Unit 3

1. The toothed wheels in chain drives are known as sprocket wheels or sprockets.
2. Which one of the following is a positive drive
A) v-belt drive b) rope drive c)crossed flat belt drive d) chain drive
3. The difference between tooth space and tooth width is known as __ Backlash______.
4. The width of the pulley should be __ width of the belt.___.
5. The linear distance between the centres of consecutive rollers of a chain is called
as____the pitch______.
6. Which one of the following is a positive drive?
(a) Crossed flat belt drive (b) Rope drive (c) V-belt drive (d) Chain drive
7. The chain drive transmits ............ power as compared to belt drive.
(a) more (b) less
8. The relation between the pitch of the chain (p) and pitch circle diameter of the
180°
sprocket (D) is given by--------------p = D sin ( ¿---------------------
T
T where T = Number of teeth on the spoocket.
9. In order to have smooth operation, the minimum number of teeth on the smaller
sprocket, for moderate speeds, should be
(a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 21 (d) 25
10. 5. The speed of the sprocket reduces as the chain pitch .......... for a given number of
teeth.
(a) increases (b) decreases

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11. The contact ratio for gears is
(a) zero (b) less than one (c) greater than one (d) none of these
12. Lewis equation in spur gears is applied
(a) only to the pinion (b) only to the gear (c) to stronger of the pinion or
gear (d) to weaker of the pinion or gear
13. If T is the actual number of teeth on a helical gear and φ is the helix angle for the teeth,
the formative number of teeth is written as
(a) T sec3 φ (b) T sec2 φ (c) T/sec3φ (d) T cosec φ
14. In helical gears, the distance between similar faces of adjacent teeth along a helix on
the pitch cylinders normal to the teeth, is called
a) normal pitch (b) axial pitch (c) diametral pitch (d) module
15. In helical gears, the right hand helices on one gear will mesh .......left hand.. helices on
the other gear.
16. The helix angle for single helical gears ranges from  5° to 45°
17. Which of the following can be used for power transmission in intersecting shafts
A) spur gear b)helical gear c) bevel gear d) none of the listed
18. Surface endurance limit of gear material is dependent upon its Brinell hardness number
19. The commonly used gear tooth profile is __  involute gear profile__________.
20. The stresses induced in gear tooth are__ Bending stress, Surface contact stress or
Compressive stress.___.
21. The helix angle for double helical gear ranging from___ between 20° and 45°_________.
22. In a gear pair arrangement, the smaller gear is called as_pinion______and the bigger
one is called as__gear_______.
23. When the gear and pinion are made of different materials, their design is based
on___pinion______.
24. Maximum gear ratio for a pair of spur gears 10
25. The angle at which the teeth of the gear are inclined to the axis of a gear is called as
__Helix angle_______.
26. A spur gear with pitch circle diameter D has number of teeth T. The module m is
defined as m=d/T
27. The distance between the corresponding points on adjacent teeth measured on the
pitch circle is called _circular pitch___

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28. If nominal diameter of screw thread=50mm and pitch=10mm then the mean
diameter of the screw thread will be 45mm
29. For over hauling screw Friction angle is less than helix angle
30. The efficiency of square threaded power screw is given by 1-sinǾ/1+sinǾ
31. Which of the following screw thread is adopted for power transmission in either
direction?
(a) Acme threads (b) Square threads (c) Buttress threads (d) Multiple
threads
32. If α denotes the lead angle and φ, the angle of friction, then the efficiency of the
tan α
screw is written as --------- ----------
tan( α +φ)
33. To ensure self locking in a screw jack, it is essential that the helix angle is
(a) larger than friction angle (b) smaller than friction angle (c) equal to
friction angle (d) such as to give maximum efficiency in lifting
34. A screw is said to be self locking screw, if its efficiency is
(a) less than 50% (b) more than 50% (c) equal to 50% (d) none of these
35. A screw is said to be over hauling screw, if its efficiency is
(a) less than 50% (b) more than 50% (c) equal to 50% (d) none of these