1. Specify the sequence correctly 9.

Smelting is the process of

A. Grain growth, recrystallisation, stress relief A. removing the impurities like clay, sand etc.
B. Stress relief, grain growth, recrystallisation from the iron ore by washing with water
C. Stress relief, recrystallisation, grain growth B. expelling moisture, carbon dioxide, sulphur
D. Grain growth, stress relief, recrystallisation and arsenic from the iron ore by heating in shallow
kilns
2. Thermoplastic materials are those materials which C. reducing the ore with carbon in the presence
A. are formed into shape under heat and pressure of a flux
and results in a permanently hard product D. all of the above
B. do not become hard with the application of
heat and pressure and no chemical change occurs 10. The percentage of carbon in cast iron varies from
C. are flexible and can withstand considerable A. 0.1 to 0.5
wear under suitable conditions B. 0.5 to 1
D. are used as a friction lining for clutches and C. 1 to 1.7
brakes D. 1.7 to 4.5

3. Which of the following material has maximum 11. The ability of a material to absorb energy in the
ductility? plastic range is called
A. Mild steel A. resilience
B. Copper B. creep
C. Nickel C. fatigue strength
D. Aluminium D. toughness

4. An eutectoid steel consists of 12. Brass is an alloy of

A. wholly pearlite A. copper and zinc
B. wholly austenite B. copper and tin
C. pearlite and ferrite C. copper, tin and zinc
D. pearlite and cementite D. none of these

5. Shock resisting steels should have 13. A material is said to be allotropic, if it has
A. low wear resistance A. fixed structure at all temperatures
B. low hardness B. atoms distributed in random pattern
C. low tensile strength C. different crystal structures at different
D. toughness temperatures
D. any one of the above
6. Cast iron is a
A. ductile material 14. Closed packed hexagonal space lattice is found in
B. malleable material A. zinc, magnesium, cobalt, cadmium, antimony
C. brittle material and bismuth
D. tough material B. gamma-iron, aluminium, copper, lead, silver
and nickel
7. The hardness is the property of a material due to C. alpha-iron, tungsten, chromium and
which it molybdenum
A. can be drawn into wires D. none of the above
B. breaks with little permanent distortion
C. can cut another metal 15. The hardness and tensile strength in austenitic
D. can be rolled or hammered into thin sheets stainless steel can be increased by
A. hardening and cold working
8. Malleable cast iron is produced B. normalising
A. by adding magnesium to molten cast iron C. martempering
B. by quick cooling of molten cast iron D. full annealing
C. from white cast iron by annealing process
D. none of these 16. The quenching of steel from the upper critical point
results in a fine grained structure.
A. Agree
B. Disagree
17. An alloy steel which is work hardenable and which B. have the same orientation and their similar
is used to make the blades of bulldozers, bucket wheel faces are parallel
excavators and other earth moving equipment contain C. may be defined as the smallest parallelopiped
iron, carbon and which could be transposed in three coordinate
A. chromium directions to build up the space lattice
B. silicon D. all of the above
C. manganese
D. magnesium 26. Tungsten when added to steel __________ the
critical temperature.
18. Which of the following has a fine gold colour and is A. does not effect
used for imitation jewellery? B. lowers
A. Silicon bronze C. raises
B. Aluminium bronze
C. Gun metal 27. Silicon when added to copper improves
D. Babbit metal A. machinability
B. hardness
19. When the steel is normalised, its C. hardness and strength
A. yield point increases D. strength and ductility
B. ductility decreases
C. ultimate tensile strength increases 28. The alloying element which increases residual
D. all of these magnetism and coercive magnetic force in steel for
magnets is
20. White cast iron has a high tensile strength and a low A. chromium
compressive strength. B. nickel
A. Yes C. vanadium
B. No D. cobalt

21. Dye penetrant method is generally used to locate 29. Cast iron is manufactured in
A. core defects A. blast furnace
B. surface defects B. cupola
C. superficial defects C. open hearth furnace
D. temporary defects D. bessemer converter

22. The charge is fed into the blast furnace through the 30. The lower critical point for all steels is
A. stack A. 600°C
B. throat B. 700°C
C. bosh C. 723°C
D. tuyers D. 913°C

