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  • Silicon is added in low carbon steels to


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  • A. make the steel tougher and harder
  • B. make the steel of good bending qualities
  • C. raise the yield point
  • D. all of these

  • Correct Answer
  • make the steel tougher and harder 


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    • 1. Steel containing upto 0.15% carbon, is known as

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    • A. mild steel
    • B. dead mild steel
    • C. medium carbon steel
    • D. high carbon steel
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    • 2. In high speed steels, vanadium adds to the property of red hardness and tungsten and chromium add to high wear resistance.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 3. In a crystalline material, atoms are arranged in definite and orderly manner and form.

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    • A. Agree
    • B. Disagree
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    • 4. When a steel containing more than 0.8% carbon is cooled slowly below the lower critical point, it consists of

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    • A. mainly pearlite
    • B. mainly ferrite
    • C. ferrite and pearlite
    • D. pearlite and cementite
    • Discuss
    • 5. Babbit metal contains

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    • A. 50% tin and 50% antimony
    • B. 66% tin, 30% copper and 4% antimony
    • C. 88% tin, 4% copper and 8% antimony
    • D. 92% tin, 6% copper and 2% antimony
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following material has maximum malleability?

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    • A. Lead
    • B. Soft steel
    • C. Wrought iron
    • D. Copper
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    • 7. Which of the following iron exists at 910° C?

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    • A. ?-iron
    • B. ?-iron
    • C. ?-iron
    • D. ?-iron
    • Discuss
    • 8. The austenitic stainless steel contains

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    • A. 18% chromium and 8% nickel
    • B. 8% chromium and 18% nickel
    • C. 14% chromium and 0.35% carbon
    • D. 14% nickel and 0.35% carbon
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    • 9. Which of the following is a mesomorphous material?

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    • A. Mica
    • B. Silver
    • C. Lead
    • D. Brass
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    • 10. In a face centred cubic space lattice, there are

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    • A. nine atoms out of which eight atoms are located at the corners of the cube and one atom at its centre
    • B. fourteen atoms out of which eight atoms are located at the corners of the cube and six atoms at the centres of six faces
    • C. seventeen atoms out of which twelve atoms are located at the twelve corners of the hexagonal prism, one atom at the centre of each of the two hexagonal faces and three atoms are symmetrically arranged in the body of the cell
    • D. none of the above
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