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1. Is described as a combination of kinematic pairs 7. Which of the following will be exhibited by a ductile
joined in such a way that the relative motion material upon application of force?
between the links is completely constrained.
a. Major plastic deformation before crack
a. Kinematic chain propagation
b. Mechanism b. Faster crack propagation
c. Inversion c. No deformation
d. Elliptical chain d. Noise accompanying the process

2. In mechanical mechanism terminology, the angle 8. Which of the following hardening processes is not
between the direction of the follower motion and employed for steels?
normal to the pitch curve is called _______.
a. Age hardening
a. pressure angle b. Induction hardening
b. prime angle c. Nitriding
c. base angle d. Cyaniding
d. double angle

9. Toughness property of material is related to ______.


3. The translator motion of piston in slider crank
mechanism is converted into rotary motion of crank a. Creep
by _______. b. Heterogeneous property
c. Density
a. connecting rod d. Impact strength
b. slider
c. crank
d. none of the above 10. In dealing with tolerances and allowances "Fit"
means _______.

4. A universal joint is an example of ______. a. Difference between hole size and shaft size, if
shaft is smaller than hole
a. sliding pair b. Difference between hole size and shaft size, if
b. lower pair shaft is bigger than hole
c. higher pair c. Degree of tightness or looseness between two
d. intermediate pair mating parts to perform a definite function
d. An indication of degree of accuracy of
manufacture
5. A rock is a gear of ______.

a. infinite module 11. Outside calipers have ______.


b. infinite diameter
c. infinite pitch a. Legs bent inwards
d. infinite number of teeth b. Legs which are bent outwards
c. Their legs collapsed after dimensions are made
d. One leg bent outwards and other leg carries a
6. Strain in a direction at a right angle to the direction scriber
of applied force is known as ______.

a. lateral strain 12. A localized compressive stress at the area of contact


b. shear strain between two members is known as _______.
c. volumetric strain
d. thermal strain a. shear stress
b. tensile stress
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c. bending stress d. Reduce the speed of the driven pulley and


d. bearing stress consequently reduce the power output

13. Stress concentration factor is the ratio of _______. 19. Pitch diameter for an external or internal thread is
also called _______.
a. Nominal stress to the Young module
b. Endurance limit to ultimate tensile stress a. Mean diameter
c. Nominal stress to Yield strength b. Effective diameter
d. Maximum stress to the nominal stress c. Largest diameter
d. Nominal diameter

14. Rated life of a ball bearing varies as ______.


20. What is spring stiffness?
a. Square of load
b. Cube of load a. It is the ratio of free length to that under design
c. Inversely of cube of load load
d. Inverse of load b. It is the load per unit deflection
c. It is the load carrying capacity of the spring
d. It is the ratio of mean coil diameter to wire
15. What is the main purpose of lubricants in bearings? diameter

a. To reduce frictional losses and wear between


rubbing surfaces 21. Where does shear stress occur in case of a shaft of
b. To provide protection against corrosion rectangular section is subjected to a twisting
c. To carry off heat into which frictional work is moment?
converted
d. All of the above a. At the ends of the diagonals
b. At the center of the longer side
c. At the center of the rectangle
16. Which of the following is the best characteristics of d. At the center of the shorter side
spherical roller bearings?

a. Self-aligning capability 22. Which of the following is the usual method of shaft
b. High load capacity manufacturing?
c. High tolerance to shock loads
d. High operational speeds a. Cold rolling
b. Hot rolling
c. Turning of grinding from rough bars
17. What is the effect of centrifugal tension in belts on d. All of the above
the power transmitted?

a. Power transmitted increases 23. The number of bolts required to couple the flanges
b. Power transmitted decreases of a coupling depends upon _______.
c. Power transmitted remains unaffected
d. Power will continuously change a. material of the shaft
b. rotational speed of the shaft
c. length of the shaft
18. Creep in a belt tends to _______. d. diameter of the shaft

a. Increase tension in belt


b. Increase the tension and speed 24. For a square key made of mild steel, the shear and
c. (a) and (b) above together crushing strength are related as _______.
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a. shear strength is equal to crushing strength 30. Which of the following gears should be
b. shear strength is greater than crushing strength recommended for a speed reduction of 50:1?
c. shear strength is less than crushing strength
d. none of the above a. Spur
b. Differential
c. Worm and worm wheel
25. Which of the following statements is correct d. Bevel
regarding frictional resistance of journal bearing
under film lubrication condition?
31. In worm gears, pitch lead angle is ______.
a. directly proportional to the pressure
b. independent of the area a. half the angle between two inclined faces in
c. proportional to the speed of rotation axial plane
d. inversely proportional to the viscosity of the b. the angle between the tangent to the pitch helix
lubricant and the plane of rotation
c. the angle between the tangent to the pitch helix
and an element of the cylinder
26. Which of the following conditions should be d. none of the above
satisfied in the design when two spur gears are to be
in mesh?
32. Which of the following is not the advantage of a wet
a. Clearance must be same friction clutch?
b. Axes must be parallel
c. Module must be same a. Smoothness in operation and engagement
d. Direction of rotation must be same b. Simplicity of sealing
c. High co-efficient of friction
d. Adjustable coefficient of friction
27. Spur gear tooth design is considered as ______.

a. Cantilever loading 33. In block brakes, the ratio of shoe width to wheel
b. Beam loading diameter normally ranging from ______.
c. Combination of both A and B
d. Short column a. 0.1 to 0.25
b. 0.25 to 0.50
c. 0.40 to 0.75
28. The distance from the top of the tooth to the root of a d. 0.60 and 1
gear; it is equal to addendum plus dedendum or to
working depth plus clearance.
34. In case of manual TIG welding, the angle of the
a. pitch electrode with the direction of welding should be
b. whole depth _______.
c. dedendum
d. addendum a. 20°
b. 70°
c. 90°
29. The root angle of a bevel gear is equal to _______. d. 30°

a. pitch angle - addendum angle


b. pitch angle + addendum angle 35. It occurs when the ratio of oxygen to acetylene
c. pitch angle - dedendum angle required for a neutral flame has been changed to
d. pitch angle + dedendum angle give an excess of oxygen.

a. oxidizing flame
b. carbonizing flame
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c. neutral 41. A full-scale technical drawing will have a scale


d. any of the above factor of _______.

a. 1:1
36. In case of a thick cylinder, the variation of hoop b. 1:2
stress across the thickness is _______. c. 2:1
d. 1:4
a. parabolic
b. linear
c. uniform 42. In these drawings, it is necessary to show cut
d. hyperbolic surfaces and distinguish between adjacent parts.

a. Auxiliary drawings
37. Which of the following described a "Surface plates"? b. Assembly sections
c. 3D assemblies
a. Are made up of cast iron, granite or glass d. Parts lists
b. Grade AA and grade A are used for precise
application
c. Grade B is used for general workshop 43. Notching process involves _______.
application
d. All of the above a. Expanding a tubular or cylindrical part
b. Producing contours in sheet metal
c. Removal of excess metal from a strip edge
38. Two rigid plates are clamped by means of bolt and making it suitable for drawing
nut with an initial force F. After tightening, a d. Creation of shallow designs on both sides of
separating force P (P < F) is applied to the lower metal
plate which in turn acts on the nut. The tension in the
both after this is _______.
44. Is a process to enlarge the size of a previously
a. F+P formed hole by a small amount but with a high
b. F-P degree of accuracy to leave smooth sides
c. P
d. F a. reaming
b. boring
c. notching
39. Cast iron pipes are mainly used for ______. d. drilling

a. water and sewage system


b. carrying steam 45. Which of the following operations is carried out at
c. pressure lubrication systems the minimum cutting velocity if the machines are
d. refrigerant lines equally rigid and the tool work materials are same?

a. Turning
40. This is a standardized measure of the maximum b. Grinding
difference in size between the component and the c. Bonding
basic size. d. Milling

a. International Tolerance grade


b. Fundamental deviation 46. Workability means _______.
c. Engineering tolerance standard
d. Specification standard a. The extent up to which material can be
deformed without crack formation
b. Maximum energy which can be stored in
strained material
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c. Maximum energy which can be stored without 52. The ratio of the maximum fluctuation of speed to the
acquiring any change in shape mean speed is called _______.
d. None of these
a. coefficient of fluctuation
b. maximum fluctuation of speed
47. Staking is a process of _______. c. fluctuation of speed
d. none of the above
a. Mixing two metal powders properly
b. Fastening two parts permanently with the help
of shaped punch 53. A completely constrained motion can be transmitted
c. Producing a raised design on the surface of work with how many links?
d. Increasing the fatigue strength of work pieces
a. two
b. four
48. Forming process used for manufacturing cups is c. five
______. d. eight

a. Embossing
b. Piercing 54. A gear train used to connect minute hand to hour
c. Spinning hand in a clock mechanism.
d. Cold rolling
a. Simple
b. Reverted
49. The process used for manufacturing large size bolt c. Epicyclic
heads is _______. d. Compound

a. Punching
b. Lancing 55. The normal stress on a plane inclined at angle 9 with
c. Slugging the line of action of the uniaxial stress ox is given by
d. Upset forging _______.

a. σx/cos2Ɵ
50. A process which include two operation of cutting b. σx/sin2Ɵ
and non- cutting. The cutting operations may include c. σx cos2Ɵ
blanking, piercing, trimming, and cutoff and are d. σx sin2Ɵ
combined with noncutting operations which may
include bending, extruding, embossing, and forming.
56. The brittle fracture tendency increases by _______.
a. Combination die
b. Compound die a. Increased temperature and increase strain rate
c. Transfer die b. Decreased temperature and increased strain rate
d. Forming die c. Prior plastic deformation
d. Decrease in triaxial stress

51. A type of a follower which is extensively used in air-


craft engines. 57. Toughness of a material relates to _______.

