GATE -2017

MECHANICAL
SET - 1 FULL SOLUTION

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1. In a metal forming operation when the material has just started yielding, the principal stresses are
 1  180 MPa,  2  100 MPa,  3  0 Following von Mises’ criterion, the yield stress is _________MPa.
Sol. (245.76)
According to Von – Mises-
1
 yt   1   2    2   3    3   1  
2 2 2

2


1
2
2802  1002  1802 
 245.76 MPa

2. A heat pump absorbs 10 KW of heat from outside environment at 250 K while absorbing 15 kW of work. It delivers the
heat to a room that must be kept warm at 300 K. The coefficient of Performance (COP) of the heat pump is_________
Sol. (1.67)

300K

Q1

W
Q2
250K

Q2  10 kW
W  15 kW
Q1  Q2  W  25 kW
Q1
COP=  1.67
W
3. Saturated steam at 1000C condenses on the outside of tube. Cold fluid enters the tube at 20 0C and exits at 500C. The value
of the log mean Temperature Difference (LMTD) is___________0C.
Sol. (63.83)

Thi=Tho=1000C

Tco=500C

Tci=200C

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 1  Thi  Tci  100  20  800 C
 2  Tho  Tco  100  50  500 C
 
im  1 2  63.830 C

ln 1
2

d2x dx
4. The damping ratio for a viscously damped spring mass system, governed by the relationship m  c  kx  F  t  , is
dt 2 dt
given by
c c c c
(A) (B) (C) (D)
mk 2 km km 2mk
Sol. (B)
5. In the engineering stress-strain curve for mild steel, the Ultimate Tensile Strength (UTS) refers to
(A) Yield stress (B) Proportional limit (C) Maximum stress (D) Fracture stress
Sol. (C)
6. Which one of the following is NOT a rotating machine?
(A) Centrifugal pump (B) Gear pump (C) Jet pump (D) Vane pump
Sol. (C)
7. In an arc welding process, welding speed is doubled. Assuming all other process parameters to be constant, the cross
sectional area of the weld bead will
(A) Increase by 25% (B) Increase by 50% (C) Reduce by 25% (D) Reduce by 50%
Sol. (D)
For a weld, volume remains constant.
Volume = area  velocity
 area reduces by 50%.
8. The following figure shows the velocity-time plot for a particle traveling along a straight line. The distance covered by
the particle from t  0 to t  5s is __________m.

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Sol. (10)
Distance = Velocity  Time
Distance from t = 0 to t = 5s
= area under the curve from t = 0 to t = 5
1 1 1
  1 1  1  1   1  3  1  1   2 2  2 2
2 2 2
 10
9. A motor driving a solid circular steel shaft transmits 40 kW of power at 500 rpm. If the diameter of the shaft is 40 mm,
the maximum shear stress in the shaft is __________MPa.
Sol. (60.79)
2 NT
P
60
2  500  T
40  103 
60
T  763.94 Nm


T d 3
16

763.94  103   403 
16
  60.79MPa

x3  sin  x 
10. The value of lim x 0 is
x
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) -1
Sol. (D)
From L – hospital rule
x3  sin  x  3x2  cos x 3  02  cos 0
lim  
x 0 x 1 1
 1

d2 y dy dy
11. The differential equation 2
 16 y  0 for ky(x) with the two boundary conditions  1 and  1 has
dx dx dx 
x 0 x
2

(A) No solution (B) Exactly two solutions (C) Exactly one solution (D) Infinitely many solutions
Sol. (A)
( D 2  16) y  0
A.E.  D 2  16  0  D  4i
y  C1 cos 4 x  C2 sin 4 x

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 dy
 4C1 sin 4 x  4C2 cos 4 x
dx
dy
 4C1  0  4C2  1  4C2
dx x  0
4C2  1
1
C2 
4
Now,
dy
 4C1  sin 4 / 2  4C2  cos 4 / 2
dx x  / 2

dy 1
`  0  4C2  4    1
dx x  / 2 4
dy
But,  1 (given)
dx x  / 2

Hence no solution.
12. Match the processes with their characteristics
Process Characteristics
P. Electrical Discharge Machining 1. No residual stress
Q. Ultrasonic machining 2. Machining of electrically conductive materials
R. Chemical machining 3. Machining of glass
S: Ion Beam Machining 4. Nano-machining

