Solution Report For All India Mock GATE 2020 : CBT-1 ME

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Q.1 Complete the sentence by filling in the appropriate words from the options provided. Challenges
must be __________ to realize the _________ of a greater regional economic integration.

a. overcome, potential
b. suppressed, power
c. ignored, benefits
d. sustained, advantages

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.2 Complete the sentence by filling in the appropriate words from the options provided. For silent
movies to succeed, the quality of acting has to be______ as there are no ______ dialogues or music
for support.

a. mediocre, engaging
b. sublime, intimate
c. realistic, melodramatic
d. extraordinary, mesmerizing

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.3 An urn contains 6 red balls and 9 green balls. Two balls are drawn in succession without replacement.
What is the probability that first is red and second is green?

a.
b.

c.

d.

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.4 A three digit number which on being subtracted from another three digit number consisting of the
same digits in reverse order gives 594. The minimum possible sum of all the three digits of this
number is :

a. 8
b. 12
 c. 6
d. can’t be determined

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.5 Anil and Mukesh are standing in a queue. Anil's position from the front is 15 and Mukesh's position
from the front is 18. If they interchange their positions, Anil's position from behind becomes 15. The
original position of Anil from behind is_______

Correct Ans. 18 Solution

Q.6 Statement I : If highways were restricted to cars and only those trucks with capacity of less than 8
tons, most of the truck traffic would be forced to run outside highways.
Statement II : Such a reduction in the amount of truck traffic would reduce the risk of collisions on
highways.
The conclusion drawn in the statement I depends on which of the following assumptions?

a. The roads outside highway would be as convenient as highway for most drivers of trucks.
b. Most of the roads outside highways are not ready to handle truck traffic.
c. Most trucks that are currently running on highway have a capacity of more than 8 tons.
d. Cars are at greater risk of being involved in collisions than are trucks.

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.7 Offshore oil-drilling operations involve an unavoidable risk of an oil spill, but importing oil on tankers
presently involves an even greater such risk per barrel of oil. So, if we are to lessen the risk of an oil
spill without reducing our oil usage, we must invest more in offshore operations and import less oil on
tankers.
Which of the following, if true, seriously weakens the argument above?

a. Importing oil on tankers is currently less expensive than drilling for it offshore.
b. Tankers can easily be redesigned so that their use entails less risk of an oil spill.
c. The impact of offshore operations on the environment can be reduced by careful management.
d. Oil spills caused by tankers have generally been more serious than those caused by offshore operations.

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.8 In the given figure AB, CD and EF are three towers. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower CD

from the top of the tower AB is 60° and that from the top of the tower  EF is 30°. CD :
EF = 5 : 4 and DF = 4 m. What is the height of the tower AB?
 a. 6 m
b. 12 m
c.
7m
d. none of the above

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.9 The number of solution set for the given equation

a. 14
b. 29
c. 15
d. 30

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.10 The sides AB, BC, CA of a triangle ABC have 3,4, and 5 interior points respectively on them. The total
number of triangles that can be constructed by using these points as vertices is________

Correct Ans. 205 Solution

Q.11 Which of the following assumption is not made in the derivation of Bernoulli’s equation?

a. Inviscid flow.
b. Steady flow.
c. Fluid will flow across the streamline.
d. Fluid flow is irrotational.

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.12 The “degrees of freedom” for a pure substance at its triple point is

a. 3
b. 2
c. 1
d. 0

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.13 The moment of inertia of a square of side a about its diagonal is

a.

b.
c.

d.

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.14 Which of the following metal working operations can be categorized as an indirect compression
process?

a. Forging
b. Wire drawing
c. Extrusion
d. Stretch forming

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.15 The ratio of actual specific humidity and the maximum specific humidity at the same temperature is
called

a. Humidity ratio
b. Degree of saturation
c. Relative humidity
d. Moisture dry air ratio

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.16 Which of the following Mohr’s circles of a plane-stress condition corresponds to equi-biaxial tension?

a.
 b.

c.
d.

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.17 Both creep resistance and tensile strength of a metal can be enhanced by

a. increase in the grain size

b. decrease in the grain size
c. addition of dispersoid
d. annealing

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.18 The mechanism shown below belongs to

a. double crank mechanism type

b. double rocker mechanism type
c. crank-rocker mechanism type
d. the kinematic chain does not satisfy the Grashof’s law

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.19 For the beam shown below, which of the following are discontinuous at the mid-span?
 a. Bending moment diagram only
b. Axial force diagram and bending moment diagram
c. Bending moment diagram and shear force diagram
d. Axial force diagram, bending moment diagram and shear force diagram

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.20 Which theory of failure can best possibly be used for aluminium component under steady loading for
safest design?

a. Maximum principal stress theory

b. Maximum principal strain theory
c. Maximum strain energy theory
d. Maximum shear stress theory

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.21 The torsional stiffness in unit length of a circular shaft of radius r and shear modulus G is given by

a.
b.

c.

d.

