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Post NameASSISTANT PROFESSOR (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)
DepartmentTECHNICAL EDUCATION (ENGINEERING COLLEGES)
Question Paper Code122/2016
Date of Test27 September 2016
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOMR Examination
Total Questions100
1
The Constituent Assembly met for the first time on 9" December in which year ?
Answer
B. 1946
2
‘Objective Resolution’ drafted and moved by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in the Constituent Assembly on
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A. 13 December, 1946
3
First Delimitation Commission was setup in India on
Answer
Question Cancelled
4
The Prime Minister's Secretariat was renamed into Prime Minister's Office at the time of
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D. Morarji Desai
5
Who fixes the number of Judges in the Supreme Court ?
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C. The Parliament
6
Malayalam newspaper ‘Paschimodayam’ published in 1847 by
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D. Herman Gundert
7
Kallumala agitation associated with
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A. Dress Code
8
Name the work of K. Damodaran.
Answer
B. Pattabakhi
9
Who has not participated in Vaikkam Sathyagraha ?
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C. A. K. Gopalan
10
Who among the following became the member of ‘Malayala Pradesh Congress Committee’ ?
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A. Kuttimalu Amma
11
Father of Indian Unrest
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D. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
12
Mathikettan Shola National Park is situated in which District ?
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B. Idukki
13
Bhakra Nangal Dam is across which river ?
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C. Satluj
14
Current General Manager of South Eastern Railway
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A. A. K. Goel
15
Which company has launched BBM money transfer service in India ?
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D. Black Berry
16
Who among the following is not the Goodwill Ambassador of India in Rio Olympics ?
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C. Sushil Kumar
17
2015 Kendra Sahitya Academy Award Winning Book
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D. Aarachaar
18
Which is known as Indian Education Commission ? |
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A. Kothari Commission
19
‘Tamasa’ is the dance form of
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C. Maharashtra
20
Which day was celebrated as National Education Day ?
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B. November 11
21
If v = x²i + y²j + z²k, find div (curl v).
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A. 0
22
Find the Laplace transform of cosh at
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C. s/(s² − a²)
23
Find the rank of | 229 002] 000
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B. 3
24
Find the general solution of the differential equation (D³ − D² − D + 1)y = 0.
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D. c₁e⁻ˣ + (c₂ + c₃x)eˣ
25
If C is the unit circle, ∮C dz/(z² + 4) = ?
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B. 0
26
Pick up the incorrect statement from the following :
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C. An increase in temperature causes a tape to increase in length and the measured distance is too large.
27
A stone of mass 1 kg is tied to a string of length 1 m and whirled in a horizontal circle at a constant angular speed 5 rad/sec. The tension in the string is
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B. 25 N
28
The ratio of the moment of inertia of a rectangle about its centroidal axis to that about its base, is
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B. 1/4
29
Ultimate strength to cement is provided by
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A. Di-calcium silicate
30
The portion of the brick without a triangular corner equal to half the width and half the length, is called
Answer
Question Cancelled
31
An industrial heat pump operates between the temperatures of 27° C and-13° C, The rates of heat addition and heat rejection are 750 W and 1000 W respectively. The COP for the heat pump is
Answer
C. 4.0
32
Ahydraulic turbine develops 1000 kW power for a head of 40 m. If the head is reduced to 20 m, the power developed (in kW) is
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B. 354
33
Two mating spur gears have 40 and 120 teeth respectively. The pinion rotates at 1200 rpm and transmits a torque of 20 Nm. The torque transmitted by gear is
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D. 60 Nm
34
Misrun is a casting defect which occurs due to
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B. Insufficient fluidity of the molten metal
35
Which of the following arc welding process does not use consumable electrode 7
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A. GTAW
36
A500 kVA transformer has full load efficiency of 95% at UPF. It gives the same efficiency at 60% of full load and at UPF. The iron loss of the transformer is
Answer
B. 9.87 kw
37
Leakage flux in an induction motor is the flux that
Answer
C. Links stator winding or the rotor winding but not both
38
Itis desired to have a constant direct current through an ideal inductor, the nature of the voltage source must be
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D. An ideal impulse
39
A filament bulb rated at 500 W, 100 V is to be connected in series with capacitance across 220 V, 50 Hz supply. What will be the value of the capacitor such that the voltage across the bulb and the power consumed by the bulb are according to the rating of the bulb ?
