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Question
Mechanical efficiency of a centrifugal pump is the ratio of
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A. energy available at the impeller to the energy supplied to the pump by the prime mover
B. actual workdone by the pump to the energy supplied to the pump by the prime mover
C. energy supplied to the pump to the energy available at the impeller
D. manometric head to the energy supplied by the impeller per kN of water
Correct Answer
energy available at the impeller to the energy supplied to the pump by the prime mover
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1. When the grinding wheel is marked by the letters from
I
to
P
, it indicates that the grinding wheel is of hard grade.
Options
A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: False
2. The cylinder of a gas engine is made __________ than that of the petrol engine.
Options
A. smaller
B. larger
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Correct Answer: larger
3. The velocity ratio for the first system of pulleys is(where
n
is the number of pulleys.)
Options
A.
n
B.
n
2
C. 2
n
D. 2
n
- 1
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Correct Answer: 2
n
4. Which of the following statement is correct?
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A. The algebraic sum of the forces, constituting the couple is zero.
B. The algebraic sum of the forces, constituting the couple, about any point is the same.
C. A couple cannot be balanced by a single force but can be balanced only by a couple of opposite sense.
D. all of the above
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Correct Answer: all of the above
5. When a train is rounding a curve, the side thrust on the wheel flanges is prevented by raising the outer edge of the rail.
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A. Yes
B. No
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Correct Answer: Yes
6. A body of mass
m
moving with a constant velocity
v
strikes another body of same mass
m
moving with same velocity but in opposite direction. The common velocity of both the bodies after collision is
Options
A.
v
B. 2
v
C. 4
v
D. 8
v
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Correct Answer: 2
v
7. A machine having an efficiency less than 50%, is known as
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A. reversible machine
B. non-reversible machine
C. neither reversible nor non-reversible machine
D. ideal machine
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Correct Answer: non-reversible machine
8. Moment of inertia of a hollow rectangular section as shown in the below figure about
Y
-
Y
axis, is not the same as that about
X
-
X
axis.
Options
A. Yes
B. No
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Correct Answer: Yes
9. One joule means that
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A. work is done by a force of 1 N when it displaces a body through 1m
B. work is done by a force of 1 kg when it displaces a body through 1 m
C. work is done by a force of 1 dyne when it displaces a body through 1 cm
D. work is done by a force of 1 g when it displaces a body through 1 cm
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Correct Answer: work is done by a force of 1 N when it displaces a body through 1m
10. One kg of carbon requires 4/3 kg of oxygen and produces __________ kg of carbon monoxide gas.
Options
A. 8/3
B. 11/3
C. 11/7
D. 7/3
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Correct Answer: 7/3
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