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Q.1 Which of the following is/are grammatically possible?

1. Ravi came round.
2. Ravi came round to my house.
3. Ravi came round my house.
4. My house was come round to Ravi.

a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 1 and 4
d. 3 and 4

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Q.2 Work diligently so that you _______

a. shall get good score.

b. should get good score.
c. may get good score.
d. will get good score.

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Q.3 Which of the following pair can be used to make a meaningful sentence given below?
Paradoxically, the effects of Vardah (the cyclone) were both ______ and ______ , it demolished homes
and businesses in its wake but it spurred an economic revival by creating jobs for many previously
unemployed workers.

a. destructive, constructive
b. empirical, scientific
c. practical, theoretical
d. fearsome, dreaded

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Q.4 The average of all odd numbers upto 100 is

a. 50
 b. 50.5
c. 49.5
d. 49

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Q.5 The ratio of cost price and selling price of an article be as 10 : 11, the profit percentage is
_________%.

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Q.6 Vivek and Ashok start from a fixed point. Vivek moves 3 km north and turns right and he covers 4
km. Ashok moves 4 km west and turns left and walks 3 km. Now, the separation between them is

a. 6 km

b.
c. 8 km

d. 10 km

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Q.7 “The earth’s resources are being depleted at a rapid pace. To correct this, USA must try to maintain
its resource consumption at present levels for a number of years to come.”
Which of the following assumptions will validate the argument given above?

a. Per capita resource consumption in USA is at an all-time high.

b. USA wastes resources.
c. USA uses more resources than any other country.
d. Curbing resource consumption in USA will significantly reduce depletion of global resources.

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Q.8 X is 3 times as fast as Y and is able to complete the work in 40 days less than Y. Then the time in
which they can complete the work together is

a. 5 days

b.
c. 10 days
d. 15 days

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Q.9 A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the same direction in which train is running, at the
rate of 2 km/h and 4 km/h and passes them completely in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. The
length of train is
 a. 50 m
b. 125 m
c. 90 m
d. 180 m

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Q.10 A thief is noticed by a police man from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and the police
man chases him. The thief and the police man run at speed of 10 km/h and 11 km/h respectively.
The distance travelled by thief before being caught is _________ meters.

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Q.11 In a free vortex, velocity

a. decreases with radius

b. increases with radius
c. is constant
d. varies inversely as the square of the radius

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Q.12 Consider the following statements:

1. Work done in a free expansion process is positive.
2. Variation of pressure and volume at constant temperature are correlated through Boyle’s law.
3. For a gas that is allowed to expand reversibly and adiabatically, there is no change in entropy.
Of these statements:

a. 1 and 2 are true

b. 2 and 3 are true
c. 1 and 3 are true
d. 1, 2 and 3 are true

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Q.13 A cantilever truss of 3 m span is loaded as shown below.

The magnitude of force in member AB is

a. 11.5 kN
 b. 12.2 kN
c. 10.5 kN
d. 14.5 kN

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Q.14 Misrun is a casting defect which occurs due to

a. Very high pouring temperature of the metal

b. Insufficient fluidity of the molten metal
c. Absorption of gases by the liquid metal
d. Improper alignment of the mould flasks

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Q.15 Which of the following process does not hold true for adiabatic or chemical humidification ?

a. Humidity ratio increases

b. Dew point temperature increases
c. Relative humidity increases
d. Specific volume increases

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Q.16 For the system shown in figure for stopping a mass of 2 kg moving at a velocity of 3 m/sec, what
will be the dynamic force on spring if its stiffness is 45 kN/m?

a. 20 N
b. 200 N
c. 90 N
d. 900 N

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Q.17 Figure shows a truss with loading at the end F and D, the axial force at support A, is :
 a. 40 kN
b. 80 kN
c. 20 kN
d. 60 kN

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Q.18 The arc of contact and the path of contact are, 29 mm and 27.4 mm respectively in a pair of involute
spur gears. The pressure angle would be

a. 14.5°
b. 17.2°
c. 18.8°
d. 19.12°

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Q.19
The beam section shown in figure subjected to maximum bending stress of 10 N/mm2. The force
shared by shaded area is

a. 33.33 kN
b. 66.66 kN
c. 50 kN
d. 100 kN

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Q.20 The best choice of anti-friction bearing to support a shaft carrying a single helical gear at heavy
load is

a. self aligning ball bearing

b. deep groove ball bearing

c. tapered roller bearing

d. thrust bearing

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Q.21
If the maximum shear stress is limited to 50 N/mm2 then the radius (in mm) of solid shaft for 9.5
kW motor operating at 40 Hz is
 a. 7.84
b. 7.12
c. 15.44
d. 12.83