a. flat faced a. Castability


b. roller b. Annealing
c. knife edge c. Strength
d. spherical faced d. Machinability
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58. Which of the following will obtain a clearance fit? d. Cubic curve

a. By making the lower limit on hole equal to or


larger than the upper limit of shaft. 64. Which of the following forms the basis of design for
b. By making lower limit on shaft equal or larger strength of materials?
than the upper limit on hole
c. By making difference between the maximum a. Moment of inertia
shaft and minimum hole b. Centre of Mass
d. None of the above c. Centre of gravity
d. None of the above

59. Clinometers are used to measure ______.


65. What is the effect of belt slip in velocity ratio?
a. Angles relative to horizontal plane
b. Angles relative to vertical plane a. increases
c. The flatness of vertical surface b. decreases
d. The flatness of horizontal surface c. remains unchanged
d. unpredictable

60. A moment of inertia of a body about its principal


axes of inertia at a given point is known as _______. 66. Which of the following is correct for a flat belt
drive?
a. Principal moment of inertia
b. Second moment of inertia a. Open belt depends on difference of the
c. First moment of inertia diameters of pulleys
d. None of the above b. Open belt does not depend upon diameter
c. Cross belts depends on the sum of the diameters
of pulleys
61. If shear forces are zero along any section, then the d. Cross belts depends on the difference of the
value of bending moment at that section can be diameters of pulleys
_______.

a. Zero 67. Which of the following are considered in the design


b. Minimum of two plates joined by rivets?
c. Minimum or Maximum
d. any of the above a. Thickness of plates
b. Rivet diameter
c. Rivet length
62. Residual stresses are normally present in _______ d. All of the above
shafts.

a. cast 68. Shearing efficiency of rivet can be expressed as


b. forged _______.
c. cold rolled
d. hot-rolled a. Shearing strength divided by Strength of rivet
joint
b. Shearing strength per pitch length divided by
63. If cantilever beam is subjected to concentrated loads Strength of rivet joint
at various points, then the bending moment diagram c. Shearing strength per pitch length divided by
has a shape of _______. Strength of unriveted joint
d. Shearing strength divided by strength of
a. Inclined straight line unriveted joint
b. Parabola
c. Vertical straight line
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69. Which of the following is induced in the spring wire c. Spur gearing
if an axial compressive load is applied? d. Internal gearing

a. bending
b. shear 75. Keys are normally made from which of the
c. tensile following materials?
d. compressive
a. Forged steel
b. Machined stainless steel
70. An open coiled helical compression spring ‘A’ of c. Cold rolled mild steel bars
mean diameter 50 mm is subjected to an axial load d. Cold rolled carbon steel
W. Another spring ‘B’ of mean diameter 25 mm is
similar to spring ‘A’ in all respects. The deflection
of spring ‘B’ will be ______ as compared to spring 76. Consider d = diameter of shaft, the usual proportion
for the width of key is ________.
a. one-eighth
b. one-fourth a. d/8
c. one-half b. d/6
d. double c. d/4
d. d/2

71. A leaf spring is supported at the _______.


77. In case of spur gears, the static tooth load as
a. ends and loaded at the center compared to a dynamic load should be _______.
b. center and loaded at the ends
c. ends and loaded anywhere a. Same
d. center and loaded anywhere b. Less
c. More
d. Varies with tooth thickness
72. A closed-coil helical spring is subjected to a torque
about its axis. The spring wire would experience a
_______. 78. Why are gear teeth made harder?

a. bending stress a. To avoid wear


b. direct tensile stress of uniform intensity at its b. To avoid pitting
cross section c. To avoid abrasion
c. direct shear stress d. To avoid tensile strength
d. torsional shearing stress

79. What is the die used to perform piercing, blanking


73. Angle of twist for shaft is proportional to _______. and forming simultaneously?

a. Diameter a. Simple die


b. (Diameter)3 b. Fluid-activated diaphragm die
c. 1 over (Diameter)2 c. Progressive die
d. (Diameter)4 d. Compound die

74. The combination in which two parallel and coplanar 80. In case of a band brake, the width of the band for a
shafts are connected by gears having teeth parallel to drum with diameter greater than 1 m should not
the axis of the shaft is called _______. exceed _______.

a. Helical gearing a. 100 mm


b. External gearing b. 150 mm
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c. 200 mm a. Cutting Plane line


d. 250 mm b. Section lines
c. Material hatch pattern
d. All of the above
81. Which of the following is the benefit/s associated
with thermit welding?
87. When creating a cutting plane line with AutoCAD it
a. Weld cooling is uniform is customary to use a _______ to create the line.
b. All parts of the weld section arc molten
c. Lesser internal stresses are produced a. center line
d. All of these b. polyline
c. dashed line
d. hatch line
82. Which of the following gases are used in gas
tungsten arc welding?
88. Why a diamond locating pin is used in jigs and
a. Atomic hydrogen and Argon fixtures?
b. Argon and Neon
c. Argon and Helium a. diamond is very hard and wear resistant
d. Neon and Hydrogen b. it occupies very little space
c. it helps in assembly with tolerance on center
distance
83. Is mechanical stress defined for rotationally- d. it has a long life
symmetric objects being the result of forces acting
circumferentially (perpendicular both to the axis and
to the radius of the cylinder. 89. In centerless grinding, the work piece center will be
_______.
a. longitudinal stress
b. compressive stress a. above the line joining the two wheel centers
c. radial stress b. below the line joining the two wheel centers
d. hoop stress c. on the line joining the two wheel centers
d. at the intersection of the line joining the wheel
centers with the work plate plane
84. Is the difference between the higher limit and the
lower limit of size.
90. In the sheet metal work, the cutting force on the tool
a. Tolerance can be reduced by _______.
b. Allowance
c. Deviation a. grinding the cutting edges sharp
d. Interference zone b. increasing the hardness of too
c. providing shear angle on tool
d. increasing the hardness of die
85. Which of the following micrometers can measure
roundness?
91. What will happen if the chip-tool contact length is
a. Tube micrometer reduced slightly by grinding the tool face?
b. Outside micrometer
c. Depth micrometer a. both cutting force and interface would decrease
d. V-anvil micrometer b. both cutting force and interface temperature
would increase
c. the cutting force would decrease but the
86. The ______ is a standard element of a section view interface temperature would increase
in a technical drawing. d. the cutting force would increase but the
interface temperature would decrease
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92. Which of the following will reduce the cutting 98. Gatorizing is a process of _______.
power consumption in turning?
a. Producing flutes or corrugations
a. increasing rake angle of the tool b. Printing letter and number on metal sheet
b. increasing the cutting angles of the tool c. Pre-conditioning the forging stock in inert
c. widening the nose radius of the tool atmosphere
d. increasing the clearance angle d. Gate formation during liquid metal Forging

93. Machinability of a metal is judged from _______. 99. Chemical reduction process is used for _______.

a. shear angle and type of chips produced a. Metals which have high melting point
b. cutting forces and power consumption b. Alloys which have metal of considerably
c. tool life and surface finish different melting points
d. all of the above c. All metals which are extracted as ore
d. Metals which are very hard to grind

94. Plain milling of mild steel plate produces _______.


100. Which of the following will describe true
a. irregular shaped discontinuous chips porosity?
b. regular shaped discontinuous chip
c. continuous ship without built up edge a. Volume of open pores divided by total volume
d. jointed chips of confining shape boundaries
b. Volume of closed pores divided by total volume
of confining shape boundaries
95. In a single spindle automatic lathe, two tools are c. Volume of both open and closed pores divided
mounted on the turret, one form tool on the front by total volume of confining shape boundaries
slide and the other a parting tool on the rear slide. d. True volume of particles plus volume of closed
The parting tool operation is much longer than form pores divided by total volume of confining
tool operation and they operate simultaneously shape boundaries

a. one
b. two 101. In a continuous system, the number of degrees
c. three of freedom would be
d. four
a. one
b. two
c. three
96. Fullering process is _______.
d. four
a. Welding two likes metal surface by pressing
b. First step in impression die forging which 102. When does a kinematic chain becomes a
reduces cross-section of work piece mechanism?
c. Local thinning operation done by hammer
d. Giving an intermediate shape to work piece a. If the first two links fixed
b. if all links are fixed
c. If any one link is fixed
97. Coining and embossing are ______. d. None of the links are fixed

a. Both forming operations


103. On which of the following factors does the
b. Both pressing operations
periodic time of a simple pendulum depend?
c. Pressing and forming operations, respectively
d. Forming and pressing operations, Respectively a. Length of pendulum
b. Mass of the bob
c. Size of the bob
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d. Material of the bob 110. What is the result of increase in grain size of
austenite?

104. How many links should be fixed in a a. Improves machinability


kinematic chain to be considered as mechanism? b. Improves tensile strength
c. Improves creep strength and hardenability
a. none d. All of these
b. one
c. two
d. all 111. A commonly used 30 mm H-hole with
tolerance grade IT9 is expressed as ______.

105. A point of a link connecting double slider a. 30IT9


crank chain traces a ______. b. 30HIT9
c. 30 H9
a. straight line d. 9H30
b. elliptical path
c. hyperbolic path
d. parabolic path 112. Machinability of a metal is judged from
_______.

106. In which direction does the follower move in a. shear angle and type of chips produced
a radial cam? b. cutting forces and power consumption
c. tool life and surface finish
a. Perpendicular to the cam axis d. all of the above
b. Parallel to the cam axis
c. Any direction irrespective of the cam axis
d. Any of the above 113. A moment of inertia of a body about principal
axes at a given point is known as ______.

107. How can train value be defined in gear train? a. Principal moment of inertia
b. Second moment of inertia
a. Greater than unity c. First moment of inertia
b. Less than unity d. None of the above
c. Reciprocal of velocity ratio
d. Equal to velocity ratio
114. Is the ratio of maximum stress in a machine
component to the nominal stress at the same section.
108. If the angle between the two planes is Ɵ, then
the angle between the normal stress and the resultant a. Lewis factor
stress on the oblique planes in the case of uniaxial b. Endurance limit
stress is ______. c. Stress concentration factor
d. Lozenge factor
a. Ɵ/2
b. Ɵ
c. 2Ɵ 115. When a beam having square cross- section is
d. Ɵ/4 loaded longitudinally, the shear stress develops
______.

