MECHANICAL ENGINEERING GATE : 2004

GATE 2 0 0 4
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
T i m e Al l ow ed : 3 H ou r s M ax i m u m M ar k s : 150

Read t h e f ol l ow i n g i n st r u ct i on s car ef u l l y.

1. T h i s qu est i on s paper con t ai n s 90 obj ect i v e qu est i on s. Q. 1-30 car r y on e m ar k each an d

Q. 31-90 car r y t wo mar ks each.

2. Answer all t he quest ions.

3. Quest ions must be answer ed on special machine gr adable Object ive Response Sheet (ORS) by dar kening
t he appropriate bubble (mar ked A, B, C, D) using H B pencil against t he quest ion number. Each quest ion has
only one cor r ect answer. I n case you wish t o change an answer, er ase t he old answer complet ely using a
good soft er aser.

4. Ther e will be N EGAT I VE mar king. For each wrong answer 0.25 mar k for Q. 1-30 and 0.5 mar k fr om Q. 31-
90 will be deduct ed. M or e t han one answer mar ked against a quest ion will be deemed as an incor r ect
r esponse and will be n egat i v el y mar ked.

5. Wr it e your r egist r at ion number, your name and name of t he Cent r e at t he specified locat ions on t he r ight
half of t he ORS.

6. Using H B pencil, dar ken t he appr opr iat e bubble under each digit of your r egist r at ion number.

7. Using H B pencil, dar ken t he appr opr iat e bubble under t he let t er s cor r esponding t o your paper code.

8. No char t s, gr aph sheet s or t ables ar e pr ovided in t he examinat ion hall.

9 Use t he blank pages given at t he end of t he quest ion paper for r ough wor k.

10. Choose t he cl osest numer ical answer among t he choice given.

11. This quest ion paper cont ains 24 pages. Please r epor t , if t her e is any discr epancy.

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Q. 1-30 Car r y On e M ar k E ach 6. Two mat i ng spur gear s have 40 and 120 t eet h
r espect i vel y. The pi ni on r ot at es at 1200 r pm
dy and t r ansmi t s a t or que of 20 N m. The t or que
1. I f x = a ( + sin ) and y = a(1 – cos ), t hen
dx t r ansmit t ed by t he gear i s
wil l be equal t o (a) 6.6 N m (b) 20 N m

F I
(a) si n GH JK
F I
(b) cos GH JK
(c) 40 N m (d) 60 N m

2 2 7. T h e f i gu r e sh ow s t h e st at e of st r ess at a
cer t ai n poi n t i n a st r essed body. T h e
F I
(c) t an GH JK
F I
(d) cot GH JK
magni t udes of nor mal st r esses in t he x and y
2 2 dir ect i on ar e 100 M Pa and 20 M Pa r espect ively.
The r adi us of M ohr ’s st r ess cir cl e r epr esent ing
2. T h e an gl e bet w een t w o u n i t -m agn i t u de t hi s st at e of st r ess i s
copl an ar v ect or s P(0.866, 0.500, 0) an d
Q(0.259, 0.966, 0) wi ll be y

(a) 0° (b) 30°

(d) 45° (d) 60°
x x
3. T h e su m of t h e ei gen v al u es of t h e gi ven

LM
1 1 3
mat r i x 1 5 1
OP
MN
3 1 1 PQ y

(a) 5 (b) 7 (a) 120 (b) 80

(c) 9 (d) 18 (c) 60 (d) 40

4. T h e f i gu r e sh ow s a pi n -j oi n t ed pl an e t r u ss 8. For a mechani sm shown bel ow, t he mechani cal

l oaded at t he poi nt M by hangi ng a mass of advant age for t he gi ven configur at i on i s
100 k g. T h e m em ber L N of t h e t r u ss i s
subject ed t o a l oad of

(a) 0 (b) 0.5

(c) 1.0 (d) 

9. A vibr at ing machine i s isolat ed fr om t he fl oor

u si n g spr i n gs. I f t h e r at i o of ex ci t at i on
f r equ en cy of v i br at i on of m ach i n e t o t h e
nat u r al fr equ en cy of t he i sol at i on syst em i s
(a) 0 newt on equal t o 0.5, t hen t r ansmi ssi bi l i t y of r at i o of
(b) 490 newt ons i n compr ession i sol at ion i s
(c) 981 newt ons i n compr ession 1 3
(a) (b)
(d) 981 newt ons i n t ension 2 4

5. I n t er ms of Poi sson ’s r at i o (  ) t h e r at i o of (c)

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(d) 2
Young’s M odul us (E) t o Shear M odulus (G) of 3
elast ic mat er ials i s 10. A t or qu e of 10 N m i s t r ansmi t t ed t h r ough a
(a) 2(1 + ) (b) 2(1 – ) st epped shaft as shown i n figur e. The t or sional
st iffnesses of individual sect ions of lengt hs M N,
1 1
(c) (1  ) (d) (1  ) NO and OP ar e 20 Nm/r ad, 30 Nm/r ad and 60
2 2
N m/r ad r espect i vel y. Th e an gu l ar defl ect i on
bet ween t he ends M and P of t he shaft is
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O P 16. One di mensi onal unst eady st at e heat t r ansfer

N
J=10N m
M T
equat i on for a spher e wit h heat gener at i on at
t he r at e of ‘q’ can be wr i t t en as

