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Mechanical Engineering Excerise 1: X X LT X
Mechanical Engineering Excerise 1: X X LT X
⎡ 1 3 0⎤
⎢ ⎥
1. Given that the determinant of the matrix ⎢ 2 6 4 ⎥ is – 12, the determinant of
⎢⎣ −1 0 2 ⎥⎦
⎡ 2 6 0⎤
⎢ ⎥
the matrix ⎢ 4 12 8 ⎥ is
⎢⎣ −2 0 4⎥⎦
x − sin x
2. Lt is
x→0 1 − cos x
1+ i
3. The argument of the complex number , where i = −1 , is
1− i
π π
(A) – π (B) − (C) (D) π
2 2
dx dy
4. The matrix form of the linear system = 3x − 5 y and = 4 x + 8 y is
dt dt
d ⎧ x ⎫ ⎡ 3 −5 ⎤ ⎧ x ⎫ d ⎧ x ⎫ ⎡3 8 ⎤ ⎧ x ⎫
(A) ⎨ ⎬= ⎨ ⎬ (B) ⎨ ⎬= ⎨ ⎬
dt ⎩ y ⎭ ⎣⎢ 4 8 ⎦⎥ ⎩ y ⎭ dt ⎩ y ⎭ ⎣⎢ 4 −5⎦⎥ ⎩ y ⎭
d ⎧ x ⎫ ⎡ 4 −5 ⎤ ⎧ x ⎫ d ⎧ x ⎫ ⎡4 8 ⎤ ⎧ x ⎫
(C) ⎨ ⎬= ⎨ ⎬ (D) ⎨ ⎬= ⎨ ⎬
dt ⎩ y ⎭ ⎣⎢ 3 8 ⎦⎥ ⎩ y ⎭ dt ⎩ y ⎭ ⎣⎢ 3 −5⎦⎥ ⎩ y ⎭
5. Which one of the following describes the relationship among the three vectors,
i + j + k , 2i + 3 j + k and 5i + 6 j + 4k ?
(A) The vectors are mutually perpendicular
(B) The vectors are linearly dependent
(C) The vectors are linearly independent
(D) The vectors are unit vectors
6. A circular rod of length ‘L’ and area of cross‐section ‘A’ has a modulus of elasticity
‘E’ and coefficient of thermal expansion ‘α’. One end of the rod is fixed and other
end is free. If the temperature of the rod is increased by ΔT, then
(B) both stress and strain developed in the rod are zero
(C) stress developed in the rod is zero and strain developed in the rod is α ΔT
(D) stress developed in the rod is E α ΔT and strain developed in the rod is zero
7. A metallic rod of 500 mm length and 50 mm diameter, when subjected to a tensile
force of 100 kN at the ends, experiences an increase in its length by 0.5 mm and a
reduction in its diameter by 0.015 mm. The Poisson’s ratio of the rod material is
_______
8. Critical damping is the
(A) Largest amount of damping for which no oscillation occurs in free vibration
(B) Smallest amount of damping for which no oscillation occurs in free vibration
(C) largest amount of damping for which the motion is simple harmonic in free
vibration
(D) Smallest amount of dampingg for which the motio
on is simplee harmonic in free
vibration
n
9. A circcular objecct of radiuss r rolls witthout slipp
ping on a horizontal level floor w
with the
centeer having velocity
v V.. The veloccity at thee point of contact beetween the object
and tthe floor is
(A) zeero (B) V in thee direction of motion
(C) V opposite tto the direction of m
motion (D) V verticcally upwarrd from the floor
10. he given sttatements:
For th
I. Maating spur gear teeth
h is an exam
mple of higgher pair
II. A rrevolute jo
oint is an exxample of lower pairr
Indicate the correct answ
wer.
