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Q. 1 – Q. 5 carry one mark each.

Q.1 The fishermen, _______ the flood victims owed their lives, were rewarded by the
government.

(A) whom (B) to which (C) to whom (D) that

Q.2 Some students were not involved in the strike.

If the above statement is true, which of the following conclusions is/are logically
necessary?

1. Some who were involved in the strike were students.

2. No student was involved in the strike.
3. At least one student was involved in the strike.
4. Some who were not involved in the strike were students.

(A) 1 and 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 2 and 3

Q.3 The radius as well as the height of a circular cone increases by 10%. The percentage
increase in its volume is ______.

(A) 17.1 (B) 21.0 (C) 33.1 (D) 72.8

Q.4 Five numbers 10, 7, 5, 4 and 2 are to be arranged in a sequence from left to right following
the directions given below:
1. No two odd or even numbers are next to each other.
2. The second number from the left is exactly half of the left-most number.
3. The middle number is exactly twice the right-most number.

Which is the second number from the right?

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 7 (D) 10

Q.5 Until Iran came along, India had never been ________________ in kabaddi.

(A) defeated (B) defeating (C) defeat (D) defeatist

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Q. 6 – Q. 10 carry two marks each.

Q.6 Since the last one year, after a 125 basis point reduction in repo rate by the Reserve Bank
of India, banking institutions have been making a demand to reduce interest rates on small
saving schemes. Finally, the government announced yesterday a reduction in interest rates
on small saving schemes to bring them on par with fixed deposit interest rates.

Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given passage?

(A) Whenever the Reserve Bank of India reduces the repo rate, the interest rates on small
saving schemes are also reduced
(B) Interest rates on small saving schemes are always maintained on par with fixed deposit
interest rates
(C) The government sometimes takes into consideration the demands of banking
institutions before reducing the interest rates on small saving schemes
(D) A reduction in interest rates on small saving schemes follow only after a reduction in
repo rate by the Reserve Bank of India

Q.7 In a country of 1400 million population, 70% own mobile phones. Among the mobile
phone owners, only 294 million access the Internet. Among these Internet users, only half
buy goods from e-commerce portals. What is the percentage of these buyers in the country?

(A) 10.50 (B) 14.70 (C) 15.00 (D) 50.00

Q.8 The nomenclature of Hindustani music has changed over the centuries. Since the medieval
period dhrupad styles were identified as baanis. Terms like gayaki and baaj were used to
refer to vocal and instrumental styles, respectively. With the institutionalization of music
education the term gharana became acceptable. Gharana originally referred to hereditary
musicians from a particular lineage, including disciples and grand disciples.

Which one of the following pairings is NOT correct?

(A) dhrupad, baani

(B) gayaki, vocal
(C) baaj, institution
(D) gharana, lineage

Q.9 Two trains started at 7AM from the same point. The first train travelled north at a speed of
80km/h and the second train travelled south at a speed of 100 km/h. The time at which they
were 540 km apart is ______ AM.

(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 11.30

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Q.10 “I read somewhere that in ancient times the prestige of a kingdom depended upon the
number of taxes that it was able to levy on its people. It was very much like the prestige of
a head-hunter in his own community.”

Based on the paragraph above, the prestige of a head-hunter depended upon ___________

(A) the prestige of the kingdom

(B) the prestige of the heads
(C) the number of taxes he could levy
(D) the number of heads he could gather

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Q. 1 – Q. 25 carry one mark each.

Q.1 One of the eigenvalues for the following matrix is _______________.

𝑎 2
[ ]
8 𝑎

(A) 𝑎 − 4 (B) −𝑎 − 4 (C) 4 (D) −4

Q.2 The curl of vector fields shown below is not zero for _____________.

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Q.3 The smallest period of function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝑛𝑥

𝑘
) is ______________.

(A) 2𝜋 𝑘
(B)
𝑛

2𝜋𝑘 2𝜋𝑛
(C) (D)
𝑛 𝑘

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Q.4 1
The directional derivative of 𝜙 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 along the unit vector 𝑢
̂ = (3𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂) at
5

(1,1) is _____________.

(A) 3 (B) 2

(C) 1 (D) 0

Q.5 Liquid steel is kept in a graphite crucible for sufficiently long time such that equilibrium is

established. Activity of carbon (with respect to graphite as the standard state) in the liquid

is ___________.