1  FG IJ
T q 1 T
(a) 0.5 r ad (b) 1.0 r ad
(a)
r r
r
H K
r

k
=
 t

(c) 5.0 r ad (d) 10.0 r ad 1  F T I q

(b) 2 Gr J 
r r H r K k
2
=
1 T
 t
11. I n t er ms of t h eor et i cal st r ess con cen t r at i on
f act or (K t ) an d f at i gu e st r ess con cen t r at i on
 2T q 1 T
f act or (K f ), t h en n ot ch sen si t i v i t y ‘q’ i s (c)  =
2 k  t
expr essed as r

( K f  1) ( K f  1) 2 q 1 T
(a) (b) (d) 2
( rT )  
( K t  1) ( K t  1) r k  t

( K t  1) ( K f  1) 17. An i ncompr essi bl e fl ui d (k i nemat i c vi scosi t y,

(c) ( K  1) (d) 7.4 × 10– 7 m 2/s, speci fi c gr avi t y, 0.88) i s hel d
f ( K t  1)
bet ween t wo par all el pl at es. I f t he t op pl at e i s
12. Th e S-N cu r ve for st eel becomes asympt ot i c moved w i t h a vel oci t y of 0.5 m/s w h i l e t h e
near l y at bot t om on e i s h el d st at i on ar y, t h en f l u i d
at t ai ns a l i near vel ocit y pr ofi l e i n t he gap of
(a) 103 cycles (b) 104 cycles
0.5 mm bet ween t hese pl at es ; t he shear st r ess
(c) 106 cycles (d) 109 cycles i n Pascals on t he sur face of t op pl at e i s
13. I n t he wi ndow ai r condi t i oner, t he expansion (a) 0.651 × 10– 3 (b) 0.651
device used i s (c) 6.51 (d) 0.651 × 103
(a) capil lar y t ube
18. Envi r onment fr i endly r efr i ger ant R134a i s used
(b) t her most at i c expansi on valve i n t he new gener at i on domest ic r efr i ger at or s.
(c) aut omat i c expansi on valve I t s chemical for mula i s
(d) float valve (a) CH Cl F 2 (b) C2 Cl 3 F 3

14. Dur i ng chemi cal dehumi di fi cat i on pr ocess of (c) C2 Cl 2 F 4 (d) C2 H 2 F 4

air 19. A flui d fl ow is r epr esent ed by t he vel oci t y fi el d
(a) dr y bulb t emper at ur e and specifi c humidit y  
V = ax i + ay j , wher e a i s a const ant . The
decr ease
equat ion of st r eam l ine passing t hr ough a poi nt
(b) dr y bul b t emper at ur e i ncr eases and speci fi c (1, 2) i s
humi di t y decr eases
(a) x – 2y = 0 (b) 2x + y = 0
(c) dr y bul b t emper at ur e decr eases and specific
(c) 2x – y = 0 (d) x + 2y = 0
humi di t y i ncr eases
(d) dr y bulb t emper at ur e and specifi c humidit y 20. A gas cont ai ned i n a cyl i nder i s compr essed,
incr ease t h e w or k r equ i r ed f or com pr essi on bei n g
5000 k J. Dur i ng t he pr ocess, heat i nt er act ion
15. At t he t i me of st ar t i ng, i dl i ng and low speed of 2000 k J cau ses t h e su r r ou n di n gs t o t h e
oper at ion, t he car bur r et or suppl ies a mi xt ur e heat ed. The change in i nt er nal ener gy of t he
whi ch can be t er med as gas dur i ng t he pr ocess i s
(a) lean (a) – 7000 k J (b) – 3000 k J
(b) sli ght ly l eaner t han st oi chiomet r i c (c) + 3000 k J (d) + 7000 k J
(c) st oichiomet r i c
(d) r i ch
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21. T he compr essi on r at i o of a gas power pl an t
cycle cor r esponding t o maximum wor k out put
for t h e gi ven t emper at ur e l i mi t s of T mi n and
T max wi l l be
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
27. For a pr oduct , t he for ecast and t he act ual sales
for December 2002 wer e 25 and 20 r espect i vel y.
I f t he exponen t i al smoot hi ng const ant (  ) i s
t aken as 0.2, t hen for ecast sales for Januar y
2003 would be

(a)
FG T IJ
max 2(  –1)
(b)
FG T IJ
min 2(  –1) (a) 21 (b) 23
HT K
min HT K
max (c) 24 (d) 27

