501. Vapor compression refrigeration is some what like ____________________?
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A. reversed Camot cycle

B. reversed Rankine cycle

C. Carnot cycle

D. Rankine cycle

E. none of the above
503. Thermal conductivity of non-metallic amorphous solids with decrease in temperature __________________?
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A. increases

B. may increase or decrease depending on temperature

C. remains constant

D. decreases

E. unpredictable

505. Effect of a force on a body depends upon ________________?
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A. magnitude

B. direction

C. none of the above

D. position or line of action

E. all of the above
507. Critical temperature is the temperature above which _____________________?
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A. a gas will never liquefy

B. water will evaporate

C. water will never evaporate

D. a gas will immediately liquefy

E. none of the above

508. Breeder reactors employ liquid metal coolant because it_______________?
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A. breeds neutrons

B. acts as good moderator

C. increases rate of reaction in core

D. produces maximum steam

E. transfers heat from core at a fast rate
509. A force acting on a body may_________________?
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A. introduce internal stresses

B. balance the other forces acting on it

C. retard its motion

D. all of the above

E. change its motion

510. D Alemberts principle is used for______________________?
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A. stability of floating bodies

B. determining stresses in the truss

C. solving kinematic problems

D. reducing the problem of kinetics to equivalent statics problem

E. designing safe structures

512. A grey body is one whose absorptivity_________________?
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A. does not vary with temperature and. wavelength of the incident ray

B. varies with wavelength of the incident ray

C. is equal to its emissivity

D. varies with temperature

E. none of the above

513. An important characteristic of absorption system of refrigeration is__________________?
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A. cooling below 0C

B. very little power consumption

C. quiet operation

D. noisy operation

E. its input only in the form of heating

514. A number of forces acting at a point will be in equilibrium if_____________________?
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A. their total sum is zero

B. two resolved parts in two directions at right angles are equal

C. sum of resolved parts in any two per-pendicular directions are both zero

D. all of them are inclined equally

E. none of the above

515. Temperature of steam at around 540C can be measured by ____________________?
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A. thermometer

B. thermistor

C. radiatiouv pyrometer

D. thermocouple

E. thermopile

516. In S.J. unit, one ton of refrigeration is equal to___________________?
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A. 210 kJ/min

B. 840 kJ/min

C. 420 kJ/min

D. 105 kJ/min

E. 21 kJ/min

517. If rain is falling in the opposite direction of the movement of a pedestrain, he has to hold his umbrella___________________?
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A. none of the above

B. more inclined when moving

C. less inclined when moving

D. more inclined when standing

E. less inclined when standing
518. The value of the wavelength for maximum emissive power is given by ___________________?
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A. Kirchhoffs law

B. Fouriers law

C. Plancks law

D. Stefans law

E. Wiens law
519. The coefficient of friction depends on________________?
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A. nature of surface

B. shape of surfaces

C. area of contact

D. strength of surfaces

E. all of the above

520. Which of the following is a case of steady state heat transfer ___________________?
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A. I.C. engine

B. heating of building in winter

C. air preheaters

D. none of the above

E. all of the above

522. The necessary condition for forces to be in equilibrium is that these should be_________________?
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A. coplanar

B. meet at one point ;

C. both A. and B. above

D. all be equal

E. something else

523. Center of gravity of a thin hollow cone lies on the axis at a height of ___________________?
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A. one-half of the total height above base

B. none of the above

C. one-third of the total height above base

D. one-fourth of the total height above base

E. three-eighth of the total height above the base

524. A fission chain reaction in uranium can be developed by________________?
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A. enriching U235

B. accelerating fast neutrons

C. slowing down fast neutrons so that Uz fission continues by slow motion neutrons

D. using moderator

E. absorbing all neutrons

525. Depending on the radiating properties, a body will be opaque when _________________?
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A. x 0, a + p = 1

B. a=0,x + p= 1.

C. p = 0, x = 0 and a = 1

D. p = 0, x = 1 and a = 0

E. p=l,x = 0anda = 0

526. A fast breeder reactor uses following as fuel_________________?
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A. enriched uranium

B. thorium

C. natrual uranium

D. plutonium

E. U235
527. Artificial radioactive isotopes find application in________________?
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A. power generation

B. nuclear fusion

C. nuclear fission

D. nucleonic devices

E. medical field
528. Two non-collinear parallel equal forces acting in opposite direction__________________?
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A. constitute a resultant couple