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Q.22 With n variables and m fundamental dimensions in a system, which one of the following statements
relating to the application of the Buckingham’s π-theorem is incorrect?

a. Buckingham’s π-theorem is not directly applicable in compressible flow problem.

b. Buckingham’s π-theorem reduces the number of variables by the number of fundamental
dimensions involved.
c. With experience, π-terms can be written simply by inspection of variables in a flow system.
d. Buckingham’s π-theorem yields dimensionless π-terms given by the difference between the
number of variables and the number of fundamental dimensions.

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Q.23 In a thermal power plant operating on Rankine cycle, steam having enthalpy of 2995 kJ/kg and
entropy
‘s’ enters the turbine where it expands to a condenser pressure of 5 kPa where
hf = 137.77 kJ/kg hg = 2561.6 kJ/kg

sf = 0.4763 kJ/kgK sg = 8.3960 kJ/kgK

If the enthalpy of exiting steam be 1994.2 kJ/kg. Then the dryness fraction at the inlet to the
condenser and ‘s’ are respectively

a. 0.73, 6.54 kJ/kg

b. 0.76, 6.53 kJ/kg
c. 0.60, 7.47 kJ/kg
d. None of these

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Q.24
If z = log(x2 + xy + y2), then the value of is

a. 2z
b. z

c.
d. 2

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Q.25 Consider the following system of equations:

 The system of equations has

a. no solution
b. a unique solution
c. an infinite number of solutions
d. finite number of solutions

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Q.26 It is observed that the intensity of the radiation emitted by the sun is maximum at a wavelength of

0.5 μm. Assuming the sun to be a black body, the emissive power of the sun (in MW/m2) is _______.

Attempt Incorrect Your Ans. 63.98 Correct Ans. 64.16 (64 - 64.75)
Solution

Q.27
A hydro-electric reservoir can supply water continuously at a rate of 100 m3/s. The head is 75 m.
The power can be developed is ______________ MW. (Assume overall efficiency is 100%, g = 9.81

m/s2)

Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 73.57 (73 - 74) Solution

Q.28 Arrivals at a telephone booth are considered to be poisson with an average of 15 minutes between
one arrival and the next. The length of a phone call is assumed to be distributed exponentially with
mean of 5 min. The probability that a person arriving at the booth will have to wait is ___________ (in
decimals)

Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 0.33 (0.30 - 0.40) Solution

Q.29 A project takes 20 days along the critical path and has a standard deviation of 4 days. The
probability of completing the project within 20 days will be ___________%.

Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 50 Solution

Q.30 The DC power source for arc welding has the characteristic 4V + I = 560, where V = voltage in volt
and I = current in ampere. For maximum arc power at the electrode, voltage should be set at
_____________ volt.

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Q.31 A milling cutter having 10 teeth is rotating at 100 rpm. The workpiece feed is set at 50 mm/min.
 The feed per tooth is ___________ mm.

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Q.32 In a electrochemical machining (ECM) operation, a square hole of dimensions 4 mm × 4 mm is

drilled in a block of copper. The current used is 4000 ampere. Atomic weight of copper is 63 and
valence of dissolution is 1. Faraday constant is 96500 coulomb. The material removal rate is
__________ gm/s.

Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 2.61 (2.5 - 2.7) Solution

Q.33 A long metal tube 7.5 cm internal diameter and 1.5 cm thick, has closed ends, and is subjected to

an internal fluid pressure of 3 MN/m2. If modulus of elasticity of tube is 200 GN/mm2 and

volumetric strain of tube is 0.727 × 10–3 then the poisson’s ratio is ____________.

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Q.34 A can hit a target 3 times in 5 shots, B hits 2 times in 5 shots and C hits 3 times in 4 shots. The
probability that atleast two of them hits the target is __________.

Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 0.63 (0.60 - 0.65) Solution

Q.35

The value of integral is ________.

