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M E : M ECH AN I CAL EN GI N EERI N G

Set - 3
N o. of Qu est i on s : 65 M a xi m u m M a r k s : 100

GEN ERAL APT I T U D E

Q. N o. 1 – 5 Car r y On e M ar k Each (a) 110 (b) 1,100
1. Five t eams have t o compet e in a league, wit h (c) 9,900 (d) 10,000
every t eam playing every other team exactly once, 7. Sel ect t h e appr opr i at e opt i on i n pl ace of
befor e goi n g t o t h e next r oun d. H ow many under lined par t of t he sent ence.
mat ches will have t o be held complete t he league I ncr eased pr oduct ivit y necessary reflect s greater
r ound of mat ches? effor t s made by t he employees.
(a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 5
(a) I ncrease in pr oduct ivit y necessar y
2. Tanya is older t han Enc.
(b) I ncr ease pr oduct ivit y is necessar y
Cliff is older t han Tanya.
(c) I ncr ease in pr oduct ivit y necessarily
Er ic is older t han Cliff.
(d) No impr ovement r equir ed
I f t he fir st two st atement s ar e t rue, t hen t he t hird
8. Given below ar e t wo st at ement s followed by t wo
st at ement is
conclusions. Assuming t hese st at ement s t o be
(a) Tr ue (b) False t r ue, decide which one logically follows:
(c) Uncer t ain (d) Data insufficient St at em en t s:
3. Choose t he appr opr iat e wor d/phase, out of t he I . No manager is a leader.
four options given below, to complet e the following
I I . All leader s ar e execut ive.
sent ence:
Appar ent lifelessness ___________ dor mant life. Con cl u si on s:
(a) harbours (b) lead t o I . No manager is a execut ive.
(c) suppor ts (d) affects I I . All execut ive is a manager.
4. Choose t he st at ement wher e under lined wor d is (a) Only conclusion I follows.
used cor r ect ly. (b) Only conclusion I I follows.
(a) When t he t eacher eludes t o different authors, (c) Neit her conclusion I nor I I follows.
he is being elusive (d) Bot h conclusion I and I I follow.
(b) When t he thief keeps eluding t he police, he is 9. A coin is t ossed t hr ice. L et X be t he event t hat
being elusive head occur s in each of t he fir st t wo t osses. L et Y
(c) M at t er s t hat ar e di ffi cul t t o under st and, be t he event t hat a t ail occur s on t he t hir d t oss.
ident ify or r emember ar e allusive L et Z be t he event t hat t wo t ails occur s in t hr ee
(d) M ir ages can be allusive, but a bet t er way t o t osses. Based on t he above infor mat ion, which
expr ess t hem is illusor y one of t he following st at ement s is TRUE?
5. Fill in t he blank wit h t he cor r ect idiom/phr ase. (a) X and Y ar e not independent
That boy fr om t he t own was a __________ in t he (b) Y and Z ar e dependent
sleepy village. (c) Y and Z ar e independent
(a) Dog out of her d (b) Sheep fr om t he heap (d) X and Z independent
(c) Fish out of wat er (d) Bir d fr om t he flock 10. I n t he given figur e angle Q is a r ight angle, PS :
Q. N o. 6 – 10 Car r y Tw o M ar k s Each QS = 3:1, RT : QT = 5:2 and PU : UR = 1:1. I f ar ea
6. Right t r iangle PQR is t o be const r uct ed in t he of tr iangle QTS is 20 cm2, then the area of triangle
xy – plane so t hat t he r ight angle is at P and line PQR in cm 2 is ______.
PR is par allel t o t he-axis. The x and y coordinates
of P, Q, and R ar e t o be int eger s t hat sat isfy t he
inequalit ies: – 4  x  5 and 6  y  16. H ow many
different triangles could be construct ed with these
proper t ies?
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M ECH AN I CAL EN GI N EERI NG 6. Couet t e flow is char act er ized by

