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M E : M ECH AN I CAL EN GI N EERI N G

Set - 1
N o. of Qu est i on s : 65 M a xi m u m M a r k s : 100

GEN ERAL APT I T U D E

Q. N o. 1 – 5 Car r y On e M ar k Each 6. I n t he fol l owi n g sen t en ce cer t ai n par t s ar e
1. What is t he adver b for t he given wor d below? under lined and mar ked P, Q and R. One of t he
Misogynous par t s may cont ain cer t ain er r or or may not be
accept able in st andar d wr it t en communicat ion.
(a) Misogynousness (b) Misogynity
Select t he par t cont aining an er r or. Choose D as
(c) Misogynously (d) Misogynous your Answer : if t her e is no er r or.
2. Ram and Ramesh appear ed in an int er view for
The st udent cor r ect ed all t heerr or s t hat
t wo vacanci es i n t he same depar t ment . The
pr obabilit y of Ram’s select ion is 1/6 and t hat of P
Ramesh is 1/8. What is t he pr obabilit y t hat only t heinst ruct or marked on t he answer book
one of t hem will be select ed? Q R
47 1 13 35 (a) P (b) Q
(a) (b) (c) (d)
48 4 48 48 (c) R (d) No Er r or
3. Choose t he appr opr iat e wor d/phr ase, out of t he
7. Given below ar e t wo st at ement s followed by t wo
four options given below, to complet e the following
conclusions. Assuming t hese st at ement s t o be
sent ence:
t r ue, decide which one logically follows.
Dhoni , as wel l as t he ot her t eam member s of
St at em en t :
I ndian t eam, _____ pr esent on t he occasion.
I . All film st ar s ar e playback singer s.
(a) wer e (b) was
I I . All film dir ect or s ar e film st ar s.
(c) has (d) have
Con cl u si on s:
4. An elect r ic bus has onboar d inst r ument s t hat
r epor t t he t ot al elect r icit y consumed since t he I . All film dir ect or s ar e playback singer s.
st ar t of t he t r ip as wel l as t he t ot al dist ance I I . Some film st ar s ar e film dir ect or s.
cover ed. During a single day of operation, the bus (a) Only conclusion I follows
t r avels on st r etches M , N, O and P, in t hat order.
The cumul at i ve di st an ces t r avel l ed and t he (b) Only conclusion I I follows
cor responding electr icit y consumption ar e shown (c) Neit her conclusion I nor I I follows
in t he t able below. (d) Bot h conclusions I and I I follow
St ret ch Comulat ive Elect ricit y 8. L ament ing t he gr adual sidelining of t he ar t s in
dist ance(km) used (k Wh) school cur r icula, a gr oup of pr ominent ar t ist s
M 20 12 wr ot e t o t he Chief M inist er last year, asking him
N 45 25 t o allocat e mor e funds t o suppor t ar t s educat ion
in schools. H owever, no such incr ease has been
O 75 45
announced in t his year ’s Budget . The ar t ist s
P 100 57 expressed t heir deep anguish at t heir request not
The st r et ch wher e t he elect r icit y consumpt ion bei n g appr oved, but man y of t h em r emai n
per km is minimum is opt imist ic about funding in the fut ur e.
(a) M (b) N Which of t he st at ement (s) below is/ar e logically
(c) O (d) P val i d an d can be i n f er r ed f r om t h e above
st at ement s?
5. Choose t he wor d most similar in meaning t o t he
given wor d: i. The ar t ist s expect ed funding for t he ar t s t o
Awkward incr ease t his year.
(a) I nept (b) Gr aceful ii. The Chief M inist er was r ecept ive t o t he idea
of incr easing funding for t he ar t s.
(c) Suit able (d) Dreadful
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iii. The Chief M inist er is a pr ominent ar t ist .

(b)
iv. Schools ar e giving less impor t ance t o ar t s
education nowadays.
(a) i ii and iv (b) i and i v
(c) i , i i and i v (d) i and ii i
9. I f a + b + c = 1, t hen ab + bc + ac lies in t he
2 2 2

