Sample Questions, Fleet Management

PART A (ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE)

Q1. Moment of inertia of a rectangular section having width (b) and depth (d) a
bout an axis passing
through its C.G and parallel to the width(b) is
(a) db3/12 (b) bd3/12 (c) db3/36 (d) bd3/36
Q2. The static friction
bears a constant ratio to the normal reaction between the two surfaces
(b) is independent of the area of contact , between the two surfaces
(c ) depends upon the roughness of the surfaces
(d) all the above
Q3. The mechanical advantage of a lifting machine is the ratio of
(a) distance moved by effort to the distance moved by load
(b) load lifted to the effort applied
(c) output to the input
(d) all the above
Q4. The law of the machine is
(a) P= m/W+C
(b) P=mW+C
(c ) P=C-mW
(d) P=mW-C
Where, P = Effort applied to lift the load
m = A constant which is equal to the slope of the line
W = Load lifted , and
C = Another constant which represent the machine friction
Q5. Modular ratio of the two materials is the ratio of
(a) linear stress to lateral strain
(b) linear stress to linear strain
(c) shear stress to shear strain
(d) their modulus of elasticties
Q6. The shear force of a cantilever beam of length l carrying a uni
formly distributed load of w
per unit length is ______ at fixed end
(a) zero
(b) wl/4
(c) wl/2
(d) wl
Q7. When the shear force diagram is a parabolic curve between two poin
ts, it indicates that
there is a
(a) point load at the two points
(b) no loading between the two points
(c) uniformly distributed load between the two points
(d) uniformly varying load between the two points
Q8. In calculating the strength of a riveted joint in tearing, shearing
and crushing, the
(a) actual diameter of rivet is used
(b) actual diameter of hole drilled for rivet is used
(c) mean diameter of hole drilled and rivet is used
(d) smaller of the rivet diameter and hole diameter is used
 Q9. When a body, floating in a liquid, is given a small angular displac
ement, it starts oscillating
about a point known as
(a) center of pressure
(b) center of gravity
(c) center of buoyancy
(d) metacentre
Q10. The fuel mostly used in steam boilers is
(a) brown coal
(b) peat
(c ) coking bituminous coal
(d) non-coking bituminous coal
Q11. The selection of type and size of a steam boiler depends upo
n
(a) the power required and working pressure
(b) the geographical position of the power house
(c ) the fuel and water available
(d) all the above
Q12. A closed cycle gas turbine consist of a
(a) compressor
(b) heating chamber
(c) cooling chamber
(d) all the above
Q13. The two parallel and coplanar shafts are connected by gears having teeth
parallel to the axis
of the shaft . This arrangement is known as
(a) spur gearing
(b) helical gearing
(c) bevel gearing
(d) spiral gearing
Q14. When the axes of the first and last wheels are co-axial, then the train
is known as
(a) simple trains of wheels
(b) compound train of wheels
(c) reverted gear train
(d) epicyclic gear train
Q15. Which of the following statement is correct.
(a) The toughness of a material increases when it is heated
(b) The shear stress in a beam varies from zero at the neutral surface and m
aximum
At the outer fibers
(c ) The stress concentration in static loading is more serious in britt
le materials
and less serious in ductile materials
(d) all the above
Q16. In case of thick cylinders , the tangential stress across the thickness
of cylinder is
(a) maximum at the outer surface and minimum at the inner surface
(b) maximum at the inner surface and minimum at the outer surface
(c) maximum at the inner surface and zero at the outer surface
(d) maximum at the outer surface and zero at the inner surface
Q17. The alloy, mainly used for corrosion resistance in stainless steel is
(a) silicon
(b) carbon
(c) chromium
(d) none of the above
 Q18. The hardness of steel depends upon the
(a) amount of cementite it contains
(b) amount of carbon it contains
(c) contents of alloying elements
(d) method of manufacture of steel
Q19. The metal suitable for bearings subjected to heavy loads, is
(a) silicon bronze
(b) white metal
(c) monel metal
(d) phosphor bronze
Q20. The purpose of a riser is to
(a) deliver molten metal into the mould cavity
(b) act as a reservoir for the molten metal
(c) feed the molten metal to the casing in order to compensate for the shrin
kage
(d) deliver the molten metal from pouring basin to gate
Q21. In a transformer, leakage flux
(a) helps in transfer of energy
(b) is negligible at full load
(c) is minimized by inter-leaving the primary and secondary windings
(d) produces mutually e.m.f
Q22. When phase sequence at the 3-phase load is reversed
(a) phase power are changed
(b) phase currents are changed
(c) phase currents change in angle but not in magnitude
(PART B)TEST OF REASONING AND QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
Q1. Rajesh remembers that his cousins birthday is after 10th but before 17th
May. His sister Radha
remembers that her cousins birthday is after 9th but before 12th May
. When is the cousins
birthday.
(a) 9th May
(b) 10th May
(c) 11th May
(d) none of the above
Q2. A man had missed the bus going to his village when he reached the bus te
rminal at 3 p.m .
At the same time an announcement was made that the next bus for the
same destination will
leave in 2 hours time, as the bus leave every seven hours. At what t
ime had the bus left the
terminal.
(a) 10 a.m.
(b) 12 p.m.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) none of the above
Q3. Study the following letter number sequence and answer the question given
below.
A G L 2 0 K W C 3 R M N P D 4
H S T Y J E 6 Q U N F B K V 8
. If every alternate position is dropped starting from 2 in the remaining
part of the series,
which of the following will be fifth to the left of the twelfth pos
ition from your left.
(a) M
(b) 3
(c) S
(d) None of these
Q4. In a certain code, COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How is MEDICINE writ
ten in the
same code.
(a) MFEDJJOE
(b) MFEJDJOE
(c) EOJDJEFM
(d) None of these
Q5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a grou
p. Which is the one
that does not belong to that group.
(a) Lead
(b) Mercury
(c) Copper
(d) Iron
(e) Tin
Q6. A train passes through the stationary man standing on the platform in 7
seconds and passes
through the platform completely in 28 seconds. If the length of the
platform is 330 meters,
what is the length of the train.
(a) 82.5m
(b) 220m
(c) 110m
(d) None of these