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GATE Mechanical Engineering · Manufacturing - Welding · 1988-2026

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2026 Q32

A work piece is to be firmly held in a fixture. It is to be machined by using a plain slab milling cutter as shown in the figure below. Which one of the following options is the mo...

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2026 Q59

In a deep drawing operation of a rectangular sheet metal, 30% stretching in length results in 15% reduction in thickness. Assuming volume constancy, the normal anisotropy of the sh...

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2026 Q63

During orthogonal turning by using a single point cutting tool, feed rate is 0.24 mm/rev. The uncut chip thickness is 0.23 mm. The shear angle, tangential force component, and radi...

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2026 Q64

A drill bit during its lifetime can produce 150 through holes in a plate at a drill-speed of 200 RPM. If the drill-speed increases to 300 RPM, then it can produce 60 through holes...

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2025 Q24

Ceramics and glass are machined by

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2025 Q38

Match the mold elements in the casting process with the most suitable function Mold element P Blind riser Q Chill R Skim bob S Core T Insulating sleeve U Inoculant Function I Casti...

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2025 Q41

A plate of 30 mm thickness is fed through a rolling mill with two powered rolls. Each roll has a diameter of 500 mm. The plate thickness is to be reduced to 27 mm in a single pass....

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2025 PYQ

A plate of 30 mm thickness is fed through a rolling mill with two powered rolls. Each roll has a diameter of 500 mm . The plate thickness is to be reduced to 27 mm in a single pass...

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2025 PYQ

Two metal parts (a cylinder and a cube) of same volume are cast under identical conditions. The diameter of the cylinder is equal to its height. The ratio of the solidification tim...

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2024 Q33

The preparatory functions in Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machine programing are denoted by the alphabet

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2024 Q63

In an arc welding process, the voltage and current are 30 V and 200 A, respectively. The cross-sectional area of the joint is 20 mm² and the welding speed is 5 mm/s. The heat requi...

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2024 Q64

A flat surface of a C60 steel having dimensions of 100 mm (length) x 200 mm (width) is produced by a HSS slab mill cutter. The 8-toothed cutter has 100 mm diameter and 200 mm width...

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2024 PYQ

The preparatory functions in Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machine programming are denoted by the alphabet

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2023 Q23

Two surfaces P and Q are to be joined together. In which of the given joining operation(s), there is no melting of the two surfaces P and Q for creating the joint?

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2023 Q25

In a metal casting process to manufacture parts, both patterns and moulds provide shape by dictating where the material should or should not go. Which of the option(s) given correc...

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2023 Q44

In an ideal orthogonal cutting experiment (see figure), the cutting speed V is 1 m/s, the rake angle of the tool α = 5°, and the shear angle, φ, is known to be 45°. Applying the id...

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2023 Q45

A CNC machine has one of its linear positioning axes as shown in the figure, consisting of a motor rotating a lead screw, which in turn moves a nut horizontally on which a table is...

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2023 Q53

A part, produced in high volumes, is dimensioned as shown. The machining process making this part is known to be statistically in control based on sampling data. The sampling data...

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2023 PYQ

In a metal casting process to manufacture parts, both patterns and moulds provide shape by dictating where the material should or should not go. Which of the option(s) given correc...

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2021 Q39

A surface grinding operation has been performed on a Cast Iron plate having dimensions 300 mm (length) x 10 mm (width) x 50 mm (height). The grinding was performed using an alumina...

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2019 Q15

The length, width and thickness of a steel sample are 400 mm, 40 mm and 20 mm, respectively. Its thickness needs to be uniformly reduced by 2 mm in a single pass by using horizonta...

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2019 Q50

The figure shows a pouring arrangement for casting of a metal block. Frictional losses are negligible. The acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s². The time (in s, round off to tw...

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2019 Q51

A gas tungsten arc welding operation is performed using a current of 250 A and an arc voltage of 20 V at a welding speed of 5 mm/s. Assuming that the arc efficiency is 70%, the net...

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2019 Q52

The thickness of a sheet is reduced by rolling (without any change in width) using 600 mm diameter rolls. Neglect elastic deflection of the rolls and assume that the coefficient of...

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2018 Q12

The type of weld represented by the shaded region in the figure is

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2018 Q14

Match the following products with the suitable manufacturing process

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2018 Q25

The height (in mm) for a 125 mm sine bar to measure a taper of 27°32′ on a flat work piece is ____________ (correct to three decimal places).

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2018 Q25

It is desired to make a product having T-shaped cross-section from a rectangular aluminium block. Which one of the following processes is expected to provide the highest strength o...

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2018 Q36

The percentage scrap in a sheet metal blanking operation of a continuous strip of sheet metal as shown in the figure is ________ (correct to two decimal places).

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2018 Q53

A block of length 200 mm is machined by a slab milling cutter 34 mm in diameter. The depth of cut and table feed are set at 2 mm and 18 mm/minute, respectively. Considering the app...

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2018 Q55

Two cutting tools with tool life equations given below are being compared: Tool 1: VT^0.1 = 150 Tool 2: VT^0.3 = 300 where V is cutting speed in m/minute and T is tool life in minu...

