1.

In NC part programming interactive input

spindle speed of 730 rpm will devices.
be coded by the magic-3 rule (d) Post-processor is an item
as of hardware.
(a) S673 (b) S730 [ME 1993 : 2 Marks]
(c) S630 (d) S037
[ME 1989 : 1 Mark] 5. CNC Machine are more
accurate than conventional
2. Numerically controlled machines because they have a
machine tools are better high resolution encoder and
suited for digital readouts for positioning.
............(batch/mess) (T/F).
production, because their [ME 1994 : 1 Mark]
setup time is …….
(large/smaller) in comparison 6. CNC Machine are more
to special purpose machine economical to use even for
tools) simple turning jobs. (T/F).
[ME 1991 : 1 Mark] [ME 1994 : 1 Mark]

3. In PTP type of NC system 7. In a point to point control NC

(a) Control of position and
velocity of the tool of
essential.
(b) Control of only position of
the tool is sufficient.
(c) Control of only velocity of
the tool is sufficient.
(d) Neither position nor
velocity need to be
controlled.
[ME 1992 : 1 Mark]
4. With reference to NC
machine, which of the
following statement is wrong?
(a) Both closed loop and open
loop control systems are
used.
(b) Paper tapes, floppy drives
and cassettes are used for
data storage.
(c) Digitisers may be used as
machine, the slides positioned
by an integrally mounted
stepper motor drive. If the
specification of the motor is 1
deg/pulse, and the pitch of the
lead screw is 3.6 mm. What is
the expected positioning
accuracy?
(a) 1 micron
(b) 10 micron
(c) 50 micron
(d) 100 micron
[ME 1997 : 2 Marks]
8. A cylinder of 155 mm diameter
is to be reduced to 150 mm
diameter in one turning cut
with a feed of 0.15 mm/rev and
a cutting speed of 150 m/min
on a NC lathe. what are the
programmed feed rate and the
material removal rate?
 [ME 1998 : 2 Marks]
9. In computer aided drafting
practice, an arc is defined by
(a) Two end Points only
(b) Centre and Radius
(c) Radius and one and point
(d) Two end points and centre.
[ME 2000 : 1 Mark]
10. Cellular manufacturing is
suitable for
(a) A Single production in
large volumes.
(b) One-off production in
several varieties.
(c) Production with similar
features made in batches.
(d) Large variety of products
in large volumes.
[ME 2000 : 1 Mark]
11. Machining of complex shapes
on CNC machines requires.
(a) Simultaneous control of x,
y and z axes.
(b) Simultaneous control of x
and y axes.
(c) Independent control of x
and y axes.
(d) Independent control of x, y
and z axes.
[ME 2002 : 1 Mark]
12. In finish machining of an island
on a casting with CNC milling
machine, an end mill with 10
mm diameter is employed. The
corner points of the island are
represented by (0,0), (0, 30),
(50,30) and (50,0). By applying
cutter radius compensation, the
trajectory of the cutter will be
(a) (-5, 0), (-5, 35), (55, 35),
(55, -5), (-5, 5).
(b) (0, -5), (55, -5), (55, 35),
(-5, 35), (-5, -5).
(c) (5, 5), (5, 25), (45, 25),
(45, 5), (5, 5).
(d) (5, 5), (45, 5), (45, 25),
(5, 25), (5, 5).
[ME 2000 : 2 Marks]
13. During the execution of a CNC
part program block.
N020 G02 X45.0 Y25.0 R5.0
the type of tool motion will be
(a) Circular interpolation –
