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Engineering Drawing:
CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION AND DRAWING INTRUMENTS
1. The art of representation of object by systematic lines on paper is called..(DRAWING)
2. The working edge of drawing board should be on…. Side of draughtmen..(LEFT)
3. T-square is used to draw……lines….to each other...(HORIZONTAL AND PARALEL)
4. …….is used to marking off short distances..(BOW COMPASS)
5. To remove a particular spot at drawing …..is used…(ERASING SHILED)
6. To draw a circle of about 80mm radius ……….is used.(LARGE COMPASS)
7. A scale should not be used as a ….for drawing lines ..(RULER)
8. The hardness of pencil lead …….as numeral letter H increases..(INCREASES)
9. ……is designed to perform functions of T-squares, set squares, scales and
protactor..(DRAFTING MACHINE)
10. The artificial light on drawing board is to be provided from……..side of
draughtmen..(LEFT)
11. The needle point of compass should be …..than the lead point,..(LONGER THAN)
12. Chisel pencil are used to drawing …(STRAIGHT LINES)
13. Parallel ruling straight edge machine is used to draw ..(HORIZONTAL LINES)
14. French curves are used to draw ..(IRREGULAR CURVE LINES)
15. Splines are used to draw….(LONG CURVE LINES)
16. Engineering student use imperial size of drafting machine…..(575*800mm)
17. Half emperial sheet is generally used by engineering students of …(420*594mm)

CHAPTER-2 LAYOUT OF DRAWING SHEET

1. The preparation of successful drawing depends upon the …of drawing
sheet…(LAYOUT)
2. The size of title block of all sizes of drawing sheet is …..(185*65mm)
3. For A1 size sheet the number of zones suggested by I.S.I. along the length are
……while those along width are…….(12,8)
4. For locating a portion of drawing, the sheet is divided into number of….(ZONES)
5. The zones along the length of sheet are designated by …., while along width are
designated by the …..(NUMERALS,LETTERS)
6. To facilitate extension, entries in the table should begin from….(BOTTOM TO
1
UPWARDS)
7. The articial light on drawing boards should be defused light from the …..(LEFT)

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8. Natural north light on the sheet is best suited to a (RIGHT HANDED
DRAUGHTMAN)
9. The drawing sheet is folded so that title block is …….(ALWAYS ON TOP)
10. The propose of providing zones is .(TO FACILITATE DIVISION OF SHEET)
11. Large size prints are folded to a final size of …(210*297)
12. The entries in table should begin from bottom to top…(TO FACILITATE
DIVISION OF SHEET)

CHAPTER-3 CONVENTION
1. Visible outlines are drawn as ..(CONTINUOUS THICK LINES)
2. Dimension lines, hatching and projection lines are drawn as..(CONTINUOUS
THIN LINES)
3. Centre lines, locus lines are drawn as ….(CHAIN THIN LINES)
4. Cutting plane lines are drawn as ..(THICK AND CHAIN THIN LINES,THICK
AT ENDS)
5. Long breaks are shown by..(CONTINUOUS THIN LINES WITH ZIGZACKS)
6. Irregular boundary lines, short break lines are drawn as…(CONTINUOUS THIN
AND WAVY LINES)
7. The representation of any matter by some sign or mark on the drawing is known as
….(CONVENTION)
8. The conventions make the drawing ….and ….to draw…. (SIMPLE, EASY)
9. The section lines are drawn at….to the horizontal line….(45degree)
10. The lines specified as thick is usually…..times thicker and line specified as medium
is ….times thicker than a thin line…(3,2)
11. Long members are generally shown in the…..by the convention
breaks…..(MIDDLE)

CHAPTER-4 LETTERING
1. The art of writing of title, notes etc on drawing is called…(LETTERING)
2. A good lettering is achieved by continuous ….(PRACTICE)
3. The lines which are used to regulate the height of the letters are known as ..(GUIDE
LINES)
4. All letters should be uniform in ……….and…..(SIZE,SHAPE,SLOPE,SPACING)
5. Lettering is done in …….letters.(CAPITAL)
6. The size of lettering means…..(HEIGHT)
7. The lettering in which direction of alphabet is ….called upright gothing 2
lettering……(VERTICAL)

