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Material Science Exam Veda
1. Bronze is an alloy of Copper and tin.

2. Manganese is added in low carbon steel to make the steel ductile and of good
bending qualities.
3. The percentage of carbon in low carbon steel is 0.15%.
4. The elastic stress strain behavior of rubber is Nonlinear.
5. The following element can't impart high strength at elevated temperature
Nickel.
6. In process annealing, the hypo eutectoid steel is Heated below or closes to the
lower critical temperature and then cooled slowly.
7. In a hardening process, the hypo-eutectoid steel is Heated from 30°C to 50°C
above the upper critical temperature and then cooled suddenly in a suitable cooling
medium
8. The temperature required for full annealing in hypereutectoid steel is 30°C to
50°C above lower critical temperature.
9. Duralumin contains 3.5 to 4.5% copper, 0.4 to 0.7% magnesium, 0.4 to 0.7%
manganese and rest aluminium
10. Admiralty gun metal contains 88% copper, 10% tin and rest zinc.
11. Gun metal contains 85 - 92% copper and rest tin with little lead and nickel.
12. Which is the false statement about wrought iron? It has
i. High resistance to rusting and corrosion
ii. High ductility
iii. Ability to hold protective coating
i. Uniform strength in all directions
5. Foundry crucible is made of Graphite.
6. Perminvar alloy having constant permeability is an alloy of Nickel, copper and
iron.
7. Tungsten in steel refines grain size and produces less tendance to
carburisation, improves corrosion and heat resistant properties.
8. Closed packed hexagonal space lattice is found in Zinc, magnesium, cobalt,
cadmium, antimony and bismuth.
9. Body centered cubic spaced lattice is found in Alpha iron, tungsten, chromium
and molybdenum.
10. A material is said to be allotropic, if it has different crystal structures at
different temperatures.
11. The surface hardness of the following order is achieved by nitriding operation
1000 to 1100 VPN.
12. Slow plastic deformation of metals under a constant stress is known as Creep.
13. Which of the following display properties similar to that of steel - Blackheart
cast iron and White heart cast iron
14. When low carbon steel is heated up to upper critical temperature the average
grain size is a minimum.
15. When low carbon steel is heated up to lower critical temperature there is no
change in grain size.
16. The lower critical temperature is same for all steels.
17. The temperature at which ferromagnetic alpha iron transforms to
paramagnetic alpha iron is 770°C.
18. The unit cells - Contain the smallest number of atoms which when taken
together have all the properties of the crystals of the particular metal | Have the same
orientation and their similar faces are parallel | May be defined as the smallest
parallel piped which could be transposed in three coordinate directions to build up the
space lattice.
19. Pig iron is the name given to product of blast furnace made by reduction of
iron ore.
20. Which of the following impurity in cast iron promotes graphite nodule
formation and increases the fluidity of the molten metal? Silicon
21. Wrought iron is Highly resistant to corrosion
22. Which of the following alloys does not have copper as one of the constituents?
Nichrome
23. Surveying tapes are made of a material having low coefficient of expansion and
enough strength. The alloy used is Invar.