Q. N o. 1 – 25 Car r y On e M ar k Each (a) st eady, incompr essible, laminar flow t hr ough
1. Thr ee par allel pipes connect ed at t he t wo ends a st r aight cir cular pipe
have flow-r at es Q1, Q2 and Q3 r espect ively, and (b) ful l y devel oped t ur bul ent fl ow t hr ough a
t he cor r esponding fr ict ional head losses ar e hL 1, str aight cir cular pipe
h L 2 and h L 3 r espect ively. The cor r ect expr essions
(c) steady, incompr essible, laminar flow bet ween
for total flow rate (Q) and frictional head loss across
t wo fixed par allel plat es
t he t wo ends (h L ) ar e
(a) Q = Q1 + Q2 + Q3; h L = h L 1 + h L 2 + h L 3 (d) steady, incompr essible, laminar flow bet ween
one fixed plat e and t he ot her moving wit h a
(b) Q = Q1 + Q2 + Q3; h L = h L 1 = h L 2 = h L 3
const ant velocit y
(c) Q = Q1 = Q2 = Q3; h L = h L 1 + h L 2 + h L 3
7. I f P(X) = 1/4, P(Y) = 1/3, and P(XY) = 1/2, t he
(d) Q = Q1 = Q2 = Q3; h L = h L 1 = h L 2 = h L 3
value of P(Y/X) is
4 2 4
2. The lowest eigen value of t he 2  2 mat rix   1
1 3  (a) (b)
4 25
is __________. 1 29
3. Which t wo of t he following joining pr ocesses ar e (c) (d)
3 50
aut ogenous?
8. I n a machining oper at ion, if t he gener at r ix and
i. Diffusion welding
di r ect i x bot h ar e st r ai ght l i nes, t he sur face
ii. Elect r oslag welding obtained
iii. Tungst en inert gas welding (a) cylindrical (b) helical
iv. Frict ion welding
(c) plane (d) sur face of r evolut ion
(a) i and i v (b) ii and iii
9. A r i gi d cont ai ner of vol ume 0.5 m 3 cont ai ns
(c) i i and iv (d) i and ii i 1.0 kg of wat er at 120C (vf = 0.00106 m 3/k g,
4. The strain har dening exponent n of st ainless steel vg = 0.8908 m 3/kg). The st at e of wat er is
SS 304 wi t h di st i n ct yi el d an d U TS val u es
(a) Compr essed liquid
under going plastic defor mat ion is
(a) n < 0 (b) n = 0 (b) Satur ated liquid
(c) 0 < n < 1 (d) n = 1 (c) A mixt ur e of sat ur at ed liquid and sat ur at ed
vapor
5. I n t he figure, link 2 r otates wit h const ant angular
velocity 2. A slider link 3 moves outwar ds wit h a (d) Superheated vapor
const ant r elat ive velocit y V Q/P, wher e Q is a point 10. I n full mould (cavit y-less) cast ing pr ocess, t he
on sl i der 3 and P i s a poi nt on l i nk 2. The pat t er n is made of
magnit ude and dir ect ion of Cor iolis component
of acceler at ion is given by (a) expanded polyst yr ene
(b) wax
(c) epoxy
(d) plast er of Par is
11. A gear train is made up of five spur gears as shown
in the figure. Gear 2 is driver and gear 6 is driven
member. N 2, N 3, N 4, N 5 and N 6 r epr esent number
(a) 22 V Q/P; dir ect ion of V Q/P r otat ed by 90 in t he of t eet h on gear s 2, 3, 5 and 6 r espect ively. The
dir ect ion 2 gear(s) which act (s) as idler (s) is/ar e

(b) 2 V Q/P; dir ect ion of V Q/P r ot at ed by 90 in t he

dir ect ion 2
(c) 22 V Q/P; di r ect i on of V Q/P r ot at ed by 90
opposit e t o t he dir ect ion of 2
(d) 2 VQ/P; dir ection of VQ/P r otated by 90 opposite (a) only 3 (b) only 4
t o t he dir ect ion 2 (c) only 5 (d) Bot h 3 and 5
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12. L et  be an ar bit r ar y smoot h r eal valued scalar
funct ion and V be an ar bit r ar y smoot h vect or
valued funct ion in a t hr ee-dimensional space.
Which one of t he following is an ident it y?
(a) Curl (V)  (DivV)
17. U si ng a uni t st ep si ze, t he val ue of int egr al
2
 x ln x dx by t r apezoidal r ule is ________
1
18. A weight of 500 N is suppor t ed by t wo met allic
r opes as shown i n t he fi gur e. The val ues of
t ensions T 1 and T 2 ar e r espect ively

