Post 2 - RRB Junior Engineer

Practice Set-1 PS – 1

Exam Practice Sets

Total Time: 120 min.

Total questions: 150

Total Marks: 150

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Practice Sets for RRB Junior Engineer Mechanical &

Allied Engineering Stage II Exam

ISBN : 9789388373937
PS – 2 Practice Set-1

PRACTICE SET-1
Time : 2 Hours Max. Marks : 150

GENERAL AWARENESS 8. The Grand Trunk Road built by Shershah

connected Punjab with
1. The first Indian who was chosen as the Secretary (a) Agra (b) East Bengal
General of Commonwealth is (c) Lahore (d) Multan
(a) Rakesh Verma (b) Gopalaswami 9. Name the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary
(c) Krishna Murthy (d) Kamalesh Sharma of Shivaji.
2. In which of the following systems of government (a) Saint Eknath (b) Saint Tukaram
is bi–cameralism an essential feature? (c) Saint Dhyaneshwar (d) Namdev
(a) Federal system 10. Which of the following items is not used in Local
(b) Unitary system Area Networks (LANs)?
(c) parliamentary system (a) Interface Card (b) Cable
(d) Presidential system (c) Computer (d) Modem
3. Which king is referred to as Devanampiya 11. How many spokes are there in the Dharmachakra
Piyadassi (Beloved of the Gods) in the inscriptions? of the National Flag?
(a) Asoka (a) 14 (b) 18
(b) Harsha (c) 22 (d) 24
12. What would be the impact of global warming on
(c) Bindusara
mangrove forests?
(d) Chandragupta Maurya (a) They will grow more luxurious
4. Socialism succeeds in achieveing (b) Large areas of mangroves will be submerged
(a) higher standard of living of the people (c) Their role as carbon sinks will become more
(b) equal distribution of income in the society important
(c) higher individual welfare in the society (d) Both (a) and (c) above
(d) maximum social welfare in the society 13. Which country has launched a Social Security
5. Monopolist resorts to price discrimination Scheme for formal sector workers of the country
depending upon the recently (27th November 2018)?
(a) Elasticity of supply (b) Elasticity of demand (a) Nepal (b) Bhutan
(c) Law of demand (d) Law of supply (c) Pakistan (d) Sri Lanka
6. The National Policy for Empowerment of Women 14. The Uttarakhand government has decided to
was adopted in the year rename the _________________ airport after
former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
(a) 2001 (b) 2005
(a) Haldwani (b) Dehradun
(c) 1991 (d) 1995
(c) Rishikesh (d) Haridwar
7. Who among the following was credited with the
15. Who has been appointed as the new Chief
destruction of 'Chihalgani', a group of powerful
Election Commissioner of India?
nobles?
(a) Jalaj Srivastava (b) Om Prakash Rawat
(a) Balban (b) Qutb-ud-din- Aibak (c) Sunil Arora (d) Ashok Lavasa
(c) Iltutmish (d) Razia Sultan
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PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY (b) does not change the path