 –1  –1 28. T h er e ar e t w o pr odu ct s P an d Q w i t h t h e

(c)
FG T IJ
max 
(d)
FG T IJ
min  foll owing char act er ist i cs
HT K
min HT K
max
Pr oduct Demand Or der cost H olding Cost
22. I n an int er changeabl e assembly, shaft s of size (Unit s) (Rs/or der ) (Rs./ unit /year )
0.040
25.000 0.0100 m m m at e w i t h h ol es of si ze P 100 50 4
 0.020 Q 400 50 1
25.000  0.000 m m . T h e m ax i m u m possi bl e
clear ance i n t he assembly wi ll be
The economic or der quant i t y (EOQ) of pr oduct s
(a) 10 mi cr ons (b) 20 mi cr ons P and Q wi l l be i n t he r at i o
(c) 30 mi cr ons (d) 60 mi cr ons (a) 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 2
23. Dur ing t he execut i on of a CN C par t pr ogr am (c) 1 : 4 (d) 1 : 8
bl ock
29. M isr un i s a cast ing defect whi ch occur s due t o
N O20 GO2 X45.0 Y25.0 R5.0
(a) ver y hi gh pour ing t emper at ur e of t he met al
t he t ype of t ool mot i on wi ll be
(b) i nsufficient fl uidit y of t he molt en met al
(a) cir cul ar I nt er polat ion — clockwise
(c) absor pt i on of gases by t he l i quid met al
(b) cir cul ar I nt er polat i on — count er clockwise
(d) i mpr oper al ignment of t he moul d flask s
(c) l inear I nt er pol at ion
30. The per cent age of car bon in gr ay cast ir on i s in
(d) r apid feed
t he r ange of
24. The mechani sm of mat er i al r emoval in EDM (a) 0.25 t o 0.75 per cent
pr ocess i s
(b) 1.25 t o 1.75 per cent
(a) M elt ing and Evapor at i on
(c) 3 t o 4 per cent
(b) M el t i ng and Cor r osion
(d) 8 t o 10 per cent
(c) Er osi on and Cavi t at ion
Q. 31-90 Car r y Tw o M ar k s E ach
(d) Cavi t at ion and Evapor at i on
31. The foll owi ng dat a about t he fl ow of li qui d was
25. Two 1 mm t hi ck st eel sheet s ar e t o be spot
obser ved i n a con t i n u ou s ch em i cal pr ocess
w el ded at a cu r r en t of 5000 A . A ssu mi n g
plant
effect ive r esist ance t o be 200 micr o-ohms and
cur r ent flow t ime of 0.2 second, heat gener at ed Flow r at e 7.5 7.7 7.9 8.1 8.3 8.5
dur ing t he pr ocess wil be
(lit res/sec) to to to to to to
(a) 0.2 joul e (b) 1 joul e
7.7 7.9 8.1 8.3 8.5 8.7
(c) 5 joul e (d) 1000 joul e
Fr equency 1 5 35 17 12 10
26. I n PERT anal ysi s a cr i t ical act i vi t y has
(a) maximum Fl oat (b) zer o Fl oat M ean flow r at e of t he l iquid i s

(c) maxi mum Cost (d) mini mum Cost (a) 8.00 li t r es/sec (b) 8.06 li t r es/sec
(c) 8.16 li t r es/sec (d) 8.26 li t r es/sec
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32. Fr om a pack of r egular playing car ds, t wo car ds 37. I n t he fi gur e sh own , t h e r el at i ve vel oci t y of
ar e dr awn at r andom. What is t he pr obabil it y l ink 1 wit h r espect t o l ink 2 i s 12 m/sec. L ink
t hat bot h car ds wi ll be K ings, i f t he fi r st car d 2 r ot at es at a const ant speed of 120 r pm. The
i s NOT r epl aced ? m agn i t u de of Cor i ol i s com pon en t of
accel er at i on of l ink 1 i s
1 1
(a) (b)
26 52
1 1 2
(c) (d)
169 221
33. A delayed unit st ep function is defined as u(t – a) 1

0 for t  a
= m . I t s L aplace t r ansfor m is
1 for t  a
2

e  as
(a) a.e– as (b)
s
(a) 302 m/s2 (b) 604 m/s2
as as
e e (c) 906 m/s2 (d) 1208 m/s2
(c) (d)
s a
38. The fi gur e below shows a planar mechanism
34. T h e val u es of a f u nct i on f (x) ar e t abu l at ed wit h singl e degr ee of fr eedom. The i nst ant
below cent er 24 for t he gi ven configur at i on i s
x 0 1 2 3 l ocat ed at a posit ion

f(x) 1 2 1 10
U si ng N ew t on’s for w ar d di ff er en ce f or mu l a,
t he cubi c pol ynomi al t hat can be fi t t ed t o t he
above dat a, i s
(a) 2x3 + 7x2 – 6x + 2 (b) 2x3 – 7x2 + 6x – 2
(c) x3 – 7x2 – 6x2 + 1 (d) 2x3 – 7x2 + 6x + 1

35. The volume of an object expr essed i n spher i cal (a) L (b) M
co-or dinat es i s gi ven by (c) N (d) 

V = zzz2  /3 1

0 0 0
r 2 sin  dr d d
39. A u n i f or m st i f f r od of l en gt h 300 m m an d
having a weight of 300 N i s pi vot ed at one end
and connect ed t o a spr i ng at t he ot her end. For
The value of t he i nt egr al i s
keeping t he r od ver t i cal i n a st able posi t i on t he
  minimum val ue of spr i ng const ant K needed i s
(a) (b)
3 6

2 
(c) (d)
3 4

36. F or w h i ch val u e of x w i l l t h e mat r i x gi ven

bel ow become si ngular ?

LM 84 x 0 OP
MN12 0 2
6 0 PQ
(a) 4 (b) 6 (a) 300 N/m (b) 400 N/m
(c) 8 (d) 12 (c) 500 N/m (d) 1000 N/m
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40. A mass M , of 20 kg i s at t ached t o t he fr ee end 43. An ej ect or mech an i sm con si st s of a h el i cal
of a st eel cant i lever beam of l engt h 1000 mm compr ession spr ing havi ng a spr i ng const ant of
having a cr oss-sect i on of 25 × 25 mm. Assume K = 981 × 10 3 N /m. I t i s pr e-compr essed by
t he mass of t he cant i l ever t o be negl ibl e and 100 mm fr om i t s fr ee st at e. I f i t i s used t o eject
E st eel = 200 GPa. I f t he l at er al vibr at ion of t hi s a mass of 100 kg held on i t , t he mass wi ll move
syst em i s cr i t i cal l y damped u si n g a vi scou s up t hr ough a dist ance of
damper, t hen dampi ng const ant of t he damper ..............
..............
..............
..............
..............
..............
is ..............
..............
..............
..............
..............
..............
MASS
..............
..............
..............
..............