24. In compressions, a prism of brittle material will be by shearing along oblique
plane
25. Hardness of lower bainite (tempered martensite) is about RC 57
26. The compressive strength of cast iron is more than that of its tensile strength.
27. Chromium when added to steel increases the tensile strength.
28. Shock resisting steels should have Toughness
29. White metal contains Alloy of tin, lead and cadmium
30. Which of the following has a fine gold colour and is used for imitation
jewellery? - Aluminium bronze
31. Large forgings, crank shafts, axles normally contain carbon up to 0.45 to 0.55%.
32. Cemented carbide tools are not found to be suitable for cutting Steel.
33. The purpose of heat treatment is to
i. Relieve the stresses set up in the material after hot or cold working
ii. Modify the structure of the material
iii. Change grain size
i. Any one of these
5. The tensile strength of wrought iron is maximum along the lines of slag
distribution
6. Sulphur is steel Lowers the toughness and transverse ductility.
7. Connecting rod is, usually made from Medium carbon steel
8. Ball bearings are usually made from chrome steel
9. A small percentage of boron is added to steel in order to increase
hardenability
10. Steel contains 50% or more iron.
11. An eutectoid steel consists of Wholly pearlite
12. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc
13. The transistor is made of Germanium
14. The portion of the blast furnace below its widest cross-section is called Bosh
15. The Silicon steel is widely used for generators and transformers in the form of
laminated cores
16. Connecting rod is usually made of Medium carbon steel
17. Blast furnace is used to produce Pig iron
18. Compressive strength of grey cast iron in tonnes/cm is of the order of 57.
19. Y-alloy contains 3.5 to 4.5% copper, 1.2 to 1.7 manganese, 1.8 to 2.3% nickel,
0.6% each of silicon, magnesium and iron and rest aluminium.
20. Wrought iron is a ductile material | can be easily forged or welded | cannot
stand sudden and excessive shocks
21. White cast iron is also known as chilled cast iron and is obtained by cooling
rapidly, it is almost unmachinable.
22. When the steel is normalized, its Yield point increases, Ductility decreases,
Ultimate tensile strength increases.
23. Amorphous material is one in which there is no definite atomic structure and
atoms exist in a random pattern just as in a liquid.
24. Cast iron is manufactured in cupola.
25. The molecules in a solid move back and forth like tiny pendulums.
26. Hardness of upper bainite (acicular structure) is about RC 48.
27. A reversible change in the atomic structure of the steel with a corresponding
change in the properties is known as Allotropic change
28. A reversible change in the atomic structure of steel with corresponding change
in the properties is known as allotropic change
29. Hardness of martensite is about RC 65.
30. A coarse grained steel is less tough and has a greater tendency to distort
during heat treatment.
31. Which of the following pipes is least corrosion resistant? Wrought iron
32. Points of arrest for iron corresponds to stages at which allotropic forms
change
33. The charge is fed into the blast furnace through the Throat

1. The charge of the blast furnace consists of Calcined ore (8 parts), coke (4
parts) and limestone (1 part).
2. Pearlite consists of 13% cementite and 87% ferrite.
3. Balls for ball bearings are made up of carbon-chrome steel
4. The property of a material essential for spring materials is resilience.
5. Grey cast iron has carbon in the form of free graphite.
6. In which of the following cases, consideration of creep is important gas turbine
blades.
7. Iron-carbon alloys containing 1.7 to 4.3% carbon are known as Hypoeutectic
cast iron.
8. Pipes for bicycle frames are made of cold rolled steel.
9. Which of the following metal is used for nuclear energy - Uranium, Thorium,
Niobium
10. Aluminium bronze contains aluminium and copper in the ratio of 10:90
11. Phosphor bronze contains
i. 0.5% of phosphorous
ii. 1% of phosphorous
iii. 2.5% of phosphorous
i. None of the above | 0.01 - 0.35% phosphorous
5. A material is known as allotropic or polymorphic if it exists in several crystal
forms at different temperatures.
6. Sulphur in cast iron increases hardness and brittleness
7. An example of amorphous material is Glass
8. Steel made from phosphate iron is brittle.
9. The alloying element which reduces the formation of iron sulphide in steel is
manganese.
10. In low carbon steels, Phosphorus raises the yield point and improves the
resistance to atmospheric corrosion.
11. Permalloy is a Nickel and iron alloy having high permeability.
12. Process of Austempering results in Formation of bainite structure
13. Which is false statement about tempering? Tempering is done to
I. Improve machinability
II. Improve ductility
III. Improve toughness
IV. Releases stresses
1. Super conduction by metals is observed in the temperature range of below
10K.