Clock wise
(b) Circular interpolation –
Counter Clock wise
(c) Linear interpolation
(d) Rapid feed
[ME 2004 : 1 Mark]
14. In a 2-D CAD package,
clockwise circular arc of radius
5, specified from 𝑃1 (15, 10) to
𝑃2 (10, 15) will have its centre at
(a) (10, 10) (b) (15, 10)
(c) (15, 15) (d) (10, 15)
[ME 2004 : 2 Marks]
15. Which among the NC
operations given below are
continuous path operations?
Arc Welding (AW)
Drilling (D)
Laser cutting of Sheet (LC)
Milling (M)
Punching in sheet metal (P)
Spot welding (SW)
(a) AW, LC and M
 (d) AW, D, LC and M
(c) D, LC, P and SW
(d) D, LC and SW
[ME 2005 : 1 Mark]
16. The tool of an NC machine has
to move along a circular are
from (5,5) to (10,10) while
performing an operation. The
centre of the arc is at (10,5).
Which one of the following NC
tool path commands performs
the above mentioned
operations?
(a) N010 G02 X10 Y10 X5 Y5
R5
(b) N010 G03 X10 Y10 X5 Y5
R5
(c) N010 G01 X5 Y5 X10 Y10
R5
(d) N010 G02 X5 Y5 X10 Y10
R5
[ME 2005 : 2 Marks]
17. NC contouring is an example of
(a) Continuous path
positioning
(b) Point-to-Point positioning
(c) Absolute positioning
(d) Incremental positioning
[ME 2006 : 1 Mark]
18. Which type of motor is NOT
used in axis or spindle drives of
CNC machine tools?
(a) Induction motor
(b) DC servo motor
(c) Stepper motor
(d) Linear servo motor
[ME 2007 : 1 Mark]
19. For generating a Coon's surface
we require
(a) A set of grid points on the
surface
(b) A set of grid control points
(c) Four bounding curves
defining the surface
(d) Two bounding curves and
a set of grid control
points
[ME 2008 : 1 Mark]
Linked Answer Q. 20 & 21
In the fed drive of a Point-to-Point
open loop CNC drive, a stepper
motor rotating at 200 steps/rev
dries a table through a gear box and
lead screw-nut mechanism (pitch=4
mm, number of starts = 1). The gear
ratio
Output rotational speed
(= ) is given by U =
intput rotational speed
1
. The stepper motor (driven by
4
voltage pulses form a pulse
generator) executes 1 step/pulse of
the pulse generator. The frequency
of the pulse train from the pulse
generator is f = 10,000 pulses per
minute.
20. The basic Length Unit (BLU),
ie., the table movement
corresponding to 1 pulse of the
pulse generator, is
(a) 0.5 Microns
(b) 5 Microns
(c) 50 Microns
(d) 500 Microns
[ME 2008 : 2 Marks]
 (c) Circular interpolation in
21. A customer insists on a clock wise direction and
modification to change the BLU incremental dimension.
of the CNC drive to 10 microns (d) Circular interpolation in
without changing the table clock wise direction and
speed. The modification can be absolute dimension.
accomplished by [ME 2010 : 1 Mark]
1
(a) Changing U to and
2
𝑓 24. A CNC vertical milling machine
reducing f to 2.
1
has to cut a straight slot of 10
(b) Changing U to and mm width and 2 mm depth by a
8
increasing f to 2f. cutter of 10 mm diameter
1
(c) Changing U to and between points (0, 0) and (100,
2
keeping f unchanged. 100) on the XY plane
(d) Keeping U unchanged and (dimensions in mm). The feed
increasing f to 2f. rate used for milling is 50
[ME 2008 : 2 Marks] mm/min. Milling time for the
slot (in seconds) is
