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6. After several defeats in wars, Robert Bruce went in exile and wanted to commit suicide.
Just before committing suicide, he came across a spider attempting tirelessly to have its net.
Time and again, the spider failed but that did not deter it to refrain from making attempts.
Such attempts by the spider made Bruce curious. Thus, Bruce started observing the near-
impossible goal of the spider to have the net. Ultimately, the spider succeeded in having its
new despite several failures. Such act of the spider encouraged Bruce not to commit suicide.
And then, Bruce went back again and won many a battle and the rest is history.
Which of the following assertions is best supported by the above information ?
A. Failure is the pillar of success
B. Honesty is the best policy
C. Life begins and ends with adventures
D. No adversity justifies giving up hope
7. Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the
following sentence.
Despite several ..................the mission succeeded in its attempt to resolve the conflict.
A. attempts B. setbacks
C. meetings D. delegations
8. Which one of the following options is the closest in meaning to the word given below ?
Mitigate
A. Diminish B. Divulge C. Dedicate D. Denote
9. Choose the grammatically INCORRECT sentence :
A. They gave us the money back less the service charges of Three Hundred Rupees.
B. This country’s expenditure is not less than that of Bangladesh.
C. The committee initially asked for a funding of Fifty Lakh rupees, but later settled for a
lesser sum.
D. This country’s expenditure on educational reforms is very less.
10. Which of the following assertions are CORRECT ?
P : Adding 7 to each entry in a list adds 7 to the mean of the list
Q : Adding 7 to each entry in a list adds 7 to the standard deviation of the
list
R : Doubling each entry in a list doubles the mean of the list
S : Doubling each entry in a list leaves the standard deviation of the list unchanged
A. P Q, B. Q R, C. P R, D. R S,
11. The variable cost (V ) of manufacturing a product varies according to the equation V = 4q,
where q is the quantity produced. The fixed cost ^ hF of production of same product reduces
with qaccording to the equation F = 100/ q. How many units should be produced to minimize
the total cost ^V + Fh ?
A. 5 B. 4C. 7 D. 6
12. A transporter receives the same number of orders each day. Currently, he has some
pending orders (backlog) to be shipped. If he uses 7 trucks, then at the end of the 4th day he
can clear all the orders. Alternatively, if he uses only 3 trucks, then all the orders are cleared
at the end of the 10th day. What is the minimum number of trucks required so that there will
be no pending order at the end of the 5th day ?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
13. 25 persons are in a room 15 of them play hockey, 17 of them play football and 10 of them
play hockey and football. Then the number of persons playing neither hockey nor football is
A. 2 B. 17 C. 13 D. 3
14. If 137 +276= 435 how much is 731 + 672 ?
A. 534 B. 1403 C. 1623 D. 1531
15. 5 skilled workers can build a wall in 20 days; 8 semi-skilled workers can build a wall in
25 days; 10 unskilled workers can build a wall in 30 days. If a team has 2 skilled, 6 semi-
skilled and 5 unskilled workers, how long will it take to build the wall ?
A. 20 days B. 18 days C. 16 days D. 15 days
16. Given digits 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 how much distinct 4 digit numbers greater than 3000
can be formed ?
A. 50 B. 51 C. 52 D. 54
17. S, M, E and F are working in shifts in a team to finish a project. M works with twice the
efficiency of others but for half as many days as E worked. S and M have 6 hour shifts in a
day, whereas E and F have 12 hours shifts. What is the ratio of contribution of M to
contribution of E in the project?
(A) 1:1
(B) 1:2
(C) 1:4
(D) 2:1
18. M and N start from the same location. M travels 10 km East and then 10 km. North-East.
N travels 5 km south-East. What is the shortest distance (in km) between M and N at the end
of their travel?
A.18.60 B.22.50 C.20.61 D. 25.00
19. Q10 A wire of length 340 mm is to be cut into two parts. One of the parts is to be made
into a square and the other into a rectangular where sides are in the ratio of 1:2. What is the
length of the side of the square (in mm) such that the combined area of the square and the
rectangular is a MINIMUM?
A. 30 B. 40 C. 120 D. 180
20. A window is made up of a square portion and an equilateral triangle portion above it. The
base of the triangular portion coincides with the upper side of the square. If the perimeter of
the window is 6 m, the area of
the window in m2 is ______
A. 1.43
B. 2.06
C. 2.68
D. 2.88
21. Match the correct pairs:
Numerical Integration Scheme Order of Fitting Polynomial
P. Simpson’s 3/8 Rule 1. First
Q. Trapezoidal Rule 2. Second
R. Simpson’s 1/3 Rule 3. Third
A. P-2, Q-1, R-3 B. P-3, Q-2, R-1
C. P-1, Q-2, R-3 D. P-3, Q-1, R-2
22. The eigenvalues of a symmetric matrix are all
(A) Complex with non-zero positive imaginary part.