(A) P-2, Q-3, R-1, S-4 (B) P-3, Q-2, R-1, S-4 (C) P-3, Q-2, R-4, S-1 (D) P-2, Q-4, R-3, S-1
Sol. (A)
13. Consider the following partial differential equation for u(x,y) with the constant c>1:
u u
c 0
y x
Solution of this equation is
(A) u  x, y   f  x  cy  (B) u  x, y   f  x  cy  (C) u  x, y   f  cx  y  (D) u  x, y   f  cx  y 
Sol. (B)
14. For steady flow of a viscous incompressible fluid through a circular pipe of constant diameter, the average velocity in the
fully developed region is constant. Which one of the following statements about the average velocity in the developing
region is TRUE?
(A) It increases until the flow is fully developed
(B) It is constant and is equal to the average velocity in the fully developed region.
(C) It decreases until the flow is fully developed.
(D) It is constant but is always lower than the average velocity in the fully developed region.
Sol. (B)

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15. The Poisson’s ratio for a perfectly incompressible linear elastic material is
(A) 1 (B) 0.5 (C) 0 (D) Infinity
Sol. (B)
16. Cylindrical pins of diameter 150.020 mm are being produced on a machine. Statistical quality control tests show a mean of
14.995 mm and standard deviation of 0.004 mm. The process capability index Cp is
(A) 0.833 (B) 1.667 (C) 3.333 (D) 3.750
Sol. (B)
USL  LSL
Process capability index CP 
6
USL= Upper std. limit =15+0.02=15.02 mm
LSL= Lower std. limit =15-0.02=14.98 mm
 = std. deviation = 0.004 mm
15.02  14.98
CP   1.67
6  0.004
17. Consider a beam with circular cross-section of diameter d. The ratio of the second moment of area about the neutral axis
to the section modulus of the area is
d d
(A) (B) (C) d (D)  d
2 2
Sol. (A)
Second moment of area or MOI of circular beam = I
I
Section modulus Z 
y
MOI I d
 y
Z Iy 2

18. Metric thread of 0.8 mm pitch is to be cut on a lathe. Pitch of the lead screw is 1.5 mm. If the spindle rotates at 1500 rpm,
the speed of rotation of the lead screw (rpm) will be__________
Sol. (800)
19. A particle of unit mass is moving on a plane. Its trajectory, in polar coordinates, is given by r  t   t 2 ,  t   t where t is
time. The kinetic energy of the particle at time t  2 is
(A) 4 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 24
Sol. (C)
r  t2
 t
x  r cos   t 2 cos t
y  rsin   t 2 sin t
dx
u  2t cos t  t 2 sin t
dt

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 at t=2
u  4 cos 2  4sin 2  5.301
dy
v  2t sin t  t 2 cos t
dt
at t=2
v  4sin 2  4 cos 2  1.972
V  u 2  v 2  5.656
1 2 1
K .E.  mv   1 5.656 2  15.99
2 2

20. Consider the two-dimensional velocity field given by V  5  a1 x  b1 y  iˆ   4  a2 x  b2 y  ˆj , where a1 , b1 , a2 and b2 are
constants. Which one of the following conditions needs to be satisfied for the flow to be incompressible?
(A) a1  b1  0 (B) a1  b2  0 (C) a2  b2  0 (D) a2  b1  0
Sol. (B)
For continuous and incompressible flow
ux  u y  0
a1  b2  0

21. A six-face fair dice is rolled a large number of times. The mean value of the outcomes is___________
Sol. (3.5)
x. 1 2 3 4 5 6
p(x) 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6 1/6
  x. p  x 
t
 1  2  3  4  5  6  
6
 3.5
22. Water (density = 1000 kg/m3) at ambient temperature flows through a horizontal pipe of uniform cross section at the
rate of 1 kg/s. If the pressure drop across the pipe is 100 kPa, the minimum power required to pump the water across
the pipe, in watts, is_______
Sol. (100)

W  m v( p1  p2 )
1
W  1  100  103  100Watt
1000
23. The molar specific heat at constant volume of an ideal gas is equal to 2.5 times the universal gas constant (8.314
J/mol.K). When the temperature increases by 100 K, the change in molar specific enthalpy is _______J/mol.
Sol. (2909.9)
CV  2.5R
CV  2.5  8.314  20.785 J/molK
CP  R  CV  8.314  20.785  29.099
H  nCP T  1 29.099 100  2909.9 J/mol

