Laser welding is widely used in:

a. Process Industry
b. Structural Work
c. Heavy duty
d. Electronic Industry
Unlike materials or materials of different
thickness can be butt welded by:

a. Control of Pressure and current

b. Adjusting time duration of current
c. Adjusting initial gap
d. All of the above
What for is a rammer used?

a. A tool used in welding for cleaning

purpose
b. A tool used in press work to lift the
pressure components
c. A tool used in foundry to pack the
sand in mold
d. A measuring tool
What for is a swab used?

a. A tool used in shaper

b. A tool used in foundry for moistening
the sand
c. A tool used in foundry for
smoothening mold
d. A tool used in foundry for repairing
the mold
What for is a gagger used?

a. A tool used in cleaning welds

b. A tool used in cleaning material before
welding
c. A tool used in foundry for cleaning of
castings
d. A shaped metal accessory
What for are bellows used?

a. Used in foundry in moistening the

mold
b. Used in foundry for cleaning of casting
c. Used in foundry for blowing loose end
d. Used in foundry for smothering and
cleaning out depression in the mold
Permeability of a foundry sand is:

a. Capacity to hold moisture

b. Porosity to allow the escape of gases
c. Distribution of binder in sand
d. Fineness of sand
What for arc metal patterns used?

a. Precision casting
b. Small casting
c. Large casting
d. Large scale production of castings
An important factor to be considered
while designing a core print is:

a. Pattern material
b. Type of mold
c. Molding sand characteristics
d. Pouring temperature
Which of the following metals can be
suitably welded by TIG welding?

a. aluminum
b. magnesium
c. All of the above
d. Stainless steel
Weld pattern refers to:

a. Welding electrode
b. Filler material
c. shield
d. Welding defect
A sprue is:

a. A tool used in mold repairing

b. A process of cleaning castings
c. A chemical that is added to molten
materials for sound castings
d. A vertical passage through the cope
The equipment that is used in pit for
supply of air is known as:

a. Hand blower
b. Fan
c. Air cylinder
d. Centrifugal blower
Tumbling is done to:

a. Clean the surface of small parts

b. Stress relieve the components
c. Get surface finish
d. To plate the surface
The purpose of inoculation is:

a. To clean casting
b. To decrease the melting temperature
c. To change the chemical composition
of a cast metal
d. To modify the structure and properties
of a cast metal
Dilatometer is used to find out:

a. permeability
b. Hot strength
c. fineness
d. Moisture content
What for is a Rotameter used:

a. RPM of engines
b. Rotation of shafts
c. Twists due to torque applied on shafts
d. Flow of liquids and gases
The impedance of piezo-electric crystal is:

a. negligible
b. low
c. high
d. Very high
Hot wire anemometers are generally for:

a. Measuring pressure of liquids

b. Measuring velocity of air stream
c. Measuring temperature of moving
fluid
d. Measuring thermal conductivity of
solids
Ornaments are cast by:

a. Die casting
b. Pressed casting
c. Gravity casting
d. Continuous casting
A collimated light beam is used for
producing heat in:

a. MIG welding
b. TIG welding
c. Plasma welding
d. Laser welding
Wipping is the process of:

a. Cleaning the welded surface after the

welding operation is over
b. Applying flux during welding process
c. Connecting load pipes by soldering
alloy
d. Low temperature
In which of the following process
hydraulic fluid acts as transfer media?

a. Electro beam machining

b. Electro discharge machining
c. Iron beam machining
d. Water jet machining
Sweep pattern is used for molding parts
having:

a. Rectangular shape
b. Uniform symmetrical shape
c. Complicated shape having intricate
details
d. None of the above
Drossing is:

a. Method of cleaning the castings

b. Inspection method for castings
c. Method of deoxidation of molten
metal
d. Formation of oxides on the molten
metal surface
Twist drill is specified by:

a. Diameter and lip angle

b. Shank and diameter
c. Shank, material and flute size
d. Shank, material and diameter
Broaching operation is generally used in
automobile industry as:

a. It is an automatic machine
b. It is a mass production machine
c. Semi-skilled operators can be
employed
d. Operations is completed in one stroke
Select the one that is a gear finishing
process:

a. Gear shaving
b. Gear shaping
c. Gear hobbing
d. Gear milling
When a solid cube is subjected to equal
normal forces of the same type on all its
faces, the ratio of the volumetric
strain/linear strain along any of the three
axes will be equal to:

a. 1
b. 2
c. 2.5
d. 3
Mohr’s circle can be used to find out
following stress on inclined surface:

a. Principal stress
b. Normal stress
c. Tangential stress
d. All of the above
The Biflar suspension method is used to
find out:

a. Position of balancing weights

b. Centripetal acceleration
c. Natural frequency of vibration
d. Moment of inertia
Vickers, knoop and brinell are all names
of:

a. Nobel prize in winners in metallurgy

b. Thermodynamic constants
c. Hardness tests
d. Magnetic constants
Which of the following is not a method by
which a single lap joint usually fails?

a. The rivets shear

b. The plate fails in bearing
c. The plate fails in tension
d. The rivet fail in tension
The hardness of steel may be increased by heating
to approximately 1500 degrees and quenching in
oil or water if:

a. The carbon content is above 3.0 %

b. The carbon content is from 0.2 % to 2.0 %
c. The carbon content is below 0.2 %
d. All carbon is removed and the steel contains
only chromium, nickel, manganese or a
combination of these.
Which of the following factors will affect
the hardenability of steel?

a. Composition only
b. Grain size only
c. Composition and grain size
d. Cooling rate
The mechanical deformation of a material at
a temperature above its recrystallization
temperature is commonly known as:

a. Hot working
b. Strain aging
c. Grain growth
d. Cold working
Honing is used:

a. To remove only small amount of metal

b. To correct axial run-out of a bore
c. To correct out-of-roundness of a bore
d. On surfaces brought to high degree to
surface finish
A special metal formed when two or
more metals are melted together:

a. alloy
b. compound
c. titanium
d. brass
A partial bearing is one in which:

a. The bearing is supplied with less oil

than full bearing
b. The bearing encloses less than 360
deg of the journal
c. The bearing is slightly loaded
d. The bearing is supplied with oil
intermittently
Which of the following would most likely
require a steel containing 0.6 % carbon
that has been spheroidized, cold-drawn
and slightly tempered?

a. A ball bearing
b. A bridge beam
c. A water pipe
d. A cutting tool
The property of matter which causes it to
resist any change in its motion or state of
rest:

a. momentum
b. inertia
c. impulse
d. friction
Arc of the pitch circle through which a
tooth travels from the point of contact
with the mating tooth to the pitch point
of a gear:

a. Arc of recess
b. Arc of action
c. Arc of approach
d. Arc of relief
Instrument used to analyze the
composition of metals

a. spectrometer
b. radiometer
c. profilometer
d. Ultimate analyzer
An impact test for which the specimen is
supported at one end as a cantilever:

a. Izod test
b. Charpy test
c. Brinnel test
d. Endurance test
A structure has five unknown reactions on the
structure. Three equations of static equilibrium
have been written. To complete the analysis,
which of the following equations would be
needed?

a. Two dynamic equations

b. Three member deformation equations
c. Three more static equilibrium equations
d. Two member deformation equations
For most metals, Poisson’s ratio lies in the
range

a. 0.25 – 0.35
b. 0.30 – 0.40
c. 0.35 – 0.45
d. 0.40 – 0.50
When machining nickel alloys, the best
type of cutting fluid is:

a. Sulfurized oil
b. Straight mineral oil
c. Soluble oil
d. All of these
The commonly used joint in cast iron
pipe:

a. Bell and spigot joint

b. Compression joint
c. Expansion joint
d. None of the above
A non-ferrous all consists of nickel and
copper?