(c) refracts the least
16. The time period of a pendulum depends on (d) is reflected by the side of the prism
(a) the mass (b) the length 24. Indane gas is a mixture of
(c) the time (d) both (a) and (b) (a) butane and hydrogen
17. A man is standing on a boat in still water. If he (b) butane and oxygen
walks towards the shore, the boat will (c) butane and propane
(a) move towards the shore (d) methane and oxygen
(b) move away from the shore 25. Scattering of light takes place in
(c) remain stationary (a) electroplating
(d) sink (b) electrolysis
18. One feels heavier in a lift when the lift (c) solution of electrolyte
(a) is going down steadily (d) colloidal solution
(b) just begins to go up 26. LPG is a mixture of
(c) is moving up steadily (a) C6H12 + C6H6 (b) C4H10 + C3H8
(d) descends freely (c) C2H2 + C2H4 (d) CH4 + C2H4
19. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct 27. Which one of the following compounds is used
answer using the codes given below the lists: as a sedative?
List-I List-II (a) Potassium bromide
A. Wavelength 1. Hertz (b) Calcium chloride
B. Energy 2. Angstrom (c) Ethyl alcohol
C. Intensity of sound 3. Joule (d) Phosphorus trichloride
D. Frequency 4. Decibel 28. Which one of the following polymers is used
Codes: for making bullet proof windows?
A B C D (a) Polycarbonates (b) Polyurethanes
(a) 2 3 4 1 (c) Polystyrene (d) Polyamides
(b) 1 2 3 4 29. Which one of the following is used as a mordant
(c) 2 3 1 4 in dyeing and tanning industry?
(d) 2 1 3 4 (a) Magnesium oxide
20. Scent sprayer is based on (b) Magnesium carbonate
(a) Charles’s law (c) Magnesium chloride
(b) Boyle’s law (d) Magnesium sulphate
(c) Archimedes’ principle 30. Which one of the following carbon compounds
(d) Bernoulli’s principle will not give a sooty flame?
21. In television broadcast, the sound signals are (a) Benzene (b) Hexane
transmitted by (c) Naphthalene (d) Anthracene
(a) amplitude modulation
(b) frequency modulation BASIC OF COMPUTERS AND APPLICATIONS
(c) phase modulation
(d) angle modulation 31. In the context of Information Technology, OCR
22. The blackboard seems black because it means
(a) reflects every colour (a) Optical Character Recognition
(b) does not reflect any colour (b) Octagonal Cyclic Recharge
(c) absorbs black colour (c) Octadecimal Cyclic Regeneration
(d) reflects black colour (d) Optical Character Regeneration
23. Dispersion process forms spectrum due to white
light falling on a prism. The light wave with 32. In Boolean algebra (1 + 1. 0 + 0) = ?
shortest wavelength (a) 0 (b) 1
(a) refracts the most (c) 2 (d) –1
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33. Which of the following is not an I/O device of 39. Sum of the two binary number (100010)2 and
the computer? (11011)2 is
(a) Keyboard (b) Joy stick (a) (111101)2 (b) (111111)2
(c) ALU (d) Printer (c) (101111)2 (d) (111001)2
34. What is floating point with reference to 40. The facilities available in the internet are
computers ? (i) Electronic mail
(a) It is a software subroutine around which (ii) Remote login
other subroutines are built (iii) File transfer
(iv) Word processing
(b) It is a representation of real numbers to
(a) (i), and (ii) (b) (i), (ii) and (iii)
facilitate computing
(c) (i), (ii) and (iv) (d) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(c) It is the main algebraic formula of the
software BASIC OF ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION
(d) It is the voltage point given to various CONTROL
operating units of the computer 41. What are the two most important climatic factors
35. A system of digital rules for exchange and that regulate decomposition through their effects
processing of data between various devices is on soil microbes?
called (a) Temperature and rainfall
(a) software programme (b) Temperature and soil moisture
(b) algorithm (c) Temperature and humidity
(c) protocol (d) Temperature and pressure
(d) information processing 42. Identify the activities that result in the release of
36. What is called as the main folder on a storage CO2 to the atmosphere.
device? A. Burning of wood.
(a) Platform (b) Interface B. Volcanic activity
(c) Root Directory (d) Home Page
C. Combustion of organic matter
37. RAM is _______ and _______.
(a) volatile, temporary D. Fossil fuels
(b) nonvolatile, permanent (a) A, B, C and D (b) C and D
(c) nonvolatile, temporary (c) A, C and D (d) B and C
(d) volatile, permanent 43. Frog feeding on insects is a
38. Which of the following represents NAND gate (a) primary consumer
? (b) secondary consumer
(c) tertiary consumer
(a) (d) decomposer
44. The driving force for an ecosystem is
(a) biomass
(b) producers
(b) (c) carbohydrates in producers
(d) solar energy
45. Ecosystem is
(c) (a) always open
(b) always closed
(c) both open and closed depending upon
community
(d) both open and closed depending upon bio-
(d) mass
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46. Thermal pollution of water bodies is due to 55. What will be the vertical height (m) of a watt
discharge of: governor, if the speed of rotation is 80 rpm?
(a) Chemicals from industries (a) 1.4 (b) 1.14 (c) 0.14 (d) 0.11
(b) heat from power plants 56. Which of the following term defines the size of
(c) agricultural run off water the cam?
(d) wastes from mining (a) Base circle (b) Prime circle
47. Which one of the following is protective (c) Pitch circle (d) Pitch curve
device? 57. What term is used for the combined effect of all
(a) Camouflage (b) Competition the forces on a body?
(c) Symbiosis (d) Commensalism (a) Load (b) Stress
48. Ultraviolet rays of the sun-light result in (c) Strain (d) None of these
formation of: 58. Which of the following load does not act on the
(a) CO (b) SO2 considerable length of the beam?
(c) ozone (d) flurorides (a) Uniformly distributed
49. Spraying of DDT on crops produces pollution (b) Triangular
of: (c) Point
(a) soil and water only (d) Uniformly varying
(b) air and soil only 59. Which term states the S.I unit of stress?
(c) air, soil and water (a) kN/mm (b) N/mm2
(d) air and water only (c) N/mm 3 (d) m3/sec
50. Sewage water can be purified for recycling with 60. Maximum shear stress theory was postulated by
the action of: _______.
(a) aquatic plants (a) ST Venant (b) Mohr
(b) penicillin (c) Rankine (d) Tresca
(c) micro-organisms 61. The equivalent length of the column when both
(d) fishes the ends are fixed is ________.
TECHNICAL ABILITIES (a) 1 (b) 1/2 (c) 1/4 (d) 2l
62. Which equation defines the enthalpy (h) of a
51. What is the radial distance of a tooth from the system?
pitch circle to the top of the tooth known as? pv pv
(a) U + (b) U -
(a) Dedendum (b) Addendum J J
(c) Pitch circle diameter (d) Module R
(c) U + (d) U + Jpv
52. Which of the following statement is TRUE about Jpv
the contact ratio? 63. Which gas can attain the highest efficiency for
(a) Varies directly to the length of the arc of the same compression rise?
contact (a) Any of the gases (b) Diatomic gases
(b) Inversely proportional to the module (c) Mono atomic gases (d) Tri-atomic gases
(c) Inversely proportional to the circular pitch 64. In Clausius theorem the reversible path is
(d) All options are correct substituted by ________.
53. Which of the following is the type of pendulum (a) reversible isobars
governor? (b) reversible isotherms
(a) Hartnell governor (c) reversible isochoric
(b) Proell governor (d) None of these
(c) Porter governor 65. Which of the relation represents an irreversible
(d) Watt governor and possible process?
54. Which of the following governors does not have
dQ dQ
central load attached to their sleeves?
(a) Porter governor (b) Watt governor
(a) Ñò T
= 0 (b) Ñò T
>0

