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M E : M ECH AN I CAL EN GI N EERI N G

Set - 2
N o. of Qu est i on s : 65 M a xi m u m M a r k s : 100

I N ST RU CT I ON S
1. Tot al of 65 quest ions car r ying 100 mar ks, out of which 10 quest ions car r ying a t ot al of 15 mar ks ar e in
Gener al Apt it ude (GA)
2. The Engineer ing M at hemat ics will car r y ar ound 15% of t h e t ot al m ar k s, t he Gener al Apt it ude sect ion
will car r y 15% of t h e t ot al m ar k s and t he r em ai n i n g 70% of t h e t ot al m ar k s.
3. Ty p es of Qu est i on s
(a ) M u l t i p l e Ch oi ce Qu est i on s (M CQ) car r ying 1 or 2 mar ks each in all paper s and sect ions. These
questions ar e object ive in nat ur e, and each will have a choice of four options, out of which the candidate
has t o mar k t he cor r ect answer (s).
(b) N u m er i cal An sw er Qu est i on s of 1 or 2 mar ks each in all paper s and sect ions. For t hese quest ions
t he answer is a r eal number, t o be ent er ed by t he candidat e using t he vir t ual keypad. No choices will
be shown for t hese t ype of quest ions.
4. For 1-m ar k mult iple-choice quest ions, 1/3 m ar k s will be deduct ed for a wr ong answer. L ikewise, for
2-m ar k s mult iple-choice quest ions, 2/3 mar ks will be deduct ed for a wr ong answer. Ther e is no negat ive
mar king for numer ical answer t ype quest ions.

5. A window is made up of a squar e por t ion and an

GEN ERAL APT I T U D E (GA) equilat er al t r iangle por t ion above it . The base of
(Q.1 – 5) : Car r y On e M ar k Each t he t r iangular por t ion coincides wit h t he upper
1. The vol ume of a spher e of di amet er 1 uni t i s side of t he squar e. I f t he per imet er of t he window
________ t han t he volume of a cube of side 1 unit . is 6 m, t he ar ea of t he window in m 2 is .
(a) least (b) less (a) 1.43 (b) 2.06
(c) lesser (d) low (c) 2.68 (d) 2.88
2. The unr uly cr owd demanded t hat t he accused be (Q.6 – 10) : Car r y Tw o M ar k Each
_____________ wit hout t r ial. 6. St udent s t aking an exam ar e divided int o t wo
(a) hanged (b) hanging gr oups, P and Q such t hat each gr oup has t he
same number of st udent s. The per for mance of
(c) hanker ing (d) hung
each of t he st udent s in a t est was evaluat ed out
3. Choose t he st at ement (s) wher e t he under lined of 200 mar ks. I t was obser ved t hat t he mean of
wor d is used cor r ect ly : gr oup P was 105, while t hat of gr oup Q was 85.
(i ) A pr one is a dr ied plum. The st andar d deviat ion of gr oup P was 25, while
(i i ) H e was lying pr one on t he floor. t hat of gr oup Q was 5. Assuming t hat t he mar ks
wer e dist r ibut ed on a nor mal dist r ibut ion, which
(i i i ) People who eat a lot of fat ar e pr one t o hear t
of t he following st at ement s will have t he highest
disease.
pr obabilit y of being T RU E?
(a) (i ) and (i i i ) only (b) (i i i ) only
(a) No student in gr oup Q scor ed less mar ks t han
(c) (i ) and (i i ) only (d) (i i ) and (i i i ) only any st udent in gr oup P.
4. F act : I f it r ains, t hen t he field is wet . (b) No st udent in gr oup P scor ed less mar ks t han
Read t he following st at ement s: any st udent in gr oup Q.
(i ) I t r ains (c) M ost st udent s of gr oup Q scor ed mar ks in a
(i i ) The field is not wet nar r ower r ange t han st udent s in gr oup P.
(i i i ) The field is wet (d) The median of t he mar ks of gr oup P is 100.
(i v) I t did not r ain 7. A smar t cit y int egr at es all modes of t r anspor t ,
uses clean ener gy and pr omot es sust ainable use
Whi ch one of t he opt ions given bel ow is NOT
of r esour ces. I t also uses t echnology t o ensur e
logically possible, based on t he given fact ?
safet y and secur it y of t he cit y, somet hing which
(a) I f (i i i ), t hen (i v) (b) I f (i ), t hen (i i i ) cr it ics ar gue, will lead t o a sur veillance st at e.
(c) I f (i ), t hen (i i ) (d) I f (i i ), t hen (i v)
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Which of t he following can be logically infer r ed (c)

fr om t he above par agr aph?
(i ) All smar t cit ies encour age t he for mat ion of
sur veillance st at es.
(i i ) Sur veillance is an int egr al par t of a smar t
cit y.
(i i i ) Sust ainabilit y and sur veillance go hand in
hand in a smar t cit y.
(d)
(i v) T h er e i s a per cept i on t h at smar t ci t i es
pr omot e sur veillance.
(a) (i ) and (i v) only (b) (i i ) and (i i i ) only
(c) (i v) only (d) (i ) only
8. Find t he missing sequence in t he let t er ser ies.
B, FH , L NP, _ _ _ _.
(a) SUWY
(b) TUVW
(c) TVXZ T ECH N I CAL SECT I ON
(d) TWXZ (Q.1 – 25) : Car r y On e M ar k Each
9. The binar y oper at ion is defined as a b = ab + 1. The condit ion for which t he eigenvalues of t he
(a + b), wher e a and b ar e any t wo r eal number s. mat r ix
T h e v al u e of t h e i den t i t y el em en t of t h i s 2 1 
oper at i on, defined as t he number x such t hat A=  
1 k 
a x = a, for any a, is .
ar e posit ive, is
(a) 0 (b) 1
1
(a) k  (b) k > – 2
(c) 2 (d) 10 2
10. Whi ch of t he fol l owi ng cur ves r epr esent s t he 1
(c) k > 0 (d) k  
  sin  x    2
funct ion y = ln  e 
 for x < 2 ? 2. The values of x for which t he funct ion
 