B. constitute a couple

C. balance each other

D. constitute a moment of couple

E. constitute a moment

529. Limiting force of friction is the__________________?
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A. ratio of limiting friction and normal reaction

B. minimum force of friction

C. the friction force acting when the body is in motion

D. the friction force acting when the body is just about to move

E. tangent of angle between normal-reaction and the resultant of normal reaction and limiting friction

530. A framed structure is perfect if it contains members equal to_________________?
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A. n-l

B. 2n-l

C. 3n-2.

D. 2n-3

E. re n = number of joints in a frame

F. n 2

531. Pick up the correct statement ?
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A. large gas turbines use radial inflow turbines

B. gas turbines have their blades similar to steam turbine

C. gas .turbines blade will appear as impulse section at the hub and as a reaction section at tip

D. gas turbines use both air and liquid cooling

E. all of the above are correct.

532. Allowable pressure on high-pressure side or ammonia absorption system is of the order of_________________?
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A. atmospheric pressure

B. slightly above atmospheric pressure

C. 7-10 bars

D. 5-6 bars

E. 2-4 bars

533. The forces, which meet at one point, but their lines of action do not lie in a plane, are called_________________?
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A. none of the above

B. non-coplanar concurrent forces

C. coplanar non-concurrent forces

D. non-coplanar non-concurrent forces

E. intersecting forces

534. In nuclear fission___________________?
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A. the molecules rearrange themselves to form other molecules

B. none of the above

C. the original elements change into completely different elements

D. strong>. the electrons of the element change

535. Stefan Boltzmann law is applicable for heat transfer by __________________?
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A. convection

B. conduction and radiation combined

C. radiation

D. convection and radiation combined

E. conduction

537. In regenerator type heat exchanger, heat transfer takes place by___________________?
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A. direct mixing of hot and cold fluids

B. indirect transfer

C. flow of hot and cold fluids alternately over a surface

D. a complete separation between hot and cold fluids

E. generation of heat again and again

538. Pick up the wrong statement ?
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A. bypass turbo-jet engine increases the thrust without adversely affecting, the propulsive efficiency and fuel economy

B. pulsojet requires no ambient air for propulsion

C. ramjet-engine has no turbine

D. turbine drives compressor in a burbojet

E. propeller is an indirect reaction device

541. The coolant used in boiling water reactor is________________?
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A. pressurised water

B. mixture of water and steam

C. Co2

D. liquid metal

E. mercury

542. Thermal diffusivity of a substance is __________________?
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A. none of the above

B. inversely proportional to density of substance

C. all of the above

D. directly proportional to thermal conductivity

E. inversely proportional to specific heat

543. According to principle of transmissibility of forces, the effect of a force upon a body is_________________?
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A. different at different points in its line of action

B. maximum when it acts at the center of gravity of a body

C. minimum when it acts at the C.G. of the body

D. the same at every point in its line of action

E. none of the above

544. A standard ice point temperature corresponds to the temperature of ___________________?
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A. ice at 4C

B. mixture of ice and water Under equilibrium conditions

C. water at 0C

D. solid and dry ice

E. mixture of ice, water and vapour under equilibrium conditions under NTP conditions

545. In vapour compression cycle the condition of refrigerant is superheated vapour _____________________?
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A. after passing through the expansion or throttle valve

B. before passing through the condenser

C. before [entering the expansion valve

D. after passing through the condenser

E. before entering the compressor

546. According of Kirchhoffs law______________________?
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A. radiant heat is proportional to fourth power of absolute temperature

B. ratio of emissive power to absorptive power is maximum for perfectly black body

C. emissive power depends on temperature

D. emissive power and absorptivity are constant for all bodies

E. ratio of emissive power to absorptive power for all bodies is same and is equal to the emissive power of a perfectly black body
548. Which of the following is secondary fuel ?
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A. non oh these

B. U233andPu239

C. U233andPu238

D. Th232andU238

549. Clapeyron equation is a relation between___________________?
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A. specific volume and enthalpy

B. temperature, pressure, specific volur andenthalpy

C. temperature and enthalpy

D. temperature, pressure, and specil volume

E. temperature, pressure and enthalpy

550. Tangent of angle of friction is equal to__________________?
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A. angle of repose

B. friction force

C. kinetic friction

D. coefficient of friction

E. limiting friction