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.22 Which one of the following is true at the point of separation of boundary layer?

a. Transition occurs from laminar to turbulent flow

b. The flow relaminaries from turbulent regime
c. The shear stress vanishes
d. The relation between stress and rate of strain ceases to be linear

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.23 In Rankine cycle, as the boiler pressure increases,

a. the mean temperature of heat rejection decreases

b. the mean temperature of heat addition decreases
c. the latent heat of vaporization increases
 d. for the given superheat steam temperature, the quality of steam at turbine exhaust decreases.

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.24 The following equation needs to be numerically solved using the Newton–Raphson method
The iterative equation for this purpose is (K indicates the iteration level)

a.

b.
c.

d.

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.25
The directional derivative of the function at the point A(1, 2, 3) in the direction

of the line AB where B is the point (5, 0, 4) is

a. 5.68
b. 3.44
c. 2.61
d. 3.60

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.26 One end of a very long aluminium rod is connected to a wall at 140°C while the other end protrudes
into a room whose air temperature 15°C. The rod is 3 mm in diameter and the heat transfer coefficient

between the rod surface and environment is 300 W/m2 K. The total heat dissipate by the rod taking its

thermal conductivity as 150 W/mK is _______W.

Correct Ans. 6.843 Solution

Q.27
An oil with a viscosity of μ = 0.40 Ns/m2  and density ρ = 900 kg/m3  flows in a pipe of diameter, D =
0.02 m. The hydrodynamic entry length is ______mm. Pipe flow velocity is 0.064 m/s.

Correct Ans. 3.456 Solution

Q.28 A company uses 2920 units of an item annually. Delivery lead time is 8 days. The reorder point (in
number of units) to achieve optimum inventory is ______.

Correct Ans. 64 Solution

Q.29 If the earliest starting time for activity is 9 weeks, the latest finish time is 38 weeks and the duration
time of the activity is 12 weeks, then the total float is equal to _____ weeks.

Correct Ans. 17 Solution

Q.30 Two 1.5 mm thick steel sheets are to be spot welded at a current of 6250 Amp. Assuming effective
resistance to be 180 μΩ and current flow time of 0.18 second, heat generated during the process will
be ______ Joule.

Correct Ans. 1265.625 Solution

Q.31 According to Naval Research Laboratory method, shape factor of steel slab casting having dimensions
25 × 25 × 5 cm is quantified as ______.

Correct Ans. 10 Solution

Q.32 For cutting a 150 μm wide slot in a 1 mm thick tungsten sheet, an electron beam with 5 kW power is
used. The speed of cutting is 4.6 cm/sec. The rate of material removal required for this EBM process is

______ mm3/min.

Correct Ans. 414 Solution

Q.33 An aluminium specimen of gauge length 200 mm and diameter 25 mm is tested under torsion. A

torque of 16.5 × 103 N-mm produces an angular twist of 0.2 degree in specimen. The modulus of
rigidity of aluminium is ______ GPa.

Correct Ans. 24.65 Solution

Q.34

Correct Ans. 1 Solution

Q.35

are continuous and differentiable functions of

Correct Ans. 3 Solution

Q.36 Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
 a. a
b. b
c. c
d. d

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.37 An ideal gas undergoes a cyclic process consisting of the following three processes:
Process 1-2: Compression process with PV = Constant
Process 2-3: Constant pressure
Process 3-1: Constant volume; U3 – U1 = 3549 kJ

Changes in kinetic and potential energies are neglected.

The heat transferred (kJ) during the process 2-3 is

a. 4669
b. 4569
c. 4469
d. 4269

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.38 A metallic cube of 30 cm side and weighing 450 N is lowered into a tank containing a two-fluid layer of
water and mercury. What is the position of block at mercury-water interface when it has reached
equilibrium?

a. 16.58 mm above the water-mercury interface

b. 16.58 mm below the water-mercury interface
c. 283.42 mm below the water-mercury interface
 d. 15.58 mm below the water-mercury interface

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.39 A cantilever bracket is bolted to a column using three M12 × 1.75 bolts located at P, Q and R. Assuming
nominal diameter equal to core diameter, what is the value of maximum shear stress developed in the
bolts?

