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General aptitude

Q. No. 1 – 5 Carry One Mark Each

1. Five teams have to compete in a league, with every team playing every other team exactly
once, before going to the next round. How many matches will have to be held complete
the league round of matches?
(A) 20 (B) 10 (C) 8 (D) 5
Answer: (B)
Exp: For a match to be played, we need 2 teams
L No of matches = no. of ways of selections 2 teams out of 5
 5C 2  10

2. Tanya is older than Enc.

Cliff is older than Tanya.
Eric is older than Cliff.
If the first two statements are true, then the third statement is
(A) True (B) False (C) Uncertain (D) Data insufficient
Answer: (B)

3. Choose the appropriate word/phase, out of the four options given below, to complete the
following sentence:
Apparent lifelessness ___________ dormant life.
(A) harbours (b) lead to (c) supports (d) affects
Answer: (A)
Exp: Apparent: looks like
dormant: hidden
Harbour: give shelter
Effect (verb): results in

4. Choose the statement where underlined word is used correctly.

(A) When the teacher eludes to different authors, he is being elusive
(B) When the thief keeps eluding the police, he is being elusive
(C) Matters that are difficult to understand, identify or remember are allusive
(D) Mirages can be allusive, but a better way to express them is illusory
Answer: (B)
Exp: Elusive: Difficult to answer.
5. Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase.
That boy from the town was a __________ in the sleepy village.
(A) Dog out of herd (B) Sheep from the heap
(C) Fish out of water (D) Bird from the flock
Answer: (C)
Exp: From the statement, it appears that boy found it tough to adapt to a very different
situation.
Q. No. 6 – 10 Carry Two Marks Each

6. Right triangle PQR is to be constructed in the xy – plane so that the right angle is at P and
line PR is parallel to the-axis. The x and y coordinates of P, Q, and R are to be integers
that satisfy the inequalities: –4 ≤ x ≤ 5 and 6 ≤ y ≤ 16. How many different triangles
could be constructed with these properties?
(A) 110 (B) 1,100 (C) 9,900 (D) 10,000
Answer: (C)
Exp: X1  4  X1  5
Y1  6  Y1  16
X 2  9 chairs  X1  X 2 
Y2  10 chairs  Y1  Y2 
 Total triangles  10  11  9  10  9900

7. Select the appropriate option in place of underlined part of the sentence.

Increased productivity necessary reflects greater efforts made by the employees.
(A) Increase in productivity necessary
(B) Increase productivity is necessary
(C) Increase in productivity necessarily
(D) No improvement required
Answer: (C)

8. Given below are two statements followed by two conclusions. Assuming these statements
to be true, decide which one logically follows:
Statements:
I. No manager is a leader. II. All leaders are executive.
Conclusions:
I. No manager is a executive. II. All executive is a manager.
(A) Only conclusion I follows. (B) Only conclusion II follows.
(C) Neither conclusion I nor II follows. (D) Both conclusion I and II follow.
Answer: (C)
Exp: Executive

L NL
 Therefore concluding diagram can be
It can be manager that is manager can be executive also.
Some executives are also leaders that is not a manager

9. A coin is tossed thrice. Let X be the event that head occurs in each of the first two tosses.
Let Y be the event that a tail occurs on the third toss. Let Z be the event that two tails
occurs in three tosses. Based on the above information, which one of the following
statements is TRUE?
(A) X and Y are not independent
(B) Y and Z are dependent
(C) Y and Z are independent
(D) X and Z independent
Answer: (B)
Exp: Let y as tail occurred in third toss
and z as two tails in third toss which can be {TTH, THT, HTT}
y = {TTH, TTT}
∴ both y and z are dependent.