109. Material property to absorb energy when a. On middle fibers in horizontal plane
deformed plastically and to return it when is b. On middle fiber in vertical plane
unloaded is known as _______. c. On top fiber in horizontal plane
d. Equally on each fiber along horizontal plane
a. Indent hardness
b. Resilience
c. Creep phenomenon 116. The product El is known as _______.
d. Toughness
a. Polar modulus
b. Section modulus
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c. Flexural rigidity 123. Is a spring that works by torsion or twisting


d. Rupture strength and is a flexible elastic that stores mechanical energy
when it is twisted.

117. Failure in roller bearing takes place due to a. Torsion


_______. b. Leaf
c. Closely-coiled helical
a. Fatigue d. Open-coiled helical
b. Fracture of race
c. High temperature
d. Plastic deformation 124. Two closely-coiled helical springs ‘A’ and
‘B’ are equal in all respects but the number of turns
of spring ‘A’ is double that of spring ‘B’. The
118. Frictional power for journal bearing varies as stiffness of spring IAI will be ______ that of spring
_______. ‘B’.

a. (Diameter)3/2 a. one-sixteenth
b. (Diameter)3 b. one-eighth
c. (Diameter) 1 /2 c. one-fourth
d. (Diameter) 2/3 d. one-half

119. When two pulleys of different diameters are 125. When a closely coiled helical spring is
connected by means of an open belt drive, the angle subjected to a couple about its axis, the stress
of contact taken into consideration should be induced in the wire material of the spring is ______.
_______.
a. bending stress only
a. the smaller pulley b. a combination of torsional shear stress and
b. the larger pulley bending
c. the average of two pulleys c. direct shear stress only
d. any of the two pulleys d. a combination of bending stress and direct shear
stress

120. The amount of slip in timing belt equals to


_______. 126. In a thick cylinder pressurized from inside,
the hoop stress is maximum at ______.
a. Zero
b. Always restricted to 1 percent a. the center of the wall thickness
c. +5% b. the outer radius
d. Maximum possible c. the inner radius
d. both the inner and the outer radii

121. The purpose of idler pulley is ______.


127. A shaft is made to rotate in anticlockwise
a. To maintain belt tension direction at high speed. The position of the shaft
b. For starting motion of pulley inside the bearing.
c. For stopping motion frequently
d. For changing motion to 90° a. is at bottom most position
b. is at top most point
c. is towards left side of the bearing not making
122. Rivets are classified according to _______. metal to metal contact
d. is toward right aside of the bearing with no
a. Hole diameter metal to metal contact
b. Head to rivet
c. Thickness of plate
d. Nominal diameter 128. What happen at critical speed of the shaft?

a. It runs violently
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b. It becomes dynamically unstable with large d. Calcium bicarbonate


vertical amplitudes
c. It becomes dynamically unstable with negligible
lateral amplitudes 135. A thin cylindrical shell of diameter (d), length
d. It becomes dynamically unstable with large (l) and thickness (t) is subjected to an internal
lateral amplitudes pressure (p). The hoop stress in the shell is ______.

a. pd/t
129. What is the angle of contact of the bearing b. pd/2t
with the journal in a full journal bearing? c. pd/4t
d. pd/6t
a. 90°
b. 180°
c. 310° 136. Surface roughness is expressed in terms of
d. 360° ______.

a. Ra
130. An imaginary circle which by pure rolling b. Rh
action gives the same motion as the actual gear. c. HRC
d. BHN
a. addendum circle
b. dedendum circle
c. pitch circle 137. Grade of tolerance is ______.
d. clearance circle
a. Minimum size permitted for the part
b. Maximum size permitted for the part
131. In case of helical gears, the angle between the c. Indication of degree of accuracy of manufacture
plane containing the axis of the gear and plane d. Amount from zero line of the maximum limit of
passing through the pitch point is referred to as size either for a hole or a shaft
______.

a. Pitch angle 138. These drawings are given to contractors to


b. Process angle perform work or manufacture individual parts.
c. Helix angle
d. Angle of obliquity a. Assembly details
b. 3D drawings
c. Working drawings
132. Which of the following brakes is commonly d. Skeleton assemblies
used in railway trains?

a. Band brake 139. In working drawings, this show all necessary


b. Internal expanding brake information not given directly on the drawing with
c. Shoe brake its dimensions and notes:
d. Band and block brake
a. Document strips
b. Portable documents
133. A soldering iron "tip" is made of ______. c. Formatting forms
d. Title and record strips
a. Copper
b. Iron
c. Steel 140. In ultrasonic machining process, the material
d. Tin removal rate will be higher for material with
_______.

134. Acetylene gas is produced from ______. a. higher toughness


b. higher ductility
a. Calcium carbide c. higher toughness
b. Carbon dioxide d. higher fracture strain
c. Calcium carbonate
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141. The effect of rake angle on the mean friction handling, mold ejection, and machining before it is
angle in machining can be explained by _______. completely cured or hardened.

a. sliding model of friction a. Green strength


b. sliding and then siding model of friction b. Raw strength
c. sticking friction c. Original strength
d. sliding and then sticking model of friction d. Brown strength

142. The indexing of the turret in a single- spindle 148. Which of the following describes the sintering
automatic lathe is done using _______. in powder metallurgy?

a. Geneva mechanism a. Strengthens the components


b. Ratchet and Pawl mechanism b. Increases electrical conductivity
c. Rock and pinion mechanism c. Increases density and ductility
d. Whitworth mechanism d. All of the above

143. Specific cutting energy is more in grinding 149. Infiltration process employs _______.
process compared to turning because _______.
a. The filling of powder with a lower melting point
a. grinding (cutting) speed is high metal with the help of capillary action
b. the wheel has multiple cutting edges (grains) b. Improving the density of material by cold
c. ploughing force is significant due to small chip working
size c. Producing high density parts by hot pressing
d. Grinding wheel undergoes continuous wear d. Taking moisture out from powdered heap by
baking in oven

144. Dry and compressed air is cutting fluid for


machining _______. 150. Which of the following will describe true
porosity?
a. Steel
b. aluminum a. Volume of open pores divided by total volume
c. Cast iron of confining shape boundaries
d. Brass b. Volume of closed pores divided by total volume
of confining shape boundaries
c. Volume of both open and closed pores divided
145. Which of the following properties improve by total volume of confining shape boundaries
because of forging process? d. True volume of particles plus volume of closed
pores divided by total volume of confining
a. Directional properties giving good strength shape boundaries
b. Percentage elongation and percentage reduction
of area
c. Resistance to shock and vibration 151. The component of acceleration, parallel to the
d. All of the above velocity of the particle at the given instant is called
_______.
146. Machinability of a metal is judged from
a. tangential component
_______.
b. coriolis component
a. shear angle and type of chips produced c. radial component
b. cutting forces and power consumption d. adjacent component
c. tool life and surface finish
d. all of the above
152. During car movement, the wheels of car possess
which energy _______.
147. In powder metallurgy, a term used to describe
a molded or cast products ability to withstand a. Kinetic energy of rotation
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b. Kinetic energy of translation only 158. The angle of planes of maximum shear stress
c. Potential energy only with reference to principal planes are located at
d. both kinetic energy of translation and rotation _______.

a. 45°
153. In a kinematic chain, a quaternary joint is b. 60°
equivalent to ______. c. 90°
d. 0°
a. one binary joint
b. two binary joints
c. three binary joints 159. Which die used to perform piercing, blanking
d. none of the above and forming simultaneously?
a. Simple die
b. Fluid-activated diaphragm die
154. Which of the following statements is correct for c. Progressive die
a cam follower system? d. Compound die

a. The dwell is the period in which velocity of the


cam is zero 160. Which of the following acts as deoxidizer and
b. The dwell is the period in which acceleration of controls grain growth?
the follower is zero
c. The dwell is the period in which velocity of the a. Vanadium
follower is constant b. Boron
d. The dwell is the period in which velocity of the c. Tungsten
followers varies linearly d. Aluminum

155. Which of the following statements is correct for 161. Precision is defined as the _______.
a “reverted gear train”?
a. Repeatability of a measuring process
a. The axes of the first and the last gear are parallel b. Agreement of result of measurement with true
b. at least one of the gear axis is in motion value of measured quantity
c. The axes of the first and the last gear are co- c. Lesser number of controllable errors
axial d. Lesser number of random errors
d. Any of the above

162. Which of the following micrometer is used to


156. In the case of bi-axial state of normal stresses, find the distance between gear teeth of spur or
the maximum shear stress is equal to _______. helical gears?

a. the sum of the normal stresses a. Spline micrometer


b. the difference of normal stresses b. Screw thread micrometer
c. half the difference of normal stresses c. Disc type micrometer
d. half the sum of normal stresses d. V-anvil micrometer

157. The rate of change of bending moment is called 163. Rate of change of shear force is called ______.
_______.
a. Intensity of load
a. Load intensity b. Half of intensity of load
b. Shear force c. One third of load intensity
c. Half of shear force d. None of the above
d. Normal force
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164. What happen to the deflection if the load on a c. RtanƟ


cantilever beam is doubled? d. RcotƟ

a. Thrice
b. One-sixth 170. The velocity ratio of two pulleys connected by
c. Twice an open belt or crossed belt is ______.
d. Five times
a. directly proportional to their diameters.
b. directly proportional to the square of their
165. Beam of uniform strength is obtained by diameters.
______. c. inversely proportional to their diameters.
d. inversely proportional to the square of their
a. Varying depth and keeping width constant diameters.
b. Varying width and keeping depth constant
c. Varying both depth and width
d. Any one of the above 171. The designation 6 x 7 of a wire rope means
_______.

