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Previous Years GATE Questions on
Engineering Materials 2002-2011

July 24, 2015
By Amit Thakur (http://engineering.myindialist.com/author/amit/)
Solved Gate Questions on Engineering Materials

Question 1. The ductility of a material with work hardening
(A) Increases
(B) Decreases
(C) Remains una ected
(D) Unpredictable
GATE-ME-2002
Hint
Hint 1. (Ans B)
Question 2. Hardness of steel greatly improves with

g y p
(A) Annealing
(B) Cyaniding
(C) Normalizing
(D) Tempering
GATE-ME-2003
Hint
Hint 2. (Ans D)
Question 3. During heat treatment of steel, the hardness of various

structures in increasing order is
(A) Martensite, fine pearlite, coarse pearlite,spherodite
(B) Fine pearlite, coarse pearlite, spherodite, martensite
(C) Martensite, , coarse pearlite, fine pearlite, spherodite
(D) Spherodite, coarse pearlite, fine pearlite, martensite
GATE-ME-2003
Hint
Hint 3. (Ans D)
ROCKWELL HARDNESS STRUCTURE
RC 15 Coarse Pearlite
RC 25 Fine Pearlite
RC 65 Martensite
Question 4. From the list given below, choose the most appropriate

set of heat treatment process and the corresponding
process characteristics
Process Characteristics
P. Tempering 1. Austenite is converted into bainite
Q. Austempering 2. Austenite is converted into martensite
R. Martempering 3.Cementite is converted into globular
structure
4. Both hardness and brittleness are reduced
5. Carbon is absorbed into the metal

(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
GATE-ME-2004
Hint
Hint 4. (Ans C)
Question 5. Grey cast iron blocks are to be cast in

sands moulds. Shrinkage allowance for pattern making is 1 %. The
ratio of the volume of pattern to that of casting will be
(A) 0.97
(B) 0.99
(C) 1.01
(D) 1.03
GATE-ME-2004
Hint
Hint 5. (Ans D)
Given L=200 mm; B=100 mm; H=10 mm
Volume of the casting,

Shrinkage allowance =1%
Hence, shrinkage allowance given along length
Shrinkage allowance given along breadth
Shrinkage allowance given along height
Volume of the pattern,
Question 6. The percentage of carbon in grey cast iron is in

the range of
(A) 0.25 to 0.75 percent
(B) 1.25 to 1.75 percent
(C) 3 to 4 percent
(D) 8 to 10 percent
GATE-ME-2004
Hint
Hint 6. (Ans C)
Question 7. When the temperature of a solid metal increases.

(A) Strength of the metal decreases but ductility increases.
(B) Both strength and the ductility of the metal decreases.
(C) Both strength and the ductility of the metal increases.
(D) Strength of the metal increases but ductility decreases.

GATE-ME-2005
Hint
Hint 7. (Ans A)
Question 8. Match the items in column I and II.

Column I Column II
(P) Charpy test (1) Fluidity
(Q) Knoop test (2) Microhardness
(R) Spiral test (3) Formability
(S) Cupping test (4) Toughness
(5) Permeability

(A) P-4, Q-5, R-3, S-2
(B) P-3, Q-5, R-1, S-4
(C) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-5
(D) P-4, Q-2, R-1, S-3
GATE-ME-2006
Hint
Hint 8. (Ans D)
Question 9. The ultimate tensile strength of a material is

400 MPa and the elongation up to maximum load is 35%. If the
material obeys power law of hardening, then the rue stress –true
strain relation (stress in MPa) in the plastic deformation range is :
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
GATE-ME-2006
Hint
Hint 9. (Ans B)
Question 10. The main purpose of spheroidising treatment is to

improve
(A) Hardenability of low carbon steels
(B) Machinability of low carbon steels
(C) Hardenability of high carbon steels
(D) Machinability of high carbon steels
GATE-ME-2006
Hint
Hint 10. (Ans D)
Spherodising improves machinability of high carbon steels.
Question 11. If a particular Fe-C alloy contains less than 0.83 %

carbon, it is called
(A) High speed steel
(B) Hypoeutectoid steel
(C) Hypereutectoid steel
(D) Cast iron
GATE-ME-2006
Hint
Hint 11. (Ans B)
Question 12. The e ective number of lattice points in the unit cell of

simple cubic, body centered cubic, and face
centered cubic space lattices, respectively are
(A) 1,2,2
(B) 1,2,4
(C) 2,3,4
(D) 2,4,4
GATE-ME-2009
Hint
Hint 12. (Ans B)
For a simple cubic unit cell
8 corners have 8 atoms and each atom at one corner contributes to 8 unitcells.
For FCC,
Hence answer is (1,2,4)
Question 13. The material property which depends only on the

basic crystal structure is
(A) Fatigue strength
(B) Work hardening
(C) Fracture strength
(D) Elastic constant
GATE-ME-2010
Hint
Hint 13. (Ans C)
Question 14. The operation in which oil is permeated into the pores

of a powder metallurgy product is known as
(A) Mixing
(B) Sintering
(C) Impregnation
(D)Infiltration
GATE-ME-2011
Hint
Hint 14. (Ans C)
Question 15. The crystal structure of austenite is

(A) Body centered Cubic
(B) Face centered Cubic
(C) Hexagonal closed packed
(D) Body centered tetragonal
GATE-ME-2011
Hint
Hint 15. (Ans B)
Austenite has FCC Crystal Structure.
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Question 2. Hardness of steel greatly improves with

Question 3. During heat treatment of steel, the hardness of various

(B) Fine pearlite, coarse pearlite, spherodite, martensite

(C) Martensite, , coarse pearlite, fine pearlite, spherodite

(D) Spherodite, coarse pearlite, fine pearlite, martensite

ROCKWELL HARDNESS STRUCTURE

Question 4. From the list given below, choose the most appropriate

(C) P-4, Q-1, R-2

(D) P-1, Q-5, R-4

Question 5. Grey cast iron blocks are to be cast in

Given L=200 mm; B=100 mm; H=10 mm

Volume of the casting,

Hence, shrinkage allowance given along length

Shrinkage allowance given along breadth

Shrinkage allowance given along height

Volume of the pattern,

Question 6. The percentage of carbon in grey cast iron is in

(B) 1.25 to 1.75 percent

Question 7. When the temperature of a solid metal increases.

(B) Both strength and the ductility of the metal decreases.

(C) Both strength and the ductility of the metal increases.

(D) Strength of the metal increases but ductility decreases.

Question 8. Match the items in column I and II.

(A) P-4, Q-5, R-3, S-2

(B) P-3, Q-5, R-1, S-4

(C) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-5

(D) P-4, Q-2, R-1, S-3

Question 9. The ultimate tensile strength of a material is

Question 10. The main purpose of spheroidising treatment is to

(B) Machinability of low carbon steels

(C) Hardenability of high carbon steels

(D) Machinability of high carbon steels

Spherodising improves machinability of high carbon steels.

Question 11. If a particular Fe-C alloy contains less than 0.83 %

(C) Hypereutectoid steel

(D) Cast iron

Question 12. The e ective number of lattice points in the unit cell of

For a simple cubic unit cell

Hence answer is (1,2,4)

Question 13. The material property which depends only on the

(B) Work hardening

(C) Fracture strength

(D) Elastic constant

Question 14. The operation in which oil is permeated into the pores

Question 15. The crystal structure of austenite is

(B) Face centered Cubic

(C) Hexagonal closed packed

(D) Body centered tetragonal

Austenite has FCC Crystal Structure.

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