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8. the lettering in which direction of alphabet is At…is called italic
lettering….(75DEGREE)
9. Two types of single stroke letters are ….and….(VERTICAL AND INCLINED)
10. Main title of the drawing is generally written in …letters…(GOTHIC)
11. Lettering should be written in such a way that it can be read from …with the main
title…(FRONT,HORIZONTAL)
12. Roman lettering is used in ……drawing…( ARCHITECT)

CHAPTER-5 DIMENSIONING
1. Two types of dimension required on a drawing are ….and….(SIZE AND LOCATION)
2. Two systems of placing dimensions on a drawing are… …(ALINED AND
UNIDIRECTIONAL)
3. As far as possible dimensions should be given in …unit only preferably in …(ONE,mm)
4. Dimensions should be taken from visible …rather than from hidden lines(OUTLINES)
5. Dimensions line should not ….each other….(CROSS)
6. The extension lines should not extend about …..mm beyond dimension line….(3)
7. Dimension lines should be drawn about 8mm away from the …..and
from…(OUTLINES ,EACH OTHER)
8. The line connecting a view to note is called a…(LEADER)

CHAPTER-6 SCALES
1. When the drawing is made to the same size of the object, the name of scale is …(FULL
SIZE)
2. For drawing of small instrument e.g. watch parts ….scale is used…(ENLARGED)
3. Plain scale are used to represent ……..units….(TWO)
4. When the measurements are desired in three units……scale is used……(DIAGONAL)
5. The relative values of the R.F. (S.F.) of enlarged,full size and reducing scales are……and
…respectively….(>1,1,<1)
6. The ratio of distance on the drawing sheet and the corresponding actual distance of the
object is known as …(R.F.)
7. Length of scale=……(R.F.*actual length of scale)
8. Vernier scales are used in surveying and astronomical instruments for ….(ANGULAR
MEASUREMENTS)
9. Scale of chords are used to measure ….(ANGLES)
10. Drawing made to half of actual size…..(1:2)
11. Diagonal scales are used for measurement of ……(THREE UNITS) 3
12. Scales usually used in civil engineering are …..(REDUCING SCALE)
13. Vernier scaes are used to read……(VERY SMALL UNITS)

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14. a) plain scale………..two units
b) diagonal scale…….three units
c) scale of chords …..angular measurements
d) comparative scales…dissimilar units

CHAPTER- 7 GEOMETRICAL CONSTRUCTION

1. The inclination between two perpendicular lines is called…..(ANGLE)
2. The angle which is less than right angle is called…….(ACUTE ANGLE)
3. The bisector of line meets it at …..(90 degree)
4. A quadrilateral is a figure bounded by ….(FOUR STRAIGHT LINES)
5. A polygon is a plane figure having more than …straight lines ( FOUR)
6. The arc is any part of the circumference of a …..(CIRCLE)
7. If two sides of a right angle triangle are 3 and 4 then the length of third side is ….(5)

CHAPTER-8 CONIC SECTIONS

1. When a cone is cut by planes at different angles, the intersection surves obtained are
called ……(CONICS)
2. Parabola and hyperbola are open curves of ….(CONIC SECTION)
3. The ratio of of the shortest distance from the focus to the shortest distance from the
directrix is called…..(ECCENTRICITY)
4. The eccentricity is always ….than one for ellipse….(LESS)
5. The straight lines which intersect each other at the centre of transverse axis are known as
……..(ASYMPTODES)
6. The eccentricity of hyperbola is …than one….(GREATER)

CHAPTER-9 PLANE AND SPACE CURVES

1. A cone curve which is generated by a point that moves in a constantly changing direction
in the space is called…..curve………(SPACE)
2. ……is a curve generated by a point on the circumference of a rolling
circle…(CYCLOID)
3. The curve generated by a point on the circumference of a rolling circle which rolls
outside the directing circle is the……..(EPICYCLOID)
4. ……is the curve traced by a point moving continuously in one direction along a rotating
line….(SPIRAL)
5. In a logarithmic spiral, the ……of lengths of constitutive radii enclosing equal angles is
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constant……(RATIO)
6. The locus of centre of curvature is knowa as….(EVOLUTE)

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7. The curve generated by a point within the circle which rolls along a straight line is called
……….(TRICHOID)
8. When the diameter of directing circle is twice the diameter of directing circle then the
required hypocycloid curve will be…..(STRAIGHT LINE)

