GATE QUESTIONS - ME

Kinematics of Machine (Session 2016-17)

Year 2016

One Mark

1. A rigid link PQ is undergoing plane motion as shown in the figure (VP and VQ are non-zero).
VQP is the relative velocity of point Q with respect to point P.

Which one of the following is TRUE?

(A) VQP has components along and perpendicular to PQ
(B) VQP has only one component directed from P to Q
(C) VQP has only one component directed from Q to P
(D) VQP has only one component perpendicular to P
2. The number of degrees of freedom in a planar mechanism having n links and j simple hinge
joints is
(A) 3 ( 3) 2
(B) 3 ( 1) 2
(C) 3 2
(D) 2 3 + 4
Year 2016

Two Mark

3. The rod AB, of length 1 m, shown in the figure is connected to two sliders at each end
through pins. The sliders can slide along QP and QR. If the velocity VA of the slider at A is 2
m/s, the velocity of the midpoint of the rod at this instant is ___________ m/s.

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Year 2015

One Mark

4. The number of degrees of freedom of the planetary gear train shown in the figure is

(A) 0

(C) 2

(B) 1

(D) 3

5. A gear train is made up of five spur gears as shown in the figure. Gear 2 is driver and Gear 6
is driven member. N2, N3, N4, N5 and N6 represent number of teeth on gears 2,3,4,5, and 6
respectively. The gear(s) which act as idler(s) is/are
(A) Only 3
(C) Only 5
(B) Only 4
(D) Both 3 and 5
6. In the figure, link 2 rotates with constant angular velocity 2 . A slider link 3 moves outwards
with a constant relative velocity VQ/P, where Q is a point on slider 3 and P is a point on link 2.
The magnitude and direction of Coriolis component of acceleration is given by
(A) 22 / ; direction of / rotated by 900 in the direction of 2 .
(B) 2 / ; direction of / rotated by 900 in the direction of 2 .
(C) 22 / ; direction of / rotated by 900 opposite to the direction of 2 .
(D) 2 / ; direction of / rotated by 900 opposite to the direction of 2 .
Year 2015

Two Mark

7. In a certain slider-crank mechanism, lengths of crank and connecting rod are equal. If the
crank rotates with a uniform angular speed of 14 rad/s and the crank length is 300 mm, the
maximum acceleration of the slider (in m/s2) is ___________
8. The number of degrees of freedom of the linkage shown in the figure is

(A) 0
(B) 1

(C) 2
(D) -3

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Kinematics of Machine (Session 2016-17)

Year 2014

One Mark

9. For the given statements:

I: Mating spur gear teeth is an example of higher pair.
II: A revolute joint is an example of lower pair.
(A) Both I and II are false.

(C) I is false and II is true.

(B) I is true and II is false.

(D) Both I and II are true.

10. A rigid link PQ is 2 m long and oriented at 20o to the horizontal as shown in the figure.
The magnitude and direction of velocity VQ, and the direction of velocity VP are given. The
magnitude of VP (in m/s) at this instant is

(A) 2.14
(B) 1.89

(C) 1.21
(D) 0.96

11. A 4-bar mechanism with all revolute pairs has link lengths lf = 20 mm, lin = 40 mm, lco = 50
mm and lout = 60 mm. The suffixes 'f', 'in', 'co' and 'out' denote the fixed link, the input link,
the coupler and output link respectively. Which one of the following statements is true about
the input and output links?
(A) Both links can execute full circular motion
(B) Both links cannot execute full circular motion
(C) Only the output link cannot execute full circular motion.
(D) Only the input link cannot execute full circular motion.
12. Gear 2 rotates at 1200 rpm in counter clockwise direction and engages with Gear 3. Gear 3 and Gear
4 are mounted on the same shaft. Gear 5 engages with Gear 4. The numbers of teeth on Gears 2, 3, 4
and 5 are 20, 40, 15 and 30, respectively. The angular speed of Gear 5 is

(A) 300 rpm counterclockwise

(B) 300 rpm clockwise

(C) 4800 rpm counterclockwise

(D) 4800 rpm clockwise

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13. Which one of the following is used to convert a rotational motion into a translational motion?
(A) Bevel gears
(B) Double helical gears
(C) Worm gears
(D) Rack and pinion gears
Year 2014

Two Mark

14. A pair of spur gears with module 5 mm and a center distance of 450 mm is used for a speed
reduction of 5:1. The number of teeth on pinion is _______
15. An offset slider-crank mechanism is shown in the figure at an instant. Conventionally, the
Quick Return Ratio (QRR) is considered to be greater than one. The value of QRR is
_______

16. A rigid link PQ of length 2 m rotates about the pinned end Q with a constant angular
acceleration of 12 rad/s2. When the angular velocity of the link is 4 rad/s, the magnitude of
the resultant acceleration (in m/s2) of the end P is _______
17. Consider a rotating disk cam and a translating roller follower with zero offset. Which one of
the following pitch curves, parameterized by t, lying in the interval 0 to 2, is associated with
the maximum translation of the follower during one full rotation of the cam rotating about
the center at (x, y) = (0, 0)?
(A) x(t) = cost, y(t)= sint
(B) x(t) = cost, y(t)= 2sint
1
(C) x(t) = 2 +cost, y(t)= 2sint
1

(D) x(t) = 2 +cost, y(t)=sint

18. A slider-crank mechanism with crank radius 60 mm and connecting rod length 240 mm is
shown in figure. The crank is rotating with a uniform angular speed of 10 rad/s, counter clockwise.
For the given configuration, the speed (in m/s) of the slider is _______