10. In the given figure angle Q is a right angle, PS:QS = 3:1, RT:QT = 5:2 and PU:UR = 1:1.
If area of triangle QTS is 20 cm2, then the area of triangle PQR in cm2 is ______.
R

U T

P Q
S
Answer: 280
Exp: Let area of triangle PQR be ‘A’
SQ 1 1
 
PQ 1  3 4
QT 2 2
 
QR 2  5 7
1
Area of  le QTS   SQ  QT
2
1 1  2 
   PQ    QR 
2 4   7 
1 2 1 
     PQ  QR 
4 7 2 
1
  Area of  le PQR
14
 1
given 20cm 2  A
14
A  14  20  280cm 2

Mechanical Engineering
Q. No. 1 – 25 Carry One Mark Each

1. Three parallel pipes connected at the two ends have flow-rates Q1, Q2 and Q3 respectively,
and the corresponding frictional head losses are hL1, hL2 and hL3 respectively. The correct
expressions for total flow rate (Q) and frictional head loss across the two ends (hL) are
(A) Q = Q1 + Q2 + Q3; hL = hL1 + hL2 + hL3
(B) Q = Q1 + Q2 + Q3; hL = hL1 = hL2 = hL3
(C) Q = Q1 = Q2 = Q3; hL = hL1 + hL2 + hL3
(D) Q = Q1 = Q2 = Q3; hL = hL1 = hL2 = hL3
Answer: (B)
Exp: Total flow rate Q  Q1  Q2  Q3
head loss h  h L1  h L2  h L3

4 2
2. The lowest eigen value of the 2 × 2 matrix   is ________
1 3
Answer: 2
4 2
Exp: Let A   
1 3 
Characteristic equation of A is A  I  0
4 2
 0
1 3
  2  7  10  0    2,5

3. Which two of the following joining processes are autogenous?

i. Diffusion welding
ii. Electroslag welding
iii. Tungsten inert gas welding
iv. Friction welding
(A) i and iv (B) ii and iii (C) ii and iv (D) i and iii
Answer: (A)
Exp: Diffusion welding and friction welding are autogenous welding process as they do not
require any filler material.
4. The strain hardening exponent n of stainless steel SS 304 with distinct yield and UTS
values undergoing plastic deformation is
(A) n < 0 (B) n =0 (C) 0 < n < 1 (D) n = 1
Answer: (C)
Exp: n lies between 0 and 1. 0 means material is a perfectly plastic solid, while 1 represents a
100% elastic solid.
5. In the figure, link 2 rotates with constant angular velocity ω2. A slider link 3 moves
outwards with a constant relative velocity VQ/P, where Q is a point on slider 3 and P is a
point on link 2. The magnitude and direction of Coriolis component of acceleration is
given by
Qon 3 VQP

P on 2
3

2 2
O

(A) 2ω2 VQ/P; direction of VQ/P rotated by 90° in the direction ω2

(B) ω2 VQ/P; direction of VQ/P rotated by 90° in the direction ω2
(C) 2ω2 VQ/P; direction of VQ/P rotated by 90° opposite to the direction of ω2
(D) ω2 VQ/P; direction of VQ/P rotated by 90° opposite to the direction ω2
Answer: (A)
Exp: direction is obtained by rotating velocity vector through 90o in the direction of rotation of
the link.

6. Couette flow is characterized by

(A) steady, incompressible, laminar flow through a straight circular pipe
(B) fully developed turbulent flow through a straight circular pipe
(C) steady, incompressible, laminar flow between two fixed parallel plates
(D) steady, incompressible, laminar flow between one fixed plate and the other moving
with a constant velocity
Answer: (D)
Exp: Coutte flow is steady incompressible, laminar flow between one fixed plate and other
moving with constant velocity.
V

7. If P(X) = 1 4,P  Y   1 3, and P  X  Y  1 12, the value of P  Y X  is

1 4 1 29
A  B C  D
4 25 3 50
Answer: (C)
1
PX  Y 1
Exp: PY X   12 
PX 1 3
4
8. In a machining operation, if the generatrix and directix both are straight lines, the surface
obtained
(A) cylindrical (B) helical
(C) plane (D) surface of revolution
Answer: (C)
Exp: The surface obtained is plane.

