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SOLUTION OF THE WRITTEN TEST BY ISRO FOR SCIENTIST/ENGINEER 'SC' (REFRIGERATION &
AIRCONDITIONING) [BE006 & BE010] -2014
21. Two crossed helical gears are used for speed reduction. Gear A has pitch circle diameter in the plane of rotation 80mm
and helix angle 30 deg; Gear B has pitch circle diameter in the plane of rotation 120mm and helix angle 22.5 deg. If the
input speed is 1440 RPM, thenoutput speed in RPM is
(a) 1200 (b) 875
(c) 900 (d) 700
Answer: (d)
Answer
Answer: (d)
Answer
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(a) P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-6 (b) P-3, Q-5, R-4, S-1 Popular P
(c) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-5 (d) P-4, Q-5, R-6, S-1
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27. If the mass of moist air in an airtight vessel is heated to a higher temperature, then
(a) Specific humidity of air increases (b) Specific humidity of air decreases Techan
(c) Relative humidity of air increases (d) Relative humidity of air decreases Mecha
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28. Threaded bolts of A and B of 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, then mean diameter of bolt B is
(a) 16 (b) 24
(c) 36 (d) 48
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29. In a condenser of a power plant, the steam condenses at a temperature at a 333 K. The cooling water enters at 303 K
and leaves at 318 K. The logarithmic mean temperature difference (LMTD) of the condenser is
(a) 16.2 C (b) 21.6 C
(c) 30 C (d) 37.5 C
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30. The shear strength of a sheet metal is 300 Mpa. The blanking force required to produce a blank of 100 mm diameter ME
from a 1.5 mm thick sheet is I am li
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(a) 45 kN (b) 70 kN referen
(c) 141 kN (d) 350 kN Link
Answer: (c)
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31. A heat engine is supplied heat at the rate of 1700 kJ/min and gives an output of 9 kW. Thermal efficiency and heat
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(a) 34.0%, 11.0 (b) 28.3%, 10.0 2...
(c) 31.76%, 19.33 (d) 32.3%, 9.83
Answer: (c)
Answer
Answer: (c)
Answer
33. A refrigerator and heat pump operate between the same temperature limits. COP of refrigerator is 4, COP of heat pump
would be
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) data not adequate
Answer: (b)
Answer
34. A carnot refrigerator requires 1.25 kW per ton of refrigeration to maintain a temperatue of 233 K. Its higher operating
temperature of the cycle
(a) 318 K (b) 313 K (c) 315 K (d) 316 K
Answer: (d)
Answer
35. The work input to air compressor is minimum if the compression law followed is
(a) isentropic (b) PV =C (c) P V 1
.2 = C (d) V P 1 .35 = C
Answer: (b)
Answer
36. Operating pressure of the refrigerants at the evaporator in the ascending order for any application are
(a) R11, R12, R717, R22 (b) R22, R717, R12, R11
(c) R11, R12, R22, R717 (d) R717, R22, R11, R12
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Answer: (a)
Answer
37. For vapour compression system using R717 the material of pipe is
(a) Steel (b) Copper (c) Brass (d) Aluminium
Answer: (a)
Answer
38. Air at DBT of 308K and DPT of 293 K passes through a cooling coil which is maintained at 298 K. The process would
be
(a) cooling and de-humidification (b) sensible cooling
(c) cooling and humidification (d) can not predict
Answer: (b)
Answer
39. Room sensible heat loss is 30000 kJ/min and room latent heat loss is 20000 kJ/min. Sensible heat factor is
(a) -0.6 (b) 0.6 (c) 0.3 (d) 3
Answer: (b)
Answer
40. Domestic refrigerator working on vapour compression cycle uses the following of expansion device
(a) Manually operated valve
(b) thermostatic valve
(c) expansion valve
(d) capillary tube
Answer: (d)
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Answer
2. The thickness of turbulent boundary layer at a distance x from the leading edge over a flat plate varies as
(a) x0.8 (b) x0.5
(c) x0.2 (d) x0.6
Answer
3. The diameters of a pipe at the section 2 and 2 are 10 cm and 15 cm respectively. Velocity of water flowing through the
