PLACEMENT CELL

TECHNICAL (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)

QUESTION SET 1

1) To avoid interference the minimum number of teeth required on helical pinion

decreases as helix angle ________
a. decreases
b. increases
c. does not affect number of teeth
d. none of the above
2) Factor of safety is the ratio of _________
a. working stress and ultimate strength
b. yield strength and endurance strength
c. ultimate strength and yield strength
d. yield strength and working stress
3) Which of the following statements is/are true?
a. Helical gears have high contact ratio than spur gears
b. Axial thrust is created by helical gears on bearings
c. Crossed helical gears are used for power and motion transmission
d. All of the above
4) Which of the following statements is/are true for V-belts?
a. V-belt drives have low reduction ratio
b. Due to wedging action slip is negligible in V-belts
c. V-belt transmits power over long centre distances
d. All of the above
5) What is the reaction acting on point Q, for the simply supported beam shown
below?

a. 5 N (↑)
b. 10 N (↑)
c. 10 N (↓)
d. 40 N (↓)

6) When acceleration is _______, velocity of a particle is constant.

a. constant but non zero
b. maximum
c. zero
d. none of the above
 7) A bus travels with a speed of 15 m/s when accelerated at 0.10 m/s 2 from its rest
position. What is the distance traveled?
a. 1125 m
b. 1000 m
c. 2250 m
d. None of the above
8) A ball dropped from a wall of height h travels a distance of 50 m in last two
seconds before landing. What is the height of the wall from which the ball was
dropped?
a. 120.15 m
b. 127.37 m
c. 183.48 m
d. Insufficient data
9) The radius of curvature of trajectory for a profile is minimum, if __________
a. velocity is minimum
b. acceleration is maximum
c. both a. and b.
d. none of the above
10) What is the S.I unit of work done?
a. Joule
b. Newton meter
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above
11) Cantilever beam has one end _________ and other end _______.
a. hinged, free
b. fixed, free
c. fixed, hinged
d. none of the above
12) Which belt is used to transmit power at high speeds
a. Flat belt
b. V belt
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above
13) Which component of fluid velocity is responsible for transmission of power
through rotodynamic machine?
a. Radial
b. Axial
c. Tangential
d. None of the above
14) Discharge capacity of the reciprocating pump is __________ that of the centrifugal
pump.
a. higher than
b. lower than
c. same as
d. unpredictable
15) Consider the below diagram of jet of water striking flat stationary plate normal to
jet. What will be the phase of workdone on the plate?

a. negative
b. positive
c. zero
d. unpredictable

16) In reaction turbine work is done_______________.

a. totally due to change in kinetic energy of jet
b. totally due to change in pressure head
c. mostly due to change in pressure head and small amount of work is due to
change in kinetic energy
d. mostly due to change in kinetic energy and small amount of work is due to change
in pressure head
17) The rule used to determine composition of various phases in a phase diagram is
_____
a. Gibb's phase rule
b. Lever rule
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above
18) The plastic materials which do not undergo chemical change when heated are
____

a. Thermoplasts
b. Thermosets
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above

19) The mixture of α-ferrite and cementite is called as _______

a. Ledeburite
b. Pearlite
c. Martensite
d. None of the above
20) Which of the following phase is obtained as the end product, after complete heat
treatment cycle in austempering process?
a. Bainite
b. Austenite
c. Martensite
d. Pearlite
21) Which transformation starts after the nucleation of ferrite phase?
a. Bainite transformation
b. Pearlite transformation
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above
22) Which of the following corrosions are caused due to velocity of fluid flow in
pipes?

a. Bimetal corrosion
b. Cavitation corrosion
c. Galvanic corrosion
d. Intergranular corrosion

23) The gray cast iron has ____

a. high thermal conductivity

b. high melting point
c. low compressive strength
d. all of the above

24) Copper when alloyed with zinc is known as

a. Brass
b. Bronze
c. Babbits
d. All of the above

25) The resonant frequency of a mass-spring system depends upon ________

a. stiffness
b. surface density
c. depth of air space
d. all of the above

26) Which of the following relations is true for viscous damping?