9. A rigid container of volume 0.5 m3 contains 1.0 kg of water at 120°C (vf = 0.00106
m3/kg, vg = 0.8908 m3/kg). The state of water is
(A) Compressed liquid
(B) Saturated liquid
(C) A mixture of saturated liquid and saturated vapor
(D) Superheated vapor
Answer: (C)
0.5 3
Exp: V m / kg  0.5m3 / kg
1
Since Vf  V  Vg the state of water is mixture of saturated water and saturated vapour.

10. In full mould (cavity-less) casting process, the pattern is made of

(A) expanded polystyrene (B) wax
(C) epoxy (D) plaster of Paris
Answer: (A)
Exp: The pattern is made of expanded polystrene

11. A gear train is made up of five spur gears as shown in the figure. Gear 2 is driver and gear
6 is driven member. N2, N3, N4, N5 and N6 represent number of teeth on gears 2, 3, 5 and 6
respectively. The gear(s) which act(s) as idler(s) is/are

N5
N3
N6
N2 2

4 5 6
Driver 3
Driven
N4
(A) only 3 (B) only 4
(C) only 5 (D) Both 3 and 5
Answer: (C)
 2 2 3 5 N3 N5 N6 NN
Exp:    3 6
6 3 5 6 N2 N4 N5 N2 N4
 only Gear(5) is Idle

12. Let  be an arbitrary smooth real valued scalar function and V be an arbitrary smooth
vector valued function in a three-dimensional space. Which one of the following is an
identity?
 A   
Cur l V   Div V   B Div V  0

 C DivCurlV  0  D  
Div V  DivV
Answer: (C)

13. Which of the following statements are TRUE for damped vibrations?
P. For a system having critical damping, the value of damping ratio is unity and system
does not undergo a vibratory motion.
Q. Logarithmic decrement method is used to determine the amount do damping in a
physical system.
R. In case of damping due to dry friction between moving surfaces resisting force of
constant magnitude acts opposite to the relative motion.
S. For the case of viscous damping, drag force is directly proportional to the square of
relative velocity.
(A) P and Q only (B) P and S only
(C) P, Q and R only (D) Q and S only
Answer: (C)

  sin x 
14. The value of lim x  0   is ____
 2sin x  x cos x 
Answer: -0.333
  sin x  0 
Exp: lim    form 
x 0  2sin x  x cos x   0 
  cos x 
 lim  
x 0  2cos x  cos x  x sin x 
 L  Hospital Rule 
1

3

15. The ratio of momentum diffusivity (v) to thermal diffusivity (α), is called
(A) Prandtl number (B) Nusselt number
(C) Biot number (D) Lewis number
Answer: (A)
 Cp VCp V V
Exp: Pr    
k k k 
cp

16. For the given fluctuating fatigue load, the values of stress amplitude and stress ratio are
respectively
MPa
250
200
150
100
50
0 Time

(A) 100 MPa and 5 (B) 250 MPa and 5

(C) 100 MPa and 0.20 (D) 250 MPa and 0.20
Answer: (C)
max  min 250  50
Exp: stress amplitude    100 Mpa
2 2
min 50
Stress ratio    0.2
max 250

2
17. Using a unit step size, the value of integral 
1
x ln x dx by trapezoidal rule is ______

Answer: 0.69
x 1 2
Exp:
y  1hx 0 21h2
By Trapezoidal Rule,
2
1
 x1nx dx  2 0  21n2  1n2  0.69
1

18. A weight of 500 N is supported by two metallic ropes as shown in the figure. The values
of tensions T1 and T2 are respectively

30O
T1
90O T2

120O

500 N
 (A) 433 N and 250 N (B) 250 N and 433 N
(C) 353.5 N and 250 N (D) 250 N and 353.5 N
Answer: (A)
Exp: Using sine rule