interval
 2  1  (c)
(a) 1,  (b)  ,1
 3 2 
 1
(c)  1,  (d) [2,– 4]
 2
10. A t iger is 50 leaps of it s own behind a deer. The
t iger t akes 5 leaps per minut e t o t he deer ’s 4. I f
t he t iger and t he deer cover 8 met r e and 5 met r e
per leap r espectively, what distance in meters will (d)
t he t iger have a r un befor e it cat ches t he deer ?
M ECH AN I CAL EN GI N EERI NG
4 7 8
1. I f any t wo columns of a det er minant P = 3 1 5
9 6 5
ar e int er changed, which one of t he fol lowi ng
st at em en t s r egar di n g t h e v al u e of t h e
det er minant is CORRECT? 4. The funct ion of int er polat or in a CNC machine
cont r oller is t o
(a) Absolut e value r emains unchanged but sign
will change (a) cont rol spindle speed
(b) Bot h absolut e value and sign will change (b) coor dinat e feed r at es of axes
(c) Absolut e value will change but sign will not (c) cont r ol t ool r apid appr oach speed
change (d) per for m M i scel laneous (M ) funct ions (t ool
(d) Bot h absol ut e value and si gn wil l r emain change, coolant cont r ol et c.)
unchanged 5. H oles of diamet er 25.0 0.040 ar e assembled
0.020 mm
2. A wheel of r adius r r olls wit hout slipping on a i n t er ch an geabl y w i t h t he pi ns of di amet er
hor izont al sur face shown below. I f t he velocit y of
25.00.005
0.008 mm.
The mi nimum cl ear ance i n t he
point P is 10 m/s in t he hor izont al dir ect ion, t he
assembly will be
magnit ude of velocity of point Q (in m/s) is ______.
(a) 0.048 mm (b) 0.015 mm
(c) 0.005 mm (d) 0.008 mm
1
6. Simpson’s r ule is used to integrat e the function
3
3 2 9
3. Which one of t he following t ypes of st r ess-st r ain f(x) = x  bet ween x = 0 and x = 1 using t he
r elat ionship best descr ibes t he behavior of br it tle 5 5
mat er ials, such as cer amics and t her moset t ing least number of equal sub-int er vals. The value of
t he int egr al is ___________
plast ics, (= st r ess and  = st r ain)?
7. Consider fully developed flow in a cir cular pipe
(a) with negligible ent rance length effect s. Assuming
t he mass flow r at e, densit y and fr ict ion fact or t o
be const ant , if t he lengt h of t he pipe is doubled
and t he diamet er is halved, t he head loss due t o
fr ict ion will incr ease by a fact or of
(a) 4 (b) 16
(c) 32 (d) 64
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8. For an ideal gas wit h const ant values of specific 14. Under cer t ain cut t ing condit ions, doubling t he
heat s, for calculat ion of t he specific ent halpy,
th
(a) it is sufficient t o know only t he t emper at ur e  1 
cut t ing speed r educes t he t ool life t o   of
(b) bot h t emper at ur e and pr essur e ar e r equir ed  16 
t o be known the original. Taylor ’s tool life index(n) for this tool-
(c) both t emperat ure and volume ar e r equir ed t o wor kpiece combinat ion will be _______
be known 15. Consider a slider crank mechanism wit h nonzer o
(d) bot h t emper at ur e and mass ar e r equir ed t o masses and iner tia. A const ant t or que  is applied
be known on t he cr ank as shown in t he figur e. Which of
9. A Car not engi ne (CE-1) wor k s bet ween t wo t he following plot s best r esembles var iat ion of
t emper at ur e r eser voir s A and B, wher e T A = 900 cr ank angle,  ver sus t ime
K and T B = 500 K . A second Car not engine (CE-2)
wor ks bet ween t emper at ur e r eser voir s B and C,
wher e T C = 300 K . I n each cycle of CE-1 and
CE-2, all the heat r ejected by CE-1 t o r eser voir B
is used by CE-2. For one cycle of oper at ion, if t he
net Q absor bed by CE-1 fr om r eser voi r A i s
150 M J, t he net heat r eject ed t o r eser voir C by
CE-2 (in M J) is _________.
10. A st r eam of moist air (mass flow r at e = 10.1 kg/s)
(a)
kg
wit h humidity r at io of 0.01 mixes wit h
k g dr y air
a second st r eam of super heat ed wat er vapour
flowing at 0.1 kg/s. Assuming proper and uniform
mixing wit h no condensat ion, t he humidit y r at io
 kg 
of t he final st r eam  in  is _________.
 k g dr y air 
11. Consider a st eel (Young's modulus E = 200 GPa)
column hinged on bot h sides. I t s height is 1.0m
and cr oss-sect ion is 10 mm  20 mm. The lowest (b)
Euler cr it ical buckling load (in N) is ______.
12. Ai r ent er s a di esel engi ne wi t h a densi t y of
1.0 kg/m3. The compression r at io is 21. At st eady
st at e, t he air int ake is 30  10– 3 kg/s and t he net (c)
w or k ou t pu t i s 15 k W. T h e mean ef f ect i ve
pr essur e (kPa) is _______.
13. M at ch t he foll owi ng pr oduct s wi t h pr efer r ed
manufact uring pr ocesses:
Product Process
P Rails (1)Blow
molding
Q Enginecrankshaft (2) Ext rusion
R Aluminium channels (3) Forging (d)
S PET wat er bot t les (4) Rolling
(a) P – 4, Q – 3, R – 1, S – 2
(b) P – 4, Q – 3, R – 2, S – 1
(c) P – 2, Q – 4, R – 3, S – 1
(d) P – 3, Q – 4, R – 2, S – 1
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1  cos( x 2 ) 23. W h i ch on e of t h e f ol l ow i n g i s t h e m ost