(Here C is a square with corners at ±2 ±2i)

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Q.36 If 1.5 is the polytropic index of compression for a reciprocating compressor which compresses air

from 1 bar to 15.62 bar and the volume flow rate of air at inlet to the compressor is 5 m3/min then
work input to the compressor (in kW) is

a. 37.49
b. 25
c. 10.37
d. 8.50

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Q.37 Which one of the following is correct for “Burger’s vector” in Edge dislocation ?

a. perpendicular to the dislocation line

 b. inclined to the dislocation line
c. parallel to the dislocation line
d. opposite to the dislocation line

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Q.38 Which one of the following groups constitutes a set of parameters of identical dimensions?

a. Velocity potential, stream function, vorticity

b. Power, torque, bending moment
c. Relative roughness, friction factors, sublayer thickness
d. Rate of angular deformation, velocity gradient, speed in rpm

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Q.39 A shaft rotating at constant speed has variable load applied to it. The radial load on a bearing is F1

equal to 3 kN for 1 second, F2 equal to 1.5 kN for 2 seconds, and F3 equal to 500 N for 3 seconds.

If the load variation subsequently repeats itself then the equivalent load Fm is

a. 1.785 kN
b. 2.329 kN
c. 1.264 kN
d. 3.258 kN

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Q.40 Two closely coiled helical springs ‘A’ and ‘B ’ are equal in all respects but number of turns of spring
‘A’ is half that of spring ‘B’, the ratio of deflections in spring ‘A ’ to spring ‘B ’ is

a. 0.8
b. 0.2
c. 0.9
d. 0.5

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Q.41 A tie bar 20 mm × 10 mm carries a tensile load of 1 kN as shown in figure. Under this load, the
maximum intensity of stress over the mean value will be increased by

a. 20%
 b. 40%
c. 60%
d. 80%

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Q.42 A single cylinder, four stroke IC engine rotating at 1000 rpm has crank length of 60 mm and a
connecting rod length of 300 mm. If the effective reciprocating mass of the engine is 1.5 kg, what is
the approximate magnitude of the maximum shaking force created by the engine ?

a. 533 N
b. 666 N
c. 133 N
d. None of these

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Q.43 In a hartnell governor, the mass of each ball is 3.5 kg. Maximum and minimum centrifugal forces on
the balls are 2000 N and 100 N corresponding to radii 30 cm and 20 cm respectively. Lengths of
vertical and horizontal arms of the bell crank levers are the same. Then what is the spring stiffness
in N/cm?

a. 100
b. 380
c. 400
d. 800

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Q.44 A spur gear drive is used for transmitting 12 kW at a speed of 1000 rpm. The pinion has 30 teeth
and pressure angle 14.5°. The gear has 75 teeth along with module of 5 mm and face width 60 mm.
For safe design, radius of pinion should be

a. 85 mm
b. 90 mm
c. 75 mm
d. 80 mm

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Q.45 In the figure, a 120 gram ball with a speed u of 2 m/s strikes a wall at angle θ of 30° and then
rebounds with the same speed and angle. It is in contact with the wall for 10 microseconds. The
magnitude of average force on the wall from the ball is
 a. 48 kN
b. 12 kN

c. 24 kN
d. 6 kN

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Q.46 Figure shows a gear train in which gear B and C constitute a compound gear. The number of teeth
are shown along with each wheel in the figure. The summation of speed of wheel A and E, if the arm
revolves at 210 rpm anticlockwise and gear D is fixed

a.

b.

c.

d.

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Q.47 The central deflection of the uniform bend shown in figure is

a.

b.

c.

d.

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Q.48 Consider the following idealised structure consisting of two rigid bars with pinned connections and
linearly elastic spring. Let the rotational stiffness of the spring be kθ . Then the critical load for the

structure is

a.

b.

c.

d.

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Q.49 Entropy of a saturated liquid at 227°C is 2.6 kJ/kgK. Its latent heat of vaporization is 1800 kJ/kg,
then the entropy of saturated vapour at 227°C would be

a. 10.53 kJ/kgK
b. 7.93 kJ/kgK
c. 6.2 kJ/kgK
d. 2.88 kJ/kgK

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Q.50

The value of integral, I = is

a.
 b.

c.

d.

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Q.51 A right circular cone with radius “r ” is inscribed in a sphere with radius “R ”. If it is known that, cone
has maximum volume, then the ratio of radius of sphere to radius of cone is

a.

b.

c.

d.

