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Post NameOVERSEER/DRAFTSMAN(MECH.)GR.III/TRACER - IRRIGATION & DRAFTSMAN (MECH.) - KAMCO Ltd
Question Paper Code072/2021
Category Code141/2019
Date of Test2 August 2021
Medium of QuestionENGLISH
Exam TypeOMR Examination
Total Questions100
1
Newton is the SI unit of
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B. Force
2
The product of force and perpendicular distance from axis of rotation is known as
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C. Moment
3
Which of the following is a Scalar quantity ?
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A. Speed
4
Which of the following is an example for Third order lever ?
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D. Tweezers
5
The ratio of shear stress to shear strain is known as
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C. Rigidity modulus
6
The rate of doing work is known as
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B. Power
7
Water in an overhead tank possesses
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B. Potential energy
8
The ratio of lateral strain to linear strain is known as
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A. Poisson’s ratio
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Which of the following is the unit of power ?
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D. All of the above
10
In which of the following lever, fulcrum is in between load and effort ?
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A. First order
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Momentum is the product of mass and
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C. Velocity
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Which of the following has no unit ?
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B. Strain
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The ratio of frictional force to normal reaction is known as
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A. Coefficient of friction
14
The ratio of Ultimate stress to working stress is known as
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B. Factor of safety
15
According to which law “Within elastic limit stress is directly proportional to strain” ?
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C. Hooke’s law
16
When tensile force P is applied to a body of length L, cross-sectional area A and Young’s modulus E, the change in length l is
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B. PL/AE
17
What is the kinetic energy of a body of mass 50 kg moving with a velocity 80 m/s ?
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C. 160 KJ
18
Which of the following have same SI unit ?
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D. Energy and Work done
19
A spherical ball which is at rest on a horizontal flat surface is an example for
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C. Neutral equilibrium
20
Friction can be reduced by
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D. All of the above
21
In a machine drawing hatching lines are generally drawn at an angle
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B. 45°
22
In a triple-start thread, lead =
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B. 3 × pitch
23
Diameter of Rivet means
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A. Shank diameter
24
A welded joint is an example for
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B. Permanent joint
25
Which of the following is an example for Anti friction bearing ?
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C. Ball bearing
26
The component which is a metallic piece of wedge inserted between a shaft and hub, parallel to the axis of shaft is known as
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A. Key
27
The difference between upper limit of size and lower limit of size is known as
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B. Tolerance
28
The angle of Acme thread is
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D. 29°
29
In a riveted joint, if d is rivet diameter and t is plate thickness, then according to Unwin’s formula d =
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C. 6√t
30
Which of the following key is in the form of a segment of a circular disc ?
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B. Woodruff key
31
Which of the following component is used to connect shafts ?
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B. Coupling
32
A Bolt is designated as M12. This means
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C. Major diameter 12 mm
33
In a riveted joint, the distance between two adjacent rivets in the same row measured in the gauge line is known as
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D. Longitudinal pitch
34
Which of the following component has threads on both ends ?
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A. Stud
35
Which of the following is a type of Rivet head ?
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D. All of the above
36
The steam engine comes under the category of
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B. External combustion engine
37
In an Otto engine, the combustion occur at
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C. Constant volume
38
In a four stroke IC engine, the number of stroke covered for one revolution of crank shaft is
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B. 2
39
The hand priming pump is used in an engine, when the engine is
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D. at rest
40
If the thermostat valve is stuck in closed position, what will be the result ?
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A. Engine gets over heat
41
What is the instrument used to check the valve tappet clearance of IC engine ?
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B. Feeler gauge
42
What is the purpose of dip stick used in an engine ?
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D. To check the oil level
43
What is the equation for Frictional Horse Power (FHP) ?
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A. IHP – BHP
44
Which of the following quality determine burning property of diesel fuel ?
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D. Cetane number
45
The clearance volume is 10 cc and the swept volume is 90 cc, what is the compression ratio ?
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C. 10 : 1
46
Ignition advance is expressed in terms of
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A. Crank angle
47
The escape of burnt gases from the combustion chamber past of the piston into the crankcase is called
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B. Blow by
48
In two stroke engine, what replaces the valves of the four stroke engine ?
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B. Ports
49
The fuel is injected into the cylinder in diesel engine, when the piston is
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C. Approaching to TDC during compression stroke
50
A square type engine
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D. has cylinder bore equal to stroke length
51
The maximum velocity in a circular pipe when the flow is laminar occurs at
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C. the center of the pipe
52
Due to which of the following phenomena water hammer is caused ?