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24. Consider the schematic of a riveted lap joint subjected to tensile load F, as shown below. Let d be the diameter of the
rivets, and sf be the maximum permissible tensile stress in the plates. What should be the minimum value for the
thickness of the plates to guard against tensile failure of the plates? Assume the plates to be identical.

f F F 2F
(A) (B) (C) (D)
S f W  2d  SfW S f W  d  SfW
Sol. (A)
Tensile stress
F
sf 
 cos 2d  t
F
t
s f   2d 

25. The product of eigenvalues of the matrix P is

2 0 1 
P  4 3 3 
0 2 1

(A) -6 (B) 2 (C) 6 (D) -2

Sol. (B)
Product of eigen value = |p|
2 0 1
 4 3 3  2
0 2 1

26. Assume that the surface roughness profile is triangular as shown schematically in the figure. If the peak to valley height
is 20 m , the central line average surface roughness Ro  in  m  is

(A) 5 (B) 6.67 (C) 10 (D) 20

Sol. (C)

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27. Consider steady flow of an incompressible fluid through two long and straight pipes of diameters d1 and d2 arranged in
series. Both pipes are of equal length and the flow is turbulent in both pipes. The friction factor for turbulent flow though
pipes is of the form, f  K  Re  , where K and n are known positive constants and Re is the Reynolds number.
n

 P 
Neglecting minor losses, the ratio of the frictional pressure drop in pipe 1 to that in pipe 2,  1  , is given by
 P2 
5 n  5 3 n  5 n 
d  d  d  d 
(A)  2  (B)  2  (C)  2  (D)  2 
 d1   d1   d1   d1 
Sol. (A)
hf 1 f1lQ 2 12d 25
 
hf 2 12d15 f 2 lQ 2
5
hf 1 f d 
 1  2 
hf 2 f 2  d1 
f  Re  n
n
 Vd 
f  
  
n
  Qd 
f  
  d 2 
 4 
f  dn
n 5
hf 1 d  d 
  1   2 
hf 2  d 2   d1 
5 n
hf 1 d 
 2 
hf 2  d1 

 u   u 
28. A parametric curve defined by x  cos   , y  sin   in the range 0  u  1 is rotated about the X-axis by 360
 2   2 
degrees. Area of the surface generated is

(A) (B)  (C) 2 (D) 4
2
Sol. (C)
29. P(0,3), Q(0.5,4) and R(1,5) are three points on the curve defined by f  x  . Numerical integration is carried out using
both Trapezoidal rule and Simpson’s rule within limits x = 0 and x = 1 for the
(A) 0 (B) 0.25 (C) 0.5 (D) 1
Sol. (0)
y0  3, y1  4, y2  5
h  0.5
From trapozoidal rule

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IT   yo  y2   2 y1 
2
0.5
 3  5  2  4  4
2 
1
Simpson’s rd rule
3
h
IS   yo  y2   4 y1 
3
0.5
 3  5  4  4  4
3 
IT  I S  4  4  0

30. Heat is generated uniformly in a long solid cylindrical rod (diameter =10 mm) at the rate of 4  107 W / m3 . The thermal
conductivity of the rod material is 25 W/m.K. Under steady state conditions, the temperature difference between the
centre and the surface of the rod is _________0C.
Sol. (10 or -10)

d  dT  qg r
r  0
dr  dr  k
d  dT  4  107
r  r0
dr  dr  25
d  dT 
  16  10 r  0
5
r
dr  dr 
dT
r  8  105 r 2  C1
dr
dT
at r  0, 0
dr
C1  0
dT
r  8  105 r 2  0
dr
dT
 8  105 r  0
dr
T  4  105 r 2  C2
T  C2  4  105 r 2
T r  R  T r  0   C2  4 105 r 2   C2
T r  R  T r  0  4 105 r 2  4 105  0.005 
2

T r  R  T r  0  10

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31. A sprue in a sand mould has a top diameter of 20 mm and height of 200 mm. The velocity of the molten metal at the
entry of the sprue is 0.5 m/s. Assume acceleration due to gravity as 9.8 m/s 2 and neglect all losses. If the mould is well
ventilated, the velocity (upto 3 decimal points accuracy) of the molten metal at the bottom of the spure is _________m/s
Sol. (2.043)
1
h2
2
h3

V2  2 gh2  2  9.81 h2  0.5

h2  0.01274m
h3  h2  0.2  0.2127m
V3  2 gh3  2.043m / sec

32. In an epicyclic gear train, shown in the figure, the outer ring gear is fixed, while the sum gear rotates counterclockwise at
100 rpm. Let the number of teeth on the sum, planet and outer gears to be 50, 25, and 100, respectively. The ratio of
magnitudes of angular velocity of the planet gear to the angular velocity of the carrier arm is__________.