(c) Proell governor (d) None of these dQ

(c) Ñò T
<0 (d) None of these
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66. _______ does not certain tin as an alloying 76. Chezy’s equation is used to determine
element. (a) velocity of flow in open channel
(a) Babbitt metal (b) velocity of flow in pipe
(b) White metal (c) flow over weirs
(c) Solder (d) discharge through notch
(d) All options are correct 77. Bluff body is the body of such a shape that
67. Under microscope ferrite appears as pressure drag as compared to friction drag is
(a) White (b) Light (a) same (b) more (c) less (d) zero
(c) Dark (d) None of these 78. For best hydraulic rectangular cross-section of
68. _______ structure is obtained by austempering an open channel, its depth should be equal to
process of heat treatment.
(a) width
(a) Sorbite (b) Bainite
(b) two times the width
(c) Martensite (d) Troostite
(c) half of the width
69. Preheating is essential in welding
(a) high speed steel (d) three-eighth of the width
(b) cast iron 79. The value of coefficient of velocity for a sharp
(c) all non-ferrous materials edged orifice is of the order of
(d) None of these (a) 0.45 (b) 0.5
70. The melting point is the lowest for (c) 0.62 (d) None of these
(a) low carbon steel (b) high carbon steel 80. The discharge over a sharp-edged rectangular
(c) cast iron (d) wrought iron notch of width w depth h is equal to
71. _______ is commonly used for making household 2 2
utensils. (a) Cd w 2 g h 5/ 2 (b) Cd w 2 g h
(a) Duralumin (b) Hindalium 3 3
(c) Y-alloy (d) Magnalium 2 8
72. In case of a two dimensional flow the components (c) Cd w 2 g h3/ 2 (d) Cd w 2 g h3/ 2
3 15
of velocity are given by u = ax ; v = by, the
streamlines will consist of a series of 81. When a liquid rotates at constant angular velocity
(a) circular arcs (b) parabolic arcs about a vertical axis as a rigid body, the pressure
(c) hyperbolic arcs (d) elliptical arcs (a) increases linearly as its radial distance
73. Friction factor of pipes depends on (b) varies inversely as the altitude along any
(a) rate of flow vertical line
(b) fluid density (c) varies as the square of the radial distance
(c) viscosity (d) decreases as the square of the radial
(d) All options are correct distance
74. Time of flow from one tank in which water level is 82. What kind of contact can be established for a
h 1 to another tank having level h 2 will be higher pair?
proportional to (a) Point contact (b) Surface contact
(a) h1 - h2 (b) h1 - h2 (c) No contact (d) None of these
83. How many degrees of freedom exist in a free
(c) h1 - h2 (d) h13/2 - h23/2 body in space?
75. Which of the following represents steady uniform (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
flow? 84. A mechanism can be classified into a structure
(a) flow through an expanding tube at an when the degree of freedom is ________.
increasing rate (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
(b) flow through an expanding tube at constant 85. Which of the following is used for controlling
rate fluctuations in an engine?
(c) flow through a long pipe at decreasing (a) Control valve
rate (b) Flywheel
(d) flow through a long pipe at constant rate (c) Governor
(d) Flywheel and Governor both
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86. Which term defines the fluctuation of speed of a 93. What will be the dryness fraction for liquid (m1)
flywheel in terms of angular speeds? and vapour (m2) mixture?
(a) x = (m1 + m2)/m1 (b) x = (m1 + m2)/m2
2 ( w1 - w2 ) 2 ( w1 + w2 )
(a) (b) (c) x = m1/(m1 + m2) (d) x = m2/(m1 + m2)
w1 + w2 w1 - w2 94. What is the amount of maximum work that can be
extracted from a Carnot engine working between
w1 + w2 w1 - w2
(c) (d) temperature 1000 K and 100 K?
2 ( w1 - w2 ) 2 ( w1 + w2 ) (a) 0.1 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.9 (d) 0.99
87. What is the velocity ratio for a slip in the belt 95. When the degree of randomness increases, what
drive system? is the change in entropy?
(a) Decreases (b) Increases
N1 d1 + t æ s ö (c) Unpredictable (d) Remains constant
(a) = ç1 - ÷
N 2 d2 + t è 100 ø 96. For a heat pump, the second law of efficiency
can be written in the form ______.
N 2 d1 + t æ s ö (a) (First law efficiency) × (1 – Ta/T0)
(b) = ç1 - ÷
N1 d2 + t è 100 ø (b) (First law efficiency) × (1 + T0/Ta)
(c) (First law efficiency) × (1 – T0/Ta)
N 2 d1 + t æ s ö (d) (First law efficiency) × (1 + Ta/T0)
(c) = ç1 - ÷ 97. Which entropy value best defines the state of
N1 d2 + t è 100 ø
water at triple point?
N 2 d1 - t æ (a) Zero
s ö
(d) = ç1 - ÷ (b) More than zero
N1 d 2 - t è 100 ø (c) Less than zero
88. Which of the following is NOT classified as types (d) None of these
