Medi-Caps University

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ph. D. Entrance Test

Duration of Test: 2Hour Maximum Mark: 100

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Instruction

1. All questions are compulsory.

2. Each question carries 2 marks.
3. Use ball point pen to answer the question.
4. Scientific Calculators are allowed.
5. No mobile phone is allowed in the examination hall.
6. Any kind of canvassing or use of unfair means in the examination is liable to
cancellation of candidature.
7. Any overwriting in the answer will not be considered for evaluation.

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Recommendation of the UPAC

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 Medi-Caps University
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ph. D. Entrance Test

Q-1 Ethical Neutrality is a feature of

a) Deduction b) Scientific method c) Observation d) experience
Q-2 An essential Criterion of Scientific study is
a) Belief b) Value c) Objectivity d) Subjectivity
Q-3 “Reasoning from general to particular “is called
a) Induction b) deduction c) Observation d) experience
Q-4 “ A system of systematically interrelated concepts definitions and propositions that
are advanced to explain and predict phenomena” … is
a) Facts b) Values c) Theory d) Generalization
Q-5 ……….. is “systematically conceptual structure of inter related elements in some
schematic form”
a) Concept b) Variable c) Model d) Facts
Q-6 The method by which a sample is chosen
a) Unit b) design c) Random d) Census
Q-7 Basing conclusions without any bias and value judgment is ……………
a) Objectivity b) Specificity c) Values d) Facts
Q-8 Example for fact finding study is
a) Pure Research b) Survey
c) Action Research d) Long term Research
Q-9 Research conducted to find solution for an immediate problem is ………….
a)Fundamental Research b) Analytical Research
c) Survey d) Action Research
Q-10 . ………….. is a way to systematically solve the research problem
a) Technique b) Operations
c) Research methodology d) Research Process
Q-11 Research method is a part of …………..
a) Problem b) Experiment
c) Research Techniques d) Research methodology
Q-12 A question which requires a solution is ………….
a) Observation b) Problem c) Data d)Experiment
Q-13 While Selecting a problem, problem which is ………….. is no taken
a) Very Common b) Overdone c) Easy one d) rare
Q-14 In the formulation of the problem we need to give a ………….
a) Title b) Index c) Bibliography d) Concepts
Q-15 Objectives in problem formulation means
a) Questions to be answered b) methods
c) Techniques d)methodology
Q-16 Concepts are ……………. of Research
a) Guide b) Tools c) Methods d) Variables
Q-17 Concepts which cannot be given operational definitions are ………… concepts
a) Verbal b) Oral c) Hypothetical d) Operational
Q-18 A Hypothesis which develops while planning the research is
a) Null Hypothesis b) Working Hypothesis
c) Relational Hypothesis d)Descriptive Hypothesis
Q-19 All surveys are essentially ……….
a) Narrative b) Explanatory c) Interdisciplinary d) Communal
Q-20 The final stage is a survey is ……………….
a)Reporting b) Fieldwork c) Assignment d) Calculation
Q-21 A comprehensive full Report of the research process is called
a) Thesis b) Summary Report c) Abstract d) Article
Q-22 ………………. is called publication in a Research journal
a) Guide b)Popular report c) Research article d) Format
Q-23 Ph.D stands for
a) Doctor of Philosophy b) Degree in Philosophy
c) Doctor of Psychology d) None of the these
Q-24 Bibliography means
a) Foot Note b) Quotations
c) List of Books referred d) Biography
Q-25 Failure to acknowledge the borrowed material is called (Take and use of others as
one’s own)
a) Acknowledgement b) Foot note
c) Index d) Plagiarism
Q-26 The tool material, for faster machining, should have
a) Wear resistance b) Red hardness
c) Toughness d) All of these
Q-27 The efficiency and work ratio of a simple gas turbine cycle are
a) Low b) Very low c) High d) Very high
Q-28 For the same compression ratio, the efficiency of dual combustion cycle is
a) Greater than Diesel cycle and less than Otto cycle
b) Less than Diesel cycle and greater than Otto cycle
c) Greater than Diesel cycle
d) Less than Diesel cycle
Q-29 A cycle consisting of one constant pressure, one constant volume and two
isentropic processes is known as
a) Carnot cycle b) Stirling cycle c) Otto cycle d) Diesel cycle

