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Q.1 There are five levels (P, Q, R, S, T) in a linear supply chain before a product reaches customers as shown
in figure
P Þ Q Þ R Þ S Þ T Þ Customers
At each of the five levels the price of the product is increase by 25% if the product is produced at level P
at the cost of Rs.120/unit, what is the price paid (in rupees) by the customers?
(A) 187.50 (B) 366.21 (C) 234.38 (D) 292.96
Ans. (D)
Q.2 The value of enthalpies at the stator inlet and rotor outlet of a hydraulic turbo machine stage are h1 and
h3 respectively, the enthalpy at the stator outlet is h2 . The condition (h2  h1 )  (h3  h2 ) indicates that the
degree of reaction of this stage is :
(A) 75% (B) 50% (C) Zero (D) 100%
Ans. (B)
Q.3 The number of qualitatively distinct kinematic inversion possible for a Grashof chain with four revolute
pair is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 3
Ans. (D)
Q.4 A closed vessel contain pure water, in thermal equilibrium with its vapour at 250 C (Stage 1) as shown
0
Isothermal over 80 C

Valve A
Valve A
Water vapour

Water ambient
temperature at 250C
1 atm
0
Air at 80 C 1 atm
Fig. Stage 1 Fig. Stage 2

The vessel in this stage is kept in side an isothermal oven which is having an atmosphere of hot air
maintained at 800 C . The vessel exchanges heat with the oven atmosphere and attains a new thermal
equilibrium (Stage 2). If the valve A is now opened inside the oven, what will happen immediately after
opening the valve?
(A) Hot air will go inside the vessel through valve A
(B) Water vapour inside the vessel will come out after valve A
(C) All the vapour inside the vessel will immediately condense
(D) Nothing will happen the vessel will continue to retain in equilibrium
Ans. (B)
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Q.5 For a single item inventory system, the demand is continuous which is 10000/ year. The replenishment is
instantaneous and back orders S unit/Cycle are allowed as shown in figure

As soon as the quantity Q units ordered from the supplier is received, the back ordered quantity is issued
to the customer. The ordering cost is Rs. 300 / order. The carrying cost Rs. 4 per unit per year.
The cost of back ordering is Rs. 25 per unit per year. Based on the total cost minimization criteria the
maximum inventory reached in the system is ___ (round of to nearest integer).
Ans. 1137.14
Q.6 The spectral distribution of radiation from a black body at T1  3000K has a maximum wavelength  max .
The body cools down to a temperature T2 . If the wavelength corresponding to the maximum of the spectral
distribution at T2 is 1.2 times of the original wavelength  max then the temperature T2 is ______K (round
of to nearest integer).
Ans. 2500
Q.7 Moist air at 105 kPa,300 C and 80 % relative humidity flows over a cooling coil in an insulated air-
conditioning duct. Saturation air exists the duct at 100 kPa and 150 C . The saturation pressure of water at
30 0 C and 150 C are 4.24 kPa and 1.7 kPa respectively. Molecular weight of water is 18g/mol and that of
air is 28.94 g/mol . The mass of water condensing out from the duct is ___ g/kg of dry air (round of to
nearest integer)
Ans. 10
Q.8 Water flows through a tube of 3 cm internal diameter and length 20 m . The outside surface of the tube is
heated electrically. So that it is subjected to uniform heat flux circumferentially and axially. The mean
inlet and exit temperatures of water are 100 C and 70 0 C respectively. The mass flow rate of the water is
720 kg/h . Disregard the thermal resistance of the tube wall. The internal heat transfer coefficient is 1697
w/m 2 K . Take specific heat c p of water as 4.179 kJ/kg K . The inner surface temperature at the exist
section of the tube is ______ 0 C (round of to one decimal place)
Ans. 85.67
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Q.9 The process that uses a tapered horn to amplify and focus the mechanical energy for machining glass is
(A) Electron discharge machining
(B) Electrochemical machining
(C) Abrasive jet machining
(D) Ultrasonic machining
Ans. (D)
d2x dx
Q.10 The equation of motion of spring balance damper system is given by, 2
 3  9 x  10sin(5t ) the
dt dt
damping factor
(A) 0.5 (B) 0.25 (C) 3 (D) 2
Ans. (A)
Q.11 Which of the following conditions is used to determine the stable equilibrium of all partially submerged
floating body?
(A) Metacenter must be at a lower level than centre of gravity
(B) Metacenter must be at a higher level than centre of gravity
(C) Center of buoyancy must below the centre of gravity
(D) Center of buoyancy must above the centre of gravity
Ans. (B)
Q.12 In the space above the mercury column in a barometer tube the gauge pressure of the vapour is
(A) Positive, but less than 1 ATM (B) Positive, but greater than 1 ATM
(C) Negative (D) Zero
Ans. (C)
Q.13 A machine member is subjected to fluctuating stress   0 cos (8t ). The endurance limit of the material
is 350 MPa. If the factor of safety used in the design is 3.5 then the maximum allowable value of  0 is
_______ MPa.
Ans. 100
Q.14 A circular disc of radius ' r ' is confined to roll without slipping at P and Q as shown in figure.

