701. Strain is defined as the ratio of__________________?
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A. change in volume to original volume

B. none of the above

C. any one of the above

D. change in length to original length

E. change in cross-sectional area to original cross-sectional area

702. A circular bar moving in a round hole is an example of_______________?
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A. incompletely constrained motion

B. none of the above

C. successfully constrained motion

D. completely constrained motion

E. partially constrained motion

703. The refrigeration effect in a dry evaporator compared to flooded evaporator in a similar plant is_________________?
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A. less

B. same

C. more or less depending on ambient conditions

D. unpredictable

E. more

704. Presence of moisture in a refrigerant affects the working of___________________?
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A. condenser

B. compressor

C. evaparator

D. expansion valve

E. heat transfer

706. The value of shear stress which is induced in the shaft due to the applied couple varies____________________?
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A. from zero at the center to maximum at the circumference

B. none of the above

C. from minimum at the centro to maxi-mum at the circumference

D. from maximum at the center to mini-mum at the cricumference

E. from maximum at the center to zero at the circumference

707. Highest pressure encountered in a refrigeration system should be________________?
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A. near critical pressure

B. there is no such restriction

C. critical pressure of refrigerant

D. much above critical pressure

E. much below critical pressure
708. Which of the following is the example of lever of first order__________________?
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A. none of the above

B. pair of clinical tongs

C. arm of man

D. pair of scissors

E. all of the above
709. The COP of a domestic refrigerator___________________?
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A. is equal to 1

B. is more than 1

C. is less than 1

D. depends upon the weather conditions

E. depends upon the make

710. In gramophones for adjusting the speed of the turntable, the following type of governor is commonly employed_______________?
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A. none of the above

B. Pickering governor

C. Inertia governor

D. Wilson Hartnell governor

E. Hartung governor

711. In actual machines_____________________?
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A. mechanical advantage is greater than velocity ratio

B. mechanical advantage is equal to velocity ratio

C. none of the above

D. mechanical advantage is unity

E. mechanical advantage is less than velocity ratio
713. The torsional rigidity of a shaft is expressed by the_______________?
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A. number of cycles it undergoes before failure

B. maximum torque it can transmit

C. torque required to produce a twist of one radian per unit length of shaft

D. maximum power it can transmit at highest possible-speed

E. elastic limit up to which it resists torsion, shear and bending stresses

714. Sense of tangential acceleration of a link_________________?
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A. none of the above

B. is same as that of velocity

C. could be either same or opposite to velocity

D. is opposite to that of velocity

E. is perpendicular to that of velocity

716. Automobile steering gear is an example of____________________?
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A. turning pair

B. lower pair

C. rotary pair

D. sliding pair

E. higher pair

717. The C.G. of a plane lamina will not be at its geometrical centre in the case of a __________________?
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A. square

B. rectangle

C. right angled triangle

D. equilateral triangle

E. circle

718. In multi-V-belt transmission, if one of the belt is broken, we have to change the_________________?
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A. broken belt

B. broken belt and its adjacent belts

C. all the weak belts

D. there is no need of changing any one as remaining belts can take care of transmission of load

E. all the belts
719. The suction pipe diameter of refrigerating unit compressor in comparison to delivery side is_________________?
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A. equal

B. bigger

C. smaller/bigger depending on capacity

D. unpredictable

E. smaller

720. The stress necessary to initiate yielding is_________________?
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A. lesser than that necessary to stop it

B. considerably lesser than that necessary to continue it

C. greater than that necessary to stop it

D. equal to that necessary to stop it

E. considerably greater than that necessary to continue it
722. In a belt drive, the pulley diameter is doubled, the belt tension and pulley width remaining same. The changes required in key will be____________________?
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A. increase key depth

B. none of the above

C. increase key length

D. increase key width

E. double all the dimensions

723. Deformation per unit length in the direction of force is known as_________________?
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A. unit strain

B. linear stress

C. strain

D. linear strain

E. lateral strain

724. A completely constrained motion can be transmitted with __________________?
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A. 3 links with pin joints

B. all of the above

C. 1 link with pin joints

D. 4 links with pin joints

E. 2 links with pin joints

725. Resilience of a material is considered when it is subjected to_________________?
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A. creep

B. frequent heat treatment

C. resonant condition

D. shock loading

E. fatigue

726. The C.O.P of a refrigeration cycle with increase in evaporator temperature, keeping condenser temperature constant, will______________________?
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A. unpredictable

