creep resistance

D. Tensile strength

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Ultimate strength in tension as compared to that in shear for steel is

A. Half

B. One third

C. One and half times

D. One fourth

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Batch process is preferred over continuous process, when the

A. Product yields and quality cannot be achieved in continuous process, because of long residence time

B. Sales demand of product is not steady

C. Same equipment cannot be used for several processes of the same nature

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

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The unit of gc is

A. lbm/lbf. ft/sec2

B. lbf/lbm. ft/sec2

C. ft/sec2

D. lbm/lbf. sec2/ft

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The co-ordination number in simple cubic structure is

A. 4

B. 6

C. 8

D. 12

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Absolute zero pressure can be attained at a temperature of

A. 0°C

B. 50°K

C. 0°R

D. None of these

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The 'laughing gas' is

A. Nitrous oxide

B. Nitric oxide

C. Nitrogen trioxide

D. Nitrogen pentoxide

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Increase in the entropy of a system represents the

A. Degradation of energy

B. Decrease in system pressure

C. Increase in the availability of energy

D. Increase in the temperature

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Ferromagnetic materials owe their properties to __________ inner sub-shells.

A. Completely filled

B. Partially filled

C. Equally filled

D. Vacant

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The transition temperature at which all the ferromagnetic materials become paramagnetic materials is termed as the 'Curie temperature'. Its value for cobalt is __________ °C.

A. 768

B. 1127

C. 1359

D. 1480

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With increase in temperature, the electrical conductivity of semiconductors

A. Increases

B. Decreases

C. Remain constant

D. Either (A) or (B), depends on the type of semi-conductor

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The fugacity of liquid water at 298 K is approximately 3171 Pa. Considering the ideal heat of vaporisation as 43723 J/gm.mole, its fugacity at 300 K would be

A. 3171Pa

B. 3567Pa

C. 1.01 × 105Pa

D. 5000Pa

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Absolute zero, pressure will occur, when the molecular momentum of the system becomes zero. A liquid will cease to exist as liquid at

A. High vacuum

B. Zero pressure

C. 0°K

D. Earth's centre

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Moist air is cooled along the line of constant __________ , when it is passed over a cold & dry cooling coil, such that no condensation occurs?

A. Enthalpy

B. Relative humidity

C. Wet bulb temperature

D. Dew point temperature

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Yield strength of a polycrystalline metal with an average grain size d, is proportional to

A. d1/2

B. d-1/2

C. d

D. d-1

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For an ideal gas, Cp - Cv is

A. R

B. -R

C. 0

D. (3/2) R

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Maraging steels derive their strength from the following mechanism:

A. A fine, highly dislocated and strong martensite

B. Fine dispersions of inter-metallic of Fe, Ni, Ti etc

C. Fine dispersions of alloy carbides in a ferrite matrix

D. Fine dispersions of C nucleated on dislocations in austenite

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Fire in fuel gas pipelines is extinguished most effectively by

A. Spraying water

B. Blanketting the area with nitrogen atmosphere

C. Fire fighting foam

D. None of these