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951. |
Semi-conductors normally employ __________ bonding.$? |
A. | Co-ordinate |
B. | Ionic |
C. | Covalant |
D. | Metallic |
Answer» D. Metallic | |
952. |
Which of the following pairs regarding the effect of alloying elements in steels are not matched correctly?$? |
A. | Cobalt: It contributes to rerl hardness by hardening ferrite |
B. | Molybdenum: It forms abrasion resisting particles |
C. | Phosphorous: It improves machinability in free cutting steels |
D. | Silicon: It reduces oxidation resistance |
Answer» B. Molybdenum: It forms abrasion resisting particles | |
953. |
The most suitable material for die casting is$? |
A. | Iron |
B. | Copper |
C. | Steel |
D. | Nickel |
Answer» C. Steel | |
954. |
Acetylene should never be conveyed through __________ pipe, as it forms an unstable compound that dissociates violently at the slightest shock.$? |
A. | Stainless steel |
B. | Copper |
C. | Aluminium |
D. | Brass |
Answer» C. Aluminium | |
955. |
A material expanding freely due to heating will develop __________ stress.$? |
A. | No |
B. | Compressive |
C. | Tensile |
D. | Thermal |
Answer» B. Compressive | |
956. |
In an isochoric process,$? |
A. | There is no transfer of mass and energy |
B. | Free expansion of an ideal gas occurs |
C. | No mechanical work is done by the system |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above | |
957. |
The rolling process can not be used to produce$? |
A. | Plates |
B. | Rods |
C. | Tubes |
D. | Wires |
Answer» D. Wires | |
958. |
Fibre reinforced plastic (FRP) are$? |
A. | Made of glass fibre and thermoplastic resins |
B. | Anisotropic |
C. | Made of thermosetting resin and glass fibre |
D. | Both B and C |
Answer» E. | |
959. |
Strain hardening effect in a metal subjected to cold working is due to the __________ mechanism.$? |
A. | Fracture |
B. | Dislocation |
C. | Slip |
D. | Twinning |
Answer» D. Twinning | |
960. |
Which of the following relatively employs the highest heat transfer surface area in a high pressure boiler ?$? |
A. | Airpreheater |
B. | Economiser |
C. | Steam superheater |
D. | Furnace water wall |
Answer» B. Economiser | |
961. |
Temperature of hot gases flowing in a pipe is measured by a thermocouple inserted in the thermal well. The thermal well made of __________ will facilitate the most accurate measurement of the temperature.$? |
A. | Copper |
B. | Steel |
C. | Aluminium |
D. | Brass |
Answer» B. Steel | |
962. |
The Al2 O‚ÇÉ content of cryolite in Hall-Heroult's cell is maintained between __________ percent.$? |
A. | 2-5 |
B. | 18-20 |
C. | 12-15 |
D. | 6-12 |
Answer» B. 18-20 | |
963. |
Maraging steels derive their strength from the following mechanism:$? |
A. | A fine, highly dislocated and strong martensite |
B. | Fine dispersions of intermetallics of Fe, Ni, Ti etc |
C. | Fine dispersions of alloy carbides in a ferrite matrix |
D. | Fine dispersions of Fe‚ÇÉ C nucleated on dislocations in austenite |
Answer» B. Fine dispersions of intermetallics of Fe, Ni, Ti etc | |
964. |
Volume of blast furnace slag is about __________ times the volume of hot metal (pig iron) of the same weight$? |
A. | 1.5 |
B. | 3 |
C. | 5 |
D. | 7 |
Answer» C. 5 | |
965. |
Natural water contains approximately __________ percent of heavy water.$? |
A. | 0.015 |
B. | 0.71 |
C. | 1.2 |
D. | 3.5 |
Answer» B. 0.71 | |
966. |
The process of removal of scale formed during hot rolling of steel is termed as$? |
A. | Descaling |
B. | Shot blasting |
C. | Pickling |
D. | Skimming |
Answer» D. Skimming | |
967. |
Encyclopaedia of Chemical Technology has been$? |
A. | Authored by Kirk Othmer |
B. | Edited by Perry and Chilton |
C. | Edited by Kirk Othmer |
D. | Authored by Perry and Chilton |
Answer» D. Authored by Perry and Chilton | |
