2010 Me ME ; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Durations: Theee Hours Maximum Marks: $00 Read the followit 4. 9 10. aL em 13, i instructions carefully. This question paper contains 16 pages including blank pages for rough work. Please check al pages and report discrepancy, if any. Write your registration number, your name and name of the examination centre at the specified locations on whe right half of te Optical Response Sheet (ORS). Using HB pencil, darken the appropriate bubble under cach digit of your registration number and the letters corresponding to your paper code. All questions in this paper aze of objective (ype, Questions must be answered on the ORS by darkening the appropriate bubble {marked A, B,C, D) using HB pencil against the question number on the left hand side of the ORS. Far each question darken the bubble of the correct answer. in caso you wish fo change an answer, erase the old answer completely. More than one answer bubbled agsinst a question will be treated #5 an incorrect response. There are a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks. ‘Questions Q.1 ~ Q.25 will carry L-mark each, and questions Q.26~ Q.55 will carry 2-marks each. Questions Q.48 — Q.51 (2 pairs) are common data questions and question pairs (Q.52, Q.53} and (Q.54, Q.55) are linked answer questions. The answer ta the second question of the linked answer questions depends on the answer to the first question of the pair. If the first question in the linked pair is wrongly answered or is wo-attempted, then the answet ¢o the second question in the pair will mot be evaluated. ‘Questions Q.56 ~ Q.65 belong to General Aptitude (GA). Questions @.56 - Q.60 will carry I-mark each, and questions Q.61 — Q.65 will carry 2-marks each, The GA questions will begin on a fresh page starting from page 11. Un-attempted questions will carry zero marks. Wrong answers will eany NEGATIVE marks. For Q.1 — Q.25 and Q.56— Q.60, % mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. For Q.26~- Q.51 and Q.61 ~ 0.65, % mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. The question pairs (52, Q.53). and (Q.54, 0.55) are questions with linked answers. There will be negative marks ouly for wrong answer to the first question of the lisked answer question pair ic. for Q.52 and Q.54. % mark will be deducted for each wroag answer. There is no negative marking for Q.53 and Q.55. Calculator (without data comectivity) is allowed in the examination hall. Charts, graph sheets or tables are NOT allowed in she examination hall, Rough work can be done on the question paper itself, Addicionally. blank pages are provided at the end of the question paper for rough work. ule SEAL2010 Me Q.1 - Q.25 carry one mark each. Ql Q2 Q3 Q4 Qs Q6 Q7 QR Qo ME The parabolic arc y=Vx, 1¢x42 is revolved around the x-axis. The volume of the solid of revolution is (A) tA (8) #72 (©) ania (D) 32/2 The Blasius equation, &L ay (A) second order nonlinear ordinary differential equation (B) third order nonlinear ordinary differential equation {C) third order linear ordinary differential equation {D) mixed order nonlinesr ordinary differential equation ae Theale ofeeintgrt f-Ssi (A -7 {B) -a/2 (C) af? iD) x Beat 1-2 The mahi the complex mb ws Qs (C) LN (D) 5 ‘The function y =|2~3x} (A) is continuous W xe A and differentiable V xe R (B) is continuous V x€ R and differentiable V xe R except at (Chis continuous V xe R and differentiable v xe R except at x @)is continuous Wx€ R except at x = 3 and differentiable V xe R v2 3 Mobility of a statically indeterminate structure is {Als «By0 ol D)22 ‘Tnare are two points P and Q on a planar rigid body. The relative velocity between the two points (A) should always be along PQ (B) can be oriented along any direction (C) should always be perpendicular to PQ (©) should be along QP when the body undergoes pure translation The state of plane-stress at a point is given by @, = -200MPa, o, ‘The maximum shear stress (in MPa) is (ayia (B) 150 (©1803 ©) 233.6 Which of the fotlowing statements is INCORRECT 100 MPa and r,, =100 MPa. (A) Grashof's rule states that for a planar crank-rocker four bar mechanism, the sum of the shortest and longest [ink lengths cannot be less than the sum of the remaining two Sink lengths. (B) Inversions of a mechanism are crcated by fining different links one at a time. (©) Geneva mechanism is an intermittent motion device. (D) Grne'ler’s criterion assumes mobitity of a planar mechanism to be one me2010 Q.10 Qu Quz Qu3 Quis Quis 16 Qi7 Que Qs ME ME The natural frequency of 2 spring-mass system on earth is «,. The natural frequency of this system on the M000 f aun = Srna 168 Ae, 1B) 0.408, (C)0204a, (D)0.1674, Tooth interference in an external involute spor gear pair ean be reduced by (A) decreasing center distance between gear pair (B) decreasing module (©) decreasing pressure angle (D) increasing number of gear tech For the stability of a floating body, under the influeace of gravity alone, which of the following is TRUE? (A) Metacentie should be below centre of gravity, (B) Metacentre should be abave centre of gravity. (©) Metacentre and centre of gravity must lie on the. same horizontal line. (D) Metaceatre and cent of gravity must lie on the same vertical line. ‘The maximum velocity of a one-dimensional Incompressible fully developed viscous flow, between two fixed parallel plates, is 6 ms"'. The mean velocity (in ms"! )of the flow is (az (B)3 a os A phenomenon is modeled using n dimensional variables with & primary dimensions. The number of non-dimensional variables is (Ak (Bn Ca-k (D) atk A turbocharged four-stroke direct injection diesel engine has a displacement volume of 0.0259m' (25.9iitres). The engine has an output of 9SOKW atZ200cpm. The mean cffective pressure (in MPu)is closest to (az )1 02 Mor (One kilogram of water at room temperature is brought inte contact with a reservoir. The entropy change of the universe is temperawure thermal (A) equal to entropy change of the reservoir (B) equal to entropy change of water (Chequal to zero (D) always positive A hydraulic turbine develops 1000kW power for a head of 40m. If the head is reduced 10 20m, the power developed (in KW )is (ITT (8) 354 (2300 (py 707 ‘The material property which depends only on the basic crystal structore is (A) fatigue strength (B) work hardening (C) fractmre stengih (D) elastic constant In a gating system, the ratio 1: 2:4 represents (A) spme base area : suaner area ; ingate area (B) pouring basin area : ingate area : runner area (C) sprue base aren: ingate area : casting area (D) ranner areut: ingate area : casting area aeaaa Me 0.20 A shaft has a dimension, 935°". The respective values of fundamental deviation and tolerance are (A) 0.025, 20.008 (B) -0.025.0.016 — (C)0.009, «9.008 ¢D) -0.009, 0.016 Q21_ [n aCNC program block, NOO2 G02 GP1 X40 240... GO2 and GOI referte (A) circular interpolation in counterclockwise direction and incremental diraension {B) circular interpolation in counterclockwise direction and absolute dimension 10) citcular interpolation in clockwise direction and incremental dimension {D} circular incerpolation ia clockwise direction and absolute dimension Q22 The dermand and forecast for February are 12000 and 10275, respectively. Using single exponential smoothening method (stoothening coefficient = 0.25), forecast for the month of March is (A) 431 (8) 9587 (©) 10706 (D) 11000 Q.23 _Little’s law is a relationship between (A) stock level and lead time in an inventory system (B) waiting time and length of the queue in a queuing system t© number of machines and job due dates in a scheduling problem {D) uncertainty in the activity time and project completion time Q24 Vehicle manufacturing assembly line is an example of (A) product layout —(B) process layout’ © (C) manuaf layout (D) fixed layout Q25 Simplex method of solving linear programming problem uses (A) all the points in the feasible region (B) only the comer points of the feasible region (C) intermediate points within the infeasible region (D) only the interior poitts in the feasible region Q.26 - 0.55 carry two marks each. Note: All length dimensions shown in the figures are in mm (unless otherwise specified). Figures are not drawn to scale. 