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MOCK TEST
1.

2.

3.

4 1
For the matrix
the eigen values are
1 4
(a) 3 and 3
(b) 3 and 5
(c) 3 and 5
(d) 5 and 0
Stokes theorem connects
(a) a line integral and a surface integral
(b) a surface integral and a volume integral
(c) a line integral a volume integral
(d) gradient of a function and its surface integral
A p- u diagram has been obtained from a test on a
reciprocating compressor. Which of the following represents
that diagram?

(a)

(a)

1
k ( x + d )2
(d)
2
The force P on 5 m wide gate is

5.

(b)

(d)

In the figure shown, the spring deflects by d to position A

(the equilibrium position) when a mass m is kept on it. During
free vibration, the mass is at position B at some instant. The
change in potential energy of the spring-mass system from
position A to position B is

m1
m2

(b)
1/ 2

7.

8.

9.

1 2
kx mgx
2
1 2
kx + mgx
2

(a) 721 kN
(b) 653 kN
(c) 602 kN
(d) 545 kN
Two bodies of mass m1 and m2 are dropped from different
heights h1 and h 2 respectively. Neglecting the effect of
friction, the ratio of times taken to drop through the given
heights would be
(a)

4.

(b)

(c)

6.

(c)

1 2
kx
2

m2 h2
m1h1
2

h1
h1
(c)
(d)
h2
h2
A average Nusselt number in laminar natural convection
from a vertical wall at 1000 with still air at 200C is found to be
48. If the wall temperature becomes 300C, all other parameter
remaining same, the average Nusselt number will be
(a) 8
(b) 16
(c) 24
(d) 32
A diesel engine is usually more efficient than a spark ignition
engine because
(a) diesel being a heavier hydrocarbon, releases more heat
per kg than gasoline
(b) the air standard efficiency of diesel cycle is higher than
the Otto cycle, at a fixed compression ratio
(c) the compression ratio of a diesel engine is higher than
that of an SI engine
(d) self ignition temperature of diesel is higher than that of
gasoline
In green sand moulding process, uniform ramming leads to
(a) Less chance of gas porosity

10.

(b) Uniform flow of molten metal in to the mould cavity

(c) Greater dimensional stability of casting
(d) Less sand expansion type casting defect
A composite bar is rigidly fitted at the supports A and B as
shown in the figure. Determine the reactions at the supports
when temperature rises by 20C. Take Ea = 70GN/m2, Es
= 200 GN/m2, aa = 11 106/C and as = 12 106/C.

15.

16.
2

A a = 600 mm

As = 300 mm

Aluminium

Steel

1m

3m

Aluminium

Steel

17.

18.
11.

12.

13.

14.

The natural frequency of an undamped vibrating system is

100 rad/s. A damper with damping factor of 0.8 is introduced
into the system. The frequency of vibration of the damped
system, in rad/s, is
(a) 60
(b) 75
(c) 80
(d) 100
In the window air conditioner, the expansion device used is
(a) capillary tube
(b) thermostatic expansion valve
(c) automatic expansion valve
(d) float valve
Shrinkage allowance on pattern is provided to compensate
for shrinkage when
(a) the temperature of liquid metal drops from pouring to
freezing temperature
(b) the metal changes from liquid to solid state at freezing
temperature
(c) the temperature of solid phase drops from freezing to
room temperature
(d) the temperature of metal drops from pouring to room
temperature
Group-I shows different heat addition processes in power
cycles. Likewise, Group-II shows different heat removal
processes. Group-III lists power cycles.
Match items from Groups-I, II and III.

Group-I
P-Pressure Constant
Q-Volume Constant
R-Temperature
Constant

(a)

(c)

P-S-5
R-U-3
P-S-1
Q-T-2
R-T-3
P-S-1
P-T-4
Q-S-5

Group-II
S-Pressure Constant
T-Volume Constant
W-Temperature
Constant

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

19.

20.

21.

Group-III
Rankine cycle
Otto cycle
Carnot cycle
Diesel cycle
Brayton cycle

(b) P-S-1
R-U-3
P-S-4
P-T-2
(d) P-T-4
R-S-3
P-S-1
P-S-5

During the execution of a CNC part program block

NO20
GO2
X45.0
Y25.0
R5.0
the type of tool motion will be
(a) circular Interpolation clockwise
(b) circular Interpolation counterclockwise
(c) linear Interpolation
(d) rapid feed
Which of the following arc welding processes does not use
consumable electrodes?
(a) GMAW
(b) GTAW
(c) Submerged Arc Welding
(d) None of these
When the temperature reaches the point where relative
humidity is 100% i.e. the air is saturated because it cannot
hold any more moisture, this temperature is called
(a) freezing point
(b) dew point
(c) partial freezing point
(d) None of these
Water at 42C is sprayed into a stream of air at atmospheric
pressure, dry bulb temperature of 40C and a wet bulb
temperature of 20C. The air leaving the spray humidifier is
not saturated. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Air gets cooled and humidified
(b) Air gets heated and humidified
(c) Air gets heated and dehumidified
(d) Air gets cooled and dehumidified
The number of degrees of freedom of a five link plane
mechanism with five revolute pairs as shown in the figureis