2. Ferromagnetic alpha iron exists in temperature range of below 723°C
3. Gamma iron exits at following temperature between 910°C and 1400°C.
4. Dow metal contains 90% magnesium and 9% aluminium with some copper.
5. The material in which the atoms are arranged regularly in some direction but
not in others, is called Mesomorphous material.
6. The property of a material due to which it breaks with little permanent
distortion, is called brittleness.
7. Which of the following is an amorphous material? Glass
8. Which of the following is used for bearing liner? Babbitt metal
9. White cast iron contains carbon in the form of cementite
10. Weld decay is the phenomenon found with stainless steel.
11. Which of the following material property is desirable for materials used in
tools and machines - Elasticity
12. Cupola produces following material - Cast iron
13. Mild steel belongs to the following category - Low carbon steel
14. The usual composition of a soldering alloy is Tin, lead and small percentage of
antimony
15. The meatal suitable for bearing subjected to light loads, is phosphor bronze.
16. The metal suitable for bearings subjected to heavy loads, is White metal.
17. Silicon when added to copper improves hardness and strength
18. Nickel when added to copper improves hardness
19. For the allotropic forms of iron, the points of arrests are the points of
discontinuity
20. Hematite iron ore contains iron about 70%.
21. In grey cast iron, carbon is present in the form of Flakes.
22. In malleable iron, carbon is present in the form of Nodular aggregates of
graphite
23. Nodular iron has High machinability, Low melting point, High tensile strength.
24. Nickel in steel gives ductility, toughness, tensile strength and anti-corrosion
properties.
25. Dislocations in materials refer to the following type of defect Line defect
26. The main alloying elements high speed steel in order of increasing proportions
are Vanadium, chromium, tungsten.
27. Induction hardening is basically a surface hardening process
28. Which of the following is not the correct method of increasing fatigue limit?
Surface decarburisation
29. The property of a material which enables it to retain the deformation
permanently, is called Plasticity.
30. The brown smoke during the operation of a Bessemer converter indicates that
the air is burning out silicon and manganese
31. Iron ore is usually found in the form of Oxides, Carbonates, Sulphide
32. German silver contains no silver.
33. Drop forging dies contain carbon of the order of 0.6 to 0.7%
34. Combined carbon in iron makes the metal hard and gives a fine grained
crystalline structure
35. Free carbon in iron makes the metal Soft and gives a coarse grained crystalline
structure.
36. In mottle cast iron, carbon is available in partly in free and partly in combined
state
37. The presence of hydrogen in steel causes embrittlement.
38. Maximum percentage of carbon in austenite is 1.7%
39. The hardness and tensile strength in austenitic stainless steel can be increases
by Hardening and cold working
40. Machining properties of steel are improved by adding sulphur, lead and
phosphorous
41. The machinability of steel is improved by adding sulphur, lead and phosphorus
42. Nodular cast iron is produced by adding Magnesium to the molten cast iron.
43. Addition of manganese to aluminium results in improvement of corrosion
resistance
44. Addition of copper to aluminium results in one of the best known age and
precipitation hardening system
45. Addition of lead and bismuth to aluminium results in improving machinability.
46. Addition of Silicon to aluminium results in improvement of casting
characteristics
47. The hardness of steel primarily depends on shape of carbides and their
distribution in iron.
48. Beryllium bronze contains 97.75% copper and 2.25% beryllium.
49. Aluminium bronze contains 10% aluminium and 90% copper.
50. The ultimate tensile strength and yield strength of most of the metals, when
temperature falls from 0 to 100°C will increase.

1. The percentage of carbon in grey iron castings usually varies between 2.5 to
4.5%.
