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Solution Report For All India Mock GATE 2020 : CBT-2 ME

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Q.1 Complete the sentence by filling in the appropriate words from the options provided.
The Maruti has become so ______ that snobbish customers, who believe their tastes are superior to others,
are ________ buy this car of the masses.

a. reputed, shirking from


b. sought after, queuing to
c. ubiquitous, disinclined to
d. affordable, waiting to

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.2 Choose the correct pair from the given options which has a similar relationship to the given pair.
PROCTOR : SUPERVISE

a. prophet : rule
b. prodigal : squander
c. profiteer : consume
d. profligate : demand

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.3 Which of the following will not be a number of the series 1, 8, 27, 64, 125,.....?

a. 256
b. 512
c. 729
d. 1000

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.4 6 people are sitting in a row. A is sitting towards immediate left of B and immediate right of C. C is sitting on
immediate right of F. D is sitting on immediate right of E who is to the left of F, then which two people are
sitting in the center?

a. D and B
b. A and B
c. F and C
d. E and D

Correct Ans. c Solution

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Q.5

Correct Ans. 140 Solution

Q.6 No national productivity measures are available for underground industries that may exist but remain
unreported. On the other hand, at least some industries that are run entirely by selfemployed industrialists
are included in national productivity measures.
From the information given above, it can be validly concluded that

a. there are at least some industries run entirely by self-employed industrialists that are underground industries.
b. not all industries that are run entirely by self-employed industrialists operate underground.
c.
not all industries that are run entirely by self-employed industrialists are included in national productivity
measures.
d. there are at least some industries run entirely by self-employed industrialists that are not underground
industries.

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.7 The sole object of this work is to consider, first, whether man, like every other species, is descended from
some pre-existing form; secondly, the manner of his development; and thirdly, the value of the differences
between the so-called races of man.
Which of the following best captures the essence of the passage?

a. The work seems to locate whether man is descended from some pre-existing form.
b. The work seems to locate whether man is descended from gods, the manner of his development, and the value
of the differences between the so-called races of mammals.
c. The work will not locate whether man is descended from some pre-existing form, but the manner of his
development.
d. The work seems to locate whether man is descended from some pre-existing form, the manner of his
development, and the value of the differences between the so-called races of man.

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.8 20 girls, among whom are A and B seat themselves at a round table. The probability that there are 4 girls
between A and B is:

a.
b.

c.

d.

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Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.9 In the trapezium What is the


area of trapezium ABCD?

a.

b.

c.

d.

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.10 A passenger train takes 2 hours less for a journey of 300 km if its speed is increased by 5 km/hr from its
usual speed. The usual speed of the train in km/hr is________

Correct Ans. 25 Solution

Q.11 Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

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a. a
b. b
c. c
d. d

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.12 Which of the following is an intensive thermodymic property?

a. Enthalpy
b. Internal energy
c. Entropy
d. Pressure

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.13 A block of weight 100 kN rests on a floor as shown in figure. The coefficient of static friction between the
block and the floor is 0.5. A force of 45 kN is applied horizontally on the block. What is the static frictional
force (in kN)?

a. 22.5
b. 50.0
c. 45.0
d. 100.0

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.14 The process used to make the aluminium collapsible tube use to keep the toothpaste is

a. cold- extrusion forging


b. impact extrusion
c. forward hot extrusion
d. forward cold extrusion

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.15 Which of the following is correct when moist air undergoes an adiabatic saturation process such that the
relative humidity of air increases for the process?

a. Dry bulb temperature increases and specific humidity increases


b. Dry bulb temperature increases and specific humidity decreases
c. Dry bulb temperature decreases and specific humidity increases
d. Dry bulb temperature decreases and specific humidity decreases
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Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.16 What will be the width of the strongest rectangular section under bending which is cut from the circular log
of wood of diameter 40 mm?

a. 23.09 mm
b. 32.66 mm
c. 28.28 mm
d. 24.49 mm

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.17 The angle between the line vector and the burgers vector of an edge dislocation is

a. 0°
b. 90°
c. 120°
d. 180°

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.18 What is the mobility of the following mechanism?

a. 1
b. – 1
c. 2
d. – 2

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.19 A simply supported beam having a rectangular cross-section depth d is subjected to a vertical
concentrated load P at the mid span. The maximum shear stress in a section occurs at

a.

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b.

c.

d.