(A) 0.0 (B) 0.5 (C) 1.0 (D) 2.0

Q.6 The variation of standard free energies for two oxides AO and BO with temperature are

shown below.

The correct statement with reference to the above figure is ___________.

(A) AO is a gas

(B) BO is a gas

(C) A will reduce BO above temperature T1

(D) B will reduce AO below temperature T1

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Q.7 Terminal rise velocity of a spherical shaped solid in a liquid obeys the following

functional relationship:

U  f (d , W ,  ,  )
Where, U is the terminal rise velocity, d is the diameter of the solid, W is the

apparent weight of the solid, µ is the viscosity of liquid and ρ is the density of

liquid.

According to Buckingham Π theorem, the number of independent dimensionless variables

needed to describe the phenomenon is _______________.

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5

Q.8 Consider electrodeposition of copper on a copper electrode from an aqueous solution

containing 0.5 × 10−3 𝑚𝑜𝑙. 𝑐𝑚−3 CuSO4.

Given: Faraday constant, 𝐹 = 96500 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑏 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡.

Assume transport of reactant is rate limiting, and mass transfer coefficient is 10−4 𝑐𝑚. 𝑠 −1 .

The limiting current density (in 𝑚𝐴. 𝑐𝑚−2 ) is _______________.

(A) 4.83 (B) 9.65 (C) 19.30 (D) 38.60

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Q.9 The correct sequence of steelmaking operations is ______________.

[BOF: Basic Oxygen Furnace; LF: Ladle Furnace; VD: Vacuum Degassing; CC:

Continuous Casting].

(A) BOF  LF  VD  CC

(B) CC  BOF  LF  VD

(C) VD  CC  BOF  LF

(D) LF  BOF  VD  CC

Q.10 The common ore of titanium is ______________.

(A) Bauxite (B) Chalcopyrite

(C) Cassiterite (D) Ilmenite

Q.11 Coarse suspended particles are to be separated from a flowing gas in a dust catcher. All

factors remaining same, maximum gas-solid separation is expected from the dust catcher

_____________ shown below.

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Q.12 The Boudouard (or, carbon gasification) reaction is_____________________.

1
(A) C ( s)  O2 ( g )  CO( g )
2

(B) C (s)  O2 ( g )  CO2 ( g )

(C) C (s)  CO2 ( g )  2CO( g )

1
(D) CO( g )  O2 ( g )  CO2 ( g )
2

Q.13 The fastest diffusing element in iron at 1100 C is ____________.

(A) Ni (B) Co (C) Cr (D) C

Q.14 Hydrogen bonds are stronger than _______________.

(A) Ionic bonds (B) Metallic bonds

(C) van der Waals bonds (D) Covalent bonds

Q.15 The carbide that is primarily responsible for intergranular corrosion in austenitic stainless

steel is __________________.

(A) Cr23C6 (B) Fe3C (C) SiC (D) Mn3C

Q.16 During low strain rate (≤ 0.1 per second) deformation of a metal at room temperature, the

one that deforms by twinning mode is _______________.

(A) Fe (B) Mg (C) Al (D) Ni

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Q.17 In a tensile creep test of a metal, Nabarro-Herring mechanism is favored over Coble

mechanism for ___________________.

(A) larger grain size and lower temperature

(B) smaller grain size and higher temperature

(C) larger grain size and higher temperature

(D) smaller grain size and lower temperature

Q.18 Beach marks are commonly observed on the fractured surfaces of metals after a ________.

(A) Creep test

(B) Fatigue test

(C) Impact test

(D) Compression test

Q.19 The length of internal cracks in two samples of the same glass is measured to be

𝜎
𝑐1 = 0.5 mm and 𝑐2 = 2 mm. The ratio ( 1 ) of the fracture strength of the two samples
𝜎2

is ________________.

(A) 0.5 (B) 1.0 (C) 2.0 (D) 4.0

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Q.20 Two blocks of the same metal are to be welded. The configuration that will undergo the

least distortion after welding is _______________.

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Q.21 The most suitable non-destructive testing method for detecting small internal flaws in a

dense bulk material is ______________.

(A) Dye penetrant method (B) Ultrasonic inspection

(C) Eddy current testing (D) Magnetic particle inspection

Q.22 Alligatoring is a defect commonly observed in _________________.