2. Dry penetrant method is generally used to locate surface defects
3. The material widely used for making pendulums of clocks is Nickel steel
4. Taps dies and drills contain carbon above 1%.
5. Solder is an alloy consisting of tin and copper.
6. Malleable cast iron is produced by annealing process. It is soft, tough and
easily machined metal
7. Bell metal contains 70 - 75% copper and rest tin.
8. Which is false statement about normalizing? Normalizing is done to
i. Refine grain structure
ii. Reduce segregation in casting
iii. Improve mechanical properties
iv. Induce stresses
1. Chilled cast iron has no graphite
2. The aluminium alloy, mainly used, for anodized utensil manufacture is
Hindalium
3. The machinability of steel is increased by phosphorous, lead and sulphur.
4. The hardness is the property of a material due to which it can cut another
metal
5. White cast iron has carbon in the form of carbide, low tensile strength, high
compressive strength.
6. When a steel containing less than 0.8% carbon is cooled slowly below the
lower critical point, it consists of ferrite and pearlite.
7. The ratio of the volume occupied by the atoms to the total volume of the unit
cell is called atomic packing factor.
8. Smelting is the process of reducing the ore with carbon in the presence of a
flux
9. Induction hardening is the process of Hardening surface of work-piece to
obtain hard and wear resistant surface
10. Cyaniding is the process of adding carbon and nitrogen by heat treatment of
steel to increase its surface hardness
11. Stress relaxation is the phenomenon in which deformation tends to loosen
the joint and produce a stress reduced
12. In nodular iron, graphite is in the form of Spheroids.
13. When elements like nickel, chromium, copper and molybdenum are added to
the molten cast iron, it produces alloy cast iron
14. Iron is ferromagnetic
15. Corundum contains more than 95% Al2O3
16. For a steel containing 0.8% carbon - there is only one critical point
17. Age hardening is related to Duralumin
18. Inconel contains 80% nickel, 14% chromium and 6% iron
19. The presence of sulphur in pig iron makes the casting unsound
20. There are fourteen atoms in a unit cell of face centered cubic space lattice
21. Which is false statement about properties of aluminium?
1. Modules of elasticity is fairly low
2. Wear resistance is very good
3. Fatigue strength is not high
4. Creep strength limits its use to fairly low temperatures
1. Cartridge brass can be cold rolled into sheets, drawn into wires , formed into
tube
2. Isotropic materials are those which have the same elastic properties in all
directions
3. The material in which the atoms are arranged chaotically is called amorphous
material
4. Tungsten when added to steel raises the critical temperature.
5. Which of the following represents the allotropic forms of iron? Alpha iron,
gamma from and delta iron
6. The addition of which the following improves machining of copper? Sulphur
7. Vanadium in high speed steels forms very hard carbides and thus increases
wear resistance
8. Basic solution is one which has pH value Greater than 7
9. Neutral solution is one which has pH values Equal to 7
10. Acidic solution is one which has pH values less than 7.
11. The toughness of a material decreases when it is heated
12. Which of the following metal is used in making electrical resistance wire for
electric furnaces and heating elements? Nichrome
13. In the lower part of the blast furnace (zone of fusion), the temperature is
1200°C to 1300°C
14. The heat treatment process used for softening hardened steel is tempering
15. Which of the following impurity in cast iron makes it hard and brittle? Sulphur
16. An engineer's hammer is made up of High carbon steel
17. The alloying element which can replace tungsten in high speed steels is
Molybdenum
18. Grey cast iron contains 1.7 to 3.5% carbon in free state and is obtained by the
slow cooling of molten cast iron.