968. |
Production of a hollow product by inflation of a tube or parison is called the __________ process.$? |
A. | Blow moulding |
B. | Calendering |
C. | Extrusion |
D. | Injection |
Answer» B. Calendering | |
969. |
Machinability of hard alloys and tool steels is improved by$? |
A. | Spherodising |
B. | Annealing |
C. | Tempering |
D. | Normalising |
Answer» C. Tempering | |
970. |
The amount of water evaporated in kg per kg of fuel burnt in a boiler is called the __________ of a boiler.$? |
A. | Evaporative capacity |
B. | Evaporation efficiency |
C. | Thermal efficiency |
D. | Steam load |
Answer» B. Evaporation efficiency | |
971. |
In condensers used in thermal power plants, steam is normally used in shell side and cooling water on the tube side, because of the reason that$? |
A. | Compared to the mass flow rate of cooling water, the rate of condensation of steam is invariably smaller |
B. | Maintaining vacuum on tube side is more difficult than that on the shell side |
C. | Water velocity can be increased conveniently to increase the overall heat transfer co-efficient because of its lower specific volume compared to steam |
D. | Condenser can act as a storage unit for condensed steam |
Answer» D. Condenser can act as a storage unit for condensed steam | |
972. |
With increase in temperature, the electrical conductivity of semiconductors$? |
A. | Increases |
B. | Decreases |
C. | Remain constant |
D. | Either A or B, depends on the type of semi-conductor |
Answer» B. Decreases | |
973. |
Corrosion is$? |
A. | A physical phenomenon |
B. | A chemical phenomenon |
C. | Same as erosion |
D. | An uncontrollable phenomenon |
Answer» C. Same as erosion | |
974. |
Tip of the match stick contains a mixture of$? |
A. | K + S |
B. | K + S + K‚ÇÇCr‚ÇÇO‚Çá |
C. | S + K‚ÇÇCr‚ÇÇO‚Çá + White P |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
975. |
Colloids can be purified by$? |
A. | Dialysis |
B. | Reverse osmosis |
C. | Coagulation |
D. | Peptization |
Answer» B. Reverse osmosis | |
976. |
Resistance of an electrical conductor is proportional to its (where, l = length and A = cross-sectional area of the conductor)$? |
A. | A |
B. | L |
C. | A² |
D. | Both A & B |
Answer» E. | |
977. |
The trace metal present in insulin is$? |
A. | Cu |
B. | Zn |
C. | Fe |
D. | Ni |
Answer» C. Fe | |
978. |
Which of the following manufacturing processes produces the strongest components ?$? |
A. | Forging |
B. | Cold rolling |
C. | Hot rolling |
D. | Die casting |
Answer» B. Cold rolling | |
979. |
Cascade control is$? |
A. | The continuous adjustment of the set point index of an automatic control loop by a primary (master) controller |
B. | Used when changes in process conditions cause serious upsets in the controlled variable |
C. | Useful to control flow from temperature |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» E. | |
980. |
Carbide tipped cutting tools are manufactured by powder metallurgy techniques and have a composition of$? |
A. | 90% tungsten carbide and 10% cobalt |
B. | 70% aluminium oxide & 30% silica |
C. | 30% nickel, 15% chromium & 55% tungsten |
D. | 65% tungsten & 35% zirconium |
Answer» B. 70% aluminium oxide & 30% silica | |
981. |
Transformer cores are normally made from$? |
A. | Soft ferrites |
B. | High purity iron |
C. | Grain oriented Fe-Si alloy |
D. | Al-Ni-Co alloy |
Answer» D. Al-Ni-Co alloy | |
982. |
Diameter of the rivet to be provided on a 20 mm. thick boiler plate will be __________ mm.$? |
A. | 10 |
B. | 20 |
C. | 30 |
D. | 40 |
Answer» E. | |
983. |
Pearlite comprises of$? |
A. | 87% cementite & 13% Fe |
B. | 87% ferrite & 13% cementite |
C. | 93.33% ferrite & 6.67% C |
D. | 87% ferrite & 13% C |
Answer» C. 93.33% ferrite & 6.67% C | |
984. |
Piezoelectric is a material$? |