16. The value of limx  is conser vat ive fat igue failur e cr it er ion?
2 x4
1 (a) Soderber g (b) Modified Goodman
(a) 0 (b)
2 (c) ASME Elliptic (d) Ger ber
1
(c) (d) undefined 24. I n a linear ar c welding pr ocess, t he heat input
4
per unit lengt h is inver sely pr opor t ional t o
17. Two identical trusses support a load of 100 N as shown
in the figure. The length of each truss is 1.0 m, cross- (a) welding cur r ent
sectional area is 200 mm2; Young's modulus E = 200 (b) welding volt age
GPa. The force in the truss AB (in N) is __________ (c) welding speed
(d) dut y cycle of t he power sour ce
25. Consider a st epped shaft subject ed t o a t wist ing
moment appli ed at B as shown in t he figur e.
Assume shear modulus, G = 77 GPa. The angle
of t wist at C (in degr ees) is _____

18. Amon g t h e f ou r n or mal di st r i bu t i on s w i t h

pr obabi lit y densit y funct ions as shown bel ow,
which one has t he lowest var iance?
IV
26. A 10 mm diameter elect rical conduct or is covered
by an i n su l at i on of 2 m m t h i ck n ess. T h e
III conduct ivit y of t he insulat ion is 0.08 W/m-K and
II the convect ion coefficient at the insulat ion surface
is 10 W/m 2-K . Addit ion of fur t her insulat ion of
I
t he same mat er ial will
–2 –1 0 1 2 (a) incr ease heat loss cont inuously
(a) I (b) I I (c) I I I (d) I V (b) decr ease heat loss cont inuously
19. Given two complex number s Z1 = 5  ( 3)i and z2 (c) incr ease heat loss t o a maximum and t hen
2 z1 decr ease heat loss
=  2i , t he ar gument of in degr ees is
3 z2 (d) decr ease heat loss t o a minimum and t hen
(a) 0 (b) 30 (c) 60 (d) 90 incr ease heat loss
20. The Blasius equat ion r elat ed t o boundar y layer 27. A machine element is subject ed t o t he following
t heor y is a bi-axial st ate of st r ess; x = 80 M Pa; y = 20 M Pa;
(a) third-or der linear part ial differential equation xy = 40MPa. I f t he shear st r engt h of t he mater ial
is 100 M Pa, t he fact or of safet y as per Tr esca’s
(b) third-order nonlinear partial differential equation
maximum shear st r ess t heor y is
(c) second-or der nonlinear or dinar y differ ent ial
(a) 1.0 (b) 2.0
equat ion
(c) 2.5 (d) 3.3
(d) t hi r d-or der nonlinear or dinar y differ ent ial
equat ion 28. The pr obabilit y of obt aining at least t wo ‘‘SI X’’ in
t hr owing a fair dice 4 t ime is
21. A swimmer can swim 10 km in 2 hour s when
swimming along the flow of a river. While swimming (a) 425/432 (b) 19/144
against the flow, she takes 5 hours for the same (c) 13/144 (d) 125/432
distance. Her speed in still water (in km/h) is _______. 29. A hor izont al plat e has been joined t o a ver t ical
22. For flow of viscous fluid over a flat plat e, if t he post using four rivets arr anged as shown in figure.
f l u i d t emper at ur e i s t he same as t h e pl at e The magnit ude of t he load on t he wor st loaded
t emper at ur e, t he t her mal boundar y layer is r ivet (in N) is ________
(a) t hinner t han t he velocit y boundar y layer
(b) t hicker t han t he velocit y boundar y layer
(c) of the same thickness as the velocity boundary
layer
(d) not for med at all
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30. Temper at ur e of nit r ogen in a vessel of volume and A is t he total casting sur face ar ea losing heat.
2 m 3 is 288 K . A U-t ube manomet er connect ed t o Two cubes of same mat er ial and si ze ar e cast
t he vessel shows a r eading of 70 cm of mer cur y using sand casting pr ocess. The t op face of one of
(level higher in t he end open t o atmospher e). The t he cubes is complet ely insulat ed. The r at io of
u n i ver sal gas con st an t i s 8314 J /k m ol -K , t he solidificat ion t ime for t he cube wit h t op face
atmospher ic pr essure is 1.01325 bar, acceler at ion insulat ed t o t hat of t he ot her cube is
due to gr avity is 9.81 m/s2 and density of mercur y 25 36
is 13600 kg/m 3. The mass of nit r ogen (in kg) in (a) (b)
36 25
t he vessel is _______.
6
31. The solidification t ime of a casting is proport ional (c) 1 (d)
2 5
V
t o   , wher e V is t he volume of t he cast ing
A