a. Force α relative displacement
b. Force α relative velocity
c. Force α (1 / relative velocity)
d. None of the above
27) Which body transmits force with negligible deformation?
a. Elastic body
b. Resistant body
c. Deforming body
d. All of the above
28) What is the primary function of mechanism?
a. Power transmission
b. Power absorption
c. Force transmission
d. Motion transmission
29) Which of the following is an inversion of four bar chain?
a. Coupled wheels of locomotive
b. Whitworth quick return mechanism
c. Reciprocating air compressor
d. Hand pump
30) What are the minimum number of kinematic pairs required in a kinematic chain?
a. 2 kinematic pairs
b. 3 kinematic pairs
c. 4 kinematic pairs
d. None of the above
31) Which of the following operations is/are performed on a lathe machine?
a. Spot-facing
b. Parting
c. Reaming
d. All of the above
32) On drilling machine, which process is known as reaming?
a. Enlargement of existing hole
b. Hole made by removal of metal along the hole circumference
c. Smoothly finishing and accurately sizing a drilled hole
d. All of the above
33) Which of the following factors reduce strength of casted components?
a. Blow holes
b. Gas cavities
c. Non-metallic incursions
d. All of the above

34) In which of the following processes, material is neither added nor removed but is
deformed into desired shape?
a. Surface finishing process
b. Metal forming process
c. Casting
d. Machining

35) The radiation pyrometers work on the principle of ______

a. Newton's law
b. Stefan Boltzmann's law
c. Zeroth law
d. None of the above
36) Which of the following relations is true, for coefficient of performance (C.O.P)?
a. (C.O.P)heat pump – (C.O.P)refrigerator = 1
b. (C.O.P)heat pump – (C.O.P)refrigerator > 1
c. (C.O.P)heat pump – (C.O.P)refrigerator < 1
d. (C.O.P)heat pump – ( C.O.P)refrigerator = 0
37) The amount of heat required to raise a unit mass of substance through a unit rise
in temperature is called as
a. heat capacity of a substance
b. specific heat of a substance
c. latent heat of a substance
d. none of the above
38) Which of the following is an extensive property?
a. Volume
b. Pressure
c. Viscosity
d. All of the above
39) Heat transfer is
a. a point function
b. a path function
c. a transfer function
d. none of the above
40) A quasi-static process has main characteristics as it is
a. a stationary process
b. a spontaneous process
c. a random process
d. an infinitely slow process
41) In four stroke cycle engine, cycle is completed in ______
a. two strokes of the piston
b. two revolutions of the crankshaft
c. three strokes of the piston
d. four revolutions of the crankshaft
42) Aluminum is used as a fin material because
a. it has higher convection heat transfer coefficient
b. it has higher thermal conductivity
c. it has lower convection heat transfer coefficient
d. it has lower thermal conductivity
43) What should be the Biot number to assume the body at uniform temperature?
a. the Biot number should be less than 0.1
b. the Biot number should be more than 0.1
c. the Biot number should be equal to 0.1
d. none of the above….

44) For the same inlet and exit temperatures of two fluids, the LMTD for counterflow
is always
a. same as LMTD for parallel flow
b. smaller than LMTD for parallel flow
c. greater than LMTD for parallel flow
d. unpredictable
45) Which formula is used to calculate diametral pitch?
a. (number of teeth) x (pitch circle diameter)
b. (pitch circle diameter) / (number of teeth)
c. (number of teeth) / (pitch circle diameter)
d. none of the above
46) If viscosity of fluid is more, the thickness of boundary layer is
a. more
b. less
c. not affected by change in viscosity
d. unpredictable
47) What is an ideal fluid?
a. A fluid which has no viscosity
b. A fluid which is incompressible
c. A fluid which has no surface tension
d. All of the above
48) Viscous forces are not present in
a. rotational flow
b. irrotational flow
c. laminar flow
d. none of the above
49) Which of the following is a dimensionless equation?
a. Reynold's equation
b. Euler's equation
c. Weber's equation
d. All of the above
50) The component of the total force exerted by fluid on a body in the direction
parallel to the direction of motion is called as
a. lift
b. drag
c. both a. and b.
d. none of the above
Answers 39. B
40. D
1. B 41. B
2. D 42. B
3. D 43. A
4. B 44. C
5. A 45. C
6. C 46. A
7. A 47. D
8. B 48. B
9. C
49. D
10. C
50. B
11. B
12. B
13. C
14. B
15. C
16. C
17. B
18. A
19. B
20. A
21. A
22. B
23. A
24. A
25. D
26. B
27. B
28. D
29. A
30. C
31. B
32. C
33. D
34. B
35. B
36. A
37. B
38. A