(A) Both I and II are false (B) I is truee and II is ffalse
(C) I iis false and
d II is true (D) Both I and II are true
(A) 2.14 (B) 1.8
89 (C) 1.21
1 (D) 0.96
12. number siggnifies the ratio of
Biot n
(A) co
onvective rresistance in the fluid
d to condu
uctive resisstance in th
he solid
(B) co
onductive resistance in the soliid to conveective resisstance in the fluid
(C) in
nertia force
e to viscous force in tthe fluid
(D) buoyancy fo
orce to visccous force in the fluid
ntropy (B) EEnthalpy (C) Exergy (D)) Rothalpy
(A) En
The free
f stream
m velocity is U∞ and
d the free stream teemperaturee T∞ is low
wer than
the ccylinder surface temp
perature TTs. The locaal heat tran
nsfer coeffficient is m
minimum
at po
oint
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
4
15. For a completely submergged body w
with centree of gravityy ‘G’ and ccentre of buoyancy
‘B’, th
he conditio
on of stability will bee
(A) G is located below B (B) G is located above B
(C) G and B are coincident (D) independent of the locations of G and B
16. In a power plant, water (density = 1000 kg/m3) is pumped from 80 kPa to 3 MPa.
The pump has an isentropic efficiency of 0.85. Assuming that the temperature of
the water remains the same, the specific work (in kJ/kg) supplied to the pump is
(A) 0.34 (B) 2.48 (C) 2.92 (D) 3.43
17. Which one of the following is a CFC refrigerant?
(A) R744 (B) R290 (C) R502 (D) R718
18. The jobs arrive at a facility, for service, in a random manner. The probability
distribution of number of arrivals of jobs in a fixed time interval is
(A) Normal (B) Poisson (C) Erlang (D) Beta
19. In exponential smoothening method, which one of the following is true?
(A) 0 ≤ α ≤ 1 and high value of a is used for stable demand
(B) 0 ≤ α ≤ 1 and high value of a is used for unstable demand
(C) α ≥ 1 and high value of a is used for stable demand
(D) α ≤ 0 and high value of a is used for unstable demand
20. For machining a rectangular island represented by coordinates P(0,0), Q(100,0),
R(100,50) and S(0,50) on a casting using CNC milling machine, an end mill with a
diameter of 16 mm is used. The trajectory of the cutter centre to machine the
island PQRS is
(A) (‐8, ‐8), (108, ‐8), (108,58), (‐8,58) , (‐8, ‐8)
(B) (8,8), (94,8), (94,44), (8,44), (8,8)
(C) (‐8,8), (94,0), (94,44), (8,44), (‐8,8)
(D) (0,0), (100,0), (100,50), (50,0), (0,0)
21. Which one of the following instruments is widely used to check and calibrate
geometric features of machine tools during their assembly?
(A) Ultrasonic probe (B) Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)
(C) Laser interferometer (D) Vernier calipers
22. The major difficulty during welding of aluminium is due to its
(A) high tendency of oxidation (B) high thermal conductivity
(C) low melting point (D) low density
23. The main cutting force acting on a tool during the turning (orthogonal cutting)
operation of a metal is 400 N. The turning was performed using 2 mm depth of cut
and 0.1 mm/rev feed rate. The specific cutting pressure (in N/mm2) is
(A) 1000 (B) 2000 (C) 3000 (D) 4000
24. The process of reheating the martensitic steel to reduce its brittleness without any
significant loss in its hardness is
(A) normalising (B) annealing (C) quenching (D) tempering
25. In solid‐state welding, the contamination layers between the surfaces to be welded
are removed by
(A) alcohol (B) plastic deformation
(C) water jet (D) sand blasting
1
26. The integral
i v∫C ( ydx − xddy) is evalluated along the cirrcle x2 + y 2 = 4 traversed in
counter clockw
wise directio
on. The inttegral is eq
qual to
π π π
(A) 0 (B) − (C) − (D
D)
4 2 4
d2y
27. of 2 = 0 with the b
If y = f(x) is the solution o boundary cconditionss y = 5 at x = 0, and
dx
dy
= 2 at x = 110, f(15) =________
dx
28. In the following table, x is a discreete random variablee and p(x) is the pro
obability
density. The staandard devviation of xx is
(A) 0.18 (B) 0.3
36 (C) 0.54
4 (D) 0.6
29. Usingg the trape
ezoidal rulee, and diviiding the interval of integration into threee equal
+1
subin he definite integral ∫ | x | dx is________
ntervals, th
−1
31. A blo
ock R of mass
m 100 kg
k is placed
d on a blo
ock S of mass
m 150 kgg as show
wn in the
figuree. Block R is tied to the wall b
by a mass less and in
nextensible string PQ
Q. If the
coeffficient of static
s fricttion for all surfaces is 0.4, the minimum force F
F (in kN)
needed to movve the block S is
(A) 0.69 (B) 0.8
88 (C) 0.98
8 (D) 1.37
32. A pair of spur ggears with module 5 mm and a center disstance of 4
450 mm is used for
a speeed reduction of 5:1. The numb
ber of teeth
h on pinion
n is ________
34. An id
deal waterr jet with volume
v ow rate off 0.05 m3/s
flo / strikes a
a flat platee placed
norm
mal to its paath and exxerts a forcce of 1000 N. Consideering the d
density of w
water as
1000 kg/m3, the
e diameter (in mm) o
of the wateer jet is ________
36. A slid
der crank m
mechanism
m has sliderr mass of 1
10 kg, stroke of 0.2 m
m and rotaates with
a uniiform angu
ular velocitty of 10 raad/s. The p
primary ineertia forcees of the sllider are
partiaally balancced by a revolving
r m
mass of 6 kg at the crank, plaaced at a distance
d
equal to crank radius. Neglect thee mass of connecting rod and crank. When
W the
crankk angle (w
with respecct to sliderr axis) is 30°,
3 the un
nbalanced force (in newton)
n
norm
mal to the sslider axis iis ________
38. A rigiid uniform rod AB off length L aand mass m
m is hinged
d at C such
h that AC == L/3, CB
= 2L//3. Ends A
A and B are supporteed by springs of sprring constaant k. Thee natural
frequ
uency of th
he system iis given byy
k k 2k 5k
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2m m m m
41. 1 m3/kg, uf = 504.0
1.5 kg of waterr is in saturated liquid state at 2 bar (vf == 0.001061
kJ/kgg, hf = 50
05 kJ/kg). Heat is added
a nt pressuree process till the
in a constan
temp
perature of 00°C (v = 1.5493 m3/kg, u = 2967.0 kJ//kg, h =
o water reeaches 40
3277.0 kJ/kg). TThe heat added (in kJJ) in the prrocess is ________
42. Consider one d
dimensionaal steady sstate heat conduction across a wall (as shown in
figuree below) o
of thicknesss 30 mm and therm
mal conducctivity 15 W
W/m.K. At x = 0, a
1 × 105 W/m
consttant heat fflux, q" = 1 m2 is applied. On thee other side of the w
wall, heat
is rem
moved fro d at 25°C and heat transfer
om the waall by convvection with a fluid
coeffficient of 250 W/m2.K
K. The tem
mperature ((in °C), at xx = 0 is________
43. Water flows through a pipe having an inner radius of 10 mm at the rate of 36 kg/hr
at 25°C. The viscosity of water at 25°C is 0.001 kg/m.s. The Reynolds number of the
flow is_______
45. In a simple concentric shaft‐bearing arrangement, the lubricant flows in the 2 mm
gap between the shaft and the bearing. The flow may be assumed to be a plane
Couette flow with zero pressure gradient. The diameter of the shaft is 100 mm and
its tangential speed is 10 m/s. The dynamic viscosity of the lubricant is 0.1 kg/m.s.
