REFRIGERATION

E-Questions (Mechanical)
Refrigeration & Air conditioning
1. The cooling effect in refrigeration is obtained by :
(a)mechanical refrigeration technique
(b)passing direct current through junction of two dissimilar metajs
(c)sublimation of carbon dioxide
(d)throttling of a real gas
Which of the above statements are correct ?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 1,2 and 3 (c)1 , 2 and 4 (d) 1,2,3 and 4
2. The cooling effect produced by refrigeration finds application in
(a) construction of cold storages
(b)cooling of concrete in dams
(c)comfort air conditioning of hospitals
(d)liquification of gases and vapours
Select your answer from the following codes
(a)1 and 3 (b) 1 ,2 and 3 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1,2,3, and 4
3. A refrigeration system
(a) removes heat from a system at low temp. and transfers the same to a system at high temp.
(b) delivers less heat to the system at high temp. than it extracts from the system at low temp.
(c) transfers heat from a high temp. source to a low temp. sink
(d) violates second law of thermodynamics
4.

The COP of a Carnot refrigeration cycle decreases on

(a) decreasing the difference in operating temperatures
(b) keeping the upper temp. const. and increasing the lower temp.
(c) increasing the upper temp. and keeping the lower temp. const.
(d) increasing the upper temp. and decreasing the lower temp.
5. A Carnot refrigerating cycle used in house air conditioning delivers heat to the surroundings
at the rate of 10kw of power .The coefficient of performance of this refrigeratorwould be
(a) 1.5 (b) 1.67 (c) 2.5 (d) 0.6
6. If a Carnot cycle is to have a coefficient of performance of 5 ,the ratio of max. temp. to
min. temp. in the cycle should be
(a) 1.2 (b) 1.5 (c) 2.0 (d) 2.5
7. A Carnot refrigerator rejects 3000 kj of heat at 400k while using 1000 kj of work .
The lowest operating temp. in the cycle should be
(a) 15 C (b ) 27 C (c) -6 C (d) 0 C

8. A Carnot engine has an efficiency of 80% . If the cycle is reversed in direction and made
operate as a refrigerator , its COP will be
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.75 (d) 1.25
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9. A condenser of a refrigeration system rejects heat at a rate of 120kw , while its compressor
consumes a power of 30 kw. The coefficient of performance of the system would be
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
10. The operating temp. of cold storage is 280k and the heat leakage from the surroundings is
35kw for the ambient temp. of 310k .If the actual COP of the refrigeration plant is one fourth of
an ideal plant working between the same temp. limits , the power required to drive the plant would
be,
(a) 3.7kw (b) 7.5kw (c) 12kw (d) 15kw
11. A Carnot heat pump for domestic heating works between a cold system ( the contents of
refrigerator cabinet )at 0C and the water in the radiator system at 80C . The coefficient of
performance of this heat pump would be about
(a) 1.4 (b) 3.4 (c) 4.4 (d) 6.2
12. A heat pump working on a reversed Carnot cycle has a COP of 5 . If it is made to work
as a refrigerator taking
1KW of work input, the refrigerating effect will be
(a) 1KW (b) 2KW (c) 3KW (d) 4KW
13. The capacity of refrigerating m/c is expressed as
(a) inside volume of cabinet
(b) lowest temp. attained
(c) gross wt. of m/c in tons
(d) rate of abstraction of heat from the space being cooled
14. One TOR implies that the m/c has a refrigerating effect ( capacity of heat extraction from the
system being cooled) equal to
(a)50 kcal/sec (b) 50 kcal /min (c) 50 kcal/hr (d) 50 kcal/day
15. One TOR is equivalent to
(a) 1 KW (b) 2.5 KW (c ) 3.5 KW (d) 5KW
16.The domestic refrigerator has a refrigerating load of the order of
(a) less than 0.25 ton (b) between 0.5 and 1 ton (c) more than 1 ton (d ) more than 5 ton
17. the refrigerating capacity of 165 domestic refrigerator is approximately equal to
(a) 0.05 ton (b) 0.1 ton (c) 2ton (d) 5 ton
18. Round the clock cooling of an apartment having a load of 300MJ/day requires
an air conditioning plant of capacity about
(a) 1 ton (b) 5 ton (c) 10 tons (d) 25 tons
19. The refrigerating system of passenger air craft works on reversed
(a) Brayton cycle (b) Atkinson cycle (c) Ericsson cycle (d) Carnot cycle
20. A Bell- Coleman cycle is a reversed (a) Brayton cycle (b) Atkinson cycle
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(c) Ericsson cycle (d) Carnot cycle
21.

