ME-GATE-2016

GATE 2016 A Brief Analysis

(Based on student test experiences in the stream of ME on 31st
January, 2016 (Forenoon Session)
Section wise analysis of the paper
Section Classification

1 Mark

Engineering Mathematics
Engineering Mechanics
Strength of Materials
Design of Machine Elements
Theory of Machines
Vibrations
Fluid Mechanics
Thermal Science
Heat Transfer
Manufacturing Science
Industrial Engineering
Verbal Ability
Numerical Ability

5
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
3
4
2
3
2
30

2 Marks
4
4
3
1
1
1
3
4
3
4
2
2
3
35

Total No of
Questions
9
5
5
2
3
2
6
5
6
8
4
5
5
65

Type of questions asked from each section

Engineering Mechanics

Questions came from Free body diagrams.

Strength of materials

Questions came from 2D stress, Bending equation

Machine design

Questions came from Bearings.

Theory of machines

Questions came from Degrees of freedom for links,

Balancing.

Vibrations

Questions came from Resonance, single degree of freedom

of free vibration.

Fluid mechanics and Hydraulic

machines

Questions came from Stream lines, Boundary layer, Impact

of jet, Branched piper.

Thermal science

Questions came from Air compressors, vapour

compression refrigeration system, SFEE, Psychrometry.

Heat transfer

Questions came from composite slabs, Lumped system

analysis, Dimensions less numbers, Radiation, Heat
exchanger.

Manufacturing

Questions came from Machining, Casting, Punching,

welding and Material science.

Industrial Engineering

Questions came from NC codes, PERT, LPP, Forecasting.

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Questions from the Paper

General Aptitude
1.

Key:
Exp:

S, P, M and E are four persons, working on project efficiency of M is twice that of others and M
works only for half of the total days worked by E. M works 6 hours/day and E works 12
hours/day. Ratio of contribution of work to project of M and E is (i.e., work done by
M work done by E)
(A) 1 : 1
(B) 1 : 2
(A)
M - 6hr day 1 unit of work

(C) 1 : 4

(D) 1 : 3

E 12h day 1 unit of work

M 1

E 1
2.

Key:
3.
Key:
4.

Key:
Exp:

Mr. X has height 6 feet and Mr. Y has 4 feet. Identify the correct statement
(A) Mr. X is longer than Mr. Y
(B) Mr. X is taller than Mr. Y
(C) Mr. X is bigger than Mr. Y
(D) Mr. X is higher than Mr. Y
(B)
The teacher was ________ on teachers day for her work.
(A) Facilitated
(B) Felicitated
(C) Fascinated
(B)

(D) Facillitated

Two hours and 15 min back, reflection of wall clock is viewed in the mirror which shows 1:30.
The actual present time in the clock is
(A) 8:15
(B) 11:45
(C) 12:15
(D) 12:45
(D)
If reflection is seen as

1: 30

Actual will be

10 : 30

Thus present time will be 10 : 30 2 :15 12 : 45

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5.

Exp:

A wire of length 340 mm is cut into two pieces. One piece in used to form a square and other
piece is used to form a rectangle whose sides are in the ratio of 1: 2. Determine the side of square
if combined area of square and rectangular is minimum (in mm)
(A) 30
(B) 40
(C) 180
(D) 160
x y 340

x 2x
Perimeter of rectangle 2 2x
3 3
Perimeter of square 340 2x
340 2x
Length of square
4
340 2x 2 2
Totalarea
x f (x)
4

9
4
2x 340
f '(x) x
0
9
4
4
1
x 340 2x x 90
9
4
340 2x
40mm
Length of square
4

2 x/ 3

Square

x/ 3

Rectangle

Technical
1.

A cylindrical steel rod of 0.01m in diameter and 0.2m in length is first heated to 750oC and then
immersed in a water bath at 100oC. The convective heat transfer coefficient is 250 W m 2 K . The
density specific heat and thermal conductivity are 7801 kg m3 , 473 J/kg K and 43 W mK

Key:
Exp:

respectively. The time required for the rod to reach 300oC is _____ seconds
43.49
d = 0.01 m
L = 0.2m, R=7801 kg/m3.
t i 750o C, C 473J / kgK

t 100o C, k 43 W / mK
2
d
V
d
h 250 W / m2 K, Lc 4

A d 4
t t hA
h
ln

cLc
t i t Vc
t t h 4
ln

t i t c d
250 4
300 100
ln

750 100 7801 473 0.01

43.49s
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2.

Key:
3.

Key:
Exp:

4.
Key:
Exp:

Internal gears are manufactured by

(A) Hobbing
(B) Shaping with pinion cutter
(C) Shaping with rack cutter
(D) Milling
(A)
Grashoff number signifies the ratio of
(A) inertia force to viscous force

(C) buoyancy force to inertia force

(D) Inertial force to surface tension force
(B)
Inertia force Buoyant force
Grashoff number (Gr)
(Viscous force) 2
Engineering strain of a mild steel sample is recorded has 0.100%, the true strain is
(A) 0.010 %
(B) 0.055%
(C) 0.099%
(D) 0.101%
(C)
0.1

100
We know,
T ln 1 , where T is True strain and is Engineering strain

0.1

T ln 1
0.0009995
100
5.