T1 T2 500 T1
o
 o
 T2
sin120 sin150 sin 90o 90o
T1  500  sin120o ; T2  500sin150o
T1  433 N T2  250 N 150o 120o

500

19. In the notation (a/b/c) : (d/e/f) for summarizing the characteristics of queueing situation,
the letters ‘b’ and ‘d’ stand respectively for
(A) service time distribution and queue discipline
(B) number of servers and size of calling source
(C) number of servers and queue discipline
(D) service time distribution and maximum number allowed in system
Answer: (A)
Exp: b: Service time distribution (usually represented by ‘m’)
D: Queuing discipline (usually represented by ‘GD’)

20. The thermodynamic cycle shown in figure (T/s diagram) indicates

2
(A) Reversed Cannot cycle T
(B) Reversed Brayton cycle PC

(C) Vapor compression cycle 3 PC 1

(D) Vapor absorption cycle 4
s
Answer: (B)
Exp: T-S diagram represent a reversed brayton cycle used in air conditioning of aero planes
where air is used as a refrigerant.

21. A drill is positioned at point P and its 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
Y

P
12
5

3 4
 (A) (3, 12) (B) (5, 7) (C) (7, 12) (D) (4, 7)
Answer: (D)
Exp: In incremental system. Co-ordinates of point Q are (4,7).
22. A cylindrical tank with closed ends is filled with compressed air at a pressure of 500 kPa.
The inner radius of the tank is 2m, and it has wall thickness of 10 mm. The magnitude of
maximum in-plane shear stress (in MPa) is ____ .
Answer: 25
pd
Exp: Maximum in-plane shear stress max 
8t
500  4
 MPa  25MPa
8  10

23. An air-standard Diesel cycle consists of the following processes:

1-2: Air is compressed isentropically.
2-3: Heat is added at cosntant pressure.
3-4: Air expands isentropically to the original volume.
4-1: Heat is rejected at constant volume.
If  and T denotes the specific heat ratio and temperature, respectively the efficiency of
the cycle is
T4  T1 T4  T1
(A) 1  (B) 1
T3  T2   T3  T2 

  T4  T1  T4  T1
(C) 1  (D) 1
T3  T2    1 T3  T2 
Answer: (B)

heat applied, Qs  cp  T3  T2 
2 3
Exp: p
heat rejected, Qr  cr  T4  T1  4
Qr 1 (T4  T1 )
 1 1
Qs  (T3  T2 ) 1

v

24. Saturated vapor is condensed to saturated liquid in condenser. The heat capacity ratio is
c
Cr  min . The effectiveness () of the condenser is
cmax
1  exp   NTU(1  Cr ) 1  exp   NTU(1  Cr ) 
(A) (B)
1  Cr 1  Cr exp   NTU(1  Cr ) 
NTU
(C) (D) 1  exp(NTU)
1  NTU
Answer: (D)
Exp: E of condenser is given by 1-exp(-NTU)
Cmin
because Cr   0. (as Cmax  )
Cmax

25. For the same material and the mass, which of the following configurations of flywheel
will have maximum mass moment of inertia about the axis of rotation OO’ passing
through the center of gravity

O 
A  B O O'

C  D O
O'

Answer: (B)
Exp: Rim med wheel has maximum mass located away from the axis of rotation Thus will have
maximum moment of inertia.