23. A small percentage of boron is added to steel in 31. Haematite iron ore contains iron about
order to A. 30%
A. increase hardenability B. 45%
B. reduce machinability C. 55%
C. increase wear resistance D. 70%
D. increase endurance strength
32. The material in which the atoms are arranged
24. Which of the following process of steel making is in regularly in some directions but not in others, is called
operation at Tata Iron and Steel Works, Jamshedpur? A. amorphous material
A. Bessemer process B. mesomorphous material
B. Open hearth process C. crystalline material
C. Duplex process D. none of these
D. Electric process
33. The steel produced by bessemer or open hearth
25. The unit cells process is __________ to that produced by L-D process.
A. contain the smallest number of atoms which A. superior
when taken together have all the properties of the B. inferior
crystals of the particular metal
34. Crystal structure of a material is, generally,
examined by 43. In full annealing, the hypo-eutectoid steel is heated
A. naked eye from 30° C to 50° C above the upper critical
B. optical microscope temperature and then cooled
C. metallurgical microscope A. in still air
D. X-ray techniques B. slowly in the furnace
C. suddenly in a suitable cooling medium
35. Iron-carbon alloys containing 1.7 to 4.3% carbon D. any one of these
are known as
A. eutectic cast irons 44. Ferrite and pearlite makes the steel soft and
B. hypo-eutectic cast irons ductile.
C. hyper-eutectic cast irons A. Agree
D. none of these B. Disagree

36. The coke in the charge of blast furnace 45. The lower critical temperature
A. controls the grade of pig iron A. decreases as the carbon content in steel
B. acts as an iron-bearing mineral increases
C. supplies heat to reduce ore and melt the iron B. increases as the carbon content in steel
D. forms a slag by combining with impurities increases
C. is same for all steels
37. Nimonic contains __________ percentage of nickel D. depends upon the rate of heating
as that of Inconel.
A. same 46. Nodular cast iron is produced by adding
B. less __________ to the molten cast iron.
C. more A. nickel
B. chromium
38. The heat treatment process used for softening C. copper
hardened steel is D. magnesium
A. carburising
B. normalising 47. Free carbon in iron makes the metal
C. annealing A. soft and gives a coarse grained crystalline
D. tempering structure
B. soft and gives a fine grained crystalline
39. The dieing down of a white flame during the structure
operation of a bessemer converter indicates that the C. hard and gives a coarse grained crystalline
air is burning out silicon and manganese. structure
A. Yes D. hard and gives a fine grained crystalline
B. No structure

40. The electric process of steel making is especially 48. The cupola is used to manufacture
adopted to A. pig iron
A. alloy and carbon tool steel B. cast iron
B. magnet steel C. wrought iron
C. high speed tool steel D. steel
D. all of these
49. The type of space lattice found in gamma-iron is
41. Iron ore is, usually, found in the form of A. face centred cubic space lattice
A. oxides B. body centred cubic space lattice
B. carbonates C. close packed hexagonal space lattice
C. sulphides D. none of these
D. all of these
50. The property of a material due to which it breaks
42. The hardness of steel increases if it contains with little permanent distortion, is called
A. pearlite A. brittleness
B. ferrite B. ductility
C. cementite C. malleability
D. martensite D. plasticity
1. Which of the following when used in ordinary low
carbon steels, makes the metal ductile and of good 10. 18-4-1 high speed steel contains
bending qualities? A. vanadium 4%, chromium 18% and tungsten 1%
A. Sulphur B. vanadium 1%, chromium 4% and tungsten 18%
B. Phosphorus C. vanadium 18%, chromium 1% and tungsten 4%
C. Manganese D. none of the above
D. Silicon
11. Which of the following statement is true about
2. The hardness of steel depends upon the brittle fracture?
A. amount of cementite it contains A. High temperature and low strain rates favour
B. amount of carbon it contains brittle fracture
C. contents of alloying elements B. Many metals with hexagonal close packed
D. method of manufacture of steel (H.C.P) crystal structure commonly show brittle
fracture
3. Cartidge brass can be C. Brittle fracture is always preceded by noise
A. cold rolled into sheets D. Cup and cone formation is characteristic for
B. drawn into wires brittle materials
C. formed into tube
D. any one of these 12. Grey cast iron has
A. carbon in the form of free graphite
4. Which of the following statement is correct? B. high tensile strength
A. The product produced by blastfurnace is called C. low compressive strength
cast iron. D. all of these
B. The pig iron is the name given to the product
produced by cupola. 13. Induction hardening is basically a
C. The cast iron has high tensile strength. A. carburising process
D. The chilled cast iron has no graphite. B. surface hardening process
C. core-hardening process
5. Blast furnace is used to produce D. none of these
A. pig iron
B. cast iron 14. When elements like nickel, chromium, copper and
C. wrought iron molybdenum are added to the molten cast iron, it
D. steel produces
A. white cast iron
6. In flame hardening, oxy-acetylene flame is used. B. nodular cast iron
A. Yes C. malleable cast iron
B. No D. alloy cast iron