  x2  3 x  4
f(x) =
H er e, x r epr esent s t he abscissa and y r epr esent s x2  3 x  4
t he or dinat e. is N OT cont inuous ar e
(a) (a) 4 and – 1 (b) 4 and 1
(c) – 4 and 1 (d) – 4 and – 1
3. L aplace t r ansfor m of cos(t) is
s 
(a) 2 2 (b) 2
s  s  2
s 
(c) 2 2 (d) 2
s  s  2
4. A funct ion f of t he complex var iable z = x + i y, is
(b) given as f(x, y) = u(x, y) + i v(x, y), wher e u(x, y) =
2 kxy and v(x, y) = x2 – y2. The value of k, for which
t he funct ion is analyt ic, is ____
5. N umer i cal i nt egr at i on usi ng t r apezoi dal r ul e
gives the best r esult for a single var iable function,
which is
(a) linear (b) par abolic
(c) logar it hmic (d) hyper bolic
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6. A point mass having mass M is moving wit h a
velocit y V at an angle  t o t he wall as shown in
the figur e. The mass under goes a per fect ly elast ic
collision wit h t he smoot h wall and r ebounds. The
t ot al ch an ge (f i n al m i n u s i n i t i al ) i n t h e
moment um of t he mass is
11. A machine element XY, fixed at end X, is subjected
t o an axi al l oad P, t r ansver se l oad F, and a
t wist ing moment T at it s fr ee end Y. The most
cr it ical point fr om t he st r engt h point of view is

(a) a point on t he cir cumfer ence at locat ion Y

(b) a point at t he cent er at locat ion Y
(c) a point on t he cir cumfer ence at locat ion X
(a) 2M V cos  ˆj (b) 2M V sin  ˆj
(d) a point at t he cent er at locat ion X
(c) 2M V cos  ˆj (d) 2M V sin  ˆj 12. For t he br ake shown in t he figur e, which one of
7. A shaft wit h a cir cular cr oss-sect ion is subject ed t he following is TRUE?
t o pu r e t wi st i n g m om en t . T h e r at i o of t h e
maximum shear st r ess t o t he lar gest pr incipal
st r ess is
(a) 2.0 (b) 1.0
(c) 0.5 (d) 0
8. A t hin cylindr i cal pr essur e vessel wit h closed-
ends is subject ed t o int er nal pr essur e. The r at io (a) Self ener gizing for clockwise r ot at ion of t he
of cir cumferential (hoop) str ess to the longitudinal dr um
st r ess is
(b) Self ener gizing for ant i-clockwise r ot at ion of
(a) 0.25 t he dr um
(b) 0.50 (c) Self ener gizing for r ot at ion in eit her dir ect ion
(c) 1.0 of t he dr um
(d) 2.0 (d) Not of t he self ener gizing t ype
9. The for ces F 1 and F 2 in a br ake band and t he 13. The volumetr ic flow r ate (per unit depth) between
dir ect ion of r ot at ion of t he dr um ar e as shown in t wo st r eamlines having st r eam funct ions 1 and
t he figur e. The coefficient of fr ict ion is 0.25. The 2 is
angle of wr ap is 3/2 r adians. I t i s given t hat (a) 1  2 (b) 12
R = 1 m and F 2 = 1 N. The tor que (in N-m) exer ted
on t he dr um is _________ (c) 1  2 (d) 1   2
14. Assuming constant temper atur e condition and air
t o be an ideal gas, t he var iat ion in at mospher ic
pr essur e with height calculated fr om fluid st at ics
is
(a) linear (b) exponent ial
(c) quadr at ic (d) cubic
10. A single degr ee of fr eedom mass-spr ing-viscous
damper syst em wi t h mass m, spr i ng const ant 15. A hollow cylinder has lengt h L , inner r adius r 1,
k and viscous damping coefficient q is cr it ically out er r adius r 2, and t her mal conduct ivit y k. The
damped. The cor r ect r elat ion among m, k, and t her mal r esi st ance of t he cyl i nder for r adi al
q is conduct ion is

