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This section includes 800 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Mechanical Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
701. |
The height of each tooth of a broach is |
A. | Same throughout |
B. | In progressively decreasing order |
C. | In progressively increasing order |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
702. |
The rear teeth of a broach |
A. | Perform burnishing operation |
B. | Remove minimum metal |
C. | Remove maximum metal |
D. | Remove no metal |
Answer» D. Remove no metal | |
703. |
A CNC vertical milling machine has to cut a straight slot of 10 mm width and 2 mm depth by a cutter of 10 mm diameter between points (0,0) and (100,100) on the XY plane (dimensions in mm). The feed rate used for milling is 50 mm/min, milling time for the slot (in seconds) is |
A. | 120 |
B. | 170 |
C. | 180 |
D. | 240 |
Answer» C. 180 | |
704. |
The ratio between two consecutive spindle speeds for a six-speed drilling machine using drills of diameter 6.25 to 25 mm size and at a cutting velocity of 18 m/min is |
A. | 1.02 |
B. | 1.32 |
C. | 1.66 |
D. | 1.82 |
Answer» C. 1.66 | |
705. |
Hardness of steel greatly improves with |
A. | Annealing |
B. | Cyaniding |
C. | Normalizing |
D. | Tempering |
Answer» C. Normalizing | |
706. |
In an interchangeable assembly, shafts of size 25.000 -0.0100‚Äö√Ö‚à´‚Äö√Ö‚àû‚Äö√ √¥‚Äö√Ö‚àû‚Äö√Ö¬•‚Äö√Ö‚àû mm mate with holes of size 25.000 -0.010‚Äö√Ö‚à´‚Äö√Ö‚àû‚Äö√ √¥‚Äö√Ö‚àû¬¨‚â§‚Äö√Ö‚àû mm. The maximum possible clearance in the assembly will be$ |
A. | 10 microns |
B. | 20 microns |
C. | 30 microns |
D. | 60 microns |
Answer» D. 60 microns | |
707. |
Crack in grinding wheel is developed due to |
A. | High temperature developed at the contact of the wheel face and work |
B. | Grinding hard work |
C. | Low speed of wheel |
D. | High speed of wheel |
Answer» E. | |
708. |
When the cutting edge of the tool is dull, then during machining |
A. | Continuous chips are formed |
B. | Discontinuous chips are formed |
C. | Continuous chips with built-up edge are formed |
D. | No chips are formed |
Answer» D. No chips are formed | |
709. |
In metal machining, the work-tool contact zone is a zone where heat is generated due to |
A. | Plastic deformation of metal |
B. | Burnishing friction |
C. | Friction between the moving chip and the tool face |
D. | None of the above |
Answer» C. Friction between the moving chip and the tool face | |
710. |
Drilling is an example of |
A. | Orthogonal cutting |
B. | Oblique cutting |
C. | Simple cutting |
D. | Uniform cutting |
Answer» C. Simple cutting | |
711. |
In a metal arc welding process, metal transfer across the arc may take place by a method of material transfer where the metal transfers across the arc is in larger drops. This is at the rate of 100 drops/sec or less, what is this known as |
A. | Globular transfer |
B. | Spray transfer |
C. | GMAW practice |
D. | Dip transfer |
Answer» E. | |
712. |
The angle between the lathe centres is |
A. | 30° |
B. | 45° |
C. | 60° |
D. | 90° |
Answer» D. 90¬¨‚àû | |
713. |
A twist drill is specified by its |
A. | Shank, material and diameter |
B. | Shank, lip angle and size of flute |
C. | Material, length of body and helix angle |
D. | Any one of these |
Answer» B. Shank, lip angle and size of flute | |
714. |
The factor which affects the tool life is |
A. | Tool geometry |
B. | Cutting speed |
C. | Feed rate |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
715. |
When the temperature of a solid metal increases, |
A. | Strength of the metal decreases but ductility increases |
B. | Both strength and ductility of the metal decreases |
C. | Both strength and ductility of the metal increases |
D. | Strength of the metal increases but ductility decreases |
Answer» B. Both strength and ductility of the metal decreases | |
716. |
The maximum production of small and slender parts is done by |
A. | Watch maker's lathe |
B. | Sliding head stock automatic lathe |
C. | Multi-spindle automatic lathe |
D. | Capstan lathe |
Answer» D. Capstan lathe | |
717. |
Glazing in grinding wheels takes place when the |
A. | Wheel is too hard or wheel revolves at a very high speed |
B. | Wheel is too soft or wheel revolves at a very slow speed |
C. | Wheel is too hard and wheel revolves at very slow speed |