Sol. (3)
Arm S P R
Arm  Fix 0 1 -2 -0.5
S  +1
x 0 x -2x 0.5x
Add y Y x+y -2x+y 0.5x+y
N S  100  x  y  100 .....(i)
N R  0  0.5 x  y  0 .....(ii)

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 Solving eq n (i) and (ii),
200 100
x , y
3 3
 200  100
2  
NP 2 x  y  3  3  3
 
N arm y 100
3
33. A horizontal bar, fixed at one end (x = 0), has a length of 1m, and cross-sectional area of 100 m2. Its elastic modulus
varies along its length as given by E  x   100 e x GPa , where x is the length coordinate (in m) along the axis of the bar.
An axial tensile load of 10 kN is applied at the free end (x=1). The axial displacement of the free end is________mm.
Sol. (1.716)
l l
Pl Pl 1
l   dx   x
dx
0
AE A 0 100e 103
10 103 1103 1 1
   e x 
100 100 10 3 0

 1.718
34. One kg of an ideal gas (gas constant, R = 400 J/kg. K; specific heat at constant volume, cv  1000 J / kg  K ) at 1 bar, and
300 K is contained in a sealed rigid cylinder. During an adiabatic process, 100 kJ of work is done on the system by a
stirrer. The increase in entropy of the system is __________J/K.
Sol. (287.68)
m  1kg
R  400 J / kgK
CV  1000 J / kgK
p1  1bar
T1  300 K
W  100kJ  100  103 J
Q0
0  100  mCV (T2  T1 )
100  103  1 1000(T2  300)
T2  400 K
V2
V1  V2  ln 0
V1
T2
S 2  S1  mCV ln
T1
 400 
S 2  S1  1 1000  ln  
 300 
S 2  S1  287.68 J / K

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35. An initially stress-free massless elastic beam of length L and circular cross-section with diameter d (d<<L) is held fixed
between two walls as shown. The beam material has Young’s modulus E and coefficient of thermal expansion a .

If the beam is slowly and uniformly heated, the temperature rise required to cause the beam to buckle is proportional to
(A) d (B) d 2 (C) d 3 (D) d 4
Sol. (B)
Buckling load,
4 2 EI
P
l2
Force due to change in temperature,
P
  lT
A
P  AlT
4 2 EI
 AlT
l2
I
 T
A
d4
T  2
d
T  d 2
36. Two disks A and B with identical mass (m) and radius (R) are initially at rest. They roll down from the top of identical
inclined planes without shipping. Disk A has all of its mass concentrated at the rim, while Disk B has its mass uniformly
distributed. At the bottom of the plane, the ratio of velocity of the center of disk A to the velocity of the center of disk B is
3 3
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 2
4 2
Sol. (A)
Disc A  I  mR 2  mR 2  2mR 2
mR 2 3
Disc B  I   mR 2  mR 2
2 2
A
V 2 
mgx 
1
 2mR 2  2 
2 R 
gx  VA
B
13  V 
2
mgx   mR 2  2 
22 R 

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 4
gx  VB
3
VA 3

VB 4

37. A block of length 200 mm is machined by a slab milling cutter 34 mm in diameter. The depth of cut and table feed are set
at 2 mm and 18 mm minute, respectively. Considering the approach and the over travel of the cutter to be same, the
minimum estimated machining time per pass is________minutes.
Sol. (12)

R-d
d
200 mm
x x

L=200+2x

x  17 2  152  8
 L  216mm
L 216
Time    12 min
fN 18

38. For an inline slider-crank mechanism, the lengths of the crank and connecting rod are 3 m and 4 m. respectively. At the
instant when the connecting rod is perpendicular to the crank, if the velocity of the slider is 1m/s, the magnitude of
angular velocity (upto 3 decimal points accuracy) of the crank is __________ radian/s.
Sol. (0.267)
I24

4m
3m 2
 I1 4 a t 

  5 3 .1 3 4
I34
I12
1 1
4
tan      53.13
3
  90    36.87
3
cos  
I12  I 24

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cos 36.87 
I12  I 24
I12  I 24  3.75
VI 24  velocity of slider  2 ( I12  I 24 )
1  2  3.75
2  0.267

