1.

For a floating body to be in stable equilibrium, its metacentre should be

(A) Below the center of gravity
(B) Below the center of buoyancy
(C) Above the center of buoyancy
(D) Above the center of gravity
2. Deep groove ball bearings are used for
(A) Heavy thrust load only
(B) (b) Small angular displacement of shafts
(C) (c) Radial load at high speed
(D) (d) Combined thrust and radial loads at high speed
3. Soderberg relation is based on __________ of the material whereas all other failure relation for
dynamic loading are based on ultimate strength of the material.
(A) Elastic strength
(B) Yield strength
(C) Shear strength
(D) None of these
4. The actual power generated in the engine cylinder is called
(A) Indicated power
(B) Brake power
(C) Frictional power
(D) None of these
5. A device used in a boiler to control the flow of steam from the boiler to the main pipe and to shut
off the steam completely when required, is known as
(A) Blow off cock
(B) Fusible plug
(C) Superheater
(D) Stop valve
6. Which gear is used for connecting two coplanar and intersecting shafts?
(A) Spur gear
(B) Helical gear
(C) Bevel gear
(D) None of the above
7. In a system subjected to damped forced vibrations, the ratio of maximum displacement to the
static deflection is known as
(A) Critical damping ratio
(B) Damping factor
(C) Logarithmic decrement
(D) Magnification factor

8. The Kutzbach criterion for determining the number of degrees of freedom (n) is (where l =
number of links, j = number of joints and h = number of higher pairs)
(A) n = 3(l - 1) - 2j – h
 (B) n = 2(l - 1) - 2j - h
(C) n = 3(l - 1) - 3j - h
(D) n = 2(l - 1) - 3j - h

9. The ratio of surface convection resistance to the internal conduction resistance is known as
(A) Grashoff number
(B) Biot number
(C) Stanton number
(D) Prandtl number
10. According of Kirchhoff's law
(A) Radiant heat is proportional to fourth power of absolute temperature
(B) Emissive power depends on temperature
(C) Emissive power and absorptivity are constant for all bodies
(D) Ratio of emissive power to absorptive power for all bodies is same and is equal to the emissive
power of a perfectly black body
11. The automobile radiator is a heat exchanger of
(A) Parallel flow type
(B) Counter flow type
(C) Cross flow type
(D) Regenerator type
12. Absorption system normally uses the following refrigerant
(A) Freon-11
(B) Freon-22
(C) CO2
(D) Ammonia
13. In a saturated air-water vapour mixture, the
(A) Dry bulb temperature is higher than wet bulb temperature
(B) Dew point temperature is lower than wet bulb temperature
(C) Dry bulb, wet bulb and dew point temperature are same
(D) Dry bulb temperature is higher than dew point temperature
14. The point of contra flexure is a point where
(A) Shear force changes sign
(B) Shear force is maximum
(C) Bending moment changes sign
(D) Bending moment is maximum
15. Longitudinal stress in a thin cylinder is
(A) Equal to the hoop stress
(B) Twice the hoop stress
(C) Half of the hoop stress
(D) One fourth of hoop stress
16. The processes occuring in open system which permit the transfer of mass to and from the system,
are known as
(A) flow processes
(B) non-flow processes
(C) adiabatic processes
 (D) none of these
17. Workdone in a free expansion process is
(A) Zero
(B) Minimum
(C) Maximum
(D) positive
18. The ratio of specific heat at constant pressure (cp) and specific heat at constant volume (cv) is
(A) equal to one
(B) less than one
(C) greater than one
(D) none of these
19. A perfect gas at 27°C is heated at constant pressure till its volume is double. The final temperature
is
(A) 54°C
(B) 327°C
(C) 108°C
(D) 654°C
20. For reversible adiabatic process, change in entropy is
(A) maximum
(B) minimum
(C) zero
(D) negative
21. The bending moment on a section is maximum where shear force is
(A) Minimum
(B) Maximum
(C) changing sign
(D) zero
22. The shear force of a cantilever beam of length l and carrying a gradually varying load from zero
at the free end and w per unit length at the fixed end is __________ at the fixed end.
(A) Zero
(B) wl/4
(C) wl/2
(D) wl
23. The ratio of the lateral strain to the linear strain is called
(A) modulus of elasticity
(B) modulus of rigidity
(C) bulk modulus
(D) Poisson's ratio
24. The flow through a nozzle is regarded as
(A) constant volume flow
(B) constant pressure flow
(C) isothermal flow
(D) isentropic flow
25. The difference of supersaturated temperature and saturation temperature at that pressure is
called
 (A) degree of supersaturation
(B) degree of superheat
(C) degree of undercooling
(D) none of these
26. The condition of refrigerant after passing through the condenser in a vapour compression system
is
(A) saturated liquid
(B) wet vapour
(C) dry saturated vapour
(D) superheated vapour
27. Segmental chips are formed during machining
(A) mild steel
(B) cast iron
(C) high speed steel
(D) high carbon steel
28. The aim of value engineering is to
(A) find the depreciation value of a machine
(B) determine the selling price of a product
(C) minimise the cost without change in quality of the product
(D) all of the above
29. Gantt chart is used for
(A) inventory control
(B) material handling
(C) production schedule
(D) machine repair schedules
30. PERT analysis is based upon
(A) optimistic time
(B) pessimistic time
(C) most likely time
(D) all of these
31. 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
32. 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
33. The mixture of α-ferrite and cementite is called as ______
(A) Ledeburite
(B) Pearlite
(C) Martensite
(D) None of the above
34. Which of the following operations is/are performed on a lathe machine?
 (A) Spot-facing
(B) Parting
(C) Reaming
(D) All of the above
35. 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
36. 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
37. Copper when alloyed with zinc is known as
(A) Brass
(B) Bronze
(C) Babbits
(D) All of the above
38. 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
39. 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
40. 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
Answers
1. Answer: Option D
2. Answer: Option D
3. Answer: Option B
4. Answer: Option A
5. Answer: Option D
6. Answer: Option C
7. Answer: Option D
8. Answer: Option A
9. Answer: Option B
10. Answer: Option D
11. Answer: Option C
12. Answer: Option D
13. Answer: Option C
14. Answer: Option C
15. Answer: Option C
16. Answer: Option A
17. Answer: Option A
18. Answer: Option C
19. Answer: Option. B
20. Answer: Option C
21. Answer: Option.C
22. Answer: Option C
23. Answer: Option.D
24. Answer: Option.D
25. Answer: Option C
26. Answer: Option.A
27. Answer: Option B
28. Answer: Option C
29. Answer: Option C
30. Answer: Option D
31. B
32. A
33. B
34. B
35. C
36. D
37. A
38. D
39. A
40. C