166. On which of the following parameters/ factors a. 6 wires


does the buckling load depend? b. 7 wires
c. 13 wires
a. Slenderness ratio d. 42 wires
b. Modulus of elasticity
c. Cross-sectional area
d. All of the above 172. Phenomenon of slip in a belt drive is _______.

a. Loss of power
167. Euler' s formula with 5 to 10% error in crippling b. Gain power
load are compared to experimental results in practice c. Difference between rpm of two pulleys
because d. Difference between the linear speed of the rim
of pulley and the belt
a. effect of direct stress in neglected
b. pin joints are not free from friction
c. the assumption made in using the formula are 173. For V-belt drive, the groove angle of the pulley
not in practice is usually _______.
d. the material does not behave in an ideal elastic
way tension and compression a. 18° to 22°
b. 24° to 30°
c. 32° to 38°
168. What is stress that can be used to design a shaft d. 40° to 44°
subjected to combined bending and torsion?

a. Maximum normal 174. If the tearing efficiency of a riveted joint is 65%,


b. Maximum shear the ratio of diameter of rivet to the pitch would be
c. Maximum resultant
d. Any of the above a. 0.3
b. 0.35
c. 0.60
169. A shaft is rotating inside a bearing of radius R. d. 0.65
What is the radius of friction circle? Note: Ɵ = angle
of friction.
175. Why is a leaf spring used in automobiles?
a. RsinƟ
b. RcosƟ a. To measure forces
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b. To absorb shocks 181. In arc welding, arc is created due to _______.


c. To store strain energy
d. All of the above a. Current flow
b. Electrical energy
c. Contact resistance
176. In the calculation of induced shear stress in d. Voltage flow
helical springs, the Wahl's stress factor is used to
take care of _______.
182. Thermit is basically a mixture of _______.
a. combined effect of transverse shear stress and
bending stress in the wire a. Charcoal and Iron Oxide
b. combined effect of bending stress and curvature b. Charcoal and Copper Oxide
of the wire c. Iron Oxide and Aluminum
c. combined effect of transverse shear stress and d. None of the above
curvature of wire
d. combined effect of torsional shear stress and
transverse shear stress in the wire 183. The maximum shear stress in a thin cylindrical
shell subjected to internal pressure p is _______.

177. In a journal bearing, oil should be applied at the a. pd/t


point where load is _______. b. pd/2t
c. pd/4t
a. average d. pd/8t
b. maximum
c. nil or lightest
d. any of the above 184. In a thin cylindrical shell subjected to an internal
pressure p, the ratio of longitudinal stress to the hoop
stress is _______.
178. In helical gears, the distance between similar
faces of adjacent teeth along a helix on the pitch a. 1/2
cylinders normal to teeth is called _______. b. 3/4
c. 1
a. axial pitch d. 1.5
b. normal pitch
c. diametral pitch
d. longitudinal pitch 185. The thickness of a thin cylindrical shell with
hemispherical ends is ________ that of spherical
ends.
179. The alloy of copper, tin and phosphorus is
known as? a. equal to
b. more than
a. Brass c. less than
b. Bronze d. Any of the above
c. Lead
d. Babbit
186. The maximum diameter of the hole that can be
punched from a plate of maximum shear stress 1/4th
180. The friction radius for new clutches compared to of its maximum crushing stress of punch, is equal to
worn out will be _______. (where t = Thickness of the plate).

a. less a. t
b. same b. 2t
c. more c. 4t
d. unpredictable d. 8t
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187. Which of the following is not a comparison d. Plastic deformation under compression
method for checking surface finish?

a. Visual inspection 193. Gear cutting on a machine using an involute


b. Scratch inspection profile cutter is ______.
c. Tough inspection
d. Direct instrument method a. gear forming process
b. gear generating process
c. gear shaping process
188. Upper deviation is the _______. d. highly accurate gear producing process

a. Amount from basic or zero line up to minimum


limit of size 194. For cutting of brass with single-point cutting
b. Amount from basic or zero line up to maximum tool on a lathe, tool should have _______.
limit of size
c. Minimum size permitted for the part a. negative rake angle
d. Maximum size permitted for the part. b. positive rake angle
c. zero rake angle
d. zero side relief angle
189. An accurate record of changes made to released
drawings is tracked via _______.
195. Which one of the following sets of tools and
a. revision block processes is normally employed for making large
b. The basic title form diameter holes?
c. Working drawings
d. Portable documents a. Boring tool
b. BTA (Boring and trepanning association) and
gun drill
190. A typical set of mechanical working drawings c. Gun drill and boring tool
includes _______. d. Boring tools and trepanning

a. exploded assembly
b. part details 196. Edging is a process in which _______.
c. parts list
d. all of the above a. Extra material is forced away from center of die
to produce bulge
b. The material is forced away from center of die
191. Chip equivalent is increased by _______. to produce bulge
c. Material is displaced away from center giving
a. an increase in side-cutting edge angle of tool rise to dumb bell shape
b. an increase in nose radius and side-cutting edge d. Large rings are forged to shape
angle of tool
c. increasing the plane area of cut
d. increasing the depth of cut 197. Pre-sintering basically means _______.

a. Heating the green compact above sintering


192. The limit to the maximum hardness of a work temperature
material, which can be machined with HSS tools b. A high energy electric spark is produced in
even at low speeds is set by which one of the compact before sintering
following tool failure mechanisms? c. Heating the green compact below sintering
temperature
a. Attrition d. The atomization of molten metal into powder
b. Abrasion
c. Diffusion
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198. Coining and embossing are _______. d. in-lines engines

a. Both forming operations


b. Both pressing operations 204. Throw of a cam can be defined as the maximum
c. Pressing and forming operations, respectively distance of the follower from ______.
d. Forming and pressing operations, respectively
a. pitch circle
b. base circle
c. prime circle
199. In dealing with tumbling process, what is the d. any of the above
best statement for finishing of forgings?

a. Forging along with coarse sand is put into 205. What is the movement of follower during the
barrels and then subjected to rotation dwell period of a cam?
b. Blast cleaning is done with grits
c. Scales are removed with the help of acid a. with uniform speed
d. Oxide layer removal takes place with help of b. with simple harmonic motion
heated air c. in a straight line
d. remains at rest

200. Recrystallization temperature is decreased due


206. The radius of the Mohr' s circle gives the value
to _______. of _______.

a. Smaller grain size before cold working a. maximum normal stress


b. Increased rate of deformation b. minimum normal stress
c. Presence of second phase particles and higher c. maximum shear stress
prior cold work d. minimum shear stress
d. All of the above

207. The moment diagram for a cantilever beam


201. When the speed of an engine fluctuates carrying uniformly distributed load will be _______.
continuously above and below the mean speed, then
the governor is said to be _______. a. Cubic
b. Triangle
a. stable c. Parabolic
b. isochronous d. Any of the above
c. hunting
d. unstable
208. Nickel in steel improves _______.

202. Is a type of pair when the elements of the pair a. Cutting ability and decreases hardenability
are kept in contact by the action of external forces. b. Ductility, tensile strength and toughness
Example of this pair are ball and roller bearings. c. Improves wear resistance and toughness
d. All of the above
a. self-closed
b. forced closed
c. lower 209. Which of the following promotes steel to
d. higher austenitic form?

a. Sulphur
203. The principle of direct and reverse cranks is b. Molybdenum and titanium
readily applicable to the problems of balancing of c. Chromium
______. d. Nickel and manganese

a. rotors
b. radial engines 210. Which of the following has highest accuracy?
c. coupled locomotives
a. External micrometer
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b. Internal micrometer b. Ball bearing


c. Vernier height gauge c. Roller bearing
d. Dial indicator d. Hydrostatic bearing

211. The surface roughness symbol is expressed as 217. The flat belts are made of _______.
______.
a. manila and wire
a. Square b. leather and canvas
b. Circle c. rubber impregnated fabric and hemp
c. Rectangle d. silicon
d. Triangle

218. Creep occurs in belt drive mainly due to


212. A beam which is fixed at one end and free at the _______.
other is called _______.
a. Larger size of the driver pulley
a. simply supported beam b. Variation in velocity between pulley and belt
b. fixed beam c. Uneven extension and contractions due to
c. overhanging beam varying tension
d. cantilever beam d. None of these

213. The buckling load for a given column depends 219. The crowning of pulleys is done to _______.
upon _______.
a. Reduce belt friction
a. area of cross-section of the column b. Prevent belt from running off the pulley
b. length and least radius of gyration of the column c. Increases friction between belt and pulley
c. modulus of elasticity for the material of the d. Increase belt life
column
d. all of the above
220. What is the spring index of a closely helical
coiled spring of mean diameter (D) and spring wire
214. Life of a rolling bearing is classified in terms of diameter (d)?
_______.
a. 1/d
a. Minimum life b. 1/D
b. Total life c. D/d
c. Average life d. d/D
d. None of these

221. In spring balances, the spring is used _______.


215. Thrust bearings are provided with multiple
bearing pads of the titling type instead of a a. to apply forces
continuous annular bearing surface in order to b. to measure forces
________. c. to absorb shocks
d. to store strain energy
a. distribute the thrust load more non- informally
b. preside limited adjustments to shaft
misalignment. 222. Two closely coiled helical springs ‘A’ and ‘B’
c. enable the formation of a ledge shaped oil film are equal in all respects but the diameter of wire of
d. enable lubricating oil to come in to contact with spring ’A’ is double that of spring ‘B’ The stiffness
the total bearing area. of spring ‘B’ will be ______ that of spring ‘A’

a. one-sixteenth
216. The most suitable bearing for carrying very b. one-eighth
heavy load with slow speed is _______. c. one-fourth
d. one-half
a. Hydrodynamic bearing
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223. Radius considered in calculating the stress in a 229. Which type of stresses are helical gears and
hollow shaft subjected to torsion is _______. subjected to?

