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TOM Test 4 – Gears

1. The gears used for parallel shaft arrangement are b) addendum
a) mitre gear c) base circle
b) face gear d) none of the mentioned
c) spur gears on helical gears 13. Length of the arc of the pitch circle between the centres
d) none of the mentioned or other corresponding points of adjacent teeth is known
2. _____________ are the gears used for intersecting shaft as
arrangement. a) pitch
a) bevel gears b) circular pitch
b) beveloid gears c) base circle
c) mitre gears d) none of the mentioned
d) none of the mentioned 14. The curve formed by the point on a circle as it rolls along
3. ________________ are gears used for skew arrangement. a straight line is known as
a) spur gears on helical gears a) cycloid
b) helical, worm, or hypoid gears b) addendum
c) mitre gears c) base circle
d) none of the mentioned d) none of the mentioned
4. Bevel gears used for connecting intersecting shafts at 900 15. That surface of the tooth which is between the pitch circle
and having speed ratio 1 : 1 is known as and the top of the tooth is known as
a) bevel gears a) cycloid
b) beveloid gears b) addendum
c) mitre gears c) face of tooth
d) none of the mentioned d) none of the mentioned
5. Tapered involute gears which can couple intersecting 16. The distance between similar, equally spaced tooth
shafts, skew shafts, and parallel shafts are known as surfaces, in a given direction and along a given curve or
a) bevel gears line is known as
b) beveloid gears a) pitch
c) mitre gears b) addendum
d) none of the mentioned c) base circle
6. Gears having teeth cut on the rotating face plane of the d) none of the mentioned
gear and mate with standard involute spur gears are 17. The angle between a tooth profile and a radial line at its
known as pitch point is known as
a) mitre gear a) pressure angle
b) face gear b) dedendum angle
c) spur gears on helical gears c) spiral angle
d) none of the mentioned d) none of the mentioned
7. ____________ gears are used for obtaining large speed 18. The angle subtended at the centre of a base circle from
reduction between non-intersecting shafts making an the origin of an involute to the point of tangency of the
angle of 900 with each other. generatrix from any point on the same involute is known
a) worm gears as
b) beveloid gears a) pressure angle
c) mitre gears b) dedendum angle
d) none of the mentioned c) roll angle
8. Bevels connecting shafts other than 900 are d) none of the mentioned
a) worm gears 19. Surface of the gear between the fillets of adjacent teeth is
b) angular bevel gears known as
c) mitre gears a) cycloid
d) none of the mentioned b) addendum
9. Bevels connecting non-intersecting shafts are c) bottom land
a) skew bevel gears d) none of the mentioned
b) angular bevel gears
c) mitre gears 20. The angle, at the base cylinder of an involute gear, that
d) none of the mentioned the tooth makes with the gear axis is known as
10. Bevel gears with basic pressure angle of 200 with long a) pressure angle
and short addendums for ratios other than 1:1 to avoid b) base helix angle
undercut pinions and to increase strength are c) roll angle
a) skew bevel gears d) none of the mentioned
b) angular bevel gears 21. The gears are termed as medium velocity gears, if their
c) gleason bevel gears peripheral velocity is
d) none of the mentioned a) 1–3 m / s
11. Radial distance between the pitch circle and the top of b) 3–15 m / s
the tooth is known as c) 15–30 m / s
a) pitch d) 30–50 m / s
b) addendum 22. The size of gear is usually specified by
c) base circle a) pressure angle
d) none of the mentioned b) pitch circle diameter
12. The circle from which an involute curve is generated is c) circular pitch
known as d) diametral pitch
a) pitch
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TOM Test 4 – Gears
23. A spur gear with pitch circle diameter D has number of 35. The static tooth load should be ____________ the
teeth T. The module m is defined as dynamic load.
a) m = d / T a) less than
b) m = T / D b) greater than
c) m = π D / T c) equal to
d) m = D.T d) none of the mentioned
24. In a rack and pinion arrangement, the rack has teeth of 36. A fixed gear having 200 teeth is in mesh with another
_______________ shape. gear having 50 teeth. The two gears are connected by an
a) square arm. The number of turns made by the smaller gear for
b) trepazoidal one revolution of arm about the centre of bigger gear is
c) oval a) 2
d) circular b) 4
25. The radial distance from the _______________ to the c) 3
clearance circle is called working depth. d) none of the mentioned
a) addendum circle 37. Number of teeth on a wheel per unit of its pitch diameter
b) dedendum circle is called
c) pitch circle a) module
d) none of the mentioned b) diametral pitch
26. The product of the diametral pitch and circular pitch is c) circular pitch
equal to d) none of the mentioned
a) 1 38. The type of gears used to connect two non parallel and
b) 1/π non intersecting shafts is
c) π a) Spur gear
d) π × No. of teeth b) Helical gear
27. The backlash for spur gears depends upon c) Bevel gear
a) module d) Spiral gear
b) pitch line velocity 39. To connect two parallel and coplanar shafts the following
c) tooth profile type of gearing is used
d) both (a) and (b) a) Spur gear
28. The contact ratio for gears is b) Bevel gear
a) zero c) Spiral gear
b) less than one d) None of the mentioned
c) greater than one 40. In which of the following type of gear train the first gear
d) none of the mentioned and the last gear are co-axial.
29. If the centre distance of the mating gears having involute a) Simple gear train
teeth is increased, then the pressure angle b) Compound gear train
a) increases c) Reverted gear train
b) decreases d) None of the mentioned
c) remains unchanged 41. Which gear train is used for higher velocity ratios in a
d) none of the mentioned small space?
30. The form factor of a spur gear tooth depends upon a) Simple gear train
a) circular pitch only b) Compound gear train
b) pressure angle only c) Reverted gear train
c) number of teeth and circular pitch d) Epicyclic gear train
d) number of teeth and the system of teeth 42. Which type of gear train is used in clock mechanism to
31. Lewis equation in spur gears is used to find the join hour hand and minute hand?
a) tensile stress in bending a) Simple gear train
b) shear stress b) Compound gear train
c) compressive stress in bending c) Reverted gear train
d) fatigue stress d) Epicyclic gear train
32. The minimum number of teeth on the pinion in order to 43. The gear used to convert rotary motion into translating
avoid interference for 20° stub system is motion is
a) 12 a) Worm and wheel
b) 14 b) Crown gear
c) 18 c) Rack and pinion
d) 32 d) Spiral Bevel gear
33. The allowable static stress for steel gears is approximately 44. The circular pitch of a gear is given by
____________ of the ultimate tensile stress. a) Πd/t
a) one-fourth b) Πd/2t
b) one-third c) 2Πd/t
c) one-half d) Πd/3t
d) double 45. In a simple gear train, if the number of idle gears is odd,
34. Lewis equation in spur gears is applied then the motion of driven gear will
a) only to the pinion a) be opposite as that of driving gear
b) only to the gear b) be same as that of driving gear
c) to stronger of the pinion or gear c) depend upon the number of teeth on the driving
d) to weaker of the pinion or gear gear
d) none of the mentioned