(A) Extrusion (B) Deep drawing

(C) Sheet metal forming (D) Rolling

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Q.23 The standard deviation (rounded off to one decimal place) of the following set of five

numbers is _________.

6, 8, 8, 9, 9

Q.24 A FCC crystal with a lattice parameter of 0.3615 nm is used to measure the wavelength of

monochromatic X-rays. The Bragg angle () for the reflection from (111) planes is 21.68.

The wavelength of X-rays (in nm, rounded off to three decimal places) is

______________.

Q.25 A plate of width 100 𝑐𝑚 and thickness 5 𝑐𝑚 is rolled to a thickness of 3 𝑐𝑚. If the entry

velocity is 10 𝑐𝑚. 𝑠 −1, the exit velocity of the plate (in 𝑐𝑚. 𝑠 −1, rounded off to one decimal

place) is __________.

Assume no change in the width of the plate.

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Q. 26 – Q. 55 carry two marks each.

Q.26 Match the reactors / refining sites in Column I with the corresponding refining processes

in Column II.

Column I: Reactors / refining sites Column II: Refining processes

(P) Blast furnace runner 1. De-carburization

(Q) AOD 2. External De-sulfurization

(R) Torpedo car 3. De-phosphorization

(S) BOF 4. External De-siliconization

(A) P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3 (B) P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-1

(C) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3 (D) P-1, Q-3, R-2, S-4

Q.27 Match the injection metallurgy techniques in Column I with the corresponding objectives

in Column II.

Column I: Injection metallurgy techniques Column II: Objectives

(P) Aluminium wire feeding 1. Inclusion modification

(Q) Calcium treatment 2. Mixing of liquid steel

(R) Argon rinsing 3. De-sulphurization

(S) Lime powder injection 4. Deoxidation

(A) P-2, Q-1, R-3, S-4 (B) P-4, Q-3, R-2, S-1

(C) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2 (D) P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3

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Q.28 The table (see options below) providing correct information about crystal structure, co-

ordination number and packing fraction is ________________.

[Note: FCC: Face centered cubic; BCC: Body centered cubic; DC: Diamond cubic.

CN: Coordination number; PF: Packing fraction]

(A) (B)
Crystal structure CN PF Crystal structure CN PF
FCC 12 0.74 FCC 8 0.74
BCC 8 0.68 BCC 4 0.68
DC 4 0.34 DC 6 0.34

(C) (D)
Crystal structure CN PF Crystal structure CN PF
FCC 8 0.52 FCC 12 0.74
BCC 12 0.68 BCC 8 0.68
DC 12 0.74 DC 4 0.74

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Q.29 Match the phase transformation in Column I with the corresponding reaction in

Column II.

[Note:, ,  are solid phases; L, L1, L2 are liquid phases.]

Column I: Phase transformation Column II: Reaction

(P) Peritectic 1.    + 

(Q) Monotectic 2. L1 + L2  

(R) Eutectoid 3. L1  L2 + 

(S) Syntectic 4. L +   

(A) P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-2 (B) P-3, Q-4, R-2, S-1

(C) P-1, Q-3, R-4, S-2 (D) P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-1

Q.30 In a typical scanning electron microscope (SEM) image, information about topography and

atomic contrast are obtained from ________________.

(A) secondary electron and auger electron, respectively.

(B) primary electron and secondary electron, respectively.

(C) secondary electron and back-scatter electron, respectively.

(D) back-scatter electron and auger electron, respectively.

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Q.31 Match the ceramics in Column I with corresponding application in Column II.

Column I: Ceramics Column II: Application

(P) Mullite 1. Cutting tools

(Q) Spinel ferrites 2. Refractories

(R) Tungsten carbide 3. Piezoelectric

(S) Barium titanate 4. Soft magnet

(A) P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-4 (B) P-4, Q-1, R-2, S-3

(C) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2 (D) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3

Q.32 An aluminium single crystal is loaded in tension along [1 10] axis. Among the following

slip systems, the one that will be activated first is__________________.

(A) (1 1 1)[0 11] (B) (1 11)[011]

(C) (1 11)[1 10] (D) (1 11)[101]

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Q.33 The correct Mohr’s circle construction for the stress state given below is ______________.

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Q.34 Match the automobile components in Column I with the corresponding manufacturing

processes in Column II.