a. Inner radius a. Longitudinal stress


b. Mean radius b. Hoop stress
c. Outer radius c. Circumferential stress
d. Harmonic mean of inner and outer radius d. Transverse shear

224. Shafts are designed considering _______. 230. When an open coiled helical compression spring
is subjected to an axial compressive load, the stress
a. Rigidity and strength induced in the wire is _______.
b. Strength and creep
c. Creep a. tensile stress
d. None of the above b. compressive stress
c. shear stress
d. bending stress
225. The angle of twist of shaft is _______.

a. directly proportional to (shaft diameter) 2 231. Preheating is done to weld _______.


b. inversely proportional to (shaft diameter) 2
c. directly proportional to (shaft diameter)4 a. Copper
d. inversely proportional to (shaft diameter)4 b. Cast iron
c. Thin sheet of mild steel
d. Cast Iron
226. The distribution of the forces along the length of
key fitted in a shaft _______.
232. TIG welding is suited for welding ______.
a. varies linearly
b. is uniform throughout a. Aluminum
c. varies exponentially, being more near the b. Hadfield steels
torque-input end c. Stainless steel
d. varies exponentially, being less near the torque- d. Cast Iron
input end

233. Variation in hoop stress across the thickness of a


227. When the material of key and shaft is the same, thick cylinder is _______.
and the width of key is one-fourth of the diameter of
shaft (d), then length of key will be ______. a. Linear
b. Uniform
a. 0.8 d c. Parabolic
b. 1.2 d d. No such relationship exists
c. 1.57 d
d. 1.8 d
234. A pressure vessel is said to be a thick shell when
_______.
228. In designing a key, it is assumed that the
distribution of forces along the length of key a. it is made of thick sheets
_______. b. the internal pressure is very high
c. the ratio of wall thickness of the vessel to its
a. varies linearly diameter is less than 1/10.
b. is uniform throughout d. the ratio of wall thickness of the vessel to its
c. varies exponentially, being more at the torque- diameter is greater than 1/10.
input end
d. varies exponentially, being less at the torque-
input end 235. The ratio of circumferential stress to
longitudinal stress in a thin cylinder subjected to an
internal pressure is ______.
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a. 1/2 a. Difference between hole size and shaft size, if


b. 1 shaft is smaller than hole
c. 2 b. Difference between hole size and shaft size, if
d. 4 shaft is bigger than hole
c. Degree of tightness or looseness between two
mating parts to perform a definite function
236. In designing thick cylinders, the equation used is d. An indication of degree of accuracy of
______. manufacture

a. Lame's equation
b. Birnie's equation 242. The title block used on working drawings
c. Clavarinosl equation should include the ______.
d. all of these
a. sheet number
b. line type
237. The pull required to tear off the plate per pitch c. layer set
length is (where p = Pitch of rivets, t = Thickness of d. all of the above
plates, and σt, τ and σc = Permissible tensile,
shearing and crushing stresses respectively)
243. An AutoCAD term that refers to a pre-drawn
a. (p - 2d) t x σc object which is stored in a drawing file and can be
b. (p - d) t x τ inserted into any other drawing file as needed is a
c. (p – d) t x σt ______.
d. (2P - d) t x ot
a. Block
b. brick
238. When two main plates are kept in alignment c. balloon
butting each other and riveted with cover plate on d. none of the above
both sides of the main plates with two rows of rivets
in each main plate, the joint is known as ______
double cover butt joint. 244. For four high rolling mills, the smaller rolls are
called ______.
a. single riveted
b. double riveted a. Backup rolls
c. Triple riveted b. Pinch rolls
d. No revit is required c. Working rolls
d. Cluster rolls

239. The surface roughness symbol is expressed as


_______. 245. The magnitude of the cutting speed for
maximum profit must be ______.
a. Square
b. Circle a. in between the speeds for minimum cost and
c. Rectangle maximum production rate
d. Triangle b. higher than the speed for maximum production
rate
c. below the speeds for minimum cost
240. A clearance fit is obtained ______. d. equal to the speed for minimum cost

a. By making the lower limit on hole equal to or


larger than the upper limit of shaft. 246. The crater wear of a cutting tool is due to
b. By making lower limit on shaft equal or larger ______.
than the upper limit on hole
c. By making difference between the maximum a. rubbing of tool against the work piece
shaft and minimum hole b. chemical action of the coolant
d. None of the above c. abrasive action of the chip
d. excessive heat generated during cutting
operation
241. Fit means _______.
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247. The angle between the tool face and the plane 253. For spur gears, for a given total arc of action, the
parallel to the base of the cutting tool is called work wasted in friction is minimum when _______.
______.
a. Arc of approach = Arc of recess
a. lip angle b. Arc of approach = Arc of recess
b. cutting angle c. Arc of approach > Arc of recess
c. shear angle
d. Arc of approach < 1/3 Arc of recess
d. all the above

248. The strength of the tool essentially depends 254. In kinematics, a rotating high-speed shaft in a
upon ______. bearing is a _______.

a. lip angle a. Lower pair


b. rake angle b. Higher pair
c. relief angle c. Rolling pair
d. cutting angle d. Spherical pair

249. The angle between the side cutting edge and the 255. Which of the following forms a kinematic link
end cutting edge is known as _______.
in a reciprocating steam engine?
a. clearance angle
b. nose angle
c. side rake angle a. Flywheel and engine frame
d. end clearance angle b. Piston rod and connecting rod
c. Cylinder and piston
d. Crank shaft and flywheel
250. Which of the following describe the process of
"Planishing"?
256. If the number of idle gears in a simple gear train
a. Stretches the metal to get an improved surfaced is odd, then the motion of the driven gear will be
of final shape _______ as that of the driving gear.
b. Denting the metal to shape over a tool with
mallet
a. opposite
c. Beating the sheet metal to attain a particular
b. same
shape
d. Sinks the bottom for forming a tray c. either of the above
d. Any of the above

251. The rotor of a ship rotates in a clockwise


direction when viewed from the stern and the ship 257. Which of the following gear trains is used in a
takes a left turn. The effect of the gyroscopic couple gear box of a car?
acting on it will be to _______.
a. Simple gear train
a. lower the bow and raise the stern b. Compound gear train
b. lower the bow and stern c. Epicyclic gear train
c. raise the bow and lower the stern d. Complex gear train
d. raise the bow and stern

258. Which of the following are the statically


252. Critical damping is a function of ______. determinate beams?

a. stiffness and damping coefficient a. Cantilever beam


b. stiffness and natural frequency b. Overhanging beam
c. mass and damping co-efficient c. Simply supported beam
d. mass and stiffness d. All of the above
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259. According to the maximum shear stress theory b. Long column


of fail permissible twisting moment in a circular c. Strong column
shaft in ‘T’, permissible twisting moment in the d. Short columns
same shaft as per maximum principle stress theory
of failure will be
265. Which of the following bearings is suitable for
a. T2 fluctuating loads?
b. T
c. 3T a. Roller bearing
d. 2T b. Ball bearing
c. Sleeve bearing
d. Needle-roller bearing
260. Which of the following is the property of
ceramics?
266. The usual clearance provided in a hydrodynamic
a. Malleability and Plasticity bearing per mm of shaft diameter is _______.
b. Elasticity and Ductility
c. Brittleness and Hardness a. 0.5 micron
d. High temper brittleness b. 1.0 micron
c. 4 micron
d. 10 micron
261. Constantan is an alloy of ______.

a. Copper and Nickel 267. Plastic bearings in preference to metals are


b. Zinc, copper and tin increasingly used in applications involving _______.
c. Cobalt, vanadium and molybdenum
d. Nickel and manganese a. frequent starting and stopping
b. high temperatures
c. minimum frequency of oscillations
262. Which of the following is true for shrink fits? d. creep under load conditions

a. Have maximum negative allowance and


sufficient amount of force required for the 268. In an automobile, the power is transmitted from
assembly the gear box to the differential through _______.
b. Lies somewhat between clearance and
interference fit a. knuckle joint
c. Is used if mating parts are not to b disassembled b. bevel gears
for whole life c. Oldham' s coupling
d. Used for high speed rotation d. Hooke' s joint

263. Which of the following micrometers can 269. The belt drive can transmit maximum power
measure roundness? when maximum total tension in belt equals
________.
a. Tube micrometer
b. Outside micrometer a. Square root of centrifugal tension
c. Depth micrometer b. Double the centrifugal tension
d. V-anvil micrometer c. Thrice the centrifugal tension
d. Four times the centrifugal tension

264. Column which has slenderness ratio of 80, is


called _______. 270. For V-belt drive, the ratio between the tension is
_______. Where Ɵ = angle of lap, μ = coefficient of
a. Medium columns friction and B = angle of groove.
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a. eμƟsinB 277. In journal bearing, frictional power varies


b. eμƟ/cosB ______ journal diameter.
c. eμƟ/cos2B
d. eμƟ/sinB a. directly as
b. directly as square of
c. directly as cube of
271. A spring is used to _______. d. inversely as cube of

a. measure forces
b. apply forces 278. What should be considered in the design for a
c. store energy two-meshing gear?
d. all of these
a. Number of teeth must be same
b. Pressure must be same
272. The design of shafts made of brittle materials is c. Tooth thickness must be same
based on _______. d. Module must be same
a. Guest's theory
b. Rankine's theory
c. St Venantls theory 279. What is the unit of module in gear design?
d. VonMises theory
a. mm
b. in2
273. Which of following statement is correct for the c. mm/No. of teeth
two shafts connected in parallel? d. dimensionless

a. Torque in each shaft is the same


b. Shear stress in each shaft is the same 280. For double helical gears the helix angle may be
c. Angle of twist of each shaft is the same made up to _______.
d. Torsional stiffness of each shaft is the same
a. 30°
b. 45°
274. A shaft is subjected to _______. c. 60°
d. 75°
a. bending stresses
b. shear stresses
c. combined bending and shear stresses 281. The form factor of a helical gear ______ with
d. all of these the increase in the helix angle.

a. increases
275. What kind of coupling is a flexible coupling? b. decreases
c. remains constant
a. Sleeve d. Any of the above
b. Compression
c. Fluid
d. Universal 282. Gear tooth thickness is measured along ______.

a. dedendum
276. The rated life of a bearing _______. b. addendum
c. pitch circle
a. varies inversely as square of load d. root circle
b. varies inversely as cube of load
c. varies inversely as fourth power of load
d. varies directly as load 283. In skew bevel gearing, the axes of shafts are
_______.
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a. intersecting and the teeth are curved 289. In a thick cylindrical shell subjected to an
b. non-intersecting and non-parallel and the teeth internal pressure (p), the radial stress across the
are curved thickness of the cylinder is the _______.
c. non-intersecting and non-parallel and the teeth
are straight a. maximum at the outer surface and minimum at
d. none of the above the inner surface
b. maximum at the inner surface and minimum at
the outer surface
284. Which type of gear is used for speed reduction c. maximum at the outer surface and zero at the
in the ratio of 110:1? inner surface
d. maximum at the inner surface arid zero at the
a. Worm and worm wheel outer surface
b. Herringbone gear
c. Bevel gear
d. Helical gear 290. The design of the pressure vessel is based on
_______.