of link? 98. Which of the following cycle is used in
(a) Rigid link (b) Flexible link compression ignition (SI) engine?
(c) Fluid link (d) None of these (a) Carnot cycle (b) Diesel cycle
89. Which of the following can be said to be (c) Dual cycle (d) Otto cycle
equivalent with the frictional torque transmitted 99. The self ignition temperature of diesel is _____
by a disc or plate clutch? as compared to that of petrol.
(a) Flat pivot bearing (a) is higher
(b) Flat collar bearing (b) is lower
(c) Conical pivot bearing (c) is same
(d) Trapezoidal pivot bearing (d) cannot be determined
90. What should be the incremental factor for the 100. What happens when superchanging is done for
number of shoes, if the engagement speed for spark ignition engines?
the centrifugal clutch needs to be doubled? (a) Increase knocking
(a) 0.5 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4 (b) Decrease knocking
91. Two gears are said to have a conjugate motion if (c) No effect
__________. (d) May increase or decrease
(a) they have a very small fluctuating angular 101. Which of the following factors does NOT
velocity (b) they have variable angular contribute towards detonation in an engine?
velocity (a) Engine overheating
(c) they have constant angular velocity (b) High compression ratio
(d) they have very high fluctuating angular (c) Stoichiometric fuel mixture
velocity (d) Wrong spark plug
92. What will be the value of Poisson's ratio, If the 102. What are the dimensions of kinematic viscosity
elasticity and rigidity of the material is 200 GPa of a fluid?
and 66.67 GPa? (a) L T2 (b) L2 T–1
(a) 0 (b) 0.25 (c) 0.5 (d) 1 (c) M L–1 T–1 (d) M L–2 T–2
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103. When can a piezometer not be used for pressure vane exit angles of centrifugal pump. In the figure
measurement in pipes? given below, curve C holds good for
(a) The pressure difference is low Curve C
(b) The velocity is high
(c) The fluid in the pipe is a gas P B
(d) the fluid in the pipe is highly viscous
104. Match List I (Measuring devices) with List II
(Measured parameter) and select the correct A
answer using the codes given below the lists.
List I List II
(Measuring instrument) (Variable to be Q
measured) (a) vane exit angle of 90°
A. Pitot-tube 1. Flow static (b) vane exit angle of less than 90°
pressure (c) vane exit angle of more than 90°
B. Micro-manometer 2. Rate of flow (d) any vane exit angle
(indirect) 111. An impulse turbine
C. Pipe bend meter 3. Differential (a) operates submerged
pressure (b) requires draft tube
D. Wall pressure tap 4. Flow stagnation (c) is most suited for low head applications
pressure (d) operates by initial complete conversion to
(a) A-1; B-3; C-2; D-4 (b) A-4; B-3; C-2; D-1 kinetic energy
(c) A-1; B-2; C-3; D-4 (d) A-4; B-2; C-3; D-1 112. If a is the angle subtendent by two adjacent
105. During the opening of a valve in a pipe line, the buckets in a Pelton wheel then the number of
flow is buckets is equal to
(a) steady (b) unsteady (a) 40/a (b) 180/a (c) 270/a (d) 360/a
(c) uniform (d) laminar 113. A process occurs spontaneously if its entropy
106. Flow occurring in a pipeline when a valve is being (a) increases (b) decreases
opened is (c) remains same (d) becomes zero
(a) steady (b) unsteady 114. The efficiency of a Carnot engine depends on
(c) laminar (d) vortex (a) working substance
107. The pressure in Pascals at a depth of 1 m below (b) design of engine
the free surface of a body of water will be equal (c) size of engine
to (d) temperatures of source and sink
(a) 1 Pa (b) 98.1 Pa 115. The efficiency of Carnot cycle is maximum for
(c) 981 Pa (d) 9810 Pa (a) gas engine
108. The efficiency of a centrifugal pump is maximum (b) well lubricated engine
when its blades are (c) petrol engine
(a) straight (d) reversible engine
(b) bent forward 116. The law pV is not applicable for
(c) bent backward (a) adiabatic expansion of steam in turbine
(d) bent forward first, and then backward (b) adiabatic expansion of steam in
109. Indicator diagram of a reciprocating pump is a reciprocating steam engine
graph between (c) ideal compression of air
(a) flow vs swept volume (d) free expansion of an ideal gas
(b) pressure in cylinder vs swept volume 117. Change in internal energy in a closed system is
(c) flow vs speed equal to heat transferred if the reversible process
(d) pressure vs speed takes place at constant
110. The figure given below shows the relationship (a) pressure (b) temperature
between power (P) and discharge (Q) for different (c) volume (d) internal energy
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118. Efficiency of a carnot engine with t1 = 200°C, t2 (c) Adiabatic processes