D. | Wheel is too soft and wheel revolves at a very high speed |
Answer» B. Wheel is too soft or wheel revolves at a very slow speed | |
718. |
Crater wear is mainly due to the phenomenon known as |
A. | Adhesion of metals |
B. | Oxidation of metals |
C. | Diffusion of metals |
D. | All of these |
Answer» D. All of these | |
719. |
Hot rolling of mild steel is carried out |
A. | At recrystallization temperature |
B. | Between 100‚Äö√Ö‚àûC to 150‚Äö√Ö‚àûC |
C. | Between recrystallization temperature |
D. | Above recrystallization temperature |
Answer» E. | |
720. |
The operation performed on a shaper is |
A. | Machining horizontal surface |
B. | Machining vertical surface |
C. | Machining angular surface |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
721. |
A grinding wheel is said to be of _________ if the abrasive grains can be easily dislodged. |
A. | Soft grade |
B. | Medium grade |
C. | Hard grade |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Medium grade | |
722. |
The common welding error that occurs due to wrong speed, faulty preparation, and high / low current, improper electrode size is called? |
A. | Distortion |
B. | Warping |
C. | Porous weld |
D. | Poor fusion |
Answer» E. | |
723. |
Slow speed of the spindle is necessary in |
A. | Thread cutting |
B. | Turning a work of larger diameter |
C. | Turning a hard or tough material |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
724. |
The lathe centres are provided with standard taper known as |
A. | Morse taper |
B. | Seller's taper |
C. | Chapman taper |
D. | Brown and Sharpe taper |
Answer» B. Seller's taper | |
725. |
The effect of setting a boring tool above center height leads to |
A. | Increase in the effective rake angle and a decrease in the effective clearance angle |
B. | Increase in both effective rake angle and effective clearance angle |
C. | Decrease in the effective rake angle and an increase in the effective clearance angle |
D. | Decrease in both effective rake angle and effective clearance angle |
Answer» B. Increase in both effective rake angle and effective clearance angle | |
726. |
A single point thread cutting tool should ideally have |
A. | Zero rake angle |
B. | Positive rake angle |
C. | Negative rake angle |
D. | Point angle |
Answer» B. Positive rake angle | |
727. |
In order to prevent tool from rubbing the work _________ on tools are provided. |
A. | Rake angles |
B. | Relief angles |
C. | Face angles |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Face angles | |
728. |
The relation between tool life (T) and cutting speed (V) is VTn = Constant. In this relation, the value of n depends upon |
A. | Work material |
B. | Tool material |
C. | Working conditions |
D. | Type of chip produced |
Answer» C. Working conditions | |
729. |
In a center lathe, the cutting tool is fed in _________ with reference to the lathe axis. |
A. | Cross direction only |
B. | Longitudinal direction only |
C. | Both cross and longitudinal direction |
D. | Any direction |
Answer» D. Any direction | |
730. |
The abrasive recommended for grinding materials of high tensile strength is |
A. | Silicon carbide |
B. | Aluminium oxide |
C. | Sand stone |
D. | Diamond |
Answer» C. Sand stone | |
731. |
While cutting helical gears on a non-differential gear hobber, the feed change gear ratio is |
A. | Independent of index change gear ratio |
B. | Dependent on speed change gear ratio |
C. | Interrelated to index change gear ratio |
D. | Independent of speed and index change gear ratio |
Answer» D. Independent of speed and index change gear ratio | |
732. |
Surface grinding is done to produce |
A. | Tapered surface |
B. | Flat surface |
C. | Internal cylindrical holes |
D. | All of these |
Answer» C. Internal cylindrical holes | |
733. |
The facing is an operation of |
A. | Beveling the extreme end of a workpiece |
B. | Embossing a diamond shaped pattern on the surface of a workpiece |
C. | Reducing the diameter of a workpiece over a very narrow surface |
D. | Machining the ends of a workpiece to produce a flat surface square with the axis |
Answer» E. | |
734. |
The cutting speed for drilling aluminium, brass and bronze with high speed steel drills varies from |
A. | 10 to 20 m/min |
B. | 18 to 30 m/min |
C. | 24 to 45 m/min |
D. | 60 to 90 m/min |
Answer» E. | |
735. |
Trepanning is an operation of |
A. | Making a cone-shaped enlargement of the end of a hole |
