ENGINEERING MATERIALS

1. What is the crystallographic structure of austenite?

(a) Simple cubic
(b) Face-centered cubic (F.C.C.)
(c) Body-centered cubic (B.C.C.)
(d) Hexagonal close-packed (H.C.P.)
(e) It cannot be determined
2. Pearlite is a combination of:
(a) Ferrite and cementite
(b) Cementite and gamma iron
(c) Ferrite and austenite
(d) Ferrite and iron graphite
3. Which of the following constituents of steels
is softest and least strong?
(a) Austenite (b) Pearlite
(c) Cementite (d) Ferrite
4. What is the crystal structure of alpha
iron(Ferrite)?
(a) Body-centered cubic
(b) Cubic structure
(c) Face-centered cubic
(d) Hexagonal close packed
5. The crystal structure of gamma iron is:
(a) Body centred cubic
(b) Face centred cubic
(c) Hexagonal close packed
(d) Cubic structure
6. Gibb's phase rule is given by : - P = number of phases, F
= number of degree of freedom; C = number of
components.
(a) F=C+P (b) F=C+P-2
(c) F= C-P-2 (d) F = C-P + 2
7. The Iron-Carbon diagram and T-T-T curves are
determined respectively under
(a) Equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions
(b) Non-equilibrium and equilibrium conditions
(c) Equilibrium conditions for both
(d) Non-equilibrium conditions for both
8. The percentage of carbon in Eutectoid
steel is
(a)0.02% (b) 0.3%
(c) 0.6% (d)0.8%
9.Eutectic reaction for iron –carbon system
occurs at-
(a)600𝑜 𝐶 (b) 723𝑜 𝐶
(c) 1147𝑜 𝐶 (d) 1490𝑜 𝐶
10. Delta iron occurs at the temperature,
(a) Above recrystallisation temperature
(b) Above melting point
(c) Between 1400°C and 1539°C
(d) Between 910°C and 1400°C
11. The weight percentage of carbon,
in cementite is
(a)13.00% (b) 6.67%
(c) 4.00% (d) 0.40%
12. Which one of the following statements about a
phase diagram is INCORRECT?
(a) Solid solubility limits are depicted by it.
(b) It gives information on transformation rates.
(c) It indicates the temperature at which different
phases start to melt.
(d) Relative amount of different phases can be
found under given equilibrium conditions.
13. On heating, one solid phase results
in another solid phase and a liquid
phase during___reaction.
((a) Eutectoid (b) Peritectic
(c) Eutectic (d) Peritectoid
14. Eutectic product in Fe-C system is
called
(a)Pearlite (b) Ledeburite
(c) Bainite (d) Spheroidite
15. When steel containing less than
0.85% carbon is cooled slowly below the
lower critical point, it contains
(a)Ferrite mainly
(b)Pearlite mainly
(c)Ferrite and pearlite
(d)Pearlite and cementite
16. Martensite is a super saturated
solution of carbon in...........
(a)alpha iron
(b)gamma iron
(c) beta iron
(d) delta iron
17. A steel with 0.8% C is called
(a)Hypoeutectoid steel
(b)Hyper eutectoid steel
(c)Eutectoid steel
(d)None of these
18. When a steel is heated to
above its upper critical temp, the
structure produced is one of
(a)Martensite
(b)Austenite
(c)Pearlite
(d)Sorbite
19. In a eutectic system, two
elements are completely
(a)Insoluble in solids and liquids
(b)Soluble in liquid state
(c)Soluble in solid state
(d)Insoluble in liquid state
20. Upper critical temp for steel
(a)Is constant
(b)Depends upon the rate of heating
(c)Varies according to the carbon in steel
(d)Depends upon the rate of cooling
21. Which one of the is not an allotropic
form of iron?
(a) 𝛽 (b) 𝛿
(c) 𝛼 (d) 𝛾
22. Hypo eutectoid steels have
carbon content:
(a)Equal to 0.93%
(b)Less than 0.83%
(c)More than 0.93% and upto 2%
(d)More than 2%
23. Iron carbon equilibrium diagram
(a)Indicates the phase changes occurring
during heating and cooling
(b)Correlates the microstructure and
properties of steel and cast iron
(c)Is made by plotting carbon
percentage and temperature
(d)All of these
24. Iron-carbon alloy containing 1.7 to
4.3% carbon is called
(a)Eutectoid cast Iron
(b) Hyper eutectic cast Iron
(c) Hypo-eutectic cast Iron
(d) Eutectoid steel
25. Which of the following is not true for
Ferrite?
(a)It has BCC structure
(b)It is soft and ductile
(c)Solubility of carbon in ferrite is very high
(d) It is alpha-iron
26. Choose the correct eutectic reaction in
steel being cooled from liquid state
27. Peritectoid reaction is
28. As per Gibb's phase rule, if number
of components is equal to 2, then the
number of phases will be
(a)≤2 (b) ≤ 3
(c) ≤ 4 (d) ≤5
29. The phase that does not
appear in Fe-C equilibrium phase
diagram is_____.
(a) Austenite
(b) Cementite
(c) Ferrite
(d) Martensite
30. Critical cooling rate on Time -
Temperature Transformation (TTT) curve
is that slowest rate of cooling at which all
austenite is transformed into:
(a) Coarse perlite
(b) martensite
(c) Fine pearlite
(d) None of the above