SPRING
M

(a) 100 mm (b) 500 mm

(a) 1250 N s/m
(c) 981 mm (d) 1000 mm
(b) 625 N s/m
(c) 312.50 N s/m 44. A r igi d body shown i n t he Fi g. (a) has a mass
of 10 k g. I t r ot at es w i t h a u ni f or m an gu l ar
(d) 156.25 N s/m
vel oci t y ‘’. A bal an ci n g mass of 20 k g i s
41. I n a bol t ed joi nt t wo member s ar e connect ed at t ached as shown in Fi g. (b). The per cent age
wit h an axi al t i ght ening for ce of 2200 N . I f t he i ncr ease i n mass moment of i ner t i a as a r esul t
bol t used h as met r i c t hr eads of 4 mm pi t ch, of t hi s addit i on i s
t h en t or qu e r equ i r ed f or ach i ev i n g t h e
t ight eni ng for ce i s

(a) (b)
(a) 0.7 N m
(a) 25% (b) 50%
(b) 1.0 N m
(c) 100% (d) 200%
(c) 1.4 N m
45. The fi gur e shows a pair of pi n-joi nt ed gr i pper -
(d) 2.8 N m
t ongs holdi ng an object wei ghi ng 2000 N . The
42. The fi gur e below shows a st eel r od of 25 mm 2 co-efficient of fr ict i on () at t he gr ipping sur face
cr oss sect i onal ar ea. I t is loaded at four point s, i s 0.1 XX i s t he l ine of act ion of t he i nput for ce
K , L , M and N. Assume E st eel = 200 GPa. The and YY i s t he l i ne of appl i cat i on of gr i ppi ng
t ot al change i n lengt h of t he r od due t o loading f or ce. I f t h e pi n -j oi n t i s assu m ed t o be
is fr ict i onl ess, t hen magnit ude of for ce F r equir ed
t o hol d t he wei ght i s
100N 250N 200N 50N
K L M N F F
X X

500mm 400mm
300 m

1700mm

PI N
(a) 1 m
150 m

Y
(b) – 10 m Y

(c) 16 m 2000N
(d) – 20 m (a) 1000 N (b) 2000 N
(c) 2500 N (d) 5000 N
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46. A sol i d ci r cu l ar sh af t of 60 m m di am et er 50. A cent r i fugal pump i s r equir ed t o pump wat er
t r ansmit s a t or que of 1600 N .m. The val ue of t o an open wat er t ank si t uat ed 4 k m away fr om
maximum shear st r ess developed i s t h e l ocat i on of t h e pu mp t h r ough a pi pe of
(a) 37.72 M Pa (b) 47.72 M Pa di amet er 0.2 m having Dar cy’s fr i ct i on fact or of
0.01. The aver age speed of wat er i n t he pi pe i s
(c) 57.72 M Pa (d) 67.72 M Pa
2 m/s. I f i t i s t o mai nt ai n a const ant head of
47. For a fl ui d fl ow t hr ough a di ver gent pi pe of 5 m i n t he t ank, negl ect ing ot her mi nor l osses,
l engt h L havi ng inlet and out let r adi i of R1 and t hen absol ut e di schar ge pr essur e at t he pump
R2 r espect i vel y and a const ant flow r at e of Q, exi t i s
assumi ng t he velocit y t o be axial and unifor m (a) 0.449 bar
at any cr oss-sect i on, t h e accel er at i on at t he
(b) 5.503 bar
exi t i s
(c) 44.911 bar
2Q(R 1  R 2 )
(d) 55.203 bar
(a)
LR 2 3
51. A heat engi ne havi ng an effi ci ency of 70% i s
2Q 2 (R 1  R 2 ) u sed t o dr i v e a r ef r i ger at or h av i n g a
(b) co-eff i ci en t of per f or mance of 5. Th e en er gy
LR 2 3
absor bed fr om l ow t emper at ur e r eser voi r by
t he r efr iger at or for each kJ of ener gy absor bed
2Q 2 (R 1  R 2 )
(c) fr om high t emper at ur e sour ce by t he engi ne i s
 2 LR 2 5
(a) 0.14 k J
2
2Q (R 2  R 1 ) (b) 0.71 k J
(d)
 2 LR 2 5 (c) 3.5 k J
(d) 7.1 k J
48. A closed cyli nder having a r adi us R and hei ght
H i s fil led wit h oil of densit y . I f t he cyli nder 52. A sol ar col l ect or r ecei vi n g sol ar r adi at i on at
i s r ot at ed about i t s axis at an angul ar vel ocit y t h e r at e of 0.6 k W/m 2 t r an sf or ms i t t o t h e
of , t hen t hr ust at t he bot t om of t he cyl inder i n t er n al en er gy of a f l u i d at an ov er al l
is effici ency of 50%. The fl ui d heat ed t o 350 K i s
used t o r un a heat engi ne which r eject s heat at
 2 R 2 313K . I f t he heat engi ne i s t o del iver 2.5 k W
(a) R2 gH (b) R2
4 pow er , t h en m i n i m u m ar ea of t h e sol ar
col lect or r equir ed would be
F  R
2 2 I
(c) R2 (2 R2 + gH ) (d) R2 GH 4 JK
 gH (a) 8.33 m 2 (b) 16.66 m 2
(c) 39.68 m 2 (d) 79.36 m 2
49. For ai r fl ow over a flat pl at e, vel oci t y (U ) and 53. The pr essur e gauges G1 and G 2 i nst all ed on t he
boundar y l ayer t hick ness () can be expr essed syst em show pr essur es of PG1 = 5.00 bar and
r espect i vel y, as PG2 = 1.00 bar. The val ue of unknown pr essur e
P is
U 3y 1 y FG IJ 3
4.64x
U
= –
2 2  H K ;  =
Re x G2