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A. Sudden closure of valve in a pipe line
53
The venturimeter is used for measuring
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B. Flow rate
54
The phenomenon by which a liquid rises into a thin glass tube above or below its normal level
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A. Capillarity
55
The viscosity of a liquid __________ with increase in temperature.
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B. decreases
56
Surface tension is expressed in terms of
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A. N/m
57
The channel without any cover at the top is known as
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B. Open channel
58
Force per unit area is called
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A. Pressure
59
Pressure _______ as the depth of the liquid increases.
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A. Increases
60
Bourdon tube pressure gauge is used to measure ____________ pressure.
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C. High as well as low
61
While starting the centrifugal pump, delivery valve is kept
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A. Fully closed
62
In a centrifugal pump, the sum of suction head and the delivery head is known as
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C. Static head
63
In a reciprocating pump, the air vessels are used for which of the following purpose ?
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D. All of the above
64
Hydraulic turbines are classified based on
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D. All of the above
65
The hydraulic coupling belongs to the category of
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C. Energy transfer machine
66
A plane figure bounded by seven equal sides is called
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B. Heptagon
67
Out of the following which instrument is commonly used to draw parallel lines ?
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C. Set-squares
68
Portion of a circle, which is bounded by two radii and part of the circumference is called
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A. Sector
69
Name of the triangle, in which three sides and three angles are different.
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D. Scalene triangle
70
The number of faces for an Octagonal Prism is
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C. 10
71
Name of the plane figure which has equal sides but angles are not equal to 90 degree.
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D. Rhombus
72
A right circular cone has __________ number of vertices.
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A. One
73
A line segment joining any two points on the circle is called
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B. Chord
74
Which of the following plane figure have diagonals are equal and bisect each other not at right angle ?
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D. Rectangle
75
The included (interior) angle of a regular pentagon is ________ degree.
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B. 108
76
A straight line can easily be divided into any number of equal parts by using
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C. Divider and set square
77
Name of the geometrical solid developed by a rectangle rotates about one of its side is
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A. Cylinder
78
A regular hexagon contains 6 number of __________ triangles in it.
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D. Equilateral
79
Two lines that makes an angle are called
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B. Rays
80
Number of circles drawn within a circle, but different centers are called
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C. Eccentric circle
81
When a cylinder is cut by a section plane parallel to the axis, the true shape of the section is
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A. Rectangle
82
In a regular polygon, the interior angle is 90 degree greater than exterior angle. The number of sides of the polygon is
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D. 8
83
Out of the following which solid have four similar faces of equilateral triangles
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B. Tetrahedron
84
A solid generated by the revolution of a right angled triangle about one of its perpendicular side is
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A. Cone
85
When the section plane is inclined to the axis and cut all the generators of a cone, the section obtained is
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C. Ellipse
86
The area of the largest triangle cut from a rectangle of length l and breadth b is
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B. lb/2
87
Perimeter of a rectangular ground is 240 meter and ratio of length to breadth is 5 : 3, length of the ground is
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A. 75 meter
88
If radius of a sphere is doubled, then its volume will increase _________ times.
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D. 8
89
What is the height of a tank of 2000 liter capacity having length 2 meter and breadth 1 meter ?
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C. 1 meter
90
What will be the area of circular ring of outer diameter 10 centimeter and thickness 10 millimeter ?
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B. 28.26
91
Total surface area of a Hemisphere of radius “r” can be find out by the equation
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D. 3�r2
92
Area of a square is 100 sq.cm, what will be the area of the square of its diagonal ?
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A. 200 sq.cm
93
In a cylinder, the radius is doubled and the height is halved, then its volume will be
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C. Double
94
What is the length of hypotenuse of a right angled triangle with sides 6 cm and 8 cm ?
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D. 10 cm
95
The diameter of two cones are equal and their curved surface area are in the ratio of 4 : 7. The ratio of their slant heights are
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B. 4 : 7
96
Total surface area of a cube of side “a” is
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A. 6a2
97
The volume of sphere of radius “r” is 1 2 3
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C. �r
98
Liter is the unit of cubic capacity, the capacity of a tank of length, breadth and height are one foot is ___________ liter.
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B. 28.317
99
What will be the radius of the largest circle that can be drawn in a triangle of area 100 sq.cm and perimeter 50 cm ?
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C. 4 cm
100
Curved surface area of a cylinder of radius “r” and height “h” is
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A. 2�rh

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