A. | Whose properties is midway between the constituent materials |
B. | Which gets polarised, when stressed |
C. | In which magnetising force reduces when current flowing through it is in-cresed |
D. | Which changes dimensions due to applied field |
Answer» C. In which magnetising force reduces when current flowing through it is in-cresed | |
985. |
Plasma is$? |
A. | A high temperature neutral gas |
B. | Nothing but ionised gas |
C. | A source of steady and highest controllable pressure |
D. | Formed at very low temperature |
Answer» C. A source of steady and highest controllable pressure | |
986. |
A spring material should have low$? |
A. | Elastic limit |
B. | Deflection value |
C. | Fatigue resistance |
D. | None of these |
Answer» E. | |
987. |
Addition of beryllium to copper is done mainly to produce a/an __________ alloy.$? |
A. | Non-sparking & non-magnetic |
B. | High strength |
C. | Precipitation hardenable |
D. | Corrosion resistant |
Answer» B. High strength | |
988. |
Maximum change in the hardness of mar tensite occurs in the carbon content range of __________ percent in steel.$? |
A. | 0.01 to 0.10 |
B. | 0.2 to 0.4 |
C. | 0.5 to 0.7 |
D. | 0.8 to 1.0 |
Answer» C. 0.5 to 0.7 | |
989. |
__________ of austenite decreases the hardenability in steel.$? |
A. | Fine grains |
B. | Coarse grains |
C. | Homogeneity |
D. | Dissolved elements (except cobalt) |
Answer» E. | |
990. |
Window panes of aeroplanes are normally made of$? |
A. | Perspex (PMMA) |
B. | Teflon (PTFE) |
C. | Bakelite (phenol formaldehyde) |
D. | Polystyrene |
Answer» B. Teflon (PTFE) | |
991. |
Which of the following is a neutral flux used in the pyrometallurgy of metal extraction?$? |
A. | Quartz |
B. | Flourspar |
C. | Dolomite |
D. | Manganese ore |
Answer» C. Dolomite | |
992. |
Desalination of water$? |
A. | Makes it potable |
B. | Makes it non-potable |
C. | Means distillation of water |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Makes it non-potable | |
993. |
Diamagnetic materials$? |
A. | Are magnetised by eddy currents only |
B. | Are non-magnetic and can not be magnetised |
C. | Are magnetised in direction opposite to the magnetic field |
D. | Can be magnetised in one direction only |
Answer» D. Can be magnetised in one direction only | |
994. |
Baffles provided on the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger are meant for$? |
A. | Providing support for the tubes |
B. | Improving heat transfer |
C. | Both A & B |
D. | Preventing the fouling of tubes & stagnation of shell side fluid |
Answer» D. Preventing the fouling of tubes & stagnation of shell side fluid | |
995. |
Which of the following commonly used condenser tube materials has the lowest thermal conductivity?$? |
A. | Admirability brass |
B. | Stainless steel |
C. | Aluminium brass |
D. | Titanium |
Answer» C. Aluminium brass | |
996. |
Globular form of cementite is formed during the __________ process.$? |
A. | Spherodising |
B. | Hardening |
C. | Annealing |
D. | Normalising |
Answer» C. Annealing | |
997. |
Dowtherm is a$? |
A. | High temperature heating medium (a petroleum product) |
B. | Product of coal tar distillation |
C. | Very heat sensitive material |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Product of coal tar distillation | |
998. |
Nitriding of steel is a process for$? |
A. | Case hardening |
B. | Spheroidising |
C. | Normalising |
D. | Annealing |
Answer» B. Spheroidising | |
999. |
During brazing, if the fluxes are entrapped, it results in the$? |
A. | Distortion of brazed joints |
B. | Cracking of joints |
C. | Presence of gas pockets |
D. | Corrosion |
Answer» E. | |
1000. |
Enzymes belong to the category of$? |
A. | Proteins |
B. | Carbohydrates |
C. | Vitamins |
D. | Fats |
Answer» B. Carbohydrates | |