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  • An aluminium alloy with 11% silicon is used for making engine pistons by die casting technique.


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  • A. Yes
  • B. No

  • Correct Answer
  • Yes 


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    • 1. The alloying element which can replace tungsten in high speed steels is

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    • A. nickel
    • B. vanadium
    • C. cobalt
    • D. molybdenum
    • Discuss
    • 2. The blade of a power saw is made of

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    • A. boron steel
    • B. high speed steel
    • C. stainless steel
    • D. malleable cast iron
    • Discuss
    • 3. The aluminium alloy, mainly used, for anodized utensil manufacture, is

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    • A. duralumin
    • B. Y-alloy
    • C. magnalium
    • D. hindalium
    • Discuss
    • 4. The machinability of steel is improved by adding

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    • A. nickel
    • B. chromium
    • C. nickel and chromium
    • D. sulphur, lead and phosphorus
    • Discuss
    • 5. Combined carbon in iron makes the metal

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    • A. soft and gives coarse grained crystalline structure
    • B. soft and gives a fine grained crystalline structure
    • C. hard and gives a coarse grained crystalline structure
    • D. hard and gives a fine grained crystalline structure
    • Discuss
    • 6. The ability of a material to undergo large permanent deformation with the application of a tensile force, is called ductility.

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    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
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    • 7. The brown smoke during the operation of a bessemer Converter indicates that the

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    • A. air is burning out silicon and managanese
    • B. silicon and manganese has burnt and carbon has started oxidising
    • C. the converter must be titled to remove the contents of the converter
    • D. the brown smoke does not occur during the operation of a bessemer converter
    • Discuss
    • 8. Pearlite consists of

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    • A. 13% carbon and 87% ferrite
    • B. 13% cementite and 87% ferrite
    • C. 13% ferrite and 87% cementite
    • D. 6.67% carbon and 93.33% iron
    • Discuss
    • 9. The carbon in the pig iron varies from

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    • A. 0.1 to 0.5%
    • B. 0.5 to 1%
    • C. 1 to 5%
    • D. 5 to 10%
    • Discuss
    • 10. Induction hardening is basically a

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    • A. carburising process
    • B. surface hardening process
    • C. core-hardening process
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss


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