32. M at ch t he following pair s:

E qu at i on P h y si cal I n t er p r et at i on

(P)   V  0 (I ) I ncompr essible cont inuit y equat ion

(Q)  .V  0 (I I ) St eady flow

DV
(R) 0 (I I I ) I r r ot at ional flow
Dt

V
(S) 0 (I V) Zer o acceler at ion of fluid par t icle
t
(a) P – I V, Q – I , R – I I , S – I I I (b) P – I V, Q – I I I , R – I , S – I I
(c) P – I I I , Q – I , R – I V, S – I I (d) P – I I I , Q – I , R – I I , S – I V
33. Steam ent er s a well insulat ed t ur bine and expands isent r opically t hroughout . At an int er mediat e pressure,
20 per cent of t he mass is ext r act ed for pr ocess heat ing and t he r emaining st eam expands isent r opically t o
9 kPa.
I nlet t o t ur bine: P = 14 MPa, T = 560C, h = 3486 kJ/kg, s = 6.6 kJ/(kg.K )
I nt ermediat e st age: h = 27776 kJ/kg
Exit of t ur bine: P = 9 kPa, h f = 174 kJ/kg, h g = 2574 kJ/kg,
sf = 0.6 kJ/(kg.K ), sg = 8.1 kJ/(kg.K )
I f t he flow r at e of st eam ent er ing t he t ur bine is 100 kg/s, t hen t he wor k out put (in M W) is _______.
34. Wat er ( = 1000 k g/m 3) f l ow s t h r ou gh a 37. Con si der i n g massl ess r i gi d r od an d smal l
vent ur i met er wit h inl et di amet er 80 mm and oscillat ions, t he nat ur al fr equency (in r ad/s) of
t hr oat diamet er 40 mm. The inlet and t hr oat vibr at ion of t he syst em shown in t he figur e is
gauge pr essur es ar e measured t o be 400 kPa and
130 kPa respectively. Assuming the vent ur imet er
t o be hor izont al and neglect ing fr ict ion, t he inlet
velocit y (in m/s) is ________.
35. For a cant een, t he act ual demand for disposable
cups was 500 unit s in Januar y and 600 unit s in
Febr uar y. The for ecast for t he mont h of Januar y 400 400
was 400 uni t s. The for ecast for t he mont h of (a) (b)
1 2
M ar ch consider ing smoot hing coefficient as 0.75
400 400
is _______. (c) (d)
3 4
36. Consider a spat ial cur ve in t hr ee-dimensional
space given in par amet r ic for m by 38. A t r iangular facet in a CAD model has ver t ices:
P1(0, 0, 0); P2(1, 1, 0) and P3(1, 1, 1). The ar ea of
2  t he facet is
x(t) = cos t, y(t) = sin t, z(t) =t ,0  t 
 2 (a) 0.500 (b) 0.707
The lengt h of t he cur ve is ______ (c) 1.414 (d) 1.732
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39. I n a sl ab r ol l i n g oper at i on , t h e max i mu m r1 