19. Which of the following elements results in presence of free graphite in C.I.?
Silicon
20. The percentage carbon content in wrought iron is about 0.02.
21. Age-hardening is related with Duralumin
22. The lower critical point for all steels is 723°C
23. Tensile strength of steel can be safely increased by adding carbon up to 0.83%.
24. Basic constituents of Monel metal are Nickel, copper
25. Steel with below 0.8% carbon is known ad hypo-eutectoid steel.
26. In spheroidising process, the steel is heated slightly above the lower critical
temperature and then cooled slowly to a temperature of 600°C
27. Lead is poured into the joint between two pipes. These pipes may be made of
cast iron
28. Constantan an alloy used in thermocouples is an alloy of copper and nickel
29. The hardness of steel increases if it contains Martensite
30. Gamma-iron occurs between the temperature ranges of 900°C to 1400°C
31. Delta-iron occurs between the temperature range of 1400°C to 1530°C
32. The blade of a power saw is made up of High speed steel
33. German silver is an alloy of Nickel, Copper and zinc
34. Specify the sequence correctly stress relief, recrystallization, grain growth
35. Cementite consists of 6.67% carbon and 93.33% iron
36. Preheating is essential in welding cast iron.
37. Which of the following material has nearly zero coefficient of expansion? Invar
38. When filing or machining cast iron makes our hands black, then it shows that
Free graphite is present in cast iron.
39. When medium carbon steel is heated to coarsening temperature the grain size
increases very rapidly
40. Which of the following when used in ordinary low carbon steels, makes the
metal ductile and of good bending qualities? Manganese
41. Recrystallization temperature is one at which new spherical crystals first begin
to form from the old deformed one when a strained metal is heated

1. Which of the following is the binding material in cemented carbides? Cobalt
2. Which of the following statement is correct? The chilled cast iron has no
graphite
3. Monel metal contains 63 to 67% nickel and 30% copper
4. Inconel is an alloy of Nickel, Chromium and iron
5. The alloying element which increases residual magnetism and coercive
magnetic force in steel for magnets is Cobalt.
6. Manganese in steel increases its Tensile strength
7. Free cutting steels is used where rapid machining is the prime requirements
8. The cupola is used to manufacture cast iron
9. Tungsten in high speed steel provides hot hardness
10. 1841 high speed steel contains Vanadium 1&, chromium 4% and tungsten
18%
11. Corrosion resistance of steel is increased by addition of chromium and nickel
12. Depth of hardness of steel is increased by addition of chromium
13. By severely deforming a metal in a particular direction it becomes Anisotropic
14. Iron-carbon alloys containing carbon more than 4.3% are known as hyper-
eutectic cast iron
15. Which of the following statements are true for annealing of steel?
a. Steels are heated to 500 to 700°C
b. Cooling is done slowly and steadily
c. Internal stresses are relieved
d. All of these
2. Which is false statement about annealing? Annealing is done to Harden steel
slightly
3. Eutectoid reaction occurs at 723°C
4. When steel containing less than 0.8% carbon is cooled slowly from
temperatures above or within the critical range, it consists of Ferrite and pearlite
5. Pick up the wrong statement
a. Aluminium in steel results in excessive grain growth
b. Manganese in steel induces hardness
c. Nickel and chromium in steel helps in raising the elastic limit and
improve the resilience and ductility.
d. Tungsten in steels improves magnetic properties and hardenability
2. Which of the following metal shrinks most from molten state to solid state?
Admiralty metal
3. Thermoplastic materials are those materials which do not become hard with
the application of heat and pressure and no chemical change occurs
4. Admiralty brass used for steam condenser tubes contains copper and zinc in
the following ratio 30 : 70
5. Alnico, an alloy used extensively for permanent magnets contains iron, nickel,
aluminium and cobalt int the following ratio 50 : 20 : 20 : 10
6. Heavy duty leaf and coil springs contain carbon of the following order 1.0 %
7. Cold rolled steel sheets contain carbon of the following order 0.1%
8. In full annealing, the hypo eutectoid steel is heated from 30°C to 50°C above
the upper critical temperature and then cooled slowly in the furnace
9. Steel containing ferrite and pearlite is soft
10. Ductile cast iron is produced by small additions of magnesium (or creium) in
the lathe. Graphite is in nodular or spheroidal form and is well dispersed throughout
the material
11. Which of the following steel making process is being adopted at Rourkela (in
India) steel plant? LD process
12. Quenching is not necessary when hardening is done by Nitriding
13. Which is false statement about case hardening? Case hardening is done by
Electroplating
14. The machinability of aluminium increases when lead and bismuth is added to
aluminium.