Q. No. 26 – 55 Carry Two Marks Each

26. For ball bearings, the fatigue life L measured in number of revolutions and the radial load
F are related by FL1/3 = K, where K is a constant. It withstands a radial load of 2 kN for a
life of 540 million revolutions. The load (in kN) for a life of one million revolutions is
_______
Answer: 16.286
1
Exp: FL3  k
 1 1
F1L31  F2 L32
1 1
2  540 3  F2 (1) 3
 F2  16.286 kN

27. The torque (in N-m) exerted on the crank shaft of a two stroke engine can be described as
T = 10000 + 1000 sin 1θ – 1200 cos 2θ, where θ is the crank angle as measured from
inner dead center position. Assuming the resisting torque to be constant, the power (in
kW) developed by the engine at 100 rpm is __________.
Answer: 104
Exp: Tmean  10000N  m
2
mean  100 
60
200
P  Tmean  mean  104   104kW
60

28. The value of moment o inertia of the section shown in the figure about the ais-XX is

60
30

All dimensions 45
are in mm 120
15
X X
15

45

30

 A 8.5050 106 mm4  B 6.88.50 105 mm4

 C 7.7625 106 mm4  D 8.5725 106 mm4

Answer: (B)
1 1 
Exp: Moment of Inertia. I xx  (120)3  60  2   (30)4  30  30  30
12 12 
 6.885 106 mm4

29. The value of

 3x  8y  dx   4y  6xy  dy  ,
2
C (where C is boundary of th region bounded by x = 0,
y = 0 and x + y = 1 is) is _____________
Answer: 1.66
Exp: x  0 to x  1  y
&
y  0 to y  1

By Green’s theorem,   3x  8y  dx   4y  6xy dy

2

 N M 
   x  y dxdy
 0,1
1 1 y
  6y   16y   dxdy
   x  y 1
y 0 x 0
1  1 y 
    10ydx  dy
y 0    0,0 1,0 
 x 0
1

 yx
1 y
 10 0
dy
y 0
1
 y 2 y3 
1
 10 y 1  y   0  dy  10   

y 0  2 3 
0

1 1 5
 10      1.66
 3 3 3

 W 
30. A brick wall  k  0.9  of thickness 0.18 m separates the warm air in a room from the
 m.k 
cold ambient air. On a particular winter day, the outside air temperature is – 5°C and the
room needs to be maintained at 27°C. The heat transfer coefficient associated with
W
outside air is 20 2 . Neglecting the convective resistance of the air inside the room,
m K'
 w 
the heat loss, in  2  is
m 
(A) 88 (B) 110 (C) 128 (D) 160
Answer: (C)
Exp:

5o C 27o C
h  20w / m 2 K

1 1
Total thermal resistance 
R th 1 l

h k
 1 1
  4 W / m2 K
R th 1 0.18

20 0.9
T
Q   27  (5)  4  128 W / m 2
R th
31. A bullet spins as the shot is fired from a gun. For this purpose, two helical slots as shown
in the figure are cut in the barrel. Projections A and B on the bullet engage in each of the
slots

Gun Barrel A
Bullet

0.5m B

Helical slots are such that one turn of helix is completed over a distance of 0.5 m. If
velocity of bullet when it exits the barrel is 20 m/s, its spinning speed in rad/s is _______.

Answer: 251.3
0.5
Exp: Time taken force revolution   0.025 sec.
20
2
The spinning speed is rad / sec
0.02s
 251.3 rad / sec

32. Which of the following statements are TRUE, when the cavitation parameter σ = 0?
i. the local pressure is reduced to vapor pressure
ii. cavitation starts
iii. boiling of liquid starts
iv cavitation stops
(A) i, ii and iv (B) only ii and iii (C) only i and iii (D) i, ii and iii

Answer: (D)
Exp: σ = 0 implies (i), (ii) and (iii)

33. In a CNC milling operation, the tool has to machine the circular arc from point (20, 20) to
(10, 10) at sequence number 5 of the CNC part program. If the center of the arc is at (20,
10) and the machine has incremental mode of defining position coordinates, the correct
tool path command is (A) N 05 G 90 G01 X–10 Y–10 R10
(B) N 05 G91 G03 X–10 Y–10 R10
(C) N 05 G90 G03 X20 Y20 R10
 (D) N 05 G91 G02 X20 Y20 R10

Answer: (B)
Exp: for incremental coordinates (G91) and coordinates of final point are (10, 10). The tool
moves CCW (counter clockwise), So G03.

