1. In involute gears, the pressure angle is a. zero b.

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a. dependent on the size of teeth c. >1 d. none of these
b. dependent on the size of gears 14. The size of the gear is usually specified by
c. always constant a. Pressure angle b. circular pitch
d. always variable c. Diametral pitch
2. The gear train usually employed in clocks is a d. Pitch circle diameter
a. reverted gear train 15. Bevel gears having equal number of teeth and
b. simple gear train equal pitch angle connect two othogonally
c. sun and planet gear intersecting shaft. This system of gears is known
d. differential gear as:
3. A reverted gear train is one in which the output a. Crown gears b. hypoid gears
shaft and input shaft c. worm gears d. mitre gears
a. rotate in opposite directions 16. In gears interference taken place when:
b. are co-axial a. the tip of tooth of a mating gear digs into
c. are at right angles to each other the portion between base and root circles
d. are at an angle to each other b. Gears do not move smoothly in the
4. The working surface above the pitch surface of the absence of lubrication
gear tooth is termed as c. Pitch of the gear is not same
a. addendum b. dedendum d. gear teeth are undercut
c. flank d. face 17. Which one of the following is true for involute
5. The curve traced by the end of a thread as it gear?
unwound from a stationary cylinder is known as a. Interference is inherently absent
a. Circle b. Cyycloid b. Variation in centre distance of shaft
c. Empicycloid d. Involute increases radial force
6. In a simple gear train, if the number of idler gears c. A convex flank is always in contact with
is odd, then the direction of motion of driven gear concave flank
will d. Pressure angle is constant through the
a. be same as that of the driving gear teeth engagement
b. be opposite to the driving gear 18. The arm OA of a epicyclic gear train shown in
c. depend upon the number of teeth on the figure revolves counter clockwise about O with an
driving gear angular velocity of 4 rad/s. Both gear are of same
d. depend upon the total number of teeth size. The angular velocity of gears C, if the sun gear
on all gears of the train B is fixed is:
7. The gears employed for connecting two non-
intersecting and nonparallel, ie. non coplanar
shafts are a. 4 rad/s
a. Bevel gears b. Spiral gears b. 8 rad/s
c. Helical gears d. Mitre Gears c. 10 rad/s
8. The product of the diametral pitch and circular d. 12 rad/s
pitch is equal to 19. Common contact ratio of a pair of spur pinion and
a. 1 b. 1/ gear is:
c.  d. 2 a. less than 1.0
9. The train value of a gear train is b. equal to 1
a. V.R b. I/V.R c. between 2 and 3
c. always>1 d. always <1 d. greater than 3
10. In a gear train, when axes of the shafts, over which 20. Which of the following provides a smooth and
the gear are mounted move (revolve) to fixed is positive drive?
called a. rope drive b. V-belt drive
a. simple gear train c. chain drive d. gear drive
b. compound gear train 21. Mitre gears are
c. reverted gear train a. gears having different modules
d. epicyclic gear train b. helical gears having same pitch
11. Which type of gear is used for shaft axes having an c. spur gears of equal diameter and pitch
offset? d. right angled bevel gears having the same
a. Mitre gears number of teeth
b. Spiral bevel gears 22. The gears used for non intersecting and
c. Hyoid gears d. Zerol gears perpendicular shafts are of the type
12. The tooth, profile most commonly used in gear a. helical b. spiral
drives for power transmission is c. hypoid d. herringbone
a. A cycloid b. an involute 23. Which type of gears are used for shaft axes having
c. an ellipse d. a parabola an offset?
13. The contact ratio for gears is a. Mitre gears
b. spiral bevel gears
 c. Hypoid gears d. base circle
d. Zerol gears 36. The minimum number of teeth on the pinion
24. A rack is a gear of infinite which will mesh with any gear without
a. pitch interference for 200 full depth involute will be
b. module a. 12 b. 14
c. diameter c. 18 d. 32
d. number of teeth 37. The maximum efficiency of worm and worm wheel
25. In medium velocity gears, the peripheral velocity system is
lies between 1  cos 
a. 1-3 m/s b. 3-15 m/s a. max 
c. 15-25 m/s d. 25-50 m/s
1  cos 
26. The working surface above the pitch surface of the 1  sin 
b. max 
gear tooth is termed as 1  cos 
a. addendum b. dedendum
1  sin 
c. flank d. face c. max 
27. The product of circular pitch and diametral pitch 1  sin 
equals 1  tan 
a. 1 b. 1.57 d. max 
c.  d. infinity 1  tan 
28. In gear drive, addendum equals 38. The centre distance between two involute teeth
a. diametral pitch b. circular pitch gears of base radii R and r, and pressure angle  is
c. module of the gear given by
d. 1.57 times the module of the gear a. (R+r) sin  b. (R+r) cos 
29. Consider the following expressions for a spur gear: (R  r) (R  r)
c. d.
1. addendum=1/pd
sin  cos 
2. clearance = pc/20
3. centre distance for internal gears =(T1+T2)/2pd 39. In the epicyclic gear train shown in the figure, A is
4. dedendum = 1.57 pc/ fixed. A has 100 teeth and B has 20 teeth. If the
Which of these expressions are correct? arm C makes three revolutions, the number of
a. 1, 2, 3 and 4 b. 1, 2 and 3 revolutions made by B will be
c. 1 and 2 d. 1, 2 and 4
30. 200 gears have a module pitch of 40 mm. The
number of teeth on the gear is 40. If addendum is a. 12
equal to one module, what is the radius of b. 15
addendum circle in mm? c. 18
a. 36 b. 42 d. 24
c. 56 d. 94 40. A fixed gear having 100 teeth is in mesh with
31. The circular pitch of a toothed wheel having 24 another gear having 50 teeth. The two gears are
teeth and a module of 4.25 mm will be equal to connected by an arm. The number of turns made
a. 1.35 mmb. 4.25 mm by the smaller gear for one revolution of arm
c. 6.67 mmd. 13.35 mm about the centre of the bigger gear is
32. An external gear with 60 teeth meshes with a a. 2/4 b. 3
pinion of 20 teeth, module being 6 mm. What is c. 4 d. 5
the centre distance in mm? 41. Consider the following statements
a. 120 b. 180 A pinion of 14 ½0 pressure angle and 48 involute
c. 240 d. 300 teeth has a pitch circle diameter of 28.8 cm. It has
33. The locus of a point on the circumference of a 1. Module of 6mm
circle which rolls without slipping on a fixed 2. Circular pitch of 18 mm
straight line is referred to as 3. Addendum of 6 mm
a. Involute b. cycloid 4. diametral pitch of 11/113
c. epicycloid d. hypocycloid Which of these statements are correct?
34. In the case of an involute toothed gear, involute a. 2 and 3 b. 1 and 3
starts from c. 1 and 4 d. 2 and 4
a. addendum circle 42. Consider the following pairs of parts
b. dedendum circle 1. Pair of gear in mesh
c. pitch circle 2. Belt and pulley
d. base circle 3. Cylinder and piston
35. For a gear with involute profile teeth, the normal 4. Cam and follower
to the involute is a tangent to the Among these, the higher pairs are:
a. addendum circle a. 1 and 4 b. 2 and 4
b. dedendum circle c. 1, 2 and 3 d. 1, 2 and 4
c. pitch circle 43. What shall be the centre distance between the
axes of pinion and gear when a 200 full depth
 involute profile pinion with 20 teeth meshes with a
gear that has 50 teeth for a module of 6 mm?
a. 70 mm b. 140 mm
c. 210 mm d. 280 mm