(a) F1  F2 ; 1  I 1
1 : F2  I 2 1
thickness r eduction (h max) is given by (h max) µ2R, r22
wher e R is t he r adius of t he r oll and µ is t he 2
 r   r
coefficient of fr ict ion bet ween t he r oll and t he (b) F1 = F2 ; 1 = I 1  I 2  1   1 : F2 = I 2 12 
1
sheet . I f µ = 0.1, t he maximum angle subt ended   r2   r2
by t he defor mat ion zone at t he cent r e of t he r oll
1
(bit e angle in degr ee) is ______. (c) F1 = F2 ; 1 = I 1
1 : F2 = I 2  2
r2
d2 y
40. F i n e t h e sol u t i on of  y w h i ch passes  2
dx2  r1    1
(d) F1  F2 ; 1 = I 1  I 2    1 ; F2 = I 2 2
 3   r2   r2
t hr ough t he or igin and t he point  in 2,  ,
 4
46. A cant ilever beam wit h flexur al r igidit y of 200
1 x 1 x
(a) y  e  e
x
(b) y  (e  e )
x
N m 2 i s l oaded as shown i n t he f i gu r e. Th e
2 2 deflect ion (in mm) at t he t ip of t he beam is _____.
1 x x 1 x x
(c) y  (e  e ) (d) y  e  e
2 2
41. For t he t r uss shown in figur e, t he magnit ude of
t he for ce in member PR and t he suppor t r eaction
at R ar e r espect ively
(a) 122.47 kN and 50 kN 47. I n the assembly shown below, the part dimensions
ar e:
(b) 70.71 kN and 100 kN
L 1 = 22.0 0.01 mm,
(c) 70.71 kN and 50 kN L 2 = L 3 = 10.00.005 mm,
(d) 81.65 kN and 100 kN Assu mi n g t h e n or mal di st r i bu t i on of par t
42. A ball of mass 0.1 kg, init ially at r est , is dr opped dimensions, t he dimension L 4 in mm for assembly
fr om height of 1 m. Ball hit s t he gr ound and condit ion would be:
bounces off t he gr ound. Upon impact wit h t he
gr ound, t he velocit y r educes by 20%. The height
(in m) t o which t he ball will r ise is ______
43. A DC welding power sour ce has a linear volt age-
cur r ent (V-I ) char act er i st i c wit h open ci r cui t
volt age of 80 V and a shor t cir cuit cur r ent of
300 A. For maximum ar c power, t he cur r ent (in
Amper es) should be set as _____.
(a) 2.00.008 (b) 2.00.012
44. A well insulat ed r igid cont ainer of volume 1 m 3
cont ains 1.0 kg of an ideal gas [Cp = 1000 J/(kg.K ) (c) 2.00.016 (d) 2.00.020
and Cv = 800 J/(kg.K )] at a pr essur e of 105 Pa. A 48. A mobile phone has a small motor with an eccentric
stirr er is r ot at ed at constant r pm in t he cont ainer mass used for vibrator mode. The locat ion of the
for 1000 r ot at ions and t he applied t or que is 100 eccentr ic mass on motor wit h respect to cent er of
N-m. The final t emper at ur e of t he gas (in K ) is gr avit y (CG) of t he mobile and t he r est of t he
_________. dimensions of t he mobile phone are shown. The
45. A pinion wit h r adius r 1, and iner t ia I 1 is driving a mobile is kept on a flat horizontal sur face.
gear wit h r adius r 2 and iner t ia I 2. Tor que 1 is
applied on pinion. The following ar e fr ee body
diagr ams of pinion and gear showing impor t ant
for ces (F 1 and F 2) of int er act ion. Which of t he
following r elations hold t r ue?
Given in addit ion t hat t he eccent r ic mass = 2
grams, eccent r ict y = 2.19 mm, mass of the mobile
= 90 gr ams, g = 9.81 m/s2. Unifor m speed of t he
mot or in RPM for which t he mobile will get just
lifted off the ground at the end Q is approximately
(a) 3000 (b) 3500
(c) 4000 (d) 4500
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49. A precision inst r ument package (m = 1 kg) needs with U m bing t he mean velocit y of flow. The value
t o be mount ed on a sur face vibr at ing at 60 H z. I t of T m is
i s desi r ed t hat on l y 5% of t he base su r face
0.5C2
vi br at i on ampl i t u de be t r an smi t t ed t o t h e (a) (b) 0.5C2
i nst r umen t . Assu mi n g t h at t h e i sol at i on i s Um
designed wit h it s nat ur al fr equency significant ly 0.6C2
lesser t han 60 H z, so t hat t he effect of damping (c) 0.6C2 (d)
Um
may be ignor ed. The st i ffness (in N/m) of t he
r equir ed mount ing pad is ________. 52. Consider an ant cr awling along the cur ve (x – 2)2
50. Following dat a r efer s t o the act ivities of a pr oject , + y2 = 4, wher e x and y ar e in met er s. The ant
wher e, node 1 refers t o the st ar t and node 5 r efer s st ar t s at t he point (4, 0) and moves count er -
t o t he end of t he pr oject clockwise wit h a speed of 1.57 met er s per second.
The t ime t aken by t he ant t o r each t he point
Act i v i t y D u r at i on (d ay s)
(2, 2) is (in seconds) _______.
1-2 2
53. Air ( = 1.2 kg/m 3 and kinemat ic viscosit y, v = 2 
2-3 1 10– 5 m 2/s) wit h a velocit y of 2 m/s flows over t he
4-3 3 t op sur face of a flat plat e of lengt h 2.5 m. I f t he
1-4 3 1.328
2-5 3 aver age value of fr ict ion coefficient is Cr = ,
Rex
3-5 2
4-5 4 t he t ot al dr ag for ce (in N) per unit widt h of t he
plat e is ________.
The cr it ical pat h (CP) in t he net wor k is
54. The velocit y field of an incompr essible flow is
(a) 1-2-3-5 (b) 1-4-3-5 given by
(c) 1-2-3-4-5 (d) 1-4-5 V = (a1x + a2y + a3z)i + (b1x + b2y + b3z)j + (c1x + c2y
51. For flow t hr ough a pipe of r adius R, t he velocit y + c3z)k, wher e a1 = 2 and c3 = – 4. The value of b2
and t emper at ur e dist r ibut ion ar e as follows: is ________.
3 55. An or t hogonal t ur ning oper at ion is car r ied out
 r 
u(r,x) = C1, and T(r ,x) = C2  1     , wher e C1 under t he following condit ions: r ake angle = 5,