(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 1
For air with a relative humidity of 80%
(a) the dry bulb temperature is less than the wet bulb
temperature
(b) The dew point temperature is less than wet bulb
temperature
(c) The dew point and wet bulb temperatures are equal
(d) The dry bulb and dew point temperatures are equal
The differential equation
3

dy 2
d2 y
1 + = C 2

dx
dx 2

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

22.

is of

2nd order and 3rd degree

3rd order and 2nd degree
2nd order and 2nd degree
3rd order and 3rd degree

1 3 2
The determinant of the matrix 0 5 6 is 26. Then the

2 7 8

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2 7 8
determinant of matrix 0 5 6 is ________ .

1 3 2

23.

A 15 cm diameter pipe is joined to a 30 cm diameter pipe by

a reducing flange. For water flowing at a rate of 0.115 m3/S1
the head loss when water flows fun the smaller to larger
diameter pipe is ________ .

24. The type of partial differential equation

(a) parabolic
(c) hyperbolic

f 2 f
=
is
t x 2

(b) elliptic
(d) non linear

0 0 3
25. What is the rank of the matrix 9 3 5 is _______.

3 1 1

26.

27.

28.

29.

30.

31.

A friction circle is drawn when a journal rotates in bearing.

Its radius depends on the co-efficient of friction and the
(a) magnitude of the forces on the journal
(b) angular velocity of the journal
(c) clearance between the journal and the bearing
(d) radius of the journal
In a solid extrusion die, purpose of knock out pin is
(a) shopping the part to extrude through the hose
(b) ejecting the part after extrusion
(c) allowing the job to have bertter surface finish
(d) reducing the waste of material
A gas contained in a cylinder is compressed, the work
required for compression being 5000 kJ. During the process,
heat interaction of 2000 kJ causes the surroundings to the
heated. The change in internal energy of the gas during the
process is
(a) 7000 kJ
(b) 3000 kJ
(c) + 3000 kJ
(d) + 7000 kJ
The relationship between Youngs modulus (E), Bulk
modulus (K) and Poissons ratio () is given by
(a) E = K (12)
(b) K = 3 E (12)
(c) E = 3 K (1)
(d) K = 3 E (1)
A simple spring-mass vibrating system has a natural
frequency of N. If the spring stiffness is halved and the
mass if doubled, then the natural frequency will become
(a) N / 2
(b) 2 N
(c) 4 N
(d) 8 N
In an M/M/1 quencing system, the number of arrivals in an
interval of length T is a Poisson random variable (i.e. the
probability of there being n arrivals in an interval of length
e -lT ( l T )

T is

. The probability density function f(t) of

n!
the interarrival time is given by

(a)

( )

l e
2

-l2 t

(b)

e -l t
l2

e -lt
l
32. What is the speed of sound in Neon gas at a temperature of
500K (Gas constant of Neon is 0.4210 kJ/kg-K)?
(a) 492 m/s
(b) 460 m/s
(c) 592 m/s
(d) 543 m/s
33. When an ideal gas with constant specific heats is throttled
adiabatically, with negligible changes in kinetic and potential
energies
(a) Dh = 0, DT = 0
(b) Dh > 0, DT = 0
(c) Dh > 0, DS > 0
(d) Dh = 0, DS > 0
34. The best size wires for measuring effective diameter of
threads is of diameter
(c)

l e -lt

(d)

