mechanical engineering MCQs – Page 55

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

2701. Which of the following represents the allotropic forms of iron__________________?
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A. alpha iron, gamma from and delta iron

B. alpha iron and beta iron

C. alpha iron, beta iron and gamma iron

D. body centred cubic a-iron and face centred cubic a-iron

E. none of the above

2702. In malleable iron, carbon is present in the form of___________________?
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A. free carbon

B. nodular aggregates of graphite

C. flakes

D. spheroids

E. cementite

2703. Sulphur in steel________________?
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A. reduces the grain size

B. acts as deoxidiser

C. decreases tensile strength and hardness

D. increases hardness

E. lowers the toughness and transverse ductility
2704. Pick up wrong statement about wrought iron ?
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A. It is made by adding suitable percentage of carbon to molten iron and subjecting the product to repeated hammering and rolling

B. It can be easily forge welded

C. It is very soft and ductile

D. It melts at 1535C

E. It contains carbon of the order of 0 to 0.25%

2705. German silver contains_________________?
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A. 1% silver

B. 2.5% silver

C. 10% silver

D. 5% silver

E. 100% silver

2707. Gamma iron exits at following temperature___________________?
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A. near melting point

B. room temperature

C. between 1400C and 1539C

D. none of the above

E. between 910C and 1400C
2708. An example of amorphous material is____________?
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A. silver

B. zinc

C. brass

D. lead

E. glass
2709. Connecting rod is usually made of_________________?
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A. cast iron

B. low carbon steel

C. medium carbon steel

D. aluminium

E. high carbon steel

2710. Taps, dies and drills contain carbon________________?
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A. below 1%

B. below 0.5%

C. above 1%

D. nil

E. above 2.2%

2711. 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. heating and cooling rapidly

D. hardening core

E. inducing hardness by continuous process

2712. Cyaniding is the process of________________?
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A. dipping steel in cyanide bath

B. reacting steel surface with cyanide salts

C. adding carbon and nitrogen by heat treatment of steel to increase its surface hardness

D. making corrosion resistant steel

E. obtaining cyanide salts

2713. Steel made from phosphatic iron is_________________?
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A. ductile

B. malleable

C. hard

D. tough

E. brittle
2714. The basic constituents of Hastelloy are_________________?
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A. all of the above

B. aluminium, copper etc

C. none of the above

D. nickel, molybdenum etc

E. nickel, copper, etc

2715. Following elements have face-centred cubic structure__________________?
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A. a iron (below 910C and between 1400 to 1539C), W

B. all of the above

C. gamma iron (910 to 1400C), Cu, Ag, Au, Al, Ni, Pb, Pt

D. Mg, Zn, Ti, Zr, Br, Cd

E. none of the above

2718. Dow metal contains____________________?
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A. 92.5% aluminium and, 4% copper, 2% nickel and 1.5% Mg

B. 90% magnesium and 10% tin

C. 90% magnesium and 9% aluminium with some copper

D. 90% aluminium and 90% copper

E. 94% aluminium, 4% copper and 0.5% Mn, Mg, Si and Fe

2720. High carbon steel carries carbon %age c_________________?
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A. 1.5 to 2.5%.

B. 0.6 to 0.8%

C. 0.1 to 0.3%

D. 0.8 to 1.5%

E. 0.3 to 0.6%

2721. Killed steels are those steels__________________?
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A. which are deoxidised in the ladle with silicon and aluminium

B. which have poor properties due to improper manufacturing

C. which after their destruction are recycled to produce fresh steel

D. in which carbon is completely burnt

E. which are destroyed by burning

2722. Phosphor bronze contains____________________?
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A. 1% phosphorous

B. none of the above

C. 0.5% of phosphorous

D. 2.5% phosphorous

E. 5% phosphorous

2723. Brass (alloy of copper and zinc) is an example of__________________?
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A. all of the above

B. interstitial solid solution

C. intermetallic compounds

D. none of the above

E. substitutional solid solution
2724. Which is the false statement about wrought iron. It has________________?
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A. uniform strength in all directions

B. high ductility

C. easily weldable characteristics

D. high resistance to rusting and corrosion

E. ability of hold protective coating

2725. Which is false statement about case hardening. Case hardening is done by_______________?
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A. electroplating

B. cyaniding

C. flame hardening

D. nitriding

E. induction hardening

2726. The composition of silver solder is ___________________?
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A. silver, copper, zinc