7. Which of the following statements are true for 15. The strength is the ability of a material to resist
annealing of steels? A. deformation under stress
A. Steels are heated to 500 to 700° C B. externally applied forces with breakdown or
B. Cooling is done slowly and steadily yielding
C. Internal stresses are relieved C. fracture due to high impact loads
D. all of these D. none of these

8. The ability of a material to undergo large permanent 16. The material widely used for making pendulums of
deformation with the application of a tensile force, is clocks is
called ductility. A. stainless steel
A. Correct B. high speed steel
B. Incorrect C. heat resisting steel
D. nickel steel
9. Which of the following steel making process is being
adopted at Rourkela Steel Plant? 17. The stiffness is the ability of a material to resist
A. Bessemer process A. deformation under stress
B. Open-hearth process B. fracture due to high impact loads
C. Electric process C. externally applied forces with breakdown or
D. L-D process yielding
D. none of the above
27. Which of the following is an amorphous material?
18. The blade of a power saw is made of A. Mica
A. boron steel B. Silver
B. high speed steel C. Lead
C. stainless steel D. Glass
D. malleable cast iron
28. The machinability of steel is improved by adding
19. In induction hardening __________ is high. A. nickel
A. current B. chromium
B. voltage C. nickel and chromium
C. frequency D. sulphur, lead and phosphorus
D. temperature
29. The carbon in the pig iron varies from
20. The metal suitable for bearings subjected to light A. 0.1 to 0.5%
loads, is B. 0.5 to 1%
A. silicon bronze C. 1 to 5%
B. white metal D. 5 to 10%
C. monel metal
D. phosphor bronze 30. The type of space lattice found in alpha-iron is
A. face centred cubic space lattice
21. The property of a material essential for spring B. body centred cubic space lattice
materials is C. close packed hexagonal space lattice
A. stiffness D. none of these
B. ductility
C. resilience 31. The brown smoke during the operation of a
D. plasticity bessemer Converter indicates that the
A. air is burning out silicon and managanese
22. A steel with carbon above 0.8% is known as hyper- B. silicon and manganese has burnt and carbon
eutectoid steel. has started oxidising
A. Agree C. the converter must be titled to remove the
B. Disagree contents of the converter
D. the brown smoke does not occur during the
23. Which of the following material has nearly zero operation of a bessemer converter
coefficient of expansion?
A. Stainless steel 32. Martensite has needle like structure and is
B. High speed steel magnetic.
C. Invar A. Correct
D. Heat resisting steel B. Incorrect

24. In normalising process, the hypo-eutectiod steel is 33. Monel metal is an alloy of
heated from 30° C to 50° C above the upper critical A. nickel and copper
temperature and then cooled in still air. B. nickel and chromium
A. True C. nickel, chromium and iron
B. False D. copper and chromium

25. The alloying element which can replace tungsten in 34. In induction hardening, the depth of hardening is
high speed steels is controlled by controlling the voltage.
A. nickel A. Correct
B. vanadium B. Incorrect
C. cobalt
D. molybdenum 35. The austenite is a solid solution of carbon or iron
carbide in gamma-iron.
26. An aluminium alloy with 11% silicon is used for A. Correct
making engine pistons by die casting technique. B. Incorrect
A. Yes
B. No
36. Which of the following display properties similar to 44. The iron ore in the charge of blast furnace acts as
that of steel? an iron bearing mineral.
A. Blackheart cast iron A. True
B. Whiteheart cast iron B. False
C. both (a) and (b)
D. none of these 45. Beryllium bronze has
A. high yield point
37. Hindalium is an alloy of aluminium and magnesium B. high fatigue limit
with a small quantity of chromium. C. both (a) and (b)
A. Agree D. none of these
B. Disagree
46. The aluminium alloy, mainly used, for anodized
38. When a low carbon steel is heated upto upper utensil manufacture, is
critical temperature A. duralumin
A. there is no change in grain size B. Y-alloy
B. the average grain size is a minimum C. magnalium
C. the grain size increases very rapidly D. hindalium
D. the grain size first increases and then
decreases very rapidly 47. The toughness of a material __________ when it is
heated.
39. The steel widely used for motor car crankshafts is A. remains same
A. nickel steel B. decreases
B. chrome steel C. increases
C. nickel-chrome steel
D. silicon steel 48. The coordination number of a face centred cubic
space lattice is
40. Combined carbon in iron makes the metal A. six
A. soft and gives coarse grained crystalline B. twelve
structure C. eighteen
B. soft and gives a fine grained crystalline D. twenty
structure
C. hard and gives a coarse grained crystalline 49. Spheroidal grey cast iron has graphite flakes.
structure A. True
D. hard and gives a fine grained crystalline B. False
structure
50. Bronze is an alloy of
41. Pearlite consists of A. copper and zinc
A. 13% carbon and 87% ferrite B. copper and tin
B. 13% cementite and 87% ferrite C. copper, tin and zinc
C. 13% ferrite and 87% cementite D. none of these
D. 6.67% carbon and 93.33% iron