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.20 If the wire diameter of a closely coiled helical spring subjected to compressive load is increased from 1 cm
to 2 cm, other parameter remaining same, the deflection will decrease by a factor of

a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d. 16

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.21 The limit of proportionality of a certain steel specimen is 300 MPa in simple tension. It is subjected to
principal tensile stresses of 150 MPa, 60 MPa and 30 MPa. According to the maximum principal stress
theory, the factor of safety in this case would be,

a. 10
b. 5
c. 4
d. 2

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.22
A two-dimensional velocty field is given by If the flow is
incompressible, the constant C should be

a. –10
b. 0
c. 5
d. 10

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.23 The reciprocal of the thermal efficiency of a steam power plant is the

a. steam rate
b. heat rate
c. net power output
d. heating value of fuel

Correct Ans. b Solution

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Q.24

a. –2 and –2
b. 2 and –2
c. 2 and 2
d. 0 and 2

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.25

a.

b.

c.

d.

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.26
A cube of side 5 cm is left in a furnace. If thermal diffusivity (α) is 21.9 × 10–6 m2/s then the Fourier number
after 10 seconds is ________. (Upto two decimal places)

Correct Ans. 3.15 Solution

Q.27 The hypodermic needle in the figure contains a liquid serum (SG = 1.05). The serum is to be injected

steadily at 6 cm3/s, If leakage is 10% of the needle flow, the speed of the plunger is ____ mm/s.

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Correct Ans. 23.156 Solution

Q.28 When the annual demand of a product is 30000 units, the EOQ (Economic Order Quantity) is 2500 units. If
the annual demand is 60000 units, the new EOQ will be _____ units. Assume other costs unchanged.

Correct Ans. 3535.53 Solution

Q.29 Demand during lead time with associated probabilities is shown below:

The expected demand will be _____ (upto two decimal points)

Correct Ans. 85.5 Solution

Q.30 In open die forging, a disc of diameter 200 mm height 60 mm is compressed without any barrelling effect.
The final diameter of disc is 400 mm. The magnitude of true strain is ______ (upto three decimal points)

Correct Ans. 1.3863 Solution

Q.31 Two cubical castings of the same metal and sizes of 3 cm side and 6 cm side are moulded in green sand. If
the smaller casting solidifies in 2 minutes, the expected time of solidifications of larger casting will be
_____ minutes.

Correct Ans. 8 Solution

Q.32 During an electric discharge drilling of a 10 mm square hole in a low carbon steel plate of 5 mm thickness,
brass tool and kerosene are used. The resistance and the capacitance in the relaxation circuit are 50 Ω and
10 μF, respectively. The amount of energy released per spark is _____ J. Take sparking voltage as 150 Volts.

Correct Ans. 0.113 Solution

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Q.33 The total strain energy stored in a rectangular block 600 mm × 120 mm × 50 mm is_____N.m when

subjected to a shear stress of 100 MPa. Take G = 84 kN/mm2.

Correct Ans. 214 Solution

Q.34

Correct Ans. 0.25 Solution

Q.35

Correct Ans. 0.236 Solution

Q.36 Given for water,


At 190°C, saturation pressure = 12.54 bar
At 210°C, saturation pressure = 19.06 bar

At 200°C, specific volume of saturation liquid = 1.1565 × 10–3 m3/kg

At 200°C, specific volume of saturation vapour = 0.1274 m3/kg


Using Clapeyron equation, the enthalpy of vaporization (kJ/kg) of water at 200°C is approximately.

a. 1857
b. 1924
c. 1947
d. 2020

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.37 Which of the following defect is due to the application of high froces and considerable amount of friction
between the rolled product and the rolled surface?

a. Alligatoring
b. Earing
c. Misrun
d. Chevron cracking

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.38

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In a two dimensional laminar flow near a solid wall as shown the velocity component is given by

where U is free stream velocity. Which of the following expression represents the velocity component
perpendicular to wall?

a.

b.
c.

d.

