Rolino | SGT BRATGovement of India stafter Fesia7/Department of Space fasrer urtemg 3ictfer Sq/VIKRAM SARABHAl SPACE CENTRE ‘Rreawier RT Thiruvananthapuram - 695 022 aectthl were & og oq fee oer WRITTEN TEST FOR THE POST OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANT STqURR/INSTRUCTIONS seaftial at seatehemergitaer a fuiftr erat a Rar a at amar ane seppate, Usher ten feat aT gee axat agh unfee, seen sacar at ariva aq far sTeM —_/ Candidates should not write their names, roll numbers, registration numbers or affx their signature anywhere in the answer sheet/ question booklet except in the spaces provided, faling which the candidature will be disqualified wot wear siesredia eres ald Bl wed wear & fae ww sim ear 81 aaa ark at B1/ Allare objective type questions. Each question carries one mark. No negative marking, see he wert & Rar srer F1 Seee Yfke A wea wea & get arp went F BHT Sec SHU, st, A aT SF fae /Answer sheet is separately provided. Write legibly your choice of answer as a, b, c ord against the question no. in the answer sheet. Seat are & fare ate sifetfeer afte arate &, at Rar STAM! / Additional sheets will be supplied if required, for hand calculations. ater Fara dt sreafttat at wegen a eer scaeate, ters a eeaiae [FTeT TATBTI | At the end ofthe test, the candidate should hand over the answer sheet along with the question booklet to the invigilator. ster & seat de & chr sivaftat at ater eter otek A agaie at & ort 81 Candidates are not permitted to leave the examination hall during the frst hour ofthe examination sweafiat a1 ote gir A deat Geek, otafter tgs, aaget, Ata wt ane cat & srepaie aét af srt Fi (Candidates are not permitted to cary any reference books, logarithm table, caloulators, mobile phones etc, to the Examination HallGUfasmat arerang siaftat HR/VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE ‘fereaeit WA/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM aepathl uprre (AHitwe) Te og Peer The Written test for the post of TECHNICAL ASSISTANT (Mechanical) atter/april 7, 2012 7 aifeeraet 3 /Maximum marks: 60 ‘wraitime: 12 hours 1, faepfer (strain) st Afere Far BUnit of strain is: a) N/mm? b) mm? mm d) ae ARNO unit 2. faeafafes a 8 sha ara FAT HWhich of the following is a proper sequence? a) aarpaicer tier, genfeee sen, versa, fara Proportional limit, elastic limit, yielding, failure b) genften ater, werguriter aia, wae, fATIElastic limit, proportional limit, yielding, failure ©) ras, aaa vr, sarfeew ata, fawea/Vielding, proportional limit, elastic limit, failure d) sadaa FF Fg aéi/None of the above 3. UR P Geet ae & sitet Later clang Ow Sear emm RRRNT eat Bl cos A seat (strain) &: A bar of length L metres extends by ¢mm under a tensile force of P. The strain produced in the bar is: a) /t b)o.4 ¢/L c) O01 e/L d) 0.003 ¢/L 4, He Um TR, HTT saeTaT Bs cer oreeaRR Sa ota ae artis af ater 8, ar Sater sect fagpies a eltard ame wider a sigur ay agar e When a body is subjected to three mutually perpendicular stresses of equal intensity, the rz stress to the corresponding volumetric strain is known as: of direct a) ava ArataYoung’s modulus b) Ear a HaHa) Modulus of rigidity ¢} STAG AUTisBulk modulus d) Sarat aFeeTe/Poisson’s ratio 5. UR eras A wm aay Uw ae cee Sites (0) aT aisha mea Bl ait deer} ages Seer & aftans ret afta aa fl A body is subjected to a direct tensile stress (a) in one plane. The shear stress is maximum ata section inclined at —-- to the normal of the section: m a) 45° and 90" b) 45° and 135° ¢) 60° and 150° 4d) 30° and 135° 6. 