42. Incoloy, Hastelloy and Vitallium are __________

temperature alloys.
A. high
B. low

43. Quenching is not necessary when hardening is done

by
A. case hardening
B. flame hardening
C. nitriding
D. any one of these
1. Chromium when added to steel __________ the 9. The purpose of heat treatment is to
tensile strength. A. relieve the stresses set up in the material after
A. does not effect hot or cold working
B. decreases B. modify the structure of the material
C. increases C. change grain size
D. any one of these
2. Which of the following is added in low carbon steels
to prevent them from becoming porous? 10. An alloy of copper, tin and zinc is known as
A. Sulphur A. brass
B. Phosphorus B. bronze
C. Manganese C. gun metal
D. Silicon D. muntz metal

3. A steel with carbon __________ is known as hypo- 11. Which of the following iron exist between 910° C
eutectoid steel. and 1403° C?
A. 0.8% A. α-iron
B. below 0.8% B. β-iron
C. above 0.8% C. γ-iron
D. δ-iron
4. Free cutting steels
A. contain carbon in free from 12. The material in which the atoms are arranged
B. require minimum cutting force chaotically, is called
C. is used where rapid machining is the prime A. amorphous material
requirement B. mesomorphous material
D. can be cut freely C. crystalline material
D. none of these
5. The presence of hydrogen in steel causes
A. reduced neutron absorption cross-section 13. In basic bessemer process, the furnace is lined with
B. improved weldability A. silica bricks
C. embrittlement B. a mixture of tar and burnt dolomite bricks
D. corrosion resistance C. either (a) or (b)
D. none of these
6. Tin base white metals are used where the bearings
are subjected to 14. Polyvinylchloride (PVC) is a __________ material.
A. large surface wear A. thermoplastic
B. elevated temperatures B. thermosetting
C. light load and pressure
D. high pressure and load 15. In a unit cell of close packed hexagonal space
lattice, there are twenty four atoms.
7. The charge of the blast furnace consists of A. Correct
A. calcined ore (8 parts ), coke (4 parts) and B. Incorrect
limestone (1 part)
B. calcined ore (4 parts), coke (1 part) and 16. The steel produced by cementation process is
limestone (8 parts) known as __________ steel.
C. calcined ore (1 part), coke (8 part) and A. blister
limestone (4 parts) B. crucible
D. calcined ore, coke and limestone all in equal
parts 17. Duralumin has better strength than Y-alloy at high
temperature.
8. The ability of a material to resist fracture due to high A. True
impact loads, is called B. False
A. strength
B. stiffness 18. Normalising of steel is done to
C. toughness A. refine the grain structure
D. brittleness B. remove strains caused by cold working
C. remove dislocations caused in the internal
structuure due to hot working
D. all of the above A. hard
B. soft
19. A steel containing 12 to 14% chromium and 0.12 to C. tough
0.35% carbon is called martensitic stainless steel. D. hard and tough
A. True
B. False 28. The defect which takes place due to imperfect
packing of atoms during crystallisation is known as
20. When a steel containing __________ 0.8% carbon A. line defect
is cooled slowly below the lower critical point, it B. surface defect
consists of ferrite and pearlite. C. point defect
A. equal to D. none of these
B. less than
C. more than 29. The upper critical point varies according to the
carbon content in steel.
21. Shock resistance of steel is increased by adding A. True
A. nickel B. False
B. chromium
C. nickel and chromium 30. A coarse grained steel
D. sulphur, lead and phosphorus A. is less tough and has a greater tendency to
distort during heat treatment
22. In low carbon steels, __________ raises the yield B. is more ductile and has a less tendency to
point and improves the resistance to atmospheric distort during heat treatment
corrosion. C. is less tough and has a less tendency to distort
A. sulphur during heat treatment
B. phosphorus D. is more ductile and has a greater tendency to
C. manganese distort during heat treatment
D. silicon
31. Duralumin contains
23. A steel containing 16 to 18% chromium and about A. 3.5 to 4.5% copper, 0.4 to 0.7% magnesium, 0.4
0.12% carbon is called to 0.7% manganese and rest aluminium