The Bell- Coleman refrigeration cycle uses as working fluid.

(A) hydrogen (b) carbon dioxide (c) air (d) any inert gas
ANSWERS

1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (d) 11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (d) 14.
(b) 15. (c0 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (d) 21. (c)
FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULICS MACHINES
1. Paper pulp can be regarded as
(a) Newtonian fluid (b) Dilatant (c) pseudoplastic fluids ( d) Bingham plastic
2. Typical example of a non Newtonian fluid of pseudoplastic variety is
(a) air (b) blood (c) water (d) printing ink
3. Choose the correct statement about the viscosity of a liquid
(a) Considerably influenced by molecular momentum transfer
(b) remains practically const. with temp. rioe or fall
(c) decrease with increase in temp.
(d) fairly large as compared to viscosity for gases
4. Newtons law of viscosity relates
(a) stress and strain in a fluid
(b) pressure , velocity and viscosityof a gas
(c) Shear stress and rate of angular deformation in a fluid
(d) Yield stress, viscosity and rate of angular deformation
5. Newtons law of viscosity depends upon the
(a) stress and strain in a fluid
(b) shear stress , pressure and velocity
(c) shear stress and rate of strain
(d) viscosity and shear stress
(e) The coefficient of viscosity is a property of
(f) the fluid (b) the boundary condition (c) the body over which flow occurs
(d) the flow velocity
7. poise is the unit of (a) density (b) velocity gradient (c) kinematics viscosity
(d) dynamic viscosity
8.

The viscosity of water w.r.t. air is about (a) 50 (b) 55 (c) 60 (d) 65 times

9. SI unit of viscosity is
(a) equal to poise (b)9.81 times of poise (c) 10 times of poise (d) 98.1 times of poise
10. For a liquid having specific gravity 0.95 and dynamic viscosity 0.012 poise , the
in centistokes will be about kinematic viscosity
(a) 1.26 (b) 0.126 (c) 12.6 (d) 0.0126
11. The density of a fluid is sensitive to changes in pressure . The fluid will be known as
(a) Newtonian fluid (b) perfect fluid (c) real fluid (d) compressible fluid
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12. Choose the correct statement in the context of bulk modulus and coefficient of
compressibility
(a) the bulk modulus of elasticity of a fluid is the same as its coefficient of
compressibility
(b) most of the liquids have a lower value of bulk modulus
(c) the bulk modulus is not influenced by changes in pressure and temp.
(d) the relative change of volume per unit pressure is called the coefficient of
compressibility
13. Measure of the effect of compressibility in fluid flow is the magnitude of a
dimensionless parameter known as
(a) March number (b) Newtons number (c) weber number (d) Euler number
14. The bulk modulus of water w.r.t. air is about
(a) 500 (b) 1000 (c) 10,000 (d) 20,000 times
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20.

All liquid surfaces tend to stretch. This phenomenon is called

(a) cohesion (b) adhesion (c) surface tension (d) cavitation
Surface tension is a phenomenon due to
(a) viscos force (b) cohesion between the liquid molecules
(c) adhesion between liquid and solid molecules
(d) adhesion and cohesion both
Falling drops of water become spherical due to (a) adhesion (b) cohesion
(c) viscosity (d) absorption (e) surface tension
Soap helps in cleaning clothes because
(a) dirt is absorbed
(b) there occurs a change in the chemical constituents of soap
(c) surface tension of the solution is decreased
(d) solution becomes more viscous
Oil spreads on the surface of water because
(a) oil is less dense than water
(b) oil is immiscible water
(c)
oil has less surface tension
(d) oil has low vapour pressure
Capillary action is due to
(a) adhesion of liquid particles to a surface
(b) cohesion of liquid particle
(c) cohesion and adhesion
(d) surface tension

