Practice Test: Question Set - 12
1. Minimum safe distance between two liquid fuel storage tanks is equal to (where, H = height of the tank)
- (A) H
- (B) H/2
- (C) H/4
- (D) H/6
2. Principal alloying elements of cast tool alloys which have very high wear resistance & high temperature strength are
- (A) Cobalt, chromium & tungsten
- (B) Cobalt, chromium & nickel
- (C) Molybdenum, tungsten & chromium
- (D) Cobalt, zirconium & molybdenum
3. Austempering process results in the formation of __________ structure.
- (A) Martensitic
- (B) Bainitic
- (C) Carburized
- (D) Stressed
4. Heating of ferromagnetic materials to a temperature above Curie temperature makes it
- (A) Insulator for heat & electricity transmission
- (B) Ferritic
- (C) Behave like paramagnetic materials
- (D) Superconductor
5. Good design of the casing of a centrifugal pump aims at minimizing the
- (A) Cavitation
- (B) Frictional losses
- (C) Kinetic energy loss
- (D) Static head
6. Oxygen cylinders used for autogenous (cutting/welding) purposes are
- (A) Seamless & made of steel
- (B) Heat treated before use
- (C) Made by sand casting
- (D) Welded steel cylinders
7. The ratio of mass of a neutron to that of an electron is about 1839. What is the ratio of the mass of a proton to that of an electron?
- (A) 159
- (B) 1837
- (C) 2537
- (D) 10000
8. Alumina, silica, lime and iron oxide are the basic raw material for the manufacture of Portland cement. The component of Portland cement which first hardens is
- (A) 5CaO. 3 Al2O3
- (B) 3CaO. Al2O3
- (C) 3CaO. SiO2
- (D) 2CaO. SiO2
9. Matte smelting is used in the extraction of
- (A) Lead
- (B) Zinc
- (C) Aluminium
- (D) Copper
10. Which of the, following is not associated with the functioning of a petrol engine?
- (A) Compression ignition system
- (B) Spark plug
- (C) Carburettor
- (D) Otto cycle
11. Carnot cycle is also termed as the constant __________ cycle in thermodynamics.
- (A) Entropy
- (B) Pressure
- (C) Volume
- (D) Heat
12. The pressure outside a bubble/droplet of liquid is __________ the internal pressure.
- (A) Greater than
- (B) Less than
- (C) Equal to
- (D) Unpredictable; depends on the bubble size
13. Large diameter reinforced cement concrete (RCC) pipes are generally joined by __________ joint.
- (A) Flanged iron
- (B) Collar
- (C) Flexible
- (D) Expansion
14. _________ joint is usually used for joining cast iron pipes mostly used for temporary pipelines, where it may be necessary to dismantle & reassemble the pipeline very frequently.
- (A) Collar
- (B) Flanged
- (C) Bell and Spigot
- (D) Expansion
15. A dummy activity is used in PERT network to describe the
- (A) Precedence relationship
- (B) Resource idleness
- (C) Resource restriction
- (D) Necessary time delay
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