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May 09, 2016 WRITTEN TEST FOR Ph.D. ADMISSSION 09:00 am 11:00 am
PART A
Q1. A person is going in a lift. When the lift is at rest, the weighing scale on which he is standing shows his weight as
60kg. Which of the following statement(s) about the reading of the weighing scale is true? (Assume g = 10m/s2)
(a) When the lift goes up with an acceleration of 5m/s2, his apparent weight will be shown as 30kg
(b) His apparent weight reading will be the same irrespective of the motion of the lift
(c) When the lift is going down with an acceleration of 5m/s2, his apparent weight will be shown as 30kg
(d) His apparent weight reading inside the completely closed, moving lift will be zero.
Q2. Cooling rate (q) of a thermoelectric device is given by the expression: q = I K I2/2 where ,K and are
constants and I is the current supplied. Find the current that maximizes the cooling rate (q)?
2 2K
(a) Infinity (b) K (c) (d) /
Q3. Consider a circle given by x2+y2=8. What is the value of p and q if the line px + qy = 4 is a tangent to the circle
at the point (2,2).
(a) p=2,q=0 (b) p=1,q=1 (c) p=4,q=-2 (d) p=0,q=2
Q4. The diameter and height of a cylinder is measured to be 4 cm and 6 cm, respectively. The possible error in each
measurement is 0.1 cm. The maximum possible error in measuring volume and lateral surface would be:
(a) 1.6, (b) , 2 (c) , (d) 1.6, 2
Q5. In a basket ball match each side has 5 players. After the match all players shake hands with each other. How many
hand shakes will be there?
(a) 20 (b) 45 (c) 55 (d) 90
Q6. An automobile weighing 15000N is parked on an uphill road. The slope of the road is 100 and the coefficient of
friction between the tyre and the road is 0.4. The friction force between the road and the tyre is:
(a) 2605 N (b) 6000 N (c) 5910 N (d) 0 since the car is at rest
Q8. A component has a constant failure rate of 0.002 hr-1. The minimum number of spares of this component to be
kept so that a service level 85% is achieved for a 1000 hr operating duration is
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 9
Q9. A lot has 10% defective items. Ten items are chosen randomly from this lot. The probability that exactly 2 of the
chosen items are defective is
(a) 0.0036 (b) 0.3874 (c) 0.2234 (d) 0.1937
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599
Q10. If
= 600, what would be the approximate value of is radians
(a) 0.01 (b) 0.1 (c) 0.4 (d) 0.018
Q11. The front and side views of an object are given below.
1 2 3 0 1 1
= [ ]; = [ ]; = [ ]
3 4 0 2 1 1
The determinant of [ABC] is:
(a) -2 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) 4
Q13. Consider the differential equation with the boundary conditions given below:
d2y dy
100 x subject to y(1) 0 and (1) 0
dx2 dx
y(0) is given by:
(a) 28.33 (b) 50.24 (c) 33.33 (d) 100
Q14. Which of the following best describes the content of the passage?
(a) An argument concerning the present-day uses to which historical maps of tribal lands are put
(b) A chronology of the development of different methods for mapping tribal lands
(c) An argument concerning the accuracy of information contained in maps of tribal lands.
(d) A discussion of how the mapmaking techniques of tribal differed from those of Government
Q15. The passage mentions each of the following as a factor affecting current maps of Native American lands
EXCEPT
(a) Government policy
(b) Perspective of map maker
(c) Origins of the information utilized to produce the maps
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(d) The reason for producing the maps
PART B
Q16. In a cam follower system, the pressure angle
(a) can be increased by increasing the offset, (b) can be increased by increasing the base circle radius
(c) is constant for any rotation of the cam, (d) does not depend on the eccentricity
Q17. The casting time is determined by the ratio of surface area to the volume of the mold cavity. A solid
cylinder of radius R and height H would have the minimum surface area per unit volume when
(a) H/R = 0.5 (b) H/R = 1 (c) H/R = 2 (d) H/R = 4
Q18. A carpenter designs a 1m2m air-hockey table, with 0.16 cm diameter equally spaced holes in a
rectangular pattern (2592 holes total). Air is blown as a jet from below the table using a blower. The
required jet speed from each hole is 15 m/s. Neglecting frictional losses and taking air =1.28 kg/m3, the
required pressure rise and power of the blower are:
(a) 3.73 bar, 10.8 W (b) 144 Nm-2 , 11.2 W (c)1000 Nm-2 , 10.8 W (d) 1 bar, 11.2 W
Q19. For a simply supported beam (of span l) of circular cross-section (of dia. d) with a load W acting at l/3
from the left support, the maximum bending stress occurs at location x from the left support at height y from
the centre, where the shear stress is z. Select the correct combination of answer.
(a) x=(2/3)l, y=0.5d and z=maximum. (b)x=(2/3)l, y=0 and z=maximum.
(c) x=(1/3)l, y=0.5d and z=maximum. (d) None of the above
Q20. Two infinitely long concentric cylinders of diameters D1 and D2 are used in a heat transfer application.
The inner cylinder is labeled 1, while the outer cylinder is called 2. For this arrangement, the view factor
F22 is equal to
2
(a) 1 1 (b)1 (c) 1 (d) 1 (1)2
2 2
1 2
Q.21 The common normal to the two mating gear teeth profiles are tangent to the
(a) Two base circles (b) One base circle and one pitch circle.
(c) Two pitch circles (d) None of the above.
Q22.The time to failure distribution of a component is Weibull. The shape parameter is 2.5 and scale
parameter is 500 hr. Given that the component has already worked for 100 hr without failure, the reliability
estimate (rounded to the second decimal place) of this component for 50 more hours of operation is
(a) 0.90 (b) 0.95 (c) 0.97 (d) 0.99
2 2 (+)
(a) (b) 0 (c) + (d)
Q24. A Steel workpiece is machined by a single point cutting tool which has a rake angle of 10. Cutting
speed, friction between workpiece and tool and ultimate shear strength are 200m/min, 0.5 and 400 N/mm 2,
respectively. Find out the cutting and thrust forces by using Merchants first solution?
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(a) 420 N, 125 N (b) 210 N, 125 N (c) 1000 N, 500 N (d) 125 N, 420 N
(a) A-S,B-Q, C-P,D-R (b) A-Q, B-P, C-R, D-S (c) A-R, B-Q, C-P, D-S (d) A-S, B-P, C-Q, D-R
Q26. The two power cycles shown in the figure alongside, on a T-s diagram
are drawn to the same scale. All processes are internally reversible. The
efficiencies of the cycles are given by A and B respectively. What can be
said about the efficiencies?
(a) A = B (b) A < B (c) A > B (d) Need more information
6. For a planer loading condition Mohr circle is given by 100 100. Then the normal stress cannot
have the following value:
(a) 85 MPa (b) 95 MPa (c) 100 MPa (d) 105 MPa