Memory based GATE MT 2020 Questions with Answers

Q.1 Two solid spheres X and Y of identical diameters are made up of different materials having
thermal diffusivities 100 × 10-6 m2/s and 25 × 10-6 m2/s. They are kept in an atmosphere of
1000K. If the sphere X reaches a temperature of 800K at its centre in 1 hour, then how much
time (in hours) does the sphere Y takes to reach 800K at its centre?

a) 16 b) 4 c) 2 d) 1

Ans. (b)

Q.2 If steady state creep rate at 980K is 20 times that of the creep rate at 890K then at how
much temperature in K will the creep rate be 5 times that of the creep rate at 890K?

Ans. (936.19)

Q.3 The size of the largest atom (in nm) that can fit in the octahedral void of bcc structure of
atomic radius 0.124nm is _______

Ans. (0.019)

Q.4 What is the number of elastic constants for isotropic material?

Ans. (2)

Q.5 Which one of the following is electrolytic cell?

a) Charging of battery

b) Discharging of battery

Ans. (a)

Q.6 Corrosion rate follows parabolic rate law in a material of density 6.5 g/cm3. If the value of
constant is 3 × 10-6 g2cm-4s-1, then how much time in seconds will it take to corrode a thickness
of 2 µm?

Ans. (0.56)

Q.7 F(x) = x lnx + (1-x) ln(1-x) + 3x(1-x) at x = 0.5 is having

a) Local maxima
b) Local minima

c) Infection point

d) Non zero slope

Ans. (a)

Q.8 What is the sequence of different states during aging process of Al-Cu system?

Ans. α →GP2→ Ɵ’’→Ɵ’→Ɵ

Q.9 Cupola furnace is used for the production of

a) Copper alloy

b) Aluminium alloy

c) Cast Iron

d) Plane carbon steel

Ans. (c)

Q.10 Which one of the following gating element is not used in green sand casting?

a) Runner

b) Riser

c) Sprue

d) Pouring Basin

Ans. (Statement incomplete)

Q.11 Find the angle of bite in rolling operation if coefficient of friction is 0.1

Ans. (5.71)

Q.12 Find the filling time (in seconds) of mould cavity in top gating system.

Given: ht (height of metal above gate) = 0.5m, Area of gate = 0.2 m2, volume of mould = 10 m3

Ans. (15.96)
Q.13 What is the driving force in J/mol when liquid copper is cooled to 1353K? Copper having
melting point 1356K and latent heat is 13kJ/mole

Ans. (28.76)

Q.14 Find the area under y = [x], greater integer function of x where x belongs to [1,4]

Ans. (6)

Q.15 If the matrix m and the matrix n have determinants -9 and -14 respectively then find the
determinant of matrix (mn).

Ans. (126)

Q.16 In a steel making operation, 1000kg of steel contains 0.03 wt% sulphur and it has to be
reduced to 0.015 wt%. If the sulphur distribution ratio (wt % sulphur in slag)/(wt % sulphur in
steel) at equilibrium is 50 then how much slag is needed in kg?

Ans. (20)

Q.17 Which of the following is dielectric?

a) Electrical insulator

b) Electrical conductor

c) Magnetic material

d) Coupled conductor

Ans. (a)

Q.18 In a fcc crystal, if the first peak come at an angle of 24.65o then find the lattice parameter
in nm.

Given: Wavelength of X ray = 0.154 nm

Ans. (0.32)

Q.19 Curves y = ex and y = e-x will intersect at

a) 0,1

b) 2,-2

c) 1,1
d) 1,0

Ans. (a)

Q.20 Find the integral of f(y) = 1 – y from 0 to 1

Ans. (0.5)

Q.21 Find the integration of y = e-x2 by trapezoidal rule in the limits 0 to 1

Given: Take two intervals

Ans. (0.73)

Q.22 With increase in %CW

a) Recrystallization temperature decrease

b) low driving force

Ans. (a)

Q.23 Burning of C3H8 produces CO2 and H2O and adiabatic flame temperature is 5495K. With
usage of excess O2, what happens to adiabatic flame temperature?

a) Decreases irrespective of amount of excess oxygen

b) Increases or decreases depending on amount

c) Increases irrespective of amount of excess oxygen

d) Remains same

Ans. (a)

Q.24 Condition for superplastic material

a) Low strain rate sensitivity

b) High strain hardening exponent

c) Coarse grains

d) High strain rate sensitivity

Ans. (d)
Q.25 NDT technique is used to detect cracks and it can detect cracks upto 1mm (both surface
and internal) with 10% margin of safety. What is the maximum tensile stress (in MPa) that can
be applied? Given: fracture toughness = 30MPam1/2 and geometric factor is 1

Ans. (486.58)

Q.26 A galvanic cell in operation with Eo (Zn2+/Zn) = -0.76V and Eo (Fe2+/Fe) = -0.44V. It produces
a voltage of 0.5V then the ratio of Fe2+/Zn2+ is of the order of __________

Given: T = 298K and R = 8.314 J/mol.K

a) 10-3 b) 10-4 c) 106 d) 107

Ans. (c)

Q.27 The reaction that is not feasible in FCC is

Ans. ½ [110] + ½ [110] = [110]

Q.28 The number of atoms/nm2 in (100) plane of Pb (fcc) is __________

Given: r = 0.175nm

Ans. (8.16)

Q.29 Three vectors 𝑎⃗ = - i - j + k, 𝑏⃗⃗ = - i + 2j + k, 𝑐⃗ = i + k will be

a) Coplanar

b) Mutually perpendicular

c) Vector a is 60o to the plane containing vector b and vector c

d) Vector b is 60o to the plane containing vector a and vector c

Ans. (b)

Q.30 Find the divergence of a vector 𝑎⃗ = x3i + 3xy2j + 3y2Zk

Ans. 3 (x+y)2

Q.31 Crack growth rate is governed by equation da/dn = (∆K)3. If the crack length increases two
times then crack growth rate will be increased by a factor _______.

Ans. (2.83)
Q.32 Dye penetrant method is based on the principle of

a) Capillary action

b) Magnetic particle inspection

Ans. (a)
𝑑2𝑦 𝑑𝑦
Q.33 The solution of the differential equation 2
+4 + 3𝑦 = 0 is y = c1eαx + c2eβx,
𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑥
where α and β are

a) 1,0

b) -1,0

c) -1,-3

d) 1,3

Ans. (c)

Q.34 The variation of the spectral emissive power with wavelength for black body and grey
body is given as

Ans.

Q.35 Match the following:

A) Kroll’s process P) Cabothermic reduction

B) Blast furnace Q) Metallothermic reduction
C) Basic oxygen furnace R) Aluminium
D) Hall Heroult process S) Oxidation

Ans. A-Q, B-P, C-S, D-R

Q.36 Match the following:

A) Corex process P) Ferrochrome

B) Midrex process Q) molten pig iron
C) Flash smelting R) sponge iron
D) Submerged arc furnace S) copper matte

Ans. A-Q, B-R, C-S, D-P