L
39. A thin uniform rigid bar of length L and mass M is hinged at point O, located at a distance of from one of its ends. The
3
M
bar is further supported using springs, each of stiffness k, located at the two ends. A particle of mass m  is fixed at
4
one end of the bar, as shown in the figure. For small rotations of the bar about O, the natural frequency of the system is

5k 5k 3k 3k
(A) (B) (C) (D)
M 2M 2M M
Sol. (B)

m
m1=m m2 
Kx1 L/3 4 x2
I Kx2
 M
x1 

K K
I 

2l
x2  
3
l
x1  
3

I   Iabout I rod   Iabout I point mass

 ml 2  2l l    m  2l  
2 2

I   m        
 12  3 2    4  3  

ml 2 ml 2 2ml 2
I  
9 9 9

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 M I 0
2l l
I  Kx2   Kx1   0
3 3
5 
2
2ml
 k  l 2   0
9 9 
5
k
9  5k
n 
2m 2m
9
40. Moist air is treated as an ideal gas mixture of water vapor and dry air (molecular weight of air = 28.84 and molecular
weight of water = 18). At a location, the total pressure is 100 kPa, the temperature is 30 0C and the relative humidity is
55% Given that the saturation pressure of water at 300C is 4246 Pa, the mass of water vapor per kg of dry air
is___________grams.
Sol. (14.2)
PV
w  0.622
P  PV
PV P
  0.55  V  PV  2235.3
PS PS
2235.3
w  0.622 
100 10   2235.3
3

w  0.0142 kg/kg of dry air

w=14.2 gm/kg of dry air

41. Air contains 79% N2 and 21%O2 on a molar basis. Methane (CH4) is burned with 50% excess air than required
stoichiometrically. Assuming complete combustion of methane, the molar percentage of N2 in the products is_________
Sol. (73.82)
42. Two models, P and Q, of a product earn profits of Rs. 100 and Rs. 80 per piece, respectively. Production times for P and Q
are 5 hours and 3 hours, respectively, while the total production time available is 150 hours. For a total batch size of 40,
to maximize profit, the number of units of P to be produced is__________
Sol. (15)
Maximize,
Z  100P  80Q
Constraint,
5P  3Q  150
P  Q  40

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 (0,50)

(0,40)
(15,25)

(30,0) (40,0)

Z (0, 40)  3200

Z (30, 0)  3000
Z (15, 25)  3500  Z max
 P  15
u  y 
43. The velocity profile inside the boundary layer for flow over a flat plate is given as  sin   , where U  is the free
U 2 
*
stream velocity and  is the local boundary layer thickness. If  * is the local displacement thickness, the value of is

2 2 2
(A) (B) 1  (C) 1  (D) 0
  
Sol. (B)
 
 u   y
  
0
 1  
u 
dy 
0
 1  sin  dy
2 
 
  

   y 
  cos 2 
 y   
      2 
 (1  0)   0 
   2  0     
 
  
 2
 1
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44. The pressure ratio across a gas turbine (for air, specific heat at constant pressure, c p  1040 J / kg.K and ratio of specific
heats.   1.4 ) is 10. If the inlet temperature to the turbine is 1200 K and the isentropic efficiency is 0.9, the gas
temperature at turbine exit is__________K.
Sol. (679.4)
T
1

2 2'
S
T1  1200 K
P1
rP  10 
P2
T  0.9
T2  ?
 1
T2  P2  
 
T1  P1 
1.4 1
T2  1  1.4
 
1200  10 
T2  621.53K
T1  T2 '
T 
T1  T2
1200  T2 '
0.9 
1200  621.53
T2  679.4 K

45. A rectangular region in a solid is in a state of plane strain. The (x,y) coordinates of corners of the undeformed rectangle
are given by P(0,0), Q(4,0), R(4,3), S(0,3). The rectangle is subjected to uniform strains,
 xx  0.001,  yy  0.002,  xy  0.003 . The deformed length of the elongated diagonal, upto three decimal places
is________units.
Sol. (5.015)

(0,3) (4,3)
S R

P 450 Q
(0,0) (4,0)

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 Length of diagonal PR = 42  32  5
Strain at ang angle 450
   x cos 2    y sin 2    xy sin  cos 
 0.001 cos 2 45  0.002sin 2 45  0.003sin 45cos 45
 0.003
l
  0.003
l
l  5  0.003  0.015

Deformed length = 5  0.015  5.015

46. Two black surfaces. AB and BC, of lengths 5 m and 6 m, respectively, are oriented as shown. Both surfaces extend
infinitely into the third dimension. Given that view factor F 12 = 0.5, T1 = 800K, T2 = 600K, Tsurrounding = 300K and Stefan
Boltzmann constant,   5.67  108 W /  m2 K 4  . The heat transfer rate from surface 2 to the surrounding environment is
__________kW.

