Q1-9 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) General Aptitude (GA) Muttiple Choice Question (MCQ), carry ONE mark each (for each wrong answer: ~ 1/3). Qu Five persons P, Q, R, $ and T are to be seated in a row, all facing the same direction, but not necessarily in the same order. P and T cannot be seated at either end of the row. P should not be seated adjacent to S. R is to be seated at the second position from the left end of the row. The number of distinct seating arrangements possible is: i) 2 8) 3 © ©) Q2 ‘Consider the following sentences: @ The number of candidates who appear for the GATE, ‘examination is staggering. (i) A number of candidates from my class are appearing for the GATE examination. ii) The number of candidates who appear for the GATE, ‘examination are staggering. (iv) Anumber of candidates from my class is appearing for the GATE, ‘examination, Which of the above sentences are grammatically CORRECT? “A (and (it) ® (@) and (ii) © (i) and Git) wy) Gi) and (iv) MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 1 of 27Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q3 | A digital watch X beeps every 30 seconds while watch Y beeps every 32 seconds. They beeped together at 10 AM. ‘The immediate next time that they will beep together is (a) | 10.08 am (B) | 10.42 aM (© | 11.00 am (D) | 10.00 PM Q4 W@+O=2; OF 4=3; O414= ‘Then, the value of (@-©)*, is: “9 (®){1 ol4 | 16 Q5 | The front door of Mr. X’s house faces East. Mr. X leaves the house, walking 50 m straight from the back door that is situated directly opposite to the front door. He then turns to his right, walks for another 50 m and stops. The irection of the point Mr. X is now located at with respect to the starting point (A) | South-East (B) | Nonh-East (© | West (D) | North-West MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 2 of 27Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q. 6-Q. 10 Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), carry TWO marks each (for each wrong answer: 2/3). Q6 Given below are two statements 1 and 2, and two conclusions I and II. Statement 1: All entrepreneurs are wealthy. Statement 2: All wealthy are risk seekers. Conclusion I: All risk seekers are wealthy. Conclusion II: Only some entrepreneurs are risk seekers. Based on the above statements and conclusions, which one of the following options is CORRECT? @ Only conclusion [is correct B) Only conclusion IT is correct © Neither conclusion Inor IL is correct ©) Both conclusions I and II are correct QT A box contains 15 blue balls and 45 black balls. If 2 balls are selected randomly, without replacement, the probability of an outcome in which the first selected is a blue ball and the second selected is a black bal, is (A) 3 16 B) 45 236 © ©) aie [ere MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 3 of 27Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Qs ‘The ratio of the area of the inscribed circle to the area of the circumscribed circle of an equilateral triangle is. @|t a @/|1 é oll 4a @]2 2 Q9 | Consider a square sheet of side 1 unit. The sheet is first folded along the main diagonal. This is followed by a fold along its line of symmetry. The resulting folded shape is again folded along its line of symmetry. The area of each face of the final folded shape, in square units, equal to wt a (B)|2 3 olL ie @)} 1 2 MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 4 of 27Engineering 2021 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q.10 | The world is going through the worst pandemic in the past hundred years. ‘The air travel industry is fi as the resulting quarantine requirement for travelers led to weak demand. In relation to the first sentence above, what does the second sentence do? (A) | Restates an idea from the first sentence. (B) | Second sentence entirely contradicts the first sentence. (©)| The two statements are unrelated. (D) | States an effect of the first sentence, MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page Sof 27Qu - Q.13 Mul Engineering 2021 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Metallurgical Engineering (MT) je Choice Question (MCQ), carry ONE mark each (for each wrong answer: ~ 1/3). Qu For the matrix given below, the eigenvalues are: 1 0-4) (@ 1 °) 10 1 i) 0,2,2 ® 412 © 0,1,2 @) 01,3 Q2 ‘Which one of the following is a homogeneous function of degree three? “@ 28 4 2x2y? B yPx + 2yx? © y+ 2x? © xy? + 3xy MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 6 of 27een ene aucun ead) Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q3 ‘The divergence of a vector field V(x, y, z), where its three components (V, , Vy, V,) are functions of x3:¢, is: | 28 oH 8) @ ©] Me, ©) 2%, | °Ny | aM ae ae ae MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 7 of 27eerie te mea uu ead) Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q4 Which one of the following is ‘center split” defect in rolling operation? “4 B) © © Q5 | Single crystal turbine blades of nickel-based superalloys for acro-engines are manufactured using: (A) | Investment easting ©) | Die casting (©) | Squeeze easting (D) | Directional solidification MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 8 of 27Engineering 2021 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q6 Elements A and B have the same crystal structure. For a dilute solution of Bin A, which one of the following is true? (Given: AH piz— Mixing enthalpy, a, ~ Activity of B and X, ~Mole fraction of B) A If Almix =0, then ap < Xp @) If Alnic =0, then dp > Xp co If Almie > 0, then dp < Xp ©) If Alix <0, then ag Water > Brine > Air B) Brine > Oil > Water > Air © Brine > Water > Oil > Air Ww) Water > Brine > Uil> Air qu For a zeroth order chemical reaction, which one of the following is FALSE? «a Concentration versus time plot is a straight line 8) Increase in concentration of reacting species increases the rate of reaction. © Half-life depends on the initial concentration and zero-order rate constant. ) Rate of reaction depends on temperature. MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 10 of 27Engineering 2021 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q.12 | Which one of the following elements oxidizes first in basic oxygen steel making process? (A) | Silicon (B) | Carbon (©)| Manganese (D) | Phosphorus Q13 | Which one of the following is a hydrometallurgical operation? (A) | Roasting (B) | Leaching (© | Zone refining (D) | Smelting MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 11 of 27Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q.14 - Q.25 Numerical Answer Type (NAT), carry ONE mark each (no negative marks). Qu sins The value of lim (round off to nearest integer). Qus ‘The grain size (X) of annealed specimens follows a symmetric distribution ‘with a mean (1) of S pm and a standard deviation (6) of 0.5 1m. The percentage of specimens with grain size in the range 5 to 6 ym is expected to be: (round off to nearest integer). Given: For the symmetric distribution: Probability P(X

0 and aHtald — 9 (@) AHS = 0 and AHtauid TH (K) Distance (m) > @) 200 Kas wt ®) 400 K, 1.0K WT © 200 K, 0.25 K Wt ©) 500 K,05K W4 MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 19 of 27fey-4 =m Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2021 2621 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q34 | Fora fully developed 1-D flow of « Newtonian fluid through a horizont pipe of radius R (see figure), the axial velocity (v) is given by: » = FAG) Tae as where, AP is the pressure difference (P'1 - P2), is the viscosity, r is the radial distance from the axis and Z is the length of the tube. The shear stress exerted by the fluid on the tube wall is: r APR a APR ®) 3APR oe Olz 2APR ©) MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 20 of 27Engineering 2021 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q.35 | Match the terms (in Column 1) with the unit process (in Column T1) Column I Column I (P) Submerged Entry Nozzle 1. Ladle Furnace (Q Electric Heating 2. Continuous Casting (R) Raceway Zane 3. LD Converter (S) Oxygen Lancing 4. Blast Furnace A]P2.Q1R483 @)| P-4,Q-1,R-2,8-3 © | PA. Q3, R+1, 82 (©) | P2,@3,R-4, 5-1 Q36 | A blast furnace uses hematite ore with 80% Fe20s and 20% gangue materials. It uses 600 kg coke pet ton of hot metal. The coke contains 85% C and 15% ash. The composition of hot metal is 95.5% Fe and 4.5% C. ‘The weight of iron ore used and slag produced per ton of hot metal respectively, are: Given: Atomic weight: O = 16,C =12,N=14, Fe=56 All the compositions are in wt.%. 1 ton = 1000 kg Assume that the gangue materials of the ore and ash content of coke form slag while FerOs in the ore is consumed in making hot metal. (A) | 1705 kg, 431 ke (B) | 2131 kg, 546 ke (© | 1705 kg, 331 ke (D) | 1500 ke, 431 ke MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 21 of 27Engineering 2021 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q.37-Q.55 Numerical Answer Type (NAT), carry TWO mark each (no negative marks). Q37 | Consider the function f(x) = x—cos x. Using Newton-Raphson method, the estimated root of f(x) after the first iteration is: (round off to 3 decimal places). Assume: Initial guess of the root = 0.5 radians. Q38 The work done by a force F = 2xi + 3yj along a straight line from point (0, 0) to (1, 2) is: (round off to nearest integer). Q.39 | Acoim is tossed three times. Given that there are more heads than tails, the probability of getting exactly one tail is: (round off to 2 decimal places). Q.40 | A continuous fillet weld is made using a 3000 W welding machine. At a travel speed of 6 mm 1, the cross-sectional area (in mm?) of the weld is: (round off to nearest integer). Given: ‘The unit energy required to melt the metal is 6 J mm. ‘Heat transfer factor = 0.6 Melting factor = 0.5 Q41 | Liquid iron is cast into a spherical sand mold (6 cm radius) and a cubical sand mold (12 cm edge length). [f solidification time is 60 minutes in the spherical casting, the time (in minutes) required to solidify in the cubical casting is: (round off to nearest integer). Q.42 | True strain for 60% height reduction of a sample subjected to hot forging is: (round off to 2 decimal places). MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 22 of 27Engineering 2021 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q43 For the equilibrium reaction: 2Cu (s) + S02(g) = CuzS (s) + 02 (g), the value of In. (2) at 973 Kis: (round off to 2 decimal places). 