CHAPTER-10 THEORY OF PROJECTION AND

ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION

1. In orthographic projection the line of sight are ….to the plane of

projection…..(PERPENDICULAR)
2. A surface of an object appears in its true shape when it is ……to the plane of
projrction…..(PARALLEL)
3. In orthographic projection the projectors are perpendicular to the ….(PLANE
OF PROJECTION)
4. In the first angle projection the ….comes between the observer and plane
…(OBJECT )
5. In the third angle the plane comes between object and……(OBSERVER)
6. In first angle projection the view from above is placed …..of front
view….(BELOW)
7. In first angle projection the view from left is placed ….of the front
view…(RIGHT)
8. To make a new view drawing complete ….must be added…..(A NOTE)
9. When a dotted line coincides with a solid line, the ….line take the
preference.(SOLID)
10. When the centre line coincide with a solid line ….line take the
preferences….(SOLID)
11. The three principal plane of projection
are…..,…….and…….planes…(HORIZONTAL,VERICAL AND PROFILE)
12. The number of mutually perpendicular planes that can surround an object in
space is ………..(SIX)
13. Clinographic projection belongs to major class of projection…..(OBLIQUE)
14. In the first angle projection,the object is amagined to placed….(ABOVE H.P.
AND INFRONT OF V.P.)
15. In first angle projection to obtain the right side view the A.V.P. is assumed to be
placed on …..(LEFT SIDE OF OBJECT)
16. In third angle projection, if the auxiliary V.P. is placed on the right side of 5
object, the view obtained is …….(RIGHT SIDE VIEW)
17. An invisible line should intersect a visible line with ….(DASH)

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18. According to B.I.S. the symbol for 1st angle projection is

19. According to B.I.S. the symbol for 3rd angle projection is

20. In the first quadrant, view from right is……(DRAWN TO LEFT OF FRONT
VIEW )
21. In third quadrant view from top is drawn …..(TO THE TOP OF FRONT
VIEW)
22. Dimetric-AXONOMETRIC PROJECTION
23. Cavalier-OBLIQUE PROJRCTION
24. Third angle- ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION
25. Three points – PERSPECTIVE PROJECTION

CHAPTER- 11 ORTHOGRAPIC READING OR

INTERPRETATION OF VIEWS

1. The ability to visualize the shape of the object is known as ……of

views…(INTERPRETATION)
2. In practice one of the best aid to visualization is the use of ….(ACTUAL MODEL)
3. A surface is represented by a ……in two views and close figure in third view….(LINE)
4. An edge is represented by a ….in all three views….(LINE)
5. A corner is represented by a …in all three views…..(POINT)
6. Every object is built up of a number of …..(PARTS)
7. A surface is represented by …….(CLOSE FIGURE)
8. An area is represented by ………(CONTINUOUS SURFACE)

CHAPTER-12 SECTIONAL VIEWS

1. The propose of sectional views is to show the …….shape of object….(INTERNAL)

2. In the sectional view the part of the object between the cutting plane and …..is
assumed to be removed……(OBSERVER)
3. Sectional lines are assumed to be drawn …..to the axis of section….(45 degree)
4. For ordinary sectioning the spacing varies between ……(1 to 3 mm) 6
5. In making full section ….of the object is imagined to be cut off….(HALF)
6. A …..is generally used to separate the two portions of a half sectional
view…(CENTRE LINE)

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7. In the sectioned view, all hidden details are …..(OMMITTED)
8. When the cutting plane passes through the axis of solid shafts, bolts, screws are
….(NOT SHOWN IN SECTION)
9. An …….section has the section rotaed to show the true shape of the sectional
view…(ALINED)
10. Spokes of the wheel and thin web are not sectioned when the cutting plane passes
through them in a direction ……to their larger dimension…..(PARALLEL)
11. Sectional view reveal …..(INTERIOR DETAILS)
12. In a half sectional view the object is assumed to cut off ….(ONE FORTH)
13. The section lines are generally drawn to the horizontal lines at ….(45 degree)
14. When two adjacent parts are to be shown in section , the lines should be drawn
…(OPPOSITE DIRECTION)
15. In order to improve clarity of drawing, the dotted lines in the sectional view should be
…(OMMITTED)