Sol. (13.778)

 1 1 
 2 0 2 

47. Consider the matrix P   0 1 0 
 1 1 
 0
 2 2 
Which one of the following statements about P is INCORRECT?
(A) Determinant of P is equal to 1.
(B) P is orthogonal
(C) Inverse of P is equal to its transpose.
(D) All eigenvalues of P are real numbers.
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48. A 10 mm deep cylindrical cup with diameter of 15 mm is drawn from a circular blank. Neglecting the variation in the
sheet thickness, the diameter (upto 2 decimal points accuracy) of the blank is ____________mm.
Sol. (28.722)

10 mm
D=?

15 mm
15mm = d, h = 10mm

D  d 2  4dh  28.72 mm
 
49.  
For the vector V  2 yziˆ  3xzjˆ  4xykˆ, the value of .   V is _____________

Sol. (0)

i j k
   
 V   xi  2 yj  zk
x y z
2 yz 3 xz 4 xy

 
   V  1  2  1  0

50. A machine element has an ultimate strength  u  of 600 N / mm2 , and endurance limit  en  of 250 N / mm2 . The fatigue
curve for the element on a log-log plot is shown below. If the element is to be designed for a finite life of 10000 cycles,
the maximum amplitude of a completely reversed operating stress is ___________ N / mm2

Sol. (386.19 MPa)

log S f  log  0.8  600 4 3

log 250  log 0.6  600 6 3

S f  386.19 MPa

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51. Circular arc on a part profile is being machined on a vertical CNC milling machine. CNC part program using meric units
with absolute dimensions is listed below:
--------------------------------
N60 G01 X 30 Y 55 Z-5 F50
N70 G02 X 50 Y 35 R 20
N80 G01 Z 5
--------------------------------
The coordinates of the centre of the circular arc are:
(A) (30, 55) (B) (50, 55) (C) (50, 35) (D) (30, 35)
Sol. (B)

(50,55)
(30,55)
20

(55,35)
52. Following data refers to the job (P, Q, R, S) which have arrived at a machine for scheduling. The shortest possible average
flow time is ________________days.
Job Processing Time (days)
P 15
Q 9
R 22
S 12
Sol. (31)
For shortest possible average flow time, we use the sequence as per SPT rule.

S.No. Activity Duration Delivery Date

1 Q 9 9
2 S 12 21
3 P 15 36
4 R 22 58

9  21  36  58
Average flow time =  31 days
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53. A point mass of 100 kg is dropped onto a massless elastic bar (cross-sectional area = 100 mm2. Length =1m, Young’s
modulus = 100 (GPa) from a height H of 10 mm as shown (Figure is not to scale). If g =10 m/s 2, the maximum
compression of the elastic bar is __________mm.

Sol. (1.517)
Strain energy stored in bar = potential energy lost by mass
1
 P  l  W  h  l 
2
1 Pl  Pl 
 P  100  10  103  10  
2 AE  AE 
1 P 1  P 1 
 P  100  10  10  103  9 
2 100  106  100  109  100  106
 100  10 
P  15177.45N
Pl 15177.45  1
l  
AE 100  106  100  109
 1.517  103 m  1.517mm

54. Two cutting tools with tool life equations given below are being compared:
Tool 1: VT0.1 = 150
Tool 2: VT0.3 = 300
Where V is cutting speed in m/minute and T is tool life in minutes. The breakeven cutting speed beyond which Tool 2
will have a higher tool life is_____________m/minute.
Sol. (106.6)
VT 0.1  150
VT 0.3  300
For breakeven cutting speed,
3ln150  3ln V  ln 300  ln V
V  106.66m / min


55. For a steady flow, the velocity field is V    x2  3 y  iˆ  2xy  ˆj . The magnitude of the acceleration of a particle at (1,-1) is

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 (A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 2 5 (D) 0
Sol. (C)