a. 360 MPa
b. 380 MPa
c. 400 MPa
d. 420 MPa

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.40 A 40 mm hole shaft assembly results in minimum and maximum clearances of 0.03 mm and 0.30 mm
respectively. The hole has a unilateral tolerance with zero fundamental deviation. If the tolerance on
the shaft is 0.08 mm, the maximum size of the hole is:

a. 40.11 mm
b. 40.16 mm
c. 40.19 mm
d. 40.27 mm

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.41 A strip of lead with initial dimensions 28 mm × 28 mm × 160 mm is forged between two flat dies to a
final size of 7 mm × 112 mm × 160 mm. If the coefficient of friction between the job dies is 0.08. Which
type(s) of friction will act on work-die interface considering middle of the strip as origin ?

a. First sticking then sliding

b. First sliding then sticking
c. Only sliding
d. Only sticking

Correct Ans. d Solution

Q.42 θ
The torque developed by a certain engine is represented by (1800 + 350 sin2 ) N.m where θ is the
angle turned by the crank from inner dead center. The engine drives a machine that requires a driving
θ
torque of (1800 + 230 sin ) N.m. The rotating parts have a mass of 250 kg with a radius of gyration of
 480 mm. If the maximum speed of rotation is 240 rpm, what is the power developed by the engine at
the mean speed?

a. 39.6 kW
b. 45.24 kW
c. 54.42 kW
d. 60.92 kW

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.43 Two gears with stub-teeth of addendum 0.84 times module are engaged when the tangential force is
0.95 times the total force. What is the minimum number of teeth to avoid the undercutting for the
gear ratio of 3? (T = Teeths on gear, t = Teeths on pinion)

a. T = 42, t = 14
b.
T = 48, t = 16
c. T = 51, t = 17
d. T = 54, t = 18

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.44 Two helical tensile springs of the same material and also having identical mean coil diameter and
weight, have wire diameters 0.8d and 0.3d. The ratio of their stiffness is

a. 320.9
b. 359.6
c. 369.6
d. 395.6

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.45 If a binary Pb-Sn alloy containing 40 wt% Sn is maintained at a temperature of 200°C, it contains two
phases. The phases are the α solid solution of Sn in Pb containing 17 wt% Sn and the Pb-Sn liquid
phase containing 55 wt% Sn. What are the fractions of the two phases in the alloy?

a.

b.
c.

d.

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.46 A sphere of 300 gm is attached to an inextensible string of length 1.3 m, whose upper end is fixed to
the ceiling. The spring is made to describe a horizontal circle of radius 0.5 m. What is angular velocity
of sphere?
 a. 2.859 rad/sec
b. 7.23 rad/sec
c. 8.86 rad/sec
d. 10.2 rad/sec

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.47 A vertical load W is applied to the rigid cantilever frame shown in figure. What is the vertical
displacement of the point C? Assume EI to be constant throughout the frame and neglect axial
deformations.

a.

b.

c.

d.

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.48 What is the ratio of the buckling strengths of two columns of circular cross-section one hollow and
other solid when both are made of the same material, have same length, cross-sectional area and end
conditions? The internal diameter of the hollow column is half of its external diameter.

a. 1.66
b. 1.56
c. 1.46
 d. 1.36

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.49 Air in a piston-cylinder arrangement is heated at constant pressure by heat addition of 100 kJ/kg of
air. The air is initially at 28°C while the surrounding is at 21°C. What is the change in availability per kg
of air? Take cp = 1.005 kJ/kgK and atmospheric air pressure as 1 bar.

a. 8.75 kJ/kg
b. 27.96 kJ/kg
c. 15.663 kJ/kg
d. 71.44 kJ/kg

Correct Ans. c Solution

Q.50

a.
b.

c.

d.

Correct Ans. b Solution

Q.51
The solution of the differential equation with the initial conditions  

and

a.

b.

c.

d.

Correct Ans. a Solution

Q.52 Air at 27°C and 1 bar flows over plate at a speed of 2 m/s. Assuming cubic velocity profile, the mass
flow rate per unit width of the plate at 400 mm from the leading edge of the plate is _____ kg/min
(upto three decimal places)

For air μ = 19.8 × 10–6  kg/ms at 27°C

Correct Ans. 0.7452 Solution

Q.53 The friction for turbulent flow through rough pipes can be determined by Karman-Prandtl equation:
 Where, factor Ro = Pipe radius and k = Average roughness.

