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Which of the following statement is correct?

A. The power absorbed in operating the piston valve is less than D-slide valve

B. The wear of the piston valve is less than the wear of the D-slide valve

C. The D-slide valve is also called outside admission valve.

D. All of the above

Correct Answer :

D. All of the above


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In order to facilitate starting of locomotive in any position, the cranks of a locomotive with two cylinders, are placed at

A. 45° to each other

B. 90° to each other

C. 120° to each other

D. 180° to each other

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When the speed of the engine fluctuates continuously above and below the mean speed, the governor is said to be

A. Stable

B. Unstable

C. Isochronous

D. Hunt

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The velocity of a flat-faced follower when it has contact with the flank of a circular arc cam, is given by

A. ωR cosθ

B. ω(R - r₁) cosθ

C. ω(R - r₁) sinθ

D. ωr₁ sinθ

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The natural frequency of free transverse vibrations due to uniformly distributed load acting over a simply supported shaft is (where δS = Static deflection of simply supported shaft due to uniformly distributed load)

A. 0.4985/ √δS

B. 0.5615/ √δS

C. 0.571/ √δS

D. 0.6253/ √δS

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The equation of motion for a vibrating system with viscous damping is (d²x/dt²) + (c/m).(dx/dt) + (s/m).x = 0, if the roots of the equation are __________ then the system will be under damped.

A. Equal

B. Real

C. Complex conjugate

D. None of these

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Rectilinear motion of piston is converted into rotary by

A. Cross head

B. Slider crank

C. Connecting rod

D. Gudgeon pin

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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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In a circular arc cam with roller follower, the acceleration in any position of the lift will depend only upon

A. Total lift, total angle of lift, minimum radius of cam and cam speed

B. Radius of circular arc, cam speed, location of centre of circular arc and roller diameter

C. Mass of cam follower linkage, spring stiffness and cam speed

D. Total lift, centre of gravity of the cam and cam speed

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When two links are connected by a pin joint, 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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The type of gears used to connect two non parallel and non intersecting shafts is

A. Spur gear

B. Helical gear

C. Bevel gear

D. Spiral gear

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In vibration isolation system, if ω/ωn > 1, then the phase difference between the transmitted force and the disturbing force is

A.

B. 90°

C. 180°

D. 270°

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Effort 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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Two systems shall be dynamically equivalent when

A. The mass of two are same

B. C.G. of two coincides

C. M.I. of two about an axis through e.g. is equal

D. All of the above

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In the below figure, PC is the connecting rod and OC is the crank making an angle θ with the line of stroke PO and rotates with uniform angular velocity at ω rad/s. The Klien's acceleration diagram for determining the acceleration of the piston P is shown by quadrilateral CQNO, if N coincides with O, then

A. Acceleration and velocity of the piston P is zero

B. Acceleration and velocity of the piston P is maximum

C. Acceleration of the piston P is zero and its velocity is maximum

D. Acceleration of the piston P is maximum and its velocity is zero

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The method of direct and reverse cranks is used in engines for

A. The control of speed fluctuations

B. Balancing of forces and couples

C. Kinematic analysis

D. Vibration analysis

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In full depth involute system, the smallest number of teeth in a pinion which meshes with rack without interference is

A. 12

B. 16

C. 25

D. 32

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The locus of a point on a thread unwound from a cylinder will be

A. A straight line

B. A circle

C. Involute

D. Cycloidal

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The balancing of a rigid rotor can be achieved by appropriately placing balancing masses in

A. A single plane

B. Two planes

C. Three planes

D. Four planes

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When the relation between the controlling force (Fc) and radius of rotation (r) for a spring controlled governor is Fc = ar + b, then the governor will be

A. Stable

B. Unstable

C. Isochronous

D. None of these

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The sensitiveness of the governor __________ as the speed range decreases.

A. Remains unaffected

B. Decreases

C. Increases

D. None of these

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The relation l = (2/3).(j + 2) apply only to kinematic chains in which lower pairs are used. This may be used to kinematic chains in which higher pairs are used, but each higher pair may be taken as equivalent to

A. One lower pair and two additional links

B. Two lower pairs and one additional link

C. Two lower pairs and two additional links

D. Any one of these

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An eccentric sheave pivoted at one point rotates and transmits oscillatory motion to a link whose one end is pivoted and other end is connected to it. This mechanism has

A. 2 links

B. 3 links

C. 4 links

D. 5 links

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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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The D-slide valve is also known as

A. Inside admission valve

B. Outside admission valve

C. Piston slide valve

D. None of these

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The frictional torque transmitted in a flat pivot bearing, considering uniform pressure, is (where μ = Coefficient of friction, W = Load over the bearing, and R = Radius of bearing surface)

A. (1/2) μ W R

B. (2/3) μ W R

C. (3/4) μ W R

D. μ W R

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The centre of gravity of a coupler link in a four bar mechanism will experience

A. No acceleration

B. Only linear acceleration

C. Only angular acceleration

D. Both linear and angular acceleration

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When one of the links of a kinematic chain is fixed, the chain is known as a

A. Structure

B. Mechanism

C. Inversion

D. Machine

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A machine mounted on a single coil spring has a period of free vibration of tp . If the spring is cut into four equal parts and placed in parallel and the machine is mounted on them, then the period of free vibration of the new system will become

A. tp /16

B. tp /4

C. 4 tp

D. 16 tp

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The size of a gear is usually specified by

A. Pressure angle

B. Circular pitch

C. Diametral pitch

D. Pitch circle diameter

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Typewriter constitutes

A. Machine

B. Structure

C. Mechanism

D. Inversion