  R   spindle r ot at ional speed = 400 r pm; axial feed =
and C ar e const ant s
2
0.4 m/min and r adial dept h of cut = 5 mm. The
The bul k mean t emper at ur e i s gi ven by T m
chip t hickness t c, is found t o be 3 mm. The shear
2 R
angl e (i n degr ees) in t his t ur ni ng pr ocess i s
=  u (r , x) T (r , x)rdr ,
um R 2 0
________.

AN SWERS
GENERAL APTI TU DE
1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (d)
8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (800)
M ECH AN I CAL EN GI N EERI NG
1. (a) 2. (20) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (2) 7. (d)
8. (a) 9. (50) 10. (0.02) 11. 3285-3295 12. (525) 13. (b) 14. 0.25
15. (d) 16. (c) 17. 100 18. (d) 19. (a) 20. (d) 21. (3.5)
22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. 0.236 26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (b)
29. 1839.83 30. 4.55 31. (b) 32. (c) 33. 125.56 34. (6) 35. 568-570
36. 1.86 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. 5.71 40. (c) 41. (c) 42. 0.64
43. 150 44. 1283.4-1287.4 45. (b) 46. 0.26 47. (b) 48. (b) 49. 6767.6
50. (b) 51. (c) 52. (2) 53. 0.0159 54. (2) 55. 18.5-19.0
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EXPL AN AT I ON S

2. P (Ram) = 1/6; p(Ramesh) = 1/8 1

1    9 12
p(only at) = p (Ram) × p (not ramesh) + p(Ramesh) 2     39 
× p(n0 × Ram) 0 y dx =     4 
2  5 5   20 
7 1 5 =2
= 1   
6 8 8 6
2
12 1 Q
  fl  
4 f Lv 2 A
40 7. head loss =   
12 2 gd 2 gd
4. For M  = 0.6
20 L
 head loss 
13 d5
N = 0.52
25 L
20 h1* 
O = 0.66 d5
30
2.L L
12 h2*  5 =  64
P = 0.48 d5
25  2
d