Q-30 The value of bulk modulus of a fluid is required to determine

a) Reynold's number b) Froude's number
c) Mach number d) Euler's number
Q-31 In a coupling rod of a locomotive, each of the four pairs is a __________ pair.
a) Sliding b) Turning c) Rolling d) Screw
Q-32 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
Q-33 Which of the following is an open pair?
a) Ball and socket joint b) Journal bearing
b) Lead screw and nut d) Cam and follower
Q-34 Strain energy is the
a) Energy stored in a body when strained within elastic limits
b) Energy stored in a body when strained up to the breaking of a specimen
c) Maximum strain energy which can be stored in a body
d) Proof resilience per unit volume of a material
Q-35 A vertical column has two moments of inertia (i.e. Ixx and Iyy ). The column will
tend to buckle in the direction of the
a) Axis of load b) Perpendicular to the axis of load
c) Maximum moment of inertia d) Minimum moment of inertia
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Faculty of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ph. D. Entrance Test

Q-36 The neutral axis of the cross-section a beam is that axis at which the bending stress
is
a) Zero b) Minimum c) Maximum d) Infinity
Q-37 Which of the following material has maximum ductility?
a) Mild steel b) Copper c) Nickel d) Aluminium
Q-38 An eutectoid steel consists of
a) Wholly pearlite b) Wholly austenite
c) Pearlite and ferrite d) Pearlite and cementite
Q-39 Shock resisting steels should have
a) Low wear resistance b) Low hardness
c) Low tensile strength d) Toughness
Q-40 The mechanical efficiency of an impulse turbine is
a) Ratio of the actual power produced by the turbine to the energy actually supplied
by the turbine
b) Ratio of the actual work available at the turbine to the energy imparted to the
wheel
c) Ratio of the Work done on the wheel to the energy of the jet
d) None of the above
Q-41 In a Kaplan turbine runner, the number of blades are generally between
a) 2 to 4 b) 4 to 8 c) 8 to l6 d) 16 to 24
Q-42 The automobile radiator is a heat exchanger of
a) Parallel flow type b) Counter flow type
c) Cross flow type d) Regenerator type
Q-43 A heat pump working on a reversed Carnot cycle has a C.O.P. of 5. It works as a
refrigerator taking 1 kW of work input. The refrigerating effect will be
a) 1 kW b) 2 kW c) 3 kW d) 4 kW
Q-44 Which of the following statement is correct?
a) The constant enthalpy lines are also constant wet bulb temperature lines.
b) The wet bulb and dry bulb temperature are equal at saturation condition.
c) The wet bulb temperature is a measure of enthalpy of moist air.
d) All of the above
Q-45 In electrolux refrigerator
a) Ammonia is absorbed in hydrogen
b) Ammonia is absorbed in water
c) Ammonia evaporates in hydrogen
d) Hydrogen evaporates in ammonia
Q-46 Which of the following parameters influence the axial feed rate in centreless
grinding?
a) Regulating wheel diameter
b) Speed of the regulating wheel
c) Angle between the axes of grinding and regulating wheels
d) All of the above
Q-47 The lathe spindles are usually made hollow and provided with
a) Internal taper b) External taper
c) Internal and external taper d) No taper
Q-48 In a single point tool, the angle between the surface of the flank immediately below
the point and a line drawn from the point perpendicular to the base, is known as
a) Side relief angle b) End relief angle
c) Back rake angle d) Side rake angle
Q-49 EDM machining is applied for
a) Shaping carbide dies and punches having complicated profiles
b) Making large number of small holes in sieves and fuel nozzles
c) Embossing and engraving on harder materials
d) All of these
Q-50 Dielectric is used in
a) Electro-chemical machining b) Ultra-sonic machining
c) Electro-discharge machining d) Laser machining
 Medi-Caps University
Faculty of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ph. D. Entrance Test

Answer Key Mechanical Engineering

1 b 26 d
2 c 27 b
3 b 28 a
4 c 29 d
5 c 30 c
6 b 31 b
7 a 32 b
8 b 33 a
9 d 34 a
10 c 35 d
11 d 36 a
12 b 37 a
13 b 38 a
14 a 39 d
15 a 40 b
16 b 41 b
17 c 42 c
18 b 43 d
19 c 44 d
20 a 45 c
21 a 46 d
22 c 47 a
23 a 48 b
24 c 49 d
25 d 50 c