1. According to Indian standards, a bolt thread of 6 mm size of coarse pitch and with allowance on the threads and normal tolerance grade is designated as
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M6 - 8d
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2. Stress concentration is caused due to
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All of the above
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3. In the levers of the first type, the mechanical advantage is ________ one.
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More than
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4. Wahl's stress factor __________ very rapidly as the spring index decreases.
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Increases
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5. In Vickers hardness testing, the pyramid indenter apex is
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136°
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6. When a machine member is subjected to torsion, the torsional shear stress set up in the member is
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Zero at the centroidal axis and maximum at the outer surface of the member
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7. The suitable material for belt used in flour mill is
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Canvas or cotton duck
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8. According to Indian standard specifications, 100 H6/g5 means that
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Tolerance grade for the hole is 6 and for the shaft is 5
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9. The longitudinal joint in boilers is used to get the required
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Diameter of boiler
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10. The face angle of a bevel gear is equal to
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Pitch angle + addendum angle
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11. The root angle of a bevel gear is equal to
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Pitch angle - dedendum angle
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12. When screw threads are to be used in a situation where power is being transmitted in one direction only, then the screw threads suitable for this will be
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Buttress threads
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13. A shaft is subjected to fluctuating loads for which the normal torque (T) and bending moment (M) are 1000 N-m and 500 N-m respectively. If the combined shock and fatigue factor for bending is 1.5 and combined shock and fatigue factor for torsion is 2, then the equivalent twisting moment for the shaft is
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2136 N-m
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14. The buckling load will be maximum for a column, if
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Both ends of the column are clamped
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15. The yield point in static loading is __________ as compared to fatigue loading.
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Higher
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16. In designing thick cylinders, the equation used is
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All of these
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17. A double strap butt joint (with equal straps) is
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Always in double shear
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18. The valve rod in a steam engine is connected to an eccentric rod by
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Knuckle joint
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19. The groove angle of the pulley for rope drive is usually
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45°
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20. Which one of the following loading is considered for the design of axles?
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Bending moment only
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21. The coefficient of friction between the belt and pulley depends upon the
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All of these
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22. In a horizontal flat belt drive, it is customary to use
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Top side of belt as slack side
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23. The shearing stresses in the inner face as compared to outer face of the wire in a heavy close coiled spring is
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Larger
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24. The size of a cam depends upon
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Base circle
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25. The objective of 'crowning' of the flat pulleys of belt drive is to
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Prevent the belt from running off the pulley
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26. The objective of idler pulley in belt drive is to
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All the above objectives
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27. When the shaft rotates in anticlockwise direction at high speed in a bearing, it will
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Move towards right of the bearing making no metal to metal contact
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28. When the shaft rotates in anticlockwise direction at slow speed in a bearing, it will
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Move towards left of the bearing making metal to metal contact
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29. When the bearing is subjected to large fluctuations of load and heavy impacts, the bearing characteristic number should be _________ the bearing modulus.
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15 times
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30. A V-belt designated as B 4430 LP has
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4430 mm as nominal pitch length
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31. In a flange coupling, the bolts are subjected to
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Shear stress
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32. Transverse fillet welded joints are designed for
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Tensile strength
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33. The edges of the plates for cylindrical vessels are usually bevelled to an angle of 80° for
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Fullering and caulking
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34. In a boundary lubricated bearing, there is a __________ of lubricant between the journal and the bearing.
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Thin film
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35. In a gear, having Involute teeth, the normal to the Involute is a tangent to the
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Base circle
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36. The bending stress in a curved beam is
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Zero at the point other than centroidal axis
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37. The rated life of a bearing varies
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Inversely as cube of load
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38. A cotter joint is used to connect two __________ rods.
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Co-axial
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39. Which of the following line is the safest?
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Soderberg line
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40. Which of the following forms of thread can transmit power in only one direction?
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Buttress threads
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41. Which of the following bearings cannot take radial loads?
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Thrust ball bearing
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42. Which of the following coupling consists of only sleeve and a key?
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Muff coupling
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43. Which of the following mechanical devices transfers or multiplies load with an application of small effort?
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Levers
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44. Which of the following is not true for a good coupling?
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If there is small misalignment between the shafts, the coupling cannot transmit power
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45. Which of the following materials are subjected to the most severe stress concentration?
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Brittle materials under static and fluctuating load
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46. Which of the following is not the function of a spring?
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They are used to measure displacement
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47. Which of the following is not a type of sunk key?
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Hollow saddle key
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48. Which of the following is not the method to reduce stress concentration?
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Usage of sharp corners
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49. Which of the following shaft are the integrals or equally spaced lines made on a shaft?
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Spline shaft
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50. Which of the following straight-line joins endurance limit(Se) on the stress amplitude axis and yield strength (Syt) on the mean stress axis?