= 30°C, is (d) Thermal processes
(a) 85% (b) 36% 128. The temperature in a process in which work is
(c) 80% (d) 12% done by expanding a gas under adiabatic
condition will
PV
119. The gas law = constant, is true for (a) Decrease
T (b) Increase
(a) Isothermal changes only (c) First decrease then increase
(b) Adiabatic changes only (d) Remain unaltered
(c) Both isothermal and adiabatic changes 129. ..... cycle has the maximum efficiency.
(d) Neither isothermal nor adiabatic changes (a) Brayton (b) Carnot
120. The work done in an isothermal expansion of a (c) Rankine (d) Stirling
gas depends upon 130. Carnot cycle is a ...... cycle.
(a) Temperature (a) quasi-static (b) semi-reversible
(b) Expansion ratio only (c) reversible (d) irreversible
(c) Both temperature and expansion ratio 131. Water contained in a beaker can be made to boil
(d) Neither temperature nor expansion ratio by passing steam through it
121. Which of the following is an intensive property (a) At a pressure below the atmospheric
of a thermodynamic system? pressure
(a) Volume (b) Temperature (b) At atmospheric pressure
(c) Mass (d) Energy (c) At a pressure greater than atmospheric
122. The temperature at which the volume of a gas pressure
becomes zero is called (d) Any of the above
(a) Absolute scale temperature 132. The condition for a reversible cyclic process is
(b) Absolute zero temperature
dQ dQ
(c) Absolute temperature
(d) None of the above
(a) Ñò T
=0 (b) Ñò T
<0

