MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 6.

Transmission angle is the angle between

OF KINEMATICS OF MACHINES a. Input link and coupler
Q: 1 b. Input link and fixed link
A rigid body possesses_____degrees of c. Output link and coupler
freedom.
d. Output link and fixed link
a. One b. Two c. Four d. Six
(Ans:c)
(Ans:d)
7. Which of the following is an inversion of
2. Which of the following is an open pair? Single slider crank chain?
a. Journal bearing a. Beam engine b. Rotary engine
b. Ball and Socket joint c. Oldhams coupling d. Elliptical trammel
c. Leave screw and nut (Ans:b)
d. None of the above 8. ________ is an inversion of Double slider
(Ans:c) crank chain.

3. Which of the following is a higher pair? a. Coupling rod of a locomotive

a. Turning pair b. Scotch yoke mechanism

b.Screw pair c. Hand pump

c. Belt and pulley d. Reciprocating engine

d. None of the above (Ans:b)

(Ans:c) 9. A ball and a socket forms a

4. A higher pair has__________. a. Turning pair b. Rolling pair

a. Point contact c. Screw pair d. Spherical pair

b. Surface contact (Ans:d)

c. No contact 10. The Kutzbach criterion for determining

the number of degrees of freedom (n) is
d. None of the above (where l = number of links,
(Ans:a) j = number of joints and h = number of
5. In a ball bearing, ball and bearing forms a higher pairs)

a. Turning pair a. n = 3(l-1)-2j-h

b. Rolling pair b. n = 2(l-1)-2j-h

c. Screw pair c. n = 3(l-1)-3j-h

d. Spherical pair d. n = 2(l-1)-3j-h

(Ans:b) (Ans:a)
 16. To connect two parallel and coplanar
shafts the following type of gearing is used
11. A fixed gear having 200 teeth is in mesh
with another gear having 50 teeth. The two a. Spur gear b. Bevel gear
gears are connected by an arm. The
c. Spiral gear d. None of the above
number of turns made by the smaller gear
for one revolution of arm about the center of (Ans:a)
bigger gear is
17. In which of the following type of gear
a. 2 b. 4 train the first gear and the last gear are co-
axial.
c. 3 d. None of the above
a. Simple gear train
(Ans:b)
b. Compound gear train
12. Which gear is used for connecting two
coplanar and intersecting shafts? c. Reverted gear train
a. Spur gear d. None of the above
b. Helical gear (Ans:c)
c. Bevel gear 18. Which gear train is used for higher
velocity ratios in a small space?
d. None of the above
a. Simple gear train
(Ans:c)
b. Compound gear train
13. Module of a gear is
c. Reverted gear train
a. D/T b. T/D
d. Epicyclic gear train
c. 2D/T d. 2T/D
(Ans:d)
(Ans:a)
19. Which type of gear train is used in clock
14. Length of arc of contact is given by
mechanism to join hour hand and minute
a. Arc of approach - Arc of recess hand?
b. Arc of approach + Arc of recess a. Simple gear train
c. Arc of approach / Arc of recess b. Compound gear train
d. Arc of approach x Arc of recess c. Reverted gear train
(Ans:b) d. Epicyclic gear train
15. The type of gears used to connect two (Ans:d)
non-parallel and non-intersecting shafts is
20. Which type of gearing is used in
a. Spur gear b. helical gear steering system of an automobile?
c. Bevel gear d. Spiral gear a. Rack and pinion b. Worm and wheel
(Ans:d) c. Spiral gears d. None of the above
(Ans:a)