(b) Div V  0

(c) Div Curl V  0

(d) Div (V )  Div V

13. Which of t he following st at ement s ar e TRUE for
damped vibr at ions?
P. For a syst em having cr it ical damping, t he
value of damping r at io is unit y and syst em
does not under go a vibr at or y mot ion.
Q. L ogar i t hmic decr ement met hod is used t o
det er mi ne t h e amou nt do dampi n g i n a
physical system.
R. I n case of damping due t o dry frict ion bet ween
moving sur faces r esist ing for ce of const ant
magnitude acts opposite to the relative motion.
S. For t he case of viscous damping, dr ag for ce is
dir ectly pr opor t ional t o t he squar e of r elat ive
velocit y.
(a) 433 N and 250 N (b) 250 N and 433 N
(c) 353.5 N and 250 N (d) 250 N and 353.5 N
19. I n t he not at ion (a/b/c) : (d/e/f) for summar izing
t he char act er ist i cs of queuei ng sit uat ion, t he
let t er s ‘b’ and ‘d’ st and r espect ively for
(a) ser vice time distr ibution and queue discipline
(b) number of ser ver s and size of calling sour ce
(c) number of ser ver s and queue discipline
(d) ser vi ce t i me di st r i bu t i on and maxi mu m
number allowed in syst em
20. The t her modynamic cycle shown in figur e (T/s
diagram) indicat es
(a) Reversed Cannot cycle

(a) P and Q only (b) P and S only (b) Rever sed Br ayt on cycle

(c) P, Q and R only (d) Q and S only (c) Vapor compr ession cycle
(d) Vapor absorpt ion cycle
  sin x 
14. The value of lim x 0  is ______ 21. A dr il l is posit ioned at point P and it s has t o
 2sin x  x cos x 
pr oceed t o point Q. The coor dinat es of point Q in
15. The r at io of moment um diffusivity (v) to t hermal t he incr ement al syst em of defining posit ion of a
diffusivit y (), is called point in CNC par t pr ogr am will be
(a) Prandt l number
(b) Nusselt number
(c) Biot number
(d) L ewis number
16. For t he given fluct uat ing fatigue load, t he values
of st r ess am pl i t u de an d st r ess r at i o ar e (a) (3, 12) (b) (5, 7)
r espectively
(c) (7, 12) (d) (4, 7)
22. A cylindr ical t ank wit h closed ends is filled wit h
compr essed air at a pr essur e of 500 kPa. The
inner r adius of t he t ank is 2m, and it has wall
t hickness of 10 mm. The magnit ude of maximum
in-plane shear st r ess (in M Pa) is ___________ .
23. An ai r -st andar d D i esel cycl e consi st s of t he
(a) 100 M Pa and 5 following pr ocesses:
(b) 250 M Pa and 5 1-2: Air is compr essed isent r opically.
2-3: H eat is added at const ant pr essur e.
(c) 100 M Pa and 0.20
3-4: Air expands isentropically to the original volume.
(d) 250 M Pa and 0.20
4-1: H eat is r eject ed at const ant volume.
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I f  and T denot es t he specifi c heat r at io and 28. The val ue of moment o i ner t ia of t he sect i on
t emper at ur e, r espect ively t he efficiency of t he shown in t he figur e about t he X-axis is
cycle is
T4  T1 T4  T1
(a) 1  T  T (b) 1   (T  T )
3 2 3 2

 (T4  T1 ) T4  T1
(c) 1  T  T (d) 1  ( – 1)(T  T )
3 2 3 2
24. Satur at ed vapor is condensed t o sat ur at ed liquid
i n con den ser . T h e h eat capaci t y r at i o i s
cmi n
Cr  . The effect iveness () of t he condenser
cmax
(a) 8.5050  106 mm 4 (b) 6.88.50  105 mm 4
is
1  exp[ NTU (1  Cr )] (c) 7.7625  106 mm 4 (d) 8.5725  106 mm 4
(a)
1  Cr 2