I f t he fr ee st r eam veloci t y i s 2 m/s, and ai r has

G1
k i n em at i c v i scosi t y of 1.5 × 10 – 5 m 2 /s an d P
densi t y of 1.23 kg/m 3, t hen wall shear st r ess at
x = 1 m, i s
(a) 1.01 bar (b) 2.01 bar
(a) 2.36 × 102 N/m 2 (b) 43.6 × 10– 3 N/m 2
(c) 5.00 bar (d) 7.01 bar
(c) 4.36 × 10– 3 N/m 2 (d) 2.18 × 10– 3 N/m 2

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54. A st eel bi ll et of 2000 k g mass i s t o be cool ed
f r om 1250  K t o 450  K . T h e h eat r el eased
dur ing t hi s pr ocess i s t o be used as a sour ce of
ener gy. The ambient t emper at ur e is 303K and
speci f i c h eat of st eel i s 0.5 k J /k g K . T h e
avail abl e ener gy of t hi s bil l et i s
(a) 490.44 M J (b) 30.95 M J
(c) 10.35 M J (d) 0.10 M J
55. A st ai nl ess st eel t ub (k s = 19 W/mK ) of 2 cm
I D and 5 cm OD i s insul at ed wi t h 3 cm t hick
asbest os (k a = 0.2 W/mK ). I f t he t emper at ur e
di f f er en ce bet w een t h e i n n er m ost an d
out er most sur faces i s 600°C, t he heat t r ansfer
r at e per uni t l engt h i s
(a) 0.94 W/m (b) 9.44 W/m
(c) 944.72 W/m (d) 9447.21 W/m
56. A spher i cal t her mocoupl e junct ion of di amet er
0.706 mm i s t o be used for t he measur ement of
t emper at ur e of a gas st r eam. The convect i ve
heat t r ansfer co-efficient on t he bead sur face i s
400 W /m 2 K . T h er moph y si cal pr oper t i es of
t h er m ocou pl e m at er i al ar e k = 20 W /m K ,
C = 400 J/k g K and  = 8500 k g/m 3. I f t h e
t her mocoupl e init ially at 30°C is placed in a hot
st r eam of 300°C, t hen t ime t ak en by t he bead
t o r each 298°C, i s
(a) 2.35 s (b) 4.9 s
(c) 14.7 s (d) 29.4 s
57. I n a condenser, wat er ent er s at 30°C and fl ows
at t he r at e 1500 k g/hr. The condensi ng st eam
i s at a t emper at ur e of 120°C and cool ing wat er
l eaves t he condenser at 80°C. Specifi c heat of
w at er i s 4.187 k J/k g K . I f t h e over al l h eat
t r ansfer coeffici ent is 2000 W/m 2 K , t hen heat
t r ansfer ar ea i s
(a) 0.707 m 2
(b) 7.07 m 2
(c) 70.7 m 2
(d) 141.4 m 2
58. Dur i ng a M or se t est on a 4 cyli nder engi ne, t he
fol l owi ng measur ement s of br ake power wer e
t ak en at const ant speed.
All cyl i nder s fir ing 3037 k W
N umber 1 cyli nder not fir ing 2102 k W
N umber 2 cyli nder not fir ing 2102 k W
N umber 3 cyli nder not fir ing 2100 k W
N umber 4 cyli nder not fir ing 2098 k W
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
The mechani cal effi ci ency of t he engi ne i s
(a) 91.53% (b) 85.07%
(c) 81.07% (d) 61.22%
59. An engine working on air standard Otto cycle has
a cylinder diameter of 10 cm and stroke length of
15 cm. The ratio of specific heats for air is 1.4. I f
t he clear ance volume is 196.3 cc and t he heat
supplied per kg of air per cycle is 1800 kJ/kg, then
work output per cycle per kg of air is
(a) 879.1 k J (b) 890.2 k J
(c) 895.3 k J (d) 973.5 k J
60. At a hydr o el ect r i c power pl ant si t e, avai labl e
head and fl ow r at e ar e 24.5 m and 10.1 m 3 /s
r espect i vel y. I f t he t ur bi ne t o be i nst al l ed i s
r equi r ed t o r un at 4.0 r evol ut i on per second
(r ps) wi t h an over al l eff i ci ency of 90%, t hen
sui t able t ype of t ur bine for t his si t e i s
(a) Fr ancis (b) Kaplan
(c) Pel t on (d) Pr opel ler
61. D ew poi n t t em per at u r e of ai r at on e
at mospher i c pr essur e (1.013 bar ) i s 18°C. The
ai r dr y bu l b t em per at u r e i s 30 ° C. T h e
sat ur at i on pr essur e of wat er at 18°C and 30°C
ar e 0.02062 bar and 0.04241 bar r espect i vely.
T h e speci f i c h eat of ai r an d w at er vapou r
r espect ively ar e 1.005 and 1.88 k J/kg K and t he
l at ent heat of vapor i zat ion of wat er at 0°C i s
2500 kJ/k g. The speci fi c humidit y (k J/kg of dr y
air ) and ent halpy (k J/kg of dr y air ) of t his moist
air r espect ivel y, ar e
(a) 0.01051, 52.64
(b) 0.01291, 63.15
(c) 0.01481, 78.60
(d) 0.01532, 81.40
62. A R-12 r ef r i ger ant r eci pr ocat i ng compr essor
oper at es bet ween t he condensing t emper at ur e
of 30°C and evapor at or t emper at ur e of – 20°C.
The cl ear anace vol ume r at io of t he compr essor
i s 0.03. Specific heat r at i o of t he vapour i s 1.15
and t he specific volume at t he suct i on i s 0.1089
m 3/k g. Ot her pr oper t i es at var i ous st at es ar e
gi v en i n t h e f i gu r e. To r eal i ze 2 Ton s of
r efr i ger at ion, t he act ual volume di splacement
r at e consi der ing t he effect of cl ear ance i s
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66. Th r ough h ol es of 10 mm di amet er ar e t o be
dr i l l ed i n a st eel pl at e of 20 mm t hi ck ness.
3 30°C 2
745 Dr il l spindl e speed is 300 r pm, feed 0.2 mm/r ev
P. Bar and dr i l l poi nt angl e i s 120°. Assumi ng dr i l l
-20°C over t r avel of 2 mm, t he t i me for pr oduci ng a
150
4 hol e wil l be
(a) 4 seconds
(b) 25 seconds
65 176 207
n kj/kg (c) 100 seconds
(a) 6.35 × 10– 3 m 3/s (b) 63.5 × 10– 3 m 3/s (d) 110 seconds
(c) 635 × 10– 3 m 3/s (d) 4.88 × 10– 3 m 3/s 67. I n a 2-D CAD package, cl ock wise ci r cul ar ar c of
r adius 5, speci fi ed fr om P1(15, 10) t o P2 (10, 15)
63. GO and N O-GO plug gages ar e t o be designed
wil l have it s cent er at
 0.050
for a hol e 20.000 0.010 mm. Gage t oler ances can (a) (10, 10)
be t ak en as 10% of t h e h ol e t ol er an ce.
(b) (15, 10)
Fol lowing I SO syst em of gage design, si zes of
GO and N O-GO gage wi ll be r espect ivel y (c) (15, 15)
(a) 20.010 mm and 20.050 mm (d) (10, 15)
(b) 20.014 mm and 20.046 mm 68. Gr ay cast ir on bl ock s 200 × 100 × 10 mm ar e t o
(c) 20.006 mm and 20.054 mm be cast i n sand moul ds. Shr i nk age al lowance
f or pat t er n mak i n g i s 1%. T h e r at i o of t h e
(d) 20.014 mm and 20.054 mm
vol ume of pat t er n t o t hat of t he cast i ng wi ll be
64. A st an dar d machi n e t ool an d an au t omat i c (a) 0.97 (b) 0.99
m ach i n e t ool ar e bei n g com par ed f or t h e
(c) 1.01 (d) 1.03
pr odu ct i on of a compon en t . F ol l ow i n g dat a
r efer s t o t he t wo machines. 69. I n an or t hogonal cut t ing t est on mi ld st eel , t he
fol lowing dat a wer e obt ai ned
St andar d Aut omat ic Cut t i ng speed : 40 m/mi n
M achine Tool M achi ne Tool
Dept h of cut : 0.3 mm
Set up t ime 30 min. 2 hour s
Tool r ak e angl e : + 5°
M achining t ime 22 min. 5 min
per piece
Chi p t hi ckness : 1.5 mm