1 diag A er aes FRR A ape S are aaa ae aT age Hao od a Aer A of ae w viarg & wa HAA da ar dat sept ae er —— FI ‘The bending moment of a cantilever beam of length | and carrying a gradually varying load from zero at free end and w per unit length at the fixed end is ------ at the fixed end: a) wi/2 b) wi ) wi? /2 4) wi/67. we Rees ay af 4 frenfefae A a staat vw fewer Als at 87 / Ina riveted lap joint, which one is not a failure mode? a) Sac & faarer Pawera/Tearing failure of plate b) sac & dafkar femmaT/Bearing failure of plate c) Se a srawsor fFercT/Shearing failure of plated) fede & cer feTAT/Tensile failure of rivet 8. E=2X10° N/mm? & 10mm sant ay Feet BUS FT 2000mm care F afer TT (bending) oT feeniter sfetaer Far gta B7/What is the stress developed in bending a 10mm diameter steel rod of E=2X10° N/mm? to 2000mm diameter? a) 500 N/mm? b) 2000 N/mm? ¢) 1000 N/mm? d) 981 N/mm* 9. er amept Mem efaRer amet T AF elle ar aretctoaor com wer ET BL Aa craREaT sept ——~- % away B/The shaft subjected to bending moment M and twisting moment T simultaneously. ‘The equivalent twisting moment is equal to: T ] a) \Me+TE bM+vieeT og w[MeveteT ] a x [V 10. ‘Y ate #1 ww aig Ad! care aT Ue f8e, Ga Per 8, ot ee fee So at & fae oes a su. WATT Fs / Whena hole of diameter ‘a is punched in a metal of thickness ‘t’, then the force required to punch a hole is equal to: a) dtr, b) nde, Fda apt y= He A seh aT ar srweeT eTaeawhere t, = Ultimate shear strength of the material of the plate 11. after BIRT Bea AY ORGS... Stress concentration factor is defined as the re aaa & sa or of: a) aga tar sift gfelar/maximum stress to the endurance limit b) Seat dar 4 arena after nominal stress to the endurance limit ¢) aaa Sica A sfteca wiser / maximum stress to the nominal stress 4d) aftrran vitae 4 artery wie / nominal stress to the maximum stress 12. Lm carer &t war enters act A 1 N/mm? ara aren war ae (fluid) 81 ale Urey A aepRRT aa wfeiaet 20N/mm? & at ae sary & fore areferer ergy Hr Hters SHA / A metal pipe of 1m diameter contains a fluid having a pressure of 1 N/mm’, If the permissible tensile stress in the metal is 20N/mm?, then the thickness of the metal required for making the pipe will be: a) 5mm b) 10mm )15 mm. )25mm fe]123. 14. 415. 16. 17. 18. aptecer dts, aver ae sesh oft Renita axa 8? Which of the beams develop thermal stresses on heating? a) BRET & TAPA/Simply supported b) eretewCantilever o) feerFixed 4d) gaa & ag aEiNone of these STE & Baa aw Het, H tide H sree ates ‘b’ ger Sears “hare wa Pater & wager sept 3 wart &: /Moment of inertia of a triangle of base width ‘b’ and height ‘h’ with respect to the centroidal axis parallel to its base is equal to: a) bhi/12 b) bh'/18 c) bh*/24 4d) bhY/36 We ae aT aT et, ot aa UH eT aT ores GaN oe GT Tot A der B, aT wed E /The property of a liquid which offers resistance to the movement of one layer of liquid over another adjacent layer of liquid is called a) qeoraira/Surface tension b) sithgeraticompressibility ¢) etenREvcapiliarity d) SaImFaTIViscosity Sra wae get wa att B elee age &, ae ae wT Aer B: (When a liquid is flowing through a pipe, the velocity of the liquid is: a) a FF orftencer atk tant 3 weity FqeA/Maximum at the centre and minimum near the walls b) a A eager site tant a eet arfftecey/Minimum at the centre and maximum near the walls co) e F eer atk dart & asia aiffmaay Zero at the centre and maximum near the walls d) Sq A sk dlant & welts ware/Same at the centre and near the walls FRA (fluid) 4 wid oretareht apreateray Yar, she fe Pret af felg & creme set fg A ate sr er at &, 38 sea Bi The imaginary line drawn in the fluid in such a way that the tangent to any point gives the direction of motion at that point is known as: a) der aigaiPath line b) $27 algaiStream line c) tel aTgAVSteak line d) Sieaierarer ager / Potential line aeatet & waar a srpAe wa Set aithgehta aa vere & fee According to Bernoulli's equation for a perfect incompressible fluid flow: a) 2+ qz- ugt Z faera eit, p cle, w aeiea, veer aM g eT H HT cIOT Bi/where Z is the potential head, p is the pressure , w is the density, vis the velocity and g is acceleration due to gravity29, wa aegtandy a strat & eae seanfher aa AT Ts /The pressure of the liquid flowing through the divergent of a venturimeter: a) fem war B/Remains constant b) agar &/ Increases ©) UCT BiDecreases d) aa & geaart ae siarfa/Depends upon mass of liquid 20, WHFEe AA, ..... 