6. The is not required in ‘Q’. h1 h

10. Tiger – 1 leap  8 meter = 1 64  2  64
h2 h1
Speed = 5 leap/hr = 40m/min 9. 900
Deer  1 leap = 5 meter
Q1
speed = 4hr = 20m/min
HE W
Let at time ‘t’ the tiger catches the deer. Q2
 Distance travelled by deer + initial distance
500
between them Q2
50 × 8  400m = distance covered by tiger. HE W
 40 × t = 400 + 20t
Q3
400 300
 t = 20 min
200
1  T1 1  500
 total distance  400 + 20 × t = 800 ms 1 =   4.44
T1 900
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Q2 = (1 – 1) × Q1
2. At pt ‘A’, the velocity
= 53.33 MJ
 10 + 10 = 20 m/s
A 1  T3 300
V 2 =  1  0.4
T2 500
V Q3 = (1 – 2) × Q2
= 50 MJ
V=0 m1 1  m2 2
10. new =
5. Minimum clearance m1  m2
 minimum m hole – maxium shaft
0.1  10.1  .1  1
= 25 + .020 – 25 + .005  = 0.02 kg/kg dry air
10.1  .1
= 0.015 mm
6.  2 EI
1 11. Euler’s critical load =
x 0 1 12
2
3 2 9 9 39 12  2  200  109  .02  .013
y  f ( x)  x   = 3289.8681 N
5 5 5 20 5 12
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work output
12. mep =
19. 
z1 = 5  5 3 i 
swept volume
5 3
=
12 arg z1 = tan–1 
5
  tan  
1
3  60º
 1   
30  103  1   2
 21  z2 =  2i
3
= 525 kPa
2 
14. VTn = C arg z2 = tan 1   
 tan 1 3  60º
2 
2  
V1 T1n = 2V1  T1
16   on solving we get
z 
 3

n = 0.25 arg  1  = arg(z1) – arg(z2)

 z2 
1  cos( x2 ) 0 = 60º – 60º = 0
16. lim =
x 0 2 x4 0
21. Let Swimmer = x
Using L Hospital Rule
River = y
(sin x2 )2 x 0 10
lim = 2=
x 0 8 x 3 0 x y
(cos x2 )2 x2 x  (sin x 2 )2 10
lim 5=
x 0 24 x2 x y
On solving we get x = 3.5 km/h
(cos x2 ) 4 x 2  2sin x2
lim 25. Angle of twist at (C) = Angle of twist at (B)
x 0 24 x2
TL
(  sin x 2 ) 4 x 2  cos x 2 (8 x)  2(cos x 2 )2 x   =
= lim GJ
x 0 48 x
10  0.5  32
(  cos x2 )2 x(4 x2 )  ( sin x2 )(8 x)  (  sin x2 )(2 x)(8 x) 
77  109    .024
 12cos x2  ( sin x2 )(2 x)4 x  0.236050
= lim
x0 48
26. rc = 8mm
12 1  the heat lost increases to maximum and then
= 
48 4 decreases.
17.  2f sin 30 = 100 80  20
2

27. 1 =  80  20  2
 f = 100 N     40
2  2 

= 50  50 2 = 100
2F sin 30
2 = 0
F
F 1  2
=  50
7
100
FOS = 2
50
100
1
18. We have Probability distribution function of 28. n = 4; p =
Normal Distribution 6
1 5
( x  )2  q= 1  
1  2 6 6
f(x) = e 2 ...(1)
 x p(x  2) = 1 – p (x < 2)
Variance = 2 is lowest
= 1  [ p( x  0)  p( x  1)]
  also lowest
0 4 1 3
 If  decreases  f(x) increases ( from (1))  1 5  1   5   19
= 1  4C0      4C1      
 Curve will have highest peak  6 6  6   6   144
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400 v2 = 4v1
29. Shear load on all rivets   100N
4 Substituting v2 and solving for v1 we get
Secondary shear load, due to bending moment v1 = 6m/s
Pe r1 35. Forecast for Feb= 400 +  (500 – 400)
 r 2  r 2  r 2  r2
1 1 3 4 = 400 + .25 × 100 = 475

400  .5  .02 2
Forecast for march = 475 + (600 – 475)
 2 = 560.75
.02 2  4
36. The length of the curve
 1767.766953 N 2 2 2
/ 2
P = 1839.837 N. =  dx   dy   dz 
        dt
 dt   dt   dt 
30. p = gh 0

