Question Papers

Exam Code: MEC2_16_B1 Version No : 1

1. A ball of mass 0.1 kg, initially at rest, is dropped from height of 1 m. Ball hits the ground and bounces off the ground. Upon impact with the
ground, its velocity reduces by 20%. The height (in m) to which the ball will rise is:

1) 0.61 2) 0.62
3) 0.63 4) 0.64
2. A mass m1 of 100 kg travelling with a uniform velocity of 5 m/s along a line collides with a stationary mass m2 of 1000 kg. After the collision,
both the masses travel together with the same velocity. The coefficient of restitution is:

1) 0.6 2) 0.1
3) 0.001 4) 0
3.

4. A fighter plane flying in the sky dives with a speed of 120 m/sec in a vertical circle of radius of 100 m. Mass of the pilot is 80 kg. Force with
which the pilot presses the seat at the highest position is :
1) 10720 N 2) 15000 N
3) 8000 N 4) 12720 N
5. Moment of inertia of a triangular section of base (b) and height (h) about an axis passing through its vertex and parallel to the base,
is __________ than that passing through its C.G. and parallel to the base.
1) Nine times 2) Six times
3) Four times 4) Two times
6. A simple pendulum of length of 5 m, with a bob of mass 1 kg, is in simple harmonic motion. As it passes through its mean position, the bob
has a speed of 5 m/s. The net force on the bob at the mean position is:
 1) 0 2) 2.5 N
3) 5 N 4) 25 N
7. The relative coefficient of performance is:
1) Actual COP/Theoretical COP 2) Theoretical COP/Actual COP
3) Actual COP x Theoretical COP 4) None of these
8. A refrigerator does 150 J of work to transfer 600 J of heat from its cold compartment. Calculate the refrigerator’s COP and heat exhausted
in J.
1) 4.00 & 700 2) 4.65 & 435
3) 5.62 & 650 4) 2.34 & 800
9. The temperature distribution for a plane wall for steady state heat flow and constant value of thermal conductivity is:

1) Logarithmic 2) Parabolic
3) Linear 4) All of these
10. At thermal equilibrium-
1) Absorptivity is greater than emissivity 2) Absorptivity is lesser than emissivity
3) Absorptivity is equal to emissivity 4) Sum of absorptivity and emissivity is unity

11. A manufacturer claims to have a heat engine capable of developing 15 kW by receiving heat input of 1700 kJ/min. and working between
the temperature limits of 227°C and 27°C. His claim is:

1) Justified 2) Not possible

3) May be possible with lot of sophistications 4) Theoretically possible

12. First law of thermodynamics states that : (where Q1-2 = Heat supplied, dU = Change in internal energy, and W1-2 = Work done in heat units)

1) Q1-2= dU + W1-2 2) Q1-2 = dU - W1-2

3) Q1-2 = dU/W1-2 4) Q1-2 = dU x W1-2
13. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of the unit mass of gas through one degree at constant volume is called-

1) Specific heat at constant volume 2) Specific heat at constant pressure

3) Kilo Joule 4) None of these
14. When a body is subjected to transverse vibrations, the stress induced in a body will be-

1) Shear stress 2) Tensile stress

3) Compressive stress 4) Thermal stress
15. A shaft carrying two rotors at its ends will have -
1) No node 2) One node
3) Two nodes 4) Three nodes
16. Hole= 40 +0.020 +0.000, Shaft= 40 +0.010 -0.010. This assembly will result in-
1) Clearance fit 2) Interference fit
3) Transition fit 4) Drive fit
17. The fit on hole-shaft system H7-s6 will impart-
1) Clearance fit 2) Running fit
3) Transition fit 4) Interference fit
18. In three wire inspection of external thread of M16*2, the measurement was found to be 16.455 mm. The effective pitch diameter of thread is-