ANSWERS
1. 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (C)
(A) 14. (D) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. ((E) 18. (C) 19. (C) 20. (C)

11. (D) 12. (D)

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MACHINE DESIGN
1. For connecting parallel shafts use
(a) spur gears (b) helical gears (c) worm gears (d) spur and helical gears
2. For connecting intersecting shafts use
(a) hypoid gears (b) straight bevel gears (c) spiral bevel gears (d) face gears
(e) worm gears (f) gears mentioned in (b) , (c) & (d)
3. For connecting non parallel non intersecting shafts use
(a) worm gears (b) crossed helical gears (c) herringbone gears (d) mitre gears
( e) hypoid gears (f) skew bevel gears (g) gears mentioned
In (a), (b) , (e) & (f)
4. Power capacity of a belt drive depends upon
(a) velocity of belt (b) initial tension (c) arc of contact (d) coefficient of friction
between the belt
and the pulley (e) all of the above
5. When speed of the belt increases
(a) power transmitted will increase
(b) power transmitted will decrease
power transmitted willl increase to a max. value & then decrease
(d) none of the above
6. The coefficient of friction between belt & pulley depends upon
(a) material of the belt (b) material of the pulley (c) material of pulley & belt
(d) belt velocity (e) none of the above
7. Which of the following threads is used for power transmission in both directions ?
(a) acme (b) square (c) buttress (d) threads given in (a) & (b) (e) none of them
8. Which of the following threads is used for power transmission in only one direction ?
(a) acme (b) square (c) buttress (d) none of them
9. Multistart threads are used to obtain (a) high efficiency (b) low efficiency (c) long lead
(d) high mechanical advantage
10. In some applications chain drives are preferred to belt drives because of
(a) smaller size (b) positive transmission (c) cheapness (d) reasons given in (a) & (b)
11. It is desirable to have the no. of teeth in the driving sprocket above 25 so as to reduce
(a) interface (b) undercutting (c) wear (d) variation in chain speed
12. Chain speed variation is due to
(a) slip (b) creep (c) chordal action (d) none of them
13. In a full journal bearing the angle of contact of the bearing with the journal is
(a) 360 (b) 270 (c) 180 (d) 120
14. For a short bearing L/D ratio is
(a) 1 (b) less than 1 (c) greater than 1 (d)
15. For a long bearing L/D ratio is
(a) (b) 1 (c) (d) 2 (e) greater than 1
16. What is the type of stress to which the cam is subjected ?
(a) shear stress (b) compressive stress (c) contact stress (d) tensile stress
17. Pressure angle of a cam should be
(a) 20 (b) 14.5 (c) less than 30 (d) greater than 30
18. The brake used in railway coaches is
(a) shoe brake (b) block brake (c)band brake (d) band & block brake (e) disc brake
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19. The brake commonly used in automobiles is
(a) internal expanding brake (b) shoe brake (c) disc brake (d) band brake
20.

The brake widely used in motor cycles is

(a) disc brake (b) shoe brake (c) band brake (d) block brake
ANSWERS
1. (D) 2. (F) 3. (G) 4. (E) 5. 6. 7. (D) 8. 9. 10. (D) 11. ((D) 12.
13. (A) 14. (B) 15. (E) 16. (C) 17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (A) 20. (A)

