mechanical engineering MCQs – Page 26

Practise multiple-choice questions from mechanical engineering for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

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