B. silver, copper, aluminium

C. silver, tin, nickel

D. silver, lead, zinc

E. silver, lead, tin

2727. 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. cold working

D. under-stressing

E. surface decarburisation
2728. In compression, a prism of brittle material will break________________?
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A. in direction perpendicular to application of load

B. by crushing into thousands of pieces

C. by forming a bulge (l>) by shearing along oblique plane

D. none of the above

2729. Cupola produces following material__________________?
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A. malleable iron

B. pig iron

C. wrought iron

D. cast iron

E. white iron

2730. Cobalt in steel __________________?
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A. none of the above

B. improves cutting ability and reduce hardenability

C. improves wear resistance, cuttinability and toughness

D. gives ductility, toughness, tensile strength and anti corrosion property:

E. refines grain size and produces les tendency to carburisation, improve corrosion and heat resistant proper ties

2731. Ductility of a material can be defined as__________________?
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A. ability to undergo large permanent deformations in compression

B. ability to undergo large permanent deformations in tension

C. none of the above

D. all of the above

E. ability to recover its original form

2732. Cemented carbide tools are not found to be suitable for cutting_______________?
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A. cast iron

B. aluminium

C. brass

D. non-ferrous alloys.

E. steel
2734. Sulphur in pig iron tends to make it___________________?
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A. soft

B. ductile

C. hard

D. malleable

E. tough

2735. Monel metal contains_________________?
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A. none of the above

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

C. alloy of tin, lead and cadmium

D. malleable iron and zinc

E. 63 to 67% nickel and 30% copper
2736. Addition of copper to aluminium results in_____________________?
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A. improvement of casting characteristics

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

C. none of the above

D. improving machinability

E. improvement of corrosion resistance

2737. Recrystallization temperature is one________________?
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A. at which crystals first start forming from molten metal when it is cooled

B. at which change of allotropic form takes place

C. at which new spherical crystals first begin to form from the old deformed one when a strained metal is heated

D. at which crystals are destroyed on heating

E. at which crystals grow bigger in size

2738. In which of the following cases, consideration of creep is important_________________?
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A. flywheel of steam engine

B. gas turbine blades

C. cast iron pipes

D. piston I.C. engine

E. cycle chains

2739. Admiralty gun metal contains__________________?
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A. alloy of tin, lead and cadmium

B. 63 to 67% nickel and 30% copper

C. none of the above

D. 88% copper, 10% tin and rest zinc

E. iron scrap and zinc

2740. German silver is an alloy of___________________?
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A. silver and gold

B. nickel, copper and zinc

C. nickel and copper

D. refined silver

E. silver and some impurities

2741. Hardness of steel depends on_________________?
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A. the quality of ore from which it is made

B. contents of alloying elements

C. method of fabrication

D. amount of carbon it contains

E. the shape and distribution of the car-bides in iron
2742. Balls for ball bearings are made of_________________?
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A. stainless steel

B. carbon-chrome steel

C. high carbon steel

D. mild steel

E. cast iron

2743. Bell metal contains_____________________?
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A. 85-92% copper and rest tin with little lead and nickel

B. 70-75% copper and rest tin

C. 70% copper and 30% zinc

D. 70-75% copper and rest zinc and tin

E. 90% copper and 10% tin

2744. Solder is an alloy consisting of________________?
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A. lead and copper

B. tin and copper

C. tin and lead

D. tin, antimony, copper

E. lead and zinc

2747. Youngs modulus is defined as the ratio of ___________________?
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A. longitudinal stress and lateral strain

B. longitudinal stress and longitudinal strain

C. shear stress to shear strain

D. lateral stress and lateral strain

E. volumetric stress and volumetric strain

2748. Which is the false statement about true stress-strain method______________?
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A. It does not exist

B. It is more sensitive to changes in both metallurgical and mechanical conditions

C. It gives, a more accurate picture of the ductility

D. It can be correlated with stress-strain values in other tests like torsion, impact, combined stress tests etc.

E. It can be used for compression tests as well.

2749. If three forces acting in one plane upon a rigid body, keep it in equilibrium, then they must either___________________?
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A. all the above are correct

B. be all parallel

C. meet in a point

D. none of the above

E. at least two of them must meet

2750. Diamond riveted joint can be adopted in the case of following type of joint _____________________?
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A. double riveted lap joints

B. butt joint

C. none of the above

D. lap joint

E. all types of joints