8 HST FT FH STE BReynold’s number is the ratio of the inertia force to the: a) qsscieTa aa/Surface tension force b) aT TwViscous force Cc} Fa Gravity force d) Searee aaiElastic force 21, ret ay AF are ah A exfor As areor @itaray allt eT BrAccording to Darcy's formula, the loss of head due to friction in the pipe is: ‘ae anit & aptisDarcy's coefficient, = adit &f aiaté/length of pipe aah & ga aT Srivelocity o d= adit #T SaRtidiameter of pipe. uid in pipe, anand 22. Ara Gear 6 & afta get a yang wT wea When the Mach number is more than 6, the flow is called: a) atenferer saTg/Sub-sonic flow b) aries warg/Sonic flow c) sRreanftas saTg/Supersonic flow d) sifereariatar aate/Hypersonic flow 23. We BIS SearEN flax & sare aster gant far ster &1 The discharge through a small rectangular orifice is given by: a@ ‘agiwhere Cx = eax & fare Reacts ar aay coefficient of discharge for the orifice, fea er HeME are aaHA/cross - sectional area of the orifice, Fear a ay a sax ga chy Sergiheight of the liquid above the centre of the orifice Le]24, cam aferar emer cht ar ay Ser Peat The discharge per hour of a double acting reciprocating pump is: a) 120L.A.N b)2LAN 9) SS aetwhere = arama #1 argilength of stroke, A= fecaT HT SRIVEY FI eAHA/cross sectional area of piston Fem/and N= 3iecteat & am Fr Tfe/speed of crank in RPM 25. 3a aT stat a ects & fee ararer faraer ‘The general law for the expansion or compression of gases is: a) pyv=C b) pv=mRT c} pv" =C d) pv'=C 26, aac aH A eafeiea A A Farza ae BCamot cycle consists of: a)at smftattia sracer ud et aigéagrtt ufserd/ Two constant volume and two isentropic processes b) at eared wa at angvagrtt sfrart Two isothermal and two isentropic processes ©) &t sraftateter ara ve et aigdagrit wfirarg/ Two constant pressure and two isentropic processes d) eam sraftatter sacar, war suftafele ara ed at sigderertt sferart One constant volume, one constant pressure and two isentropic processes 27. em BH sire (simple pendulum) & Fe ww eter ar aRRAUT aa: ‘The periodic time of one oscillation for a simple pendulum is: 28, agas 5 & at Gare rent & 50 wd 20 aie ara #1 Sah Cowell & dre A ah & Two mating gears of module 5 have 50 and 20 teeth. The distance between their axes i a) 350 b) 200 175 4) 140 29. farafafaa Ao staan Ge waster Rater & spt ar ofafattics agt ear 8? Which set does not represent the sides of a right angled triangle? a) 12, 16,20 b) 9,5,6 ©) 6,10, 8 d) 15, 25, 20 30. eda gee A GeSar oe ah Bw weer: aang stare we In order to gain toughness in hardened steel, the process usually adopted is: a) gTVe/Tempering b) arareeta7/Annealing ¢) RATATAT Normalizing d) FHRISTeeTSpherodising31, UH fAF(dimension) & Soe erat cer feet Mra H ata FH alae wT Fea EE The difference between the upper limit and lower limit of a dimension is called: a) acta sTaFT@/Nominal size b) aie" THE /Basic size c)areafeer SETActual size 4) aeaTolerance 32. Ua a fSx &, Free A basic hole is one whose: a) fiver Raser eT B/ Lower deviation is zero b) sat eae ge BY Upper deviation is zero ¢) fever cd sagt Rac epee B Lower and upper deviations are zero d) gat & FE aétINone of these 33, arta area RARER & SER 100H6/eS aT ATT According to Indian standard specifications, 100 H6/g5 means that: a) fq & fav wearer Avi 6 site alive & few 5 Fi/Tolerance grade for the hole