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With increasing carbon percent in steel beyond 0.8%, its ultimate tensile strength (UTS) and __________ is not affected.

A. Impact strength

B. Percent elongation

C. Hardness

D. Both 'b' & 'c'

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A. Impact strength


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Which of the following has the highest modulus of elasticity (about 7 × 106 kg/cm2)?

A. High speed steel

B. Stainless steel

C. Tungsten carbide

D. Superalloys

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Eutectic reaction for iron-carbon system occurs at a temperature of __________ °C.

A. 723

B. 959

C. 1147

D. 1493

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As per the Indian boiler regulation (IBR), the type of joint preferred for the circumferential joint is the __________ joint.

A. Butt

B. Lap

C. Welded

D. None of these

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When an isolated thermodynamic system executes a process,

A. Work is done

B. Heat transfer takes place

C. Mass flow occurs across the boundary of the system

D. No chemical reaction takes place within the system

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Reynolds number of a fluid flowing in a circular pipe is 10,000. What will be the Reynolds number when the fluid velocity is decreased by 30% & the pipe diameter is increased by 30%?

A. 9,100

B. 13,000

C. 7,000

D. 2,550

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__________ is the most suitable lubricant for drawing mild steel wires?

A. Kerosene

B. Water

C. Sodium stearate

D. Lime water

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Heat flow across a hollow sphere of inner radius 'r1' and outer radius 'r2' is directly proportional to

A. (r2 - r1)/r1. r2

B. r1. r2/(r2 - r1)

C. (r2 + r1)/r1. r2

D. r1. r2/(r2 + r1)

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The type of pump used for lifting large quantity of sewage is a __________ pump.

A. Gear

B. Centrifugal

C. Reciprocating

D. Plunger

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Sand used to stop the green sand from sticking to the pattern is termed as the __________ sand.

A. Parting

B. Synthetic

C. Loam

D. Dry

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Pressure exerted by a liquid depends upon its

A. Surface tension

B. Density

C. Viscosity

D. Buoyancy

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Which of the following is the most suitable material of construction for the condenser tubes, where the cooling medium is brine (salty water)?

A. Aluminium

B. Copper

C. Titanium

D. Stainless steel

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Potable water means the water used for

A. Fire-fighting

B. Cooling

C. Drinking

D. Evaporation to produce steam

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Solute atoms which cause yield point phenomenon in mild steel are/is

A. Aluminium

B. Boron

C. Carbon

D. Nitrogen

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Inertial forces are obtained, when the elastic forces are multiplied by __________ number.

A. Mach

B. Froude

C. Reynolds

D. Euler

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In the acid Bessemer process, the hot metal should have the following composition.

A. S < 0.05% and P < 0.05%

B. S < 0.05% and P < 1.5%

C. S < 0.05% and P > 1.5%

D. S > 1.5% and P < 0.05%

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The most important consideration, while designing the refrigeration system of an aircraft is that the refrigeration system

A. Is as light as possible

B. Has very high C.O.P.

C. Employs minimum quantity of refrigerant

D. Consumer minimum horse power

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Most important property of steels for use in automobile bodies is the

A. Formability

B. Yield strength

C. Toughness

D. Resilience

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The taper provided on pattern for its easy & clean withdrawal from the mould is termed as the __________ allowance.

A. Casting

B. Pattern

C. Draft

D. Distortion

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Difference at any instant between the value of the controlled variable and the set point is called the

A. Deviation

B. Derivative time

C. Error ratio

D. Differential gap

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The rolling process cannot be used to produce

A. Plates

B. Rods

C. Tubes

D. Wires

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'GASOHOL' widely used in Brazil as a motor fuel is a mixture of alcohol and

A. Petrol

B. LPG

C. Light hydrocarbon gases (e.g. butane or propane)

D. None of these

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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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The capacity of a spring to store energy is called the spring form co-efficient. Stiffness of a spring is measured by the

A. Ability to absorb shock

B. Capacity to store energy

C. Ratio of the wire & coil diameters

D. Load to produce unit deflection

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In a good rimming steel

A. Carbon and silicon should be low

B. Silicon should be low but carbon should be high

C. Both silicon & carbon should be high

D. Silicon should be high but carbon should be low

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While the recrystallisation temperature for pure metals is 0.3 Tm, the same for alloys is equal to __________ × Tm (where, Tm Melting temperature).

A. 0.25

B. 0.45

C. 0.70

D. 0.95

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Which of the following terminology is used for the temperature at which new grains are formed in a metal?

A. Eutectic temperature

B. Lower critical temperature

C. Recrystallisation temperature

D. Upper critical temperature

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Shaft/rotor speed is most accurately measured by a

A. Frequency counter

B. Tachometer

C. Strobometer

D. Speedometer

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L.D. (Linz-Donawitz) converter is used in the production of

A. Copper

B. Steel

C. Zinc

D. Aluminium

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Which of the following metals cannot be hot worked at room temperature?

A. Zinc

B. Nickel

C. Lead

D. Tin

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Use of water as a manometric liquid suffers from the disadvantage of its

A. Low vapour pressure

B. Corrosive nature

C. High vapour pressure

D. High boiling point