(a)

p sec q
2

(b)

p cos q
(d) none of these
4
Water flows through a 0.6 m diameter, 1000 m long pipe from
a 30 overhead tank to a village. Find the discharge (in liters)
at the village (at ground level), assuming a Fanning friction
factor f = 0.04 and ignoring minor losses due to bends etc.
A Brayton cycle (air standard) has a pressure ratio of 4 and
inlet conditions of one standard atmospheric pressure and
27C. Find the air flow rate required for 100 kW power output
if the maximum temperature in the cycle is 1000C. Assume
g = 1.4 and cp = 1.0 kJ/kg-K.
(a) 0.24 kJ/kg
(b) 0.32 kJ/kg
(c) 0.36 kJ/kg
(d) 0.42 kJ/kg
A copper tube of 20 mm outer diameter, 1 mm thickness and
20 m long (Thermal conductivity = 400 W/m2K). is carrying
saturated steam at 150C (Convective heat transfer
coefficient = 150 W/m2 K). The tube is exposed to an
ambient temperature of 27C. The convective heat transfer
coefficient of air is 5 W/m2 K. Glass wool is used for
insulation (Thermal conductivity = 0.075 W/mK). If the
thickness of the insulation used is 5 mm higher than the
critical thickness of insulation, calculate the rate of heat lost
by the steam and the rate of steam condensation in kg/hr.
(The enthalpy of condensation of steam = 2230 kJ/kg.)
Inventary can be in the form of
(a) raw materials
(b) supplies
(c) brought out part, semi-finished goods and subassemblies
(d) all of these
Annual carrying cost, for a given annual demand
(a) will increase with the increase in the number of orders
placed per annum.
(b) will decrease with the increase in the number of orders
placed per annum

(c)

35.

36.

37.

38.

39.

p cos q
2

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(c) is independent of number of orders placed per annum
(d) will increase with the decrease in lead time

G.L
2

a
1

40. If matrix X = 2
and X2 X + I = 0, then
+
a
a

1
1

6m

inverse of X is

Clay

1 a 1
(a) 2

a
a

1
1 a
(b) 2

a a + 1 a

a
1

(c)

2
a + a + 1 a 1

2
a
(d) a a + 1

1
1 a

41. A delayed unit step function is defined as

0 t < a
4(t a) =
1 t a
Its laplace transform is

(a) acas

(b)

e as
5

eas
eas
(d)
5
a
42. The equation x3 x2 + 4x 4 = 0 is to be solved using
Newton-Raphson method. If x = 2 taken as the initial
approximation of the solution, then the next approximate
using this method, will be

(c)

(a)

2
3

(b)

4
3

3
2
43. The box 1 contains chips numbered 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15.
The box 2 contain chips numbered 6, 11, 16, 21 and 26. Two
chips, one frame each box are drawn at random.
The numbers written on these chips are multiplied.
The probability for the product to be an even number is

(c) 1

(a)

6
25

2
5

3
19
(d)
5
25
44. The general solution of the differential equation (D2 4D
+ 4)y = 0 is of form
(a) c1 e2x
(b) c1 e2x + c2 e2x
2x
2x
(c) c1 e + (2e d)
(d) c1 e2x + c2 x e2x
45. A square footing is to be established in a clay soil at a
depth of 2m, where water fable has risen up to the ground
level as shown in fig. Assume that the net load for the
given footing is a constant and that the some is dispersed
in to a clay as shown with load dispersion as 2V to 1H.
(rw = 10 kN/m3, rsat = 19.3 kN/m3) Net load = 50 kN,
Cc = 0.36, e0 = 0.92)

(c)

2
1
Rock

What is the width of the following required of it is

permitted to settle by 120 mm?
46. A canal irrigates a portion of a culturable command area
to grow sugar are and wheat. The average discharges
required to grow sugar cane and wheat are 0.32 and 0.29
cumecs respectively the time factor is 0.8 the required
design capacity of canal is:
(a) 0.61
(b) 0.71
(c) 0.76
(d) 0.86
47. The ratio of actual evapo-transpiration to potential evapotranspiration is in the range
(a) 0 - 0.4
(b) 0.6 - 0.9
(c) 0.0 - 1.0
(d) 1.0 - 2.0
Common Data for Questions 48 and 49:
In two air standard cycles one operating on the Otto and the
other on the Brayton cycle-air is isentropically compressed from
300 to 450 K. Heat is added to raise the temperature to 600 K in
the Otto cycle and to 550 K in the Brayton cycle.
48. If h0 = and hB are the efficiencies of the Otto and Brayton
cycles, then

(d)

(b)

2m

(a)

h0 = 0.25, hB = 0.18

(b)

h0 = hB = 0.33

(c) h0 = 0.5, hB = 0.45

(d) it is not possible to calculate the efficiencies unless
the temperature after the expansion is given
49. If W0 and WB are work outputs per unit mass, then
(a) W0 > WB
(b) W0 < WB
(c) W0 = WB
(d) it is not possible to calculate the work outputs unless
the temperature after expansion is given
Common Data and Linked Answer Qs. 50 and 51
A circular cylinder of mass m and radius r is connected by a
spring of modulus k. It is free to roll on the rough horizontal
surface without slipping.
x
r

50.