a. monel
b. bronze
c. Tubing bronze
d. brass
When cast steel is used for the body of
machine, it is used because:

a. It has non-magnetic properties

b. It has good self-lubricating properties
c. It is cheap
d. It is strong in tension
One of the following is unsuitable for
bearings:

a. White metal
b. Mild steel
c. Cast iron
d. Nylon
The lowest factor of safety permissible on
boilers for existing installation

a. 4.5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2
Second hand boilers when the
longitudinal seams are of lap riveted
construction, the minimum factor of
safety is:

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Reinstall or second hand boilers shall
have a minimum factor of safety of:

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
Horizontal return tubular boilers having
continuous lap seams more than 3650
mm in length, the factor of safety is:

a. 4.5
b. 5
c. 6
d. 9
The curve formed by the path of a point
on a circle as it rolls along a straight line:

a. Cycloid
b. Involute
c. Trochoid
d. Undercut
The curve formed by the path of a point
on a straight line as it rolls along a convex
base curve:

a. Cycloid
b. Involute
c. Trochoid
d. Undercut
The curve formed by the path of a point
on the extension of a circle as it rolls
along a curve or line:

a. Cycloid
b. Involute
c. Trochoid
d. Undercut
A condition generated gear teeth when
any part of the fillet curve lies inside of a
line drawn tangent to the working profile
at its lowest point.

a. Cycloid
b. Involute
c. Trochoid
d. Undercut
Dimensions from which variations are
permitted:

a. Basic dimension
b. Nominal size
c. clearance
d. tolerance
If p = bearing pressure on projected
bearing areas, z = absolute viscosity of
lubricant, and N = speed of journal, then
the bearing characteristic number is:

a. zN/p
b. z/pN
c. Zp/N
d. p/zN
Which furnace do not belong to the
group?

a. bessemer
b. open-hearth
c. induction
d. puddling
Which center is used for supporting open
end pipes, shells, etc. while turning or
thread cutting in lathe?

a. ball center
b. half center
c. pipe center
d. female center
Are machine elements used to join
lengths of shafting:

a. key
b. coupling
c. clutch
d. hub
That property of a material wherein its
content is continuously distributed
through its entire volume:

a. homogeneity
b. anisotropy
c. isotropy
d. scarcity
The best proportional spring have an
index C of:

a. 4 to 7
b. 7 to 9
c. 9 to 16
d. 5 to 8
Cast iron wheels with solid rim has a
bursting speed of:

a. 194
b. 225
c. 258
d. 395
SAE 11XX is intended for:

a. Plain carbon steels

b. Higher sulfur content and easy
machining
c. Stainless steels
d. High hardenability case
A measure of the amount of light
transmitted through a given material:

a. luminous transmittance
b. opacity
c. lubricity
d. isotropy
Which is not a type of spring?

a. light
b. average
c. sever
d. heavy
A form of hey that is used to connect
rods, etc that is subjected to either
tension or compression or both:

a. parallel by
b. Taper keys
c. woodruff
d. cotter
Which is not a kind of fit for square and
rectangular parallel keys and key ways?

a. Loose fit
b. Force fit
c. Normal fit
d. Close fit
Which of the following could be used for
cutting wire ropes?

a. Welding electrode
b. Mechanical shears
c. Abrasive wheel
d. Acetylene torch
The use of flat belt pulleys is limited to:

a. 8500 fpm
b. 6000 fpm
c. 4500 fpm
d. 5200 fpm
The maximum safe rim speeds for solid
cast iron pulley is:

a. 4200 fpm
b. 5000 fpm
c. 6500 fpm
d. 3800 fpm
Effective face width of a helical gear
divided by gear axial pitch:

a. Face overlap
b. Teeth overlap
c. Land overlap
d. Pitch overlap
The best material for crane and hoisting
chain:

a. Commercial steel
b. Cast iron
c. Malleable iron
d. Wrought iron
An ISO metric thread is designated M8 x
1.25 – 6g. The thread has a pitch of:

a. 0.8 mm
b. 1.25 mm
c. 0.6 mm
d. 8 x 1.25 mm
For punching and shearing machinery a
speed variation of _____ may be allowed
in all flywheel design.