If the plates have velocities as shown the magnitude of angular velocity of disc is
2V V 3V V
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3r r 2r 2r
Ans. (C)
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Q.15 For an air standard diesel cycle,
(A) Heat addition at constant pressure and heat rejection at constant pressure
(B) Heat addition at constant pressure and heat rejection at constant volume
(C) Heat addition at constant volume and heat rejection at constant volume
(D) Heat addition at constant volume and heat rejection at constant pressure
Ans. (B)
Q.16 There are two identical shaping machines S1 and S 2 . In machine S 2 the width of the work piece is
increased by 10% and the feed is decreased by 10% with respect to that of S1 . If all other conditions
remain the same then the ratio of total time per pass in S1 and S 2 will be _____(round of to one decimal
place)
Ans. 1
Q.17 Water (   1000 kg/m3 ) flow through an inclined pipe of uniform diameter. The velocity, pressure and
elevation of A are PA  190 kPa, VA  3.2 m/s , Z A  24.1 , and those at B are PB  260 kPa ,
VB  3.2 m/s, Z B  9.1 respectively. If acceleration due to gravity is 10 m/s 2 then the head lost due to
friction is _____ m. (Round off one decimal place)
Ans. 8
Q.18 Consider flow through nozzle, as shown in figure,

The air flow is steady incompressible and inviscid. The density of air is 1.23 kg/m3 . The pressure
difference ( p1  patm ) is ____kPa. (round off to two decimal place)
Ans. 1.485
Q.19 A helical spring has spring constant K. if the wire diameter, spring diameter and the number of coils are
all doubled then the spring constant of the new spring becomes
K
(A) (B) K (C) 8 K (D) 16 K
2
Ans. (B)
Q.20 1 kg of air in a closed system undergoes an irreversible process from an initial state of p1  1 bar (absolute)
and T1  270 C to a final state of p2  3 bar (absolute) and T2  127 0 C . If the gas constant of air is 287
J/kg K and the ratio of specific heats   1.4 then the change in the specific entropy (in J/kg K) of the air
in the process is
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(A) 172.0 (B) Indeterminate, as process is irreversible
(C) 28.4 (D) –26.3
Ans. (D)
Q.21 The turning moment diagram of flywheel fitted to a fictitious as given below. The mean turning moment
is 2000 NM. The average engine speed is 1000 rpm. For fluctuation in speed to be within  2% of the
average speed, the mass moment of inertia of flywheel is ______ kg-m 2 .

