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Naval Architecture Questions PDF
i) Maximum Displacement
ii) Maximum Reserved Buoyancy
iii) Minimum Reserved Buoyancy
iv) Minimum Displacement
i) Ballost Water
ii) Fresh Water
iii) Fuel Oil
iv) Void Space
i) LRS
ii) ABS
iii) DGS
iv) DNV
Q.4 If Vt is theoretical speed, Va is advance speed and V is actual speed, then Apparent
slip of a propeller is defined as _______________________ X 100%
i) Vt – Va
---------
Vt
ii) Vt – Va
---------
Va
iii) Vt – V
---------
Vt
iv) Vt – V
---------
V
i) V – Va
---------
V
ii) V – Va
---------
Va
iii) Vt – V
---------
Vt
iv) Vt – Va
---------
V
Q.8 If Vt is theoretical speed, Va is advance speed and V is actual speed, then Real slip
of the ship’s propeller is defined as _______________________ X 100%
i) Vt – Va
---------
Vt
ii) Vt – V
---------
Vt
iii) V – Va
---------
V
iv) V – Va
---------
Va
Q.10 In ship’s typical calculation, banjean curves are usually plotted for each ________
of the ship
i) Frame
ii) Station
iii) Waterline
iv) Buttocks lines
Q.11 In ship’s standard hydrostatic curves, following aspect is not covered and shown
in the diagram.
i) LCB
ii) VCB
iii) KM
iv) GM
i) DGM
ii) MMD
iii) LRS
iv) IMO
Q.14 The integration of Banjeon Curves will result in obtaining___ of the ship
i) Sectional Area
ii) Waterplane Area
iii) Moment of Inertia
iv) Volumetric Displacement
i) GRT
ii) NRT
iii) DWT
iv) Volumetric Displacement
i) Mumbai (Bombay)
ii) Chennai (Madras)
iii) Visakhapatnam (Vaizag)
iv) Kolkatta (Calcutta)
Q.18 Gunwale is a part of ship’s structure associated with ________ of the ship.
i) Keel strake
ii) Gun barbette
iii) Breakwater
iv) Sheet strake
Q.19 The EEZ of a maritime nation is measured ________ nautical miles from coast
line.
i) 500
ii) 300
iii) 200
iv) 150
Q.20 While ship’s calculations the height of the standard trochoidal height is always
taken as _________ where L is LBP of the ship
i) L/3
ii) L/5
iii) L / 10
iv) L / 20
i) 23.00
ii) 32.24
iii) 37.80
iv) 42.85
Q.22 The minimum distance between the Margine Line and bulkhead Deck is ______m
i) 0.750
ii) 1.000
iii) 1.500
iv) 3.048
i) Ducted propeller
ii) Cycloidal propeller
iii) Vertical propeller
iv) Steevable ruddar propeller
Q.24 A Cargo vessel starting from Visakhapatnam part enters in Kolkata part with
exactly leading condition. If the floating draft9s) of the vessel are to be
maintained same, the cargo vessel is required to be ball asked by ____
i) Adding ballast
ii) Removing ballast
iii) Maintaining the same ballast
iv) None of the above
Q.25 Simpson’s second rule for integration is based on the polynomial or order_____
i) 2
ii) 3
iii) 4
iv) 5
i) Pitching
ii) Rolling
iii) Yaung
iv) Heeung
i) Crew
ii) Cargo
iii) Fuel
iv) Ballast
i) Adequate enough
ii) Medium
iii) Large
iv) Very large
Q.29 To prevent excessive listing of a passenger-ship, the metacentric height of the ship
should be_______________
i) Adequate enough
ii) Medium
iii) Large
iv) Very large
i) GM
ii) KM
iii) BM
iv) BG
i) Rolling
ii) Heaving
iii) Swaying
iv) PItching
i) Trimming
ii) Heeling
iii) Yawing
iv) Surging
Stn no. 9 10 11 12 13
Ordinate 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 0
2
The bridge deck area would be ________m
i) 5.833
ii) 8.750
iii) 11.667
iv) 17.500
Q.34 A bulkhead with 12m height has equal spaced half ordinates of width as 2.0, 2.5,
2
3.5, 4.0 m respectively. The sectional area of the bulkhead will be ____m
i) 28
ii) 36
iii) 56
iv) 72
Q.35 The half immersed cross sectional area through a ship 80m long, at equal intervals
2
are 3, 12, 20, 12.5, 0 m respectively. The displacement of the ship in sea water
3 3
of 1.025t/ m will be ____ m
i) 940.0
ii) 963.5
iii) 1880.0
iv) 1927.0
Q.36 The free surface effect of a tank is reduced to ________of the original, if the said
tank is provided with a continuous longitudinal bulkhead at centre.
