1401. The knocking in diesel engines for given fuel, will be__________________?
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A. unaflected by compression ratio

B. enhanced by decreasing compression ratio

C. enhanced by increasing compression ratio

D. dependent on other factors

E. first enhanced by increasig compression ratio upto a limit beyond which it will be suppressed

1402. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following. A critical ratio scheduling____________________?
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A. adjusts automatically changes in activity progress

B. establishes the relative priorities among various activities on a common basis

C. determines the status of each activity

D. is a dynamic system

E. none of the above
1403. Pessimistic time is___________________?
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A. the most probable time considering all conditions

B. the maximum time which an activity might require

C. the earliest finish

D. the average time required for a job

E. the minimum time in which an activity can possibly be accomplished

1404. Exhaust pipes of engines are covered with insulating marterial in order to_________________?
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A. conserve heat

B. reduce heat transfer to the engine room

C. reduce formation of condenstae

D. keep the exhaust pipes warm

E. increase engine efficiency

1406. In precombustion chamber in diesel engine________________?
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A. Only a part of air charge is contained in an auxiliary chamber in which the fuel starts to burn with insufficient air which due to explosion tendency mixes thoroughly into main cylinder charge

B. There are no valves

C. Fuel is injected into an auxiliary chamber that is separated from the cylinder by an orifice or throat

D. The shape and layout of the pistion crown, the inlet port, and the valve produce the turbulent effect of fuel mixture

1407. In order that linear programming techniques provide valid results________________?
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A. relations between factors must be linear (negative)

B. only one factor should change at a time, others remaining constant

C. none of the above

D. relations between factors must be linear (positive)

E. A. or B.
1409. The appellate authority for an industrial dispute is________________?
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A. president

B. high court/supreme court

C. labour court

D. management

E. board of directors

1410. PERT/CPM, techniques can be used for following applications____________________?
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A. once through project

B. all of the above

C. maintenance jobs

D. research and development

E. all non-technical jobs

1411. Freezing temperature of petrol is usually__________________?
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A. less than 30C

B. 0C

C. 10C

D. 10C

E. less than 273C

1413. The time which results in the least possible direct cost of an activity is known as________________?
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A. standard time

B. none of the above

C. normal time

D. slow time

E. crash time

1414. Emergency rush order can be pushed more effectively in__________________?
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A. intermittent production

B. continuous production

C. automatic production

D. none of the above

E. job production

1415. Normal heptane_______________?
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A. accelerates auto-ignition

B. retards auto-ignition

C. has no relation with auto-ighition

D. helps to resist auto-ignition

E. does not affect auto-ignition

1416. The first method invented for planning projects was________________?
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A. milestone chart

B. none of the above

C. critical path method (CPM)

D. programme evaluation and review technique (PERT)

E. bar chart method
1417. PERT stands for k (fit) project evaluation and review technique__________________?
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A. project examination and review technique

B. project evaluation and reporting technique

C. process execution and reporting technology

D. project execution and results technique

1418. For low speed operation or for idling in petrol engines, the engine requirements are for_______________?
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A. lean/rich mixture depending upon capacity of engine

B. theoretically correct mixture

C. rich mixture

D. lean mixture

E. any type of mixture

1420. CPM is the___________________?
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A. time oriented technique

B. target oriented technique

C. event oriented technique

D. work oriented technique

E. activity oriented technique
1422. Which of the following engines can work on very lean mixture__________________?
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A. two stroke engine

B. C.I. engine

C. S.I. engine

D. four stroke engine

E. all of the above

1423. As the number of cylinders in multi-cylinder engine increases, the power to weight ratio_______________?
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A. Remains same

B. Decreases

C. Decreases upto a limit and then increases

D. Increases

1424. Critical path moves along the activities having total float of_____________________?
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A. zero value

B. positive value

C. none of the above

D. negative value

E. same value

1425. Diesel engines as compared to petrol engines require ______________________?
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A. bigger flywheel

