1701. Which of the following is not the correct method of increasing fatigue limit __________________?
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A. shot peening

B. nitriding of surface

C. under-stressing

D. cold working

E. surface decarburisation
1702. The rise or depression of liquid in a tube due to surface tensionwim increase in size of tube will________________?
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A. decrease

B. may increase or decrease depending on the characteristics of liquid

C. unpredictable

D. increase

E. remain unaffected

1703. Machining properties of steel are improved by adding___________________?
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A. silicon, aluminium, titanium

B. vanadium, aluminium

C. chromium, nickel

D. sulphur, lead, phosphorous

E. lubricants

1705. Recrystallization temperature is one________________?
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A. at which crystals are destroyed on heating

B. at which crystals first start forming from molten metal when it is cooled

C. at which crystals grow bigger in size

D. at which change of allotropic form takes place

E. at which new spherical crystals first begin to form from the old deformed one when a strained metal is heated
1706. In which of the following cases, consideration of creep is important_________________?
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A. cast iron pipes

B. piston I.C. engine

C. cycle chains

D. gas turbine blades

E. flywheel of steam engine

1707. Monel metal contains_________________?
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A. 63 to 67% nickel and 30% copper

B. alloy of tin, lead and cadmium

C. 88% copper and 10% tin and rest zinc

D. none of the above

E. malleable iron and zinc

1708. The elastic stress strain behaviour of rubber is_____________________?
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A. no fixed relationship

B. unpredictable behaviour

C. linear

D. non-linear

E. plastic

1709. Carbon steel is_______________?
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A. made by adding carbon in steel

B. extensively used for making cutting tools

C. refined from cast iron

D. extremely brittle

E. an alloy of iron and carbon with varying quantities of phosphorus and sulphur
1710. Delta metal is an alloy of__________________?
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A. iron, nickel and copper

B. iron, aluminium and magnesium

C. iron, lead and tin

D. copper, zinc and antimony

E. copper, zinc and iron
1711. The basic constituents of Hastelloy are_________________?
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A. nickel, molybdenum etc

B. nickel, copper, etc

C. all of the above

D. aluminium, copper etc

E. none of the above

1712. Basic constituents of Monel metal are _________________?
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A. zinc, tin, lead

B. none of the above

C. nickel, molybdenum

D. nickel, lead and tin

E. nickel, copper
1713. Cyaniding is the process of________________?
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A. obtaining cyanide salts

B. dipping steel in cyanide bath

C. making corrosion resistant steel

D. reacting steel surface with cyanide salts

E. adding carbon and nitrogen by heat treatment of steel to increase its surface hardness
1714. The machinability of steel is increased by___________________?
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A. silicon and sulphur

B. sulphur, graphite and aluminium

C. phosphorous and aluminium

D. phosphorous, lead and sulphur

E. none of the above

1715. The correct composition of Babbit metal is__________________?
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A. 87.75% Sn, 4% Cu, 8% Sb, 0.25% Bi

B. 87% Sn, 4% Cu, 8% Sb, 1% Al

C. 90% Sn, 2% Cu, 4% Sb, 2% Bi, 2% Mg

D. none of the above

E. 82% Sn, 4% Cu, 8% Sb, 3% Al, 3% Mg

1716. Which is the false statement about wrought iron. It has________________?
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A. high resistance to rusting and corrosion

B. easily weldable characteristics

C. ability of hold protective coating

D. uniform strength in all directions

E. high ductility

1717. Hardness of steel depends on_________________?
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A. the shape and distribution of the car-bides in iron

B. contents of alloying elements

C. amount of carbon it contains

D. the quality of ore from which it is made

E. method of fabrication

1718. Kinematic viscosity is dependent upon__________________?
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A. distance

B. pressure

C. level

D. flow

E. density
1719. Chilled cast iron has____________________?
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A. a low percentage of graphite

B. graphite as its basic constituent of composition

C. none of the above is true

D. a very high percentage of graphite

E. no graphite
1720. Which of the following alloys does not contain tin_________________?
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A. gun metal

B. white metal

C. solder admiralty

D. fusible metal

E. phosphor bronze

1721. Foundry crucible is made of_________________?
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A. german silver

B. mild steel

C. cast iron

D. graphite

E. lead

1722. Balls for ball bearings are made of_________________?
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A. stainless steel

B. carbon-chrome steel

C. cast iron

D. high carbon steel

E. mild steel

1723. Iron is ____________________?
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A. paramagnetic

B. ferroelectric

C. none of the above

D. dielectric

E. ferromagnetic
1724. Gamma iron exits at following temperature___________________?
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A. room temperature