0.26 Torque exerted on a flywheel over a cycle is listed in the table. Flywheel energy (in J per unit cycle ) using Simpson's rule is ‘Angle (egies) o | « [i270 180 240 200 360. Torque (Nm) o_ | 106s | -323 a 324 355 o (ay saz (3) 993 coy saa {D) 1986 2 27 One ofthe eigen veciors of the matrix A=|_> 3] is 2 2 4 1 (al Bi ¢ if « fi © {f] ) {\} Q.28 Velocity vector of a flow field is given as V = day — 7}. The vorticity vector at (1, 3, 1) (ay PF tb) 4B -& Cy E47 4b) P= 4k ME ae2010, 0.29 0.30 ME. ‘The Laplace transform of a function (0) The function f(ti is Pye +) (A) r-Lte" (By rtl+e" (Cy -Lte™ Date A box contains 2 washers, 3 nuts and 4 bolts. Ttems are drawn from the box at random one at a time without replacement. The probability of drawing 2 washers first Followed by 3 nuts and subsequently the 4 bolls is (Ay 2315, (B) 1/630 (Cy 1/1260 (D) 3520 QL A band brake having bond-width of 80 mm, drum diameter of 250 mm, coefficient of friction of 0.25 and angle of wrap of 270 degrees is required to exert a friction torque of 1000 Nm, The maximum tension (in KN) developed in the band is (A) 1.88 (B)3.56 6r (D) 11.56 Q.32 A bracket (shown in figure) is rigidly mounted on wall asing four rivets. Each rivet is 6 min in diameter and has an effective iength of 12 mm. bot 12-4 — 40 — 112 > Direct shear stress {in MPa) in the most heavily loaded rivetis, asa (8) 88 176 (Dy 352 33 A mass m attached (0 a spring is subjected to a harmonic force as shown in figure. The amplitude of the forced motion is observed to be 50 mm. The value of min kg) is [-* F(t} =100 cos(i00 t) N (01 (8)1.0 03 wias ve me2010 Me Q34 For the epicyclic gear arrangement shown in the figure, a, = 100 rad/s clockwise (CW) and 0.35 036 Qy Gq = 80 radis counter clockwise (CCW), The angular velocity «(in rad/s) is N,= Number of teeth for gear i Nz=20 TT N3= 24 3 415 Ny=32 Ns = 80 (AG (By70CW «© 140. CCW (D) 140 CW A lightly loaded full jourtal bearing has journal diameter of 50 mm, bush bore of $0.05 mm and bush length of 20 mm. If rotational speed of journal is 1200 rpm and average viscosity of liquid Jubricant is 9.03 Pa s. the power loss (in W) will be (ay37 (B74 cue 237 ‘of Tink AB is 10 rad/s counterclockwise, The of slider B with respect to rigid link CD is For the configuration shown, the angular velocit ‘magnitude of the relative sliding velocity (in ms D AB =250 BC = 25093 AC = 500 tayo (8) 0.86 (Cy 125 (p)2.50 A smooth pipe of digmeter 200 mm carries water. The pressure in the pipe at section $ (elevation: 10m ) is 50 kPa - At section $2 (elevation: 12m ) the pressure is 20 kPa and velocity is 2 ms™ Density of water is 1000 kgm” and acceleration due 10 gravity is 9.8 ms“. Which of the following is TRUE {A) flow is from $1 10.82 and head foss is 0.53 m (B) flow is from $2 to $1 snd head loss is 0.53 m {© flow is from 51 to S2 and head loss 4s 7.06 m {D) flow is from S2 to $1 and head loss is 1.06 m NE wis2010 ME Q.38 Match the following P: Compressibie flow | U: Reynolds number Q:Free surface flow | V: Nusselt number : Boundary layer flow | W: Weber wumber S: Pipe flow’ X: Froude aumber T: Heat conection | Yi Mach number Z: Skin friction coefficient {A} P-Us OX: RV; SZ TW (B) PW; Q-X: R-Z: S-U: (COPY. OW: RZ: SU; (D} PY; QW: R-Z: SU; TV Q39 A monoatomic ideal gas (71.67, molecular weight = 40) is compressed adiabatically from 0.1MPa, 300K to 0.2MPa. The universal gas constant is 8.314kIkmol"' K”. The work of compression of the gas (in k} kg") is (ay29.7 (8) 19.9 © 33 (Do 0.40. Consider the follwing two processes. & A heat source at 200K