(a) q  2 k m (b) q  2 k m ln  r2 r1  ln  r1 r2 
(a) (b)
2k L 2k L
2k k
(c) q  (d) q  2 2k L 2k L
m m (c) (d)
ln  r2 r1  ln  r1 r2 
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16. Consider t he r adiat ion heat exchange inside an A t w h i ch t em per at u r e w i l l a sam pl e get
an n u l u s bet w een t w o ver y l on g con cen t r i c solut ionized t he fast est ?
cylinder s. (a) a (b) b
The r adius of t he out er cylinder is Ro and t hat of (c) c (d) d
t he inner cylinder is Ri . The r adiation view fact or 22. The wel di ng pr ocess whi ch uses a bl ank et of
of t he out er cylinder ont o it self is fusible gr anular flux is
Ri (a) t ungst en iner t gas welding
Ri
(a) 1  (b) 1 (b) submer ged ar c welding
Ro Ro
(c) elect r oslag welding
13
R  R (d) t her mit welding
(c) 1   i  (d) 1  i
 Ro  Ro 23. The value of t r ue str ain pr oduced in compr essing
17. The int er nal ener gy of an ideal gas is a funct ion a cylinder t o half it s or iginal lengt h is
of (a) 0.69 (b) – 0.69
(a) t emper at ur e and pr essur e (c) 0.5 (d) – 0.5
(b) volume and pr essur e 24. The fol lowing dat a is appli cable for a t ur ning
oper at ion. The lengt h of job is 900 mm, diamet er
(c) ent r opy and pr essur e of job is 200 mm, feed r at e is 0.25 mm/r ev and
(d) t emper at ur e only opt i m u m cu t t i n g speed i s 300 m /m i n . T h e
18. The heat r emoval r at e fr om a r efr iger at ed space machining t ime (in min) is __________
and t he power i nput t o t he compr essor ar e 25. I n an ult r asonic machining (USM ) pr ocess, t he
7.2 kW and 1.8 kW, r espect ively. The coefficient mat er i al r emoval r at e (M RR) i s pl ot t ed as a
of per for mance (COP) of the r efr iger ator is ______ funct ion of t he feed for ce of t he USM t ool. Wit h
i ncr easi ng feed for ce, t he M RR exhi bi t s t he
19. Consider a simple gas tur bine (Br ayton) cycle and following behavior :
a gas t ur bine cycle wit h per fect r egener at ion. I n
(a) incr eases linear ly
bot h t he cycles, t he pr essur e r at io is 6 and t he
(b) decr eases linear ly
r at io of t he specific heat s of t he wor king medium
i s 1.4. T h e r at i o of m i n i m u m t o m axi m u m (c) does not change
temperatur es is 0.3 (with temper atur es expr essed (d) fir st incr eases and t hen decr eases
in K ) in t he r egener at ive cycle. The r at io of t he (Q. 26 – 55) Car r y Tw o M ar k s Each .
t her mal efficiency of t he simple cycle t o t hat of 26. A scalar pot ent ial  has t he following gr adient :
t he r egener at ive cycle is .
  yziˆ  xzjˆ  xykˆ . = Con si der t h e i n t egr al
20. I n a single-channel queuing model, t he cust omer  
ar r ival r at e is 12 per hour and t he ser ving r at e is  .dr on t he cur ve r  xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ .
C
24 per hour. The expect ed t ime t hat a cust omer
The cur ve C is par amet er ized as follows :
is in queue is  minut es.
 xt
21. I n t he phase diagr am shown in t he figur e, four  2
samples of t he same composit ion ar e heat ed t o  y  t and 1  t  3
 2
t emper at ur es mar ked by a, b, c and d.  z  3t
The value of t he int egr al is 

27. The val ue of 3z  5

 ( z  1)( z  2)
d Z along a closed

pat h  is equal t o (4  i ), wher e z = x + i y and

i= 1. The cor r ect pat h  is

(a)
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32. A r igid hor izont al r od of lengt h 2L is fixed t o a

ci r cul ar cyl i nder of r adi us R as shown i n t he
figur e. Ver t ical for ces of magnit ude P ar e applied
(b) at t he t wo ends as shown in t he figur e. The shear
modulus for t he cylinder is G and t he Young’s
modulus is E.

(c)

(d)

28. The pr obabilit y t hat a scr ew manufact ur ed by a The ver t ical deflect ion at point A is
company is defect ive is 0.1. The company sells
PL3 PL3
scr ews in packet s cont aining 5 scr ews and gives (a) (b) 4
a guar ant ee of r eplacement if one or mor e scr ews
4
 R G   R E 
i n t he pack et ar e found t o be defect i ve. The
pr obabi l i t y t h at a pack et woul d have t o be 2PL3 4PL3
(c) (d)
r eplaced is ________. 4
 R E  4
 R G 
29. The er r or in numer ically comput ing t he int egr al

33. A simply suppor ted beam of length 2L is subjected
usi ng t he t r apezoi dal r ul e
0 sin x  cos x  dx t o a moment M at t he mid-point x = 0 as shown
i n t he fi gur e. T he defl ect i on i n t he domai n
wit h t hr ee int er vals of equal lengt h bet ween 0
and  is . 0  x  L is given by
30. A mass of 2000 kg is cur r ent ly being lower ed at a M x
velocit y of 2 m/s fr om t he dr um as shown in t he W  L  x  x  c ,
12EI L
figur e. The mass moment of iner t ia of t he dr um
wher e E is t he Young’s modulus, I is t he ar ea
is 150 kg-m 2. On applying t he br ake, t he mass is
moment of i ner t i a and c i s a const ant (t o be
br ought t o r est in a dist ance of 0.5 m. The ener gy
absor bed by t he br ake (in kJ) is __________ det er mined).
31. A syst em of par t icles in mot ion has mass cent er
G as shown in t he figur e. The par t icle i has mass
m i and it s posit ion wit h r espect t o a fixed point O
is given by t he posit ion vect or r i . The posit ion of
t he par t icl e wit h r espect t o G i s gi ven by t he
vect or i . The t ime r at e of change of t he angular
moment um of t he syst em of par t icles about G is The slope at t he cent er x = 0 is
(The quant it y  i indicat es second der ivat ive of
i wit h r espect t o t ime and likewise for i ). ML
(a)  2EI 