1  exp[ NTU (1  Cr )]
29. T h e v al u e of   3 x  8 y  dx   4 y  6 xy  dy  ,
C
(b) 1  C exp[ NTU (1  C )]
r r (where C is boundar y of t he r egion bounded by x
NTU = 0, y = 0 and x + y = 1 is) _____________
(c)
1  N TU  W 
30. A br ick wall  k  0.9 of t hickness 0.18 m
(d) 1 – exp(– NTU)  m.k 
25. For t he same mat er ial and t he mass, which of separ at es t he war m air in a r oom fr om t he cold
ambient ai r. On a par t icular wi nt er day, t he
t he following configur ations of flywheel will have
out side air t emper at ur e is – 5C and t he r oom
maximum mass moment of iner tia about t he axis
needs to be maintained at 27C. The heat t ransfer
of r ot at ion OO’ passing t hr ough t he cent er of
gravity W
coefficient associat ed with outside air is 20 .
m 2K 
Neglect ing t he convect ive r esist ance of t he air
(a) (b) W 
inside t he r oom, t he heat loss, in  2  is
m 
(a) 88 (b) 110
(c) 128 (d) 160
31. A bullet spins as t he shot is fir ed from a gun. For
t his pur pose, t wo helical slot s as shown in t he
(c) (d) figur e ar e cut in t he bar r el. Pr oject ions A and B
on t he bullet engage in each of t he slot s

Q. N o. 26 – 55 Car r y Tw o M ar k s Each
26. For ball bear ings, t he fat igue life L measur ed in
number of r evolut ions and t he r adial load F ar e
r elat ed by FL 1/3 = K , wher e K is a const ant . I t
wit hst ands a r adial load of 2 kN for a life of 540
million r evolut ions. The load (in kN) for a life of
one million r evolut ions is _______________
27. The t or que (in N-m) exer t ed on t he cr ank shaft
of a t wo st r ok e en gi ne can be descr i bed as
T = 10000 + 1000 sin 1 – 1200 cos 2, wher e  is
t he cr ank angle as measur ed fr om inner dead
cent er posit ion. Assuming t he r esist ing t or que
t o be const ant , t he power (in kW) developed by
t he engine at 100 r pm is ________________.
H elical slot s ar e such t hat one t ur n of helix is
complet ed over a dist ance of 0.5 m. I f velocit y of
bul l et when i t exit s t he bar r el i s 20 m/s, it s
spinning speed in r ad/s is _______.
32. Which of t he following st at ement s ar e TRUE,
when t he cavit at ion par amet er  = 0?
i. the local pressur e is reduced to vapor pressure
ii. cavitat ion st art s
iii. boiling of liquid st ar t s
iv. cavit at ion st ops
(a) i , i i and i v (b) only i i and ii i
(c) only i and ii i (d) i , i i and ii i
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33. I n a CN C mi l l i ng oper at i on, t he t ool has t o
machine t he cir cular ar c fr om point (20, 20) t o
(10, 10) at sequence number 5 of t he CNC par t
pr ogr am. I f t he cent er of t he asr c is at (20, 10)
and the machine has incremental mode of defining
posi t i on coor di n at es, t h e cor r ect t ool pat h
command is
(a) N 05 G 90 G01 X– 10 Y– 10 R10
(b) N 05 G91 G03 X– 10 Y– 10 R10
(c) N 05 G90 G03 X20 Y20 R10
(d) N 05 G91 G02 X20 Y20 R10
34. Rat io of solidificat ion t ime of a cylindr ical cast ing
(height = r adius) t o t he cubic cast ing of side t wo
t imes t he height of cylindr ical cast ing is _____.
35. The number of degr ees of fr eedom of t he linage
shown in t he figur e is
(a) -3 (b) -0
(c) 1 (d) 2
36. Figur e shows a single degr ee of fr eedom syst em.
The syst em consist s of a massless r igid bar OP
hinged at O and a mass m at end P. The nat ur al
fr equency of vibr at ion of t he syst em i
38. Air in a room is at 35 and 60% r elative humidity
(RH). The pressur e in t he room is 0.1 MPa. The
saturation pressur e of water at 35C is 5.63 kPa.
The humidity ratio of the air (in gram/kg of dry air)
is ____________.
39. A solid spher e 1 of r adius ‘r ’ is placed inside a
hollow, closed hemispher ical sur face 2 of r adius
‘4r ’. The shape fact or F 2-1 is
1 1
(a) (b)
12 2
(c) 2 (d) 12
40. Newton-Raphson met hod is used t o find t he root s
of t he equat ion, x3 + 2x2 + 3x – 1 = 0. I f t he init ial
guess is x0 = 1, t hen t he value of x aft er 2nd
it er at ion is ___________.
41. The annu al r equi r ement of r i vet s at a shi p
manufact ur ing company is 2000 kg. The r ivet s
ar e supplied in unit s of 1 kg cost ing Rs. 25 each.
I f t he cost s Rs. 100 t o place an or der and t he
annual cost of car r yi ng one unit i s 9% of it s
pur chase cost , t he cycle lengt h of t he or der (in
days) will be ___________
42. L aplace t r ansfor m of t he funct ion f(t) is given by