loses 2500KI of heat to a sink at 800K b. A heat source at 800K loses 20001) of heat to sink at 500K Which of the following statements is true? (A) Process | is more irreversible than Process IT (B) Process Il is more irreversible than Process [ (C) Ieveversibility associated in bau: the processes are equal (D) Both the processes are reversible Q41 A fin has S mm diameter and 100 mmiength. The thermal conductivity of fin material is 400 Wm"! K-?, One end of the fin is maintained at 130°C and its remaining surface is exposed to ambient air at 30°C . If the convective heat transfer coefficient is 40Wm™* K™ the heat loss tin W) from the fin is (A) 0.08 B50 (270 (78 9.42 A moist aic sample has dry bulb texaperature of 30°C: and specific humidity of 11.5 g water vapour por kg dry air. Assume molecular weight of sir as 28.93. If the saturation vapour pressure of water +, al 30°C is 4.24 KPa and the total pressure is 90 kPa , then the relative humidity ¢in %) of air sample is (a) 50.5 (8) 38.5 (©) 56.5 Dy68.s Q.43 Two pipes of inner diameter 100 nim and ouler diameter 11@ mm cach are joined by Mash-butt welding using 30 Vpower supply. At the interface, 1 mumof material melts from each pipe which hag a resistance of 42.40. If the unit melt energy is 64.4MJ m™, then time required for welding, (insdis (aye «ws «uo 4D)20 Qu4 Kor tool A, Taylor's too) life exponent (n) is 0.45 and constant {K) is 99. Similarly for tool B, t= 0.3 and K= 60, The cuning speed (in tv/min) above which too! A will have a higher tool life than tool B is (4267 (B) 42.5 (C)80.7 (D) 142.9 HE wiem0 45 46 47 ve A taper hole is inspected using a CMM, with a probe of 2 mm diameter. At a height. Z= 10mm from the bottom, 5 points are touched and a diameter of circle (not compensated for probe size) is obtained as 20 mm. Similarly, a 40mm diameter is obtained al a height Z= 40mm. The smaller diameter (in mm) of hale at Z = Oi (A) 13.334 «BY 15.334 (Cp 15.442 ) 15.542 Annual demand for window frames is 10000. Each frame costs Rs. 200 and ordering cost is Rs. 300 Per order. Inventery holding cost is Rs. 40 per frame per year. The supplier is willing to offer 2% discount if the order quantity is 1000 or more, and 4% if order quantity is 2000 or more. Ifthe total cost is to be minimized, the retailer should (A) order 200 frames every time {B) accept 2% discount (©) accept 4% discount (D) order Economic Order Quantity ‘The project activities, precedence relationships and durations are described in the table, ‘The critical path of the praject is Activity Precedence ‘Duration {in days) P : 3 g > + R P 3 S Q 3 Tr RS 7 uv RS 3 ¥ T 2 Ww uU 10 (APRTY (B) Q-S-T-¥ COPRUW OQs-uw NE wie200 Me Common Data Questions Common Data for Questions 48 and 49: In a steam power plant operating on the Rankine cycle, steam enters the wrbine at 4MPs, 350°C and exits ata pressure of 15 KPa, Then it enters the condenser and exits as saturated water. Next, a purnp feeds back the water 10 the boiler. The adiabatic efficiency of the turbine is 90%. The thermodynamic states of ‘water and steam are given in the table. Sa Kd ke) s (ki kg” K") vem’ kg") ‘Steam:4MPa, 350°C 3092.5 65821 0.06645 Be 8, % 5 vi ‘ Water: 15 kPa 725.94 | 2599.1 | 07549 | 80085 [oonola[ 1002 his specific enthalpy, 5 is specific entropy and v the specific volume; subscripts f and gdenote saturated Jiqitid state and saturated vapour state, Q48 The net work output (k) kg } of the cycle is (Aye (By 775, (860 957 Q49 Heat supplied (kJkg™) to the cycle is (2372 (B) 2576 (©) 2883 (D) 3092 ‘Common Data for Questions 50 and $1. Four jobs are to be processed on a machine as per data listed in the table. Tob [Processing time Gn days) | Due date 1 4 6 2 i 9 3 2 19 4 # iF Q.S0__ If the Earliest Due Date (EDD) role is used to sequence the jobs, the number of jobs delayed is (AL (B)2 3 (ya 51 Using the Shortest Processing Time (SPT) rule, toval tardiness is (AO (B)2 Oe Ms ME on6so me Linked Answer