ML
(b)  3EI 

ML
(c)  6EI 
ML
i
ri  mi  i  mi ri (d) 12EI 
(a)  i
(b)  i

(c)  r  m r
i i i i (d)    m 
i i i i
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34. I n t he figur e, t he load P = 1 N, lengt h L = 1 m,
Young’s modul us E = 70 GPa, and t he cr oss-
sect ion of t he links is a squar e wit h dimension
10 mm  10 mm. All joint s ar e pin joint s.
The st r ess (in Pa) in t he link AB is 
(I ndicat e compr essive st r ess by a negat ive sign
and t ensile st r ess by a posit ive sign.)
35. A cir cular metallic r od of length 250 mm is placed
bet ween t wo r igid immovable walls as shown in
t he figur e. The r od is in per fect cont act wit h t he
wall on t he left side and t her e is a gap of 0.2 mm
bet ween t he r od and t he wall on t he r ight side.
I f t he t emper at ur e of t he r od i s i ncr eased by
200 C, t he axial st r ess developed in t he r od is
M Pa.
Young’s modulus of t he mat er i al of t he r od i s
200 GPa and t he coefficient of t her mal expansion
is 10– 5 per C.
36. The r od AB, of lengt h 1 m, shown in t he figur e is
connected to t wo slider s at each end thr ough pins.
The slider s can slide along QP and QR. I f t he
velocit y V A of t he slider at A is 2 m/s, t he velocit y
of t he mi dpoi nt of t he r od at t hi s i nst ant i s
 m/s.
37. The syst em shown in t he figur e consist s of block
A of mass 5 kg connected to a spring through a
massless rope passing over pulley B of radius r and
mass 20 kg. The spr ing constant k is 1500 N/m. I f
t her e is no slipping of t he r ope over t he pulley,
t he nat ur al fr equency of t he syst em is  r ad/s.
38. I n a st r uct ur al member under fat igue loading,
t he minimum and maximum st r esses developed
at t he cr it ical point ar e 50 M Pa and 150 M Pa,
r espect i vel y. The endur ance, yi el d, and t he
ult imat e st r engt hs of t he mat er ial ar e 200 M Pa,
300 M Pa and 400 M Pa, r espect ively. The fact or
of safet y using modified Goodman cr it er ion is
3 8
(a) (b)
2 5
12
(c) (d) 2
7
39. The lar ge vessel shown in t he figur e cont ains oil
and wat er. A body is submer ged at t he int er face
of oil and water such t hat 45 per cent of its volume
is in oil while t he r est is in wat er. The densit y of
the body is  kg/m 3.
The specific gr avit y of oil is 0.7 and densit y of
wat er is 1000 kg/m 3.
Acceler at ion due t o gr avit y g = 10 m/s2.
40. Con si der f l u i d f l ow bet w een t w o i n f i n i t e
hor i zont al pl at es whi ch ar e par al l el (t he gap
bet ween t hem being 50 mm). The t op plat e is
sliding par allel t o t he st at ionar y bot t om plat e at
a speed of 3 m/s. The flow bet ween t he plat es is
solely due to the mot ion of the t op plate. The for ce
per unit ar ea (magnit ude) r equir ed t o maint ain
t he bot t om plat e st at ionar y is  N/m 2.
Viscosit y of t he fluid  = 0.44 kg/m-s and densit y
 = 888 kg/m 3.
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41. Consider a fr ict ionless, massless and leak-pr oof
bl ock i n g a r ect an gu l ar h ol e of di m en si on s
2 R  L at t he bot t om of an open t ank as shown in
t he figur e. The head of t he plug has t he shape of
a semi-cylinder of r adius R. The tank is filled with
a liquid of densit y  up t o t he t ip of t he plug. The
gr avit at ional acceler at ion is g. Neglect t he effect
of t he at mospher ic pr essur e.
The for ce F r equi r ed t o hol d t he pl ug i n i t s
posit ion is
   
(a) 2R 2 gL  1   (b) 2R 2 gL  1  
 4  4
 47. The partial pr essure of water vapour in a moist air
(c) R 2gL (d) R 2 gL
2 sample of relative humidity 70% is 1.6 kPa, the total
42. Consider a par allel-flow heat exchanger with ar ea
A p and a count er -flow heat exchanger wit h ar ea
A c. I n bot h t he heat exchanger s, t he hot st r eam
flowing at 1 kg/s cools from 80C to 50C. For the
cold str eam in both the heat exchanger s, the flow
r at e and t he inlet t emper at ur e ar e 2 kg/s and
10 C, respectively. The hot and cold streams in both
the heat exchangers are of the same fluid. Also,
both the heat exchanger s have the same overall
heat transfer coefficient. The ratio A c/A p is .
43. Two cylindr ical shafts A and B at t he same init ial
t emper at ur e ar e si mul t aneousl y pl aced i n a
fur nace. The sur faces of t he shaft s r emain at t he
fur nace gas t emper at ur e at all t imes aft er t hey
ar e int r oduced into the fur nace. The temper atur e
var iat ion in t he axial dir ect ion of t he shaft s can
be assumed t o be negligible. The dat a r elat ed t o
shaft s A and B is given in t he following Table.
Qu an t i t y Sh af t A Sh af t B
Diamet er (m) 0.4 0.1
Ther mal conduct ivit y 40 20
(W/m-K )
Volumet r ic heat capaci t y 2  106 2  107
(J/m 3-K )
The t emper at ur e at t he cent er line of t he shaft A
r eaches 400C after two hour s. The t ime r equir ed
(in hours) for the center line of the shaft B to attain
t he t emper at ur e of 400C is 
44. A piston-cylinder device initially contains 0.4 m 3 of
air (to be treated as an ideal gas) at 100 kPa and
80C. The air is now isothermally compressed to
0.1 m3. The work done during this process is  kJ.
(Tak e t h e si gn con v en t i on su ch t h at w or k
d on e on t h e sy st em i s n egat i v e)
7
45. A r ever sible cycle r eceives 40 kJ of heat fr om one
heat sour ce at a t emper at ur e of 127C and 37 kJ
fr om anot her heat sour ce at 97C. The heat
r ejected (in kJ) to t he heat sink at 47 C is 
46. A r efr iger at or uses R-134 a as it s r efr iger ant on
an ideal vapour -compr ession r efr iger at ion cycle
bet ween 0.14 M Pa and 0.8 M Pa. I f t he mass flow
r at e of t he r efr iger ant is 0.05 kg/s, t he r at e of
heat r eject ion t o t he envir onment is  kW.
Given dat a :
At P = 0.14 M pa,
h = 236.04 kJ/kg,
s = 0.9322 kJ/kg-K
At P = 0.8 M Pa,
h = 272.05 kJ/kg (super heat ed vapour )
At P = 0.8 M Pa,
h = 93.42 kJ (sat ur at ed liquid)
pr essur e being 101.325 kPa. M oist air may be
tr eated as an ideal gas mixture of water vapour
and dr y ai r. The r el at i on bet ween sat ur at i on
temperatur e (Ts in K) and saturation pressure (ps
in kPa) for water is given by ln(ps/po) = 14.317 – 5304 Ts,
where po = 101.325 kPa. The dry bulb temper ature
of the moist air sample (in C) is .
48. I n a binar y syst em of A and B, a liquid of 20% A
(80%B) is coexisting with a solid of 70%. A (30%B).
For an over all composi t ion having 40% A, t he
fr act ion of solid is
(a) 0.40 (b) 0.50
(c) 0.60 (d) 0.75
49. Gr ay cast ir on blocks of size 100 mm  50 mm
 10 mm wi t h a cen t r al spher i cal cavi t y of
di amet er 4 mm ar e sand cast . The shr i nk age
allowance for t he pat t er n is 3%. The r at io of t he
volume of t he pat t er n t o volume of t he cast ing
is .
50. The vol t age-l engt h char act er i st i c of a di r ect
cur r ent ar c in an ar c welding pr ocess is V = (100
+ 40l ), wher e l is t he lengt h of t he ar c in mm and
V i s ar c vol t age i n vol t s. Du r i ng a wel di ng
oper at ion, t he ar c lengt h var ies bet ween 1 and
2 mm and t he welding cur r ent is in t he r ange
200-250 A. Assuming a linear power sour ce, t he
shor t cir cuit cur r ent is  A.
51. For a cer t ai n job, t he cost of met al cut t i ng i s
Rs. 18C/V and t he cost of tooling is Rs. 270C/(TV),
wher e C is a const ant , V is t he cut t ing speed in
m/mi n and T i s t he t ool l i fe i n mi nut es. The
Tayl or ’s t ool l ife equat i on is VT 0.25 = 150. The
cut t ing speed (in m/min) for t he minimum t ot al
cost is _______.
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52. The sur face ir r egular it ies of elect r odes used in 2 2