22. Match the following. (a) 120 (b) 170
(c) 180 (d) 240
NC Definition [ME 2012 : 1 Mark]
Code
P.M05 1. Absolute coordinate 25. If the z-axis and x-axis of CNC
system lathe are provided with
Q.G01 2. Dwell straight line controls. It is
R.G04 3. Spindle stop possible to carry out.
S.G90 4. Linear interpolation
(a) Turning and facing only.
(b) Turning, facing and taper
(a) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1
turning
(b) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2
(c) Turning, facing and thread
(c) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1
cutting.
(d) P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1
(d) Turning, facing and
[ME 2008 : 2 Marks]
drilling.
[PI 1998 : 1 Mark]
23. In a CNC program block, N002
G02 G91 X40 Z40....., G02 and
26. The most common interpolation
G91 refer to
methods in continuous path NC
(a) Circular interpolation in
machining are
counter clock wise direction
(a) Linear and circular
and incremental dimension.
(b) Linear and parabolic
(b) Circular interpolation in
(c) Circular and parabolic
counter clock wise direction
(d) Circular and elliptic.
and absolute dimension.
 [PI 1990 : 1 Mark]
27. Use of robot for spray painting
is primarily justified
improved ........ A............ and
reduced........ B.........
(a) Productively/Consistency.
(b) Cost/Hazard
[PI 1990 : 1 Mark]
28. A 21/2 axis control in a typical
CNC machine provides.
(a) Simultaneous tool
movements along 2
axes.
(b) Programmable movement
along 3 axes but allow
simultaneous movement
along 2 axes.
(c) Simultaneous
programmable movement
along 3 axes in both
directions.
(d) Simultaneous
programmable movement
along 3 axes but only in
one direction.
[PI 1990 : 2 Marks]
29. Feed motion can be provided
with stepper motors in CNC.
(a) Lathe
(b) Drilling machine
(c) Milling machine
(d) Grinding machine
[PI 1991 : 1 Mark]
30. Control of group of NC machine
by a supervisory computer is
known as .......... control.
[PI 1992 : 1 Mark]
31. The component development
and manufacturing activities
when assisted by a computer
for area ; computer aided graphics
(CAG), CAD, CAM, CAPP and
computer aided quality control
(CAQC). The most appropriate
sequences of these activities is
(a) CAD-CAG-CAPP-CAM-CAQC
(b) CAG-CAD-CAM-CAPP-CAQC
(c) CAD-CAG-CAPP-CAQC-CAM
(d) CAD-CAPP-CAG-CAM-CAQC
[PI 1992 : 2 Marks]
32. A DC servomotor is directly
driving an NC table. The pitch
of the lead screw of the table is
5 mm. The motor rotates at 100
rpm for an applied voltage of
10V. If the voltage speed
characteristic of the motor is
linear, the applied voltage for a
table of 3 m/min is equal to
(a) 30 V (b) 60 V
(c) 33 V (d) 50 V
[PI 1992 : 2 Marks]
33. A. CNC 1. Zero
inventory
B. MRP 2. Rout Sheet
C. JIT 3. DNC
D. FMS 4. Cutter path
5. Lumped
demand
[PI 1993 : 2 Marks]
34. FMS is well suited to mass
scale manufacturing. (T/F).
[PI 1994 : 1 Mark]
35. In DNC each machine tool is interpolation parameters (I,K)
controlled by a dedicated and the incremental
computer. movements in the directions of
[PI 1994 : 1 Mark] the X and Z axes are
36. FAPT in part programming programmed as
language. (T/F).
[PI 1994 : 1 Mark]

