Practice Test: Question Set - 13
1. In the case of an elastic bar fixed at upper end and loaded by a falling weight at lower end, the shock load produced can be decreased by
- (A) Decreasing
the cross-section area of bar
- (B) Increasing
the cross-section area of bar
- (C) Remain
unaffected with cross-section area
- (D) Would
depend upon other factors
2. The number of slots in a 25 mm castle nut is
- (A) 8
- (B) 4
- (C) 2
- (D) 6
3. Which of the following material has the maximum ductility?
- (A) Copper
- (B) Mild steel
- (C) Aluminium
- (D) Zinc
4. The included angle for the British Association thread is
- (A) 29°
- (B) 55°
- (C) 47.3°
- (D) 60°
5. An open belt drive is used when
- (A) Shafts are arranged at right angles and rotate
in one definite direction
- (B) Shafts are arranged parallel and rotate in the
opposite directions
- (C) Shafts are arranged parallel and rotate in the
same directions
- (D) Driven shaft is to be started or
stopped whenever desired without interfering with the driving shaft
6. Screws used for power transmission should have
- (A) Low
efficiency
- (B) High
efficiency
- (C) Very
fine threads
- (D) Strong
teeth
7. The maximum stress due to stress concentration in a bar having circular transverse hole, as compared to its static stress without hole will be
- (A) Same
in both cases
- (B) 2 times more
- (C) 3 times more
- (D) 4
times more
8. The fatigue life of a part can be improved by
- (A) Electroplating
- (B) Polishing
- (C) Coating
- (D) Shot
peening
9. Stress concentration in static loading is more serious in
- (A) Ductile
materials
- (B) Brittle
materials
- (C) Equally
serious in both cases
- (D) Depends
on other factors
10. The application of third type levers is found in
- (A) Handle of a hand pump
- (B) Hand wheel of a punching press
- (C) Lever of a loaded safety valve
- (D) A pair of tongs
11. In case of V belt drive
- (A) The
belt should touch the bottom of groove in the pulley
- (B) The
belt should not touch the bottom of groove in the pulley
- (C) The
belt should not touch the sides of groove in the pulley
- (D) None
of the above
12. Which is correct statement? Stress concentration in cyclic loading is
- (A) Very
serious in brittle materials and less serious in ductile materials
- (B) Very
serious in ductile materials and less serious in brittle materials
- (C) Equally
serious in both types of materials
- (D) Seriousness
would depend on other factors
13. According to I.B.R., when the thickness of boiler shell (t) is greater than 8 mm, then the diameter of rivet hole (d) is obtained by
- (A) Equating tearing resistance of the plate to the
shearing resistance of the rivets
- (B) Equating tearing resistance of the plate to the
crushing resistance of the rivets
- (C) Equating shearing resistance to the crushing
resistance of the rivets
- (D) None of the above
14. In testing a material for endurance strength, it is subjected to
- (A) Static load
- (B) Dynamic load
- (C) Impact load
- (D) Completely
reversed load
15. If a material fails below its yield point, failure would be due to
- (A) Straining
- (B) Fatigue
- (C) Creep
- (D) Sudden
loading
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