F(s) = L {f(t)} = 0 f (t ) e st dt . L aplace t r ansfor m of
t he funct ion shown below is given by

1 k 1 k
(a) f n = (b) f n =
2 4m 2 2m
1 k 1 2k
(c) f n = (d) f n =
2 m 2 m 1  e2 s 1  e s
37. For t he linear pr ogr amming pr oblem: (a) (b)
s 2s
M aximize Z = 3X 1 + 2X 2 2  2e s 1  2e s
Subject t o (c) (d)
s s
– 2X 1 + 3X 2  9 43. Or t hogonal t ur ning of a mild st eel t ube wit h a
X 1 – 5X 2  – 20 t ool of r ake angle 10 car r ied out at a feed of 0.14
X 1, X 2  0 mm/r ev. I f t he t hickness of t he chip pr oduced is
0.28 mm, t he values of shear angle and shear
The above pr oblem has
st r ain will be r espect ively
(a) unbounded solut ion
(a) 2820 and 2.19
(b) infeasible solut ion
(b) 2220and 3.53
(c) alt er nat ive opt imum solut ion
(c) 2430 and 3.53
(d) degener ate solut ion
(d) 3720 and 5.19
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44. Steam ent ers a t ur bine at 30 bar, 300C (u = 2750 46. For t he over hanging beam shown in figur e, t he
kJ/kg, h = 2993 kJ/kg) and exit s t he t ur bine as magn i t u de of m axi mu m ben di n g momen t
sat ur at ed liquid at 15 kPa (u = 225 kJ/kg, h = 226 (in kN-m) is ___________.
kJ/kg). H eat loss t o t he sur r ounding is 50 kJ/kg
of st eam flowing t hr ough the t urbine. Neglect ing
changes in kinet ic ener gy and pot ent ial ener gy,
t he work output of t he turbine (in kJ/kg of steam)
is ______________
47. Figure shows a wheel rotating about O2. Two points
4  3i i  A and B locat ed along the r adius of wheel have
45. F or a gi v en m at r i x   , w h er e
 i 4  3i  speeds of 80 m/s and 140 m/s respect ively. The
i = 1, t he inver se of mat r ix P is distance bet ween the point s A and B is 300 mm.
The diamet er of t he wheel (in mm) is ________
1 4  3i i  1  i 4  3i 
(a) 24  i 4  3i 
(b) 25 4  3i – i  2
 
1 4  3i i  1 4  3i i  A B
(c) 24  i 
4 – 3i 
(d) 25  i 4 – 3i 
 O2

48. The dimensions of a cylindrical side r iser (height = diamet er ) for a 25 cm  15 cm  5 cm steel cast ing are t o
be deter mined. For t he t abulated shape fact or values given below, diamet er of t he riser (in cm) is ______.
ShapeFact or 2 4 6 8 10 12
Riser Volume / Cast ing Volume 1.0 0.70 0.55 0.50 0.40 0.35