Two reservoir with a surface level difference of 20 meters are to be connected by 1 m diameter  pipe 6

km long. The discharge (in m3/s) will be _______. When a cast-iron pipe of roughness k = 0.3 mm
used. Neglect all minor losses.

Correct Ans. 1.645 Solution

Q.54
Fluids of viscosities μ1 = 0.4 Ns/m2  and μ2  = 0.2 Ns/m2 are contained between two parallel plates

(each plate is 1m2  area). The thickness, h1 = h2  = 1 mm and force F is 100 N. The steady speed of the

upper plate is _____m/s.

Correct Ans. 0.75 Solution

Q.55 An oil with a flow rate of 1000 kg/h is to be cooled using water in a double pipe counter-flow heat
exchanger from a temperature of 70°C to 40°C. Water enters the exchanger at 25°C and leaves at

40°C. The specific heats of oil and water are 2 kJ kg–1  K–1  and 4.2 kJ/kg–1  K–1 , respectively. The

overall heat transfer coefficient is 0.2 kWm–2  K–1 . The minimum heat exchanger area (in m2) required
for this operation is _______. (Rounded off upto two decimal places).

Correct Ans. 3.85 Solution

Q.56 In a Steam power plant, steam is first expands isentropically in a turbine from an initial condition of
100 bar and 500°C to a pressure of 40 bar. Then the steam is reheated up to 500°C at constant
pressure. The stem is then expanded isentropically in another turbine upto a condenser pressure 0.01
bar. For steam, at 100 bar, 500°C: h = 3373.7 kJ/kg, s = 6.5966 kJ/kg; at 40 bar, 500°C: h = 3445.3
kJ/kg, s = 7.0901 kJ/kgK and at 0.01 bar;
kgK, sg = 8.9756 kJ/kgK. The amount of heat rejected in the condensor (in kJ/kg) is _____ (upt to two

decimal places.)

Correct Ans. 1956.61 Solution

Q.57
 In a 2 litre four-stroke indirect injection diesel engine, the indicated thermal efficiency is 60%, the
mechanical efficiency is 85% and the volumetric efficiency is 80%. The air-fuel ratio (by mass) is 13 : 1
and the calorific value of fuel is 40 MJ/kg. The brake specific fuel consumption is _______kg/kW-hr.

Correct Ans. 0.18 Solution

Q.58 In machining tests with two tools A and B the exponent n and constant C were found to be 0.45 and 90
for tool A and 0.3 and 60 for tool B. The cutting speed (in m/min) above which tool A will have higher
tool life than tool B is _____ (Upto two decimal places)

Correct Ans. 26.67 Solution

Q.59 At a location where the atmospheric pressure is 98 kPa and the ambient temperature is 30°C, the
humidity ratio is 0.01 kg/kg of dry air. A high pressure front moves over the location which changes
only the atmospheric pressure to 102 kPa, while the the humidity ratio remains same. What is the
partial pressure of water vapour in kPa to the first decimal place accuracy before the high pressure
front moves in?

Correct Ans. 1.55 Solution

Q.60 At a stamp vender window of a post office 20 customers arrive on an average every 10 minutes.The
vender clerk can serve 5 customers in 2 minute. Idle time of the vender clerk (in minutes) in a shift of 8
hours is _____.

Correct Ans. 96 Solution

Q.61 The sales of a product during the last four years were 865, 885,875 and 895 units. The forecast for the
fourth year was 881 units. If the forecast for the fifth year, using simple exponential smoothing, is
equal to the forecase using a three period moving average, the value of the exponential smoothing
constant α is _____ (upto two decimal point)

Correct Ans. 0.2857 Solution

Q.62 A rigid tank contains wet steam at 215°C. One-tenth of the tank is in liquid phase and the rest is in the
vapour form. If at 215°C, the specific volume of saturated vapour is 81 times the specific volume of
saturated liquid, the quality of saturated mixture is______%.

Correct Ans. 10 Solution

Q.63 A diesel cycle in which the temperature at the end of compression is 527°C, the gravimetric air-fuel
ratio is 25 : 1 and the calorific value of fuel is 40 MJ/kg. Specific heat of air at constant pressure is 1
kJ/kgK and is independent of temperture. The cut-off ratio of cycle is _____? Assume combustion
product contains air only.
 Correct Ans. 3 Solution

Q.64 The area between the curve   is__________square unit.

Correct Ans. 21.33 Solution

Q.65 The number of children in a family of a region may be 0, 1 or 2 with probability 0.2, 0.3 and 0.5
respectively. The probability of each child being a boy or girl is 0.5, then the probability that a family
has no girl is__________.

Correct Ans. 0.517 Solution