B. increase

C. remain unaffected

D. decrease

E. may increase or decrease depending on the type of refrigerant used

727. At lower temperatures and pressures, the latent heat of vaporisation of a refrigerant_________________?
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A. depends on other factors

B. remains same

C. increases

D. none of the above

E. decreases

728. Critical pressure of a liquid is the pressure_________________?
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A. at which all the three phases exist together

B. above which liquid becomes vapour

C. above which liquid becomes gas

D. above which liquid will remain liquid

E. above which liquid becomes solid

729. The vapor pressure of refrigerant should be_________________?
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A. lower than atmospheric pressure

B. higher than atmospheric pressure

C. could be anything

D. none of the above

E. equal to atmospheric pressure

730. In a prismatic member made of two materials so joined that they deform equally under axial stress, the unit stresses in two materials are ?
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A. average of the sum of moduli of elas-ticity

B. none of the above

C. inversely proportional to their moduli of elasticity

D. proportional to their respective moduli of elasticity

E. equal

731. Governor is used in automobile to_______________?
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A. all of the above

B. to control

C. none of the above

D. decrease the variation of speed

E. to control SN
732. The Kleins method of construction for reciprocating engine mechanism _______________?
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A. is based on acceleration diagram

B. is a simplified form of instantaneous center method

C. none of the above

D. enables determination of Coriolis component

E. utilises a quadrilateral similar to the diagram of mechanism for reciprocating engine
733. Youngs modulus is defined as the ratio of ___________________?
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A. lateral stress and lateral strain

B. longitudinal stress and longitudinal strain

C. shear stress to shear strain

D. longitudinal stress and lateral strain

E. volumetric stress and volumetric strain

734. To obviate axial thrust, following gear drive is used_____________________?
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A. none of the above

B. double helical gears having opposite teeth

C. mutter gears

D. double helical gears having identical teeth

E. single helical gear in which one of the teeth of helix angle a is more

736. In automobiles the power is transmitted from gear box to differential through _________________?
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A. Knuckle joint

B. Hookes joint

C. bevel gear

D. Oldhams coupling

E. universal joint

737. Kinematic pairs are those which have two elements that ______________?
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A. have surface contact

B. have line contact

C. permit relative motion

D. are held together

E. have dynamic forces

739. If two moving elements have surface contact in motion, such pair is known as_________________?
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A. sliding pair

B. surface pair

C. rolling pair

D. higher pair

E. lower pair

740. The Hookes joint consists of ____________________?
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A. two forks

B. one fork

C. five forks

D. three forks

E. four forks

741. One of the purposes of sub-cooling the liquid refrigerant is to________________?
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A. ensure that only liquid and not the vapour enters the expansion (throttling) valve

B. none of the above

C. reduce compressor overheating

D. increase cooling effect

E. reduce compressor discharge temperature

742. The stress developed in a material at breaking point in extension is called_________________?
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A. ultimate tensile stress

B. breaking stress

C. yield point stress

D. fracture stress

E. proof stress

744. True stress-strain curve for materials is plotted between__________________?
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A. load/original cross-sectional area and change in length/original length

B. load/instantaneous area and instantaneous area/original area

C. load/instantaneous cross-sectional area original area and log

D. none of the above

E. load/instantaneous cross-sectional area and change in length/original length

745. Oldhams coupling is the ____________________?
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A. fourth inversion of double slider crank chain

B. third inversion of slider crank chain

C. second inversion of double slider crank chain

D. third inversion of double slider crank chain

E. second inversion of single slider crank chain

746. The indicator using Watt mechanism is known as________________?
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A. Simplex indicator

B. none of the above

C. Thompson indicator

D. Richard indicator

E. Thomson indicator

747. A non-yielding support implies that the_________________?
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A. none of the above

B. support is frictionless

C. slope of the beam at the support is zero

D. support can take any amount of reaction

E. support holds member firmly

748. The safe twisting moment for a compound shaft is equal to the _________________?
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A. extreme value

B. maximum calculated value

C. none of the above

D. minimum calculated value

E. mean value

750. The algebraic sum of moments of the forces forming couple about any point in their plane is__________________?
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A. equal to the moment of the couple

B. constant

C. both of above are correct

D. both of above are wrong

E. none of the above