123. Internal energy of a perfect gas depends on

dQ
(a) Temperature, specific heat and pressure (c) Ñò T
>0 (d) None of these
(b) Temperature, specific heat and enthalpy
(c) Temperature, specific heat and entropy 133. Bomb calorimeter is an example of
(d) Temperature only (a) Open system
124. Second law of thermodynamics defines (b) Closed system
(a) Heat (b) Work (c) Steady flow system
(c) Enthalpy (d) Entropy (d) Isolated system
125. The property of a working substance which 134. Work done will be zero in case of
increases or decreases as the heat is supplied or (a) Isothermal process
removed in a reversible manner is known as (b) Adiabatic process
(a) Enthalpy (b) Internal energy (c) Free expansion
(c) Entropy (d) External energy (d) None of the above
126. The relative humidity, during sensible heating 135. If H1 and H2 are intial and final enthalpy of a
(a) Can increase or decrease given fluid, then in throttling process
(b) Increase (a) H1 > H2 (b) H1 < H2
(c) Decrease (c) H1 = H2 (d) None of these
(d) Remains constant 136. Petrol engine works on
127. Which one of the following processes or (a) Constant pressure cycle
systems does not involve heat? (b) Constant volume cycle
(a) Steady prcesses (c) Joule cycle
(b) Isothermal processes (d) Ranking cycle
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137. Bomb calorimeter is used for determining (a) same compression ratio and heat addition
(a) Specific gravity of fuel (b) same pressure and heat addition
(b) Calorific value of fuel (c) same rpm and cylinder dimensions
(c) Specific heat of fuel (d) same pressure and compression ratio
(d) Viscosity of fuel 145. An otto cycle takes in air at 300 k. The ratio of
138. If the principal strusses and maximum shearing maximum to minimum temperature is 6 for maximum
stresses are of equal numerical values at a work output the optimum pressure ratio will be
point in a stressed body, the state of stress can (a) 7.48 (b) 8.37 (c) 8.93 (d) 9.39
be termed as: 146. The mean effective pressure of an Otto cycle can
(a) isotropic be expressed as where (DP = Pressure rise during
(b) uni-axial heat addition)
(c) pure shear
(d) gineralized plan state of stress
DP ( DP ) .hth
(a) (b)
139. Consider the following statements : ( g - 1)( r - 1) ( g - 1)( r - 1)
1. 2-D straw applied to a thin plate in its own
plane represent the plane straw condition. ( DP ) .hth ( DP ) .hth
(c) (d)
2. Under plane straw condition, the strain in ( g - 1)( r - 1) ( g - 1) r
direction perpendicular to plane is zero. 147. Stanton diagram is a graph of :
3. Normal and shear straw may occur (a) Friction factor versus Reynolds number
simultaneously on a plane. (b) Friction factor versus log of Reynolds
Which of the above statments is/are correct? number
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 (c) Log of friction factor versus Reynolds number
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 and 3 (d) Log of friction factor ver sus log of
140. The principal strains at a point in a body, under Reynolds number
kiaxial stress state, are 700 × 10–6 and – 40 × 148. The experimental determination of coefficient of
10–6. velocity is given as :
What will be the maximum shear strain at that
point. y2 x2
(a) 110 × 10–6 (b) 300 × 10–6 (a) Cv = (b) Cv =
–6 4xH 4yH
(c) 550 × 10 (d) 150 × 10–6
141. The number of links in a simple mechanism are :
4xH 4yH
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (c) Cv = 2 (d) Cv =
142. Inversion of mechanism is defined as : y x2
(a) the process of obtaining by fixing different 149. Application of Bernoulli's equation requires that :
links in a kinematic chain (a) the duct is two – dimensional
(b) Turning it upside down (b) the flow is laminar
(c) Process of obtaining by reversing the input (c) the duct is frictionless
and output motion (d) the fluid is nonviscous and incompressible
(d) Changing of higher pair to lower pair 150. Steel containing 18% chromium and 8% nickel is
143. For a slider crank mechanism, the velocity and called
acceleration of the piston at inner dead centre (a) austinitic stainless steel
will be : (b) ferritic stainless steel
(a) 0 and 0 (b) 0 and – w2r (c) martensitic stainless steel
(c) 0 and w2r (d) 0 and > w2r (d) None of these
144. The air standard diesel cycle is less efficient than
the Otto cycle for the
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RESPONSE SHEET
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Hints & Explanations
1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b)
6. (a)
7. (a) Chihalgani was the group of most important
and powerful forty nobles or highly placed
officers in the court of Iltutmish. Balban
destroyed their clout.
8. (a) The road was initially built by Sher Shah to
connect Agra, his capital, with Sasaram, his
hometown.
9. (b) Shivaji, the great Maratha King and founder
of a nationalist tradition was contemporary
of Tukaram. Tukaram introduced Shivaji to
Ramdas for his spritual educataion.
10. (c) Interface Card, Ethernet Cable and Routers
are used in setting up a LAN. The router can
be plugged directly into the modem via an
Ethernet cable, and all other computers are
eventually connected in some fashion to
the route. In terms of LAN, a computer
cannot be said to be an item which
constitutes this network.
11. (d) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (c)
l
16. (b) Time period T - 2p . The time period of
g of the fluid that the body displaces and ads
a pendulum depends on its length l and
acceleration due to gravity g.
17. (b) According to Newton’s third law of motion,
every action has an equal and opposite
reaction. This implies that force always
occurs in pairs where if object a exerts a
force “F” on object B, then object B exerts
an equal and opposite force “–F” on object
A. Thus, if a man standing on a boat in still
water begins to walk towards the shore then
in response to this, the boat will start
moving away from the shore.
18. (b) One feels heavier in a lift when the lift just
begins to go up because our body gains
inertia from the position of rest and pushes
up against the gravity so here the weight
becomes zero and our mass makes us feel
heavier.
19. (a) Wavelength is the distance between two
consecutive crests or troughs and 1
Practice Set-1
angstrom = 10–10m, joule is the unit of
energy. Intensity of sound is measured in
decibel. Frequency is measured in hertz
(Hz).
20. (d) Bernoulli’s principle states that an increase in
the velocity of the fluid during the flow results
in simultaneous decrease in the pressure of
fluid. The converse is also true, when pressed,
low pressure is created in scent bottles. Due
to this, liquid rises up the tube following
Bernoulli’s principle and is pushed out
through nozzle in the form of spray.
Whereas, charle’s law states that the volume
of an ideal gas at constant pressure is
directly proportional to the absolute
temperature.
On the other hand, according to Boyle’s
law. Pressure of a given mass of an ideal
gas is inversely proportional to its volume
at a constant temperature.
While, Archimedes principle states that the
upward buoyart force that is exerted on a
body immersed in a fluid, whether fully or
partially submerged, is equal to the weight
in the upward direction at the centre of mass
of the displaced fluid.
21. (b) In television broadcast, the video signal
transmitter employs an AM transmitter as
amplitude-modulation is used for video
signals whereas audio signal transmitter
employs FM modulator as frequency
modulation is used for sound information.
22. (b) Blackboard absorbs all the colours of light
falling on it and does not reflect any colour
due to which it appears black.
23. (a) The light wave with shortest wavelength
i.e. violet refracts the most.
24. (c) Indane gas is a mixture of butane and
propane. It is liquefied petroleum Gas (LPG)
used for cooking in house-holds.
25. (d) Scattering of light takes place in colloidal
solution. This phenomenon is called
Tyndall effect. The path of the light beam
illuminates by scattering of light.
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Practice Set-1 PS – 13