Key:
6.

Key:
Exp:

(B) buoyancy force to viscous force

T % 0.0009995 100 0.099%

Which of the bearings given below should not be subjected to a thrust load?
(A) Deep groove ball bearing
(B) Angular contact ball bearing
(C) Cylindrical roller bearing
(D) Single row tapered roller bearing
(C)
A sheet metal of 2 mm thickness, a hole of 10 mm diameter needs to be punched. Yield strength
in tension of the sheet material is 100 MPa and its ultimate shear strength is 80 MPa. The force
required to punch the hole (in kN) is _____
5.0265

t 2mm
d 10mm
s 80MPa
Syt 100MPa
F dt s 10 2 80 5026.5N 5.0265kN
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7.

In a 3-stage air compressor, the initial pressure is P1, discharge pressure is and the intermediate
pressure are P2 and P3 P2 P3 . The total pressure ratio is 10 and the pressure ratios of stages
where equal. If P1 100kPa, the value of P3 in kPa is ______

Key:
Exp:

464.16
3 stage compressor;
P1= 100 kPa.
Pressure ratios of all stages are equal
P2 P3 P4

P1 P2 P3
Overall pressure ratio

rp

P4
10
P1

P2 P3 P4 3
10 2.154
P1 P2 P3

P3 (rp )2 P1
P3 2.514 2.514 100 464.16kPa
8.

Key:
Exp:

In a single point turning operation with cemented carbide tool and steel work piece, it is found
that the Taylors exponent is 0.25. If the cutting speed is reduced by 50% then the tool life
changes by ___ times
16
n = 0.25
V
V2 1
2

V1T1n V2T2n
V1T1n

V1 n
T2
2

T2
T
1

0.25

T2 T1 24
T2 16 T1

Tool life changes by 16 times

9.

Key:

In PERT chart, the activity time distribution is

(A) Normal
(B) Binomial
(C) Poisson
(D) Beta
(D)

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10.

A force F is acting on a bent bar which is clamped at one end as shown in figure.

60o

The correct Free body diagram is

(A)

(B)

60

60o

F
Ry
Ry
Rx
Rx

(C)

60o

60o

(D)

F
Ry

Ry

Rx

M
Key:
Exp:

(A)
A free body diagram is the diagram in which all connecting pieces are removed.
Correct option is (A) because the fixed support will give reaction of forces in x and y direction
and moment also.

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10.

The cross-section of solid bar, made up of same material as shown in the figure, the square crosssection has flexural (bending) rigidity I1, while the circular cross-section has flexural rigidity I2,
I
both section have the same cross-section the ratio of 1 is
I2
(A)

Key:
Exp:

(B)

(C)

(D)

(C)
Flexural rigidity = EI
Both have same cross-section area

a 2 d 2 where a is side of square and d is diameter of circle.

4

2 4
d
16
2 d 4
a4
E1
I
12 12 16
1
4
I2
3
d 4
d
E2
64
64

a4

11.

Key:
12.

( E1 E2 because of same material)

Match the following part programming code with the respective functions
PPC
Function
P. G01
I. Spindle stop
Q. G03
II. Spindle rotation clockwise
R. M03
III. Circular interpolation anticlockwise
S. M05
IV. Linear interpolation
(A) P-II, Q-I, R-IV, S-III
(B) P IV,Q II,R III,S I
(C) P-IV, Q-III, R-II, S-I
(C)

(D) P-III, Q-IV, R-II, S-I

The state of stress at a point on an element is shown figure (a). The same of stress is shown in
another coordinate system in figure (b).
yy

xy
p

xx

45o

xy
xx

xy

xy
yy

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The component of xx , yy , xy is

Key:
Exp:

P P
(A)
,
,0
2 2
(B)
We know,

(B)

0,0,P

(C) P, P,

(D) 0,0,

x y x y

cos 2 xy sin 2
2
2

Where, is the location of any oblique plane which making an angle in CCW direction.
When 45o , xx , x p, y p

pp pp
xx

cos90 0
2 2
When 45O , yy

pp pp


cos90 0
2 2
When 45O , xy

x y
We know
sin 2 xy cos 2
2
pp
xy
sin 90 p
2

xx , yy , xy is 0, 0,p

14.

The number of degree of freedom in a planar mechanism having n links and j simple hinge joints
is
(A) 3 n 3 2j
(B) 3 n 1 2j
(C) 3n 2j
(D) 2j 3n 4

Key:

(B)

15.