B. near melting point

C. none of the above

D. between 910C and 1400C

E. between 1400C and 1539C

1726. An important property of malleable cast iron in comparison to grey cast iron is the high___________________?
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A. compressive strength

B. carbon content

C. ductility

D. surface finish

E. hardness

1727. In nodular iron, graphite is in the form of_____________________?
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A. spheroids

B. nodular aggregates of graphite

C. flakes

D. free carbon

E. cementite

1728. Which is false statement about case hardening. Case hardening is done by_______________?
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A. induction hardening

B. electroplating

C. flame hardening

D. cyaniding

E. nitriding

1729. The metallic structure of mild steel is_________________?
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A. cubic structure

B. hexagonal close packed

C. body centred cubic

D. orthorhombic crystal

E. face centred cubic

1730. Process of austempering results in__________________?
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A. relieving of stresses throughout a component

B. martenistic structure

C. carburised structure

D. formation of bainite structure

E. lamellar layers of carbide distributed throughout the structure

1731. The bulk modulus of elasticity with increase in pressure__________________?
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A. remains constant

B. decreases

C. increases

D. increases first up to certain limit and then decreases

E. unpredictable

1732. Points of arrest for iron correspond to__________________?
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A. stages at which further heating does not increase temperature for some time

B. stages at which allotropic forms change

C. stages at which properties do not change with increase in temperature

D. there is nothing like points of arrest

E. none of the above

1733. Phosphor bronze contains____________________?
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A. 1% phosphorous

B. none of the above

C. 0.5% of phosphorous

D. 5% phosphorous

E. 2.5% phosphorous

1734. Connecting rod is usually made of_________________?
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A. low carbon steel

B. cast iron

C. medium carbon steel

D. high carbon steel

E. aluminium

1736. German silver is an alloy of___________________?
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A. silver and gold

B. silver and some impurities

C. refined silver

D. nickel and copper

E. nickel, copper and zinc
1737. Slow plastic defomiation of metals under a constant stress is known as________________?
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A. non-plastic deformation

B. creep

C. plastic deformation

D. endurance

E. fatigue

1738. The molecules in a solid move______________?
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A. do not move

B. in circular motion

C. back and forth like tiny pendulums

D. in a haphazard way

E. in a random manner

1739. The crystal of alpha iron is ____________________?
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A. face centred cubic

B. hexagonal close packed

C. body centred cubic

D. cubic structure

E. orthorhombic crystal

1740. Brass contains___________________?
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A. 85-92% copper and rest tin with little lead and nickel

B. 70% copper and 30% zinc

C. 70% copper and 30% tin

D. 90% copper and 10% tin

E. 70-75% copper and rest tin

1741. Vanadium in high speed steels__________________?
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A. forms very hard carbides and thus in-creases wear resistance

B. promotes retention of austenite

C. promotes decarburisation

D. increases toughness

E. provides high hot hardness

1742. Admiralty gun metal contains__________________?
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A. none of the above

B. iron scrap and zinc

C. alloy of tin, lead and cadmium

D. 63 to 67% nickel and 30% copper

E. 88% copper, 10% tin and rest zinc
1743. If the atmospheric pressure on the surface of an oil tank (sp. gr. 0.8) is 0.2 kg/cm, the pressure at a depth of 50 m below the oil surface will be_________________?
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A. 6 meters of water Column

B. 3 meters of water column

C. 7 meters of water column

D. 2 meters of water column

E. 5 meters of water column

1744. Induction hardening is the process of_____________________?
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A. increasing hardness throughout

B. hardening surface of workpiece to ob-tain hard and wear resistant surface

C. hardening core

D. inducing hardness by continuous process

E. heating and cooling rapidly

1745. Uniform flow occurs when ___________________?
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A. the flow is steady

B. size and cross section change uniformly along length

C. flow occurs at constant fate

D. size and shape of the cross section in a particular length remain constant

E. the flow is streamline

1746. Addition of copper to aluminium results in_____________________?
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A. improvement of corrosion resistance

B. improving machinability

C. one of the best known age and precipitation-hardening systems

D. none of the above

E. improvement of casting characteristics

1747. Melting point of iron is__________________?
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A. 1712C

B. 1489C

C. 1131C

D. 1539C

E. 1601C

1748. Which of the following has highest specific strength of all structural materials__________________?
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A. titanium alloys

B. magnesium alloys

C. chromium alloys

D. none of the above

E. magnetic steel alloys

1749. Ratio of inertia force to surface Jension is known as ___________________?
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A. Webers number

B. Froude number

C. Reynolds number

D. Mach number

E. none of the above

1750. Metacentric height is the distance between the metacentre and_______________?
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A. center of gravity

B. center of pressure

C. water surface

D. none of the above

E. center of buoyancy