A. ferritic stainless steel B. 3.5 to 4.5% copper, 1.2 to 1.7% managanese,
B. austenitic stainless steel 1.8 to 2.3% nickel, 0.6% each of silicon, magnesium and
C. martensitic stainless steel iron, and rest aluminium
D. nickel steel C. 4 to 4.5% magnesium, 3 to 4% copper and rest
aluminium
24. The alloy, mainly used for corrosion resistance in D. 5 to 6% tin, 2 to 3% copper and rest aluminium
stainless steels is
A. silicon 32. Age hardening is related to
B. manganese A. duralumin
C. carbon B. brass
D. chromium C. copper
D. silver
25. The temperature required for full annealing in
hyper-eutectoid steel is 33. The addition of which of the following improves
A. 30° C to 50° C above upper critical temperature machining of copper?
B. 30° C to 50° C below upper critical temperature A. Sulphur
C. 30° C to 50° C above lower critical temperature B. Vanadium
D. 30° C to 50° C below lower critical temperature C. Tin
D. Zinc
26. Which of the following metal shrinks most from
molten state to solid state? 34. When a medium carbon steel is heated to
A. Cast iron coarsening temperature,
B. Cast steel A. there is no change in grain size
C. Brass B. the average grain size is a minimum
D. Admirality metal C. the grain size increases very rapidly
D. the grain size first increases and then
27. A steel containing ferrite and pearlite is decreases very rapidly
 B. Incorrect
35. Phosphorus is added in low carbon steels to raise
its yield point. 43. In low carbon steels, presence of small quantities of
A. True sulphur improves
B. False A. weldability
B. formability
36. In process annealing, the hypo-eutectoid steel is C. machinability
A. heated from 30° C to 50° C above the upper D. hardenability
critical temperature and then cooled in still air
B. heated from 30° C to 50° C above the upper 44. Cast iron is used in those parts which are subjected
critical temperature and then cooled suddenly in a to shocks.
suitable cooling medium A. Correct
C. heated from 30° C to 50° C above the upper B. Incorrect
critical temperature and then cooled slowly in the
furnace 45. The aluminium alloy made by melting aluminium
D. heated below or close to the lower critical with 2 to 10% magnesium and 1.75% copper is called
temperature and then cooled slowly A. duralumin
B. Y-alloy
37. Delta-iron occurs between the temperature range C. magnalium
of D. hindalium
A. 400°C to 600°C
B. 600°C to 900°C 46. Y-alloy contains
C. 900°C to 1400°C A. 3.5 to 4.5% copper, 0.4 to 0.7% magnesium, 0.4
D. 1400°C to 1530°C to 0.7% manganese and rest aluminium
B. 3.5 to 4.5% copper, 1.2 to 1.7% manganese, 1.8
38. According to Indian standard specifications, SG to 2.3% nickel, 0.6% each of silicon, magnesium and
400/15 means iron, and rest aluminium
A. spheroidal graphite cast iron with B.H.N. 400 C. 4 to 4.5% magnesium, 3 to 4% copper and rest
and minimum tensile strength 15 MPa aluminium
B. spheroidal graphite cast iron with minimum D. 5 to 6% tin, 2 to 3% copper and rest aluminium
tensile strength 400 MPa and 15 percent elongation
C. spheroidal graphite cast iron with minimum 47. The steel scrap added in the charge of cupola
compressive strength 400 MPa and 15 percent controls the grade of cast iron produced.
reduction in area A. Correct
D. none of the above B. Incorrect

39. White cast iron has 48. The main alloying elements high speed steel in
A. carbon in the form of carbide order of increasing proportion are
B. low tensile strength A. vanadium, chromium, tungsten
C. high compressive strength B. tungsten, titanium, vanadium
D. all of these C. chromium, titanium, vanadium
D. tungsten, chromium, titanium
40. Iron-carbon alloys containing carbon __________
4.3% are known as hyper-eutectic cast irons. 49. Which of the following metal is used in making
A. equal to electrical resistance wire for electric furnaces and
B. less than heating elements?
C. more than A. Babbit metal
B. Monel metal
41. The stiffness is the ability of a material to resist C. Nichrome
deformation under stress. D. Phosphor bronze
A. True
B. False 50. Which of the following metal is used for nuclear
energy?
42. The acidic bessemer process is suitable for A. Uranium
producing steel from pig iron containing large B. Thorium
quantities of phosphorus. C. Niobium
A. Correct D. all of these