34. Ratio of solidification time of a cylindrical casting (height =radius) to the cubic
casting of side two times the height of cylindrical casting is _____.
Answer: 0.5625
2
V
Exp: ts  k  
A
for cylindrical cavity (1)
2
 2 
 d h d
2
t1  k  4   k   d  h 
 dh  4
 
for cubic casting (2)
2
 a3  a
2
d
2
t 2  k  2   k    k    a  2d 
 6a  6 3
2
d
t1  4   3 
2
      0.5625
t 2  d 2  4 
 
3

35. The number of degrees of freedom of the linage shown in the figure is

(A) -3 (B) -0 (C) 1 (D) 2

Answer: (C)
Exp: Number of links, N = 6
Total number as binary joints, j = 7
F = 3 (N-1) – 2j
= 15-14 = 1.
36. Figure shows a single degree of freedom system. The system consists of a massless rigid
bar OP hinged at O and a mass m at end P. The natural frequency of vibration of the
system i
1 k 1 k k
A fn   B fn  P
2 4m 2 2m O Q
m
1 k 1 2k a
 C fn   D fn  a
2 m 2 m
Answer: (A)
Exp: force in the spring F= 2mg [from equilibrium]

Deflection as mass at P,
a a
x  P
x1   2a  2x O
a
X
2mg 4mg
 2  X1
k k
g g k
wn    ;
s x1 4m
1 1 k
fn  n 
2 2 4m

37. For the linear programming problem:

Maximize Z = 3X1 + 2X2

Subject to

– 2X1 + 3X2 ≤ 9

X1 – 5X2 ≥ – 20

X1, X2 ≥ 0

The above problem has

(A) unbounded solution
(B) infeasible solution
(C) alternative optimum solution
(D) degenerate solution
Answer: (A)
Exp: Plotting the graph for the given constraints as shown in figure.
From figure we can see that LPP has unbounded solution.
 x2

(0,4)

(20,0) x1 
(45,0)

38. Air in a room is at 35° and 60% relative humidity (RH). The pressure in the room is 0.1
MPa. The saturation pressure of water at 35°C is 5.63 kPa. The humidity ratio of the air
(in gram/kg of dry air) is _____.
Answer: 21.74
Pw P
Exp:   0.6  w
Ps 5.63
 Pw  3.378KPa
Pw
humidity Ratio, w  0.622
Pa  Pw
3.378
 0.622 
100  3.378
 0.021745kg kg of dry air
or 21.745 g/kg of dry air

39. A solid sphere 1 of radius ‘r’ is placed inside a hollow, closed hemispherical surface 2 of
radius ‘4r’. The shape factor F2-1 is

2r 2
1

8r

1 1
A  B  C 2  D  12
12 2
Answer: (A)
Exp: f11  f12  1
f12  1
f 21 A 2  f12 A1
f12 A1 1  4r 2 1
f 21   
1
A2 4  4r     4r  12
2 2

40. Newton-Raphson method is used to find the roots of the equation, x3 + 2x2 + 3x – 1 = 0. If
the initial guess is x0 = 1, then the value of x after 2nd iteration is ___________.
Answer: 0.30
Exp: By Newton-Raphson Method,
f  x0 
1st iteration, x1  x 0 
f  x0 
f 1 5 1
1 1 
f  1 10 2

Where f  x   x 3  2x 2  3x  1  f 1  5
f   x   3x 2  4x  3  f  1  10

f  x1 
2nd iteration, x 2  x1 
f   x1 
f  0.5 
 0.5   0.3043
f   0.5 

41. The annual requirement of rivets at a ship manufacturing company is 2000 kg. The rivets
are supplied in units of 1 kg costing Rs. 25 each. If the costs Rs. 100 to place an order and
the annual cost of carrying one unit is 9% of its purchase cost, the cycle length of the
order (in days) will be_____
Answer: 76.94
2DC0
Exp: EOQ 
Ch

