Targate'17: Q. No. 1 - 5 Carry One Mark Each

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General Aptitude
Q. No. 1 - 5 Carry One Mark Each
1. Which word does NOT belong to the others?

(A) Solitaire (B) Soliloquy (C) Solitary (D) Solitude
2. In the following question choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given
word.
ASSASSINATE
(A) Kill (B) Create (C) Accumulate (D) Reserve
3. In the following question, read the whole sentence and select the appropriate word to complete
the sentence. It is difficult to believe that charging 40% on an outstanding credit card balance
isnt ______!
(A) Bankruptcy (B) Usury (C) Kleptomania (D) Flagrancy
4. If A: B: C = 2:3:4, then A/B: B/C: C/A is equal to______.

(A) 2:5:3 (B) 1:5:82 (C) 3:18:5 (D) 8:9:24
5. What is the probability of getting a sum 8 from two throws of a die ?

5 1 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
36 9 36 9
Q. No. 6- 10 Carry Two Marks Each
6. Analyst: This Corporation is currently putting all its efforts into maximizing short-term
profits. Whatever happened to our traditional philosophy of slow, steady growth and
emphasis on long-term profitability? One aspect of the problem is seen in simple
mathematics. Of our 57 district managers, only 7 have been with the corporation for five
years or more. In addition, only 5 of our 16 vice-presidents and only 2 of the 9 members of
the board of directors have been with the corporation for five years.
Which of the following conclusions does the author of this passage most probably want the
reader to draw?
(A) The corporation needs to seek leadership from outside sources if it is to remain profitable
in the long run.
(B) One of the reasons that the corporation's traditional financial goals have been ignored is
that very few of its high-ranking employees have much experience with the corporation.
(C) The only reason that the corporation's traditional financial goals have been ignored is that
very few of its high-ranking employees have much experience with the corporation.
(D) The corporation's traditional financial goals are outmoded.
7. In the following sentence, some part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath the sentence you
will find four ways of phrasing the underlined part. Choose the best choice that follows the
requirements of standard written English.
There is no question of denying the fact that he broke it
(A) no denying the fact (B) no denial the fact
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(C) no way to deny the fact (D) No improvement

8. A number is selected at random from the numbers 1 to 30. What is the probability that it is
divisible by either 5 or 13?
9. In a shop, vegetables and fruits are sold at cost price but use a weight of 800 gm instead of
kilogram weight. What is his profit percentage?
10. Simple interest on a certain amount of money for 6 years at 10 % per annum is half the
compound interest on Rs.6000 for 2 years at 20% per annum. The amount placed on simple
interest is_________ Rs/-
Mechanical Engineering
Q. No. 1 to 25 Carry One Mark Each
1. Stress concentration can be reduced by

(A) Avoiding sharp corners (B) Providing fillets
(C) Undercutting the shoulder parts (D) All the above
2. A metal strip with a crosssection 200mm 8mm is being rolled with 25% reduction of area
using 500mm diameter steel rolls. The shear yield stress of the material before and after rolling
are 0.4 kN / mm 2 and 0.5kN / mm 2 respectively. The average shear stress during the process
will be____________.
3. The product of matrices A = cos 2 cos sin and B = cos 2 cos sin is a

cos sin sin cos sin sin 2
2
null matrix if = _______

n
(A) 2n, n Z (B) , n Z (C) ( 2n + 1) , n Z (D) n, n Z
2 2
4. The force in the member BD in the given truss is ______kN.

(A) 2kN B
(B) 1kN
(C) 0kN
(D) 3kN
A 30 30 C
D
2kN 2kN
5. The relation between volumetric strain, longitudinal strain and circumferential strain a thin
cylindrical shell subjected to internal pressure is
(A) v = + 2 c (B) v = 2 + c (C) v = 3 + 2 c (D) v = 3 2 c
2
6. Application of high temperature in presence of inert atmosphere is done in

(A) Sintering (B) Briquetting (C) Blending (D) Compacting
7. A steel block is to be machined on a crank shaper at a feed of 0.1mm / stroke . The width of the
block is 10cm, length of stroke is 14cm, approach 5mm, and over-travel as width wise is to be
considered. The machine is running at 10 double-strokes per min. If the ratio of cutting-stroke
to return stroke is 0.7, then the cutting velocity will be__________ cm/min.
8. Cross flow heat exchangers are normally used between

