Consider the following motions :
1. Piston reciprocating inside an engine cylinder
2. Motion of a shaft between foot-step bearings
Which of the above can rightly be considered as successfully constrained motion?

A rotor weighing 2 kN is supported on bearings A and B which are 1 m apart. The centre of mass of the rotor is at a distance 0.4 m from bearing A. It is observed that there is an unbalanced couple of magnitude 300 N-m which leaves the shaft balanced statically.The dynamic reactions at the supports will be

A cam is a mechanical member used to impart a desired motion to a follower by direct contact. Which one of the under-listed follower motion types will produce the least jerk to the system?

In a circular are cam with a roller follower, acceleration of the follower depends on
1. cam speed and location of centre of circular arc
2. roller diameter and radius of circular arc
Which of the above is/are correct?

A manufacturing company is selling a product for 15 per unit with variable cost of  10 per unit. The fixed cost of the asset is 50,000. How many units should be produced to breakeven?

Hot wire anemometer is used to measure_______________?

A gear of 28 cm pitch circle diameter has 40 teeth. The circular pitch will nearly be

Consider the following statements regarding gear tooth designing for gear drive :
1. Tooth profiles not designed as per ‘law of gearing’ will cause vibration and impact problems even at low speed.
2. As the gears go through their mesh, the pitch point must remain stationary on the line of centres.
3. In a correctly designed tooth profile, the line of action of successive instantaneous points of contact will pass through the stationary pitch point.
Which of the above statements are correct?

The flywheel of a steam engine has a radius of gyration of 1 m and mass 2000 kg. The starting torque of the engine is 2000 N-m. The kinetic energy of the flywheel after 10 seconds from start is

Consider two shafts connected with two gears as per the following options :
1. One on each shaft.
2. Through an intermediate gear mounted on an intermediate shaft, and every shaft having one gear only.
3. Through an intermediate gear mounted on an intermediate shaft having two gears, whereas the other shafts have one gear each
Which of the above represent(s) a simple gear train?

A spherical waterdrop of 1 mm in diameter splits up in air into 64 smaller drops of equal size. The surface tension coefficient of water in air is 0.073 N/m. The work required in splitting up the drop is

Consider the following statements pertaining to stability of floating bodies:
1. A floating body will be stable when the centre of gravity is above the centre of buoyancy.
2. The position of metacentres corresponding to different axes of rotation are generally different for the same floating object.
3. For cargo ships, the metacentric height varies with loading.
Which of the above statements are correct?

Water is coming out from a tap and falls vertically downwards. At the tap opening, the stream diameter is 20 mm with uniform velocity of 2 m/s. Assuming steady inviscid flow, constant pressure atmosphere everywhere, and neglecting curvature and surface tension effects, the diameter of the stream 0.5 m below the tap opening is nearly

Consider the following statements:
1. At low Reynolds numbers of any flow, viscous forces dominate over inertial forces.
2. Transition from laminar to turbulent flow occurs over a range of Reynolds numbers depending on the surface presented to the flow.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

In a steady laminar flow of a given discharge through a circular pipe of diameter D, the head loss is proportional to

The centre-line velocity in a pipe flow is 2m/s. What is the average flow velocity in the pipe if the Reynolds number of the flow is 800?

During a constant pressure expansion of a gas, 33.3% heat is converted into work while the temperature rises by 20 K. The specific heat of the gas at constant pressure as a proportion of work, W is

A system of 100 kg mass undergoes a process in which its specific entropy increases from 0.3 kJ/kg K to 0.4 kJ/kg K. At the same time, the entropy of the surroundings decreases from 80 kJ/kg K to 75 kJ/kg K. The process is

A reversible heat engine rejects 80% of the heat supplied during a cycle of operation. If the engine is reversed and operates as a refrigerator, then its coefficient of performance shall be

For the same efficiency of the Brayton cycle and the Carnot cycle working between temperature limits of T_max and T_min, the power contribution of the Brayton cycle will be

A fin will be more effective when Bio number is

A tank of length, breadth and height in the ratio of 2:1:2 is full of water. The ratio of hydrostatic force at the bottom to that at any larger vertical surface is

Which of the following fluids exhibit a certain shear stress at zero shear strain rate followed by a straight line relationship between shear stress and shear strain rate?

What is the specific gravity of a marble stone, which weighs 400N in air, and 200N in water? (g=10m/s²)

What is the intensity of pressure in the following SI units, when specific gravity of mercury is 13.6 and the intensity of pressure is 400KPa ?

Consider the following statements:
1.If a small upward displacement is given to a floating body, it results in the reduction of the buoyant force acting on the body
2.A slight horizontal displacement does not change either the magnitude or the location of the buoyant force 
Which of the above statements is/are correct? 

State whether following flow field is physically possible? 

In a differential manometer, a head of 0.5 m of fluid A in limb 1 is found to balance a head of 0.3 m of fluid B in limb 2. The atmospheric pressure is 760 mm of mercury. The ratio of specific gravities of A to B is

On which of the following just in time manufacturing philosophy emphasizes ?

If a submerged body displaced from its equilibrium position, returns to its original position, it is called __________.

In a flow measurement, a venturi meter is preferred over an orifice plate because _____.

Pitot tube measures ______.

Which of the following is not a property of an ideal fluid ?

Nozzle used in steam turbines convert ________.

Which of the following assumptions is the most relevant in air-standard cycle analysis ?

The modern Francis turbine is a ___________flow turbine .

Variation of stress with strain rate for a Newtonian fluid is ______ .

Which of the following is NOT a part of refrigeration systems ?

Which of the following is NOT an intensive property ?

Which of the following does NOT represent a unit of viscosity ?

__________ in the fuel is oxidised during knocking .

_________ is defined as the ability of a material to resist deformation under action of an external load .

Draught is produced in locomotive boilers by which of the following components ?

For a steady flow, the value of all fluid properties at any fixed point _________ .

For a floating body, if the metacentre is below the centre of gravity, then the body is said to be __________ equilibrium .

________ is useful for measuring flow of a conducting fluid .

A two- stroke engine consists of ________ port (s)

Air Cooling is mostly preferred for _________ .

_______ valves are provided in reciprocating compressors .

Benson boiler have ______ water drum (s)

_________ is used for pumping water into a boilers .

The function of a carburetor in internal combustion engines is :

The device which transfers energy from the ______ to _____ the is known as hydraulic turbine .

The flash chamber in the single stage VCR cycle serves to ________ .

Define thermodynamics .

Which of the following statements is correct about a Benson boiler ?

Within a refrigeration system, the expansion valve is incorporated between the ________ .

The reversed ______ cycle employed for passenger aircraft systems . 

Fusible plug in a steam boiler is placed ______ .

Aqua ammonia solution used in a vapour absorption refrigeration system is a solution of ammonia in ________ .

Coated electrodes are used in ______ .

Where is air cycle refrigeration commonly used ?

________, is not a water tube boiler .

Stoke is another unit of -

For a refrigerating machine, capacity is expressed as ______ .

The value of quality or dryness fraction of a substance in saturated liquid-vapor mixture is ________ .

Uniform flow is the type of flow where in velocity at any given time ________- with respect to space .

______ falls under the category of a water tube boiler .

Chaplets are used in ________ .