SHA-SHIB AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

WORKSHOP PRACTICES
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The most common type of spur gear tooth form is the:

a) In volute form
b) Stub form

c) Curved form

d) Straight form

Which material for belts is waterproof, acid proof and alkali proof but restricted to only low temperature
a) Balata belts
b) Rubber belts
c) Cotton or fabric belts

d) Plastic belts

The most common offset angle for a wrench is:

a) 17
b) 15

c) 22

d) 30

Heavy duty screwdriver has

a) Triangular shank

c) Square shank

b) Circular shank

The chain which can counteract slight amount of stretching is known as

a) Bush roller chain
b) Straight chain
c) Tight running chain
For a double start thread mark the correct statement:
a) Lead equals pitch
b) Lead equals the sum of the pitch diameters

d) Inverted tooth or silent chain

c) Lead equals twice the pitch

A screw thread which has an included angle of 29 and can transmit power in both the directions is:
a) Buttress thread
b) Acme thread
c) Sharp V threads
High speed drills are made of:
a) Alloy steel

b) High Carbon steel hardened & tempered

d) None are correct

d) Square Thread

c) High strength mild steel

d) All are correct

The file which can be used for enlarging holes is:

a) Triangular files
b) Half round files

c) Round file

d) Cabinet file

The type of gear which can be used for high speed reductions is:
a) Bevel gear
b) Herringbone gear

c) Gear and a pinion

d) Worm & worm gear

Which gear experiences a side thrust during operation

a) Herringbone gear
b) Helical gear

c) Spur gear

d) Internal gear

Dedendum is:
a) Addendum+ addendum

c) Clearance + addendum.

d) Clearance - addendum

Plain bearing with a flange can be used as a:

a) Radial bearing
b) Thrust bearing

c) Pure radial bearing

d) Plain bearings can be only used for radial loads

Springs are usually made of:

a) High carbon steel

b) Low carbon steel

c) Mild steel

d) Any of the above

Hot set chisels are made of:

a) Alloy Steel

b) High carbon steel hardened & tempered c) High carbon steel hardened at the tip

b) Addendum clearance

d) High carbon steel tempered

Snips used for cutting to the right are color coded:

a) Red
b) Blue

c) Yellow

d) Green

In the Number series of the drill the No. 1 indicates:

a) Smallest drill
b) Largest drill

c) A drill with a diameter of 1

d) A drill with a diameter of 1cm

The standard cutting angle of drills is:

a) 118
b) 128

c) 109

d) 110

The least count of English micrometer with a vernier scale is:

a) 0.001
b) 0.0001

c) 0.01

d) 0.01mm

The file which is used to file sharp corners and grooves:

a) Knife file
b) Round file

c) Mill file without safe edge

d) Any flat file can be used

The most simplest and accurate type of torque wrench is:

a) Twisting type
b) Toggle type

c) Torsion type

d) Deflecting beam type

The type of adjustable spanner used for heavy work is:

a) Vice grip pliers
b) Monkey wrench

c) Adjustable nut wrench

d) Combination wrench

The type of punch which is used for marking deep holes or pop spots is:
a) Prick punch
b) Drift punch
c) Center punch

d) Any of the above can be used

A tap has got which kind of threads:

a) Plus thread

d) Any of the above

b) Minus thread

c) Tolerance thread

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A die is used to cut:

a) Female or minus thread

b) Male or plus thread

DTI is used to measure

a) Used to check eccentricity of revolving parts
b) Small differences in size
c) Both (a) & (b) are correct

c) Female or plus threads

d) Male or minus threads

d) None, used to measure the depth of the holes

The type of fit which has got highest amount negative allowance is known as:
a) Shrink fit
b) Snug fit
c) Tight fit

d) Wringing fit

The type of bearing which takes pure radial loads is:

a) Cylindrical roller bearing
b) Ball bearing

d) Needle roller bearing

c) Thrust bearing

The bearing which takes good radial loads but thrust loads only in one direction:
a) Tapered roller bearing
b) Spherical roller bearing
c) Ball bearing
Twisting in a chain can be checked by:
a) Stretching it tight n checking for the bends
b) Freely suspending it
c) Rolling it slowly around the finger
The telescoping gauge can be used to measure the _____ dimensions:
a) External
b) Curved external dimensions