Column I: Automobile components Column II: Manufacturing process

(P) Engine block 1. Forging

(Q) Brake pad 2. Sheet metal forming

(R) Connecting rod 3. Casting

(S) Door panel 4. Powder metallurgy

(A) P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-4 (B) P-3, Q-4, R-1, S-2

(C) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1 (D) P-4, Q-1, R-3, S-2

Q.35 The equilibrium constant for the following reaction at 300 K is ___________.

C ( graphite)  2H 2  g   CH 4  g 

Given: At 300 K, ∆𝐻 ° = −74,900 𝐽. 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 ; ∆𝑆 ° = −80 𝐽. 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 . 𝐾 −1 ;

𝑅 = 8.314 𝐽. 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 𝐾 −1 .

(A) 5.6 × 106 (B) 3.6 × 107

(C) 4.0 × 108 (D) 7.3 × 108

Q.36 A 50 cm long rod is placed against a vertical wall such that the bottom of the rod is 30 cm

away from the wall. If the bottom of the rod is pulled horizontally away from the wall at

4 𝑐𝑚. 𝑠 −1, the top of the rod starts sliding down the wall with an instantaneous velocity

(in 𝑐𝑚. 𝑠 −1, rounded off to two decimal places) of magnitude _______________.

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Q.37 The probability of solving a problem by Student A is (1/3), and the probability of solving

the same problem by Student B is (2/5). The probability (rounded off to two decimal

places) that at least one of the students solves the problem is _______________.

Q.38 Numerical value of work done (rounded off to the nearest integer) by a position-

dependent force F  xiˆ  5xyjˆ (where iˆ and ĵ are unit vectors) along the path,

x2
y , from (0,0) to (2,2) in the xy plane is _______________.
2

Q.39 The estimated value of the cube root of 37 (rounded off to two decimal places) obtained

from the Newton-Raphson method after two iterations (𝑥2 ) is ________________.

[Start with an initial guess value of 𝑥0 = 1].

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Q.40 The partial pressure of zinc (in torr, rounded off to two decimal places) in equilibrium with

liquid lead containing 0.03 mole % zinc at 900 K is ____________.

°
Given: Vapour pressure of pure zinc (𝑝𝑍𝑛 ) at 900 K is 0.027 atm. Henry’s law coefficient

°
(𝛾𝑍𝑛 ) for zinc at infinite dilute solution in lead on Raoultian scale is 8.55.

1 𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑟 = 1.316 × 10−3 𝑎𝑡𝑚.

Q.41 Steady state radial heat conduction through a hollow, infinitely long zirconia cylinder is

governed by the following ordinary differential equation:

1 d  dT 
r k 0
r dr  dr 

Where, T is the temperature and r is the radial distance. The inner surface of the hollow

cylinder is maintained at 1473 K and the outer surface at 973 K. The rate of heat loss per

unit length through the outer surface of the hollow cylinder (in 𝑊. 𝑚−1, rounded off to the

nearest integer) is_______________.

Given: Inner radius of cylinder = 0.05 m; outer radius of cylinder = 0.07 m and thermal

conductivity of zirconia (k) = 2 𝑊. 𝑚−1 . 𝐾 −1 .

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Q.42 A 50 mm (diameter) sphere of solid nickel is oxidized in a gas mixture containing 60%

argon and 40% oxygen by volume. The rate of oxidation of nickel is controlled by the rate

of transport of oxygen through the concentration boundary layer. The rate of oxidation (in

moles of nickel per minute (mol/min), rounded off to two decimal places)

is_______________.

Given: Total pressure = 1atm.; Temperature = 1173 K; Concentration of oxygen at the

surface of the solid = 0; Boundary layer mass transfer coefficient = 0.03 𝑚. 𝑠 −1; Universal

gas constant, 𝑅 = 8.205 × 10−5 𝑚3 . 𝑎𝑡𝑚. 𝐾 −1 . 𝑚𝑜𝑙 −1 . Assume ideal gas behavior.

Q.43 Equilibrium concentration of dissolved nitrogen (in wt.%, rounded off to three decimal

places) in pure liquid iron, exposed to atmospheric air at 1873 K, is __________.

Given: Sieverts’ law constant as a function of temperature (T; in Kelvin) is

 518 
log10 K[ N ]     1.063 , where 𝐾[𝑁] has the dimension of 𝑎𝑡𝑚−(1/2) .
 T 

Assume [hN ]  [ wt.% N ] , where [hN ] is the activity of nitrogen with respect to 1 wt.%

Henrian standard state.