44. In a reverted gear train, two gears P and Q are

meshing Q-R is a compound gear, and R and S are
meshing. The modules of P and R are 4 mm and 5
mm respectively. The numbers of teeth in P, Q and
R are 20, 40 and 25 respectively. The number of
teeth in S is
a. 23 b. 35
c. 50 d. 53
45. If the annular wheel of an epicyclic gear train has
100 teeth and the planet wheel has 20 teeth, the
number of teeth on the sun wheel is
a. 80 b. 60
c. 40 d. 20
46. Consider the following statements in respect of
worm gears:
1. They are used for very high speed reductions.
2. The velocity ratio does not depend on the
helix angle of the worm
3. The axes of worm and gear are generally
perpendicular and non-intersecting
Which of these statements are correct?
a. 1 and 2 b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 3 d. 1, 2 and 3
47. A gear having 100 teeth is fixed and another gear
having 25 teeth revolves around it, centre lines of
both the gears being jointed by an arm. How many
revolutions will be made by the gear of 25 teeth
for one revolution of arm?
a. 3 b. 4
c. 5 d. 6
48. The number of degrees of freedom of an epicyclic
gear train is
a. zero b. one
c. two d. Three
49. Two spur gears of 200 full depth involute system
are transmitting motion with a gear ratio of 2. The
ratio of the base circle radii of the gears would be:
a. 0.5 b. 0.68
c. 0.72 d. 1.00
50. The arc of contact and the path of contact are,
respectively 27 mm and 25.4 mm, in a pair of
involute spur gears. The pressure angle would be
a. 14.50 b. 17.20
c. 19.80 d. 20.50