pipe at section 1 is 5 m/s. Velocity at section 2 in m/s and discharge in cmm is
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(a) 2.2 & 2.4 (b) 2.7 & 2.8
(c) 2.1 & 2.4 (d) 2.4 & 2.6
Answer
3y
4. The velocity distribution foe flow over a flat plate is given u =
4
− y
2
in which u is the velocity in m/s at a distance y
meter above the plate. Shear stress at y = 0.15m is (Take viscosity for fluid is 8.5 poise)
(a) 0.3825 Pa (b) 0.3815 Pa
(c) 0.3835 Pa (d) 0.3845 Pa
Answer
5. A gas weighs 16 N/m3 at 288 K and at an adibatic pressure of 25 N/cm2. Its gas constant is
(a) 532 J/kg K (b) 544 J/kg K
(c) 553 J/kg K (d) 523 J/kg K
Answer
6. A pipe line AB of diameter 30 cm and of length 400 m carries water at the rate of 50 liters/sec. The flow takes place from
A to B where point B is 30 meters above A. Pressure at B is 2 ksc. Pressure at A is (Take f =0.008)
(a) 5.2 ksc (b) 5.3 ksc
(c) 5.0 ksc (d) 5.1 ksc
Answer
7. A nozzle is fitted at the end of a pipe of length 300m and of diameter 10 cm for transmitting water. What is the diameter
of the nozzle considering maximum transmission of power through the nozzle (f =0.009)
(a) 2.6 cm (b) 2.5 cm
(c) 2.4 cm (d) 2.7 cm
Answer
8. A turbine develops 500 kW under a head of 100 meters at 200 RPM. Its normal speed and power under a head of 81
meters
(a) 184 RPM and 375 kW (b) 180 RPM and 365 kW
(c) 184 RPM and 370 kW (d) 180 RPM and 361 kW
Answer
Answer
10. Two inelastic spheres of masses 10 kg each move with velocities of 15 m/s and 5 m/s respectively in the same
direction. The loss in kinetic energy when they collide
(a) 500 Nm (b) 0 (c) 250 Nm (d) 1000 Nm
Answer
11. In order to have maximum power from a Pelton turbine, the bucket speed must be
(a) equal to the jet speed
(b) equal to half of the jet speed
(c) equal to twice the jet speed
(d) independent of the jet speed
Answer
12. The alloying element mainly used to improve the endurance strength of steel material is
(a) Nickel (b) Vanadium
(c) Molybdenum (d) Tungusten
Answer
13. The percentage improvement in power capacity of a flat belt drive, when the wrap angle at the driving pulley is
increased from 150 deg to 210 deg by an idler arrangement for a friction coefficient of 0.3 is
(a) 25.21 (b) 33.92 (c) 40.17 (d) 67.85
Answer
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15. A column has a rectangular cross section of 10 x 20 mm and a length of 1m. The slenderness ratio of the column is
close to
(a) 200 (b) 346 (c) 477 (d) 1000
Answer
16. A thin cylinder of inner radius 500 mm and thickness 10 mm is subjected to an internal pressure of 5 MPa. The average
hoop stress in MPa is
(a) 100 (b) 250 (c) 500 (d) 1000
Answer
17. A circular disk of uniform thickness 20 mm, radius 200 mm and mass 20 kg is used as flywheel. If it rotates at 600 rpm,
kinetic energy of flywheel in Joule is
(a) 395 (b) 790 (c) 1580 (d) 3160
Answer
18. A vibration system consists of a mass of 175 kg, a spring stiffness 700 N/cm and damper with a damping coefficient of
7 N-sec/cm. Damping factor of the system is
(a) 0.15 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.2 (d) 0.1
Answer
19. Two cutting tools are being compared for a machining operation. The tool life equations are Carbide tool:
.6 = 3000; HSS tool : V T .6 = 200 , where V is the cutting speed in m/min and T is tool life in min. The carbide tool
1 0
VT
will provide higher tool life if the cutting speed in m/min exceedds
(a) 39.4 (b) 15 (c) 60 (d) 49.3
Answer
20. The diameter of suction side of a reciprocating compressor compared to its delivery side is
(a) smaller (b) equal (c) bigger (d) varies according to capacity
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(b) The dew point temperature is less than wet bulb temperature
(c) The dew point and wet bulb temperatures are equal
(d) The dry bulb and dew point temperatures are equal
Answer
Answer
63. In a psychrometric process, the sensible heat added is 30 kJ/sec and latent heat added is 20 kJ/sec. The sensible heat
factor for the process is
(a) 0.3 (b) 0.6 (c) 0.67 (d) 1.5
Answer
Answer
Answer
66. In the metal cutting process, the high cutting speed and large angle of the tool will result in the formation of
(a) continuous chips