is 6 and for the shaft is S b) dive & fae weacr Aoi 6 sie fx a AT 5 Bi/Tolerance grade for the shaft is 6 and for the hole is 5 co) elire 2 fare aecrar Ae 4 & 8 sik PB a fae 3 A 7 SiTolerance grade for the shaft is 4 to 8 and for the hole is 3 to 7 d) fSm & fore wear Ach 4 @ 8 Hie live & faw 3 & 7 EyTolerance grade for the hole is 4 to & and for the shaft is 3 to 7 34. UF a WET A erg a UR A Pe AY ates aaa F athe Hers A wena oe ofa FR FETA BIN an reaches maximum when the cut terminates . operation, the chip thickness is minimum at the beginning of the cut and a) siafte PfaT/Conventional milling b) age PAFRTIClimb milling c) tt ifeia/Face milling d) tee FAFA ETEnd milling 35, sTguaat Algae Qe % few sfafeer Stet B/The included angle for the ISO metric thread is: a) 29° b) 47.5" ¢) 55° 2) 60° 36. M24x2 & ate aT Aaa & PRIA bolt of M24.x2 means that: a) 2s Hr aerate) 24mm F HX aETS 2 mm/The pitch of the thread is 24 mm and depth is2mm b) as ar HeqNEe ae Aa 24 mm’ Bi /Cross-sectional area of the threads is 24 mm? C=]37. 38, 39, 40. 41. 42. 43, I diameter of bolt is 24 mm and pitch d) alec ar weet carr 24mm & sik whet Hai. 2 Ys Fi The effective diameter of bolt is 24mm and there are 2 threads per cm, vere vd sara are & few sehetpe anata fest fate & 8 steer qurect afseta 8? Which of the following property is desirable in parts subjected to shock and impact loads? a) aif@a/strength ———b) aHsTIH/Stifiness —_c) AERaTUeH/Brittleness _d) YEgat/Toughness ‘coat oe 4 area Fr afaercat - & ofafeta eet BThe percentage of carbon in cast iron varies fror a} 0.11005 bj 05to1 ¢) 1t017 d) 1.71045 ua vert & -—— dae A etarar & aAgraeiiThe stiffness is the ability of a material to resist: a) Sfereet & aitiiet feeTT Deformation under stress b) Sea sane aie & aor eltaran fesTor/Fracture due to hij o) sia aT GBA & aIeAa: STENEERT Aa Externally applied forces with breakdown or yielding d) avdzaa & stg afiiNone of the above impact loads gaat ote scare & Bw aR Nasa ae AY ach TE (seeFEm) fiThe iron ore mostly used for the production of pig iron is: a) Avazigz/Magnetite b) Baetec/Haematite ) RAOTEE! Limonite 4) RsugT/Siderite sere & are wefSerr Perey sz/Vanadium when added to steel: a) cea erfect aac B/increases tensile strength —_b) awa eft Hed B/Decreases tensile strength c) wife ATT Toa FiRaises critical temperature d) wifes ATT TARA BLowers critical temperature 18/8 ERT FEIA A aise E 18/8 stainless steel consists of: a) 18% Panera 8 % RIPE) 18% nickel and 8% chromium b) 1896 afta IT 8 % rare! 18% chromium and 8 % nickel ) 18% welfare ae 8 % BFE 18% vanadium and 8% chromium d) 18% fRraret GUT 8% TAPS 18% nickel and 8% vanadium wat semrat & few free wife fig tthe lower crit al point for all steels is: a) 600°C b) 700" ¢ ©) 723°C d) 913°C44, fatrofae Ha fare fee seo aT TaTAeeeT fear aa B/Normalising of steel is done to: a) det ataat & eit & FewiRefine the grain structure b) after fare & sarer gs Faget wr gerd H Aw Remove strains caused by cold working O) ara Bran & aren sift Sieuensit a ge faeercer at gery a FAT/Remove dislocations caused in the internal structure due to hot working od) FT Talal of the above 45, Saat Paafeaa Ao Perf fre B/Brass is an alloy of: a) afer wet fSiaR/copper and zinc b) atar wa feet/copper and tin ¢) atar, feet ud f¥a/copper, tin and zinc d) Soe & FE aéi/none of these 46, garter F enfFe Blinconel contains: a) 65% Peket/nickel, 15% #tFF/chromium and 20% Stevliron b) 68% ferae/nickel, 29% afat/copper aeitland 3% seq HUew/other constituents ©) 80% fetara/nickel eetland 20 % serFFre=H/chromium ) 80% Freretinickel, 14% #HFaA/chromium and 6% #etiron. 