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Q.1 Q.1 to Q.10 carry ONE mark each

Which of the following are NOT commercially manufactured by powder
metallurgy?

a. Aircraft brake pads

b. Self lubricating bearings
c. Tungsten carbide based cutting tools
d.
Turbine blades

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Q.2 From the list given below, two factors that promote coring in cast alloys are ( P) :
Slow cooling during solidification( Q) : rapid cooling during solidification (R) :
Small difference between the liquidous and the solidus temperatures( S ): Large
difference between the liquidous and the solidus temperatures

a. P, R
b. Q, R
c.
P, S
d.
Q, S

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Solution:-
d

Q.3 Reaming is primarily used for achieving

a. Higher MMR
b.
Improved dimensional tolerance
c.
Fine surface finish
d. Improved positional tolerance

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Solution:-
c

Q.4 During the solidification of a pure metal, it was found that dendrites are formed.
Assuming that the liquid solid interface of one dendrite is at the melting
temperature, the temperature from the interface into the liquid

a. Decreases
b. Increases
c.
Remains constant
d.
Increases and then decreases

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Q.5 A solder wire does not work harden at room temperature, even upon bending
back and forth several times. This is because

a. The dislocations become immobilized during the bending process

b. The grains grow preferentially in the direction of deformation
c.
The recrystallization temperature is below room temperature
d.
The grains have a preferred orientation

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Solution:-
c

Q.6 For ingot breakdown by hot rolling, the rolls are generally grooved parallel to the
roll axis in order to
P) Increase the angle of bite

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Q) Decrease the rolling load

R) Achieve larger reduction
S) Decrease roll flattening

a. P, Q
b.
Q, R
c.
P, R
d. Q, S

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Solution:-
b

Q.7 The pressure required to maintain flow during indirect extrusion

P) Decreases with decreasing length of the billet
Q) Increases with increasing extrusion ratio
R) is independent of the length of the billet
S) is independent of extrusion ratio

a.
P, Q
b.
Q, R
c. R, S
d. P, S

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Q.8 Which one of the following process conditions leads to higher MRR in ECM
process?

a.
Higher current, larger atomic weight
b. Higher valency, lower current
c. Lower atomic weight, lower valency
d. Higher valency, lower atomic weight

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Q.9 Of the following welding processes: (P) Laser beam welding (Q) Submerged Arc
welding (R) Metal inert gas welding, The width of heat – affected zone in
decreasing order is

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a.
P>Q>R
b.
Q>R>P
c. R > P > Q
d. P > R > Q

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Q.10 In which of the following metal working operation, there will be biaxial tensile
stress?

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

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Q.11 Question 11 to 25 Carry Two Marks Each

Circular blanks of 35 mm diameter are punched from a steel sheet of 2mm
thickness. If the clearance per side between the punch and die is to be kept as
40 microns, the sizes of punch and die should respectively be

a.
b.
c.

d. 35+0.040 and 35-0.080

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Q.12 In an ECM operation, a square hole of dimensions 5 mm x 5 mm is drilled in a

block of copper. The current used is 5000 A. Atomic weight of copper is 63 and
valency of dissolution is 1. Faraday’s constant is 96500 coulomb. The material
removal rate in gm/sec is

a. 0.326
b.
3.26
c.

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d. 3.15

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Q.13 A three component welded cylindrical assembly is shown below.

The mean length of the three

components and the respective tolerances (both in mm) as given in the table.
Assuming a normal distribution for the individual component dimensions, the
natural tolerance limits for the length (y) of the assembly (mm) is

a.
b.
c.
d.

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Q.14 In automobile industry, electrical resistance welding is used for spot welding
steel panels, each of 1.5mm thickness. The weld has an area of 2mm x 2mm. The
current used is 10,000A. The amount of heat required to melt this spot volume is
36 J. Air gap between the sheet is 0.5 mm, electrical resistivity of steel is
The time required to perform the weld in seconds is ________

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Solution:-

0.036

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Q.15

a.

b.

c.

d.

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Q.16 The thickness of a plate is to be reduced from 60 mm to 30 mm by multipass

rolling. The roll radius is 350 mm and coefficient of friction is 0.15. Assuming
equal draft in each pass, the minimum number of passes required would be

a. 2
b.
4
c. 5
d. 6

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Q.17 The casting processes that require expendable moulds are (P) Investment
casting (Q) Low – pressure casting (R) Shell molding(S) slush molding

a.
P, Q
b. Q, R
c. R, S
d.
P, R

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Solution:-

Q.18

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A cup is to be made from a 2mm thick metal sheet by deep drawing. The height
of the cup is 75 mm and the mean diameter of cup is 100 mm. For a drawing ratio
of 1.25, the blank diameter in mm is

a. 62.5
b.
125
c. 225
d. 250

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Q.19 A tool with side cutting edge angle of and end cutting edge angle of is
used for fine turning with a feed of 1mm/rev. Neglecting nose radius of the tool,
the maximum (Peak to valley) height of surface roughness produced will be

a.
0.16 mm
b. 0.26 mm
c. 0.32 mm
d. 0.48 mm

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Solution:-
a

Q.20 In a sand mould, a sprue of 0.25 m height and a top cross section area of
is provided to maintain the melt flow rate at To prevent

aspiration of molten metal, the maximum cross-section area (in m2) at the base
of the sprue is ______

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Solution:-

1.4

Q.21 For casting a cylindrical aluminium bloom having a length of 1000 mm and
diameter of 750 mm, the approximate solidification time (in minutes) estimated

using Chvorinov’s rule is (The mould constant is 2s /mm2

a.
45
b. 316
c. 440
d.
620

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Q.22 A metal powder with apparent density of was compacted in a

cylindrical die to a green density of If the height of the green
sample was 12mm, then the fill height of powder (in mm) would have been
__________

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(24.00 - 28.00 )
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Solution:-
26.4

Q.23 Assertion (A): During rolling, front tension and (or) back pull are (is) employed to
decrease rolling load
Reason (R): Roll pressure decreases due to lowering of flow stress as a result of
front tension / back pull

a.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct reason for A
b. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct reason for A
c. Both A and R are false
d. A is true but R is false

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Q.24 During machining, the wear land (h) has been plotted against machining time (T)

as given in the following figure.

For a critical wear land of 1.8 mm, the cutting tool life (in minutes) is

a. 52.0
b.
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51.67
c. 51.50
d. 50.0

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Q.25 Following data are given for calculating limits of dimensions and tolerance for a

hole: Tolerance unit the unit of D is mm.

Diameter step is 18 – 30 mm. If the fundamental deviation for H hole is zero and
IT8 =25i, the maximum and minimum limits of dimension for a 25 mm H8 hole (in

mm) are

a. 24.984, 24.967
b. 25.017, 24.984
c.
25.033, 25.000
d. 25.000, 24.967

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Solution:-
c

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