(B) Complex with non-zero negative imaginary part.
(C) real
(D) pure imaginary
23. Choose the Correct set of functions, which are linearly dependent.
(A) sinx, sin2x and cos2x
(B) cosx, sinx and tan x
(C) cos2x , sin2x and cos2x
(D) cos2x, sinx and cosx
24. x + 2y + z = 4
2x + y + 2z = 5
x-y+z=1
The system of algebraic equations given above has
(A) a unique solution of x = 1,y = 1 and z = 1.
(B) only the two solutions of (x = 1,y = 1,z = 1) and (x = 2,y = 1,z = 0)
(C) infinite number of solutions
(D) no feasible solution
25. The minimum value of | x2 _ 5x + 21 | is
A.-5
B.0
C.-1
D.-2
A 1/4
.
B.0
C -1/4
.
D1
.
27.Rank of the diagonal matrix
A1
.
B.2
C3
.
D4
.
28. Matrix, A =
cos
sinΘ 0
Θ
sinΘ cosΘ0
0 0 1
A. orthogonal
B. non-singular
C. have A-1 exists
D. both (b) & (c)
29. If g = 10100 and H = 10g, then in which interval does g! = 1 . 2 .3 ........ 10100 lie?
A.10H < g! < H
B.H < g! < 10H
C.10H < g! < 10
D.10H < g! <10H
30. Total number of words formed by 2 vowels and 3 consonants taken from 4 vowels
and 5 consonants is equal to
A.60
B.120
C.7200
D.none of these
31. How many different committees of5 can be formed from 6 men and 4 women on
which exact 3 men and 2 women serve?
A.6
B.20
C.60
D.120
32. Two jars of capacity 3 and 5 litres are filled with mixtures of alcohol and water. In
the smaller jar 25% of the mixture is alcohol and in the larger 25% of the mixture is
water. The jars are emptied into a 9 litre cask and remaining volume is filled up with
water. Then percentage of alcohol in the cask will be
A.50%
B.37.5%
C.60%
D.None of these
33.If (G, .) is a group, such that (ab)2 = a2 b2 ∀ a, b ∈ G, then G is a/an
A.commutative semi group
B.abelian group
C.non-abelian group
D.none of these
34. Let A be the set of all non-singular matrices over real numbers and let * be the
matrix multiplication operator. Then
A.A is closed under * but < A, * > is not a semi group
B.< A, * > is a semi group but not a monoid
C.< A, * > is a monoid but not a group
D.< A, * > is a group but not an abelian group
35. A stone with mass of 0.1 kg is catapulted as shown in the figure. The total force Fx(in
N) exerted by the rubber band as a function of distance x (in m ) is given by Fx= 300x2. If
the stone is displaced by 0.1 m from the un-stretched position (x = 0) of the rubber band,
the energy stored in the rubber band is
(A) 0.01 J (B) 0.1 J
(C) 1 J (D) 10 J
36. A 1 kg block is resting on a surface with coefficient of frictionm= 0.1. A force of
0.8 N is applied to the block as shown in the figure. The friction force is
37.A uniform rigid rod of mass M and length L is hinged at one end as shown in the adjacent
figure. A force P is applied at a distance of 2L / 3 from the hinge so that the rod swings to the
right. The reaction at the hinge is
(A) - P (B) 0
(C) P / 3 (D) 2P / 3
38. A spur gear has a module of 3 mm , number of teeth 16, a face width of 36 mm and
a pressure angle of 20c. It is transmitting a power of 3 kW at 20 rev / s. Taking a
velocity factor of 1.5 and a form factor of 0.3, the stress in the gear tooth is about.
(A) 32 MPa (B) 46 MPa
(C) 58 MPa (D) 70 MPa
39. In order to have maximum power from a Pelton turbine, the bucket speed must be
(A) equal to the jet speed
(B) equal to half of the jet speed.
(C) equal to twice the jet speed
(D) independent of the jet speed.