i) 1/ 8
ii) 1/ 4
iii) 1/ 3
iv) 1/ 2
Q.37 The free surface effect of a tank is reduced to ________of the original, if the said
tank is provided with two continuous longitudinal bulkhead equally spaced.
i) 1/ 9
ii) 1/ 3
iii) 1/ 4
iv) 2/ 3
Q.39 In general ship having angle at lass are considered to be______ vessel initially.
i) Instable
ii) Stable
iii) Neutral
Q.40 A vessel will only cap size at a heeling angle, when the righting lever is ________
at that angle of heel.
i) Positive
ii) Negative
iii) Zero
Q.41 Curves at statistical stability are drawn between_______ an x axis and y axis
respectively.
i) Righting arm and inclination in degree
ii) Inclination in degrees and Righting arm
iii) Inclination in degrees and Draft
Q.46 If TPC value of a typical merchant ship is given at particular waterline, as 1.8, the
2
water plane area at the waterline is ________m
i) 184.50
ii) 180.00
iii) 175.61
iv) 168.58
Q.47 If the V/
i) Low speed
ii) Medium speed
iii) High speed
iv) Very high speed
Q.49 “100 A 1” notation given by Lloyds Register of shipping means a ship _______
i) An oceangoing vessel with her hull and equipment built as per LRS rules
and vessel built under supervision of LRS.
ii) An oceangoing vessel with her hull and equipment built as per LRS rules.
iii) A vessel with her hull and equipment built as per LRS rules
iv) An oceangoing vessel with her hull built as per LRS rules.
Q.50 In a typical plimsol load line mark, the basic free board is measured from the top
of free board deck with respect to ________ free board.
i) Tropical
ii) Winter North Atlantic
iii) Summer
iv) Winter
Q.52 A typical statical stability curve of a merchant ship, the Abcissa axis represents
____________ of the ship
i) Drafts
ii) Displacements
iii) Angle of Heel
iv) GM / GZ values
Q.54 The higher slope of the statical stability curve for merchant ships usuallyresults
in_____ of theship
i) Large rolling period
ii) Medium rolling period
iii) Tow rolling period
iv) Normal rolling period
Q.56 Shallow water effect results in ________ the tactical diameter of the vessel while
turning______
i) Increasing
ii) Decreasing
iii) No effect on
iv)
Q.62 In maritime history, the first incidence of fitment of bulbens bow is reordered is
for______
i) Warships
ii) Tankers
iii) Contanship
iv) Liners
Q.63 In rolling period of a vessel in a loading condition is 8second, with draft = 3.5 m
and GM = 7.841 The rolling period of a same vessel at different loading
condition with draft = 3.55m and GM = 4.41m, other factor being identical will be
____________ seconds
i) 10.67
ii) 6.00
iii) 14.22
iv) 4.5
Q.67 Usually a large size of boss is fitted for the ships having ___ propellers
i) Fixed pitch
ii) Controllable pitch
iii) Ducted
iv) Contra rotary
Q.75 In case of a steady flow of a fluid the acceleration of any fluid particle is _____
i) Variable
ii) Constant
iii) Zero
iv) Could not be determined
Q.76 The significant wave-height of the sea, at sea-state-6 in beaufort’s scale will be
around ___m
i) 2
ii) 3
iii) 4
iv) 5
Q.77 The statutory certificate issued at the time of commissioning of a ship which could
be given least priority ___ certificate
i) Load line
ii) Safety construction
iii) Safety equipment
iv) Tonnage
Q.79 The maximum overall length of a vessel permitted to pass through Suez canal
____m
i) 274.3
ii) 235
iii) 222.5
iv) Unlimited
Q.80 The wind speed for a seastate-5 in beaufort scale is in the range of___ knots
i) 10
ii) 15
iii) 20
iv) 25
Q.88 If a ship consumes 40 tons of fuel per day at 32 knots of ship speed, the daily
consumption at identical conditions at 16 knots will be _____tonnes
i) 10
ii) 12.5
iii) 15
iv) 20
Q.89 As per IMO Rules, the minimum Initial stability (GM) should be ___ mm
i) 100
ii) 150
iii) 200
iv) 250
Q.95 In accordance with MARDOL regulations, a double skins or double bottom can
be dispend for oil tankers of deadweight below tons
i) 500
ii) 600
iii) 1000
iv) 12000
Q.96 In the freeboard calculations, the Cb correction factor is >. 1.0, if the Cb is
i) < 0.68
ii) = 0.68
iii) > 0.68
iv) Non of the above
Q.100 When a two stroke diesel engine completes one operating cycle, the crank shift
rotates_________
i) Once
ii) Twice
iii) Thrice
iv) Four times
Q.106 Bilge Keels on a ship are provided for the purpose of -----