2  2000  100
  421.637
0.09  25
365
length of cycle   76.948 days
No. of orders
2000
No. of orders 
EOQ
 
 f t e
 st
42. Laplace transform of the function f(t) is given by F(s) = L{f(t)} = dt.
0

Laplace transform of the function shown below is given by

f t

1 t

1  e2s 1  es 2  2es

A  B  C
s 2s s
1  2es
 D
s
Answer: (C)
Exp: f  t   2; 0  t 1
0; otherwise
1
est 2  2es
1
 L f  t    2e dt  2

 st

0
s 0
s
43. Orthogonal turning of a mild steel tube with a tool of rake angle 10° carried out at a feed
of 0.14 mm/rev. If the thickness of the chip produced is 0.28 mm, the values of shear
angle and shear strain will be respectively
(A) 28°20′ and 2.19 (B) 22°20′ and 3.53
(C) 24°30′ and 3.53 (D) 37°20′ and 5.19
Answer: (A)
0.14
Exp: r  0.5
0.28
r cos 
tan  
1  r sin 
  28.3345o
or 28o 20
Shear strain, Y  cot   tan(  )  2.1859  2.19

44. Steam enters a turbine at 30 bar, 300°C (u = 2750 kJ/kg, h = 2993 kJ/kg) and exits the
turbine as saturated liquid at 15 kPa (u = 225 kJ/kg, h = 226 kJ/kg). Heat loss to the
surrounding is 50 kJ/kg of steam flowing through the turbine. Neglecting changes in
kinetic energy and potential energy, the work output of the turbine (in kJ/kg of steam) is
_______.
Answer: 2717
Exp: Work output  (2993  226.50)kJ / kg =2717 kJ/kg

 4  3i i 
45. For a given matrix  , where is i  1, the inverse of matrix P is
 i 4  3i 

1  4  3i i  1  i 4  3i 
A   B
24  i 4  3i  25  4  3i
 i 

1  4  3i i  1  4  3i i 
 C  D 

24  i 4  3i  25  i 4  3i 
Answer: (A)
Exp: |P| = (4+3i)(4-3i)-(i)(-i) = 16+9-1 = 24
 4  3i i 
adjP  
 i 4  3i 
1  4  3i i 
P 1  
24  i 4  3i 

46. For the overhanging beam shown in figure, the magnitude of maximum bending moment
(in kN-m) is _____.
20kN
10kN m
B
A C
4m 2m

Answer: 40 kN-m
Exp: BMD:

5
M
B
(KN  m) A C
X

40
R A  10kN
R B  50kN
Maximum bending momentum occurs at reaction B an has a magnitude of 40 kN-m.

47. Figure shows a wheel rotating about O2. Two points A and B located along the radius of
wheel have speeds of 80 m/s and 140 m/s respectively. The distance between the points A
and B is 300 mm. The diameter of the wheel (in mm) is ________
Answer: 1400
Exp: VA  80 m / s, VB  140 m / s 2

rB  rA  300 … (i)
A B
 rA  80 O2
 rB  140
rB
  1.75 ...(2)
rA
Solving (1) & (2), rB=700 mm.
 diameter of wheel is 1400 mm.

48. The dimensions of a cylindrical side riser (height = diameter) for a 25 cm × 15 cm × 5 cm

steel casting are to be determined. For the tabulated shape factor values given below,
diameter of the riser (in cm) is ______.
Shape Factor 2 4 6 8 10 12
Riser Volume / Casting Volume 1.0 0.70 0.55 0.50 0.40 0.35

Answer: 10.61
l  w 25  15
Exp: Shapefactor    8 then from the table
h 5
Vr
  0.5
Vc
Vr  0.5  25  15  5  937.5
 3
d  937.5cm3
4
d  10.61cm