26. (b) LPG is a mixture of C4H10 (Butane), C3H8 La

(propan e) and C 2 H 6 (ethane). Main Then, C.R a P c ´ m
constituent is butane (C4H10).
27. (a) Potassium bromide is used as sedative. 53. (d) watt governor is a centrifugal type pendu-
lum governor
28. (a) Bullet-proof windows are constructed
54. (b)
using several layers of polycarbonate and/
55. (c) Given: Rotational speed of watt governor (N)
or laminated glass
= 80 rpm
29. (d) Magnesium sulphate (MgSO ) is used as a vertical height of a watt governor = m
mordant in dyeing and tanning industry. considering the following relations, angu-
30. (b) Hexane do not give sooty flame as it is alkane
and saturated compound where as Benzene, 2pN
lar speed w =
Naphthalene and Anthracene are aromatic 60
and unsaturated so they give sooty flame. 22
31. (a) OCR (optical character recognition) is the 2´ ´ 80
Now, w = 7 = 8.38 rad / s
recognition of printed or written text 60
characters by a computer. This involves
g
photo-scanning of the text character-by- m=
character, analysis of the scanned-in image, w2
and then translation of the character image 9.81
m= { Q g = 9.81 m/s2}
into character codes, such as ASCII, (8.38) 2
commonly used in data processing.
9.81
32. (a) As given that, the expression = m= = 0.139
70.22
(1 + 6 . 0 + 0) = 1.0 =0 m = 0.14
56. (a) Base circle defines the size of the cam. Base
33. (c) Rether than ALU (Arithmetic logical unit)
circle is defined as the circle of smallest di-
all are belong to input devices. ameter constructed upto the cam profile
34. (b) As th e name implies, floating point from the centre of rotation.
numbers are numbers that contain floating 57. (a) combined effect of all the forces acting on
decimal points. It is a representation of real the body is known as load.
numbers to facilitate computing. 58. (c) Point load is defined as the load acting on
35. (c) A protocol is a standard digital rules used the point on the beam i.e load is concen-
to define a method of exchanging data trated at a point on the beam. A point load
between various devices over a computer does not act on the considerable length of
network, such as local area the beam as shown in figure given below.
network, Internet, etc.
P
36. (c) 37. (a) 38. (d) 39. (a) 40. (b)
41 (b) 42 (d) 43 (b) 44 (d) 45 (a)
46 (b) 47 (a) 48 (c) 49 (a) 50 (c)
51. (b) Addendum is defined as the radial distance A B
of a tooth from the pitch circle to the top of
the tooth.
52. (d) The contact ratio varies directly to the In the above figure, a point load 'P' is acting
length of the arc of contact and inversely at point 'B' of the cantilever beam 'AB'
proportional to the module and circular pitch 59. (b)
respectively. 60. (d) Maximum shear stress theory was postu-
If C.R = contact ratio lated by Tresca. According to Tresca's
La = length of arc of contact theory, in a uniaxial tensile test, the failure
m = module occurs if the maximum shear stress exceeds
the shear stress at yield point.
Pc = circular pitch
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61 (b) When column's both ends are fixed, the crip- 69. (b) Preheating is required in welding of cast
pling load (P) is given as: iron.
70. (c) The melting point of cast iron is lowest
p 2 EI
P= among the low and high carbon steels,
L2 E wrought iron and cast iron. The melting
where, E = young's Modulus of elasticity point of cost iron lies in the range of 1150°C
I = Moment of Inertia to 1215°C.
LE = Equivalent length or effective length 71. (d)
72. (c)
LA
= 73. (d) Friction factor of pipes depends upon, rate
2 of flow, density of fluid and viscosity,
LA = Actual length Reynold's number and surface roughness
Hence, when both ends are fixed in case of of pipe.
column, the equivalent length of column is 74. (d) Given: h 1 = level of water in first tank
1/2 of actual length. h2 = level of water in second tank
62. (a) The enthalpy (h) of a system is defined as then flow time (Tf) will be proportional to
the sum of internal energy and the product
of pressure and volume. Mathematically, it (h 3/2
1 )
- h 3/2
2 .
is written as: 75. (d)
PV 76. (a) chezy's equation or chezy's formula is used
h= u + to determine the velocity of flow in open
J
63. (c) Monatomic gases can attain the highest channel. Mathematically, the equation is
efficiency for the same compression rise. known as:
Examples are helium, neon, argon, xenon, V = C RM ´ S
radon etc. where, C = variable
64. (b) RM = hydraulic mean depth
65. (c) Considering the following relations, S = slope of the bed of the channel
dQ 77. (b) A bluff body is described as the body hav-
1. For internal reversible, Ñò = 0 ing a shape such that the pressure drag is
T
more as compared to friction drag. There
2. For irreversible and possible pro-
occurs no overlapping with streamlines
dQ during flow of liquid.
cess, Ñò <0 78. (c)
T
79. (d)
dQ
3. For impossible process, Ñ
ò > 80. (c) Discharge over a sharp edged rectangular
T
2
Zero notch, Qd = Cd W 2g h5/2
3
66. (b) White metal is a lead based alloy.
where, Cd = coefficient of discharge
67. (a) Ferrite appears as white under microscopic
w = width of rectangular notch
observation. Ferrite remains stable at room
h = depth of rectangular notch
temperature. It is of two kinds given as fol-
81. (c) When a liquid rotates at constant angular
lows:
velocity about a vertical axis as a rigid body,
1. Soft ferrite : Examples are cobalt, nickel,
the pressure varies as the square of the ra-
zinc, manganese etc.
dial distance.
2. Hard ferrite:
82. (a) Point or line contacts can be established
68. (b) Bainite structure (micro constituent of steel)
between the elements in case of a higher
is obtained by austempering process of
heat-treatment. Bainite consists of ferrite pair. Examples of higher pair include cam
and cementite. and followers, ball and roller bearings etc.
Practice Set-1 PS – 15

83. (d) There occurs 6 degrees of freedom in a free According to uniform pressure theory,
body in space. Let us consider a body kept
in space shown in the following diagram. 2
T = µW
( )
R13 - R 32
z 3 ( )
R12 - R 22
where, R1 = External radius of bearing
z R2 = Internal radius of bearing
µ = Coefficient of friction
W = axial load
x
90. (c)
y 91. (c) Two gears are said to have a conjugate
x motion if they have constant angular
velocity
y 92. (c) Given : Elasticity of material (E) = 200 GPa
The body in space can rotate and translate Rigidity of material (G) = 66.67 GPa
in x, y and z directions. Considering the following relation
84. (a) When the degree of freedom (DOF) is equal between, E, G and µ,
to zero then the mechanism or assembly of E
links is known to be a structure. = µ +1 {Here, µ = Poisons ratio}
2G
85. (d) Flywheel and Governor both are utilized for
controlling the fluctuations in an engine. A E 200
µ= -1 = -1
governor controls the vibrations developed 2G 2 ´ 66.67
due to variations in load. A flywheel con- 200
trols variations of speed developed due to = -1
133.34
fluctuations of turning moment of an en- = 1.49 – 1 = 0.49
gine. µ » 0.5
86. (a) 93. (d)
87. (b) The velocity ratio for a slip in the belt drive 94. (c) Given :
system is given as follows : Source temperature (T1) = 1000 K
N 2 d1 + t æ s ö Sink temperature (T2) = 100 K
= ç1 - ÷ Let, Wmax = maximum work done by carnot
N1 d 2 + t è 100 ø
engine.
where, N1 = Rotational speed of driver hcarnot = efficiency of carnot engine
N2 = Rotational speed of follower Wmax = hcarnot
d1 = diameter of driver T
d2 = diameter of follower = 1 - 2 = 1 - 100
T1 1000
s = slip (%)
= 1 – 0.1 = 0.9
t = belt's thickness 95. (b) Entropy is defined as the degree of random-
88. (d) A link is described as a machine member ness or dis-orderness of a thermodynamic
attached with other member and having system. If the degree of randomness is be-
motion between them. The link may be clas- ing increased, the entropy will also increase.
sified as rigid, flexible or fluid link. 96. (c)
89. (b) Flat collar bearing is known to be equiva- 97. (a) The triple point in case of water can be de-
fined as the state at which the entropy of
lent with the frictional torque transmitted
saturated liquid is equal to zero.
by a disc or plate clutch. In case of flat col- 98. (b)
lar bearing, 99. (b) Self ignition temperature is described as the
According to uniform wear theory, minimum temperature value at which a fuel
µW (gasoline or diesel) is being ignited in nor-
T=
2
( R1 + R 2 ) mal surrounding environment in the ab-
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sence of an external ignition source. The 110. (c) Given : Consider the diagram representing
self ignition temperature of diesel is lower the graph between power (P) and discharge
than that of petrol. (Q) for different vane exit angles of centrifu-
100. (a)
gal pump given below :
101. (c) The factors which contribute towards deto-
nation or knocking in an engine are given Curve 'C'
'B'
as follows :
(i) Engine overheating
(ii) Compression ratio is higher
(iii) Faulty spark plug is used P 'A'
(iv) Use of lean mixture of fuel
102. (b) Kinematic viscosity
dynamic viscosity ( md )
(µK ) =
density ( r )
Q
é ML T-1 -1 ù In the above diagram,
=ë û
(i) curve (A) holds good when b < 90°
éMl -3 ù = L T
2 –1