The equation of motion of the system is

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(a)

mx&& + kx = 0

(b)

m
x&& + kx = 0
2

3m
&&
x + kx = 0
(d) 2mx&& + kx = 0
2
The natural frequency of the spring mass system is

(c)
51.

(a)

wn =

k
rad / sec
3m

(b)

wn =

2k
rad / sec
3m

2k
rad / sec
(d) None of these
m
Common Data and Linked Answer Q. 52 and 53
Oil of absolute viscosity 1.5 poise and relative density 0.85 flows
through a 30 cm diameter pipe. The head loss in 3000 m length of
pipe is 10 m.
Given : m = 1.5 poise = 0.15 Pas
r = 0.85 998 = 848.3 kg/m3
52. Shear stress at the pipe wall will be
(a) 2.773 Pa
(b) 3.18 Pa
(c) 4.16 Pa
(d) 6.28 Pa
53. Shear stress at a radial distance of 10 cm from the pipe axis
will be
(a) 2.773 Pa
(b) 3.18 Pa
(c) 4.16 Pa
(d) 6.28 Pa
Statement for Linked Answer Questions 54 and 55:
The following table of properties was printed out for saturated
liquid and saturated vapour of ammonia. The titles for only the
first two columns are available. All that we know is that the other
columns (columns 3 to 8) contain data on specific properties,
namely, internal energy (kJ/kg), enthalpy (kJ/kg) and entropy (kJ/
kg. K).

(c)

t(C)
20
0
20
40

54.

55.

56.

57.

wn =

p(kPa)
190.2
429.6
857.5
1554.9

88.76
179.69
272.89
368.74

0.3657
0.7114
1.0408
1.3574

89.05
180.36
274.30
371.43

5.6155
5.3309
5.0860
4.8662

1299.5 1418
1318.0 1442.2
1332.2 1460.2
1341.0 1470.2

The specific enthalpy data are in columns

(a) 3 and 7
(b) 3 and 8
(c) 5 and 7
(d) 5 and 8
When saturated liquid at 40C is throttled to 20C, the
quality at exit will be
(a) 0.189
(b) 0.212
(c) 0.231
(d) 0.788
GENERAL APTITUDE
If (1.001) 1259 = 3.52 and (1.001)2062 = 7.85. Then
(1.001)3321 =
(a) 2.23
(b) 4.33
(c) 11.37
(d) 27.64
Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options
given below to complete the following sentences.
If the tired soldier wanted to lie down, he
the
mattress down out balcony.
(a) should take
(b) shall take
(c) should have taken
(d) will have taken

58. Which of the following options is the closest in meaning

to the word given below?
Mitigate
(a) Diminish
(b) Divalge
(d) Delicate
(d) Denote
59. The question below consists of a pair of related words
followed four pairs of words. Select the pair that best
expresses the relationship in the original pair
unemployed : worker.
(a) Follow : land
(b) unaware : sleeper
(c) wit : jester
(d) renovated : house
60. One of the parts (a, b, c, d) in the sentence given below
contains an ERROR. Which one of the following is
incorrect?
I requested that he should be given the driving test today
instead of tomorrow.
(a) requested that
(b) should be given
(c) the driving test
(d) instead of tomorrow
61. Hari (H), Gita (G), Irfan (I) and Saira (S) are sibilings
(brothers and sisters). All were born on 1st January. The
age difference between any two successive sibilings.
(i.e., born one after other) is less than 3 years. Given the
following facts.
(i) Haris age + Gitas age > Irfans age + Sairas age.
(ii) The age difference between Gita and Saira is 1 year.
However, Gita is not the oldest and Saira is not the
youngest.
(iii) There are no twins
In what order were they born oldest first?
(a) HSIG
(b) SGHI
(c) IGSH
(d) IHSG
62. Given digits 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4. How many distinct
4 digit numbers greater than 3000 can be formed _____.

| y|
and q is any non-zero real number,,
y
the value of |f (q) f ( q)| is
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 1
(d) 2
64. The horse has played a little -known but very important
role in the field of medicine. Horses were injected with
toxins of disease, until their blood built up immunities.
Then a serum was made from their blood. Serum to fight
with diphtheria and tetanus were developed this way. It
can be inferred from the passage, that horses were.
(a) Given immunity to diseases
(b) Generally quite immune to disease
(c) given mediacines to fight toxirs
(d) given diphtheria and tetanus serums
65. The sum of in term of the series 4 + 44 + 444 + ... is
(a) (4/81) [10n+19n1]
(b) (1/81) [10n19n1]
(c) (4/81) [10n+1 9n 10]
(d) (4/81) [10n 9n 10]
63. Given that f (4) =