(A) Condensing fluid and liquid (B) Evaporating fluid and liquid
(C) Liquid and liquid (D) Liquid and gas or gas and gas
9. Which one of the following is not a necessary information input to material requirements
planning?
(A) Inventory on hand (B) Bill of materials
(C) Sequence of operation on a job (D) Master production schedule
10. The completion time for a project in PERT is given by _________

t 0 + 4t m + t p t 0 + 4t p + t m t m + 4t 0 + t p t0 + tm + tp
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 6 6 6
11. At a railway ticket counter, customers are coming at a rate of 14 per hour and tickets are
served at a rate of 2 per minute. Find the number of people consisting this system?
12. The turbine is free wheeling and the water simply passes across the rotor without putting any
force on the buckets when
V1 dWshaft
(A) U = (B) U = R = V1 (C) =0 (D) Wshaft < 0
2 dU
13. For same composition ratio and heat input, the cycles in increasing order of efficiency are
(A) Diesel, Dual, Otto (B) Dual, Otto, Diesel
(C) Otto, Diesel, Dual (D) Dual, Diesel, Otto
14. In fluid dashpot domains, damping coefficient C depends upon.

(A) Viscosity of fluid, r (B) Clearance between piston & cylinder, e
(C) Length r and diameter dp of piston. (D) All above
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15. For a simple compressible system which follows Gibbs function/relation, entropy is given as -
2P at constant temperature where P is pressure. Which of the following can be the volume at
constant pressure?
(A) 2P (B) 2T (C) -2T (D) -2P
16. Given for a particular engine mass is 2kg, stroke is 12cm, connecting rod length is 20cm, and
engine speed is 2000rpm for a 900 V-twin engine. The minimum value of secondary forces
with the corresponding crank position is ______________N.
17. An aircraft flying at the constant speed experiences 44 kN-m of gyroscopic couple while
taking a left turn. What will be the gyroscopic couple (in kN-m), if it takes a turn which has
four time larger radius than the previous?
18. A basket contains 7 eggs out of which three are rotten. Two eggs are taken out together at
random. If one of them is found to be good, the chance that the other is also good, is
_________.
19. Match the following

a) Pelton wheel I) High Head i) Adjustable runner blades
b) Francis Turbine II) Low Head ii) Radial flow or mixed flow
type
c) Propeller Turbine III) Medium Head iii) Tangential flow type
(A) a III i (B) a I i (C) a - I iii (D) a I i

b II ii b III ii b III ii b II ii
c I iii c II iii c II i c III iii
20. Which of the following statements is true about master production schedule?
(A) It shows the time-phased requirement for loading and receiving materials.
(B) It identified the quality of each product and when it is needed to be manufactured.
(C) It is the process of testing the feasibility of aggregate output plans and evaluating overall
capacity utilization.
(D) It is the process of planning labor, inventory and machinery.
1
x 1,0 x < 2

2 1
21. The value of k for which f(x) = k ( 3x 2 ) , < x 1 is a probability density function of a
2
0 otherwise