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.39 A bracket is attached to a column by means of 4 identical rivets and it is subjected to an eccentric force of
12 kN as shown below. If permissible shear stress is 60 MPa then the design diameter of rivets will be

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a. 16 mm
b. 14 mm
c. 12 mm
d. 10 mm

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.40 In an interference microscope, a groove produces a band distortion of 4 band spacing. If the wave length of
the monochromatic light source is 0.6 microns, the groove depth will be

a. 0.45 μm
b. 0.50 μm
c. 0.55 μm
d. 0.60 μm

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.41 A steel wire is drawn from an initial diameter of 12.7 mm to a final diameter of 10.2 mm at a speed of 90
m/min. The half cone angle of the die is 6° and the coefficient of friction at the job-die interface is 0.1. The
reduction in area (r) and true strain are

a. r = 0.355 and ∈ = 0.438 respectively


b. r = 0.355 and ∈ = 0.483 respectively
c. r = 0.533 and ∈ = 0.438 respectively
d. r = 0.553 and ∈ = 0.483 respectively

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.42 The controlling force F (in N) and r (in mm) the radius of rotation for a spring loaded governor are related by
the expression
F = 6r – 144
Each ball has a mass of 20 kg and the extreme radii of ball rotation are 150 mm and 240 mm respectively.
What is the minimum equilibrium speed?

a. 151.59 rpm
b. 153.59 rpm
c. 156.9 rpm
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d. 161.59 rpm

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.43 A uniform disc of 60 kg mass and 900 mm diameter is mounted on a shaft. The plane of the disc is not
perfectly at right angles to the axis of the shaft but has an error of 1.5°. What is the gyroscopic couple
acting on the bearing if the shaft rotates at 900 rpm?

a. 702 Nm
b. 704 Nm
c. 706 Nm
d. 708 Nm

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.44 A band brake having band width of 80 mm, drum diameter of 300 mm, coefficient of friction 0.2 and angle of
wrap of 270° is required to exert a friction torque of 900 Nm. The maximum tension developed in the band is

a. 3.83 kN
b. 9.83 kN
c. 3.38 kN
d. 9.38 kN

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.45 What is the amount of ferrite and cementite present in a 0.3 wt%C steel specimen slowly cooled to a
temperature of 726°C?

a. 95.2% and 4.8% respectively


b. 95.8% and 4.2% respectively
c. 96.1% and 3.9% respectively
d. 94.2% and 5.8% respectively

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.46 The damping factor for a spring mass damper system is 0.30. The value of frequency ratio for peak
amplitude is

a. 0.55
b. 0.66
c. 0.80
d. 0.90

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.47 A solid shaft of mild steel 240 mm diameter is to be replaced by a hollow shaft of alloy steel for which
allowable shear stress is 22 percent greater. The power to be transmitted is to be increased by 20 percent
and the speed of rotation increased by 5 percent. What is the maximum internal diameter of the hollow
shaft, when its outer diameter is equal to diameter of solid shaft?
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a. 80 mm
b. 100 mm
c. 120 mm
d. 140 mm

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.48 A cantilever of length 2 m carries a uniformly distributed load 2 kN/m over a length of 1 m from the free end
and a point load of 1 kN at the free end. What is the slope at free end if, E = 210 GPa and

mm4?

a. 0.0166 degree
b. 0.0177 degree
c. 0.0188 degree
d. 0.0199 degree

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.49 An air compressor receives air at 1 bar and 27°C. It compresses the air to a pressure of 10 bar, while its
temperature reaches 267°C. The compressor rejects 50 kJ/kg of heat from its body during compression
process. What is irreversibility in the process?

a. 65 kJ/kg
b. 39 kJ/kg
c. 29 kJ/kg
d. 71 kJ/kg

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.50
The Newton-Raphson method is used to solve the equation (x – 1)2 + x – 3 = 0. The method will fail in the
very first iteration if the initial guess is

a. zero
b. 0.5
c. 1
d. 3

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.51

a.

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b.

c.

d.

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.52 A flat plate, 1 m wide and 1.5 m long is to be maintained at 90°C in air with a free stream temperature of
10°C. The rate of energy dissipation from the plate is 0.375 kW. The velocity of air flow over flat plate along
1.5 m side is______cm/s. Take the following properties of air at 50°C and assuming laminar flow:

Correct Ans. 100 Solution

Q.53
Water is flowing at a rate of 0.5 m3/s in a horizontal pipeline of inside diameter 0.5 m. The density and

kinematic viscosity of water is 1000 kg/m3 and 10–6 m2/s, respectively. Assume Darcy- Weisbach friction

factor value to be 0.0093 and acceleration due to gravity as 9.81 m/s2. To maintain constant flow rate, the
required power per unit length of the pipeline (in W/m), (rounded off to first decimal place) would be ______.