37. Match the following

Group-I
P. G09
Q. G41
R. G01
S. G03
Group-II
1. Linear interpolation (a) I = 0, K = R, X= - (R-P), Z=
2. Retardation -0
3. Circular interpolation (b) I = R, K = O, X= - (R-P), Z=
4. Cutter radius -Q
compensation (c) I = P, K = Q, X= R,Z, =R-
P Q R S Q
(a) 3 1 4 2 (d) I = Q, K = P, X= (R-P), Z=
(b) 4 1 3 2 R
(c) 3 4 1 2 [PI 1994 : 2 Marks]
(d) 2 4 1 3
[PI 1994 : 2 Mark]
40. Automation strategy type of
38. Given that the notations of equipment
robot joints are L-linear, O- Type of equipment
orthogonal, R=rotation, T- P. Stand-alone programmable
twisting and V-revolving, the manufacturing
anatomy of a polar automation.
configuration robot is Q. Programmable automation
described by the alphabetical with automatic tool
string. changing.
(a) TOO (b) TLL R. Dedicated automation with
(c) TRL (d) TVO automated material
[PI 1994 : 2 Marks] transfer
S. Programmable automation
39. For machining the circular arc with programmable
shown in the figure below on a material handling and
NC machining. The transfer.
 Automation strategy GODLTA/0,0,-15
1. Transfer line GODLTA/0,0,15
2. CNC (d) GOTO/SETPT
3. FMS GODLTA/0,0,15
4. Machining centre GODLTA/0,0,-15
P Q R S [PI 2006 : 2 Marks]
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 4 2 3 1 43. Match the following
(c) 1 2 3 4 Group-I
(d) 2 4 1 3 P. G08 Q. G41
[PI 2005 : 2 Marks] R. G01 S. G02
Group-II
41. Consider the following 1. Linear interpolation
characteristics: 2. Acceleration.
1. Single machine tool 3. Circular interpolation
2. Manual material handling 4. Cutter radius
system. compensation
3. Computer control P Q R S
4. Random sequencing of part (a) 3 1 4 2
of machines. (b) 4 1 3 2
Which of the above (c) 3 4 1 2
characteristics are (d) 2 4 1 3
associated with flexible [PI 2006 : 2 Marks]
manufacturing system?
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 44. The interpolator in a CNC
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4 machine controls
[PI 2005 : 2 Marks] (a) Spindle speed
(b) Coolant flow
42. Complete the manual part (c) Feed rate
program for drilling a hole (d) Tool change
located at point (20, 20) from [PI 2007 : 1 Mark]
the target point. The depth of
the hole to be drilled is 15 mm 45. In a CAD package, a point
FROM/TARG P(6,3,2) is projected along a
GOTA/20, 20, 0 vector 𝑉̅ (−2, 1, −1). The
(a) GODLTA/0,0,-15 projection of this point on X-Y
GODLTA/0,0,15 plane will be
GOTO/SETPT (a) (4,4,0) (b) (8,2,0)
(b) GODLTA/0,0,15 (c) (7,4,0) (d) (2,5,0)
GODLTA/0,0,-15 [PI 2007 : 2 Marks]
GOTO/SETPT
(c) GOTO/SETPT
46. The geometric transformation P1 = POINT/XSMALL, INTOF,
specified by LN1, CR1
[x y 1] = [x y 1] The coded geometric situation
0.5 0 0 without causing error is
[ 0 0.25 0] 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 2𝐷
1 2 1
in a 2D CAD system
represents.
(a) Scaling and translation
(b) Scaling and rotation
(c) Rotation and translation
(d) Rotation
[PI 2007 : 2 Marks]

47. In a CNC feed drive, a stepper

motor with step angle of 1.8
degree drives a lead screw with
pitch of 2 mm. The basic length
unit (BLU) for this drive is

(a) 10 microns
(b) 20 microns
(c) 40 microns
(d) 100 microns
[PI 2008 : 2 Marks]

48. A stepper motor has 150 steps.

The output shaft of the motor is
directly coupled to a lead screw
of pitch 4 mm, which drives a
table. If the frequency of pulse
supply to the motor is 200 Hz;
the speed of the table (in
mm/min) is
(a) 400 (b) 320
(c) 300 (d) 280
[PI 2008 : 2 Marks]

49. Suppose point P1 and APT

(Automatically Programmed
Tool) programming is coded by
statement.
 (a) 14400 (b) 28800
(c) 57600 (d) 72000
[ME 2009 : 2 Marks]

