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1.Lap joints are employed on plates having thickness

(a) less than 3 mm (b) 5 to 10 mm (c) 125 mm (d) above 25 mm

2.In electric resistance welding, voltage required for heating is

(a) 1 to 5 volts (b) 6 to 10 volts (c) 11 to 20 volts (d) 50 to 100 volt

3.Spot welding is used for welding

(a) lap joints in plates having 0.025 mm to 1.25 mm thickness (b) lap joints in plates having thickness above 3 mm
(c) butt joints in plates having 0.025 mm to 1.25 mm thickness (d) butt joints in plates having thickness above 3 mm

4.In spot welding, the distance between the nearest edge of the plate and centre of weld should be equal to
(a) d (b) 1.5d (c) 3d (d) 6d

5. Seam welding is best adopted for metal thickness ranging from

(a) 0.025to3mm (b) 3to5mm (c) 5 to8mm (d) 8to 10mm

6. The welding process used in joining mild steel shanks to high speed drills, is
(a) spot welding (b) seam welding (c) flash butt welding (d) upset butt welding

7. The temperature produced by oxy-hydrogen flame is about

(a) 1800°C (b) 2100°C (c) 2400°C (d) 3200°C

8. Carburising flame is used to weld

(a) steel, cast iron, copper, aluminium etc. (b) brass and bronze
(c) hard surfacing materials such as satellite (d) all of these

9. In arc welding, the electric arc is produced between the work and the electrode by
(a) voltage (b) flow of current (c) contact resistance (d) all of these

10.Which of the following welding method uses a pool of molten metal?

(a) Carbon arc welding (b) Submerged arc welding (c) TIG arc welding (d) MIG arc welding

11. The consumable electrode is used in

(a) Carbon arc welding (b) submerged arc welding (c) TIG arc welding (d) MIG arc welding

12. In back-hand welding, the angle between the welding torch and the work is kept as
(a) 30°-40° (b) 40°-50° (c) 50°-60° (d) 60°-70°

13. The oxygen cylinder is usually painted with

(a) black colour (b) white colour (c) maroon colour (d) yellow colour

14. The material which can be best cut with oxygen cutting process is
(a) mild steel (b) brass (c) copper (d) aluminium

15.Thermit, used in thermit welding, is a mixture of

(a) charcoal and iron oxide (b) charcoal and aluminium
(c) iron oxide and aluminium (d) charcoal, iron oxide and aluminium

16. The electron beam welding can be carried out in

(a) open air (b) a shielded gas environment' (c) vacuum (d) a pressurised inert gas chamber

17.The maximum flame temperature occurs

(a) at the outer cone (b) at the inner cone (c) between the outer and inner cone (d) at the torch tip

18.Forge welding is best suited for

(a) Stainless steel (b) high carbon steel (c) cast iron (d) wrought iron (e) all of the above.

19.In arc welding, eyes need to be protected against

(a) intense glare ( b) sparks (c) infra-red rays (d) ultraviolet rays (e) infra-red and ultraviolet rays.

20.In which type of welding a pool of molten metal is used

(a) electroslag ( b) submerged arc (c)MIG (d) TIG (e) thermit welding.
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21..Plain and butt welds may be used on materials upto approximately
(a)25 mm thick (b) 40 mm thick (c) 50 mm thick (d) 70 mm thick (e)90 mm thick.

22.The main criterion for selection of electrode diameter in arc welding is

(a)material to be welded (b)type of welding process (c)thickness of material
(d)voltage used (e) current used.

23.Which of the following is preferred for welding of non-ferrous metals by arc welding
(a)A.C. low frequency (b)A.C. high frequency (c)D.C. (d)all (e)none.

24.In arc welding, arc is created between the electrode and work by
(a)flow of current (b)voltage (c)material characteristics (d)contact resistance (e)electrical energy.

25.Open circuit voltage for arc welding is of the order of

(a)18-40 volts (b)40-95 volts (c)100-125 volts (d)130-170 volts (e)190-240 volts.

26.The material used for coating the electrode is called

(a)protective layer (b)binder (c)slag (d)deoxidiser (e)flux.

27.Plug weld joint is used

(a)where longitudinal shear is present
(b)where severe loading is encountered and the upper surfaces of both pieces must be in the same plane
(c)to join two pieces of metal in the same manner as rivet joint metals
(d)there is nothing like plug weld joint (e)none of the above

28.Which of the following welding process uses non-consumable electrode

(a)LASER welding (b) MIG welding (c) TIG welding (d) In beam welding (e) plasma welding
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29.When welding is going on, arc voltage is of the order of
(a)18-40 volts (b) 40-95 volts (c)100-125 volts (d)130-170 volts (e)190-240 volts.

30.Following gases are used in tungsten inert gas welding

(a)hydrogen and oxygen (b)C02 and H2 (c)argon and neon (d)helium and neon (e)argon and helium.

31. T-joint weld is used

(a)where longitudinal shear is present
(b)where severe loading is encountered and the upper surface of both pieces must be in the same plane
(c)to join two pieces of metal in the same manner as rivet joint metals
(d)to join two pieces perpendicularly ( e) none of the above.

32.Pick up the incorrect statement about MIG welding

(a)no flux required (b)high welding speed
(c)increased corrosion resistance (d)even unclean surface can be welded to obtain sound welds
(e)even materials like aluminium and stainless steel can be welded.

33.Copper is
(a)easily spot welded (b)very difficult to be spot welded (c)as good for spot welding as any other material
(d)preferred to be welded by spot welding (e) none of the above.

34.It is not possible to arc weld all types of metals .with transformer set because it does not have provision for
(a)control of current (b)control of voltage (c)control of time duration
(d)change of polarity (e)all of the above.

35.Two sheets of same material but different thickness can be butt welded by
(a)adjustment of the current (b)time duration of current (c)pressure applied
(d)changing the size of one electrode (e)all of the above.

36.Projection welding is
(a)multi-spot welding process (b)continuous spot welding process (c)used to form mesh
(d)used to make cantilevers (e)none of the above.
37.Welding process in which two pieces to be jointed are overlapped and placed between two electrodes is known as
(a)percussion welding (b)projection welding (c)seam welding (d) spot welding (e) butt welding.
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