Answer
B. 81 HF
40
In delta to star transformation, if the three elements of the delta connection are scaled by a factor ‘m’, m > 0, the elements of the corresponding star equivalent will be scaled by a factor of
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D. m
41
In an OPAMP out offset voltage due to input offset current is given by
Answer
C. Vₒ = IᵢₒRf
42
For a PN diode, maximum reverse bias potential that can be applied before entering a zener region is called
Answer
Question Cancelled
43
In a fullwave rectifier the DC voltage is given by
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D. Vdc = 0.636 Vm
44
Frequency of oscillation for an RC phase shift oscillator is given by
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A. f = 1/[2πRC√(6 + 4R꜀/R)]
45
If delay line is not used in vertical section of a CRO
Answer
A. Initial Part is lost
46
What will be the output of the following program? void main() { int i = 1; printf("%d", i = ++i == 1); }
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A. 0
47
What will be the value of ‘f’ after the execution of the following program? void main() { char a; float f = 10; for(a = 1; a <= 5; a++) { f -= .2; } printf("\nf=%g", f); }
Answer
B. 9
48
What will be the output of the following program? #define abc(x,y) x*y void main() { int a = 1, b = 2; printf("%d", abc(a+1,b−2)); }
Answer
B. 1
49
Which statement is added to the following program such that address of “r1” gets stored in “r2”? void main() { int *r2; void abc(int **); abc(&r2); printf("%d", *r2); } void abc(int **r3) { int r1 = 5; /* add statement here */ }
Answer
C. *r3 = &r1
50
The CPU can also be called as
Answer
Question Cancelled
51
In thermodynamics, pure substance is the one which
Answer
B. Consists of only a single chemical species
52
A thermodynamic cycle consisting of two reversible isothermal processes and two reversible isobaric processes is known as
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D. Erikson cycle
53
Entropy of mixing is
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B. Positive
54
The forces being dealt with in fluid statics are
Answer
C. Gravity forces and pressure forces
55
The printer's ink is an example of
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C. Thixotropic fluid
56
An assumption not made in the derivation of Bemoulli's equation is
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B. Uniform flow
57
Which of these are similar in forced convection and natural convection boundary layers ? |
Answer
Question Cancelled
58
With the rise in temperature, the thermal conductivity of solid metals
Answer
B. Decreases
59
Fora part subjected to stress reversals, which of the following section is preferred a
Answer
D. Hollow cylindrical pipe
60
For calculating stress in a hollow shaft subjected to torsion, the radius taken into consideration is
Answer
B. Outer radius
61
A worm is basically a
Answer
C. Helical gear
62
If the line of movement of the follower passes through the centre of rotation of the cam, then it is called
Answer
B. Radial follower
63
Hypoid gears are used for
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C. Non-parallel non-intersecting shafts
64
When the angle of inclination of the crank with inner dead centre of a reciprocating engine is 45°, then
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D. Secondary force is zero
65
A shaft with two rotors at its ends will have
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B. One node
66
The speed at which a shaft tends to vibrate violently in the transverse direction is called |
Answer
C. Whipping speed
67
In thick film hydrodynamic journal bearings, the coefficient of friction
Answer
Question Cancelled
68
For full depth involute spur gears, minimum number of teeth on the pinion to avoid interference depends on
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A. Pressure angle
69
The commonly used type of brakes in motor cars is
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C. Internal expanding brake
70
For new clutches, it is generally assumed that |
Answer
B. Pressure is uniform
71
The thermal efficiency of theoretical Otto cycle
Answer
D. All the above
72
In SI engines, supercharging leads to
Answer
A. Increase in BHP and decrease in thermal efficiency
73
Increase in compression ratio in a diesel engine
Answer
B. Reduces ignition delay |
74
Bleeding in steam turbines means
Answer
B. Extracted steam for preheating feed water |
75
For a heat exchanger, the value of LMTD should be |
Answer
A. As large as possible
76
Ina vapour compression refrigeration cycle, the lowest temperature occurs in
Answer
C. Evaporator
77
The psychrometric process involved in summer air conditioning is
Answer
B. Cooling and dehumidification
78
Cavitation in water turbine results in
Answer
Question Cancelled
79
Under part load operation, the turbine which is least efficient is
Answer
D. Propeller turbine
80
A photovoltaic cell converts
Answer
A. Electromagnetic radiation directly into electricity
81
The atomic packing factor for an FCC crystal is
Answer
B. 0.74
82
Stacking fault is a
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C. Surface and grain boundary defect
83
Pearlite is a combination of
Answer
B. Ferrite and cementite
84
The pattern material for investment mould casting is
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C. Wax
85
Pipes of large length and diameters are made by
Answer
D. Semi-centrifugal casting
86
Orthogonal cutting refers to cutting with
Answer
C. Zero degree inclination angle
87
Projection welding is
Answer
B. Multi-spot welding
88
USM is best suited for
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A. Brittle materials
89
Perthometer is a device used for measuring
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B. Surface roughness
90
The algebraic difference between maximum limit and minimum limit of size is called
Answer
C. Tolerance
91
At break-even point
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B. Sales revenue and total cost are equal
92
Fulkerson’s rule is associated with
Answer
C. PERT/CPM
93
Process layout is employed for
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Question Cancelled
94
Job evaluation is performed to
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B. Find the relative worth of jobs
95
Functional organisation was introduced by
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A. F. W. Taylor
96
The cost corresponding to completion of activity within minimum possible time is known as
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D. Crash cost
97
The optimal solution of an LPP is attained at
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A. Acorner point of feasible region
98
In a transportation problem, the N-W corner method would yield
Answer
B. An initial feasible solution
99
Delphi technique isa___—_—s method of forecasting.
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B. Judgemental
100
When a process is in statistical control, the process capability will be
Answer
Question Cancelled

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