40.A hinged gate of length 5 m, inclined at 30c with the horizontal and with water mass on its
left, is shown in the figure below. Density of water is1000 kg/ m3 . The minimum mass of the
gate in kg per unit width (perpendicular to the plane of paper), required to keep it closed is
(A) 5000
(B) 6600
(C) 7546
(D) 9623
41.An incompressible fluid flows over a flat plate with zero pressure gradient. The boundary
layer thickness is 1 mm at a location where the Reynolds number is 1000. If the velocity of
the fluid alone is increased by a factor of 4, then the boundary layer thickness at the same
location, in mm will be
(A) 4 (B) 2
(C) 0.5 (D) 0.25
42. Figure showsthe schematic for the measurement of velocity of air(density= 1.2
3
kg/ m ) through a constant area duct using a pitot tube and a
3
watertubemanometer. The differential head of water (density = 1000 kg/ m ) in
2
thetwocolumns of the manometer is 10 mm . Take acceleration due to gravity as 9.8 m /s .
The velocity of air in m / s is
(A)6.4 (B)9.0
(C)12.8 (D)25.6
43.For the stability of a floating body, under the influence of gravity alone, which of the
following is TRUE ?
(A) Metacentershould be below centre of gravity.
(B) Metacentershould be above centre of gravity.
(C) Metacenter and centre of gravity must lie on the same horizontal
line.
(D) Metacenter and centre of gravity must lie on the same vertical line.
44. The maximum velocity of a one-dimensional incompressible fully developed viscous
flow, between two fixed parallel plates, is 6 ms-1 . The mean velocity (in ms-1 ) of
the flow is
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5
45. A cylinder contains 5 m3 of an ideal gas at a pressure of 1 bar . This gas is compressed in
a reversible isothermal process till its pressure increases to 5 bar.
The work in kJ required for this process is
(A) 804.7 (B) 953.2
(C) 981.7 (D) 1012.2
46. Specific enthalpy and velocity of steam at inlet and exit of a steam turbine, running
under steady state, are as given below:
The rate of heat loss from the turbine per kg of steam flow rate is 5 kW . Neglecting changes
in potential energy of steam, the power developed in kW by the steam turbine per kg of
steam flow rate is
(A) 901.2 (B) 911.2
(C) 17072.5 (D) 17082.5
47. The pressure, temperature and velocity of air flowing in a pipe are 5 bar , 500 K and 50 m
/ s, respectively. The specific heats of air at constant pressure and at constant volume are
1.005 kJ /kg K and 0.718 kJ /kg K , respectively. Neglect potential energy. If the pressure and
temperature of the surrounding are 1 bar and 300 K, respectively, the available energy in
kJ /kg of the air stream is
(A) 170 (B) 187
(C) 191 (D) 213
Common Data For Q. 48 and 49
Air enters an adiabatic nozzle at 300 kPa , 500 K with a velocity of 10 m / s. It leaves the
nozzle at 100 kPa with a velocity of 180 m / s. The inlet area is 80 cm2. The specific heat of
air cpis 1008 J / kgK.
48. The exit temperature of the air is
(A) 516 K (B) 532 K
(C) 484 K (D) 468 K
49. The exit area of the nozzle in cm2 is
(A) 90.1 (B) 56.3
(C) 4.4 (D) 12.9
50.One kilogram of water at room temperature is brought into contact with a high
temperature thermal reservoir. The entropy change of the universe is
(A) equal to entropy change of the reservoir
(B) The outer radius of the pipe is less than the critical radius.
55. The ratios of the laminar hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness to thermal
boundary layer thickness of flows of two fluids P and Q on a flat plate are 1 / 2 and 2
respectively. The Reynolds number based on the plate length for both the flows is 104. The
Prandtl and Nusselt numbers for P are 1 / 8 and 35 respectively.
The Prandtl and Nusselt numbers for Q are respectively
(A) 8 and 140 (B) 8 and 70
(C) 4 and 40 (D) 4 and 35
56. In simple exponential smoothing forecasting, to give higher weightage to recent demand
information, the smoothing constant must be close to
(A) –1 (B) zero
(C) 0.5 (D) 1.0
57.Which one of the following is NOT a decision taken during the aggregate production
planning stage ?