285. In which welding process, the two pieces to be a. longitudinal stress


joined are overlapped and placed between two b. hoop stress
pointed electrodes? c. longitudinal and hoop stress
d. any of the above
a. Spot welding
b. Seam welding
c. Arc welding 291. In order to avoid tearing off the plate at an edge,
d. Projection welding the distance from the center of the rivet hole to the
nearest edge of the plate (i.e. margin) should be
(where d = Diameter of rivet hole in mm).
286. Copper is welded by _______.
a. d
a. Neutral flame b. 1.5 d
b. Oxidising flame c. 2d
c. Carburising flame d. 2.5 d
d. None of these

292. What should be considered for increasing the


287. Single U-butt welds are preferred when the plate accuracy of micrometer?
thickness is around _______.
a. Number of divisions should be decreased or
a. 5 mm pitch should be increased
b. 10 mm b. Number of divisions should be increased or
c. 15 mm pitch should be decreased
d. 20 mm c. Both should be decrease
d. Both should be increased

288. A vessel is said to be thin walled, when ______.


293. A commonly used 30 mm H-hole with tolerance
a. Wall thickness is equal to or less than 1/20 the grade IT9 is expressed as _______.
internal diameter
b. Vessel wall thickness is less than 6 mm a. 30IT9
c. Vessel wall thickness is 1/10 of outer diameter b. 30HIT9
d. Vessel wall thickness is less than 5 mm c. 30 H9
d. 9H30
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294. Most architectural firms and mechanical design 300. The tools with higher cutting angle are used in
companies utilize different categories of blocks. machining ______.
These sets of blocks are usually housed in _______.
a. aluminum and cast iron
a. block vaults b. mild steel
b. block libraries c. brass and bronze
c. block books d. aluminum and magnesium alloy
d. block references

301. The arrangement in which two parallel and


295. When creating your own blocks it is important coplanar shafts are connected by gears having teeth
to avoid drawing any portion of the block in the parallel to the axis of the shaft is called _______.
_______ layer.
a. spiral gearing
a. 0 b. helical gearing
b. center line c. bevel gearing
c. hatch d. spur gearing
d. hidden line

302. A piston and cylinder in a slider crank


296. Lancing is a process involving _______. mechanism from a _______.

a. Punching operation in which the punch stops as a. Cylindrical pair


soon as metal fracture is complete b. Spherical pair
b. Cutting in a single line across the metal strip to c. Higher pair
allow bending in the operation d. Sliding pair
c. Punching a pattern of holes in continuous rows
d. Turning the edge of sheet to provide stiffness
303. The rate of decay of oscillations is known as
______.
297. The rake angle of a cutting tool _______.
a. logarithmic decrement
a. determines the tool profile b. critical damping
b. controls the chip formation c. damping coefficient
c. decides the type of the cutting action d. transmissibility
d. prevents rubbing of machined surface

304. The cam follower should move with ______ for


298. The clearance angle is provided on the tools low and moderate speed engines.
with a view to ______.
a. cycloidal motion
a. strengthen the tool b. simple harmonic motion
b. facilitate easy flow of chips c. uniform acceleration and retardation
c. shear off the metal d. uniform velocity
d. prevent the tool from rubbing on work piece

305. What is the train value of a gear train?


299. Which of the following describes the tool
signature? a. It is always less than unity
b. It is always greater than unity
a. is a pictorial view of the tool c. It is equal to velocity ratio of a gear train
b. outlines the orthographic projection of the tool d. It is reciprocal of velocity ratio of a gear train
c. is a numerical method of tool identification
d. represents complete specification of the tool
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306. A cosine curve for simple harmonic motion of 312. Discrimination for a measuring instrument is
the cam follower represents ______. _______.

a. velocity diagram a. Difference between the indications of a


b. acceleration diagram measuring instrument when the same value of
c. displacement diagram value measured quantity is reached by
d. any of the above increasing or decreasing that quantity
b. The ability of measuring instrument to react to
small change of measured quantity
307. In a cantilever with uniformly distributed load, c. Total error of a measuring instrument under
the shearing force varies following a ______. specified conditions of usage
d. Difference between two successive scale marks
a. linear law in the units of measured quantity
b. parabolic law
c. cubic law
d. squared law 313. Slip gauges are used for ______.

a. Checking accuracy of micrometers and vernier


308. Ratio of lateral strain no linear is called calipers
_______. b. Specifying dimensions in comparators
c. Angular setting in measuring angles for a work
a. Fatigue limit piece with the help of sine bar
b. Modulus of elasticity d. All of the above
c. Failure ratio
d. Poisson' s ratio
314. Factor of safety for ductile materials is the ratio
of ______.
309. Recrystallisation temperature can be decreased
by _______. a. Endurance limit to Young' s modulus
b. Endurance limit to design stress
a. Grain refinement c. Yield strength to endurance limit
b. Working at low temperature d. Yield strength to working or design stress
c. Metal purification
d. All of these
315. What is the stress concentration factor?

310. The metallic structure arrangement for a. It is the ratio of maximum stress to the nominal
chromium is _______. stress
b. It is the ratio of maximum stress to the
a. Body centered cubic endurance limit
b. Cubic c. It is the ratio of nominal stress to the maximum
c. Hexagonal close packed stress
d. Simple cubic d. It is the ratio of nominal stress to the endurance
limit

311. The behavior of a material to fracture without


sufficient deformation is called 316. A column that fails due to direct stress can be
classified as ______.
a. Plasticity
b. Elasticity a. short column
c. Hardness b. long column
d. Brittleness c. weak column
d. medium column
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317. Life of a ball bearing depends on _______. 323. The diameter of the rivet hole is the nominal
usually _______ diameter of the rivet.
a. Number of hours in service and nature of load
b. Total revolutions made a. equal to
c. Number of shocks absorbed b. less than
d. The stress involved c. more than
d. unpredictable

318. A sliding bearing which can support steady


loads without any relative motion between journal 324. A helical spring has ‘N’ turns of coil of diameter
and the bearing is called ______. ‘D’, and a second spring made of same wire
diameter and of same material, ‘N/2’ turns of coil
a. Thin film bearing and of diameter ‘2D’. If the stiffness of the first
b. Thick film bearing spring is k, then the stiffness of the second spring
c. Hydrostatic lubricated bearing will
d. Zero film bearing
a. k/4
b. k/2
319. Petroff' s equation is used when journal ______. c. 2k
d. 4k
a. Coincides with bearing
b. Is concentric with bearing
c. Rotates in clockwise direction 325. Two coiled springs, each having stiffness K, are
d. Rotates in anticlockwise direction placed in parallel. The stiffness of the combination
will be _______.

320. Which of the following materials are used for a. 4K


ropes in power transmission? b. 2K
c. K/2
a. Canvas and leather d. k/4
b. Rubber and plastics
c. Cotton and hemp
d. all of the above 326. The tangential force acting on the shaft multiple
with distance from the axis of shaft is called
_______.
321. In a cone pulley, if the sum of radii of the
pulleys on the driving and driven shafts is constant, a. Twisting moment
then ______ drive is recommended. b. Bending moment
c. Torsional stress
a. cross belt d. Torsional strength
b. open belt
c. either of the above
d. timing belt 327. What is the main advantage of using flexible
coupling in power transmission?