(a) H  D  r  R
an elect r ochemical machining (ECM ) pr ocess ar e
3 m and 6 m as shown in the figur e. I f the wor k- (b) H  (R  r )  (D  r )
pi ece i s of pur e i r on and 12V DC i s appl i ed (c) H  (R  r )  D 2  R 2
bet ween t he elect r odes, t he lar gest feed r at e is
 mm/min. (d) H  (R  r )  2D(R  r )  D 2
54. A food pr ocessing company uses 25,000 kg of cor n
Conduct i vit y of t he 0.02 ohm -1
flour ever y year. The quant it y-discount pr ice of
elect r olyt e mm -1
cor n flour is pr ovided in t he t able below :
Over -pot ent ial volt age 1.5 V
Quant it y (kg) U nit pr ice (Rs/kg)
Densi t y of ir on 7860 kg/m 3
1-749 70
At omic weight of ir on 55.85 gm
750-1499 65
Assume t he ir on t o be dissolved as Fe+2 and t he
Far aday const ant t o be 96500 Coulomb. 1500 and above 60
The or der pr ocessing char ges ar e Rs. 500/or der.
The handling plus car r y-over char ge on an annual
basis is 20% of the pur chase pr ice of the cor n flour
per kg. The opt imal or der quantity (in kg) is .
55. A pr oject consist s of 14 act ivit ies, A t o N. The
dur at ion of t hese act ivit ies (in days) ar e shown
in br acket s on t he net wor k diagr am. The lat est
finish t ime (in days) for node 10 is __________
53. For t he sit uat ion shown in t he figur e below t he
expr ession for H in t er ms of r , R and D is

AN SWERS
Gen er al Ap t i t u d e (GA)
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (c)
9. (a) 10. (c)
Tech n i cal Sect i on
1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (–1) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (d)
9. (2.248) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (a) 15. (a) 16. (d)
17. (d) 18. (4) 19. (0.803) 20. (2.5) 21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (b) 24. (7.53)
25. (d) 26. (726) 27. (b) 28. (0.41) 29. (0.1862) 30. (14.11) 31. (b) 32. (d)
33. (c) 34. (O) 35. (239.8) 36. (1) 37. (10) 38. (d) 39. (865) 40. (26.4)
41. (a) 42. (0.9278) 43. (5) 44. (–55.45) 45. (64) 46. (8.9315) 47. (19.89) 48. (a)
49. (0.913) 50. (425) 51. (93.2) 52. (51.542) 53. (d) 54. (1500) 55. (14)
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EXPL AN AT I ON S
Gen er al Ap t i t u d e (GA)  68% wit hin one st andar d deviat ion
1. ‘L esser t han’ is apt because t he sent ence should 2 – 2 = 85 – 5 = 80
be in compar at ive degr ee. 2 + 2 = 85 + 5 = 90
2. ‘hanged’ means deat h by hanging ‘hung’ is used  Range of Q in one standard deviation is 80 to 90
only wit h t hings and not wit h people. Dist r ibut ion of ‘Q’
3. ‘lying pr one’ means lie down flat. ‘Pr one to’ means
vulner able t o.
4. Statements i and ii ar e not logically possible based
on t he given fact .
5. The possible window will be as follows :
68% wi t h i n on e st andar d devi at i on of Q i s
nar r ower
 68% wit hin one st andar d deviat ion of Q means
most st udent s of gr oup Q.
 M ost st udent s of gr oup ‘Q’ scor ed mar ks in a
nar r ower r ange t han st udent s in gr oup ‘P’
8. The following let t er ser ies is in t he or der of even
Per imet er of window = 5x = 6m let t er s ser ies
x = 1.2 m
So area of window = Area of triangle + Area of square
9. The binar y oper at ion is defined
3 2
= x  x2  a b = ab + (a + b)
4
a x=a
3  Fr om t he equat ion ‘b’ is t he var iable
= (1.2)2  (1.2)2
4 Op t i on A: x = 0
= 2.06 m 2 a o = a  0 + (a + 0) = 0 + a = a
6. Gr oup ‘P’ Op t i on B : x = 1
M ean () = 105 a 1 = a  1 + (a + 1) = a + a + 1 = 2a + 1
St andar d deviat ion (1) = 25 Op t i on C: x = 2
Pr ( –   x   + )  0.6827 a 2  a  2 + (a + 2) = 2a + a + 2 = 3a+ 2
 68% wit hin one st andar d deviat ion Op t i on D : x = 10
1 – 1 = 105 – 25 = 80 a 10  a  10 + (a + 10) = 10a + a + 10
1 + 1 = 105 + 25 = 130 = 11a + 10
 r ange = 80 t o 130  Opt ion ‘A’ only Tr ue.
Dist r ibut ion of P: Tech n i cal Sect i on
2 1 
1. A =  
1 k 
I f 1, 2 ar e eigen values of A 22 t hen | A| = 1 2
| A| = 2k – 1
1, 2 > 0
Gr oup ‘Q’ 2k – 1 > 0
M ean (2) = 85
1
St andar d deviat ion (2) = 5  k>
2
Pr ( –   x   + )  0.6827
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2
Pd
2. f(x) = x2  3 x  4 8. H oopst r ess (h) =
x  3x  4 2t
x2  3 x  4 Pd
= L ongit udional st r ess ( ) 
( x  4)( x  1) 4t
The funct ion is not defined at x = – 4, 1 h
  = 2
so funct ion f(x) is discont inuous
F1 3
at x = – 4, 1 9. = e  e
0.25
2  3.248
F2
s  s 
3. L {cos(t)} =  L{cos(at )}  2  F 1 = 3.248N
s  2
2
 s 

