Which of the following is the most wear resistant grade of carbide used for the cutting tools?
A. Aluminium carbide
B. Tungsten carbide
C. Nickel carbide
D. Iron carbide
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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
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. In a thin spherical shell under internal pressure, hoop stress is equal to the half of axial stress
B. Thermoplastic material does not follow Hooke's law of elasticity
C. Components under longitudinal compression is called 'struts' and the load under which strut fails is called crippling or buckling load
D. At low temperatures (sub-zero) in pressure vessels, the ductility of metal diminishes and brittle fracture occurs while at high temperature in pressure vessels, embrittlement of material may take place
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Stainless steel is welded with difficulty because of
A. Its high melting temperature
B. Chances of cracking
C. Oxide film formation
D. Chromium carbide formation
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Which of the following properties of a solid is not dependent on crystal imperfection?
A. Ductility
B. Semiconductivity
C. Melting point
D. Yield stress
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Identify the correct statement.
A. Sphlerite is zinc oxide
B. The first law of the thermodynamics is stated as δE = δQ - δW
C. Lead can be produced in a blast furnace
D. T. ferrooxidans is a fungus that can be used for leaching chalcopyrite
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Desalination of water
A. Makes it potable
B. Makes it non-potable
C. Means distillation of water
D. None of these
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Dew point of air indicates its
A. Moisture content
B. Dryness
C. Latent heat
D. Coolness
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Copper deposits are found in India at the following location:
A. Kudremukh
B. Kolar
C. Khetri
D. Ramagundam
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__________ remains constant during the adiabatic cooling of moist air.
A. Wet bulb temperature
B. Dry bulb temperature
C. Relative humidity
D. Specific humidity
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Pick out the wrong statement.
A. For a pressure vessel to be classified as 'thin vessel', the ratio of wall thickness to mean radius is less than 0.1
B. For calculating forces and efficiency of rivetted joint, either rivet diameter or rivet hole diameter is used in case of pressure vessel and in structural work
C. Longitudinal joint is normally made butt joint to maintain the circularity of the vessel
D. Maximum diameter of the opening provided in a pressure vessel, which does not require any compensation is 200 mm
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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
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Reynolds number of a fluid flowing in a circular pipe is 10000. What will be the Reynolds number when the fluid velocity is decreased by 30% & the pipe diameter is increased by 30% ?
A. 9100
B. 13000
C. 7000
D. 2550
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Which of the following is an acidic constituent of B.F. slag?
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Dielectric . . . . . . . .
A. Is an electrical insulating material
B. Of low resistivity is preferred
C. Should have high thermal conductivity
D. Need not defy the corrosive action of chemicals
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Largest application of laser welding is in __________ welding.
A. Microspot
B. Under water
C. Precious metals
D. Heavy structure
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Nitriding of steel is a process for
A. Case hardening
B. Spheroidising
C. Normalising
D. Annealing
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A dense structure of grinding wheel is not used for the
A. Ductile material
B. Hard materials
C. Brittle materials
D. Finishing cuts
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The hardness of a grinding wheel is specified by the
A. Alphabetical letter
B. Rockwell hardness number
C. Brinell hardness number
D. None of these
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Addition of silicon to cast iron
A. Promotes graphite module formation
B. Improves its ductility
C. Does not promote graphite flakes formation
D. Increases the fluidity of molten metal
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