Ans. 3.58
Q.22 A mould cavity of 1200 cm 3 volume has to be filled through a sprue of 10 cm length feeding a horizontal
runner. Corss-section area of base of sprue is 2 cm2 . Consider the acceleration due to gravity as 9.81 m/s 2
. Neglating friction loss due to molten metal the time taken to fill the mold cavity is _____second. (round
of to two decimal place)
Ans. 4.28
Q.23 Uniaxial compression test data for solid metal bar of length 1 m is shown in the figure. The bar material
has a linear plastic response from 0 to P. followed by a non linear response the point P represents the yield
point of material. The rod is pinned to both end. The minimum diameter of bar so that it will not buckle
before reaching yield point is _____ mm.
 (MPa)

Q
130
R
100 P

O 0.002 0.005 E
Ans. 56.94
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Q.24 In a furnace the inner and outer sides of the brick wall (k1  2.5 W/mK) are maintained at 11000 C and
7000 C respectively as shown in figure
0
1100 C
2000

k1 = 2
q = 2500 w/m
2.5 W/mk
k2 (insulation)
Brick wall
0
700 C
L1 L2
The brick wall is covered by an insulation material of thermal conductivity k2 . The thickness of insulating
is 1 / a th of thickness of brick wall. The outer surface of insulation wall is at 2000 C . Heat flux through
wall is 2500 W/m 2 . The value of k2 is ______W/mk. (Round of to one decimal place)
Ans. 0.5
Q.25 A steel spur pinion has a module 1.25 mm 20 teeth 200 pressure angle pinion rotates at 1200 rpm and
transmits power to a 60 teeth gear face width (F) is 50 mm. Lewis form factor Y  0.322 and a dynamic
factor, KV  1.26 . The bending stress  , induced in a tooth can be calculated by using Lewis formula
below if the maximum bending stress experienced by the pinion is 400 MPa the power transmitted is
K Wt
________ kW. Lewis formula   V , Where Wt is tangential load on pinion.
FMY
Ans. 10.035
Q.26 Keeping all other parameters identical the compression ratio (C.R) of an air standard diesel cycle is
increased from 15 to 21. Take specific heat ratio = 1.3 and cutoff ratio rc  2 . Difference between new
and old efficiency values in percentage.
new CR 21  old CR 15  ________ %
Ans. 4.99
Q.27 A thin walled cylinder of radius r and thickness ‘t’ is open at both ends and fits snugly between two rigid
walls under ambient conditions as shown in figure.
t
r

The material has Young’s modulus Poisson ratio v coefficient of expansion  . What is minimum rise in
temperature T of the cylinder (Assume uniform temperature with no buckling) required to prevent gas
leakage if the cylinder has to store the gas at an internal pressure of P above atm.
v Pr 3v Pr
(A) T  (B) T 
tE 2tE
 1  1  Pr  1  Pr
(C) T   v   v   (D) T   v  
 4  2  tE  2  tE
Ans. (A)
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Q.28 A beam of negligible mass is hinged at support P and has a roller support Q as shown in figure.
1200 N
Q
4m
P R

5m 5m
A point load of 1200 N is applied at point R, the magnitude of reaction force at support Q is ______ N.
Ans. 1500
Q.29 The forecast for the monthly demand of a product is given below,
Month Forecast Actual sales
1 32.00 30
2 31.80 32
3 31.82 30
The forecast is made by using exponential smoothing method. The exponential smoothing coefficient used
in demand forecasting is
(A) 0.5 (B) 0.40 (C) 0.10 (D) 1.0
Ans. (D)
Q.30 If a reversed cannot cycle operates between the temperature limits of 27 0C and 3 0C then the ratio of
(COP) R
the coefficient of performance of refrigerator to that of a heat pump based on the cycle is _____.
(COP) HP
Ans. 0.9
Q.31 Correct free body diagram for the given figure is,

F
q
m = Coefficient of
friction
(A) (B) W

F F

N2 mN1 N2
mN 2 mN 2
W N1
N
(C) (D)

F
F
W
R
R
W

Ans. (C)
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