52. For a 3-axes CNC table, the side

along the vertical axis of the
table driven by a DC servo
motor via lead screw nut
mechanism. The lead screw has
pitch of 5 mm. This lead screw
is fitted with a relative
(incremental) circular encoder.
The basic length unit (BLU) of
the side along the vertical axis
of the table is 0.005 mm. When
the table moves along the
vertical axis by 9 mm. The
corresponding number of
pulses generated by the
encoder is
[PI 2008 : 2 Marks]
(a) 1400 (b) 1800
(c) 4200 (d) 9000
50. Which of the following is the
[PI 2010 : 2 Marks]
correct data structure for solid
models?
53. In a CAD package, mirror image
of a 2D Point P(5,10) is to be
(a) Solid
obtained about a line which
Part→Face →Edges
passes through the origin and
→Vertices
makes an angle of 45° counter
(b) Solid
clock wise with the X-axis
Part→Edges→Face
coordinates of the transformed
→Vertices
point will be
(c) Vertices→Edges→Face
(a) (7.5, 5) (b) (10, 5)
→Solid Parts
(c) (7.5,-5) (d) (10,-5)
(d) Vertices→Faces→Edges
[PI 2013 : 2 Marks]
→Solid Parts
[ME 2009 : 1 Mark]
54. For machining a rectangular
island represented by
51. The total angular movement (in
coordinates P(0,0), Q(100,0),
degree) of a lead screw with a
R(100,50) and S(0,50) on a
pitch of 5.0 mm to drive the
casting using CNC milling
work table by a distance of 200
machine, an end mill with a
mm in a NC machine s
 diameter of 16 mm is used. The
trajectory of the cutter centre
to machine the island PQRS is
(a) (-8,-8), (108, -8), (108,
58), (-8, 58) (-8, -8).
(b) (8,8), (94,8), (94, 44), (8,
44), (8,8).
(c) (-8,8), (94,0), (94,44),
(8,44), (-8,8).
(d) (0,0), (100,0), (100,50),
(50,0), (0,0).
[ME 2014 : 1 Mark, Set-1]
55. A robot arm PQ with end
coordinates
P(0,0) and Q (2,5) rotates
counter clock wise about P in
the XY plane by 90°. The new
coordinate pair of the end point
Q is
(a) (-2,5) (b) (-5,2)
(c) (-5,-2) (d) (2,-5)
[ME 2014 : 1 Mark, Set-2]
56. A minimal spanning tree in
network flow models involves.
(a) All the nodes with
cycle/loop allowed.
(b) All the nodes with
cycle/loop not allowed.
(c) Shortest path between
start and end nodes.
(d) All the nodes with directed
arcs.
[ME 2014 : 1 Mark, Set-3]
57. For the CNC part programming,
match Group A with Group B :.
Group A
P. Circular interpolation,
counter clock wise.
Q. Dwell
R. Circular interpolation,
clock wise
S. Point to Point countering.
Group B
I. G02 II G03
III G04 IV G00
(a) P - II, Q - III, R - I, S - IV
(b) P - I, Q - IV, R - II, S - IV
(c) P - I, Q - IV, R - II, S - III
(d) P - II, Q - I, R - III, S - IV
[ME 2014 : 2 Marks, Set-2]
58. The function of interpolator in
a CNC machine controller is to
(a) Control spindle speed
(b) Coordinates feed rates of
axes.
(c) Control tool rapid
approach speed.
(d) Perform Miscellaneous (M)
functions (tool,
change, coolant control
etc.)
[2015 : 1 Mark, Set-1]
59. A drill is positioned at Point P
and it has to proceed to point
Q. The coordinates of point Q in
the incremental system of
defining position of a point in
CNC part program will be
(a) (3,12) (b) (5,7)
(c) (7,12) (d) (4,7)
 [2015 : 1 Mark, Set-3]
60. A triangular face in a CAD
model has vertices ; P (0,0,0) ;
P2 (1,1,0) and P3 (1,1,1). The
area of the facet is
(a) 0.500 (b) 0.707
(c) 1.414 (d) 1.732
[2015 : 2 Marks, Set-1]
61. In a CNC milling operation, the
tool has to machine the circular
arc form point (20,20) to
(10,10) at sequence number of
5 of the CNC part program. If
the centre of the arc is at
(20,10) and the machine has
incremental mode of defining
position coordinates, the
correct tool path command is
(a) N05 G90 G01 X-10 Y-10
R10
(b) N05 G91 G03 X-10 Y-10
R10
(c) N05 G90 G03 X20 Y20 R10
(d) N05 G91 G02 X20 Y20 R10
[2015 : 2 Marks, Set-3]
62. Match the following part
programming codes with their
respective functions.
Part Programming codes
P. G01
Q. G03
R. M03
S. M05
Functions
I. Spindle stop
II. Spindle rotation, clock
wise
III. Circular interpolation, anti
clock wise
IV. Linear interpolation.
(a) P-II, Q-I, R-IV, S-III
(b) P-IV, Q-II, R-III, S-I
(c) P-IV, Q-III, R-II, S-I
(d) P-III, Q-IV, R-II, S-I
[2016 : 1 Mark, Set-3]
63. A point P (1,3,-5) is translated
by 2𝑖̂+3𝑗̂ -4𝑘̂
and then rotated counter clock
wise by 90° about the z-axis.
The new position of the point is
(a) (-6, 3, -9)
(b) (-6, -3 -9)
(c) (6, 3, -9)
(d) (6, 3, 9)
[2016 : 2 Marks, Set-3]
64. For the situation shown in the
figure below the expression for
H in terms of r, R and D is
(a) H = D + √𝑟 2 + 𝑅2
(b) H = (R + r) + (D + r)
(c) H = (R + r) + √𝐷2 + 𝑅 2
(d) H = (R + r) +
√2𝐷(𝑅 + 𝑟)− 𝐷2
[2016 : 2 Marks, Set-2]
65. The figure below represents a
triangle PQR with initial
coordinates of the vertices as
P (1,3). Q (4,5), and R (5, 3.5).
The triangle is rotated in X-Y
 plane about the vertex P by
angle 𝜃 in clock wise direction,
if sin 𝜃 = 0.06, cos 𝜃 = 0.8, the new
coordinates of the vertex Q are
[2018 : 1 Marks, Set-1]
68. The position vector ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
OP of P(20,
10) is rotated anti-clockwise in
X-Y plane by an angle 𝜃=30°
such that the point P occupies
position Q, as shown in the
figure. The coordinates (x, y) of
Q are