M achine r at e Rs. 200 per hour Rs. 800 per hour Cut t i ng for ce : 900 N
Thr ust for ce : 450 N
T h e br eak even pr odu ct i on bat ch si ze above U sing M er chant ’s anal ysi s, t he fr i ct i on angl e
w h i ch t h e au t om at i c m ach i n e t ool w i l l be dur ing t he machini ng wi ll be
economical t o use, wi ll be
(a) 26.6° (b) 31.5°
(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 45° (d) 63.4°
(c) 24 (d) 225
70. I n a r ol li ng pr ocess, sheet of 25 mm t hi ckness
65. 10 mm di amet er hol es ar e t o be punched i n a i s r ol l ed t o 20 m m t h i ck n ess. Rol l i s of
st eel sheet of 3 mm t hi ck ness. Shear st r engt h di amet er 600 mm and it r ot at es at 100 r pm.
of t he mat er ial is 400 N/mm 2 and penet r at ion The r oll st r i p cont act l engt h wi ll be
i s 40%. Shear pr ovided on t he punch is 2 mm.
(a) 5 mm (b) 39 mm
The blank ing for ce dur ing t he oper at ion wil l be
(c) 78 mm (d) 120 mm
(a) 22.6 k N (b) 37.7 k N
(c) 61.6 k N (d) 94.3 k N