i) Base for dry docking of the ship
ii) Increase in keel plates’ stiffness
iii) Reduction in rolling period of the ship
iv) Increase in transverse stability of the ship
Q.110 IF a propeller is to be designed for bollard pull condition to select optimum rpm
with known diameter the pitch ratio should be selected so that
i) Kt / Kq 2/3 is maximum
ii) Kt / Kq 2/3 is minimum
iii) Kt / Kq 1/3 is maximum
iv) Kt / Kq 1/3 is minimum
Q.112 While launching in order to have anti-tipping moment, the moment of weight
about At should be ___ the moment of buoyancy about At
i) Equal
ii) Less than
iii) More than
iv) Non of the above
Q.114 The material of pipe lines for a system using Freon as refrigerant should be____
i) Brass
ii) Copper
iii) Stainless steel
iv) Aluminium
Q.124 A bending moment diagram for a cantilever beam subjected to bending moment
at the end of the beam would be of ______ pattern
i) Rectangular
ii) Triangular
iii) Parabolic
iv) Cubin Parabolic
Q.125 A Shear force is zero along a section, the bending moment at that section would be
i) Zero
ii) Maximum
iii) Minimum
iv) Minimum or maximum
Q.126 The limit within which the hook’s law holds good is known as ___ limit
i) Elastic
ii) Plastic
iii) Yield paint
iv) Euler’s
Q.127 If the value of young’s modulus of elasticity is zero, it implies that material is__
i) Elastic
ii) Plastic
iii) Visco elastiac
iv) Incompressible
Q.131 When a boundary layer leaves a surface and curves up into a vertex, it is known as_
i) Drag
ii) Cavitations
iii) Seperation
iv) wake
Q.134 For welding plates with thickness more than 12.50 mm, its edges…
i) Are not required to be bevelled
ii) Should be beveled to single V or U groove
iii) Should be beveled to double V or U groove on one side
iv) Should be beveled to double V or U groove on both side
Q.135 If a tank of a ship, two longitudinal bulkheads with equal spacing are introduced.
The effective reduction in the free surface effect of the tank will be ___
i) 88.88
ii) 66.67
iii) 33.33
iv) 11.11
Q.139 A bracing / propping material used for supporting inner structure of a ship during
ship construction is known as
i) Sharing
ii) Dunnage
iii) Shroud
iv) Stacking
Q.140 As a general rule the amount of sheer at the FP is ___ that the sheer at AP
i) Three times
ii) Two times
iii) Equal to
iv) Half
Q.142 A ship of length 137m has a speed of 16 knots. The corresponding speed for a
scale model of length 5m will be ___ knots
i) 3.06
ii) 4.02
iii) 5.03
iv) 5.55
Q.147 For any merchant vessel, the down-flooding angle should be less than ___degrees
i) 30
ii) 40
iii) 50
iv) 60
Q.149 The proposed speed of a ship of L=400 ft is 12 knots. The estimated speed of the
model with1/16thlinear dimensions at tank testing will be ___ knots
i) 3
ii) 4
iii) 5
iv) 6
Q.158 A Cylindrical fitting on the top end of a winch or a windlass is called as___
i) Wild cat
ii) Devil’s claw
iii) Gypsy head
iv) Grommet
Q.159 The deck that is designed as the uppermost port of the main hull longitudinal
girder is known as ____deck
i) Weather
ii) Bulkhead
iii) Tonnage
iv) Strength
Q.162 If the infrastructure facilities are available in a shipyard, the type of launching a
vessel preferred by the shipyard would be type___
i) End launching
ii) Side launching
iii) By flooding the dry dock
iv) Using high capacity cranes
Q.163 If barge having length as 75m, depth 3m, Cb as 0.9, Cw as 0.8, TPC as 9.60, the
beam of the barge will be ____
i) 14.22
ii) 15.33
iii) 16.00
iv) 17.77
Q.173 The shallow water effect factor, if utilized for sea-trials of a vessel, results in ___
speed recorded at the time of trial
i) Increase
ii) Decrease
iii) No correction
iv)
Q.174 A Single screw with 3600 t displacement, LBP - 87m, beam - 18m, draft - 3.5m,
depth – 4.5 m and speed – 22.5 knots. The Surface area of the rudder fitted to the
vessel would be ___ sq.m. approximately.
i) 6.525
ii) 4.35
iii) 4.57
iv) 8.7
Q.176 A ship with 50000 t displacement plying with average speed of 28 knots, was
consuming 1.75 t of fuel oil everyday. In order to economise on fuel
consumption ship speed was reduced to 18 knots. The reduction in daily
consumption will be ___ tons
i) 0.6875
ii) 1.0625
iii) 0.3125
iv) 1.4375
Q.177 If design speed of a vessel with 160m length and 32000 t displacement is 24 knots.
