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201.

Muntz metal contains copper and zinc in the ratio of%!

A. 50 : 50
B. 40 : 60
C. 60 : 40
D. 20 : 80
Answer» D. 20 : 80
202.

Maximum percentage of carbon in ferrite is%!

A. 0.025%
B. 0.06%
C. 0.1%
D. 0.25%
Answer» B. 0.06%
203.

According to Indian standard specifications, plain carbon steel designated by 40 C8 means that the carbon content is%!

A. 0.04%
B. 0.35 to 0.45%
C. 0.4 to 0.6%
D. 0.6 to 0.8%
Answer» C. 0.4 to 0.6%
204.

The strength is the ability of a material to resist%!

A. Deformation under stress
B. Externally applied forces with breakdown or yielding
C. Fracture due to high impact loads
D. None of these
Answer» C. Fracture due to high impact loads
205.

The steel widely used for motor car crankshafts is%!

A. Nickel steel
B. Chrome steel
C. Nickel-chrome steel
D. Silicon steel
Answer» C. Nickel-chrome steel
206.

*$_The alloying element which increases residual magnetism and coercive magnetic force in steel for magnets is?

A. Chromium
B. Nickel
C. Vanadium
D. Cobalt
Answer» E.
207.

*$_Grey cast iron has?

A. Carbon in the form of free graphite
B. High tensile strength
C. Low compressive strength
D. All of these
Answer» B. High tensile strength
208.

*$_Solder is an alloy consisting of?

A. Tin, antimony, copper
B. Tin and copper
C. Tin and lead
D. Lead and zinc
Answer» C. Tin and lead
209.

*$_The following element can't impart high strength at elevated temperature?

A. Manganese
B. Magnesium
C. Nickel
D. Silicon
Answer» C. Nickel
210.

*$_Muntz metal contains copper and zinc in the ratio of?

A. 50 : 50
B. 40 : 60
C. 60 : 40
D. 20 : 80
Answer» D. 20 : 80
211.

*$_Maximum percentage of carbon in ferrite is?

A. 0.025%
B. 0.06%
C. 0.1%
D. 0.25%
Answer» B. 0.06%
212.

*$_According to Indian standard specifications, plain carbon steel designated by 40 C8 means that the carbon content is?

A. 0.04%
B. 0.35 to 0.45%
C. 0.4 to 0.6%
D. 0.6 to 0.8%
Answer» C. 0.4 to 0.6%
213.

*$_The strength is the ability of a material to resist?

A. Deformation under stress
B. Externally applied forces with breakdown or yielding
C. Fracture due to high impact loads
D. None of these
Answer» C. Fracture due to high impact loads
214.

*$_The steel widely used for motor car crankshafts is?

A. Nickel steel
B. Chrome steel
C. Nickel-chrome steel
D. Silicon steel
Answer» C. Nickel-chrome steel
215.

*$_Cobalt in steel?

A. Improves wear resistance, cutting ability and toughness
B. Refines grain size and produces less tendency to carburisation, improve corrosion and heat resistant proper ties
C. Improves cutting ability and reduce hardenability
D. Gives ductility, toughness, tensile strength and anti corrosion property
Answer» D. Gives ductility, toughness, tensile strength and anti corrosion property
216.

*$_Eutectoid steel contains following percentage of carbon?

A. 0.02%
B. 0.3%
C. 0.63%
D. 0.8%
Answer» E.
217.

*$_Quenching is not necessary when hardening is done by?

A. Case hardening
B. Flame hardening
C. Nitriding
D. Any one of these
Answer» D. Any one of these
218.

*$_The crystal structure of brass is?

A. F.C.C.
B. B.C.C.
C. H.C.P.
D. Orthorhombic crystalline structure
Answer» B. B.C.C.
219.

*$_Which of the following metal shrinks most from molten state to solid state??

A. Cast iron
B. Cast steel
C. Brass
D. Admiralty metal
Answer» E.
220.

*$_1841 high speed steel contains?

A. Vanadium 4%, chromium 18% and tungsten 1%
B. Vanadium 1%, chromium 4% and tungsten 18%
C. Vanadium 18%, chromium 1% and tungsten 4%
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Vanadium 18%, chromium 1% and tungsten 4%
221.

*$_Cold rolled steel sheets contain carbon of the following order?

A. 0.1%
B. 0.2%
C. 0.4%
D. 0.6%
Answer» B. 0.2%
222.

*$_Which of the following statements are true for annealing of steels??

A. Steels are heated to 500 to 700°C
B. Cooling is done slowly and steadily
C. Internal stresses are relieved
D. All of these
Answer» E.
223.

*/*_Tungsten in steel?

A. Improves wear resistance, cutting ability and toughness
B. Refines grain size and produces less tendency to carburisation, improves corrosion and heat resistant properties
C. Improves cutting ability and reduces hardenability
D. Gives ductility, toughness, tensile strength and anti-corrosion properties
Answer» C. Improves cutting ability and reduces hardenability
224.

*/*_Slow plastic deformation of metals under a constant stress is known as?