04 Given: 2Cu (s) + 0.582(g) = CuyS(s) AG® at 973 K=-100 kd S02(g) = 0.552(9) + O2(g) AG® at 973 K= 292 kJ R=8314J mol! Kt Assume: Cit and CusS are pure solids. O44 ‘One mole of an ideal gas at 10 atm. and 300 K undergoes reversible adiabatic expansion to a pressure of one atm. The work done (in Joule) by the gas is: (round off to nearest integer). Given: R= 8.314 J moF! K+; 1 atm. = 101325 Pa; Cp=2.5R. Qs ‘The figure shows the entropy versus temperature (S-T) plot of a reversible eycle of an engine. If Ti = 200 K and Tz = 600 K, the efficiency of the engine (in percent) (round off to 2 decimal places). |= MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 23 of 27Engineering 2021 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) 0.46 ‘Two dislocation lines parallel to z-axis lying in the x-z plane are shown in the figure. The glide force (in Newton) exerted by the edge dislocation on the screw dislocation is:______ (round off to nearest integer). For the edge, the shear stress component is given by: a, = —ab_ xxv") *Y BAW) (wy?) Given: Shear modulus, G = 28 GPa Poisson’s ratio, v= 0.3 Burgers vector, b = 0.29 nm Distance between the two dislocations = 0.5 nm Qa7 Ina material, a shear stress of 100 MPa is required to bow a dislocation Tine between precipitates with a spacing of 0.2 um. If the spacing between the precipitates is increased to 0.5 um, the shear stress (in MPa) to bow the dislocation would (round off to nearest integer). Q48 | A metal plate is in a state of plane strain (6,, = 0) with Gz, = dyy#0 and. Tay = Tre = Tye = 0. If the Poisson’s ratio is 0.3, the ratio, 6,,/,. is (round off to 1 decimal place). MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 24 of 27Engineering 2021 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q.49 An infinite metal plate has a central through-thickness crack of length = mm. The maximum applied stress (in MPa) that the plate can sustain in mode Tis (round off to nearest integer). Assume: Linear elastic fracture mechanics is valid Given: Fracture toughness, K;c= 20 MPa m! Q.50 A hypothetical binary eutectic phase diagram of A —B is shown below. An. alloy with 5 w1.% B solidifies with no convection. Assuming steady state, the critical temperature gradient (in K mm) required to maintain planar solidification front is: (round off to nearest integer). 700k ~\\ 100% A 100% B Given: Diffusivity of B in liquid = 10° m? 5? ‘Velocity of solidification front = 4 um 51 A thick steel plate containing 0.1 wt.% C is carburized at 950 °C. The plate’s surface carbon concentration is maintained at 1.1 wt.% C. After 9 hours, the depth (in mm) below the surface at which the carbon concentration is 0.6 wt.% C will be: (round off to 2 decimal places). Given: Diffusivity of carbon in y-Fe at 950 °C = 1.6 x 107" m? st Error funetion tabl z 035° 0.40 0450.50 0550.60 erf(z) 0.3794 0.4284 0.4755 0.5205 0.5633 0.6039 MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 25 of 27Engineering 2021 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q52 | At25°C, iron corrodes in a deaerated acid of pH 3 with a corrosion current density of 4 yA em. The corrosion potential (V) i (round off to 2 decimal places). Given: c= 0.1 V per decade of current density Exchange current density of hydrogen on iron surface = 10° A em? R=8.314 J mol K+, F=96500 C mot All potentials are with reference to standard hydrogen electrode. Q53 | The radius of an interstitial atom which just fits (without distorting the structure) inside an octahedral void of a bee-iron crystal (in nm) is: (round off to 3 decimal places). Assume the radius of Fe atom to be 0.124 nm. Q.54 _ | Nickel undergoes isothermal oxidation at 800 K for a duration of 400 s resulting in a weight gain of 2 mg em?, The weight gain (mg em) after a duration of 1600 s (round off to nearest integer). Assume: Weight gain is proportional to square root of time. MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 26 of 27VN {=a Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2021 7 21 Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Q.55 | A solid sphere (0.5 m radius) is enclosed within a larger hollow sphere (1m radius), as shown in figure. The radiation exchange takes place between the outer surface (surface 1) of the small sphere and the inner surface (surface 2) of the bigger sphere. The value of the view factor, Fz is: (round off to 2 decimal places). Given: View factor (Fi) is the fraction of the radiation leaving surface i that is intercepted by surface i. ND OF LHE QUESTION PAPER MT-Copyright © GATE 2021 Page 27 of 27GATE 2021 Answer Key for Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2021) Answer Keys and Marks for Subject/Paper; Metallurgical Engineering (MT) Question Type | Section Negative Q-No. | session | vicaymsa/NAT | Name Marks 1 8 Mca, GA B a 43 2 8 mca, oa 3 8 Mca. EN 4 8 mcq, GA 1 8 mcg, wr 2 8 mca, MT 3 8 McQ. MT 4 8 mcq. MT 5 8 Mcq wr 6 8 McQ MT 7 8 mcg. Mr 8 8 mca, MT 9 8 Mcq wr 10 8 mcg. 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