The estimated speed of the model with 1/16 scale while tank testing would be ___
knots.
i) 5
ii) 6
iii) 8
iv) 10
Q.178 Which one of the hydrostatic character not found in ship’s standard Hydrostatic
curves?
i) KM
ii) LCB
iii) LCF
iv) KB
Q.179 Tumble home in shipbuilding terms related to ___
i) Sheer strake
ii) Deck house
iii) Bilge stroke
iv) Shaft tunnel
Q.180 ________ coefficient defines fineness of the vessels
i) Block
ii) Water plane
iii) Prismatic
iv) Admiralty
Q.181 Hydroplane tank is a ___ tank
i) Sewage collection
ii) Palable water
iii) Pressurised
iv) Double bottom
Q.182 Cross curves of stability indicate ____
i) Righting levers at various displacements & trims
ii) Displacements at various trims & Drafts
iii) Drafts at various displacement & trims
iv) Sectional moments at various displacements & Drafts
Q.200 The rule to be used to integrate an area under a Curve given four equispared
ordinates
i) Trapezoidal Rule
ii) Simpson’s Ist Rule
iii) Simpson’s IInd Rule
iv) Tchebycheff’s Rule
Q.202 The structural member which is not considered in midship section modulus
calculation is ____ of the ship
i) Shell plate
ii) Deck longitudinal
iii) Shell Girders
iv) Deck Beams
Q.203 Radii using of hatching corners on ship deck is carried out for the purpose of
i) Reduction in scantling
ii) Increase in strength
iii) Reduction in stress concentration
iv) Improvement in appearance
Q.208 ____ pumps are generally used to pump highly viscous fluid on board of a vessel
i) Centrifugal
ii) Reciprocating
iii) Screw
iv) lift
Q.217 The giga meter means a meter using Freon as refrigerant should be ___
i) 1012
ii) 109
iii) 10-9
iv) 10-12
Q.218 The mass of water vapour present in _____ called absolute humidity.
i) 1 Cu M of wet air
ii) 1 Cu M of dry air
iii) 1 Kg of wet air
iv) 1 Kg of dry air
Q.219 Find the odd man out
i) Liberty
ii) Pioneer
iii) Leander
iv) Panmax
Q.220 For any merchant vessel, the down flooding angle should not be less than ___
degrees
i) 30
ii) 40
iii) 45
iv) 60
Q.221 If W is displacement in tons V is speed in knots P is power in HP, then Admiralty
co-efficient at the ship is ________
i) 3/2 2
W V /P
ii) 1/3 2
W V /P
iii) 3 2/3
W V /P
iv) 2/3 3
W V /P
Q.222 In a kart nozzle propulsion system, the length of the kart nozzle is generally ____
its diameter.
i) One third of
ii) Half of
iii) Equal to
iv) Twice
Q.233 A minimum of W.T. bulkheads with m/c aft for a merchant ship of length between
145 m to 165 m______
i) 5
ii) 6
iii) 7
iv) 8
Q.234 The revenue earning capacity of a ship is based on ____ of the ship.
