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1 Tell me what do you mean by Break Lines?
2 Do you know where is draft angle used?
3 What is Cycloid?
4 Tell me which orthographic projection has been recommended by Bureau of Indian Standard(BIS)?
5 Tell me in order to derive the torsional formulas what are the assumptions taken?
6 Tell me what are the commonly used various methods of pictorial projection?
7 Explain me what is meant by development?
8 Tell me what do you mean by detail drawing?
9 Tell me what is meant by interpenetration of solids?
10 Explain me what is a sectional view?
11 Do you know what are the planes of projection?
12 What is the principle of orthographic projection?
13 What is a Polygon?
14 Tell me what are the basis on which the best material for Sliding Contact Bearings manufacturing?
15 What is Hertzian stress?    (a) Tensile stress on inner surface of cylinder  (b) Bending stress on two contact surface  (c) Contact stress on two contact surfaces  (d) Shear stress on two contact surfaces
16 Backlash is    (a) Sum of the clearance of two gears  (b) Mutual play between two gears  (c) Amount by which the width of a tooth space exceeds the thickness of the engaging tooth on pitch circle  (d) Any of the above
17 A bolt of uniform strength can be developed by    (a) Keeping the core dia of threads equal to the dia of unthreaded portion of bolt  (b) Keeping the core dia of threads smaller than the dia of unthreaded portion of bolt  (c) Keeping the nominal dia of threads equal to the dia of unthreaded portion of bolt  (d) None of the above
18 Short columns are preferred over long columns from    (a) Strength consideration  (b) Buckling consideration  (c) Weight consideration  (d) None of the above
19 Pitot tube is used for measurement of    (a) Pressure  (b) Temperature  (c) Discharge  (d) Velocity
20 Explain me what are the different values that need to be determined in order to design a cylinder for an ICE?
21 Please explain the advantages of Cycloidal and Involute gears?
22 Explain me what are the different types of detail drawings?
23 Tell me is it essential to show all the hidden lines in dotted in a assembly drawing?
24 Tell us in an orderly manner how the force in the member of a truss be detected using the method of joint?
25 Tell me what is a Helix?
26 Tell me what do you mean by projectors?
27 Explain the difference between Size dimension and Location dimension?
28 What size of material required for making rolled threads?    (a) Pitch diameter  (b) Root diameter  (c) Major diameter  (d) None
29 When two elastic bodies collide with each other    (a) Two bodies will momentarily come to rest after collision  (b) The two bodies tend to compress & deform at the surface of contact  (c) Two bodies begins to retain their original shape  (d) All of the above
30 Stress concentration factor is defined as ratio of    (a) Max stress to endurance limit  (b) Nominal stress to endurance limit  (c) Max stress to nominal stress  (d) Nominal stress to max stress
31 Centre of pressure of an aerofoil with an increase of angle of attack will    (a) Move forward  (b) Move backward  (c) Not move  (d) None of the above
32 Slow plastic deformation of material under constant stress is    (a) Creep  (b) Fatigue  (c) Endurance  (d) Elastic deformation
33 Principle effect of humidity is    (a) Corrosion  (b) Leaking from sealed enclosures  (c) Permanent set of packing and gaskets  (d) Differential contraction of metal parts
34 Mohr’s circle can be used to determine following stress on inclined surface    (a) Principal stresses  (b) Normal stresses  (c) Maximum shear stresses  (d) All of the above
35 A closed cycle gas turbine works on    (a) Carnot cycle  (b) Rankine cycle  (c) Joule cycle  (d) Atkinson cycle
36 Mass balancing is done to    (a) Avoid flutter  (b) Increase bending stress  (c) Reduce drag  (d) Distributing mass on control surface
37 Antifriction bearings are    (a) Thick lubricated bearing  (b) Thin lubricated bearing  (c) Ball & roller bearing  (d) Plastic bearing
38 Thermal efficiency of a gas turbine plant as compared to diesel engine plant    (a) Higher  (b) Lower  (c) Same  (d) May be higher or lower
39 Teflon is used for bearings because of    (a) Low co-efficient of friction  (b) Better heat dissipation  (c) Smaller space constraint  (d) All of the above
40 Tell me what are Bevel Gears and what are its types?
41 What is position of views in First Angle Projection?
42 Tell me what are the method of development?
43 Tell us how can the reaction of support of a frame be evaluated?
44 Tell us what are considerations taken into account while creating a piston head?
45 What are the principle views of an orthographic projection?
46 Tell me what is meant by Oblique projection?
47 Tell me why is a pictorial drawing shaded?
48 Tell me what do you mean by Pictorial Drawing?
49 Do you know what is the plane of projection?
50 Tell me what is meant by projection of an object?
51 What is Ellipse?
52 Explain me what are the production drawings?
53 Do you know why is it necessary to show the sectional view of an object?
54 Tell me what is a functional dimension?
55 What is Parabola?
56 Explain what are Phantom Lines?
57 Tell me what is an involute?
58 Do you know what is the position of views in Third Angle Projection?
59 Tell us how are thin materials shown in sectional drawing?
60 Tell me how are screw threads specified?
61 Tell me what is Perspective projection?
62 Tell me what is meant by assembly drawings?
63 Do you know what is an Isometric drawing?
64 What is Hyperbola?
65 Tell me what is the main advantage of chain dimensioning?

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