B. | Smoothing and squaring the surface around a hole |
C. | Sizing and finishing a small diameter hole |
D. | Producing a hole by removing metal along the circumference of a hollow cutting tool |
Answer» E. | |
736. |
Work speed of circular electrode of 220 mm diameter for carrying out seam welding at 4 welds per cm on 1.6 mm thick mild steel tube. Welding cycle consists of 3 cycles ‘on’ and 2 cycles ‘off’ Power supply is at 50 Hz. Calculate R.P.M. and energy requirement of the above circular electrodes assuming effective resistance between electrodes as 100 ohm.$ |
A. | 2.17 rpm, 600 joules |
B. | 6.8 rpm, 6 joules |
C. | 5.03 rpm, 600 joules |
D. | 22 rpm, 600 joules |
Answer» B. 6.8 rpm, 6 joules | |
737. |
Which of the following process is used for preparing parts having large curved surfaces and thin sections? |
A. | Hot machining |
B. | Ultrasonic machining |
C. | ECM process |
D. | Chemical milling |
Answer» E. | |
738. |
In a plain milling cutter, the portion of the gash adjacent to the cutting edge on which the chip impinges is called |
A. | Face |
B. | Fillet |
C. | Land |
D. | Lead |
Answer» B. Fillet | |
739. |
The cutting force in punching and blanking operations mainly depends on |
A. | The modulus of elasticity of metal |
B. | The shear strength of metal |
C. | The bulk modulus of metal |
D. | The yield strength of metal |
Answer» C. The bulk modulus of metal | |
740. |
Which type of motor is not used in axis or spindle drives of CNC machine tools? |
A. | Induction motor |
B. | DC servo motor |
C. | Stepper motor |
D. | Linear servo motor |
Answer» D. Linear servo motor | |
741. |
In plunge grinding |
A. | The work is reciprocated as the wheel feeds to produce cylinders longer than the width of wheel face |
B. | The work rotates in a fixed position as the wheel feeds to produce cylinders equal to or shorter than the width of wheel face |
C. | The work is reciprocated as the wheel feeds to produce cylinders shorter than the width of wheel face |
D. | The work rotates in a fixed position as the wheel feeds to produce cylinders longer than the width of wheel face |
Answer» C. The work is reciprocated as the wheel feeds to produce cylinders shorter than the width of wheel face | |
742. |
The shear velocity is the velocity of |
A. | Tool relative to the workpiece |
B. | Chip relative to the tool |
C. | Tool along the tool face |
D. | None of these |
Answer» E. | |
743. |
EDM machining is applied for |
A. | Shaping carbide dies and punches having complicated profiles |
B. | Making large number of small holes in sieves and fuel nozzles |
C. | Embossing and engraving on harder materials |
D. | All of these |
Answer» E. | |
744. |
The width of cutting edge of a parting off tool varies from |
A. | 3 to 12 mm |
B. | 5 to 20 mm |
C. | 8 to 30 mm |
D. | 15 to 40 mm |
Answer» B. 5 to 20 mm | |
745. |
Misrun is a casting defect which occurs due to |
A. | Very high pouring temperature of the metal |
B. | Insufficient fluidity of the molten metal |
C. | Absorption of gases by the liquid metal |
D. | Improper alignment of the mould flasks |
Answer» C. Absorption of gases by the liquid metal | |
746. |
In _________ operation, the chip thickness is minimum at the beginning of the cut and it reaches to the maximum when the cut terminates. |
A. | Conventional milling |
B. | Climb milling |
C. | Face milling |
D. | End milling |
Answer» B. Climb milling | |
747. |
In gear hobbing |
A. | Only hob rotates |
B. | Only gear blank rotates |
C. | Both hob and gear blank rotates |
D. | Neither hob nor gear blank rotates |
Answer» D. Neither hob nor gear blank rotates | |
748. |
It is desired to perform the operations like drilling, reaming, counter-boring etc. on a work piece. Which of the following machine will be used? |
A. | Sensitive drilling machine |
B. | Radial drilling machine |
C. | Gang drilling machine |
D. | Multiple spindle drilling machine |
Answer» D. Multiple spindle drilling machine | |
749. |
The cutting speed for counter-boring should be _________ that of drilling operation. |
A. | Equal to |
B. | Less than |
C. | Greater than |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
750. |
The angle between the shear plane and _________ is called shear angle. |
A. | Work surface |
B. | Tool face |
C. | Machine surface |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Tool face | |