(b) discontinuous chips
(c) continuous chips with built up edge
(d) chips of irregular shapes
Answer
67. Gear hobbing produces more accurate gears than milling, because in hobbing
(a) There is continuous indexing operation
(b) Both hob and work piece are rotating
(c) Pressure angle is larger than in milling
(d) A special multi-tooth cutter is used
Answer
68. The type of tool used in milling machine and broaching machine is
(a) single point cutting tool (b) two point cutting tool
(c) three point cutting tool (d) multi-point cutting tool
Answer
69. The Ackerman steering gear mechanism is preferred to Davis steering mechanism because
(a) Whole of the mechanism in the Ackerman steering gear is on the back of the front wheels
Answer
70. The natural frequency of free torsional vibrations of a shaft with torsional stiffness q and I is the mass moment of inertia
of the disc attached to the end of the shaft is
−
− −
−
q −− 1 q 1 −−
(a) 2π√ (b) 2π√qI (c) 2π
√ (d) 2π
√qI
I I
Answer
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1
72. The value of the quantity P where P = ∫
0
x
xe dx is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) e (d) 1/e
Answer
dy −x
73. The solution of the differential equation =
y
at x = 1 and y = √3 is
dx
(a) x − y 2 = −2 (b) x + y 2 = −4
(c) x2 − y 2 = 2 (d) x2 + y 2 = 4
Answer
z−1
74. The analytic function f (z) =
2
has singularities at
z +1
Answer
75. X is a uniformly distributed random variable that takes value between 0 and 1. The value of E(X3) will be
(a) 0 (b) 1/8
(c) 1/4 (d) 1/2
Answer
76. The equation ex − 1 = 0 is required to be solved using Newton’s method with an initial guess of x0 = -1. Then after
one step of Newton’s method, the estimate x1 of the solution will be
(a) 0.71828 (b) 0.36784 (c) 0.20587 (d) 0.0000
Answer
2
2
3s +1 2(3s +1)
(c) 2
3
(b) 2
3
(s +1) (s +1)
Answer
1−2z
78. The residue of a complex function x(z) = at its poles are
z(z−1)(z−2)
Answer
dy
79. The solution of the differential equation + y
2
= 0 is
dx
3
1 −x
(a) Y =
x+c
(b) Y =
3
+ c
(c) Y = ce
x
(d) unsolvable as the equation is non-linear
Answer
80. A box contains 10 screws, 3 of which are defective. Two screws are drawn at random
with replacement. The probability that none of the two screws will be defective is:
(a) 100% (b) 50% (c) 49% (d) none of these
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41. A long glass cylinder of inner diameter 0.03 m and outer diameter 0.05 m carries hot fluid inside. If the thermal
conductivity of glass is 1.05 W/mK, the thermal resistance per unit length of the cylinder is
(a) 0.031 (b) 0.077 (c) 0.017 (d) 0.77
Answer
42. In heat exchangers, degree of approach is defined as the difference between temperatures of
(a) cold water inlet and outlet
(b) hot medium inlet and outlet
(c) hot medium outlet and cold water inlet
(d) hot medium outlet and cold water outlet
44. Log mean temperature difference in case of counter flow heat exchanger compared to
parallel flow heat exchanger will be :
(a) same (b) more
(c) less (d) depends on other factors
Answer
Answer
46.The outside diameter of hollow shaft is twice that of its inside diameter. The ratio of
its torque carrying capacity to that of solid shaft of the same material and same
outside diameter is :
(a) 15/16 (b) 1/8 (c) 3/4 (d) 1/16
Answer
Answer
Answer
49. The usual proportion for the width of the key used between shaft (of diameter d) and
hub of pulley for transmitting power is
(a) d/8 (b) d/6 (c) d/2 (d) d/4
Answer
50. The helix angle for single helical gears ranges from
(a) 10° to 15° (b) 15° to 20° (c) 20° to 35° (d) 35° to 45°
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Answer
51. The air standard efficiency of a standard otto cycle for compression ratio of 5.5 is
(a) 25% (b) 50% (c) 70% (d) 90%
Answer
52. The power actually developed by the engine cylinder of an I.C engine is known as
(a) Theoretical pressure (b) Actual power
(c) Indicated power (d) Break horse power
Answer
53. In a boiler, feed water is supplied per hour is 205 kg while coal fired per hour is 23 kg. Net enthalpy rise per kg of water
is 145 kJ for conversion to steam. If the calorific value of coal is 2050 kJ/kg, boiler efficiency will be