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2017 PYQ

It is desired to make a product having T-shaped cross - section from a rectangular aluminium block. Which one of the following processes is expected to provide the highest strength...

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2016 PYQ

The part of a gating system which regulates the rate of pouring of molten metal is

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2016 PYQ

The welding process which uses a blanket of fusible granular flux is

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2016 PYQ

A cylindrical job with diameter of $$200$$ $$mm$$ and height of $$100$$ $$mm$$ is to be cast using modulus method of riser design. Assume that the bottom surface of cylindrical ris...

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2015 PYQ

During the development of a product, an entirely new process plan is made based on design logic, examination of geometry and tolerance information. This type of process planning is...

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2014 PYQ

In solid-state welding, the contamination layers between the surfaces to be welded are removed by

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2014 PYQ

An aluminium alloy (density $$2600$$ $$kg/{m^3}$$ ) casting is to be produced. A cylindrical hole of $$100$$ $$mm$$ diameter and $$100$$ $$mm$$ length is made in the casting using...

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2014 PYQ

The major difficulty during welding of aluminium is due to its

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2014 PYQ

A rectangular hole of size $$100\,\,mm \times 50\,\,mm$$ is to be made on a $$5$$ $$mm$$ thick sheet of steel having ultimate tensile strength and shear strength of $$500$$ $$MPa$$...

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2012 PYQ

In a single pass rolling process using $$410mm$$ diameter steel rollers, a strip of width $$140mm$$ and thickness $$8mm$$ undergoes $$10\% $$ reduction of thickness. The angle of b...

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2010 PYQ

Two steel bars each of diameter $$10mm$$ are coaxially friction welded end to end at an axial pressure of $$200MPa$$ and rotational speed of $$400rpm$$. The coefficient of friction...

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2009 PYQ

Two streams of liquid metal, which are not hot enough to fuse properly, result into a casting defect known as

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2008 PYQ

In a single pass rolling operation, a $$20mm$$ thick plate with plate width of $$100mm$$, is reduced to $$18mm$$ thick. The roller radius is $$250mm$$ and rotational speed is $$10$...

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2007 PYQ

Which of the following is a solid state welding process.

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2007 PYQ

The force requirement in a blanking operation of low carbon steel sheet is $$5.0$$ $$kN.$$ The thickness of the sheet is $$'t'$$ and diameter of the blanked part is $$'d'.$$ For th...

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2007 PYQ

Which of the following engineering materials is the most suitable candidate for hot chamber die casting

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2004 PYQ

During the execution of a CNC part program block $$NO20\,\,\,\,GO2\,\,\,\,X45.0\,\,\,\,Y25.0\,\,\,\,R5.0.$$ The type of tool motion will be

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2004 PYQ

In a rolling process, sheet of $$25$$ $$mm$$ thickness is rolled to $$20$$ $$mm$$ thickness. Roll is of diameter $$600$$ $$mm$$ and it rotates at $$100$$ $$rpm.$$ The roll strip co...

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2003 PYQ

A good cutting fluid should have

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2003 PYQ

Quality screw threads are produced by

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2003 PYQ

A metal disc of $$20$$ $$mm$$ diameter is to be punched from a sheet of $$2$$ $$mm$$ thickness. The punch and the die clearance is $$3\% $$. The required punch diameter is

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2002 PYQ

In blanking operation the clearance is provided on

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2002 PYQ

The primary purpose of a sprue in a casting mold is to

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2002 PYQ

In centrifugal casting, the lighter impurities are

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2000 PYQ

In finish machining of an island on a casting with $$CNC$$ milling machine, an end mill with $$10$$ $$mm$$ diameter is employed. The corner points of the island are represented by...

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1997 PYQ

A metal strip is to be rolled from an initial wrought thickness of $$3.5$$ $$mm$$ to a final rolled thickness of $$2.5$$ $$mm$$ in a single pass rolling mill having rolls of $$250$...

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1997 PYQ

Welding of $$C40$$ steel plate of $$10mm$$ thickness required a current of $$16$$amps, while it was $$360$$amps when the plate thickness was increased by $$50\% $$. Estimate the we...

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1996 PYQ

A wire of $$0.1mm$$ diameter is drawn from a rod of $$15mm$$ diameter dies giving reductions of $$20\% $$, $$40\% $$ and $$80\% $$ are available. For minimum error in the final siz...

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1994 PYQ

Generally cylindrical parts produced by powder metallurgy should not have non uniform cross section and a length to diameter ratio exceeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1993 PYQ

Centrifugally casted products have

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1993 PYQ

With reference to $$NC$$ machines, which of the following statements is wrong?

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1991 PYQ

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

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1990 PYQ

Manual metal arc welding is to be used for welding two plates each measuring $$800 \times 200 \times 19mm.$$ Given that Length of weld $$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,$$$$\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\...

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1989 PYQ

Minimum dimensional and form accuracy can be obtained in the cylinder bores of automobile engines if the bores are finished by

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1989 PYQ

Gear hobbing produces more accurate gears than milling because in hobbing

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1989 PYQ

In $$NC$$ part programming spindle speed of $$730rpm$$ will be coded by the magic - $$3$$ rule as

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1988 PYQ

Cutting speed in grinding is set to a high value to

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