continuous random variable X is ______.
4
1
22. The function f ( z ) = where z is the complex conjugate of z, maps the region
zz z z + 1
z 1 = 1 to
(A) The entire real axis (B) The entire imaginary axis
(C) The point (0,0) (D) the point (1,0)
23. Maximum strain energy stored in a body per unit volume is called
(A) Resilience (B) Proof Resilience
(C) Modulus of Resilience (D) Apex Resilience
24. Estimate the temperature (inoC) at a distance of 1 mm from the surface when air flows over a
surface at 100oC. Temperature of air is 20oC and the local heat flow is 1000 W/m2. [Take kair =
0.3 W/mK.]
25. With the condition x (1) = 1, the solution of the differential equation
tdx + xdt t3dt = 0 at t = 2 is _______
Q. No. 26 to 55 Carry Two Marks Each
26. Two stars A and B radiate maximum energy at 3600oA and 360oA respectively. Then the ratio
of absolute temperature of A and B is __________.
27. A cylindrical shell of 1.5m diameter is subjected to an internal pressure of 2 N/mm2. The
thickness of the shell is 20mm. If the efficiency of longitudinal and circumferential joint is
70%, then the ratio of circumferential stress to longitudinal stress is ______
28. In a gas turbine pressure ratio at which ideal regenerative brayton cycle efficiency equals
Carnot efficiency is 9. Minimum temperature observed 27oC, what is the value of maximum
temperature (in oC)?
(A) 200oC (B) 120oC (C) 289oC (D) 350oC
29. A shaft of 80mm diameter is rotating inside a journal bearings of 80mm diameter the
allowance for the assembly is 0.2mm. What is the minimum material limit of shaft (in mm) if
the tolerance of shaft and bearing is 0.1 mm? (Use hole basis system)
(A) 79.7 (B) 81.7 (C) 78.7 (D) 77.7
x
30. For function f ( x ) = minimum value is
nx
(A) e (B) 1/e (C) e2 (D) e3
31. Given below is a basic feasible solution to a transportation problem with three supplies points
(A, B, C) Three demand point (P, Q, R) that minimize cost of transportation in the standard
tubular formal.
5
A B C Demand
4 8 8
P 50 100 150
12 8 11
Q 100 100
10 6 9
R 50 200 250
Supply 50 150 300
Compute the cost corresponding to the present solution?
32. A Kaplan turbine produces 60000kW under a net head of 25m with an overall efficiency of
90%. Take the value of speed ratio ku as 1.6, flow ratio as 0.5 and the hub diameter as 0.35
times the outer diameter. Find the diameter of the turbine?
33. A cylindrical billet of 400mm diameter is forged from 250 mm and height of 150mm at
1000oC. If the material has constant flow stress of 85MPa and efficiency of forging is 60%,
then the energy required for producing given deformation is_______ MJ.
(A) 2.45MJ (B) 1.85MJ (C) 1.2MJ (D) 3.2MJ
34. A Carnot engine operating between 127 oC and 667 K drives a refrigerator of COP 8. Carnot
engine as well as refrigerator rejects heat to ambient atmosphere. What is the ratio of energy
absorbed by the engine (Ea) to the total rejected energy into atmosphere (Qt)?
(A) 0.38 (B) 0.24 (C) 0.86 (D) 0.14
35. Charpy impact test is done on an unnotched grey cast iron standard specimen of diameter
20mm, apparent energy of rupture is observed to be 20Nm. If the distance between the
supports is assumed to be 100mm, then the impact modules is _______ J/cm3
36. Heat inputs from three thermal reservoirs are given as inputs 200 kJ, 400 kJ and x kJ at
temperatures of 100 K, 200K and 400K to a heat engine. Heat engine rejects heat to two sinks
(i.e., outputs) 100 kJ and y kJ at temperatures of 200 K and 300 K. For the heat engine to be
possible reversible engine which of these relations hold?
(A) 3x-4y>4800 (B) 4x-3y<4200 (C) 4y-3x=4200 (D) 3y-4x=4800
37. A load of 15kN falls freely through a height of 20mm, diameter is 80mm and 2m long with
upper end fixed to roof. If E = 120GPa, then the maximum stress induced in the bar is
_____N/mm2.
38. A ladder 6m long and weighing 100N/m, rests against a smooth vertical wall and the bottom
rests on rough ground. The vertical distance between the ends of the ladder is 3m. A man
weighing 600N is standing on the ladder at 1.5m from the bottom end along the length of
ladder and another man weighing 900N is standing at 3m from the first man. The shear force
(in N) at Section B is
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(A) -844.35N (B) -644.35N (C) -944.35N (D) -744.35N

