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GATE 1991 Mechanical Engineering

28 questions across 1 session

PYQ 1

When the annual demand of a product is $$24000$$ units, the $$EOQ$$ (Economic Order Quantity) is $$2000$$ units. If the annual demand is $$48000$$ units the most appropriate $$EOQ$...

Industrial Engineering·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 2

Match the property with their units Property $$A.$$ Bulk modulus $$B.$$ Thermal conductivity $$C.$$ Heat transfer coefficient $$D.$$ Heart flow rate Units $$1.$$ $$W/s$$ $$2.$$ $$N...

Heat Transfer·MTF·easy
PYQ 3

Biot number signifies

Heat Transfer·MCQ·✓ keyed
PYQ 4

In shell and tube heat exchanger, baffles are mainly used to

Heat Transfer·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 5

Converging passage is used for feeding the liquid molten metal into the mould to

Production Engineering·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 6

Determine the Merchants constant $$'C'$$ (shear angle relation) for aluminium from the following orthogonal machining data. Rake angle $${35^ \circ }$$ and an uncut chip thickness...

Production Engineering·NAT·medium
PYQ 7

In a shaft with a transverse hole, as the hole to the shaft diameter ratio ___________ (increases / decreases), the torsional stress concentration factor__________ (increases/decre...

Machine Design·OTHER·medium
PYQ 8

Wrinkling is a common defect found in

Production Engineering·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 9

When there is no room temp change, the total shrinkage allowance on a pattern is INDEPENDENT OF

Production Engineering·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 10

An object has the shape of cubical box of side $$10cm,$$ with no top cover. The box is placed inside a room whose dimensions are much larger than those of the box. All the five sur...

Heat Transfer·NAT·hard
PYQ 11

Most of the metal cutting heat goes into the

Production Engineering·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 12

A diffuse radiation surface has

Heat Transfer·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 13

A one shell pass, one tube-pass heat exchanger, has counter flow configuration between the shell side and tube side fluids. The total number of tubes within the heat exchanger is $...

Heat Transfer·NAT·medium
PYQ 14

For a pinion of $$15$$ teeth, under cutting ____________( increases / decreases) with _______________(increases / decreases ) of pressure angle.

Machine Design·OTHER·easy
PYQ 15

A falk consisting of a cope and drag has the following dimensions: length $$300mm,$$ width $$200mm,$$ and total septh $$200mm$$ (cope height $$50mm$$). A $$150mm\,\, \times \,100mm...

Production Engineering·OTHER·hard
PYQ 16

For gas welding a particular job using a neutral oxy-acetylene flame the acetylene consumption was $$10$$ ltrs. The oxygen consumption from the cylinder in liters will be

Production Engineering·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 17

A strip of thickness $$T$$ $$mm$$ is rolled in a $$2$$ high single pass rolling mill, having roll diameter $$D$$ $$mm,$$ to a final thickness of $$\left( {T - 2\Delta T} \right)mm....

Production Engineering·OTHER·medium
PYQ 18

In a Rankine cycle heat is added

Thermodynamics·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 19

Velocity compounded steam turbine known as ___________ (Curtis / Rateau ) turbine uses the principle of converting entire __________ (pressure / velocity) energy before entering th...

Thermodynamics·OTHER·easy
PYQ 20

Numerically controlled machine tools are better suited for .................. (batch/mass) production, because their setup time is ......... (larger / smaller) in comparison to spe...

Production Engineering·OTHER·easy
PYQ 21

Strength to weight ratio for a circuit shaft transmitting power is directly proportional to the

Machine Design·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 22

Find the percentage change in cutting speed required to give a $$50\% $$ reduction in tool life (that is required tool life is half of the original tool life ) when the value of th...

Production Engineering·NAT·easy
PYQ 23

Calculate the $$MRR$$ and Specific cutting pressure for the following cutting conditions Work material : steel, Tool material : $$HSS,$$ Depth of cut : $$1.6mm,$$ Feed : $$0.8mm/re...

Production Engineering·NAT·medium
PYQ 24

A $$7MW$$ hydro turbine working under a head of $$10$$ $$m$$ at a rotational speed of $$125$$ $$rpm$$ is to be designed and developed by conducting model tests in a laboratory. Max...

Turbo Machinery·NAT·hard
PYQ 25

A bush was turned after mounting the same on a mandrel. The mandrel diameter in millimeters is $${40^{\matrix{ { + 0.00} \cr { - 0.05} \cr } }}$$ and bore diameter of bush is $${40...

Production Engineering·MCQ·medium·✓ keyed
PYQ 26

Match the roling element bearings with the most appropriate loading condition Bearing - type (a)$$\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Ball bearing (b)$$\,\,\,\,\,\,$$ Roller bearing (c)$$\,\,\,\,\,\,$$...

Machine Design·MTF·easy
PYQ 27

A milling cutter having $$10$$ teeth is rotating at $$100$$$$rpm$$. The table feed is set at $$50mm$$ per minute. The feed per tooth in $$mm$$ is

Production Engineering·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed
PYQ 28

For cutting double start screw threads of pitch $$1.0$$ $$mm$$ on a lathe, the thread cutting tool should have a feed rate of

Production Engineering·MCQ·easy·✓ keyed