a2 
Tor que, T = (F 1 – F 2)  r
4. Given, u = 2kxy
= (3.248 – 1)  1
v = x2 – y2
= 2.248 N-m
u x = vy
q
Con di t i on f or w h i ch gi v en f u n ct i on t o be 10. wn =
2m
analyt ical is
k
u v q = 2mw n = 2m
= m
x y
q = 2 km
2ky = – 2y
11.
k =–1
5. f(x) is a linear funct ion
6. Ver t ical component of velocit y – V sin 
H or izont al component of velocit y – V cos 
V sin  V

 At cent r e b = 0 and t or sional shear st r ess ar e

V cos  zer o.
Only ver tical component is r esponsible for change
in velocit y so change in moment um 12. l
F
= mass  change in velocit y b

= m(– V sin  – V sin )

f = N
= – 2 mV sin  [in y dir ect ]
c N
So change in moment um = – 2 mV sin 
o
xy xy
7.
Taking moment about hinge in clockwise
– xy xy N b – Fl – Nc = 0
N (b  c)
xy F=
– xy l
M ohr’s ci r cl e Self ener gizing if b > c so for clockwise r ot at ion
max = xy of dr um t he br ake is self ener gizing.
1 = xy
15.
max
r2
 1 = 1 r1
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For a hollow cylinder T 3

2k L (T1  T2 ) Simple Brayton cycle
Q= 4
r  2
ln  2 
 r1 
T1  T2 T1  T2 1
= 
 r2  Rth
ln   4
 r1 
3 Gas t urbine cycle
2k L 5 wit h per fect
r  2
ln  2  regenerat ion
 Rt h =  r1  6
2k L
16. 1

r p = 6,  = 1.4
C p (T5  T2 )
effect iveness  = 1
Ro C p (T3  T2 )
T5 = T3
Ro
Tmin T1
View fact or Given T = 0.3 = T
max 4
F 1– 1 = 0 W net = W T – W C
F 1– 2 = 1 = Cp(T 4 – T 5) – Cp(T 2 – T 1)
Recipr ocacy t heor em = Cp(T4 – T3) – Cp(T2 – T1) [  T4 = T3]
A 2F 2– 1 = A 1F 1– 2 Wnet
Regener at ive =
A1 Heat -supplied
 F 2– 1 = A F1 2
2 C p [(T4  T3 )  (T2  T1 )]
= C (T  T )
2R i L Ri p 4 3
= 2R L  R
o o  T2  T1 
F 2– 1 + F 2– 2 = 1 = 1T T 
 4 3 

Ri T 
 F 2– 2 = 1 – F 2– 1 = 1  1  T1  2  1 
Ro  T1 
=
Q1
 T3 
1  T4  1  
18.  T4 
W
R  T2 
T  T 1
Q2
Regener at ive = 1  1  1 
T4  T5 
 1 
 T4 
Q2 7.2
COP = =  
W 1.8
  1 
COP = 4
T1  (r p )  1 


19. Br ayt on cycle eH = 1  

T4  1 
 1  1 
1
Br ayt on = 1  1

 ( r p )  

(r p ) 
 1
T1
= 1 (r p ) 
given r p = 6,  = 1.4 T4
1.4 1
1 = 1  0.3(6) = 0.4994
= 1
1.4
 Br ayt on 1.4 1 = 0.4006
(6) 1.4 brayt on 0.4006
Regenerative = 0.4994 = 0.8021
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20.  = 12 /hr,  = 24 /hr x = t, y = t 2, z = 3t 2

