Refrigeration and Air- conditioning SETA 1. The resultant of two equal forces P making an angle 8, is given by: (a) 2P sin (8/2) {b) 2P tan (8/2) (.c} 2P cot (8/2) {d) 2Pcos(0/2) 2. Abody weighs 98N on a spring balance on the north pole. The same body is shifted to the equator, the weight of the body at the equator on the same scale is: (Assume g=9.8 m/sec’ and radius of the earth=6400 km) : (a) 97.45N (b) 98.66 N (c) 97.66 N (d) 98.22N 3. A.uniform heavy rod of weight W, cross-sectional area A and length L and having Young’s Modulus E is hanging vertically from a fixed support. Neglecting lateral contraction, the elongation of the rod is given by: We 8 (a) SWL/3AE —(b) 48WL/AE—(c) WL/2AE (d) WL/(S48AE) 4. Two barsB1 and B2 of different materials and the same size are subjected to the same tensile force. If the bars have unit elongation in the ratio of 3:7 respectively, then the ratio of modulus of elasticity of the two bars B1 and B2 will be: (a) 3:7 (b) 7:3 (34 (a) 4:3 5. The pressure at a point 6 m below the free surface of water is: (a) 58.86 kPa (b) 58.86 Pa (c) 58.86 bar (d) 58.86 MPa 6. Auniform body of 4 m long, 1m wide and 1m deep floats in water. Ifthe depth of immersion is 0.6 m, then the weight of the body is: (a) 20.54 kN (b) 23.54 kN (c) 35.54 kN (d) 45.54 kN INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION Page-1-Refrigeration and Air- conditioning SET-A 7. Ajet of water discharging from a 6 cm diameter orifice has a diameter of 40 mm at its vena contracta. The coefficient of contraction is: (2) 0.36 (b) 0.54 (c) 0.21 (d) 0.44 8. APelton wheel develops 2000 kW under a head of 100 metres while running at 200 rpm, and discharging 3000 litres of water per second. The unit discharge of the wheel is: {a) 0.8 m® /sec (b) 0.3 m’/sec (c) 0.5 m’/sec (d) 0.6 m?/sec 9. What Drag force is exerted at sea level by 2 3.5m braking Parachute when the speed is 20 m/s Cj=1.20 and this remains constant, pax (sea level)=1.225 kg/m? (a) 2828.6 N (c) 282.86N (b) 28.28 N (a) 2.828 N 10. To convert volumetric analysis to gravimetric analysis, the relative volume of each constituent of the flue gases is: (a) divided by its molecular weight _(b) multiplied by its density (c) multiplied by its specific weight (d) multiplied by its molecular weight 11 A perfect gas at 27°C is heated at constant pressure tll its volume is double, The final temperature is: (a) 237°C (b) 327°C (c)208°c (a) 654°C 12. 1m? of air at a pressure of 10 kg/cm? is allowed to expand freely to a volume of 10m. The work done will be: (a) Zero {b) -ve (c)tve (d) 10° kgm 13. One reversible heat engine operates between 1400 K and T2K and another reversible heat engine operates between T;K and 600 K. If both the engines have the same heat input and output, then temperature Tz is equal to: (a) 616.85 {b) 1000.33 K (c) 916.52 K (d) 816.55 K 14, Carnot cycle consists of: {a) two constant volume and two isentropic processes {b) two constant pressure and two isentropic processes {c) one constant volume, one constant pressure and two isentropic processes {d) two isothermal and two isentropic process INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION Page -2-ration and Air- conditioning SETA 15, The operating temperature of a cold storage is -4°C. The heat leakage from the surrounding is 30kW for the ambient temperature of 35°C. The actual C.O.P. of refrigeration plant used is one-fifth that of ideal plant working between the same temperatures. The power required to drive the plant is: (a) 22.86 kW (b) 19.45 kW {c) 20.56 kW (d) 21.74 kW 16. The essential constituent of a hardened steel is: {a) austenite (b) pearlite (c) martensite (4) troostite 17. Ina vibrating system, if the actual damping coefficient is 50 N/m/s and critical damping coefficient is 500 N/m/s, then logarithmic decrement is equal to: (a) 0.21 {b) 0.45 (c) 0.63 (4) 0.87 18. A block of mass 1.2 kg moving at a speed of 20 cm/s collides head on with a similar block kept at rest, the coefficient of restitution is 3/5, the loss of kinetic energy during the collision is: (a)6.7x102 joule (b)7.7x10° joule _(c) 8.7x10° joule (d) 17.7x10° joule 19. Stage efficiency of a turbine is equal to: Work done on blades Work done on blades (2) seereceravemeiiea (b) Total energy supplied nergy supplied per stage (cq Berousupalied peste qy TotaLenergy sop ~ Werk done on Blades ‘Work done on blades 20. A pendulum bob has a speed of 3 m/s while passing through its lowest position, the speed of the bob when it makes an angle of 60° with the vertical is: (Assume g= 10 m/sec? and Length of pendulum is 0.5 m) = (a) 1m/s — (b)LSm/s_—(c) 1.75 (d) 2.0 m/s INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION Page - 3-