1) 14.723 2) 16.705
3) 17.122 4) 17.455
19. Assembly is designated by 40G8f7. The position of tolerance of hole is indicated by-
1) Letter G 2) Letter f
3) Number 7 4) Number 8
20. The general form of natural convection correlations is:
1) Nu = f(Re, Pr) 2) Nu = f(Gr, Pr)
3) Nu = f(Re, Gr) 4) Nu = f(St, Pr)
21. For natural convection flow over a vertical plate, the velocity at the edge of the boundary layer is:

1) Equal to the ambient air velocity 2) 0.99Umax

3) Zero 4) 0.5 Umax
22. One of the important reasons for carrying inventory is to-
1) Improve customer service 2) Get quantity discounts
3) Maintain operational capability 4) All of these
23. In a machining operation, doubling the cutting speed reduces the tool life to 1/8 th of the original value. The exponent n in Taylor’s tool life
equation , VTn=C is:

1) 0.125 2) 0.25
3) 0.333 4) 0.5
24. A manufacturer can produce 12000 bearings per day. The manufacturer received an order of 8000 bearings per day from a customer.
The cost of holding a bearing in stock is Rs.0.20 per month. Setup cost per production run is Rs.500. Assuming 300 working days in a year,
the frequency of production run should be -

1) 4.5 days 2) 4.5 months

3) 6.8 months 4) 6.8 days
25. A 4 mm thick sheet is rolled with 300 mm diameter rolls to reduce thickness without any change in its width. The friction coefficient at the
work-roll interface is 0.1. The minimum possible thickness of the sheet that can be produced in a single pass is:

1) 1 mm 2) 2.5 mm
3) 1.5 mm 4) 3.7 mm
26. In an orthogonal machining operation: Uncut thickness = 0.5 mm Cutting speed = 20 m/min Width of cut = 5 mm Chip thickness = 0.7 mm
Thrust force = 200 N Cutting force = 1200 N Rake angle = 15° Assume Merchant’s theory. The coefficient of friction at the tool-chip
interface is:

1) 0.23 2) 0.46
3) 0.85 4) 0.95
27. The following data relates to an orthogonal turning process: Chip thickness 0.62; Feed .2mm/rev; Rake angle 15°. Calculate cutting ratio.

1) 0.322 2) 0.4
3) 0.35 4) 0.3
28. Which of the following is the hardest cutting tool material next to diamond?
1) Cemented carbides 2) Ceramics
3) Silicon 4) Cubic boron nitride
29. Which of the following process does not cause tool wear?
1) Ultrasonic machining 2) Electric discharge machining
3) Electrochemical machining 4) Abrasive jet machining
30. With increase in rake angle, tool life -
 1) Increases 2) Decreases
3) First increases then decreases 4) Remains constant
31. In order to facilitate starting of locomotive in any position, the cranks of a locomotive with two cylinders are placed at-

1) 45° to each other 2) 90° to each other

3) 120° to each other 4) 180° to each other
32. When the speed of the engine fluctuates continuously above and below the mean speed, the governor is said to be-

1) Stable 2) Unstable
3) Isochronous 4) Hunt
33. A mass of 1 kg is attached to the end of a spring with a stiffness of 0.7 N/mm. The critical damping coefficient of this system is:

1) 1.4 N-s/m 2) 18.52 N-s/m

3) 52.92 N-s/m 4) 529.2 N-s/m
34. Which of the following is used to control the speed variations of the engine caused by the fluctuations of the engine turning moment?
1) D-slide valve 2) Governor
3) Flywheel 4) Meyer's Valve
35. A hydraulic turbine develops 1000 kW power for a head of 40m. If the head is reduced to 20m, the power developed (in kW) is:
1) 177 2) 354
3) 500 4) 707
36. The volumetric efficiency of a compressor with increase in pressure ratio-
1) Increases 2) Decreases
3) Remains the same 4) May increase or decrease depending on the clearance
volume
37. A hydro plant is having a head of 150 metres. The turbine that best suits this height is:
1) Pelton 2) Francis
3) Kaplan 4) Turgo wheel
38. Cavitation in centrifugal pumps can be reduced by-
1) Reducing the discharge 2) Reducing the suction head
3) Throttling the discharge 4) Increasing the flow velocity
39. Which type of motor is used in axial or spindle drives of CNC machine tools?
 1) Induction motors 2) DC servomotors
3) Stepper motors 4) Linear servo motors
40. The code "G04" is used for-
1) Absolute co-ordinate system 2) Dwell
3) Spindle stop 4) Linear interpolation
41. PVC sheets are produced by-
1) Melt Spinning 2) Injection Moulding
3) Calendaring 4) Rotomoulding
42. Which of the following is a smart material ?
1) Ni-Cd Alloy 2) Ni-Ti shape memory alloys
3) Steels 4) C-C composites
43. Alloys are-
1) Homogenous 2) Non-homogeneous
3) Orthotropic 4) Anisotropic
44. Flash and gutter are provided in drop forging dies at the following stages:
1) Blocking 2) Performing (Edgering)
3) Finishing 4) Fullering
45. Which one of the following manufacturing processes requires the provision of ‘gutters’?

1) Closed die forging 2) Centrifugal casting

3) Investment casting 4) Impact extrusion
46. The maximum possible draft in cold rolling of sheet increases with the-
1) Increase in coefficient of friction 2) Decrease in coefficient of friction
3) Decrease in roll radius 4) Increase in roll velocity
47. If the spark plug on a petrol engine runs hotter, the engine may-
1) Stop 2) Run smoothly
3) Misfire 4) Detonate
48. During idling, a petrol engine requires:
1) Lean mixture 2) Rich mixture
3) Variable mixture 4) Stoichiometric mixture
49. Euler’s dimensionless number relates-
 1) Inertia and gravity force 2) Viscous and inertia force
3) Pressure and inertia force 4) Buoyant and viscous force
50. Two 8 mm thick plates are placed 5 mm apart and welded by a butt joint. Welding is carried out at 20 V and speed of 5 mm/sec. Heat
transfer efficiency is 0.8. If the heat required to melt steel is 10 J/mm3 and melting efficiency is 0.625, the weld current in ampere will be -
1) 100 2) 200
3) 300 4) 400
51. Pinch effect in welding is the result of :
1) Expansion of gases in the arc 2) Electromagnetic forces
3) Electric force 4) Surface tension of molten metal
52. Selection of incorrect parameters such as travel speed and arc voltage cause -
1) Undercut 2) Porosity
3) Cracks 4) Incomplete penetration
53. In resistance welding, heat is generated due to the resistance between-
1) Electrode and work piece 2) Asperities between touching plates
3) Two dissimilar metals being in contact 4) Inter-atomic forces
54. Boundary layer separation is caused by-
1) Reduction of pressure below vapour pressure 2) Reduction of pressure gradient to zero

3) An adverse pressure gradient 4) Reduction of boundary layer to zero thickness

55. The study of fluid at rest is called as-

1) Statics 2) Dynamics
3) Kinetics 4) None of these
56. Laminar sub layer acts as:
1) An insulating medium 2) A good conductor of heat
3) A refractory substance 4) A heat absorber
57. When the water level on the downstream side of a weir is above the top surface of a weir, the weir is known as:
1) Narrow – crested weir 2) Broad-crested weir
3) Ogee weir 4) Submerged weir
58. The factor which affects the critical speed of a shaft is-
1) Diameter of the disc 2) Span of the shaft
3) Eccentricity 4) All of these
59. Ratio of moment of inertia of a circle about its X axis to that about Y axis is:
1) 0.5 2) 1.0
3) 1.5 4) 2.0
60. Creep in belt is due to-
1) Material of the pulley 2) Larger size of the driver pulley
3) Uneven extensions and contractions due to varying tension 4) Expansion of belt

61. The draught which a chimney produces is called-

1) Induced draught 2) Natural draught
3) Forced draught 4) Balanced draught
62. Which of the following conditions should be satisfied for the application of optimality test on an initial solution of transportation model?