PDPT
1. Broaching is primarily done for (a) better finish (b) mass production
(c) cylindrical jobs (d) hard material (e) soft material
2.The property due to which sand grains stick together is known as (a) adhesiveness
(b) cohesiveness (c) permeability (d) plasticity
3. The property of sand due to which it clings to the side of a moulding box is called
(a) permeability (b) cohesiveness (c) adhesiveness (d) election affinity (e) bonding
4. The riser in a mould should be located in such a way so that
(a) it is first to receive the molten metal (b) it is last to solidify
it is first to solidify
(d) it touches all part of the casting
5. Which of the following is not a part of a gating system
(a) pouring basin (b) sprue (c) gate & riser (d) vents
6. The min. sec. thickness for cast iron casting is
(a) 1mm (b) 3mm (c) 6mm (d)10mm
7. The riser is generally located
(a) near the deepest section of the mould
(b) near the parting line
on the upper most section of the casting
(d)opposite to the pouring end
8. The operation of cutting multiple holes is called
(a) trimming (b) notching (c) perforating (d) lancing
9. A percing operation in which the entire contour is not cut is called as
(a) brushing (b) broaching (c) notching (d) lancing
10. A chip breaker is
(a) an obstruction attached to face of the tool
(b) a hammer used to break the chips
a coolant forced under pressure on the chip (d) none of the above
11. Adoptive design deals with
(a) improving the existing design
(b) following the existing design
developing new designing
(d) none of the above
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13.

Centrifugally cast product have

(a) large grain structure with porosity
fine grain structure with low density

(b) fine grain structure with high density

(d) segregation of slag towards the outer
skin of the casting
The best process for the mass production of steel ball
(a) turning in an automatic lathe
(b) turning in a capstan & turret lathe
cold heading
(d) casting
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14. The typical locating device for cylindrical job used in jig and fixture
(a) drill jig
(b)V block (c)mandrels (d)angle plates (e) metal pins
15. The important property to be considered in the section of suitable material for the
manufacturing of the locating pin & drill jig bush used in jig and fixture is fine grain
structure with fine grain structure with
(a)shear strength (b)tensile strength (c)Elasticity
(d)wear resistance (e) resistance
16. Broaching tools are usually made up of
(a)High carbon steel
(b)high speed steel (c)ceramics (d)Tungsten carbide (e)satellite
17. The spindle speed in machine tool are 160,299,328,496,.The next higher speed will be
(a)642
(b)660
(c)671
(d)695
(e)709
18 .Ina press operation the size of the blanked part is dependant on the size
(a)punch
(b)Die
(c)average of punch &die (d)Die &clearance
(e) punch&clearance
19. In drawing operation the material flow due to
(a)Ductility (b)work harding (c)plasticity
(d)shearing
(e)Yielding
20. Which of the following casting method utilizes wax pattern
(a) shell moulding
(b) Plaster moulding (c)Slush casting
(d)Investment casting
(e)Semi-centrifugal casting
ANSWERS
1-b 2-b 3- c 4-b 5-d 6-b 7-c 8-c 9-d 10-a 11-b 12-b 13-c 14-b 15-d 16-b 17-c 18-b 19-c
20-d
BASIC THERMODYNAMICS
1. Choose the open thermodynamics system
(a) manual ice cream freezer
(b) centrifugal pump
(c) pressure cooker (d) automobile storage battery
2. Which one of the following represents a closed system ?
(a) bomb calorimeter (b) steam generator (c) universe
(d) exhaust stroke of an i.c. engine
3. Identify the heterogeneous system
(a) atmospheric air (b) mixture of hydrogen & oxygen
(c) cooling fluid in a radiator
(d) mixture of ice, water & steam
4. Which of the following properties given below is an intensive property of the system ?
(a) composition
(b) volume
(c) kinetic energy (d) entropy
5. All of the following are intensive properties of a system , except
(a) viscosity (b) temp. (c) density (d) potential energy
6. Which one of the following is the extensive property of a thermodynamic system ?
(a) volume (b) pressure (c) temperature (d) density
7.Choose the specific property of a thermodynamic system
(a) Viscosity (b) density (c)pressure (d) temperature
8.Which amongst the following is not a property of the system?
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9..As differential ,heat and work would be described mathematically as
(a)Inexat (b)exat(c)discontinuity(d)point function
10.Zeroth law of thermodynamics forms the basis of.measurement
(a)pressure (b)temperature(c)heat exchange(d)work
11.Identify false statement in the context of heat and work
(a) they exist only during interaction between the system and boundary
(b) Are path functions and exact differential
ANSWERS
1(b)2.(a) 3.(d) 4(a) 5.(d) 6.(a)7.(b)8.(b)9(a)10(b)11.(b)