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71. I n a machi ning oper at ion, doubl ing t he cut t ing 75. A com pan y h as an an n u al dem an d of
1 1000 uni t s, or der i ng cost of Rs. 100/or der and
speed r edu ces t h e t ool l i f e t o t h of t h e car r yi ng cost of Rs. 100/uni t -year. I f t he st ock -
8
out cost s ar e est i mat ed t o be n ear l y Rs. 400
or i gi nal val ue. The exponent n in Tayl or ’s t ool
each t ime t he company r uns out -of-st ock , t hen
l ife equat ion VT n = C, i s
safet y st ock just i fi ed by t he car r ying cost wil l
1 1 be
(a) (b)
8 4
(a) 4 (b) 20
1 1 (c) 40 (d) 100
(c) (d)
3 2
76. A company pr oduces t wo t ypes of t oys : P and
72. A sol der ing oper at ion was wor k -sampled over Q. Pr oduct i on t i me of Q i s t wi ce t hat of P and
t wo days (16 hour s) dur i ng which an employee t h e compan y h as a m axi mu m of 2000 t i me
sol der ed 108 joi nt s. Act ual wor k i ng t ime was uni t s per day. The suppl y of r aw mat er i al i s
90% of t h e t ot al t i me an d t h e per for man ce j ust su f f i ci ent t o pr odu ce 1500 t oys (of an y
r at ing was est i mat ed t o be 120 per cent . I f t he t ype) per day. Toy t ype Q r equi r es an el ect r i c
cont r act pr ovides allowance of 20 per cent of t he swi t ch whi ch is avai l able @ 600 pieces per day
t ot al t i me avail abl e, t he st andar d t i me for t he onl y. The company mak es a pr ofi t of Rs.3 and
oper at ion would be Rs.5 on t y pe P an d Q r espect i v el y. F or
(a) 8 min. (b) 8.9 min. maxi mi zat i on of pr ofi t s, t he dai ly pr oduct i on
(c) 10 min. (d) 12 min. quant i t i es of P and Q t oys should r espect ivel y
be
73. An el ect r on i c equ i pmen t man u f act u r er h as
(a) 100, 500 (b) 500, 1000
deci ded t o add a com pon en t su b-assem bl y
oper at ion t hat can pr oduce 80 uni t s dur ing a (c) 800, 600 (d) 1000, 1000
r egul ar 8-hour shi ft . Thi s oper at ion consi st s of 77. M at ch t he fol l owing
t hr ee act i vi t ies as below
Type of M echanism M ot ion achieved
Act ivit y St andar d t ime (mi n.)
P. Scot t – Russel 1. I nt er mit t ent mot ion
M. M echanical assembl y 12
mechanism
E. Elect r i c wir ing 16
Q. Geneva mechanism 2. Quick r eturn mot ion
T. Test 3
R . Off-set slider -cr ank 3. Simpl e har moni c
For l ine balancing t he number of wor k st at i ons
mechanism mot i on
r equi r ed for t he act i vi t ies M , E and T woul d
r espect i vely be S. Scot ch Yok e 4. St r aight l ine mot i on
(a) 2, 3, 1 (b) 3, 2, 1 mechanism
(c) 2, 4, 2 (d) 2, 1, 3 (a) P-2 Q-3 R-1 S-4
(b) P-3 Q-2 R-4 S-1
74. A maintenance service facility has Poisson arrival
r at es, negat i ve exponent i al ser vi ce t i me and (c) P-4 Q-1 R-2 S-3
oper at es on a ‘fi r st come fi r st ser ved’ queue (d) P-4 Q-3 R-1 S-2
discipline. Br eak downs occur on an aver age of
3 per day wi t h a r ange of zer o t o ei ght . The 78. M at ch t he fol l owing
mai n t enance cr ew can ser vi ce an aver age of Type of gear s Ar r angement of shaft s
6 machines per day with a range of zero to seven. P. Bevel gear s 1. N on-par all el off-set shaft s
The mean waiting time for an item to be serviced
Q. Wor m gear s 2. Non-par allel
would be
i nt er sect i ng shaft s
1 1 R . H er r ingbone 3. Non-par all el , non-
(a) day (b) day
6 3 gear s i nt er sect i ng shaft s
(c) 1 day (d) 3 days S. H ypoi d gear s 4. Par al lel shaft s
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(a) P-4 Q-2 R-1 S-3 S. Pr ofi l e of a cam 4. Spi r it L evel
(b) P-2 Q-3 R-4 S-1 5. Sine bar
(c) P-3 Q-2 R-1 S-4 6. Tool mak er ’s
(d) P-1 Q-3 R-4 S-2 M i cr oscope
(a) P-6 Q-2 R-4 S-6
79. M at ch t h e f ol l ow i ng wi t h r espect t o spat i al
mechani sms. (b) P-5 Q-2 R-1 S-6
Type of Joint Degrees of const raint (c) P-6 Q-4 R-1 S-3

P. Revolut e 1. Thr ee (d) P-1 Q-4 R-4 S-2

Q. Cylindr ical 2. Fi ve 82. M at ch t he fol l owing

R . Spher ical 3. Four Pr od u ct Pr ocess
4. Two P. M olded l uggage 1. I nject ion mol ding
5. Zer o Q. Packaging 2. H ot r oll ing
(a) P-1 Q-3 R-3 cont ai ner s for l iqui d
(b) P-5 Q-4 R-3 R . L ong st r uct ur al 3. I mpact ext r usion
(c) P-2 Q-3 R-1 shapes
(d) P-4 Q-5 R-3 S. Coll apsi bl e t ubes 4. Tr ansfer molding

