Explore topic-wise MCQs in Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE).

 The mathematical technique for finding the best use of limited resources in an optimum manner is known as

A company spends considerable amount on publicity to promote sales. This expenditure in break even chart is shown below the

Which of the following organisation is preferred in automobile industry?

 P.M.T.S. (Predetermined Motion Time Systems) include

 Which of the following statement is wrong?

Positive slack on a PERT indicates that project is

Product layout is best suited where

The performance of a specific task in CPM is known as

 PERT stands for

If standard production is 20 units, a worker’s actual output is 18 units, piece rate is Rs. 500 per unit, and over-achievement rate is Rs. 750 per unit, then the wage paid to the worker, in Rs., as per Taylor’s differential price rate wage incentive plan, is

Which one of the following is NOT in the scope of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system?

For air travel over a distance of 500 km, the ticket price is Rs. 4000. The comfort of the air travel can be monetized at Rs.3000, and the monetary value of time saved because of air travel is Rs.3000. The value of air travel is

As per the principles of motion economy, which one of the following is NOT a pivot for a classified movement of human body?

Ishikawa diagram represents

Material Requirements Planning DOES NOT include

Solution to the balanced assignment problem is binary due to

A line balancing problem is solved in the context of

The angle of a twist drill that determines its rake angle is

In Computer Aided Process Planning, determination of process sequence for manufacture of any part design without predefined standard plans is known as

Which one of the following statements related to grinding process is INCORRECT?

During turning of mild steel work material, the maximum temperature is observed at

Built-up edge formation decreases under the conditions listed below EXCEPT

The maximum reduction per pass during wire drawing of an aluminum alloy ignoring friction and redundant work is 77%. The strain hardening exponent of the material is

In rolling of a flat strip, the relative velocity of strip with respect to the roller is

If the principal stress values are 120 MPa, –50 MPa and 10 MPa in a given state of stress, then maximum shear stress in the material, in MPa, is

The true stress at fracture of a tensile tested specimen, having an initial diameter of 13 mm, is 700 MPa. If the diameter of specimen at fracture is 10 mm, then the engineering stress, in MPa, at fracture is

A spindle speed of 300 rpm and a feed of 0.3 mm/revolution are chosen for longitudinal turning operation on an engine lathe. In finishing pass, roughness on the work surface can be reduced by

In an open die forging, a circular disc is gradually compressed between two flat platens. The exponential decay of normal stress on the flat face of the disc, from the center of the disc towards its periphery, indicates that

Reaming is a process used for

Brazing and Soldering are

A moving mandrel is used in

Chills are used in casting moulds to

Which one of the following methods is NOT used for producing metal powders?

For a metal alloy, which one of the following descriptions relates to the stress-relief annealing process?

Relationship between Young’s Modulus (E), Shear Modulus (G), and Poisson’s Ratio (μ), for a material obeying the Hooke’s Law, is

Which one of the following is not a characteristic of JIT manufacturing system?

The diameter of a shaft must be within a tolerance of 0.02 of the nominal diameter. Which control chart is useful to determine that the process is in statistical control?

A manufacturing plant, working in 2 shifts of 8 hrs each, produces 30,000 switch boards using a set of 7 workstations in series. The cycle time, in seconds, is

A company wants to determine the proportion of time workers are idle. In a pilot study, the proportion of idle time was found to be 0.16. If the company wants to be 95% confident (z-value = 1.96) that the estimated value is within 0.03 of the true proportion, the number of observations required in the study should be

A machine has been purchased for Rs.100,000 and its useful life is estimated to be 10 years. Its scrap value at the end of 10 years is estimated as Rs.20,000. If the depreciation is determined using the declining balance method, the value of depreciation (in Rs.) during the first year is _______

As the product passes through different stages of product life cycle, the product variety

Which one of the following techniques is used to analyze the cause and effect of product failure?

A quantitative measure of maintainability is

In simple exponential smoothing forecasting, to give higher weightage to recent demand information, the smoothing constant must be close to

In the 3-2-1 principle of fixture design, 3 refers to the number of

A cube shaped solidifies in 5min. The solidification time in min for a cube of the same material, which is 8 times heavier than the original casting, will be

For a ductile material, toughness is a measure of

In a rolling process, the state of stress of the material undergoing deformation is

The type of control chart used to monitor the amount of dispersion in a sample is

A company manufactures 1000 toys every day. On an average, 10% of the toys are defective and 40% of the defective toys can be reworked into defect-free ones. The average number of defect-free toys manufactured daily is