49. A Prandtl tube (Pitot-static tube with C = 1) is used to measure the velocity of water. The
differential manometer reading is 10 mm of liquid column with a relative density of 10.
Assuming g = 9.8 m/s2, the velocity of water (in m/s) is _______.
Answer: 1.32
Exp: Velocity as water  Cv 2gh
Cv = 1 (Given)
 sg 
h  x   1  0.0110  1  0.09m
 s0 
velocityof flow  2  9.8  0.09  1.328m s
50. In a rolling operation using rolls of diameter 500 mm if a 25 mm thick plate cannot be
reduced to less than 20 mm in one pass, the coefficient of friction between the roll and the
plate is __________
Answer: 0.1414

 h max
Exp: 
R
 h max  25  20  5mm
R  250 mm
5
   0.1414
250

51. Refrigerant vapor enters into the compressor of a standard vapor compression cycle at –
10°C (h = 402 kJ/kg) and leaves the compression at 50°C(h = 432 kJ/kg). It leaves the
condenser at 30°C (h = 237 kJ/kg). The COP of the cycle is __________.
Answer: 5.5
Exp: work done=432-402=30 kJ/kg
Refrigerating effect =402-237=165 kJ/kg.
165
COP   5.5
30

52. A cantilever bracket is bolted to a column using three M12 × 1.75 bolts, P, Q and R. The
value of maximum shear stress developed in the bolt P (in MPa) is _______.

9kN

40 P
30
Q
30 10mm thick
R
40

250 All dimension

Answer: 341 are in mm
Exp: P=9kN, e=250 mm P
Primary shear force Pp''
p q
Pp'  Pq'  Pr'    3kN
3 3 Pp'
Secondary shear force: q
By symmetry C.G lies at the centre of bolt Q. C.G

Pq'
  rp  30 mm
rr  30 mm R
rq  0 Pr''
Pe 9000  250
C  2 2  1250
r  rq  rr 30  0  302
2
q
2 2
Pr'

Pp''  Pr''  C
Pp''  Crp  37.5 kN
Pr'  Crr  37.5 kN
Pq''  0

Resultant shear force

Due to symmetry stress in P Q R will be equal in magnitude

Pp  Pr  (3) 2  (37.5) 2  38.5648 kN

P 38.5648
   340.987 MPa  341MPa
A  (0.012) 2
4

53. A mixture of ideal gases has the following composition by mass:

N2 O2 CO2
60% 30% 10%

If the Universal gas constant is 8314 J/mol-K, the characteristic gas constant of the mixture
(inJ/kg.K) is _________.
Answer: 274.99
Universal gas constant
Exp: gas constant of mixture, R m 
Average molar mass

100
Average molar mass   30.233 kg / kmol
60 30 10
 
28 32 44
8314
Rm   274.996J / kg  K
30.233

54. A shaft of length 90 mm has a tapered portion of length 55 mm. The diameter of the taper is
80 mm at one end and 65 mm at the other. If the taper is made by tailstock set over method,
the taper angle and the set over respectively are
 (A) 15°32′ and 12.16 mm (B) 15°32′ and 15.66 mm
(C) 11°22′ and 10.26 mm (D) 10°32′ and 14.46 mm
Answer: (A)
80  65
Exp: Rate of taper, T   0.27
55
T  L 0.27  90
Set over=   12.15
2 2
Taper angle  Tan 1 (0.27) =15.10

55. One side of a wall is maintained at 400 K and the other at 300 K. The rate of heat transfer
through the wall is 1000 W and the surrounding temperature is 25°C. Assuming no
generation of heat within the wall, the irreversibility (in W) due to heat transfer through the
wall is ________.
Answer: 248.33
Exp: Q = 1000W
T  25  273  298
 T   T 
Q 1     Q 1     Qir  0
 T1   T2 
 298   298 
1000 1    1000 1    Qir  0
 400   300 
Qir  248.33W