MECHANICAL TEST

Plagiarism Grammar Technical Knowledge Total

(%) (Poor/Average/Good) (Out of 40) (Out of 10) (Out of 50)

         

General Instructions:

 The test is of 3 hours duration. There are a total of 9 questions carrying 50 marks.

 These are to be attempted in a sequential manner.

 The medium of writing the entire test is English.

 Question numbers 1 - 8 are technical based questions with a word limit of 50-70 words.

 Question number 9 is an Article writing question with the word limit of minimum 200 words.

 The font style to be used in the test is “Times New Roman” and the font style for the same should
be “12”.

 Only Scientific Calculator is allowed. Charts, graph sheets, tables, cellular phone or other
electronic gadgets are NOT to be used during the test.

 Incomplete solutions will not be marked and will be considered as incorrect.

 We follow a “Zero Tolerance Policy” towards plagiarism (Copying content directly from the
internet or any other source). Plagiarism is to be strictly avoided.

 No extra time will be provided to any of the candidates.

 In order to proceed to the next stage, all of the following criteria need to be fulfilled by the
candidate:

Technical > 50%

Plagiarism < 20%
Grammar Average or above

All the very best!! You may now begin your test.
 Theory Based Questions (Online Mode)

Q1. What is meant by the term instantaneous centre? (5 marks)

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Q2. What is meant by the term kinematic Linkage? (5 marks)

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Q3. What is the basic difference between air conditioning and refrigeration?( 5 marks)

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 Numerical Based Questions (Offline Mode)

Q4. The moment of inertia of a flywheel is 19.6 kg  m and it fluctuates at the speed of 40 rpm for the
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fluctuation in energy of 2036 J . What is the mean speed of the flywheel

 rad/s  ? (5 marks)

Q5. A uniformly distributed load of magnitude 3 kN/m is distributed over the cantilever beam of
length 5 m . It also carries a concentrated load of 7 kN at the free end and 10 kN at the distance
of 3 m from the fixed end. Draw the shear force and the bending moment diagram. (5 marks)

Q6. What is the equivalent torque

 Nm  and bending moment  Nm  in a member subjected to the
torque of magnitude 400 Nm and the bending moment of 300 Nm ?

Q7. Consider the truss PQR loaded at the point P with force F as shown in figure below.

Calculate the tension in the member QR in terms of force F .

Q.8. An engine working on the Otto cycle is supplied with air at 0.1 MPa , 35C . The compression
ratio is 8 and the heat supplied is 2100 kJ/kg . Calculate:
A. Cycle Efficiency
B. Maximum temperature and pressure of the cycle
C. Net work done.
 Language Based Question (Online Mode)

Q.9. Write down a short article on the topic “Effects of social media on the younger generation”.

(10 marks)

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