V    x 2  3 y  i  (2 xy ) j
u   x 2  3 y , v  2 xy
u v
 2 x ,  2y
x x
u v
3 ,  2x
y y
at (1,-1)
u u v v
u  4 , v  2 ,  2 , 3,  2 , 2
x y x y
u u
ax  u v   4    2    2   3
x y 
ax  8  6  2
v v
ay  u  v   4    2    2   2 
x y
ay  8  4  4
a  ax 2  a y 2  22  42  2 5

GENERAL APTITUDE
1. He was one of my best__________ and I felt his loss_____________
(A) Friend, keenly (B) Friends, keen (C) Friend, keener (D) Friends, keenly
Sol. (D)
2. A right-angled cone (with base radius 5 cm and height 12 cm), as shown in the figure below , is rolled on the ground
keeping the point P fixed until the point Q (at the base of the cone, as shown) touches the ground again.

5 5 24 10
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 24 5 13
Sol. (D)

3. In a company with 100 employees, 45 earn Rs. 20,000 per month, 25 earn Rs. 30,000, 20 earn Rs. 40,000, 8 earn Rs.
60,000 and 2 earn Rs. 150,000. The median of the salaries is

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 (A) Rs. 20,000 (B) Rs. 30,000 (C) Rs. 32,300 (D) Rs. 40,000
Sol. (B)
Salary No. of employees Cumulative
20000 45 45
30000 25 70
40000 20 90
60000 8 98
150000 2 100
100  1
Median   50.5
2
From cumulative column,
Median salary = 30000
4. P,Q, and R talk about S’s car collection. P states that S has at least 3 cars. Q belives that S has less than 3 cars R indicates
that to his knowledge, S has at least one car. Only one of P,Q and R is right. The number of cars owned by S is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) Cannot be determined
Sol. (A)
5. As the two speakers became increasingly agitated, the debate became___________.
(A) Lukewarm (B) Poetic (C) Forgiving (D) Heated
Sol. (D)
6. The growth of bacteria (lactobacillus) in milk leads to curd formation. A minimum bacterial population density of 0.8 (in
suitable units) is needed to form curd. In the graph below, the population density of lactobacillus in 1 litre of milk is
plotted as a function of of time, at two different temperature, 25 0C and 370C.

Consider the following statements based on the data shown above:

i. The growth in bacterial population stops earlier at 370C as compared to 250C
ii The time taken for curd formation at 250C is twice the time taken at 370C
Which one of the following options is correct?
(A) Only i (B) Only ii (C) Both I and ii (D) Neither I nor ii
Sol. (A)
7. What is the sum of the missing digits in the subtraction problem below?

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 48 _ 89
1111
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) Cannot be determined
Sol. (8)
50000
4 88 8 9
1111
sum  0  0  0  0  8  8
8. Let S1 be the plane figure consisting of the points (x,y) given by the inequalities |x-1|< 2 and |y+2|< 3. Let S2 be the plane
figure given by the inequalities x  y  2, y  1, and x  3 Let S be the union of S1 and S2. The area of S is
(A) 26 (B) 28 (C) 32 (D) 34
Sol. (C)
(3,5)

S2

y=1

X=-1 S1 X=3

y=-5

1
S  S1  S2  6  4   4  4  32
2
9. Two very famous sportsmen Mark and Steve happened to be brothers, and played for country K. Mark teased James, an
opponent from country E, “There is no way you are good enough to play for your country.” James replied, “Maybe not,
but at least I am the best player in my own family.”
Which one of the following can be inferred from this conversation?
(A) Mark was known to play better than James
(B) Steve was known to play better than Mark
(C) James and Steve were good friends
(D) James played better than Steve
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10. “Here, throughout the early 1820s, Stuart continued to fight his losing battle to allow his sepoys to wear their caste-
marks and their own choice of facial hair on parade, being again reprimanded by the commander-in-chief. His retort that
“A stronger instance than this of European prejudice with relation to this country has never come under my
observations “had no effect on his superiors”
According to this paragraph, which of the statements below I most accurate?
(A) Start’s commander-in-chief was moved by this demonstration of his prejudice
(B) The Europeans were accommodating of the sepoys’ desire to wear their caste-marks
(C) Stuart’s losing battle’ refers to his inability to succeed in enabling sepoys to wear cast-marks
(D) The commander-in-chief was exempt from the European prejudice that dictated how the sepoys were to dress.
Sol. (C)

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