d) Float bearing

d) Inspecting its dimensions by a micrometer

c) Internal

d) All of the above

The drill which has no rake angle to the flutes and used for cutting through thin sheet metals:
a) Twist drill
b) Step drill
c) Flat drill
Precision instruments are made of:
a) High carbon steel

b) Alloy Steel

c) Nickel- Molybdenum Steel

d) Straight fluted drill

d) INVAR Steel

While checking micrometer accuracy, the zero of the thimble was found above the datum line. This error is said to:
a) Positive error and it must be added
b) Negative error and the amount must be added
c) Negative error and must be subtracted

d) Positive error and must be subtracted

The least count of the main scale of a metric micrometer is:

a) 0.01mm
b) 0.02mm

d) 0.050mm

c) 0.5mm

For an accuracy of up to 0.001 & a longer range the instrument suitable is:
a) Micrometer
b) Vernier Calipers
c) Dial test indicator

d) Steel rule

The type of thread commonly used in vices:

a) Acme thread
b) American national form of thread

c) V thread

d) Buttress

The tool which is used to enlarge and give an accurate dimension to a hole:
a) Drill
b) Round file

c) Tap

d) None can be used

A gauge which is used to check the accuracy of cylindrical or conical parts:

a) Tap gauge
b) Ring gauge

c) Feeler gauge

d) Radius gauge

Rose bit drill is used for:

a) Counter boring harder metals

c) Counter boring softer metals

d) Countersinking hole for softer metals

c) Pitch line of the threads

d) None is correct

b) Countersinking harder metals

For a female thread the core diameter is measured between the:

a) Crests of the thread
b) Roots of the thread

The TPI of a hacksaw blade where you require a faster but a smooth cutting in not required:
a) 32 TPI
b) 24TPI
c) 14 TPI

d) 18 TPI

The most common types of file grades which are used for removing stock and provide good finishing quickly are:
a) Bastard & smooth file
b) Bastard & Second Cut
c) Coarse file & dead smooth

d) Second cut & dead smooth

The type of wrench which has both the openings of equal size
a) Adjustable wrench
b) Dual sided Open wrench

c) Combination wrench

d) All are correct

The type of pliers which is suitable for electrical work:

a) Long nose pliers
b) Diagonal pliers

c) Combination pliers

d) Vice grip pliers

To protect the finished surfaces while using a vice ____ maybe used:
a) Steel Caps
b)Alloy steel caps

c) High carbon steel or Alloy steel caps

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How can the leverage of a Tommy bar be extended in a vice:

a) None, should not be extended
b) Can be extended up to a max. of 1ft.
c) Can be extended up to a max. of 1.5ft
d) Can be extended to any range depending on the amount of tightness desired

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The type of belt which provides you with negligible slippage and quieter operation is:
a) V-belt drive
b) As in (a) & also has a high velocity ration (i.e., up to 10:1)
c) Flat belt drive

d) Brass or copper caps

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All belts have a large amount of slippage

The purpose of employing more number of pulleys is to obtain:

a) Technical advantage
b) Mechanical advantage
Chains can be repaired by which of the following methods:
a) Riveting
b) Peening by hammer

c) To reduce the wear on a single pulley

c) Fixing the link holes by a suitable type of taper pin

The gear used to counteract the effects of side thrust in helical gears is:
a) Internal gear
b) Spur gear
c) Helical gear

c) Prick punch

The type of spring which can take only axial loads:

a) Open coil helical spring
b) Flat spring

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While storing a chain the most appropriate method is:

a) Roll it up and keep immersed in a solvent
b) Keep it rolled in a greaseproof paper
c) Any of the method is suitable
d) Laying it down on a flat surface & covering by a greaseproof paper

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The pliers which uses compound leverage mechanism to multiply the amount of forces:
a) Nose pliers
b) Vice grip pliers
c) Diagonal pliers