80. M at ch t he fol l owing 5. Blow molding

P. Reciprocat ing 1. Plant wi t h power 6. Coining

pump output below 100 kW (a) P-1 Q-4 R-6 S-3
Q. Axi al fl ow pump 2. Plant wi t h power (b) P-4 Q-5 R-2 S-3
output between 100 kW (c) P-1 Q-5 R-3 S-2
to 1 MW
(d) P-5 Q-1 R-2 S-2
R . M i cr ohydel plant 3. Posit i ve di splacement
83. Ty pi cal m ach i n i n g oper at i on s ar e t o be
S. Backwar d cur ved 4. Dr aft t ube
per f or med on har d-t o-mach i ne mat er i al s by
vanes usi ng t h e pr ocesses l i st ed bel ow. Ch oose t he
5. H igh flow r at e, low best set of Oper at i on-Pr ocess combinat i ons
pr essur e r at i o Op er at i on Pr ocess
6. Cent r ifugal pump P. Debur r ing 1. Plasma Ar c
impell er (i nt er nal sur face) M achining
(a) P-3 Q-5 R-6 S-2 Q. Die si nk ing 2. Abr asi ve Flow
(b) P-3 Q-5 R-2 S-6 M achining
(c) P-3 Q-5 R-1 S-6 R. Fine hole dr il l ing 3. El ect r ic Dischar ge
(d) P-4 Q-5 R-1 S-6 i n t hi n sheet s M achining

81. M at ch t he fol l owing S. Tool shar pening 4. Ultrasonic Machining

Feat ur e t o be i nspect ed I nst r ument 5. L aser beam M achining

P. Pit ch and Angl e er r or s 1. Aut o Col li mat or 6. El ect r ochemical

Gr inding
of scr ew t hr ead
(a) P-1 Q-5 R-3 S-4
Q. Flat ness er r or of a 2. Optical
sur face pl at e I nt er fer omet er (b) P-1 Q-4 R-1 S-2

R . Ali gnment er r or of 3. Dividing H ead (c) P-5 Q-1 R-2 S-6

a machine sl i deway and Di al Gauge (d) P-2 Q-3 R-5 S-6

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84. Fr om t he l i st s gi ven bel ow, choose t he most D at a f or Q. 87-88 ar e gi v en b el ow. Sol v e
appr opr i at e set of heat t r eat ment pr ocess and t h e p r ob l em s an d ch oose cor r ect an sw er s.
t he cor r espondi ng pr ocess char act er i st ics A compact i n g mach i n e sh ow n i n t h e f i gu r e
Pr ocess Ch ar act er i st i cs bel ow i s used t o cr eat e a desi r ed t hr u st f or ce
P. Temper ing 1. Aust enit e i s conver t ed by usi ng a r ack an d pi ni on ar r angement . T he
i nt o bai nit e i n pu t gear i s mou n t ed on t h e mot or sh af t .
T h e gear s h av e i n v ol u t e t eet h of 2m m
Q. Aust emper ing 2. Aust enit e i s conver t ed
modu l e.
i nt o mar t ensit e
R. M ar t emper ing 3. Cement it e i s conver t ed
i nt o globular st r uct ur e
4. Bot h har dness and
br i t t l eness ar e r educed 1000 N
5. Car bon i s absor bed RACK
i nt o t he met al T = 80 T = 80
(a) P-3 Q-1 R-5
(b) P-4 Q-3 R-2
(c) P-4 Q-1 R-2
(d) P-1 Q-5 R-4
T = 20
D at a f or Q. 85-86 ar e gi v en b el ow. Sol v e
t h e p r ob l em s an d ch oose cor r ect an sw er s. MOTOR
A st eel beam of br eadt h 120 mm and hei ght
750 mm i s l oaded as sh ow n i n t h e f i gu r e.
Assume E st eel = 200 GPa.
87. I f t h e dr i ve ef f i ci en cy i s 80%, t h en t or qu e
120kN/m r equi r ed on t he i nput shaft t o cr eat e 1000 N
out put t hr ust i s
(a) 20 N m
15m (b) 25 N m
(c) 32 N m
85. The beam i s subject ed t o a maxi mum bending (d) 50 N m
moment of
88. I f t he pr essur e angle of t he r ack i s 20°, t hen
(a) 3375 kN m
for ce act i ng al ong t he l i ne of act i on bet ween
(b) 4750 kN m t he r ack and t he gear t eet h i s
(c) 6750 kN m (a) 250 N
(d) 8750 kN m (b) 342 N
86. The value of maximum defl ect ion of t he beam (c) 532 N
is (d) 600 N
(a) 93.75 mm
(b) 83.75 mm
(c) 73.75 mm
(d) 63.75 mm

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D a t a f o r Q . 89 a n d 90 a r e g i v en b el o w . 89. The t her mal effi ci ency of t he plant negl ect ing
So l v e t h e p r o b l em a n d c h o o se c o r r ect pump wor k i s
an sw er s. (a) 15.8%
Consi der a st eam power pl ant usi ng a r eheat (b) 41.1%
cycl e as sh own. St eam l eaves t he boi l er and
(c) 48.5%
ent er s t he t ur bine at 4 M Pa, 350°C (h3 = 3095
k J/k g). Aft er expansion i n t he t ur bi ne t o 400 (d) 58.6%
kPa (h4 = 2609 k J/kg), t he st eam is r eheat ed t o
90. The ent hal py at t he pump dischar ge (h 2) i s
350°C (h5 = 3170 k J/kg), and t henexpanded i n
a l ow pr es®sur e t ur bi ne t o 10k Pa (h6 = 2165 (a) 0.33 kJ/k g
kJ/kg). The specific volume of liquid handled by (b) 3.33 kJ/k g
t he pump can be assumed t o be (c) 4.0 k J/k
(d) 33.3 kJ/k g

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