Correct Ans. 30.15 Solution

Q.54 A Francis turbine has a outer diameter of 1.4 m and rotates at 430 rpm. Water enters the runner without
shock with a flow velocity of 9.5 m/s and leaves the runner without whirl with an absolute velocity of 7 m/s.

The turbine develops 12.25 MW power and the flow rate through the turbine is 12 m3/s. The absolute
velocity of water at entry to the runner is ______ m/s. (round your answer to two decimal places).

Correct Ans. 33.75 Solution

Q.55 Steam enters a counter flow heat exchanger, dry saturated at 10 bar and leaves at 350°C. The mass flow of
steam is 800 kg/min. The gas enters the heat exchanger at 650°C and mass flow rate is 1350 kg/min. If the
tubes are 30 mm diameter and 3 m long, the number of tubes required is ______ (round off to single digit).
Neglect resistance offered by metallic tubes. Use the following data:

Correct Ans. 503


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Solution

Q.56 A steam power plant operates on an Rankine (ideal) cycle between pressure of 5 MPa (boiler) and 10 kPa
(condenser). Water enters the pump at a specific enthalpy of 191.83 kJ/kg and specific volume 0.00101

m3/kg, and steam enters the turbine at an enthalpy of 4612.2 kJ/kg and leaves the turbine as saturated
vapour at 10 kPa. The enthalpy of vaporization of water at 10 kPa is 2392.8 kJ/kg. The ratio of heat addition
to the boiler and head rejected by the condenser is ____ (round off to three decimal places)

Correct Ans. 1.845 Solution

Q.57 A gas turbine plant operates on the Brayton cycle between Tmin = 315 K and Tmax = 1178 K. The ratio of
Brayton cycle efficiency and Carnot cycle efficiency is ______ (round off to three decimal places). Assume
both the cycles to operate between the same two temperature and Brayton cycle works for optimum
pressure limits.

Correct Ans. 0.659 Solution

Q.58
Two 1.2 mm thick, flat copper sheets (ρ = 9000 kg/m3); specific heat capacity = 0.3936 kJ/kg-K are being
spot welded using a current of 6000 A and a current flow time of t = 0.18s. The electrodes are 5 mm in
diameter and having effective resistance of 150 μΩ. Assuming that the heat generated is confined to the
volume of material directly between the two electrodes and the temperature is distributed uniformly, the
temperature rise (°C) is _______ (round off to two decimal places)

Correct Ans. 5822.73 Solution

Q.59 The flow rate of refrigerant R-12 in a refrigerator is 0.03 kg/s. The refrigerant enters the compressor as
saturated at 150.9 kPa. After adiabatic compression, it enters the condenser as superheated vapour at 500
kPa and 100°C and leave condenser as satured liquid at the same pressure. Use the following data:

For the superheated vapour at 500 kPa and 100°C, h = 252.05 kJ/kg. The COP of the cycle is _____. (Correct
upto two decimal places)

Correct Ans. 1.75 Solution

Q.60

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Correct Ans. 2.25 Solution

Q.61 The assignment problem given below require four different jobs to be done on four different machines.

The minimum cost of assignment is______.

Correct Ans. 116 Solution

Q.62 The following Taylor tool life equation for carbide tool steel work piece pair was obtained experimentally:

VT0.25 = 650 where V is in m/min and T in min. A batch of 1000 steel parts each 100 mm in diameter and 250
mm in length, is to be rough turned using a feed of 0.2 mm/rev. If the cost per cutting edge of the throwaway
carbide, insert is time required to reset the cutting edge is 1 min and the total machine rate (including
operator cost) is the optimum cutting speed for minimum cost (in m/min) is _______. (rounded
off to two decimal places)

Correct Ans. 271.197 Solution

Q.63 A 6-cylinder four stroke gas engine with a stroke volume of 1.75 litres develops 26.25 kW at 504 rpm. The
mean effective pressure is 6 bar. The average number of times each cylinder misfires in one minutes is
______.

Correct Ans. 2 Solution

Q.64

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Correct Ans. 448 Solution

Q.65
Let A be 2 × 2 matrix such that Trace (A) = 1 and Det (A) = –6. Trace of (A4) = _________ .

Correct Ans. 97 Solution

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