i) Displacement
ii) Underdeck tonnage
iii) Gross tonnage
iv) Net tonnage
Q.235 The thrust developed by propulsion unit is transmitted to the hull through___
i) Gear box
ii) Plummer block
iii) Stern tube
iv) Tail shaft
Q.236 A ship having length as 120 m, beam as 15m, draft as 6 m, and displacement in
SW as 8000 tons, with prismatic co-efficient as 0.78 the midship co-efficient of
the ship would be ______
i) 0.997
ii) 0.973
iii) 0.949
iv) 0.799
Q.237 In a twin screw vessel the rotation of the propellers is as ___ to obtain forward
motion
i) Both the propellers turn inwards
ii) Both the propellers turn outwards
iii) Port propeller turns inwards, starboard outwards
iv) Starboard propeller turns inwards, Port outwards
Q.240 To estimate ___ generally, the welted surface area of a vessel is calculated
i) Quantity of pant
ii) Cargo capacity
iii) To bal shell plating area
iv) Frictional resistance of the ship
Q.241 ___ best is important in particular for the material to be utilized in verylow temp
region
i) Tensile
ii) Bend
iii) Hardruss
iv) Impact
Q.243 If Y is a draft of a spherical submersible of a radius R then the TPC curve of the
spherical submersible is given by _____
i) 100 TPC = 1.025 [R2 – (Y-R)2]
ii) 100 TPC = 1.025 [R2 + (Y+R)2]
iii) 100 TPC = 1.025 (Y+R)2
iv) 100 TPC = 1.025 (Y-R)2
Q.244 A Cube of side ‘a’ mere, floats in sea water at a draft of ‘a/2’. The MCT of the
cube could be expressed as____
i) 8.03 x 10-4a3
ii) 8.54 x 10-4a3
iii) 10.24 x 10-4a3
iv) 9.95 x 10-4a3
Q.246 A Ship had a displacement of 5000 t while floating in salt water. When inclined
the GM was found to be 1.30 m but there was free surface moment of 1000 fm.
The actual value of the GM would be ___ m
i) 1.10
ii) 1.20
iii) 1.40
iv) 1.50
Q.247 If CW = Water plane area co-efficient, Cb = black co-efficient then Cpv vertical
Prismatic coefficient of a ship would be_____
i) Cw/Cb
ii) Cw.Cb
iii) Cb / Cw
iv) Cb – Cw
Q.248 A Rectangular barge has L=60, B=12 m, D=2.5m, least Draft = 0.95m highest
draft = 2.05 m, the boot-topping surface area of the barrage will be ____sq m
i) 144.0
ii) 158.4
iii) 136.8
iv) 295.2
Q.249 A Rectangular barge has L=60, B=12 m, D=2.5m, lowest Draft = 0.95m highest
draft = 2.05 m, the ratio of quantity of antifouling paint to quantity of anti-
corrosion paint required for above barge will be ________
i) 0.82
ii) 0.60
iii) 0.49
iv) 0.38
Q.250 An inclining experiment is to be carried out for a ship with estimated GM as 0.50
m, maximum beam use clear space on deck as 6.00 m with displacement of 3600 t
The total inclining ballast weight required for the experiment could be ___ ton
approx.
i) 6.00
ii) 12.00
iii) 18.00
iv) 24.00
Q.254 A Ship uses 60 tons of fuel per dayat 36 knots, the daily consumption of the same
ship at identical condition at 18 knots would be ___ tons
i) 30
ii) 20
iii) 15
iv) 10
Q.260 The first submarine to sail under north pole ice cap is___
i) Dreadnaught
ii) Los Angeles
iii) Nautilus
iv) Trafalgar
Q.262 The relative velocity separation between two ships, one sailing due North and the
other sailing due East is___
i) Sum of their velocities
ii) Difference of their velocities
iii) The square root of the sum of the velocities
iv) None of above
i) Increase by 0.33 m
ii) decrease by 0.33 m
iii) Increase by 0.67 m
iv) decrease by 0.67 m
Q.283 The resistance of high speed small craft is significantly affected by its____
i) Displacement
ii) Weight
iii) Hull form
iv) Draft
Q.284 The range of stability of a ship can be increased by
i) Increasing depth
ii) Increasing draft
iii) Decreasing beam
iv) None of above
Q.286 The normal length of a bilge keel is ____ % of overall length of ship
i) 25%
ii) 30%
iii) 35%
iv) 40%
Q.287 If a vessel of 100 m length, moving at a speed of 25 knots, the fraced no works
out to be_
i) 10.153
ii) 246
iii) 0.341
iv) 0.437
Q.288 As per load line rules, the bull work should be fitted with___
i) Stays
ii) Freeing parts
iii) Stiffeners
iv) Lighting holes
Q.289 A ship of 14000 tons displacement has an admirably coefficient of 450 the shaft
power required at 16 knots would be ___ RW
i) 3256
ii) 4786
iii) 5286
Q.290 A ship 100 m long displaces 9000 tons and has a welted Surface of 2205m2. The
welted surface area of 6 m model would be ___m2
i) 2.34
ii) 3.66
iii) 4.84
iv) 6.56
Q.291 A ship 100 m long displaces 9000 tons has a welted surface 2205 m2. The
displacement of 6 m model would be ___m2
i) 1.46
ii) 1.92
iii) 2.53
iv) 3.24