The frictional resisting force (in newton) per 100 mm length of the bearing is
_______
46. The non‐dimensional fluid temperature profile near the surface of a convectively
T −T
2
y ⎛ y⎞
cooled flat plate is given by W = a + b + c ⎜ ⎟ , where y is measured
TW − T∞ L ⎝L⎠
perpendicular to the plate, L is the plate length, and a, b and c are arbitrary
constants. TW and T∞ are wall and ambient temperatures, respectively. If the
thermal conductivity of the fluid is k and the wall heat flux is q", the Nusselt
q" L
number Nu = . is equal to
TW − T∞ k
47. In an air‐standard Otto cycle, air is supplied at 0.1 MPa and 308 K. The ratio of the
specific heats (γ) and the specific gas constant (R) of air are 1.4 and 288.8 J/kg.K,
respectively. If the compression ratio is 8 and the maximum temperature in the
cycle is 2660 K, the heat (in kJ/kg) supplied to the engine is _______
48. A revversible he
eat enginee receives 2 kJ of heeat from a
a reservoirr at 1000 K and a
certaain amount of heat from a reeservoir at 800 K. It
I rejects 1 kJ of heeat to a
0 K. The neet work output (in kJ) of the cyccle is
reserrvoir at 400
(A) 0.8 (B) 1.0
0 (C) 1.4 (D) 2.0
49. An id
deal reheatt Rankine ccycle operaates betweeen the preessure limits of 10 kP
Pa and 8
MPa,, with rehe
eat being d ure of steaam at the inlets of
done at 4 MPa. The temperatu
i 500°C and the entthalpy of steam
both turbines is s is 3185
3 kJ/kg at the exit of the
high pressure turbine an
nd 2247 kJ/kg
k at th f low pressure turbiine. The
he exit of
enthaalpy of waater at the exit from the pump
p is 191 kJ/kg. Use the following table
for reelevant datta.
Disreegarding th
he pump w
work, the cyycle efficiency (in perrcentage) iis ________
5 144 7 10
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 3 5 3
53. For th
he given asssembly: 2
25 H7/g8, m
match Group A with Group B
(A) P‐‐I, Q‐III, R‐IV, S‐II (B) P‐I, Q‐IV, R‐III, S‐II
(C) P‐‐II, Q‐III, R‐‐IV, S‐I (D) P‐II,, Q‐IV, R‐IIII, S‐I
54. If thee Taylor’s tool life exp
ponent n iss 0.2, and tthe tool ch
hanging tim
me is 1.5 m
min, then
the to
ool life (in min) for m
maximum p
production
n rate is ___
______
Key for Excerise‐1
Q.NO Key/ Range 29 1.10 to 1.12
1 A 30 8.4 to 8.5
2 A 31 D
3 C 32 29 to 31
4 A 33 0.064 to 0.067
5 B 34 56 to 57
6 C 35 4.8 to 5.0
7 0.29 to 0.31 36 29 to 31
8 B 37 1.2 to 1.3
9 A 38 D
10 D 39 0.75 to 0.85
11 D 40 499 to 501
12 B 41 4155 to 4160
13 C 42 620 to 630
14 B 43 635 to 638
15 A 44 0.06 to 0.07
16 D 45 15 to 16
17 C 46 B
18 B 47 1400 to 1420
19 B 48 C
20 A 49 40 to 42
21 C 50 B
22 A 51 0.9 to 1.1
23 B 52 2.8 to 3.0
24 A 53 D
25 B 54 5.9 to 6.1
26 C 55 7 to 8
27 34 to 36
28 D