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19. It is desired to avoid interference in a pair of spur gears having a 20 pressure angle. With increase in pinion to
gear speed ratio, the minimum number of teeth on the pinion
(B) decreases
(A) increases

(C) first increases and then decreases

(D) remains unchanged

Year 2013

One Mark

20. A planar closed kinematic chain is formed with rigid links PQ = 2.0 m, QR = 3.0 m,
RS = 2.5m and SP = 2.7 m with all revolute joints. The link to be fixed to obtain a double
rocker (rocker-rocker) mechanism is
(A) PQ
(C) RS
(B) QR
(D) SP
21. A link OB is rotating with a constant angular velocity of 2 rad/s in counter clockwise
direction and a block is sliding radially outward on it with a uniform velocity of 0.75m/s with
respect to the rod as shown in the figure. If OA = 1m, the magnitude of the absolute
acceleration of the block at location A in m/s2 is

(A) 3
(B) 4
Year 2013

(C) 5
(D) 6
Two Mark

22. A compound gear train with gears P,Q,R and S has number of teeth 20, 40, 15 and 20,
respectively. Gears Q and R are mounted on the same shaft as shown in the figure below.
The diameter of the gear Q is twice that of the gear R. If the module of the gear R is 2mm,
the center distance in mm between gears P and S is.

(A) 40
(B) 80

(C) 120
(D) 160

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Year 2012

One Mark

23. In the mechanism given below, if the angular velocity of the eccentric circular disc is 1 rad/s,
the angular velocity (rad/s) of the follower link for the instant shown in the figure is (Note.
All dimensions are in mm).

(A) 0.05
(B) 0.1

(C) 5.0
(D) 10.0

Year 2011

One Mark

24. A double-parallelogram mechanism is shown in the figure. Note that PQ is a single link.
The mobility of the mechanism is

(A) -1
(B) 0

(C) 1
(D) 2

Year 2011

Two Mark

25. For the four-bar linkage shown in the figure, the angular velocity
of link AB is 1 rad/s. The length of link CD is 1.5 times the
length of link AB. In the configuration shown, the angular
velocity of link CD in rad/s is
(A) 3

(B)

3
2

(C) 1

(D)

2
3

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Year 2010

One Mark

26. Mobility of a statically indeterminate structure is

(C) 1
(A) 1
(B) 0
(D) 2
27. There are two points P and Q on a planar rigid body. The relative velocity between the two
points
(A) should always be along PQ
(B) can be oriented along any direction
(C) should always be perpendicular to PQ
(D) should be along QP when the body undergoes pure translation
28. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT ?
(A) Grashofs rule states that for a planar crank-rocker four bar mechanism, the sum of the
shortest and longest link lengths cannot be less than the sum of the remaining two link
lengths
(B) Inversions of a mechanism are created by fixing different links one at a time
(C) Geneva mechanism is an intermittent motion device
(D) Grueblers criterion assumes mobility of a planar mechanism to be one
29. Tooth interference in an external involute spur gear pair can be reduced by
(A) decreasing center distance between gear pair
(B) decreasing module
(C) decreasing pressure angle
(D) increasing number of gear teeth
Year 2010

Two Mark

30. For the epicyclic gear arrangement shown in the figure 2 = 100 rad/s clockwise (CW) and
= 80 rad/s counter clockwise (CCW). The angular velocity 5 (in rad/s) is

(A) 0
(B) 70 CW

(C) 140 CCW

(D) 140 CW

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31. For the configuration shown, the angular velocity of link AB is 10 rad/s counterclockwise.
The magnitude of the relative sliding velocity (in ms-1) of slider B with respect to rigid link
CD is

(A) 0
(B) 0.86
Year 2009

(C) 1.25
(D) 2.50
One Mark

32. A simple quick return mechanism is shown in the figure. The forward to return ratio of the
quick return mechanism is 2:1. If the radius of crank O1P is 125 mm, then the distance d
(in mm) between the crank centre to lever pivot centre point should be

(A) 144.3
(B) 216.5
(C) 1.4

(C) 240.0
(D) 250.0
(D) 1.2

Year 2009

Two Mark

33. An epicyclic gear train in shown schematically in the given figure. The run gear 2 on the
input shaft is a 20 teeth external gear. The planet gear 3 is a 40 teeth external gear. The ring

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gear 5 is a 100 teeth internal gear. The ring gear 5 is fixed and the gear 2 is rotating at 60 rpm
CCW (CCW=counter-clockwise and CW=clockwise).

The arm 4 attached to the output shaft will rotate at

(A) 10 rpm CCW
(C) 12 rpm CW

(B) 10 rpm CW
(D) 12 rpm CCW

Year 2008

One Mark

34. A planar mechanism has 8 links and 10 rotary joints. The number of degrees of freedom of
the mechanism, using Grueblers criterion, is
(A) 0
(C) 2
(B) 1
(D) 3
Year 2007

Two Mark

35. The input link O2P of a four bar linkage is rotated at 2 rad/s in counter clockwise direction as
shown below. The angular velocity of the coupler PQ in rad/s, at an instant when angle
O4O2P = 1800, is

(A) 4
(B) 22
(C) 1
(D)

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Common Data For Q 36 and 37

A quick return mechanism is shown below. The crank OS is driven at 2 rev/s in counterclockwise direction.

36. If the quick return ratio is 1 : 2, then the length of the crank in mm is
(C) 500
(A) 250
250
500
(D)
(B)
3
3
37. The angular speed of PQ in rev/s when the block R attains maximum speed during forward
stroke (stroke with slower speed) is
1
(C) 2
(A) 3
(D) 3
2
(B) 3

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