(A) Scheduling of machines
58.Cars arrive at a service station according to Poisson’s distribution with a mean rate of 5
per hour. The service time per car is exponential with a mean of 10 minutes. At steady state,
the average waiting time in the queue is
(A) 10 minutes (B) 20 minutes
(C) 25 minutes (D) 50 minutes
59. Annual demand for window frames is 10000. Each frame cost Rs. 200 and ordering cost
is Rs. 300 per order. Inventory holding cost is Rs. 40 per frame per year. The supplier is
willing of offer 2% discount if the order quantity is 1000 or more, and 4% if order
quantity is 2000 or more. If the total cost is to be minimized, the retailer should
(A) order 200 frames every time
60.A fillet welded joint is subjected to transverse loading F as shown in the figure. Both legs
of the fillets are of 10 mm size and the weld length is 30 mm . If the allowable shear stress of
the weld is 94 MPa , considering the minimum throat area of the weld, the maximum
allowable transverse load in kN is
62.A lightly loaded full journal bearing has journal diameter of 50 mm, bush bore of
50.05 mm and bush length of 20 mm.If rotational speed of journal is 1200 rpm and
average viscosity of liquid lubricant is 0.03 Pa s, the power loss (in W) will be
(A) 37 (B) 74
(C) 118 (D) 237
63.A bolted joint is shown below. The maximum shear stress, in MPa in the bolts at A and
B , respectively are
(A) 242.6, 42.5
(B) 42.5, 242.6
(C) 42.5, 42.5
(D) 18.75, 343.64
64. A ball bearing operating at a load F has 8000 hours of life. The life of the bearing, in
hours, when the load is doubled to 2F is
(A) 8000 (B) 6000
(C) 4000 (D) 1000
65. A block-brake shown below has a face width of 300 mm and a mean co-efficient
of friction of 0.25. For an activating force of 400 N, the braking torque in Nm is
(A) 30
(B) 40
(C) 45
(D) 60
(A) P-4, Q-3, R-1, S-2 (B) P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-1
(C) P-2, Q-3, R-4, S-1 (D) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3
67.In a rolling process, the state of stress of the material undergoing deformation is
(A) pure compression (B) pure shear
(C) compression and shear (D) tension and shear
68.A steel bar 200 mm in diameter is turned at a feed of 0.25 mm /rev with a depth of
cut of 4 mm . The rotational speed of the workpiece is 160 rpm . The material
removal rate in mm3 /s is
(A) 160 (B) 167.6
(C) 1600 (D) 1675.5
69.During normalizing process of steel, the specimen is heated
(A) between the upper and lower critical temperature and cooled in still
air.
(B) above the upper critical temperature and cooled in furnace.
(C) above the upper critical temperature and cooled in still air.
(D) between the upper and lower critical temperature and cooled in
furnace
70.If a mass of moist air in an airtight vessel is heated to a higher temperature, then
(A) specific humidity of the air increases
72. A moist air sample has dry bulb temperature of 30c C and specific humidity of
11.5 g water vapour per kg dry air. Assume molecular weight of air as 28.93. If the saturation
vapour pressure of water at 30c C is 4.24 kPa and the total pressure is 90 kPa, then the
relative humidity (in %) of air sample is
(A) 50.5 (B) 38.5
(C) 56.5 (D) 68.5
73.Moist air at a pressure of 100 kPa is compressed to 500 kPa and then cooled to 35c C in
an aftercooler. The air at the entry to the aftercooler is unsaturated and becomes just saturated
at the exit of the aftercooler. The saturation pressure of water at 35c C is 5.628 kPa . The
partial pressure of water vapour (in kPa) in the moist air entering the compressor is closest to
(A) 0.57 (B) 1.13
(C) 2.26 (D) 4.52
74. A thin walled spherical shell is subjected to an internal pressure. If the radius of the shell
is increased by 1% and the thickness is reduced by 1%, with the internal pressure remaining
the same, the percentage change in the circumferential (hoop) stress is
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 1.08 (D) 2.02
75.For a long slender column of uniform cross section, the ratio of critical buckling load
for the case with both ends clamped to the case with both the ends hinged is
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 8
76. A column has a rectangular cross-section of 10 # 20 mm and a length of 1 m. The
slenderness ratio of the column is close to
(A) 200 (B) 346
(C) 477 (D) 1000
77. A link OB is rotating with a constant angular velocity of 2 rad /s in counter clockwise
direction and a block is sliding radially outward on it with an uniform velocity of 0.75 m / s
with respect to the rod as shown in the figure. IfOA= 1 m, the magnitude of the absolute
acceleration of the block at location A in m / s2 is
(A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 5 (D) 6
78.A circular solid disc of uniform thickness 20 mm , radius 200 mm and mass 20 kg, is used
as a flywheel. If it rotates at 600 rpm , the kinetic energy of the flywheel, in Joules is
(A) 395 (B) 790
(C) 1580 (D) 3160
79.A mass of 1 kg is attached to two identical springs each with stiffness k = 20 kN / m as
shown in the figure. Under the frictionless conditions, the natural frequency of the system in
Hz is close to
(A) 32 (B) 23
(C) 16 (D) 11