In wire-cut EDM process, the necessary condition that have to met for making successfully cut
are that
(A) Wire and sample are electrically non-conducting
(B) Wire and sample are electrically conducting
(C) Wire is electrically conducting and sample is electrically non-conducting
(D) Sample is electrically conducting and wire is electrically non-conducting
(D)

Key:
16.

Key:

The static defect of a spring gravity, when a mass of 1 kg is suspended from it is 1 mm. Assume
the acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 m/s2. The natural frequency of this spring mass system (in
rad/s) is _____
100

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Exp:

1mm

g 10m s2
n g
17.

10
10 103 100rad s
3
10

Steady 1-D heat conduction takes place across the faces 1 and 3 of a composite slab consisting of
slabs A and B in perfect contact as shown in the figure, where k A ,k B denote the respective
thermal conductivites. Using the data as given in the figure, the interference temperature

T2 in oC is ____.

A
1
T1 130 C

k A 20 W/ mK

0.1m

Key:
Exp:

B
3

k B 100W / mK

T3 30o C

0.3m

67.5
T1 T2 T2 T3

LA
LB
kA A kB A

130 T2 T2 30

0.1
0.3
20
100
390 3T2 5T2 150
8T2 540
T2 67.5o C
Interface temperature 67.5o C

18.

For a heat exchanger Tmax is the max temperature difference and Tmin

is the minimum

temperature difference between the two fluids LMTD is the log mean and maximum heat and
Cmax are the possible heat transfer (Qmax) between the two fluids is
(A) Cmin LMTD
(B) Cmin Tmax
(C) Cmax Tmax
Key:
Exp:

(D) Cmax Tmin

(B)
In a heat exchanger, maximum possible heat transfer will be.
Qmax Cmin Tmax

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19.
Key:
Exp:

Steam at an initial enthalpy of 100 kJ/kg, and inlet velocity of 100 m/s, enters an insulated
horizontal nozzle. It leaves the nozzle at 200 m/s. The exit enthalpy (in kJ/kg) is _______
85
h1 100kJ / kg
2
C 100m / s
1
1

C2 200m / s
C12
C2
h2 2
2000
2000
1002 2002
h 2 100

85kJ / kg
2000 2000
h1

20.

Key:
Exp:

C1

C2

h1

h2

Spot welding of two steel sheets inch 2 mm thick is carried out successfully by passing 4kA of
current 0.2 seconds through the electrodes. The resulting weld nugget formed between the sheets
is 5 mm in diameter. Assuming cylindrical shape for the nugget, the thickness of nugget is
___mm.
Let end heat of fusion for steel
Effective resistance of weld joint density of steel
Latent Heat of fusion for steel

1400 kJ/kg

Effective resistance of weld joint

200

Density of steel

8000 kg/m3

2.91
t s 2mm

I 4kA
t 0.2
d 5mm
tn ?
L.H 1400
R 200

8000kg m3
Energy supplied = I2 Rt

3 2

4 10

(a)

200 106 0.2 640J

Energy required for melting = V L.H

(b)

1400 103 8000 52 106 t n 219911.4858t n

4
Equating (a) & (b)
640 = 219911.4858t n t n 2.91mm
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21.

Key:
Exp:

In a mixture of dry air and water vapour at a total pressure of 750 mm of Hg, the partial pressure
water vapour is 20 mm of Hg. The humidity ratio of air (in grams) of water vapour per kg of dry

air w.v is______

kg d.a
17
Pt 750 mm of Hg

Pv 20 mm of Hg
Humidity ratio (or) specific Humidity
PV
w 0.622
Pt PV

20
0.622

750 20
kg
0.017 w.v
kg d.a
g
17 w.v
kg d.a
22.

Two parallel plates are separated by a distance of 10 mm and temperature of one plate is 1000 K
and that of other is 400 K. If 1 0.5, 2 0.25 , the net radiation heat exchange between the plate
is kW m 2 is ______

Key:

11.049

Exp:

Q1 2

T14 T24

1 1
1
1 2

T1 1000K

5.67 108 10004 4004

1
1

1
0.5 0.25
11049.696 W 2 11.049 kW 2
m
m

T2 400K

23.

Exp:

2 0.25

3k
. What is the ratio of
m
amplitude of excitation to the static deflection because of the forced excitation ____
In a single Degree of Freedom, excluded with a frequency of

k
Key:

1 0.5

Fosint

0.5

M.F

1
1
0.5
1 3 2

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24.

Key:
Exp:

In an exponential smoothing forecast, if the demand for the month of April is 900 units and for
the month of May it is 1030 units, with smoothing constant of 0.6. The forecast for the month of
June is _______
(A) 850
(B) 927
(C) 910
(D) 970
(D)

April
May

Demand
900
1030

Forecast
850

FMay FApr DApr FApr 850 0.6 50 880

FJune FMay DMay FMay 880 0.61030 880 970
25.

In a normal distribution curve, the percentage area between +3 and -3 standard deviation value is
______

Key:
Exp:

99.74
3 99.74%

0
1 68.4%
2 95.45%

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