1) Number of allocations should be less than m + n – 1 2) Number of allocations should be equal to m + n – 1

3) Number of allocations should be equal to m + n 4) Number of allocations should be more than m + n

63. In the construction of networks, dummy activities are introduced in order to-
1) Compute the slack on all events 2) Transfer resources if necessary during monitoring

3) Clearly designate a precedence relationship 4) Simplify the crashing plan

64. If average arrival rate in a queue is 6/hr and the average service rate is 10/hr, which one of the following is the average number of customers
in the line, including the customer being served?

1) 0.3 2) 0.6
3) 1.2 4) 1.5
65. A feasible solution to the linear programming problem should-
1) Satisfy the problem constraints 2) Optimize the objective function
3) Satisfy the problem constraints and non-negativity restrictions 4) Satisfy the non-negativity restrictions
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67. Critical point of water refers to the state in which-

1) Liquid and solid coexist 2) Solid and liquid coexist
3) Liquid and vapour coexist 4) All the three coexist
68. The efficiency of a Brayton cycle increases with -
1) Decrease in compression ratio 2) Decrease in pressure ratio
3) Increase in pressure ratio 4) Both increase and decrease of pressure ratio

69. Teflon is a-
1) Thermoset fluoro carbon polymer 2) Thermo plastic fluoro carbon polymer
3) Inorganic compound of fluorine and carbon 4) Laminated phenolic material
70. In a shaft with a transverse hole, as the hole to the shaft diameter ratio increases, the torsional stress concentration factor-

1) Increases 2) Remains constant

3) Decreases 4) Is equal to one
71. A screw is said to be an overhauling screw, if its efficiency is:
1) Less than 50% 2) More than 50%
3) Equal to 50% 4) None of these
72. A shaft is subjected to fluctuating loads for which the normal torque (T) and bending moment (M) are 1000 N-m and 500 N-m respectively.
If the combined shock and fatigue factor for bending is 1.5 and combined shock and fatigue factor for torsion is 2, then the equivalent
twisting moment for the shaft is:
 1) 2000 N-m 2) 2050 N-m
3) 2100 N-m 4) 2136 N-m
73. An operation process chart represents graphically -
1) Operation, transport and delay 2) Operation, inspection and time required for operation

3) Operation, transportation and inspection 4) Points at which materials enter the process, operation,
inspection and time required for operation

74. On a particular time of a day, if the dry bulb temperature is equal to the wet bulb temperature, then it can safely concluded that-

1) Specific humidity of air was 0.010 kg per kg of dry air 2) Dew point was less than 20oC

3) Relative humidity of air was 100 % 4) Atmospheric air was free from moisture
75. For completely dry air, total heat is :
1) Sum of latent heat and sensible heat 2) Same as sensible heat
3) Same as latent heat 4) More than sensible heat
76. The bypass factor of a cooling coil is 0.3, when its coil surface temperature is 5°C and air enters at 40°C. The exit air temperature is:

1) 10°C 2) 12.5°C
3) 15.5°C 4) 20°C
77. NC contouring is an example of -
1) Continuous path positioning 2) Point to point positioning
3) Absolute positioning 4) Incremental positioning
78. CNC machines are generally used for -
1) Mass production 2) Batch Production
3) Continuous Flow Production 4) Single Piece production
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81. The demand and forecast for June are 12000 and 10275 respectively. If the smoothening coefficient = 0.25, the forecast for the month of July
will be-
1) 9431 2) 9587
3) 10706 4) 11000
82. Two beams of equal cross section area are subjected to equal bending moment. If one beam has square cross section and the other has
circular section, then:
1) Both the beams will be equally strong 2) Square cross section beam will be stronger
3) Circular section beam will be stronger 4) Depends on the loading condition
83. The voltage required to produce a spark across the electrode gap of the spark plug is:
1) 2000 to 4000 V 2) 4000 to 6000 V
 3) 6000 to 10000 V 4) 10000 to 12000 V
84. The objective of providing masked inlet valve in the air passage of compression ignition engine is to:

1) Enhance flow rate 2) Control air flow

3) Induce primary swirl 4) Induce secondary turbulence
85. At the nodal point in a shaft, the amplitude for torsional vibration will be-
1) Zero 2) Maximum
3) Minimum 4) Infinity
86. Annual demand for window frames is 10000. Each frame costs Rs. 200 and ordering cost is Rs. 300 per order. Inventory holding cost is
Rs. 40 per frame per year. The supplier is willing to offer 2% discount if the order quantity is 1000 or more and 4% if the order quantity
is 2000 or more. If the total cost is to be minimised, the retailer should-

1) Order 200 frames every time 2) Accept 4% discount

3) Accept 2% discount 4) Order economic order quantity
87. The demand of product is 25 units per month and the items are withdrawn uniformly. The setup cost for each time production run is Rs. 15.
The inventory holding cost is Rs 0.30 per unit per month. Determine how often to make production run, if shortage is not allowed.

1) 3 run/year 2) 6 run/year
3) 9 run/year 4) 12 run/year
88. The demand for a commodity is 100 units per day. Every time an order is placed, a fixed cost of Rs. 400 is incurred. Holding cost is Rs. 0.08
per unit per day. If the lead time is 13 days, then the reorder point is:

1) 100 2) 300
3) 500 4) 350
89. Creep is essentially a-
1) High temperature phenomenon 2) Medium temperature phenomenon
3) Low temperature phenomenon 4) Phenomenon which is independent of temperature

90. A point B on a rigid link AB moves with respect to A with angular velocity ω rad/s. The total acceleration of B with respect to A will be
equal to-
 1) Vector sum of radial component and coriolis component 2) Vector sum of tangential component and coriolis component

3) Vector sum of radial component and tangential component 4) Vector difference of radial component and tangential component

91. In a mechanism, the fixed instantaneous centres are those centres which-
1) Remain in the same place for all configurations of the mechanism 2) Vary with the configuration of the mechanism

3) Move as the mechanism moves, but joints are of permanent nature 4) None of these

92. The lead screw of a lathe with nut forms a-

1) Sliding pair 2) Rolling pair
3) Screw pair 4) Turning pair
93. Which one is NOT the inversion of four bar mechanism?
1) Watt’s mechanism 2) Beam engine
3) Pantograph 4) Oscillating cylinder engine
94. A composite shaft, consisting of two stepped portions having spring constants of K1and K2, is held firmly at one end and other end is free
and subjected to a torque T. Its equivalent spring constant is:

1) (K1 + K2)/2 2) (K1 K2) / (K1 + K2)

3) (K1 + K2) 4) (K1 + K2) / (K1 K2)

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96. Maximum shear stress developed on the surface of a circular shaft under pure torsion is 240 MPa. If the shaft diameter is doubled, then
the maximum shear stress developed corresponding to the same torque will be -

1) 120 MPa 2) 60 MPa

3) 30 MPa 4) 15 MPa
97. The thrust of propeller shaft is absorbed by 6 collars. The rubbing surfaces of these collars have outer diameter 300 mm and inner diameter
200 mm. If the bearing pressure amounts to 0.4 N/mm², the axial load acting on the bearing is (in Newton):

1) 84260 2) 86420
3) 94260 4) 96240
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99. The threaded bolts A and B of the same material and length are subjected to identical tensile load. If the elastic strain energy stored in bolt
A is 4 times that of bolt B and the mean diameter of bolt A is 12 mm, the mean diameter of bolt B in mm is:

1) 16 2) 24
3) 36 4) 48
100.A solid circular shaft needs to be designed to transmit a torque of 50 Nm. If the allowable shear stress of the material is 140 MPa, assuming
a factor of safety 2, the minimum allowable design diameter in mm is:

1) 8 2) 16
3) 24 4) 32