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d) Center punch

c) Torsion springs

Thrust bearings are designed for:

a) Both axial & radial loads
b) Axial loads only
c) Axial loads only and should be used in conjunction with a radial bearing
d) Can take axial loading in a single direction only

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d) Working depth - clearance

The type of gear which can be used for transmission of power to a shaft parallel to it or to a shaft which is at an angle
a) None, gears can only transmit at a single angle
b) Helical gear
c) Spur gear

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d) None, they cannot be repaired

d) Herringbone Gear

The distance to which a tooth extends into the tooth space in a meshing gear is known as:
a) Working depth
b) Whole depth
c) Whole depth + clearance
The punch which is used to cut circular holes in thin sheet metal is:
a) Drift punch
b) Hollow punch

d) To reduce the stress on the belt

Spanners are made out of:

a) High Carbon steel

b) Nickel Alloy

Pinning of a file is usually referred to:

a) Pounding operation by a hammer

Which type of blade is suitable to cut softer metals:

a) Flexible blade
b) All- hard blade

d) Closed coil helical springs

d) Duckbill Pliers

c) Chrome Nickel steel

b) Clogging up of metal particles into the gullets

c) Low TPI blade

d) Chrome-vanadium steel
c) Peening

d) Fine thread

In a 24/25 vernier caliper, __ main scale graduations are divided into __ vernier scale graduations:
a) 25 & 24
b) 24 & 25
c) 50 & 25

d) 49 & 25

A part in vernier caliper which is used to make fine adjustments is:

a) Main jaws
b) Slider jaw

d) Outside jaws

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The pliers which is used as a cutting tool is:

a) Diagonal pliers
b) Vice grip pliers
c) Nose pliers
d) Twisting pliers

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Mark the incorrect statement:

a) Thrust bearing carry pure thrust loads
b) Needle bearing carry pure radial loads
c) Tapered roller bearings axial loading capacity depends upon the taper angle
d) Cylindrical roller bearing gives good axial loading in both directions

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The type of reamer which is used for rough work is:

a) Rose chucking reamer
b) Jobbers reamer
c) Bottoming reamer
d) Chucking expansion reamer

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A tool which is used to remove the burrs on the external thread is:
a) Split die
b) Die plate
c) Die Nut
d) None, are to be removed by a sharp object

d) none

d) Any blade can be used

The type of thread which gives you a tighter grip, finer adjustments and more resistance to vibration:
a) Coarse thread
b) Rough pitch
c) Buttress thread

c) Adjusting nut

d) Bevel gear

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Serial Taps are used in the following sequence:

a) Plug tap, Taper Tap & bottoming tap
b) Taper tap, Second tap & bottoming tap
c) Bottoming tap, second tap & plug tap
d) Taper tap, bottoming tap & second tap

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The type of fit which has zero allowance is known as:

a) Shrink fit
b) Force fit
c) Slack fit
d) Snug fit

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The type of spring assembly where the extension remains the same is:
a) Springs in series
b) Springs in parallel
c) Both the assembly provides same extension
d) None

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High speed drills are made up of:

a) Low carbon high speed steel
b) High carbon steel
c) Alloy Steel
d) Nickel steel

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The tip of the soldering iron is made up of

a) Tin
b) Copper
c) Iron
d) Steel

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A long object in a workshop must be carried:

a) Vertically to the ground
b) Horizontally to the ground
c) Can be carried in any way
d) Longer objects should not be carried in a workshop

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Calculate the reading shown in the micrometer:

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Pinning of a file can be avoided by:

a) Rubbing paraffin wax on the face
b) Rubbing French chalk on its face
c) Rubbing the file on a softer material first
d) All are correct

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The type of gauge which is used to determine the diameter of a cylindrical part is:
a) Telescoping gauge
b) Plug gauge
c) Tap gauge
d) Ring Gauge

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The type of gauge used to measure small clearances between two surfaces is known as:
a) Radius gauge
b) Feeler gauge
c) Telescoping gauge
d) Vernier gauge

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Which type of reamer can be adjusted back to its original diameter even after wearing out:
a) Chucking expansion reamer
b) Jobbers reamer
c) Bottoming reamer
d) Chucking flat reamer

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Calculate the reading shown in the vernier caliper:

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