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1. A chain consisting of four links and four joints is called a kinematic chain.
A. Yes

B. No

2. Which of the following is an open pair?

A. Ball and socket joint

B. Journal bearing

C. Lead screw and nut

D. Cam and follower

3. For an involute gear, the ratio of base circle radius and pitch circle radius is equal to
A. sin φ

B. cos φ

C. sec φ

D. cosec φ

4. When the sleeve of a Porter governor moves upwards, the governor speed
A. Increases

B. Decreases

C. remains unaffected

D. first increases and then decreases

5. The retardation of a flat faced follower when it has contact at the apex of the nose of a circular
arc cam, is given by (where OQ = Distance between the centre of circular flank and centre of
nose)
A. ω2 x OQ

B. ω2 x OQ sin θ

C. ω2 x OQ cos θ
 D. ω2 x OQ tan θ

6. Which of the following is a higher pair?

A. Belt and pulley

B. Turning pair

C. Screw pair

D. Sliding pair

7. In a force-closed pair, the two elements of a pair are not held together mechanically.
A. Agree

B. Disagree

8. When the speed of the engine fluctuates continuously above and below the mean speed, the
governor is said to be

(A) Stable

(B) Unstable

(C) Isochronous

(D) Hunt

9. In a Hartnell governor, the compression of the spring is __________ the lift of the sleeve.

(A) Equal to

(B) Less than

(C) Greater than

(D) None of these

10. In an open pair, the two elements of a pair

(A) Have a surface contact when in motion

(B) Have a line or point contact when in motion

(C) Are kept in contact by the action of external forces, when in motion

(D) Are not held together mechanically

11. In a multiple V-belt drive, if one of the belts is broken, then we should replace

(A) The broken belt only

(B) All the belts

(C) The broken belt and the belts on either side of it

(D) None of the above

12. A cam with a roller follower would constitute following type of pair

(A) Lower pair

(B) Higher pair

(C) Open pair

(D) Close pair

13. The example of lower pair is

(a) shaft revolving in a bearing

(b) straight line motion mechanisms

(c) automobile steering gear

(d) all of the above

(e) none of the above

14. Which of the following mechanism is obtained from lower pair

(a) gyroscope

(b) pantograph

(c) valve and valve gears

(d) generated straight line motions

(e) all of the above.

15. In a four-bar chain it is required to give an oscillatory motion to the follower for a
continuous rotation of the crank. For the lengths of 50 mm of crank and 70 mm of the follower,
determine theoretical maximum length of coupler. The distance between fixed pivots of crank
and followers is

(a) 95 mm
(b) slightly less than 95 mm
(c) slightly more than 95 mm
(d) 45 mm
(e) none of the above.

16. In above example, the minimum length of the coupler will be

(a) 45 mm
(b) slightly less than 45 mm
(c) slightly more than 45 mm
(d) 95 mm
(e) none of the above.