A. Creep
B. Fatigue
C. Endurance
D. Plastic deformation
Answer» B. Fatigue
225.

*/*_Admiralty gun metal contains?

A. 63 to 67% nickel and 30% copper
B. 88% copper, 10% tin and rest zinc
C. Alloy of tin, lead and cadmium
D. Iron scrap and zinc
Answer» C. Alloy of tin, lead and cadmium
226.

*/*_Ball bearings are, usually, made from?

A. Low carbon steel
B. High carbon steel
C. Medium carbon steel
D. Chrome steel
Answer» E.
227.

*/*_Chromium when added to steel _________ the tensile strength.?

A. Does not effect
B. Decreases
C. Increases
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
228.

*/*_Cemented carbide tools are not found to be suitable for cutting?

A. Brass
B. Cast iron
C. Aluminium
D. Steel
Answer» E.
229.

*/*_The temperature at which ferromagnetic alpha iron transforms to paramagnetic alpha iron is?

A. 770°C
B. 910°C
C. 1050°C
D. Below recrystallization temperature
Answer» B. 910¬¨‚àûC
230.

*/*_Which of the following alloys does not have copper as one of the constituents??

A. Delta metal
B. Monel metal
C. Constantan
D. Nichrome
Answer» E.
231.

*/*_Preheating is essential in welding?

A. Cast iron
B. High speed steel
C. All nonferrous materials
D. All of the above
Answer» B. High speed steel
232.

*/*_Delta-iron occurs between the temperature ranges of?

A. 400°C to 600°C
B. 600°C to 900°C
C. 900°C to 1400°C
D. 1400°C to 1530°C
Answer» E.
233.

*/*_In spheroidising process, the steel is?

A. Heated below the lower critical temperature and then cooled slowly
B. Heated up to the lower critical temperature and then cooled in still air
C. Heated slightly above the lower critical temperature and then cooled slowly to a temperature of 600°C
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
234.

*/*_Age-hardening is related with?

A. Stainless steel
B. Gun metal
C. German silver
D. Duralumin
Answer» E.
235.

*/*_Recrystallization temperature is one?

A. At which crystals first start forming from molten metal when it is cooled
B. At which new spherical crystals first begin to form from the old deformed one when a strained metal is heated
C. At which change of allotropic form takes place
D. At which crystals grow bigger in size
Answer» C. At which change of allotropic form takes place
236.

*/*_A reversible change in the atomic structure of steel with corresponding change in the properties is known as?

A. Molecular change
B. Physical change
C. Allotropic change
D. Solidus change
Answer» D. Solidus change
237.

*/*_The charge is fed into the blast furnace through the?

A. Stack
B. Throat
C. Bosh
D. Tyres
Answer» C. Bosh
238.

*/*_Compressive strength of grey cast iron in tonnes/cm is of the order of?

A. 35
B. 57
C. 710
D. 1015
Answer» C. 710
239.

*/*_Amorphous material is one?

A. In which atoms align themselves in a geometric pattern upon solidification
B. In which there is no definite atomic structure and atoms exist in a random pattern just as in a liquid
C. Which is not attacked by phosphorous
D. Which emits fumes on melting
Answer» C. Which is not attacked by phosphorous
240.

*/*_The transistor is made of?

A. Silver
B. Gold
C. Copper
D. Germanium
Answer» E.
241.

*/*_An engineer's hammer is made of?

A. Cast iron
B. Forged steel
C. Mild steel
D. High carbon steel
Answer» E.
242.

*/*_The toughness of a material __________ when it is heated.?

A. Remain same
B. Decreases
C. Increases
D. None of these
Answer» C. Increases
243.

*/*_The addition of which of the following improves machining of copper??

A. Sulphur
B. Vanadium
C. Tin
D. Zinc
Answer» B. Vanadium
244.

*/*_Cartridge brass can be?

A. Cold rolled into sheets
B. Drawn into wires
C. Formed into tube
D. Any one of these
Answer» E.
245.

*/*_Age hardening is related to?

A. Duralumin
B. Brass
C. Copper
D. Silver
Answer» B. Brass
246.

*/*_In nodular iron, graphite is in the form of?

A. Cementite
B. Free carbon
C. Flakes
D. Spheroids
Answer» E.
247.

*/*_The ratio of the volume occupied by the atoms to the total volume of the unit cell is called?

A. Coordination number
B. Atomic packing factor
C. Space lattice
D. None of these
Answer» C. Space lattice
248.

*/*_The aluminium alloy, mainly used, for anodized utensil manufacture, is?

A. Duralumin
B. Y-alloy
C. Magnalium
D. Hindalium
Answer» E.
249.

*/*_The brown smoke during the operation of a Bessemer converter indicates that the?

A. Air is burning out silicon and manganese
B. Silicon and manganese has burnt and carbon has started oxidizing
C. The converter must be titled to remove the contents of the converter
D. The brown smoke does not occur during the operation of a Bessemer converter
Answer» B. Silicon and manganese has burnt and carbon has started oxidizing
250.

*/*_The ultimate tensile strength and yield strength of most of the metals, when temperature falls from 0 to 100°C will?

A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Remain same
D. First increase and then decrease
Answer» B. Decrease