 12  dx  dt 
=   0.5  dy  2t dt 
 24  
 dz  6t dt 
Expect ed t ime t hat t he cust omer in t he queue
2
Lq
L  = t .3t 2 dt   t .(3t 2 ) 2t dt  t (t 2 )6t dt
Wq =  s
  3
4
=  [3t  6t 4  6t 4 ] dt
 0.5
  0.5 1
1
 1  0.5
=   3
15 5 3
 12 = 15  t 4 dt = [ t ]1 = 3[35 – 1] = 726
5
1
0.5 0.5
= hr =  60 min 27. L The correct path is given in option (B).
12 12
= 2.5 min
 3z  5 
21. For aluminium alloy solut ion har dening pr ocess  
 z  2  dz = 2i  3 z  5 
will be used t o incr ease st r engt h and har dness. c z  1  z2  = 4i
  z 1
I n t his pr ocess component will be heat ed to 550C
above t emper at ur e so t hat solut e par t icles can 28. we r equir e P(x  1) = 1 – P(x = 0)
penet r at e int o t he lat t ice easily.
= 1 – 5C0 (0.1)0 (0.9)5
22. I n submer ged ar c welding, t he ar c is complet ely
= 0.4095
submer ged inside t he gr anular flux powder and
for ming as blanket .  0.41

Change in L engt h 
23. Engg. st r ain () = 29. f(x) =  (sin x  cos x)dx
Or iginal L engt h
o

L 
 L  2
=  2   0.5 x 0 
L 3 3
Tr ue st r ain = ln(1 + ) = ln(1 – 0.5) 3 3
f ( x) 1 1
= – 0.69 2 2
24. L = 900 mm ba 0 
h=  
d = 200 mm n 3 3
Tr apezoidal Rule
f = 0.25 mm/r ev
v = 300 m/min

h
 f ( x) dx = [( y0  y3 )  2( y1  y2 )]
t=? o
2
v =  DN m/min   3 3 
= (1  1)  2   
v 300 6   2 2  
N= 
D   0.2 = 1.8137
= 478 r pm By Exact solut ion
L 900 
t=  f(x) =  (sin x  cos x) dx
f .N 0.25  478
o
 7.539 min 
25. Wit h incr ease of feed for ce, t he mat er ial r emoval =   cos x  sin x 0
r at e M RR is fir st incr eases and t hen decr eases. = 1 – (– 1) = 2
 Er r or = Exact value – appr oximat e value
26.  .dr
c
=  ( yziˆ  xzjˆ  xykˆ ).(dxiˆ  dyjˆ  dzkˆ )
c = 2 – 1.8137
= 0.1863
=  yzdx  xzdy  xydz
c
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30. 1  Fir st moment of ar ea 

BA =   
EI  APB about B 
2m
2
1 M 1 2L  ML
=    L  
2 m/s EI  2 2 3  6EI

2000 kg  BA M L
Slope at ‘A’ = 
v = r L 6EI
BA
Vu 2  (at ‘A’ x = 0, W = 0 so slope = )
i =   2 rad/sec L
r 1 34. F BC
1
L oss in K E of dr um = J(2i  2f )
2 45°

1 P
=  150(22  02 ) F AB
2
Applying lome’s Theor em
= 300 Joule
FAB P F
1 =  BC
2 2
L oss in K E of block = m(Vi  V f ) sin180 sin 135 sin45
2
F AB = 0
1 2 2
35.   t = 250  (10– 5)(200)
=  2000(2  0 )
2
1
= 4000 Joule =  0.5 mm > gap
2
L oss in pot ent ial ener gy of block
P
= mgh Defor mat ion pr event ed = 0.5 – 0.2 = 0.3 =
AE
= 2000  9.81  0.5
(250  0.2)
= 9810 Joul  0.3 =
200  103
Tot al loss of ener gy
 = 239.8 M Pa
= 300 + 4000 + 9810
36. L ocat e t he I -cent r e for t he link AB as shown in
= 14110 J figur e M is t he mid point of AB
= 14.11 kJ
32. T = P(2L ) = 2PL

TL (2PL)(L) 32  2PL2
=   4
GJ
(G) (2R)4 GR (16)

32

4PL2 Given V A = 2 m/sec

Q=
GR 4 VA
V A = I A.  =
3
IA
y = R  4PL 4 VA I M
GR V M = I M . = I M  .VA
IA IA
33. 1
= sin 30. VA  .2 = 1 m/sec
2
1 1
37. KE = mx 2  I  2
2 2
x
m = 5 kg,  =
r
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20  r 2  R 2 
I =  10r 2 F V =  2R  R  L  2 .L   g
2  
1 2 1 x 2 1
KE = 5 x  10r 2 . 2  (15) x 2  
= 2R 2gL 1  
2 2 r 2 4

 m eq = 15
42. th 1 th 1
1 2 th 2 
PE = kx th 2
2 1 2 1

 k eq = k = 1500 N/m tc2 tc2 2

tc1 tc1
Nat ur al fr equency
Par allel flow Count er flow
keq 1500
n =  = 10 r ad/sec 1 = t h 1 – t c1 1 = t h 1 – t c2
meq 15
= 80 – 10 = 80 – 25
38. max = 150 M Pa
= 70C = 55C
min = 50 M Pa
2 = t h 2 – t c2 2 = t h 2 – t c1
m = 100 M Pa
= 50 – 25 = 50 – 10
Se = 200 M Pa, Syt = 300 M P
= 25 = 40
Sut = 400 M Pa
1  2 1  2
max  min 150  50 m = m =
a =  = 50 M Pa    
2 2 ln  1  ln  1 
   min 150  50 200  2   2 
m = max   = 100 M Pa
2 2 2 70  25 50  40
Goodman’s equat ion m = m =
 70   55 
ln   ln  
a m
 1  23   40 
Se Sut = FS m = 43.705C m = 47.1C
50 100 1  = UA Pm P = UA c m c
  =
200 400 FS
AC m P 43.705
 FS = 2
A P = m c = 47.1 = 0.927
39. oil V oil g + WV W g = body V body g
 h A st
700  0.45 V body + 1000  0.55 V body T  T VC p
43. e
= body V body Ti  T
body = 865 kg/m 3 (CP)A = 2  106 J/m 3K ,
40. v = 3 m/s (CP)B = 2  107 J/m 3K ,
 = 0.44 kg dA = 0.4 m, dB = 0.1 m
50 mm  = 888 kg/m
3
t A = 2hr s = 2  3600
= 7200 sec
du 8.0
=7 = 60 hA = hB
dy 0.05
 hA s   hA s 
du  t =  t
Shear st r ees = T = 
 VCp  VCp
  
dy A B
= 0.44 = 60 = 26.4 N/m 2  
   0.4  L  7200 
41.  
  6  2
 2  10   (0.4)  L 
 4 A
 