Q.44 Pressure drop in the granular zone of a blast furnace is 300 mm of water per meter of the

bed height. The bed permeability is 0.8 𝑚4 . 𝑁 −1 . 𝑠 −1. The volumetric flow rate of gas per

unit area through the bed [in (𝑚3 . 𝑠 −1 ). 𝑚−2 , rounded off to the nearest integer]

is ________________.

Assume Darcy’s law is applicable and g = 9.8 𝑚. 𝑠 −2. Density of water = 1000 𝑘𝑔. 𝑚−3 .

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Q.45 A blast furnace charged with hematite containing 90 wt.% Fe2O3 produces liquid iron with

3.6 wt.% carbon. Coke containing 90 wt.% carbon is charged at a rate of 500 kg per Metric

ton of liquid iron produced. The blast furnace top gas contains (by volume), 22% CO,

18% CO2, and balance nitrogen. The volume of the blast furnace top gas [in m3 (NTP),

rounded off to the nearest integer] is ________________.

Given: Assume ideal gas behavior, and molar volume of the gas at NTP is 22.4 liter.

Q.46 100 Metric tons of copper concentrate containing 21 wt.% Cu is to be processed in

6 months with 25 working days per month and 8 working hours per day. The concentrate is

leached by sulphuric acid and electrolyzed in 10 cells arranged in series. The minimum

current rating (Ampere per month per cell, rounded off to the nearest integer)

is________________.

Given: Faraday constant = 96500 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑏 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡.

Atomic weight of copper is 63.

Q.47 Cold working of iron leads to increase in dislocation density from 1010 to 1015 𝑚−2. The

associated stored energy (in 𝑴𝑱. 𝒎−𝟑, rounded off to one decimal place) is

________________.

a0
Given: Shear modulus of iron = 82 GPa, Burger’s vector, b  [111] ,
2

𝑎0 = 0.2856 nm.

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Q.48 The critical radius (in nm, rounded off to one decimal place) of nickel nucleus during

solidification at 1673 K is ________________.

Given: Enthalpy of fusion of nickel = 2.65 × 109 𝐽. 𝑚−3;

Liquid-solid interfacial energy = 0.5 𝐽. 𝑚−2 , and

Equilibrium melting temperature of nickel = 1728 K.

Q.49 A material, made up of alternating layers of metals A and B, is loaded as shown below. If

the volume % of B is 25%, the elastic modulus (in GPa, rounded off to one decimal place)

of the material is __________________.

Given: Elastic moduli of A and B are 200 GPa and 100 GPa, respectively.

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Q.50 The S-N curve for a steel is shown below. If the stress ratio, (𝜎𝑚𝑖𝑛 /𝜎𝑚𝑎𝑥 ) = −0.8, the
maximum stress (in MPa, rounded off to the nearest integer) that the steel can withstand for
infinite fatigue life is ____________.

Q.51 True stress - true strain behavior of a metal is given by the flow curve equation

  1750 0.37 , where  is in MPa. The true stress at necking (in MPa, rounded off to the
nearest integer) is ___________________.

Q.52 In sand-mold casting of a metal, it takes 180 seconds for complete solidification of a

27 cm3 cube-shaped casting. All other parameters remaining constant, the total

solidification time (in seconds, rounded off to one decimal place) for a cylinder-shaped

[radius = 1 cm and height = 6 cm] casting of the same metal, is___________________.

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Q.53 If the solid-solid interfacial energy (𝛾𝑆𝑆 ) is 0.87 𝐽. 𝑚−2 and solid-liquid interfacial energy

(𝛾𝑆𝐿 ) is 0.5 𝐽. 𝑚−2 , the dihedral angle (𝜙, in degree, rounded off to one decimal place)

during sintering is ________________.

Q.54 The maximum possible reduction (in 𝑚𝑚, rounded off to one decimal place) of a 100 mm

thick slab during rolling is _________.

Given: The coefficient of friction between roll and the slab is 0.2, and the roll diameter is

200 mm.

Q.55 An arc welding is performed at 400 Amperes, 20 V at a traverse speed of 5 𝑚𝑚. 𝑠 −1. If the

heat transfer efficiency is 0.6, the energy input per unit length (in 𝐽. 𝑚𝑚−1, rounded off to

the nearest integer) during the process is ______________________.

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