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Q.52 A hot metallic cube of 10 cm edge length and having 320°C temperature is hanged in a room. The

room air temperature and heat transfer coefficients are 20°C and 5 W/m2 K respectively. The

convective heat transfer from cube surface (in W) is ____________.

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Q.53 An inverted differential manometer as shown in figure has a manometeric liquid of specific gravity
0.8. The manometer is connected to two pipes A and B which conveys water. The pressure

difference (pB – pA ) is _____________N/m2. (Assume g = 10 m/s2)

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Q.54 The rectangular gate shown in figure is 3 m wide. The force P needed to hold the gate in the

position shown is ____________ kN. (Assume g = 9.81 m/s2)

Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 32.81 (32 - 33) Solution

Q.55 Water is being heated from hot exhaust gases in a shell and tube type heat exchanger. The heat
capacity of water is 4200 J/K and heat capacity of gases is 1000 J/K. If heat transfer surface area is

25 m2 and overall heat transfer coefficient is 120 W/m2K, the NTU of the heat exchanger is ________.

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Q.56 A thermal power plant operates on a regenerative cycle with a single open feedwater heater, as
shown in the figure. For the state points shown, the specific enthalpies are: h1 = 2800 kJ/kg and h2

= 200 kJ/kg. The bleed to the feed water heater is 20% of the boiler steam generation rate. The
specific enthalpy at state 3 is _______________ kJ/kg.

Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 720 (719 - 721) Solution

Q.57 A gas turbine power plant working on the Brayton cycle with regeneration of 80% effectiveness. The
air at the inlet to the compressor is at 1 bar and 300 K. The pressure ratio is 6 and maximum cycle
temperature is 1200 K. The turbine and compressor each have an efficiency of 80%. The efficiency
of the cycle with the regeneration will be _________%.

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Q.58 In a sheet metal of 2.5 mm thickness, a hole of 8 mm diameter needs to be punched. The yield
strength in tension of the sheet material is 100 MPa and its ultimate shear strength is 80 MPa. The
force required to punch the hole is ____________ kN.

Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 5.026 (4 - 6) Solution

Q.59 For a cascade refrigeration system, combined COP is 2 and COP of low temperature cascade
refrigeration system is 5. Then the COP of high temperature cascade system will be __________.

Attempt Incorrect Your Ans. 3.66 Correct Ans. 4 Solution

Q.60 Consider the following data for the demand of shirts (units) over the past 5 periods.

The magnitude difference between 3 periods and 5 periods moving average forecast for the sixth
period is ___________ units.

Attempt Correct Correct Ans. 0.67 (0.65 - 0.69) Solution

Q.61 Consider five jobs, two machine flow shop with processing time data given in table

Using Johnson algorithm, optimum make span time is __________unit.

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Q.62 For a metal machining process, following information is given:

Tool change time = 7 min
Tool regrind time = 4 min
Machine running cost = Rs. 5 per hour
Tool depreciation cost per re-grind = 40 paise
n = 0.24, c = 160
The optimum cutting speed is _____________ m/min.

Attempt Incorrect Your Ans. 76.03 Correct Ans. 62.4 (62 - 63)
Solution

Q.63 A Otto cycle takes in air at 200 K. The ratio of maximum and minimum temperature is 7. The
optimum compression ratio for the maximum work output of the cycle is _____
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Q.64
The integration is found using Trapezoidal rule assuming h = 1. The percentage error

with respect to actual value is ____________.

Attempt Incorrect Your Ans. 11.49 Correct Ans. 0.37 (0.30 - 0.45)
Solution

Q.65
The value of integral is _______.

(Where C is the square formed by lines x = ±1, y = ±1)

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Total Ques. 65 Total Ques. 65 Total Ques

Maximum Marks 100 Maximum Marks 100 Maximum

Attempted Ques. 51 Attempted Ques. 65 Attempted

Unattempted Ques. 14 Unattempted Ques. 0 Unattempt

Correct Ques. 42 Correct Ques. 61 Correct Qu

Incorrect Ques. 9 Incorrect Ques. 4 Incorrect Q

Total Score Total Score Total Score

58.69/100 92.68/100

Percentage 58.69% Percentage 92.68% Percentage

Total Time 180:0 Total Time 178:37 Total Time

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