49. A Pr andt l t ube (Pit ot -st at ic t ube wit h C = 1) is
used t o measur e t he vel oci t y of w at er. T he
differential manometer reading is 10 mm of liquid
column wit h a r elat ive densit y of 10. Assuming
g = 9.8 m/s2, t he velocity of water (in m/s) is ______.
50. I n a rolling oper at ion using rolls of diameter 500
mm if a 25 mm t hick plat e cannot be reduced t o
less t han 20 mm in one pass, t he coefficient of
friction between the roll and the plate is __________
51. Refr iger ant vapor ent er s int o t he compr essor of
a st andar d vapor compr ession cycle at – 10C
(h = 402 kJ/kg) and leaves t he compr ession at
50C(h = 432 kJ/kg). I t leaves t he condenser at
30C (h = 237 kJ/kg). The COP of the cycle is _____.
52. A cant ilever br acket is bolt ed t o a column using
t hr ee M 12  1.75 bolt s, P, Q and R. The value of
maximum shear st r ess developed in t he bolt P
(in M Pa) is ______________.
53. A mi xt ur e of i deal gases h as t h e f ol l ow i n g
composit ion by mass:
N2 O2 CO2
60% 30% 10%
I f the Universal gas const ant is 8314 J/mol-K , the
ch ar act er i st i c gas con st an t of t h e mi xt u r e
(inJ/kg.K ) is _________.
54. A shaft of l engt h 90 mm has a t aper ed por t i on
of lengt h 55 mm. The di amet er of t he t aper i s
80 mm at one end and 65 mm at t he ot her. I f
t he t aper i s made by t ai l st ock set over met hod,
t he t aper angl e and t he set over r espect ivel y
ar e
(a) 1532 and 12.16 mm
(b) 1532 and 15.66 mm
(c) 1122 and 10.26 mm
(d) 1032 and 14.46 mm
55. One side of a wall is maintained at 400 K and t he
ot her at 300 K . The r at e of heat t r ansfer t hrough
t h e w al l i s 1000 W an d t h e su r r ou n di n g
t emper at ur e is 25C. Assuming no gener at ion of
heat wit hin t he wall, t he ir r ever sibilit y (in W)
due to heat tr ansfer t hrough t he wall is ________.
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GENERAL APTI TU DE
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8. (c) 9. (b) 10. 280
M ECH AN I CAL EN GI N EERI NG
1. (b) 2. (2) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (c)
8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (a) 11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (– 0.333)
15. (a) 16. (c) 17. 0.69 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (d)
22. (25) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (b) 26. 16.286 27. (104– 105) 28. (b)
29. (1.60– 1.70) 30. (c) 31. 251.3 32. (d) 33. (b) 34. (0.5– 0.6) 35. (c)
36. (a) 37. (a) 38. 21.74 39. (a) 40. 0.30 41. 76.94 42. (c)
43. (a) 44. 2717 45. (a) 46. (40) 47. 1400 48. (10.5 to 10.7) 49. 1.32
50. 0.1414 51. 5.5 52. 341 53. 274.99 54. (a) 55. (247 t o 249)

EXPL AN AT I ON S

GENERAL APTI TU DE 1
 Area of le QTS =  SQ  QT
1. For a match to be played, we need 2 teams 2
No. of matches = No. of ways of selections 2 teams 1 1  2 
=   PQ    QR 
out of 5 2 4  7 
= 5c = 10 1 2 1
2 
3. Apparent: looks like =     PQ  QR 
4 7 2 
dormant: hidden 1
Harbour: give shelter = Area of le PQR
14
Effect (verb): results in 1
Given 20 cm2 = A
4. Elusive: Difficult to answer. 14
5. From the statement, it appears that boy found it  A = 14 × 20 = 280 cm2
tough to adapt to a very different situation. M ECH AN I CAL EN GI N EERI NG
8. S + 1: S+2: 1. Total flow rate Q = Q1 + Q2 + Q3
Head loss h  hL  hL  hL
M L L 1 2 3
E
4 2
2. Let A=  
Therefore concluding diagram can be 1 3 
Characteristic equation of A is |A – I| = 0
E E E