CHAPTER-13 ISOMETRIC PROJECTION

1. The isometric view is in the ratio of ……..of the true length……(√: √)
2. The isometric length is about…..of the true length…..(82%)
3. In isometric projection, the dimension lines are drawn parallel to the
…..(ISOMETRIC AXES)
4. A circle in the isometric view appears as ……(ELLIPSE)
5. Isometric projection of a sphere is a circle having a diameter ….to that of
sphere…(EQUAL)
6. The three forms of axonometric projection are diametric, trimetric and
…projection…(ISOMETRIC)
7. Compared to actual diameter isometric diameter of sphere is ….(EQUAL)
8. The angle between isometric axes is ….(120 degree)
9. In isometric projection, the receding lines are drawn with the horizontal at ….(30
degree)
10. In isometric projection, circles are represented as ellipse of the object in …(ALL
FACES)
11. The receding line in an isometric projection are drawn ….(PARALLEL)
12. An isometric projection is pictorial drawing of ….(ONE VIEW)
13. A circular arc will appear as a part of a …in a isometric view of
sphere….(PARABOLA)
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CHAPTER-14 AUXILIARY VIEWS

1. The view obtained on the auxiliary plane which is….to the inclined surface of an
object is called auxiliary view….(PARALLEL)
2. The auxiliary view gives the ….shape of the oblique surface….(TRUE)
3. The plane which are inclined to V.P. but perpendicular to H.P. are
called…..(A.V.P.)
4. The planes which are inclined to H.P. but perpendicular to V.P. are called
….(A.I.P)\
5. The projection on an A.V.P. is called …..(AUXILIARY FRONT VIEW)
6. The projection on an A.I.P. is called ……(AUXILIARY TOP VIEW)
7. When the auxiliary plane is perpendicular to to the principle of the projection the
view obtained is called…..auxiliary view …(PRIMARY)
8. Auxiliary view can be ……..auxiliary view and ….auxiliary view….(PRIMARY
AND SECONDARY)

CHAPTER-15 FREE HAND SKETCHING

1. The drawing prepared by pencil and without use of instruments
called…..(SKETCHING)
2. Freehand sketches are used for expressing and recording …..(NEW IDEAS)
3. The materials required for free hand sketching are..(PAPER,PENCIL,RUBBER)
4. The four important points for good sketching are good ….,….proper……, and
proper…….(PRACTICE,PATIENCE,PROPORTION,PROFICIENCY)
5. The pencil should be held by thumb and first finger that it resets on the second
finger at about ….from the pencil point…. (30mm)
6. The whole line in a sketching should ….be drawn in a single stroke….(NOT)
7. Two types of free hand sketches are (ORTHOGRAPHIC AND PICTORIAL)
8. Three types of pictorial sketches are isometric, oblique and Perspective
sketches.
9. The horizontal lines are drawn from……(LEFT TO RIGHT)
10. The vertical lines are always drawn from ……(TOP TO BOTTOM)
11. The inclined lines are drawn from left to right when they are
nearly….(HORIZONTAL)
12. Small circles are sketched very easily in …(ONE STROKE)
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CHAPTER-16 PROJECTION OF POINTS

1. A point has simply ……..but no magnitude and direction….(POSITION)

2. In …..quadrant, the point lies infront of V.P. and above H.P….(FIRST)
3. When the H.P. , V.P. and P.P. divide the space into eight quadrants, then the
quadrants are known as ….(OCTANTS)
4. When a point lies on the reference line, its two views lies on ……(x y LINE)
5. The plane which is inclined to V.P. perpendicular to H.P. is known as ....(A.V.P.)
6. A point is determined by determined by intersection of two ….(LINES)
7. In second quadrant the top view and front view and front view both will be ….xy
line….(ABOVE)
8. The values of coordinates x,y and z in the 6th octants are ….(-x,-y and +z)
9. The line joining the projections of a point intersect the line x y at an angle…………..
( 90 degree)

CHAPTER-17 PROJECTIONS AND TRACES OF

STRAIGHT LINE
1. A straight line is defined as the …..distance between two points…..(SHORTEST)
2. When a line is perpendicular to one of the planes, it is ……to the other
plane…(PARALLEL)
3. A straight line will represent its …….length in that plane to which it is
parallel…(TRACE)
4. When a line is perpendicular to H.P., its horizontal trace will coincide with view ….of
the line ….(FROM ABOVE)
5. Any two lines that are not parallel with each other and do not intersect are
called…lines….(SKEW)
6. A straight line will represent its true length in that plane to which it is
…(PARALLEL)
7. When the both the views coincide with xy plane the line is lying in ….(BOTH H.P.
AND V.P.)
8. When a line is inclined to H.P. then the point of intersection of the line to H.P. is
called….. H.T.
9. When a line is Parallel to the both the H.P. and V.P. …..it has ……..(NO TRACE)
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CHAPTER- 18 PROJECTION OF PLANE

1. A figure produced by a moving line is called a …(PLANE)
2. A plane may be located by ….parallel lines ..(TWO)
3. The lines in which the planes meet the reference planes are called …of the
planes…(TRACES)
4. When a plane is perpendicular to reference plane, its projection on the plane is …
( A LINE )
5. The intersection of plane with the V.P. is called the V.T. /H.T.