   0.1  L  t 
 
= 7  2
 2  10   (0.1)  L 
For ce r equir ed t o balance hydr ost at ic for ce  4 B
F V = [(Volume)Rect angle – (Volume)Semicir cle)]g  t B = 18000 secs = 5 hr s
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44. For isot her mal pr ocess 5304

– 3.7916 = 14.317 
v  Tsat
W = p1v 1 ln  2 
 v1  5304
T sat = = 292.898 K = 19.89C
18.1086
 0.1 
= 100  0.4 ln   48. Weight of t he liquid of A = W L A = l a  W l = 0.2  W l
 0.4 
(Wher e W l is weight of t ot al liquid)
= – 55.45 kJ
Weight of solid of A = W SA = Sa (W T – W l )
45. T1 = 127°C T 2 = 97°C = 0.7  (W T – W l )
Q1 = 40 kJ Q2 = 37 kJ WA = 0.2 W l + 0.7 (W T – W l )
E WA = 0.7 W T – 0.5W l

Q3 = ? WA W
WT = 0.7 – 0.5 WT
T3 = 47°
0.4 = 0.7 – 0.5 (% Wl )
Q1 Q 2 Q 3 (0.5) (% W l ) = 0.3
  >0
T1 T2 T3 3
(% W l ) =
40 37 Q3 5
  =0
127  273 97  273 47  273 3
(% W s) = 1 
Q3 = 64 kJ 5
0.8 MP = 0.4
46. h
4 2 49. Rat io of volume of pat t er n t o cast ing
[(0.97  100)(0.97  50)(0.97  10)]
= 0.913
3 1 (100  50  10)
0.14 MPa Vol ume of cavi t y i s assumed t o be smal l and
l negligible.
h 1 = 236.04 kJ/kg
50. Given V = 100 + 40 l
h 2 = 272.05 kJ/kg
l 1 = 1mm  V 1 = 140 V I 1 = 250 A
h 3 = 93.42 kJ/kg
l 2 = 2 mm V 2 = 180 V I 2 = 200 A
s1 = 0.9322 kJ/kg
V I
m = 0.05 kg/s  =1
OCV SSC
H eat Reject ion = m(h 2 - h 3)
140 250
= 0.05(272.05 – 93.42)  =1
OCV SSC
= 8.931 kW
180 200
47.  = 0.7, P0 = 101.325  =1
OCV SSC
Pv Pv On solving we get
 = P  Psat = SSC = 424.6 A
sat 
18C 270C
1.6 51. L m = , C = , VT 0.25 = 150
Psat = = 2.28571 kPa V g TV
0.7 n
 n Lm 
Cor r esponding t o sat ur at ion pr essur e what ever V opt = V = C  
is t he t emper at ur e is t he DBT  1  n C g 
0.25
P  5304  18C 
ln  S  = 14.317   0.25 
 P0  Tsat = 150   V 
 1  0.25 270C 
 2.28571  5304  TV 
n 
101.325  = 14.317  T
  sat
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0.25 54. D = 25000 kg, CO = Rs 500/or der

 0.25 18 
= 150   T Ch = 20% of Cw
 1  0.25 270 
0.25
Qt y.(kg) Cw(Rs/kg) Ch (Rs/year s)
 1 18 150 4 
= 150    4  1  Q1  750 70 0.2  70 = 14
 3 270 V  750  Q1 < 1500 65 0.2  65 = 13
0.25
 1  Q3  1500 60 0.2  60 = 12
= 150(57.914)   4 
V  2DCo
1 Q= Cw
V = 150  57.914 
V Fir st we check for least unit pr ice
V 2 = 150  57.914
2  25000  500
V = 93.2 m/min Q3 = = 1443.37
12
1
 0.009 Q3 = 1443.37 < 1500
52. R = L 0.02 50  0.009
  Now check for second maximum unit pr ice
Ar ea Ar ea Area
V (12  1.5)  Ar ea 2  25000  500
I =  = 23.333  Ar ea Q2 =
R 50  0.009 13
L = 3 + 6 = 9 m = 0.009 = 1386.75
750 < 1386.75 < 1500
AI 55.85  23.333  Ar ea
M RR =   Tot al cost for Q2 unit
ZF 7860  106  2  96500
= 0.98189  Ar ea 25000
T C = 25000  65 +  500
1386.75
M RR
= 0.8590 mm/sec = 0.8590  60 mm/min 1386.75
Ar ea +  13
= 51.542 mm/min 2
= 1643027.755
53.
Tot al cost for 1500 unit
25000
T C = 25000  60 +  500
1500
1500
z y +  12
H 2
= 1517333.33
x
T C (1500) < T C  Q 2 


So opt imum or der quant it y is 1500

D
z= R + r
55.
x = D – (R + r )
y= z2  x 2
= (R  r ) 2  [D  (R  r )] 2
H=r +R+y
= (R + r ) + (R  r ) 2  [D  (R  r )] 2

H = (R  r )  2D(R  r )  D 2 (L FT) for node 10 = 14 days

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