322. Riveted joint has lowest efficiency for a. Easy to engage and disengage
b. Transmits shocks gradually
a. Double riveted butt joint c. Easy to disassemble
b. Double riveted lap joint d. Eliminates stress reversals and prevents shock
c. Single riveted lap joint transmission
d. Single riveted butt joint
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328. Which of the following stresses are associated b. Dedendum


with design of pins in bushed pin-type flexible c. Addendum
coupling? d. Pitch circle

1. Bearing stress
2. Bending stress 334. For single helical gears the helix angle ranges
3. Axial tensile stress from ______.
4. Transverse shear stress
a. 5° to 10°
a. 1,3, and 4 b. 15° to 18°
b. 2,3 and 4 c. 20° to 35°
c. 1,2 and 3 d. 35° to 45°
d. 1,2 and 4

335. How is the size of a gear usually specified?


329. Which one of the following is a criterion in
design of hydrodynamic journal bearings? a. By circular pitch
b. By pitch circle diameter
a. Sommerfeld number c. By pressure angle
b. Rating life d. By diametral pitch
c. Specific dynamic capacity
d. Rotation factor
336. For a gear tooth, the radial distance from top to
bottom is called ______.
330. Gears are employed to transmit motion ______.
a. Working depth
a. between a shaft and a slide b. Addendum
b. between two parallel shafts c. Dedendum
c. between two intersecting shafts d. None of these
d. all of the above

337. Bevel gears having equal teeth and equal pitch


331. To avoid wear failure, the wear strength of tooth angles and connecting two shafts whose axes
should be ______. intersect at right angle are known as _______.

a. Less than effective load a. mitre gear


b. Greater than effective load b. crown bevel gear
c. Equal to effective load c. angular gear
d. Equal but have opposite magnitude d. internal bevel gear

332. Where is the profile of spur gear located? 338. Which of the following describe the "law of
gearing"?
a. Tooth surface above pitch surface
b. The width of the gear tooth measured axially a. Common normal at the point of contact always
along the pitch surface passes through pitch point on the line joining the
c. Bottom of tooth centers of rotation
d. The curve forming face and flank b. Teeth must be involute type
c. Gear should have some module
d. Clearance should be minimum 0.10mm
333. Is an imaginary line which by pure rolling action
gives the same motion as the actual gear.
339. Which of the following brakes are commonly
a. Clearance used in a railway trains?
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a. Internal expanding brake 345. Which of the following describes surface plates?
b. Band brake
c. Shoe brake a. Are made up of cast iron
d. Band and block brake b. Grade AA and grade A are used for precise
application
c. Grade B is used for general workshop
340. Frictional moment produced in uniform wear application
clutch as compact to uniform pressure is ______. d. All of the above

a. Equal
b. Less 346. How do you call the ratio of mean diameter of
c. More coil and the coil diameter of a spring?
d. Depends upon rpm
a. Wahl number
b. coil ratio
341. The selection of electrode diameter in arc c. Spring index
welding depends upon ______. d. factor of safety

a. Material thickness
b. Current used 347. A 30 mm f-shaft with tolerance grade IT7 is
c. Voltage used expressed as ______.
d. Type of process to be used
a. 30IT7
342. In resistance welding the following combination b. 30fIT7
is used. c. 7f30
d. 30f7
a. Voltage is high and current is low
b. Voltage is low and current is high
c. Both voltage and current are high 348. This type of drawing that shows two lines
d. Both are low representing the pipe diameter.

a. Single-line
343. In a thick cylindrical shell subjected to an b. Double-line
internal pressure (p), the maximum radial stress at c. Standard piping
the inner surface of the shell is ______. d. Centerline piping

a. zero
b. p (tensile) 349. In Computer Aided Design Basics, the UCS
c. -p (compressive) icon represents the intersection of the ______.
d. 2P (tensile)
a. X axis
b. Y axis
344. Tool life may be measured by the ______. c. Z axis
d. All of the above
a. total time the tool has been in contact with the
job
b. time for the flank wear to reach a certain 350. Slugging is a process which involve _______.
dimension
c. quantity of material removed machined between a. Stopping of punch as soon as fracture is
sharpening complete
d. number of workpieces machined between tool b. Producing shape by stressing material beyond its
sharp yield strength
c. Cutting of the excess metal at edge
d. Expanding a tubular or cylindrical Part
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351. In simple harmonic motion, the acceleration is d. between the steering and engine
proportional to ______.

a. angular velocity 357. Intermediate gears are used ______.


b. length of pendulum
c. displacement a. to drive auxiliaries incidental to the main drive
d. time period b. to obtain rotation in desired direction and reduce
the size of the individual gear
c. to bridge the gap between the first and last
352. Which of the following described "higher wheels of the train
pairs"? d. any of the above

a. There is no contact only at higher point of the


two elements while in motion 358. A cantilever carrying a load whose intensity
b. There is surface contact between the two varies uniformly from zero at the free end to w per
elements unit run at the fixed end, the shear force changes
c. There is no contact between two elements follow ______.
d. here is only line of point contact between the
two elements while in motion a. linear law
b. parabolic law
c. cubic law
353. Why is a prime mover need to be balanced? d. square law

a. to keep power output constant


b. to keep speed constant 359. Critical cooling rate is ______.
c. to minimize effect of friction
d. to eliminate partially or completely the effects a. Faster rate of cooling, converting austenite into
due to resultant force and couple 100% martensite
b. Slowest rate of cooling, converting austenite to
ferrite
354. Is an inversion of double slider crank chain c. Fastest rate of cooling, converting austenite to
mechanism. cementite
d. Fastest rate of cooling, converting austenite into
a. Hand pump mechanism ferrite as well as cementite
b. Oscillating cylinder engine mechanism
c. Pantograph mechanism
d. Scotch yoke mechanism 360. The ratio between tensile stress and tensile
strain or compressive stress and compressive strain
is termed as ______.
355. For instantaneous center of rotation _______.
a. modulus of elasticity
a. One link moves in relation to another having no b. modulus of rigidity
linear velocity c. bulk modulus of elasticity
b. The two rigid links have no linear velocities d. none of the above
relative to each other at the instantaneous center
c. Three links lie on a straight line
d. Two links rotate relative to each other 361. Moh' s scale is used for measuring ______.

a. Hardness
356. Where is the gear box placed in automobiles? b. Tensile strength of metals
c. Wear property of material
a. between the engine and clutch d. Toughness of material
b. between the clutch and Hooke' s joint
c. between the clutch and differential
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362. The ratio of lateral strain to linear strain is 368. V-belts are usually used for ______ drives.
known as _______.
a. short
a. modulus of elasticity b. long
b. modulus of rigidity c. both short and long
c. Poisson' s ratio d. intermediate
d. elastic limit

369. Creep in belts is due to ______.


363. A vernier with jaws on both sides for external as
well as internal measurements along with a blade for a. Difference in speed of pulley
depth measurement is _______. b. Elasticity of the belt material
c. Differences in belt tensions on two sides of a
a. Type A pulley
b. Type B d. All of the above
c. Type C
d. All of the above
370. In case of eccentric riveted connection, the
rivets have to resist _______.
364. Easy side fits have ______.
a. Bending stress and tensile stress
a. Very small clearance and minimum clearance is b. Twisting and compressive stress
zero c. Direct shear stress and twisting stress
b. Small guaranteed clearance and ensures d. Tensile stress and shear stress
alignment between shaft and hole
c. Considerable clearance between mating parts
d. larger clearances 371. In case of a square threaded screw jack, the
angle of friction between nut and screw is 300. What
is its maximum efficiency?
365. A 'Notched bar test' provides which of the
following mechanical properties? a. 20 percent
b. 30 percent
a. Resilience c. 33 percent
b. Hardness d. 42.5 percent
c. Impact strength
d. Endurance limit
372. Which of the following factors normally affect
the critical speed of shaft?
366. Ball and roller bearing as compared to sliding
bearings have ______. a. Eccentricity
b. Span of the shaft
a. small overall dimensions c. Diameter of the disc
b. more accuracy in alignment d. All of the above
c. low starting and running friction
d. all of the above
373. The shafts are designed on the basis of _______.

367. The rolling contact bearings are known as a. strength


_______ bearings. b. rigidity
c. material
a. Sleeve d. both (a) and (b)
b. plastic
c. antifriction
d. none of the above
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374. Is the ratio of the polar moment of inertia to the 379. When two shafts are neither parallel nor
radius of the shaft. intersecting, power can be transmitted by using
_______.
a. Torsional rigidity
b. Shaft stiffness a. Band brake
c. Flexural rigidity b. Shoe brake
d. Torsional section modulus c. Band and block brake
d. Internal expanding shoe brake

375. For the same material, length and given torque a


hollow shafts weigh _______ a solid shaft. 380. Nibbling is a process of _______.

a. less than a. Shaping or bending of sheds in three-


b. more than dimensional form
c. equal to b. Continuous cutting along a contour may be
d. none of the above straight lined or curved
c. Cutting circular blanks or curved contours
d. Hand operated shearing operation
376. The strength of a hollow shaft for the same
length, material and weight is _______ a solid shaft.
381. Too low current in arc welding results in
a. less than _______.
b. more than
c. equal to a. Excessive electrode consumption
d. none of the above b. Excess pilling up of weld metal
c. Poor penetration
d. All of these
377. Which of the following is considered as taken as
the weakest component while designing shaft and
hub assembly? 382. Plug welded joints are used to _______.

a. key a. Join two pieces of metal just like riveted joint


b. shaft metals
c. hub b. Weld particular points only
d. all are made equally strong c. Join very thin sheets
d. None of these

378. Consider the following statements: A splined


shaft is used to 383. Pressure vessels are made of _______.

1. transmitting power. a. cast iron


2. holding a flywheel rigidly in position b. sheet steel
3. moving axially the gear wheels mounted on it c. non-ferrous materials
4. mounting V-belt pulleys on it. d. any of the above

Of these statements:
384. Which of the following is usually considered as
a. 2 and 3 are correct thin cylinder?
b. 1 and 4 are correct
c. 2 and 4 are correct a. Boilers
d. 1 and 3 are correct b. Tanks
c. Steam and Water pipes
d. All of the above
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385. Longitudinal stresses act ______ to the b. a grinding wheel


longitudinal axis of the shell? c. a tool with zero nose radius
d. a ball mill
a. parallel
b. perpendicular
c. either of the above 391. Once a drawing is determined to be complete,
d. none of the above the title block is used to document the change from
_______.

