1. Which one of the following is incombustible ?

H2
CCl4
C2H2
S

2. The softness or hardness of a grinding wheel depends upon the type & amount of
bonding material used. For general purpose cutter grinding __________ grinding wheel is
normally used.

hard
soft
silicon carbide
aluminium oxide

3. Tin based white metals are used, where bearings are subjected to

high pressure & load.

low pressure & load.
high temperature.
large surface wear.

4.Friction factor for fluid flow in pipe does not depend upon the

pipe length.

pipe roughness.

fluid density & viscosity.

mass flow rate of fluid.

5. All of the following alloying elements of steel increases hardness but sacrifice ductility,
except

nickel
vanadium
molybdenum
chromium
6. The following type of bonding is strongly directional in solids.
Vander Waal's
Ionic
Metallic
Covalent

7.Fog is an example of colloidal system of

solid dispersed in gas.

solid dispersed in liquid.
liquid dispersed in gas.
gas dispersed in liquid.

8. Chromium molybdenum steel cannot be welded using __________ welding.

thermit
electrical resistance
oxy-acetylene
any of these

9. Speisses is a mixture of the following:

Arsenides of heavy metals.

Antimonides of heavy metals.
Arsenides & antimonides of heavy metals.
Iron, cobalt and nickel.

10. Auto collimator is used to check

flatness
angle
rotor balancing
roughness

11. In troposphere (the weather domain), the temperature 't' at height 'h' above the sea level in
metres is given by (where, temperature at sea level is 15°C and t is in °C.)
t = 15 - 0.0065 h
t = 15 + 0.0065 h
t = 0.0035 h - 15
t = 15 - 0.0035 h

12.

A high pressure boiler generates steam at a pressure greater than __________ kg/cm  .
2

10
30
50
80

13.

Evaporative cooling process employs a combination of cooling and humidification in which the

sensible heat is added.

sensible heat is removed and the latent heat is added.
latent heat is removed.
sensible heat is added and latent heat is removed.

14.

Which of the following is not an explosive ?

TNT
CMC
RDX
Lead azide

15.

Maxwell's thermodynamic relations applies to the

chemical systems in equilibrium.

mechanical systems in equilibrium.
irreversible thermodynamic processes.
reversible thermodynamic processes.

16.
Annealing ofwhite cast iron produces __________ iron.
grey
nodular
malleable
spheroidal

17.

Resistance of an electrical conductor is proportional to its (where, l = length and A = cross-

sectional area of the conductor)
A
l
A2
both 'a' & 'b'

18.

A solar cell converts the sunlight directly into __________ energy.

thermal
electrical
mechanical
chemical

19.

If a nuclear reactor produces more fissile nuclear fuel than it consumes, then it is called a
__________ reactor.

critical
breeder
fertile
heterogenous
20.

Wrought iron is never shaped by

casting
cold working
forging
welding
Powder metallurgy process does not make metal powder by
atomisation
grinding/milling
hammering
electrolytic deposition

22.

In the blast furnace, incorporation of water vapour in the blast gives the following effect.

Increases the reducing potential of the gas.

Increases the flame temperature.
No significant change occurs.
Increases the hydrogen content in the metal.

23.

Pick out the wrong statement.

A ferromagnetic material becomes paramagnetic above the 'Curie temperature'.

Permanent magnets are made of hard materials, whereas electromagnets require soft
magnetic materials.
Soft magnetic materials (e.g., pure iron) have higher permeability and low hysterisis loss
and coercive forces.
Tungsten steel and alnico are not hard magnetic materials.

24.
The usual energy consumption in electric arc furnace steel making is __________ KWh/ton
of steel.

60 - 100
400 - 700
1200 -1500
2000 - 2300

25.

Maximum permissible air velocity in pipelines is about __________ metre/second.

5
10
20
40
Area under the stress-strain curve upto the __________ is referred to as the modulus of
resilience.
yield strength
elastic limit
proportional limit
maximum point

27.

__________ is the hardest oxide and is hence used where high wear resistance at high
temperature is required.

Beryllia
Zirconia
Alumina
Magnesia

28.

Titanium alloys are welded using the Following process:

TIG welding.
Submerged arc welding.
Butt welding.
Electron beam welding.

29.

An alloy of Fe - 0.4 % C is

cast iron.
hypo-eutectoid steel.
hyper-eutectoid steel.
eutectoid steel

30.

A material in which the atoms are arranged regularly in some directions but not in others, is
termed as 'mesomorphous material'; an example of which is

lead
glass
mica
silver

In extrusion of metals, which of the following statement is true ?

speed of the extruded material is same as that of ram speed.
Redundant work is a function of the die angle.
Relative motion between the billet surface and the container wall is always present.
Hollow ram is used for indirect extrusion.

32.

Nuclear fission of one atom of uranium-235 produces the energy equivalent to about
__________ MeV.

20
200
500
1000

33.

Which of the following parameters is not responsible for the heat loss from a hot steam
carrying bare pipe surface located in a room without fans ?

Emissivity of pipe surface.

Diameter & length of the pipe.
Temperature of hot pipe surface & that of air in the room.
none of these.

34.

Machinability of hard alloys and tool steels is improved by

spherodising
annealing
tempering
normalising

35.

Transformation range for ferrous material is the temperature interval during which
__________ is formed during its heating.

cementite
austenite
martensite
pearlite