Questions Statement for Linked Answer Questions 52 and A massless beam has a loading patiem as shown in the figure. The beam is of reclangular cross-section ‘with a width of 30 mm and height of 100 mm. 3000 Nm” A c | 2000 2000 Q52_ The maximum bending moment occurs at (A) Location B (B) 2675 mm tothe right of A (C) 2500 mam to the right of A (DD) 3225 mm to the right oF A Q.53 The maximum magnitude of bending stress (in MPa) is given by (A) 60.6 BOS (200.0 ()) 225.0 Statement for Linked Answer Questions $4 and 55: In shear cutting operation, a sheet of S mm thickness is cut along a length of 200 mm, The cutting blade 3s 400 mm fone {See figure) and zero-shear (S = 0) is provided on the edge. The ultimte shear strength of the sheet is 100 MPa and penetration to thickness ratio is 2. Neglect friction, t Q54 Assuming force vs displacement curve to be rectangular, the work done (in J} is, (A100 «B) 200 (cy250. (D) 300 Q55._A shear of 20 mum (S = 20 mi) is now provided on the blads. Assuming force ¥s displacement curve to be trapezoidal, the maximum force (in kN) exerted is (ay 5. By 10 «20 (Dye WE was200 Me General Aptitude (GA) Questions Q.56 - 56 Qst Qe Qs Qo Q61~ Qel Q.60 carry one mark each. 25 persons are in = room, 15 of them play hockey. 17 of them play football and 10 of them play both hockey and football, Then the number of persons playing neither hockey nor football is: tA)? (BIT (C) 13 D3 Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below 10 complete the following sentence: If we manage to ‘our natural resources, we would leave a better planet for our children. (A) uphold (B) restrain (C) cherish (Dp conserve The question below consists af a pair of related words followed by four pairs of words. Select the pair that best expresses the relation in ike original pair. ‘Unemployed : Worker (A) fallow: land (B) unaware : sleoper (C) wit: jester (D) renovated : house Which of the folowing options is the claseat in meaning to the word below: Circuitous (A) cyclic B) indiceet i) confusing {D) crooked Choose the most appropriaie word from she options given helow to complete the following sentence: His rather casual remarks on politics his lack of seriousness about the subject. (A) masked (B) belied (©) betrayed (D) suppressed Q.65 carcy two marks euch. Hari (H), Gita (G), Irfan (1) and Saira (S) are siblings (.e. brothers and sisters), All were born on 1* January. The age difference between any (wo successive siblings (thal is bom one after another) is less than 3 years. Given the following facts i, Hari's age + Gita’s age > Irfan’s ape + Saira’s age. ii. ‘The age difference between Gita and Saira is ] year. However, Gita is not the oldest and Saira is not the youngest. iii There are no twins, Tn what order were they bern (oldest first)? (A) HSIG. (8) SGiEE (C1 1GSH «D) TSG ME Tae20 Me Q62 5 skilled workers can build a wail 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 Q63 Modern warfare has changed rom large scale clashes of armies to suppression of civilian populations. Chemical agents that do their work silently appear to be to such warfare; ‘and regretfully, there exist people in military establishments who think that chemical ageats are useful tools for their cause. Which of the following statements best sums up the meaning of the above passage: (A) Modem wartare inas resulted in civil strife. (B) Chemical agents are useful in modern warfare. (C) Use of chemical agents in warfare would be undesirable. (D) People in military establishments like to use chemical agents in war. Q64 Given digits 2, 2,3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 bow many distinct 4 digit numbers greater than 3000 can be formed? (Aso @)s1 © 2 «D) 54 Q.65 If 137+ 276 = 435 how much is 731 + 6727 (A) 534 By 403 (©) 1623 © 63 END OF THE QUESTION PAPER We 16mio Space for Rough Work ME HeSpace for Rough Work Tae2010 ME Space for Rough Work aE Tae2010 Space for Rough Work ne