B. no flywheel

C. smaller flywheel

D. same size flywheel

E. flywheel whose size may be less or more depending on several other fac-tors

1426. A dummy activity________________?
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A. all of the above

B. is represented by a dotted line

C. none of the above

D. does not require any time

E. is artificially introduced

1427. The spark plug gap is normally maintained at________________?
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A. 0.1 to 0.2 mm

B. 0.2 to 0.4 mm

C. 0.45 to 0.6 mm

D. 0.8 to 1 mm

E. 0.6 to 0.8 mm

1428. In a PERT chart___________________?
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A. only selected activities are numbered

B. only important activities should be numbered

C. only critical activities are numbered

D. all activities should be numbered

E. no activity is numbered

1429. Diesel engines have low specific fuel consumption compared to petrol engine. This statement is____________________?
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A. not true

B. true at full load

C. true at part load

D. true at both part and full load

E. there could not be any such criterion

1430. Kerosene is distilled at________________?
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A. 65 220C

B. 350 450C

C. 220 350C

D. 450-550C

E. 30 65C

1431. In A-B-C control policy, maximum attention is given to__________________?
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A. proper quality assurance program-mes

B. those items which consume money

C. those items which consume more money

D. those items which are not readily available

E. those x items which are in more demand

1435. Pick up the correct statement from the following?
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A. critical path method is event oriented

B. none of the above

C. critical.path method is not activity oriented

D. programmer evaluation and review technique is event oriented

E. programmer evaluation and review technique is not event oriented

1436. Isotropic materials are those which have the same ____________________?
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A. density throughout

B. electric and magnetic properties in all directions

C. stresses induced in all directions

D. thermal properties in all directions

E. elastic properties in all directions
1437. Tick the odd man out_______________?
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A. Parkinson

B. Galileo

C. Drucker

D. Taylor

E. McGregor

1438. Motion study involves analysis of________________?
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A. actions of operator

B. all of the above

C. layout of work place

D. tooling and equipment

E. none of the above

1439. Travel charts provide__________________?
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A. an idea of the flow of materials at various stages

B. solution to handling techniques to achieve most optimum^ results

C. a compact estimate of the handling which must be done between various work sections

D. the information for changes required in rearranging material handling equipment

E. an approximate estimate of the handling which must be done at a particular station

1440. O on a PERT/CPM chart represents____________________?
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A. a significant event representing some mile-stone

B. an ordinary event

C. dummy event

D. an event to be transferred to other network chart

E. dangling event

1442. Petrol is distilled at a temperature in range of__________________?
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A. 220-350C

B. 65 220C

C. 350-450C

D. 450-550C

E. 30 65C

1443. The cooling water requirement for diesel engine is of the order of________________?
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A. 20-30 liters per minute per h.p

B. 0.2 to 1.0 liter per minute per h.p.

C. 10 to 20 liters per minute per h.p.

D. 5 to 10 liters per minute per h.p

E. 1 to 3 liters per minute per h.p.
1444. A CPM family includes____________________?
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A. all of the above

B. CPS (Critical Path Scheduling)

C. MCE (Minimum Cost Expenditure)

D. CPP (Critical Path Plotted)

E. CPA (Critical Path Analysis)

1446. In carburettors, the top of the fuel jet with reference to the level in the float chamber is kept at_________________?
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A. varies from situation to situation

B. may be anywhere

C. slightly lower level

D. same level

E. slightly higher level
1447. Work sampling observations are taken on the basis of_______________?
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A. past experience

B. detailed calculations

C. table of random numbers

D. fixed percentage of daily production

E. convenience

1449. Pick up the correct statement. Dummy activity on a PERT/CPM chart means, it_________________?
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A. consumes time, but no resources

B. consumes resources but no time

C. consumes neither time nor resources

D. is a dangling event

E. consumes both resources and time

1450. A low unit cost can be obtained by following____________________?
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A. minimum travel time plan and compact layout

B. specialisation of operation

C. product layout

D. automatic material handling equipment

E. functional layout