Engineering Materials

1. Specify the sequence correctly

Stress relief, recrystallization, and grain growth
2. Thermoplastic materials are those materials which
Do not become hard with the application of heat and pressure and no chemical
change occurs
3. Which of the following material has maximum ductility
Mild steel
4. An eutectoid steel consists of
Wholly pearlite
5. Shock resisting steels should have
Toughness
6. Cast iron is a
Brittle material
7. The hardness is the property of a material due to which it
Can cut another metal
8. Malleable cast iron is produced
From white cast iron by annealing process
9. Smelting is the process of
Reducing the ore with carbon in the presence of a flux
10. The percentage of carbon in cast iron varies from
1.7 to 4.5
11. The ability of a material to absorb energy in the plastic range is called
Resilience
12. Brass is an alloy of
Copper and zinc
13. A material is said to be allotropic, if it has
Different crystal structures at different temperatures
14. Closed packed hexagonal space lattice is found in
Zinc, magnesium, cobalt, cadmium, antimony and bismuth
15. The hardness and tensile strength in austenitic stainless steel can be increased by
Hardening and cold working
16. The quenching of steel from the upper critical point results in a fine grained structure.
Agree
17. An alloy steel which is work hardenable and which is used to make the blades of bulldozers,
bucket wheel excavators and other earth moving equipment contain iron, carbon and
Manganese
18. Which of the following has a fine gold colour and is used for imitation jewelry
Aluminum bronze
19. White cast iron has a high tensile strength and a low compressive strength.
No
20. Chromium when added to steel __________ the tensile strength.
Increases
21. A steel with carbon __________ is known as hypo-eutectoid steel.
Below 0.8%
22. An alloy of copper, tin and zinc is known as
Gun metal
23. The material in which the atoms are arranged chaotically, is called
Amorphous material
24. Polyvinylchloride (PVC) is a __________ material.
Thermoplastic
25. In a unit cell of close packed hexagonal space lattice, there are twenty four atoms.
Incorrect
26. Duralumin has better strength than Y-alloy at high temperature
False
27. When a steel containing __________ 0.8% carbon is cooled slowly below the lower critical
point, it consists of ferrite and pearlite.
Less than

28. Which of the following metal shrinks most from molten state to solid state?
Cast steel
29. A steel containing ferrite and pearlite is
Soft
30. The defect which takes place due to imperfect packing of atoms during crystallisation is
known as
Point defect
31. Age hardening is related to
 Duralumin
32. The addition of which of the following improves machining of copper?
Sulfur
33. Iron-carbon alloys containing carbon __________ 4.3% are known as hyper-eutectic cast
irons.
More than
34. The stiffness is the ability of a material to resist deformation under stress.
True
35. The acidic Bessemer process is suitable for producing steel from pig iron containing large
quantities of phosphorus.
Incorrect
36. In low carbon steels, presence of small quantities of sulfur improves
Machinability
37. German silver contains
No silver
38. Which of the following impurity in cast iron makes it hard and brittle?
Sulfur
39. There are fourteen atoms in a unit cell of
Face centered cubic space lattice
40. The maximum internal diameter of a blast furnace is about
9m
41. In spheroidising process, the steel is
Heated slightly above the lower critical temperature and then cooled slowly to a
temperature of 600C
42. Pearlite is a combination of 87% ferrite and 13% cementite.
Yes
43. The alloying element which reduces the formation of iron sulphide in steel is
Manganese
44. The machinability of aluminum increases when __________ is added to aluminum.
Lead and bismuth
45. Grey cast iron is __________ than white cast iron.
Softer
46. Corrosion resistance of steel is increased by adding nickel and chromium.
Agree
47. Ball bearings are, usually, made from
Chrome steel
48. Babbit metal is a
Tin-base alloy
49. Inconel contains
80% nickel, 14% chromium and 6% iron
50. Beryllium bronze contains
97.75% copper and 2.25% beryllium