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Soderberg line
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51. Which of the following is not the cause of stress concentration?
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Point load applied on the component
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52. In which of the following type of lever the effort is located between the load and fulcrum?
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Third type
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53. Which of the following is the function of rebound clips in a multi-leaf spring?
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Helps to share the load from master leaf to graduated leaves
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54. Which of the following is not a type of welding joint?
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Single strap joint
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55. Which of the following correctly symbolizes a fillet joint?
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A right angled triangle
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56. Which of the following is true about the roller bearing in comparison with ball bearing?
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Power lost in friction is more
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57. Which is not a possible type of failure in a riveted joint?
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Shear failure of plate
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58. In machine design, which of the following is not true for rigid and flexible couplings?
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Rigid couplings are expensive than flexible couplings
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59. Which of the following is not a type of transmission shaft?
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Crankshaft
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60. Which of the following expression is not correct for designing a shaft according to rigidity?
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L = GθT / J
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61. Which of the following line is the most economical?
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Gerber parabola
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62. Which of the following joins two rotating shafts to each other?
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Coupling
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63. Which of the following elements transfers torque and is only subjected with the bending moment?
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Axle
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64. What is the maximum shear stress for a material of ultimate tensile strength (Sut) with keyway effect according to ASME code?
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0.135 Sut
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65. Which of the following is a dominance of power screw?
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Large load carrying capacity
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66. Which of the following in power screws is the correct equation for torque if the load is lowered while designing a machine? ( W: Weight in N, θ: Angle of inclination, ϕ: Friction angle)
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W tan (θ – ϕ)
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67. The shock absorbing capacity of a bolt can be increased by
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Making shank diameter equal to core diameter of thread
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68. When a bolt is subjected to shock loading, the resilience of the bolt should be considered in order to prevent breakage at
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At the thread
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69. If an application calls for stresses on screw threads in one direction only, then the following type of thread would be best suited
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Buttress
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70. The connecting rod bolts are tightened up with initial tension greater than the external load so that
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The resultant load on the bolt would not be affected by the external cyclic load
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71. The connecting rod bolts are tightened up so that tightening stress
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Approaches yield point
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72. The resultant axial load on a bolt depends on
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(a), and above
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73. Allen bolts are
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Provided with hexagonal depression in head
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74. For standard coarse threads of nut, the threads will be as strong in failure by shear as the bolt in tension, if the height of nut (h) is approximately
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0.4 times
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75. I.S. specifies following total number of grades of tolerances
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18
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76. Basic hole is one
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Whose lower deviation is zero
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77. Basic shaft is one
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Whose upper deviation is zero
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78. If shearing stress in nut is half the tensile stress in a bolt, then nut length should be equal to
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Diameter of bolt
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79. Whether any core is required in wire ropes
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Yes
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80. In composite or reverse laid ropes
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Wires in two adjacent strands are twisted in opposite direction
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81. The number of rivets in shear shall be equal to the number of rivets in crushing.
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Correct
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82. When bevel gears connect two shafts whose axes intersect at an angle greater than a right angle and one of the bevel gears has a pitch angle of 90°, then they are known as
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Crown bevel gears
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83. The cam follower extensively used in air-craft engines is
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Roller follower
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84. Screws used for power transmission should have
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High efficiency
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85. The value of stress concentration factor depends upon
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Material and geometry of the part
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86. An open belt drive is used when
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Shafts are arranged parallel and rotate in the same directions
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87. The property of a material which enables it to be drawn into wires with the application of a tensile force, is called
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Ductility
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88. In order to avoid tearing of the plate at an edge, the distance from the centre line of the rivet hole to the nearest edge of the plate should be equal to (where d = Diameter of rivet hole)
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1.5 D
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89. The resistance to fatigue of a material is measured by
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Endurance limit
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90. A crankshaft is a __________ shaft.
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Machine
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91. Lewis equation in gears is used to find the
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Compressive stress in bending
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92. Which of the following statement is correct for gears?
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All of these
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93. A transmission shaft includes
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All of these
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94. In a hydrodynamic lubricated bearing
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There is a thick film of lubricant between the journal and the bearing
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95. A screw is said to be over hauling screw, if its efficiency is
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More than 50%
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96. Circumferential joint in boilers is used to get the required length of a boiler.
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True
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97. According to Indian standards, the diameter of rivet hole is made larger than the basic size of rivet by
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2 mm for rivet diameter from 39 mm to 48 mm
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98. Slenderness ratio is the ratio of
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Effective length of column to least radius of gyration of the column
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99. All stresses produced in a belt are
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Tensile stresses
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100. In second type of levers,
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Load is in between the fulcrum and effort
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