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  • The steering of a ship means


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  • A. movement of a complete ship up and down in vertical plane about transverse axis
  • B. turning of a complete ship in a curve towards right or left, while it moves forward
  • C. rolling of a complete ship side-ways
  • D. none of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • turning of a complete ship in a curve towards right or left, while it moves forward 

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    • 1. For a twin cylinder V-engine, the crank positions for primary reverse cranks and secondary direct cranks are shown in the below figure. The engine is a

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    • A. 30° V-engine
    • B. 60° V-engine
    • C. 120° V-engine
    • D. 150° V-engine
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    • 2. The rotor of a ship rotates in clockwise direction when viewed from stern and the ship takes a right turn. The effect of gyroscopic couple acting on it will be to raise the stern and lower the bow.

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
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    • 3. For high speed engines, the cam follower should move with

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    • A. uniform velocity
    • B. simple harmonic motion
    • C. uniform acceleration and retardation
    • D. cycloidal motion
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    • 4. In vibration isolation system, the transmissibility will be equal to unity, for all values of damping factor, if ?/?n is

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    • A. equal to one
    • B. equal to 2
    • C. less than 2
    • D. greater than 2
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    • 5. When a body moves with simple harmonic motion, the product of its periodic time and frequency is equal to

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    • A. zero
    • B. one
    • C. ?/2
    • D. ?
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    • 6. The radial distance of a tooth from the pitch circle to the bottom of the tooth is called

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    • A. dedendum
    • B. addendum
    • C. clearance
    • D. working depth
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    • 7. When the axes of the shafts, over which the gears are mounted, move relative to a fixed axis, then the train is known as reverted gear train.

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    • A. Right
    • B. Wrong
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    • 8. The partial balancing of reciprocating parts in locomotives produces

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    • A. hammer blow
    • B. swaying couple
    • C. variation in tractive force along the line of stroke
    • D. all of the above
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    • 9. The cam follower generally used in automobile engines is

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    • A. knife edge follower
    • B. fiat faced follower
    • C. spherical faced follower
    • D. roller follower
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    • 10. The gears are termed as medium velocity gears, if their peripheral velocity is

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    • A. 1 - 3 m/s
    • B. 3 - 15 m/s
    • C. 15 - 30 m/s
    • D. 30 - 50 m/s
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