15. In high speed steels, manganese is used to tougher the metal and to increase
its critical temperature.
16. Following elements have face-centered cubic structure Gamma iron (910° to
1400°C), Cu, Ag, Au, Al, Ni, Pb, Pt
17. The crystal structure of brass is F.C.C
18. Which of the following has highest specific strength of Titanium alloy
19. Blast furnace produces following by reduction of iron ore pig iron
20. Shock resistance of steel is increase by adding Nickel and chromium
21. Corrosion resistance of steel is increasing by adding Chromium and nickel
22. Cobalt in steel improves cutting ability and reduce hardenability
23. The electric process of steel making is especially adapted to alloy and carbon
tool steel, magnet steel, high speed tool steel.
24. Chromium in steel improves wear resistance, cutting ability and toughness
25. A cold chisel is made of High carbon
26. Cast iron is characterized by minimum of following percentage of carbon 2%
27. Eutectoid steel contains, following percentage of carbon 0.8%
28. Cast iron is a Brittle material
29. Cast iron has its elastic limit close to the ultimate breaking strenght
30. Carbon steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with varying quantities of
phosphorus and sulphur
31. High carbon steel carries carbon percentage 0.8 to 1.5%
32. According to Indian standard specifications, plain carbon steel designated by
40 C8 means that the carbon content is 0.35 to 0.45%
33. Recrystallization temperature can be lowered by purification of metal, grain
refinement and working at lower temperature
34. Ductility of a material can be defined as ability to undergo large permanent
deformations in tension
35. Malleability of a material can be defined as ability to undergo large
permanent deformations in compression
36. The ability of a material to absorb energy in the plastic range is called
toughness.
37. Muntz metal contains copper and zinc in the ratio of 60 : 40
38. Bronze contains 90% copper and 10% tin
39. Which of the following statement is true about brittle fracture? - Many metals
with hexagonal close packed (H.C.P) crystal structure commonly show brittle fracture
40. Brass contains 70% copper and 30 zinc.
41. Pick up wrong statement about wrought iron.
a. It contains carbon of the order of 0 to 0.25%
b. It melts at 1535°C
c. It is very soft and ductile
d. It is made by adding suitable percentage of carbon to molten iron and
subjecting the product to repeated hammering and rolling.
2. Maximum percentage of carbon in ferrite is 0.025%
3. Which of the following material has maximum ductility? Mild steel
4. The ability of a material to resist softening at high temperature is known as hot
hardness
5. The defect which takes place due to imperfect packing of atoms during
crystallization is known as point defect
6. The alloy used for making electrical resistance and heating elements is
nichrome
7. The strength is the ability of a material to resist externally applied forces with
breakdown or yielding
8. The stiffness is the ability of a material to resist deformation under stress
9. Which of the following statement is wrong?
a. Steel with 0.8% carbon is wholly pearlite
b. The amount of cementite increases with the increases in percentage of
carbon in iron
a. A mechanical mixture of 87% cementite and 13% ferrite is called
pearlite
a. The cementite is identified as round particles in the structure
5. Delta iron occurs at temperature of between 1400°C and 1539°C.
6. Which of the following elements does not impart hardness to steel? Copper
7. The steel widely used for motor car crankshafts is Chrome steel
1. If a refractory contains high content of silicon, it means refractory is neutral

2. The bond formed by transferring electrons from one atom to another is called
ionic bond
3. Which of the following constituents of steels is softest and least strong? Ferrite
4. Which of the following property is desirable in parts subjected to shock and
impact loads ? Toughness
5. Crystal structure of a material is generally examined by X-ray techniques.

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1. If a refractory contains high content of silicon, it means refractory is neutral

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