L or L M or L M 4   2 
E   =0
 1 3   

9. x = {HHT, HHH} 2 – 7 + 10 = 0  = 2, 5

y depends on x 3. Diffusion welding and friction welding are
autogenous welding process as they do not require
z = {TTH, TTT}
any filler material.
 ‘d’ is the correct choice.
4. n lies between 0 and 1. 0 means material is a
10. Let area of triangle PQR be ‘A’ perfectly plastic solid, while 1 represents a 100%
SQ 1 1 elastic solid.
 =
PQ 1  3 4 5. Direction is obtained by rotating velocity
QT 2 2 vector through 90º in the direction of rotation of
 = the link.
QR 2  5 7
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6. Coutte flow is steady incompressible, laminar flow 20. T-S diagram represent a reversed brayton cycle
between one fixed plate and other moving with used in air conditioning of aero planes where air
constant velocity. is used as a refrigerant.
V 21. In incremental system. Co-ordinates of point Q
are (4,7).
y
22. Maximum in-plane shear stress
x pd 500  4
1 max = = MPa = 25 MPa
8t 8  10
P(X  Y) 12 1
7. P(Y/X) =   23. Heat applied, Qs = cp (T3 – T2)
P(X) 1 3
4 Heat rejected, Qr = cr (T4 – T1)
8. The surface obtained is plane.
0.5 3 2 3
9. V= m / kg = 0.5 m3 / kg p
1
Since Vf < V < Vg the state of water is mixture of 4
saturated water and saturated vapour.
10. The pattern is made of expanded polystrene. 1
2    N N N NN
11. = 2 3 5 = 3 5 6  3 6
6  3 5 6 N2 N4 N5 N 2 N4 V

 only Gear(5) is Idle Qr 1 (T4  T1 )

 1 =1 
Qs  (T3  T2 )
  sin x  0 
14. lim    form  24. E of condenser is given by 1-exp(-NTU)
x 0 2sin x  x cos x
   0 
C
  cos x  Because Cr = min  0. (as Cmax )
= lim   (L – Hospital Rule) Cmax
x 0 2 cos x  cos x  x sin x
  25. Rim med wheel has maximum mass located away
1 from the axis of rotation. Thus will have maximum
=
3 moment of inertia.
1
C p VC p V V
15. Pr =    26. FL3 = k
k k k  1 1

c p F1 L31 = F2 L32
1 1
 max   min
16. Stress amplitude = 2 × 540 3 = F2 (1) 3
2
250  50  F2 = 16.286 kN
= = 100 Mpa 28. Moment of Inertia,
2
 50 1 1
Stress ratio = min 
 max 250
 0.2 Ixx = (120)3  60   2   (30)4  30  30  30 
12   12 
x 1 2 = 6.885 × 106 mm4
17. y  1hx 0 21h2 By Trapezoidal Rule, 30.
2
1
 x ln x dx  2 [0  2 ln 2]  0.69
1
– 5º C
27ºC
h = 20w / m2K
18. Using sine rule T1 T2
T1 T2 500 90º
= =
sin120º sin150º sin 90º
150º 1 1
T1 = 500  sin 120º 120º Total thermal resistance = 1 1
R th 
T2 = 500 sin 150º h k
T1 = 433 N, T2 = 250N 500 1 1
= = 4 W / m2K
19. b : Service time distribution (usually represented R th 1 0.18

by ‘m’) 20 0.9
d : Queuing discipline (usually represented by T
Q= = [27 – (– 5)] × 4 = 128 W / m2
‘GD’) R th
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0.5 39. f11 + f12 = 1

31. Time taken force revolution = = 0.025 sec.
20  f12 = 1
2
The spinning speed is rad/sec = 251.3 rad/sec f21 A2 = f12 A1
0.02s
32.  = 0 implies (i), (ii) and (iii) f12 A 1 1  4 r 2 1
 f21 = 
33. For incremental coordinates (G91) and A2 1 12
4 (4 r )2  (4 r)2
coordinates of final point are (– 10, – 10). The 2
tool moves CCW (counter clockwise), So, G03. 40. By Newton-Raphson Method,
35. Number of links, N = 6
f ( x0 )
Total number as binary joints, j = 7 1st iteration, x1 = x0 – f ( x )
F = 3 (N – 1) – 2j = 15 – 14 = 1. 0

