Practice Test: Question Set - 37
1. The wear load should be __________ the dynamic load.
- (A) Equal to
- (B) Less than
- (C) Greater than
- (D) None of
these
2. The power transmitted by means of a belt depends upon
- (A) Velocity of
the belt
- (B) Tension
under which the belt is placed on the pulleys
- (C) Arc of
contact between the belt and the smaller pulley
- (D) All of the
above
3. According to Indian standard specifications, plain carbon steel designated by 40C8 contains carbon
- (A) 0.20 to
0.40%
- (B) 0.35 to
0.45%
- (C) 0.40 to
0.60%
- (D) None of
these
4. The longitudinal joint in boilers is used to get the required
- (A) Length of
boiler
- (B) Diameter of
boiler
- (C) Length and
diameter of boiler
- (D) Efficiency
of boiler
5. A riveted joint is a __________ fastening.
- (A) Permanent
- (B) Temporary
- (C) Either A or
B
- (D) None
of these
6. A long helical spring having a spring stiffness of 12 kN/m and number of turns 20, breaks into two parts with number of turns 10 each in both the parts. If the two parts are connected in series, then the softness of the resultant spring will be
- (A) 6 kN/m
- (B) 12 kN/m
- (C) 24 kN/m
- (D) 30 kN/m
7. A locking device extensively used in automobile industry is a
- (A) Jam nut
- (B) Castle nut
- (C) Sawn nut
- (D) Ring nut
8. Failure of a material is called fatigue when it fails
- (A) At the
elastic limit
- (B) Below the
elastic limit
- (C) At the yield
point
- (D) Below the
yield point
9. The endurance limit for a mirror polished material will be __________ as compared to unpolished material.
- (A) Same
- (B) Less
- (C) More
- (D) None of
these
10. The V-belts are particularly suitable for __________ drives.
- (A) Short
- (B) Long
- (C) Both A and B
- (D) None of
these
11. A pressure vessel is said to be a thick shell, if the ratio of wall thickness to its diameter is
- (A) Equal to
1/10
- (B) Less than
1/10
- (C) Greater than
1/10
- (D) None of
these
12. The lead angle of a worm is 22.5°. Its helix angle will be
- (A) 22.5°
- (B) 45°
- (C) 67.5°
- (D) 90°
13. The ends of the leaves of a semi-elliptical leaf spring are made triangular in order to
- (A) Obtain
variable moment of inertia (I) in each leaf
- (B) Permit each
leaf to act as an overhanging beam
- (C) Have
variable bending moment (M) in each leaf
- (D) Make M/I
constant throughout the length of the leaf
14. When a load W is applied suddenly on a bar of cross-sectional area A, the stress induced in the bar will be
- (A) W/A
- (B) W/2A
- (C) 2W/A
- (D) 3W/A
15. When the material of key and shaft is same, and the width of key is one-fourth of the diameter of shaft (d), then length of key will be
- (A) 0.8 d
- (B) 1.2 d
- (C) 1.57 d
- (D) 1.8 d
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