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Silicon in cast iron
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A. makes the iron soft and easily machinable
B. increases hardness and brittleness
C. makes the iron white and hard
D. aids fusibility and fluidity
Correct Answer
makes the iron soft and easily machinable
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1. The process which improves the machinability of steels, but lowers the hardness and tensile strength, is
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A. normalising
B. full annealing
C. process annealing
D. spheroidising
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Correct Answer: spheroidising
2. The malleability is the property of a material due to which it can be rolled or hammered into thin sheets.
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A. Agree
B. Disagree
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Correct Answer: Agree
3. The process used for relieving the internal stresses previously set up in the Metal and for increasing the machinability of steel, is
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A. normalising
B. full annealing
C. process annealing
D. spheroidising
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Correct Answer: process annealing
4. Thermosetting plastics are those materials which
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A. are formed into shape under heat and pressure and results in a permanently hard product
B. do not become hard with the application of heat and pressure and no chemical change occurs
C. are flexible and can withstand considerable wear under suitable conditions
D. are used as a friction lining for clutches and brakes
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Correct Answer: are formed into shape under heat and pressure and results in a permanently hard product
5. The temperature point at which the change ends on heating the steel is called
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A. lower critical point
B. upper critical point
C. point of recalescence
D. point of decalescence
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Correct Answer: upper critical point
6. The delta-iron possesses a body centred cubic space lattice.
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A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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Correct Answer: Correct
7. Which of the following solids are malleable and ductile?
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A. Ionic solids
B. Covalent solids
C. Metallic solids
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: Metallic solids
8. A carbon steel having Brinell hardness number 100 should have ultimate tensile strength closer to
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A. 100 N/mm
2
B. 200 N/mm
2
C. 350 N/mm
2
D. 1000 N/mm
2
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Correct Answer: 350 N/mm
2
9. The nuts and bolts are made from silicon steel.
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A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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Correct Answer: Incorrect
10. The essential constituent of a hardened steel is
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A. pearlite
B. austenite
C. martensite
D. troostite
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Correct Answer: martensite
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