36. Force in the spring F = 2mg [from equilibrium] f (1) 5 1

Deflection as mass at P, = 1  1 
f (1) 10 2
a a Where f(x) = x3 + 2x2 + 3x – 1  f(1) = 5
 P
O f(x) = 3x2 + 4x + 3  f(1) = 10
X f ( x1 ) f (0.5)
2nd iteration, x2 = x1 = 0.5 –  0.3043
X1 f ( x1 ) f (0.5)
2DC0 2  2000  100
41. EOQ = =  421.637
Ch 0.09  25
x 2mg 4mg 365
x1 =  2a  2 x = 2   length of cycle =  76.948 days
a k k No. of orders
g g k 2000
wn =   ; No. of orders =
s x1 4m EOQ
 1 k 42. f(t) = 2; 0 < t < 1 > 0; otherwise
fn =
n  1
2 2 4 m 1
e  st 2  2 e s
 st
37. Plotting the graph for the given constraints as  L[f(t)] =  2 e dt  2 
s s
shown in figure. 0 0
0.14
From figure we can see that LPP has unbounded 43. r=  0.5
solution. 0.28
r cos 
tan  =
x2 1  r sin 
  = 28.3345º
or 28º 20
(0, 4) Shear strain, Y = cot  + tan ( – ) = 2.1859  2.19
44. Work output = (2993 – 226.50) kJ/kg = 2717 kJ/kg
46. BMD:
x1  5
(–20, 0) (–45, 0) M
(K/m) B
A C
P P
38.  = w  0.6  w X
Ps 5.63
 Pw = 3.378 kPa –40

Humidity Ratio,
Pw RA = 10kN
w = 0.622 RB = 50kN
Pa  Pw
3.378 Maximum bending momentum occurs at reaction
= 0.622  B an has a magnitude of 40 kN-m.
100  3.378
= 0.021745 kg/kg of dry air
or 21.745 g/kg of dry air
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Secondary shear force:

47. 2
By symmetry C.G lies at the centre of bolt Q.
A B  rp = 30 mm
O2 rr = 30 mm
rq = 0
Pe
VA = 80 m/s, VB = 140 m/s C=
rq2  rq2  rr2
rB – rA = 300 ...(i)
9000  250
× rA = 80 =  1250
302  02  302
 × rB = 140 
Pp = Pr = C
rB
 = 1.75 ...(ii) R
rA
Solving (i) and (ii), rB = 700 mm. r
 Diameter of wheel is 1400 mm.
49. Velocity as water = Cv 2 gh r
Cv = 1 (Given) 
P = Crp = 37.5 kN
p
 sg 
h = x   1 Pr = Crr = 37.5 kN
 s0 
= 0.01 (10 – 1) = 0.09 m Pq = 0
Resultant shear force
 velocity of flow = 2  9.8  0.09  1.328 m / s
Due to symmetry stress in P Q R will be equal in
50. =
 h max magnitude
R Pp = Pr  (3)2  (37.5)2
(h)max = 25 – 20 = 5mm
= 38.5648 kN
R = 250mm
P 38.5648
5 = =
 =  0.1414 A 
250 (0.012)2
4
51. Work done = 432 – 402 = 30 kJ/kg = 340.987 MPa  341MPa
Refrigerating effect = 402 – 237 = 165 kJ/kg.
53. Gas constant of mixture,
165
COP =  5.5 Universal gas constant
30 Rm =
52. P = 9 kN, e = 250 mm Average molar mass
Primary shear force Average molar mass
p q 100
Pp  Pq  Pr =  = 3 kN = 60 30 10 = 30.233 kg/ kmol
3 3
 
P 28 32 44
P
p
8314
Rm = = 274.996 J / kg – K
30.233
P
p 54. Rate of taper,
80  65
q T=  0.27
55
C.G
TL 0.27  90
Set over = =  12.15
2 2
P Taper angle = Tan–1(0.27) = 15.10
q