39. A metal strip is to be rolled from an initial thickness of 4.1mm to a final rolled thickness of
2.7mm in a single pass rolling mill, having rolls of 300mm diameter. The strip is 480mm
wide. The average coefficient of friction in the roll gap is 0.09. Take plane strain flow stress of
165MPa for the metal and assume negligible spreading, then roll separating force is_______
kN
40. In the given figure, system is released with the spring un stretched equilibrium, while all
surfaces are smooth then compression in the spring will be
mg
(A)
k
2mg
(B) m
k
M+m M
(C) y
2k
mg
(D)
2k
41. Air at 1 atm and 20o C flows with a velocity 8 m/s over a 1.5m6m flat plate, whose
temperature is 140oC. Determine the ratio of heat transfer from the plate of the air flows
parallel to the 6m long side and 1.5m side. [Assume the flow over the plate is laminar.]
42. Suppose that X and Y are two independent normal variants having means, variances as
follows:
Mean Variance
X 1 8
Y 2 10
X+Y
Then the distribution of Z = is
3
(A) N (0, 1) (B) N (1, 2) (C) N (1, 1) (D) N (2, 2)
43. What will the optimum pouring time for a casting whose mass is 20 kg and having an average
section thickness of 15 mm. The material of the casting is grey cast iron. Take fluidity of iron
as 28 inches.
(A) 4.3 sec (B) 5.6 sec (C) 7.6 sec (D) 8.9 sec
44. A machine of 50kg is supported on an elastic spring of stiffness 20kN/m. The damping factor
is 0.2. A simple Harmonic damping force acts on the machine, the force is 60sin l0t
Newtons, then phase angle is__________ degrees.
7
45. An inward flow Francis turbine has external and internal diameters as 1.5m and 0.75m
respectively. The velocity of flow through the runner exit is 1.5 times the inlet flow velocity.
The width if runner at inlet is 300mm. The width of the runner at exit is _________mm.
46. In a quick return mechanism, the ratio of maximum velocities during cutting stroke & return
stroke is 0.5. If the radius of crank is 0.5 m, then find the return time it takes 2sec to reach
maximum velocity during working stroke.
(A) 1.28 sec (B) 2.58 sec (C) 1.55 sec (D) 4 sec
47. If the function f ( x ) = x 3 6x 2 + ax + b satisfies Rolles Theorem in the interval (1, 3) at the
2 3 +1
point then a = ____________.
3
(A) a = 11 (B) a = 6 (C) a = 6 (D) a = 11
48. A thin cylindrical pressure vessel has a diameter of 750mm and 3m long is made up of 10mm
thick shell plates. Find the change in diameter (in mm) of the vessel, if it is subjected to an
internal pressure of 1MPa?
49. In a two-shell-pass, eight-tube-pass heat exchanges hot water enters at 90oC the flow rate is
0.375kg/s to heat helium from 22oC, the heat exchanger area is 10m2 overall heat transfer co-
efficient is 155W/m2oC. If the water exits at 45oC and assuming that the Cmin is to take for the
water fluid with C P = 4.185 kJ kgK. then the NTU is_________.
50. A rigid tank is connected to vacuum pump which creates zero pressure inside the tank. All the
sides of tank are insulated fully creating adiabatic condition. A gas with specific heat at
constant pressure 4 kJ/kgK and at constant volume 2.5 kJ/kgK is filled at a very slow flow rate
at 1.6 bar and 37 oC by supply line. What is temperature of gas in the tank at end of filling?
(A) 337oC (B) -83oC (C) 18oC (D) 223oC
51. Find the values of allowance for hole and shaft assembly for following dimensions of mating
parts:
+0.05 -0.02
Hole : 25+0.00 shaft 25-0.05
dz
52. The value of z e2 z
where C is |z| = 2 is _____
C
(A) i (B) 2i (C) 2i (D) 0
53. In a given arrangement, a boy of mass 30 kg is hanging through a light string by a frictionless
pulley. If coefficient of friction between wedge and block is 0.5, then what is the minimum
value of mass m to keep the system at rest? Horizontal
m
8
o
45
(A) 60 kg
(B) 29 kg
(C) 36 kg
(D) None of these

54. The sales of DVDs in a shop in four consecutive months are given as 80, 72, 65 and 100.
Using exponential smoothing method the value forecast for next month would be _________.
55. Match the following list-I with list-II.

List-I List-II
a. Die casting 1. Phenol formaldehyde
b. Shell molding 2. C.I. pipes
c. CO2 molding 3. Non-ferrous alloys
d. Centrifugal casting 4. Sodium silicate
(A) a 1, b 3,c 4,d 2 (B) a 3, b 1,c 4,d 2
(C) a 3, b 1,c 2,d 4 (D) a 1, b 3,c 2,d 4

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1. Which word does NOT belong to the others?

4. If A: B: C = 2:3:4, then A/B: B/C: C/A is equal to______.

5. What is the probability of getting a sum 8 from two throws of a die ?

Q. No. 6- 10 Carry Two Marks Each

(C) no way to deny the fact (D) No improvement

1. Stress concentration can be reduced by

null matrix if = _______

4. The force in the member BD in the given truss is ______kN.

6. Application of high temperature in presence of inert atmosphere is done in

8. Cross flow heat exchangers are normally used between

10. The completion time for a project in PERT is given by _________

14. In fluid dashpot domains, damping coefficient C depends upon.

19. Match the following

(A) a III i (B) a I i (C) a - I iii (D) a I i

Q. No. 26 to 55 Carry Two Marks Each

Supply 50 150 300

Compute the cost corresponding to the present solution?

(A) -844.35N (B) -644.35N (C) -944.35N (D) -744.35N

(A) i (B) 2i (C) 2i (D) 0

(D) None of these

55. Match the following list-I with list-II.

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