/ 2 2
= 0.7 × 1360 × 9.81  2
=  ( sin t)2  (cos t)2    dt
= 9339.12pa 0 
Actual pressure = atmospheric pressure /2
4
= 110664.12 pa =  sin 2 t  cos2 t  dt
0 2
pv = mrT  m pv/RT /2
4
110664.12  2 =  1 dt
=  4.5539kg 0 2
288  8314
2 4 /2
31. tmin = k V
A   = 1 t
2 0
2
t1 = k  93  = 1
4 
  1.8622
 502  2 2
93 37.Form  dx = 2r
t2 = k  
 5  d2 x
= 2r...
t1 36 dt2
t2 = 25 Taking moments
..
33. h1 = 3486 kJ/kg 2r .m. 2r. + 400 × (r) × r = 0
..
h2 = 2776 kJ/kg  4m. + 400 ×  = 0
s1 = s3 = 6.6 400
 =
6.6 = .6 + x(0.1 – .6) 4
x = 0.8 1
38. Area =  b h
2
1
1
5 m = a 2a
2
2
20% a= 1
4 3 1
1–m  = 0.7071
2
y
h = 174 + .8(2574 – 174)
= 2094 kJ/kg
w = (3486 – 2776) + .8 (2776 – 2094)
= 1255.6 kJ/kg
= 125.56 MW
2 x
p1 v p v2  p  400000 
34.  1
= 2 2  1 
g 2 g g 2 g  p2  130000 
v1 × 802 = v2 × 402
z
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h 80
39.  = tan–1  tan 1  43. v = 80  I
R 300
 5.7106º 80 2
p – v7 = 80I – I
300
d2 y
40. = y  (D2 – 1) y = 0 Differentiating and equating to ‘0’
dx2
I = 150A
D2 – 1 = 0
45. F1 = F2 [Vertical equilibrium]
 D= ±1
For Gear 1For Gear 2
y = c1 ex + c2 e–x

1  F1 r1  I1  F2 r2  I2
2
3
Passes through (0, 0) and  142,  (0, 0)
1

 4 r1 I2 
2
1  I 2
2 = I1 
1 ... using F2 = and F1=
 0 = C1 + C2 ...(1) r2 r2
 3 r
 142,  1 = I1
1  I  
2 1
 4 r2
3 C 
= C1 e142 + C2 e–142 = C1 2 + 2   r
4 2 = I1  I 2 2 1  
1

1 r2 
1 3 
 2C1 + C2 = ...(2)
 
2
2 4  r    r 
solving (1) and (2) 1 = I1  I2  1   1 ......  1  2 

  r2    2 r1 
1
 C1 =
2 I r 

and clearly F2 = 2 12 1
1 r
C2 = – 46. Deflection = Deflection at load + Slope × Distance
2
1 x 1 x W13 W12
 y= e  e    .05
2 2 3EI 2EI
1 W = 500
= (e x  e  x )
2 1 = .05
41. MQ = 0 EI = 200
100 × cos 60 × 4 = Ra × 4  = 0.2604 mm
 Ra = 50 kN 47. Since all dimensions have bilateral tolerances
FPR × cos 45 = 100 cos 60 L 4 = L 1 – L 2 – L3
 FPR = 70.71 kN = 22 – 10 – 10
100 sin 60 L4 = 2 mm
100 cos 60 Tolerance = 0.01 + 0.0015 + 0.0005
FPR
= 0.012
 L4 = 2.0±0.02 mm
Tolerance is calculated assuming L4 to be sink
and tolerance of sink will be cumulative sum of
all tolerances
48. When lifted from ground at Q
Q
Reaction = 0
36.6 50
 taking moments about ‘p’ and equating to 0
42. v= 2 gh  2  9.01  1  4.4294 m/s .09 × .06 = mr 2 × .09
9.01 × .09 × .06 = .002 × 2.19 × 10–3 × 2 × .09
v = 0 × v = 3.5432 m/s
  = 366.50 rad/s
v2
h= = 0.64m = 3500 rpm
2g
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49.  = 2N = 2 ×  × 60 = 376.99 rad/second 52.

1
.05 = 2
  
1 
 n 
2 2 (0, 0)
      (2, 0) (4, 0)
 20  1       21

 n  n 
2 = 212n
n = 82.266 rad/s 1
×circumference
4
k 1
n =  82.266  × ×4
m 4
1 = 6767.6005 N/m 
time =  2sec
50. 1.5 
2 5
0 2 2
5 1.320
3 53. Cf =
2 6 8 Re x
1
3
0 3 vd vd.
3 6 Rex = 
 v
4 3 7 v = 2m/s
Critical path – 1 – 4 – 3 – 5 1 = 2.5m
Time taken = 8 days  = 2 × 10–5 m2/s
1
2 R   r 3  F = C f  Av2
51. Tm = C C 1 r dr 2
um R2 0
1 2
  R  
  A = 2.5 × 1
R
2C1C 2  r4  On substituting we get
= r   dr
um R 2 0 
 F = 0.0159N
R3 
2C1C2  3 2  u v w
54.   = 0
= u R 2  10 R  x y z
m
a1 + b2 + c3 = 0
0.6C1 C2
= 2 – 4 + b2 = 0
um
b2 = 2
Since u(r, x) is constant, um = C1
 tm = 0.6C2
