Practice Test: Question Set - 09
1. Presence of manganese in alloy steel improves its
- (A) Corrosion
resistance
- (B) Cutting
ability
- (C) Abrasion
resistance & toughness
- (D) Elasticity
& creep resistance
2. Which of the following is the most widely used insulating material for steam carrying pipelines?
- (A) Ceramic
fibre blanket
- (B) Glass
wool and 85% magnesia
- (C) Vermiculite
- (D) Slag wool
3. Reactor used in the production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is made of
- (A) Nickel or glass lined
steel
- (B) Aluminium
- (C) Tantalum
- (D) Lead
4. A metallic alloy in which one of the constituent metal is __________, is called an amalgam.
- (A) Zinc
- (B) Mercury
- (C) Lead
- (D) Tin
5. Which of the following undergoes granular fracture?
- (A) Wrought iron
- (B) Steel
- (C) Cast iron
- (D) None of these
6. The most distinguished property of malleable cast iron is its high
- (A) Ductility
- (B) Hardness
- (C) Malleability
- (D) None of these
7. Liners of a ball mill are never made of
- (A) Lead
- (B) Alloy
steel
- (C) Rubber
or ceramic material
- (D) Cast
iron
8. The damage/deterioration of metals by the __________ action of fluids is called 'erosion'.
- (A) Abrasive
- (B) Corrosive
- (C) Both (a) & (b)
- (D) Neither (a) nor (b)
9. Teflon (PTFE) is corroded by
- (A) Hydrochloric acid
(10%)
- (B) Hydrochloric acid
(95%)
- (C) Sulphuric acid
- (D) None of these
10. Steel balls for ball bearings are generally made of __________ steel.
- (A) Cast
- (B) Stainless
- (C) Free carbon
- (D) Carbon
chrome
11. Mercury is transported in metal containers made of
- (A) Aluminium
- (B) Iron
- (C) Lead
- (D) Nickel
12. Visco-elastic behavior of materials which is time dependent is common in
- (A) Plastics
- (B) Crystalline solid
- (C) Non-crystalline
solids
- (D) Non-crystalline
organic polymer
13. Straight silicon steel (containing Si from 0.5 to 5%) because of their low hysteresis loss and high magnetic permeability are used for electrical appliances. Which of the following electrical appliances made of silicon steel contains maximum percentage of silicon (about 4%)?
- (A) Armature
of small motors/generators
- (B) Generators and small
motors
- (C) Induction motors
- (D) High frequency
transformers
14. Amount of energy that a material can absorb before its fracture is a measure of its
- (A) Toughness
- (B) Resilience
- (C) Malleability
- (D) Ductility
15. Which of the following is the softest material?
- (A) Quartz
- (B) Calcite
- (C) Corundum
- (D) Fluorite
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