a. 1 to 2 %
b. 5 to 10 %
c. 20 %
d. 50 %
For maximum rope life of 6 x 7 the
minimum sheave diameter, D in terms of
the rope diameter is:

a. D = 72d
b. D = 45d
c. D = 30d
d. D = 27d
When baked, which alloy does not change
much?

a. Nickel alloys
b. Phosphor bronze
c. brass
d. copper
Which of the following furnaces do not
belong to the group?

a. Blast furnace
b. Salt bath electrode
c. Reactor furnace
d. Over or reactor furnace
The factor of safety for operating rope is:

a. 5 to 12
b. 3 to 4
c. Greater than 12
d. 2 to 6
A nickel alloy which is age-hardenable
with good spring and low-sparkling
properties and slightly magnetic after
heat treatment:

a. monel
b. hastalloy
c. duranickel
d. inconel
It is good practice to use belt pulley with
faces from:

a. ½ to 2
b. ¼ to 1
c. 2 to 5
d. 1 ½ to 4
Heating to a low temperature in order to
remove entrained gases:

a. baking
b. bluing
c. austempering
d. 1 ½ to 4
A treatment of the surface of iron-base
alloys, usually in the form of sheet or
strip, on which, by the action of air or
steam at a suitable temperature:

a. baking
b. bluing
c. austempering
d. carburizing
A treatment of the surface of iron-base
alloys, usually in the form of sheet or
strip, on which, by the action of air or
steam at a suitable temperature:

a. baking
b. bluing
c. austempering
d. carburizing
Materials from which screws and nuts
manufactured have tensile strength not
less than _____ kg/mm2 for steels:

a. 42
b. 32
c. 52
d. 50
Driving motors for machine shop
equipment’s are designated A, B, C, D, E,
F. Squirrel cage induction motor is
designated:

a. A
b. C
c. E
d. F
A measure of ability of the environment
containing active carbon to alter or
maintain under prescribed conditions, the
carbon content of the steel exposed to it:

a. Carbon potential
b. Carbon reservation
c. Cementation
d. Cold treatment
The standard thickness adopted by the
National Industry Belting Association for
single ply belt is:

a. 13/64
b. 20/64
c. 30/64
d. 34/64
Large sprockets in roller chain should not
exceed:

a. 80T
b. 60T
c. 120T
d. 150T
Which gage is used to check the internal
threads?

a. Plug gage
b. Ring gage
c. Thread plug gage
d. Thread ring gage
For grinding materials having low tensile
strength, which abrasive is used:

a. Silicon carbide
b. Aluminum oxide
c. Emery wheel
d. Corundum
In a planer the feed is provided:

a. At forward stroke
b. At return stroke
c. In between forward stroke
d. Corundum
When the outside diameter of a job is
turned in relation to the internal hole, the
job should be held:

a. In a three jaw chuck

b. On lathe mandrel
c. On the face plate
d. Between centers
For accurate measurement of bores, the
best instrument is:

a. Vernier caliper
b. Dial test indicator
c. Plug gage
d. Inside micrometer
For a given rpm, if the diameter of a twist
drill increase, then cutting speed will:

a. increase
b. decrease
c. same
d. None of the above
Which is the lightest metal?

a. lead
b. GI sheet
c. aluminum
d. cast iron
18 – 8 stainless steel means:

a. 18% tungsten and 8% chromium

b. 18% chromium and 8% nickel
c. 18% nickel and 8% chromium
d. 18% chromium and 8% cobalt
A usual ratio of soluble oil and water used
in coolant is:

a. 1:10
b. 10:1
c. 1:20
d. 20:1
In which method a bore is finished to a
very closed tolerance:

a. lapping
b. honing
c. grinding
d. turning
Steel that has been deoxidized with
manganese:

a. Capped steel
b. Killed steel
c. Rimmed steel
d. Chrome manganese
The over arm of a milling machine is used
to support:

a. spindle
b. arbor
c. column
d. table
Taps are resharpened by grinding:

a. flutes
b. threads
c. diameter
d. relief
Concentricity of an outside diameter can
be checked by:

a. Vernier caliper
b. Outside diameter
c. Dial test indicator
d. Tube micrometer
A type of welding process wherein a
mixture of aluminum powder and metal
oxide power is ignited by a special
powder in a crucible:

a. Resistance welding
b. Thermit welding
c. Slug welding
d. Plasma arc welding
Metals containing predominantly of nickel
and chromium:

a. hastealloys
b. monel
c. inconel
d. None of these
A combination of resistant bodies so
arranged that by their means the
mechanical forces of mixture can be
compelled to produce same effect or
work accompanied with certain
determination motion:

a. turbine
b. resistors
c. machine
d. mechanism
Roller chain subjected to the standards
measuring load are allowed an over-
length of:

a. 1/54 inch/foot
b. 1/84 inch/foot
c. 3/8 inch/foot
d. 1/60 inch/foot
Angle plate is made of:

a. Closed grain cast iron

b. Cast steel
c. Tool steel
d. High speed steel
Arc of pitch circle through when a tooth
travels from its contact relative mating
tooth at the pitch where in contact
ceases.

a. Arc of action
b. Arc of approach
c. Arc of contact
d. Arc of recess
Which micrometer has no anvil?

a. Outside micrometer
b. Depth micrometer
c. Screw thread micrometer
d. Digit micrometer
A stud is which:

a. have threads on one end

b. require a nut
c. inserted in a plane hole
d. none of the above
Principal stresses occur on those planes:

a. Where the shearing stress is zero

b. Which are 45° apart
c. Where the shearing stress is a maximum
d. Which are subjected only to compression
According to the PSME Code, for safety
purposes, stairs, platforms and landing
shall sustain not less than 500 kg and with
a factor of safety of:

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 10
RC 50 chain is a chain of normal
proportion. Its pitch is:

a. 5/8 deg
b. 7/8 deg
c. 5/16 deg
d. Cannot be determined
In which screw thread the side width of
flat = width of space = 0.5p.

a. knuckle
b. buttress
c. square
d. acme
The outbreak of fire can be avoided by
preventing:

a. fuel
b. heat
c. oxygen
d. Any of the above
In case of a flat scraper, the depth of cut is
verified by:

a. Changing the convexity of the cutting edge

b. Changing its inclination
c. Changing its weight
d. None of the above
Which part of the file is not hardened?

a. tang
b. body
c. crest
d. point
Generally spiral fluted reamer has spirals
of:

a. Left hand
b. Right hand
c. straight
d. None of the above
The new hacksaw blade should not be
used in old cut because:

a. The blade is very costly

b. The blade have very sharp teeth
c. The space is not sufficient to play the
new blade in the old cut
d. None of the above
The jaws of a leg vise are opened:

a. Parallel to each other

b. In “V” form
c. In a and b both
d. Neither a nor b
In case of a limit plug gage which size will
not enter into the hole:

a. GO size
b. a and b both
c. NOT GO size
d. none of the above
Defined as an undesirable sound:

a. noise
b. chatter
c. music
d. crash
Soil bearing pressure as used in
foundation has an average safe load of:

a. 12,225 kg/mm2
b. 10,450 kg/mm2
c. 15,222 kg/mm2
d. 21,522 kg/mm2
For workrooms (maintenance shop and
machine room) shall at least have a
height from floor to ceiling of:

a. 1000 mm
b. 1500 mm
c. 2000 mm
d. 3000 mm
The square head of a combination set is
used for making or checking the angles:

a. 90 deg
b. 45 deg only
c. 90 and 45 deg
d. 180 deg
Which of the micrometer is available with
extension rods:

a. outside micrometer
b. inside micrometer
c. screw thread micrometer
d. combi micrometer
The effect of setting a lathe tool a small
amount below the center of the work is
to:

a. increase the rake angle

b. decrease the rake angle
c. cut with negative rake
d. leave the rake angle unaltered
A combination of resistant bodies so
arranged that the motion of one compels
the motion of the others:

a. gears
b. cams
c. mechanism
d. machine
Which of the following is not a method of
non-destructive testing of steel castings
and forgings?

a. radiography
b. magnetic particle
c. ultrasonic
d. chemical analysis