(a) (4.6 , 2.8)

(b) (3.2 , 4.6)
(c) (7.9 , 5.5)
(d) (5.5, 7.9)
[2016 : 2 Marks, Set-1]
66. Circular arc on a part profile is
being machined on a vertical
CNC milling machine, CNC part
(a) (13.40, 22.32)
program using metric units
(b) (18.66, 12.32)
with absolute dimension is
(c) (22.32, 8.26)
listed below:
(d) (12.32, 18.66)
.................................................
[2019 : 1 Marks, Set-1]
...........
N60 G01 X30 Y55 Z 5 F50
69. The transformation matrix for
N70 G02 X50 Y35 R20
mirroring a point in x-y plane
N80 G01 Z5
about the line y=x is given by
.................................................
−1 0 0 1
............ (a) [ ] (b) [ ]
0 1 1 0
The coordinates of the centre of
the circular arc are: 0 −1 1 0
(c) [ ] (d) [ ]
(a) (30, 55) (b) (50, 55) −1 1 0 −1
(c) (50, 35) (d) (30, 35) [2019 : 1 Marks, Set-2]
[2017 : 2 Marks, Set-1]

67. Interpolator in a CNC machine

(a) Controls spindle speed
(b) Coordinates axes
movements
(c) Operates tool changer
(d) Commands canned cycle
 61. B 62. C
63. A 64. D
65. 66.
ANSWER KEY
A D
67. B 68. D
69. B
1. A 2.
Batch, Larger
3. B 4. D
5. True 6. False
7. B 8. 46.2 &
56250
9. D 10. C
11. A 12. B
13. A 14. C
15. A 16. D
17. A 18. A
19. C 20. A
21. A 22. C
23. C 24. B
25. B 26. A
27. 28. B
Consistency,
Hazard
29. B 30. DNC
(Distributed
Numerical Control)
31. A 32. B
33. 4-5-1-3 34.
False
35. True 36.
False
37. D 38. C
39. B 40. D
41. C 42. A
43. D 44. C
45. D 46. C
47. A 48. B
49. B 50. C
51. A 52. B
53. B 54. A
55. B 56. B
57. A 58. B
59. D 60. B