47.31% & are sie caee eg & Para da & foe fare (tee) oe fe we eae wT Far wer STAT BP A taper provided on the pattern for its easy and clean withdrawal from the mould is known as: a) aRfifaier warerH/Machining allowance b) Ie waaeH/Draft allowance ¢) Pieter werarHiShrinkage allowance a) Recht UaaFMDistortion allowance 48. dae A te wT watsiel Far Bi The purpose of a gate in casting is to: a) Bier aiex 4 fruch ery Stee! Deliver molten metal into the mould cavity b) frac erg & fore wa sigieas ET A HRT FVAAct as a reservoir for the molten metal c) sais *it ar fare Vent out trapped gases d) ater wee wt THR Gat aTATIProvide shape to the mould cavity 49, fag aesa A waar sctactst & fare... At ate ett Br ‘The electrodes used in spot welding have a tip a) Sante FETAStainless steel b) Veafafera/Aluminium —c) afatiCopper d) taet/Brass50. eT Gra & Re arse ste a fore eet Gear ee B, Ha/The welding set up is said to have straight polarity, when: a) art at crise chiar 4 dag fear ara & att gdaeis elest at Andie efter Ay Work is connected to the positive terminal and the electrode holder to the negative terminal. b) art at ade cine A daw Pear rar & SN sacle eiese at orisera efter Ay Work is connected to the negative terminal and the electrode holder to the positive terminal. ¢) ard ar ofeach A dag fer ara & att sdaets efest ar spatorr fara stat 8 Work is connected to the positive terminal and the electrode holder is earthed ) ad at avreha efter a laa Seer rar ae saat eiese ar aster Rear ara BY Work is connected to the negative terminal and the electrode holder is earthed 51. faeafefaa 4 a feet sostea seacis ar gat fear otat B/The consumable electrode is used in: a) arder sé Aeset/Carbon arc welding b) confer 3itds @ese/Submerged arc welding 0) Gtamgstt BeSc/T1G welding d) WHaIgSN AFEA/MIG welding 52. effie dese # sare ufsic, freefissrer fever B/Thermit, used in thermit welding, is a mixture of: a) anester wd aireer SHeFETES/Charcoal and iron oxide b) areata wd wegiREACharcoal and aluminium o) SR HRS Ud Wea AETT/Iron oxide and aluminium d) areetey, sneer areangs we eeafeiae/Charcoal, iron oxide and aluminium 53, aifteter siieet-ofateete: dese. & fara ara B1/ Most of the oxy-acetylene welding is done with: a) =IEe FA/Neutral flame —b) siteeerefeeT FAA/Oxidizing flame c) HraugheaT FaaA/Carburising flamed) & BH/All of these 54. fsafefaa & a faaat afta ae & fae feae ea ar vat fe oat B/CLA value is used to indicate: a) yest P/Surface dimensions _b) aa aeHTaTSurface hardness c) diet BereT/Surface roughness d) ysSer dhawpeSurface area 95. farafetarr A & Prete aeffeir & chr spice fart seveat eat B/ Discontinuous chips are formed during machining of: a) sx eTqU/Brittle metals b) aa eTAe/Ductile metals c) mare eTg¥/Hard metals d) %y emgU/Soft metals56. 0m Bq & ant aie ae ar aga ve eater warmer at aE BThe operation of smoothing and squaring the surface around a hole is known as: a) #1Sey fafeeT/Counter sinking b) arSex atfet/Counter boring c) eeurfelet/Trepanning d) eile *fRSpot facing 57, ww Ret & FRg wtoT wT BET APA f/The usual value of the point angle of a drill a) 70" b) 100° 118" d) 130° 58. Prarent ar seer frees fer fer Tar BiFixtures are used a) fefeoiar, Siete ar erfier sere 4 atone (ge) ay tat otk Rift aa fae For holding and guiding the tool in drilling, reaming or tapping operations b) fier, anges, cerita ar efttar gareett A art at dat & foe For holding the work in milling, grinding, planning or turning operations co) art oftygar ste BY & FAUTo check the accuracy of work piece d) saga % & stg wéi/None of the above 59. we aehfeisr sitar H sftaaer ay Sut, Mrafatea Ae fee carer far oar b What carries away maximum heat energy in a machining process? a) efleteeniCoolant b) StSTool c}FE/Chip d) =rayWork pik 60. eniatae atta seat FS ater wot wa seer At aaaear wh Eta axa FP Which of the following drawing symbols indicate flatness of a surface: a) Be go a ©