CHAPTER-19 PROJECTION OF SOLIDS

1. To represent solid in orthographic projections, at least …view are
necessary….(TWO)
2. A solid which is bounded by …….is called polyhedral…(PLANE SURFACES)
3. A solid having four equal equilateral triangular faces is called
(TETRAHEDRON)
4. A solid rests on an edge of its base on V.P., It must be kept …to
H.P….(PERPENDICULAR)
5. When the axis of the solid is parallel to both H.P. and V.P. view from….reveals
the true shape of base….(SIDE)
6. An object having…dimension is called solid….(THREE)
7. An oblique solid is one which is one which has its axis …..to its
base….(INCLINED)
8. A solid having a plane figure for its base and equal number of triangular faces is
called……(PYRAMID)
9. If a solid rests on an edge of its base on V.P. it must be kept …to
H.P…(PERPENDICULAR)
10. The shortest distance from a point to a plane is seen in the …(EDGE VIEW)

CHAPTER-20 SECTION OF SOLIDS

1. The sectional views are used to visualize the ………details of object…(INTERNAL
DETAILS)
2. The section plane are represented by its….on H.P. and V.P….(TRACES)
3. The projection obtained on a H.P. of a cut object is called sectional…(TOP VIEW)
4. The section obtained on a plane when the section plane is not parallel to plane is 10
called….(APPARENT SECTION)
5. The true shape of a section is a …. When a cylinder is cut by section plane inclined to the
axis…(ELLIPSE)
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6. When a sphere is cut by section plane, the true shape of section is….(ECLIPSE)

CHAPTER-21 INTERSECTION OF SOLIDS

1. When one solid penetrates the other it is known as …..of
solids…(INTERPENETRATION)
2. The line of intersection depends on ….. of solids…..(NATURE)
3. The line of intersection between two cylinders of same diameters consists
of…..(STRAIGHT LINES)
4. When two intersecting cylinders of same diameter, then the line of intersection will be
….straight lines….(STRAIGHT)
5. When two intersecting cylinders are of different diameters, then the lines of intersection
will be ….(CURVE)
6. The intersection between the solid resting oh H.P. and a plane inclined to H.P. is a ….in
the view from front….(LINE)
7. The first important step in making development of surfaces is to find the lines of
..(INTERSECTION)
8. The intersection between solid body and straight line will be …(POINT)
9. The line of intersection of cylinder and a prism consists of …(CURVED LINES)

DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACES
1. The unfolding of all…..of the object on a plane is called development…(SURFACES)
2. The development….the work to be completed with the minimum waste of time labor and
material….(FASCILITATES)
3. Every line on the development must show the …length of the corresponding line on the
surface which is developed….(TRUE)
4. The application of development is generally used in ….metal work…(SHEET)
5. Triangulation method is used for developing….(TRANSITION PIECES)
6. …..method is used for developing spheres…..(APPROXIMATE METHOD)

PERSPECTIVE PROJECTION
1. The view actually appears to observer when viewed from fixed position is called….view
..(PERSPECTIVE)
2. In perspective …plane is placed between object and eye…(PICTURE PLANE)
3. The best picturization, angle of view from station point is obtained at angle of 11
about…..(20 to 30 degree)
4. When the picture plane coincides with the object the object, the perspective of the object
will be of its ….size..(SAME)

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5. …point perspective is used for the representation of interior building and machine
parts…(ONE)
6. The ordinary photograph of an object is a …….(PERSPECTIVE)
7. The point on a space where parallel lines meet is called….(VANISHING POINT)
8. ….is used for representing buildings for architectural drawing…..(PARALLEL
PERPECTIVE)
9. When all the faces are oblique to the picture plane, the resulting picture is
called…..(OBLIQUE PERSPECTIVE)
10. In oblique perspective the number of vanishing points are…..(THREE)
11. The vanishing point is located on the ..(HORIZON)
12. The perspective of circle is a circle when the plane is parallel to other PP.

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