ë û (ii) curve (B) holds good when b = 90°

103. (c) (iii) curve (C) holds good when b > 90°
104. (b) Measurement Variables to be where, b = vane exit angle
Instrument measured 111. (d) An impulse turbine operates by initial com-
Pitot tube Þ Flow stagnation plete conversion to kinetic energy.
pressure 112. (d) In case of a Pelton wheel turbine
Micro-Manometer Þ Differential 360
pressure Number of buckets ( N ) =
a
Pipe bend meter Þ Rate of flow where, a = angle subtended by two adja-
(indirect) cent buckets in a pelton wheel
Wall pressure tap Þ Flow static 113. (a) 114. (d) 115. (d) 116. (d) 117. (c)
pressure 118. (b) 119. (c) 120. (c) 121. (b) 122. (b)
105. (b) When the fluid properties change with re- 123. (d) 124. (d) 125. (c) 126. (b) 127. (c)
spect to time, the flow is known as unstead 128. (a) 129. (b) 130. (c) 131. (c) 132. (a)
133. (b) 134. (c) 135. (c) 136. (b) 137. (b)
flow. Example includes the flow during open-
138. (c) As from the condition given,
ing of a valve in a pipe line. s1 = s2 = t = t1 = t2
106. (d) So, it is the state of pure shear
107. (d) Given : Depth (H) = 1 m 139. (d)
Density of water (r) = 1000 kg/m3 140. (a) Maximum shear strain, (r) = e1 – e1
Now, Pressure at 1 m of depth,
P = PgH
=1000 × 9.81 × 1 {g = 9.81 m/s2}
P = 9810 Pa
e1
108. (c)
109. (b) Indicator diagram of a centrifugal pump is
defined as a graph between pressure in cyl-
inder and the swept volume. Pressure in
e2
cylinder is taken along y - axis and swept
= 700 × 10–6 – (–400 – 10–6)
volume is taken along the x-axis.
= (700 + 400) × 10–6 = 1100 × 10–6
141. (c)
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142. (a)
T2 = T1T3
143. (d) Considering the following equations for a
slider - crank mechanism when the piston T3 = T1T3
at inner dead centre,
velocity of piston T4 = T1T3
é sin 2 a ù T2 = 1800 ´ 300 = 734.84 k
(v) = rw êSina +
ë 2 úû
Acceleration of piston 1
2 é cos 2 a ù v1 æ T2 ö r -1
(a) = rw ê cos a + =ç ÷
ë n ûú v 2 è T1 ø
Now, at inner dead centre, a = 0°, then
é sin 2 ( 0 ) ù 1
v = rw êsin 0° + = rw´ 0 = 0
ë 2n úû æ T ö r -1
r =ç 2 ÷ = 9.39.
v=0 è T1 ø
é cos 2(0) ù
a = rw2 êcos 0° +
ë n úû W
146. (b) Pm =
é 1ù æ n +1ö vs
a = rw2 ê1 + ú = rw2 ç ÷
ë nû è n ø
æ n +1ö W W
a = rw2 ç ÷ h+ n = =
è n ø Qs mc v ( T3 - T2 )
144. (a) The air standard diesel cycle is less efficient
than the Otto cycle, given the same W
compression ratio and heat addition. h+n =
mR DT
However, it is more efficient than the Otto
g -1
cycle with the same peak pressure and heat
addition.
h mRDT h+ n DPvc
145. (d) 3 W = +n =
g -1 ( g - 1)
v
1+ s = r
2 4 vc

vs = ( r - 1) vc

1 h+ n ( DP ) vc
Pm =
T1 = 300 k ( g - 1)( r - 1) vc
T3
=6 h+ n ( DP )
= g - 1 r -1
T1 ( )( )
T3 = 1800 k 147. (d) 148. (b) 149. (d) 150. (a)
we know that for maximum work output
T2 T4 = T1 T3