386. The radial stress in the spherical pressure vessel a. A draft to a finished drawing
is _______. b. A finished to a working drawing
c. An assembly to a finished drawing
a. zero d. A working drawing to a draft
b. half of hoop stress
c. equal to hoop stress
d. double the hoop stress 392. Hemming is a process _______.

a. Creating shallow design on both sides of metal


387. Cylindrical vessels containing fluid under b. Cutting off the excess metal at the edge
pressure with wall thickness is not small (t ≥d/20) c. Overturning of sheets to provide stiffness and
are classified as _______. smooth edge
d. Producing contours in the sheet metal.
a. thin cylinders
b. thick cylinders
c. either of the above 393. In the mechanical design process, the first step
d. intermediate shell is to _______.

a. brainstorm solutions
388. When the ends of the plates overlap each other, b. prepare rough sketches
the joint is known as _______. c. prepare a budget
d. identify the problem
a. lap joint
b. butt joint
c. either of the above 394. The metal removal during machining is by
d. none of the above _______.

a. cutting
389. Which of the following is true for shrink fits? b. tearing
c. plastic distortion
a. Have maximum negative allowance and d. tearing and shearing
sufficient amount of force required for the
assembly
b. Lies somewhat between clearance and 395. The most important requisite of a cutting tool
interference fit material is _______.
c. Is used if mating parts are not to be
disassembled for whole life a. carbon percentage
d. Used for high speed rotation b. easy fabrication
c. percentage of alloying elements
d. hardness
390. Ideal surface roughness as measured by the
maximum height of un - evenness is best archived
when the material is removed by ______. 396. In a workshop manufacturing wire nails, which
of the following machines is likely to be put to
a. an end mill extensive use?
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a. engine lathe a. Apparatus for applying mechanical power to the


b. cold headed machine machine
c. milling machine b. Deals with the force and their effects while
d. single spindle automatic lathe acting on machine parts in motion
c. The forces acting on the parts of the machine
while on rest
397. The work hardening of a metal leads to d. The relative motion between the parts,
_______. neglecting the consideration of the force

a. Increase in tensile strength


b. Decrease in ductility 403. For inelastic bodies, the coefficient of restitution
c. Increase in ductility is _______.
d. No such effect takes place in ductility
a. one
b. greater than one
398. Swaging is basically a _______. c. zero
d. none of the above
a. Drawing operation
b. Forging operation
c. Piercing operation 404. A radial follower is one which _______.
d. Case hardening operation
a. translates along an axis passing through the cam
center
399. Hot working process is _______. b. always oscillates with a simple harmonic motion
c. reciprocates in guides
a. Plastic deformation at room temperature d. none of the above
b. Below recrystallization temperature
c. Working above recrystallization temperature
d. Working below lower critical temperature 405. The cam follower should move with ______ for
high speed engines.

400. The aim of upsetting process is to _______. a. simple harmonic motion


b. cycloidal motion
a. Improve the mechanical properties by closing c. uniform velocity
porosities d. acceleration
b. Reduce the thickness using top and bottom tools
c. Reduce the height of forging and increasing its
diameter 406. Cam and follower mechanism constitute ______
d. Increase the diameter of hollow products type of kinematic pair.

a. open and rolling


401. Is the ratio of the maximum displacement of the b. higher and open
forced vibration to the deflection due to the static c. lower and closed
force. d. higher and closed

a. Damping coefficient
b. Logarithmic decrement 407. Bending moment at supports in case of simply
c. Magnification factor supported beams is always _______.
d. Damping factor
a. zero
b. less than unity
402. The term kinematics of machines deals with c. more than unity
_______. d. None of these
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408. Equal and opposite forces acting on a body a. Part to be measured should be in right hand and
which cause to elongate it, the stress produced is micrometer in left hand
known as _______. b. Part to be measured should be in left hand and
micrometer in right hand
a. Tensile stress c. Part to be measured should be kept vertically
b. Internal resistance above the micrometer, both being vertical
c. Practical stress d. Part to be measured should be kept vertically
d. Transverse value of stress below the micrometer both being vertical

409. If the deformation produced due to temperature 414. In cyclic loading, stress concentration is more
change is not allowed then the stress set produced is serious in _______.
called _______.
a. brittle materials
a. Tensile stress b. ductile materials
b. Shear stress c. both (a) and (b)
c. Thermal stresses d. unpredictable
d. None of the above

415. Columns which fail by direct stress only are


410. Recrystallation temperature is one at which called as _______.
_______.
a. Weak column
a. Change of allotropic from takes place b. Short column
b. Crystals first start forming from molten metal c. Long column
when it is cooled d. Medium column
c. New spherical crystal is formed from the old
one when a strained metal is heated.
d. material is melting 416. For long columns, the value of buckling load is
_______ crushing load.

411. Sorbite is obtained by _______. a. equal to


b. less than
a. Quenching ferrite and then heating into the c. more than
range of 660°-700°C d. any of the above
b. Quenching cementite austenite and then heating
into the range of 475°-660°C
c. Quenching austenite and then heating into the 417. The balls in a ball-bearing are made of _______.
range of 300°-375°C
d. Quenching austenite a. tungsten steel
b. high carbon steel
c. vanadium steel
412. Grade of tolerance is _______. d. nickel-chrome steel

a. Minimum size permitted for the part


b. Maximum size permitted for the part 418. In ball bearings ______ is made harder than rest
c. Indication of degree of accuracy of manufacture of the parts.
d. Amount from zero line of the maximum limit of
size either for a hole or a shaft a. inner race
b. outer race
c. ball
413. Which of the following should be considered d. all are made equally hard
when using micrometer?
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419. The crowning on pulleys is provided to 424. The _______ spring is mostly used in
_______. gramophones.

a. prevent belt from running off the pulley a. laminated


b. reduce belt friction b. flat spiral
c. increases friction between belt and pulley c. helical
d. prevent damage to the belt joint d. conical

420. Regarding 'crowning height of the pulley’, 425. The stiffness of a closely-coiled helical spring is
which of the following statements is correct? _______ proportional to number of turns.

a. It is independent of belt width and speed of a. directly


pulleys b. inversely
b. It is smaller for narrow and larger belts at slow c. equal
speeds d. no relationship
c. It is smaller for wider and larger belts at high
speed
d. It is greater for wider and larger belts at high 426. A shaft which is subjected to combined bending
speed and torsion is designed by which theory?

a. Maximum strain energy theory


421. On which of the following factors does the co- b. Maximum normal stress theory
efficient of friction between the belt and pulley c. Distortion energy theory
depend? d. Maximum shear stress theory

a. Material of pulley
b. Material of belt 427. The strength of the two shafts will be equal
c. Speed of belt and Slip of belt when ______ of both the shafts are equal.
d. All of the above
a. twisting moments
b. diameters
422. Tearing efficiency of a rivet can be expressed c. angles of twist
_______. d. all of the above

a. Tearing strength divided by Strength of rivet


joint 428. Which type of key is used for mounting shifting
b. Tearing strength per pitch length divided by gears in gear boxes?
Strength of rivet joint
c. Tearing strength divided by Strength of a. Saddle key
unriveted joint b. Flat key
d. Tearing strength per pitch length divided by c. Square key
Strength of unriveted joint d. Splines

423. Which of the following types of threads would 429. The sleeve or muff coupling is designed as a
be best suited for applications involving high _______.
stresses in one direction?
a. hollow shaft
a. Buttress threads b. solid shaft
b. Square threads c. thick cylinder
c. Knuckle threads d. none of the above
d. V-threads
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430. Keys are generally made of _______. 436. The teeth of helical gears are _______.

a. cast iron a. inclined to the wheel rim


b. wrought iron b. curved over the wheel rim
c. mild steel c. straight over the wheel rim
d. high carbon steel d. none of the above

431. A sliding bearing which can support steady 437. Low pressure angle gears result in _______.
loads without any relative motion between the
journal and the bearing is called _______. a. weaker teeth
b. stronger teeth
a. hydrostatic lubricated bearing c. pressure angle does not affect strength
b. boundary lubricated bearing d. none of the above
c. zero film bearing
d. hydrodynamic lubricated bearing
438. Due to which of the following reasons the cone
clutches have become obsolete?
432. Is a type of antifriction bearing. a. Difficulty in engaging
b. Small cone angles
a. Needle c. Exposure to dirt and dust
b. Hydrostatic d. All of the above
c. Collar
d. Full journal
439. Is a type of brake that is commonly used in
motor cars.
433. When the length of the journal is equal to the
diameter of the journal, then the bearing is said to be a. band
a _______. b. shoe
c. internal expanding
a. square bearing d. band and block
b. short bearing
c. medium bearing
d. long bearing 440. Which of the following processes give better arc
stability?

434. The center distance between involute gears a. Fuzzy logic


depends upon base circle radii of the meshing gears b. AC welding
and _______. c. DC welding
d. Both AC and DC welding
a. Pitch circle diameter
b. Speed
c. Circular pitch 441. Stud and projection welding are types of
d. The pressure angle ________.

a. Resistance welding
435. In case of spur gears the backlash depends upon b. Gas welding
the _______. c. Plasma Arc welding
d. Shielded Metal welding
a. tooth profile
b. module
c. pitch line velocity 442. What is the reason for distortion in welding?
d. both (b) and (c)
a. Weld metal composition
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b. Improper clamping methods a. International customary units


c. Oxidation of weld pool b. U.S. metric units
d. None of these c. U.S. customary units
d. ISO international units

443. The design of the pressure vessel is based on


_______. 449. Swaging is a process used to manufacture
_______.
a. hoop stress
b. longitudinal stress a. Seamless tube
c. both (a) and (b) stress b. Reducing or shaping the tubes by impacts
d. parallel stress c. Collapsible tubes
d. I-section

444. If the diameter of pressure vessel is 15 times the


wall thickness, the vessel is said to be a _______. 450. A metal is considered to have good
machinability if it provides _______.
a. thick shell
b. thin shell a. large shear angle
c. medium shell b. small shear angle
d. intermediate shell c. low chip-tool contact area
d. high chip-tool contact area

445. Easy side fits have _______.

a. Very small clearance and minimum clearance is


zero
b. Small guaranteed clearance and ensures
alignment between shaft and hole
c. Considerable clearance between mating parts
d. None of the above

446. Precision is defined as the _______.

a. Repeatability of a measuring process


b. Agreement of result of measurement with true
value of measured quantity
c. Lesser number of controllable errors
d. Lesser number of random errors

447. The primary unit of measurement for


engineering drawings and design in the mechanical
industries is the _______.

a. Millimeter
b. Centimeter
c. Meter
d. Kilometer

448. These units are based on inch- foot and yard


measurements _______.

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