(a) 78% (b) 74% (c) 63% (d) 58%
Answer
54. Which of the following power plant is least polluting and causing least environmental concern?
(a) Hydro electric plant (b) solar power plant
(c) Nuclear plant (d) gas power plant
Answer
55. A diesel power station has fuel consumption of 0.2 kg per kWh. If the calorific value of
diesel is 11000 kcal per kg, overall efficiency of power station is
(a) 43.3% (b) 65.5% (c) 39.2% (d) 25.6%
Answer
Answer
57. A reversible engine has ideal thermal efficiency of 30%. When it is used as refrigerating machine with all other
conditions unchanged, the coefficient of performance will be
(a) 1.33 (b) 2.33 (c) 3.33 (d) 4.33
Answer
58. In Vapour compression system, the condition of refrigerant before passing through the condenser is
(a) Saturated liquid (b) wet vapour
(c) Dry saturated vapour (d) superheated vapour
Answer
Answer
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Answer
Answer
Answer
Answer
25. The welding process used to join ends of two pipes of uniform cross section is
(a) spot welding (b) flash butt welding
(c) upset butt welding (d) seam welding
Answer
Answer
27. Oil in a hydraulic cylinder is compressed from an initial volume 2 m3 to 1.96 m3 and
the pressure increase is from 40 MPa to 80 MPa. The bulk modulus of elasticity
of oil is
(a) 1000 MPa (b) 2000 MPa
(c) 4000 MPa (d) 8000 Mpa
Answer
Answer
29. For laminar flow through a long pipe, the pressure drop per unit length is
(a) In direct proportion to the cross sectional area
(b) In proportion to diameter of pipe
(c) In inverse proportion to the square of cross sectional area
(d) In inverse proportion to cross sectional area
Answer
30.Oil flows through 200 mm diameter horizontal cast iron pipe with friction factor of 0.0225 of length 500 mtr. The
volumetric flow rate is 0.2 m3/sec. The head loss in mtr. due to friction will be
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(a) 232.36 (b) 0.116
(c) 116.18 (d) 18.22
Answer
31. A hydraulic turbine develops 1000 kW power for a head of 40 m. If the head is reduced
to 20 m, power developed in kW is
(a) 177 (b) 354
(c) 500 (d) 607
Answer
Answer
Answer
34. Power in kW required to drive Centrifugal pump with discharge of Q m3/sec, Head in
H mtr, specific weight of fluid as w N/m3 and overall efficiency of pump as I shall be
(a) w H/Qη (b) w QH/η
(c) w Q/Hη (d) w Qη /H
Answer
35. If the net positive section head(NPSH) for the pump is not satisfied, then
(a) no flow take place (b) efficiency will be low
(c) cavitation will be formed (d) pump will not start
Answer
36. For a given heat flow and for the same thickness, the temperature drop across material will be maximum for
(a) Copper (b) Steel
(c) Glass wool (d) Brick
Answer
kA(T 1−T 2)
37. The rate of heat flow through a body is Q =
x
, the term x/kA is known as
(a) thermal coefficient (b) thermal resistance
(c) thermal conductivity (d) thermal gradient
Answer
38. A furnace made of a red brick wall of thickness 0.5 mtr. and conductivity 0.7 W/mK is replaced by alternate material of
conductivity 0.14 W/mK. For the same heat loss and temperature drop, required thickness of alternate material will be
(a) 0.2 mtr. (b) 0.1 mtr.
(c) 0.3 mtr. (d) 0.4 mtr.
Answer
39. The concept of overall coefficient of heat transfer is used in calculating heat transfer by
(a) conduction
(b) convection
(c) conduction and radiation
(d) conduction and convection
Answer
40. With an increase in the thickness of insulation around a circular pipe, heat loss to surroundings due to
(a) Convection and conduction increases
(b) Convection and conduction decreases
(c) Convection increases while due to conduction decreases
(d) Convection decreases while due to conduction increases
Answer
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