2012

PART 02 BASIC ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES

(Common to all candidates) (Answer ALL questions)
31. A weight of 3000 N is supported by two chains as shown in Fig. below. Then Tl and T2 are respectively given by 35. A flywheel is rotating at 200 rpm and after 10 seconds it is rotating at 160 rpm. If the retardation is uniform, the retardation of the flywheel before coming to rest is 1) 0.42 r/s2 2) 0.42 r/s2 3) 0.84 r/s2 4) 0.84 r/s2 36. If cyclic
dQ >0, the cycle is T 1) reversible 2) irreversible 3) impossible 4) none of the above

1) 3000 N and 2598 N 2) 2598 N and 3000 N 3) 1500 N and 2598 N 4) 2598 N and 1500 N 32. A ball of weight 120 N rests in a right angled groove as shown in Fig. The sides of the groove are inclined at an angle of 30 and 60" to the horizontal If all the surfaces are smooth, the reaction R A is given by

37. The amount of heat isothermal condition 1) temperature rise 3) increasing internal energy

added to a gas under is used for 2) doing external work 4) all of the above

38. A centrifugal fan forms 1) closed system 2) open system 3) isolated system 4) none of the above 39. In a reversible adiabatic process, the ratio of T 1 / T 2 is equal to
p1 1) p2
1

p2 2) p1

v1 3) v2

v2 4) v1

1) 60 N 3) 30 N

2) 120 N 4) 103.92 N

40. Internal energy of an ideal gas is a function of 1) temperature and volume 2) pressure and volume 3) pressure and temperature 4) temperature alone 41. Knocking of petrol is attributed to 1) pre-ignition 2) self-ignition in the absence of pre-ignition 3) pre-ignition and self-ignition 4) self-ignition in the presence of air 42. Which one of the following statements is correct with respect to the order of a reaction? 1) order is equal to total stoichiometric number of products 2) order is equal to total stoichiometric number of reactants 3) order is equal to total stoichiometric number of products multiplied by that of reactants 4) order is equal to the difference between the total stoichiometric number of products and that of the reactants
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33. A circular disc of diameter 100 cm and thickness 3cm has a mass of 200kg . If it is rotating with an angular velocity of 100 r/s the kinetic energy possessed by the disc is 1) 125 10 4 N cm 2) 125 l0 4 k N cm 4 3) 250 l0 N cm 4) 250 l0 7 N cm 34. A uniform ladder of length 10m and weighing 20N is placed against a smooth vertical wall with its lower end 8m from the wall. In this position the ladder is just to slip. The coefficient of friction between the ladder and the floor is 1) 0.25 2) 0.335 3) 0.3 4) 0.67
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43. Retention volume in a chromatographic experiment 1) increases with decreasing length of the column and lower flow rate of eluent 2) decreases with decreasing length of the column at constant flow rate of eluent 3) decreases with increasing column length at constant flow rate of eluent 4) increases with increasing length and higher flow rate eluent 44. Which one of the following chromatographic techniques is useful in the identification of organic molecules having molecular weights more than 20,000? 1) reverse phase chromatography 2) normal phase chromatography 3) high pressure liquid chromatography 4) gel permeation chromatography 45. Electrolysis was carried out in two separate cells connected in series one cell containing auric and another cupric solution. The weight of gold deposited in 3 hours was 5.91 g. The weight of copper deposited in the second cell is 1) 2.86 g 2) 4.29 g 3) 1.43 g 4) 5.72 g 46. The IR absorption band that distinguishes between a primary amine and an amide is at 1) 3450 cm 1 2) 2200 cm 1 3) 1350 cm 1 4) 1650 cm 1 47. Generally in C, argv is an/a 1) array of character pointers 2) pointer to an array of character pointers 3) array of strings 4) none of the above 48. A digital gate can respond to an input signal in 1) about a second 2) about a hundredth of a second 3) a few billionth of a second 4) a few millisecond 49. The time required for a pulse to decrease from 90 to 100 percent of its maximum value is known as 1) rise time 2) decay time 3) binary level transition 4) propagation delay period 50. Which memory is difficult to t interface with processor? 1) Static memory 2) Dynamic memory 3) ROM 4) RAM 51. W h i c h o n e o f t h e f o l l o w i n g i s n o t a characteristic of COBOL? 1) It is very standardized language 2) It is very efficient in terms of coding and execution 3) It has limited facilities for mathematical notation 4) It is very readable language
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52. A search begins the search with the element that is located in the middle of the array 1) serial 2) random 3) parallel 4) binary 53. Newtons law of viscosity relates 1) pressure, velocity and temperature 2) shear stress and rate of angular deformation in a fluid 3) shear stress, temperature, viscosity and velocity 4) pressure, viscosity and rate of angular deformation. 54. A water sample has a hardness of 250 mg/L of CaCO 3, the above water sample is generally classified as 1) Soft 2) Moderately hard 3) Hard 4) Very Hard 55. A dimensionless group formed with the variables density , angular velocity , viscosity and the diameter D is, 1) / D 2 2) D 2 / 3) D2 4) D 56. The friction factor f in a laminar flow was found to be 0.05. The Reynolds number of the flow would be 1) 1980 2) 1500 3) 380 4) 1280 57. A reaction turbine has a discharge of 30 m3/s passing through it under a net head of 10m. If the overall efficiency is 85%, the power developed in kW is 1) 3400 2) 3450 3) 2940 4) 2500 58. If each of the resistances in the network shown in the figure is R, what is the resistance between the terminals A and B?

1) R / 4

2) R / 2

3) R

4) 2R

59. In the given circuit, the value of current I is,

1) 1 A

2) 2 A

3) 4 A

4) 8 A

60. A DC voltage source is connected across a series R-L-C circuit. Under steady state conditions, the applied DC voltage drops entirely across 1) R only 2) L only 3) C only 4) R and L combination
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61. What would be observed if a DC shunt motor is started with an open circuited field? 1) the motor does not pick up speed but draws only a small current 2) the motor does not pick up speed but draws a large current 3) the motor picks up fast and acquire full speed'while drawing large current 4) the motor picks up fast and acquires full speed while drawing small current 62. Synchronous motor speed is controlled by varying 1) field excitation 2) supply voltage 3) supply frequency 4) both supply voltage and frequency 63. AC current can not be measured directly by 1) hot wire ammeter 2) moving iron ammeter 3) moving coil ammeter 4) thermocouple type ammeter 64. The breaking of atomic bonds along specific crystallographic planes occur in 1) ductile fracture 2) transgranular fracture 3) intergranular fracture 4) all of the above

1) 12.4 nm 3) 0.124 nm

2) 1.24 nm 4) 0.0124 nm

69. A screen containing two slits 0.1 mm apart is 1.20 m from the viewing screen. Light of wavelength = 500 nm falls on the slits from a distant source. Approximately how far apart will adjacent bright interference fringes be on the screen? 1) 12.0 mm 2) 6.0 mm 3) 500.0 nm 4) 1.20 nm 70. I n t h e o p t i c a l s p e c t r u m , t h e v i s i b l e wavelength range is 1) 0.2 to 0.4 m 2) 0.1 to 0.15 m 3) 0.4 to 0.7 m 4) 0.7 to 1.5 m 71. The theoretical strength of a defect free glass is 7 GPa. The breaking strength of the glass plate if it contains a 1 m-long surface crack (crack tip radius = 0.264) is 1) 57 MPa 2) 57 GPa 3) 80 MPa 4) 25 MPa 72. An electron in the conduction band of an intrinsic semiconductor has an average energy of 1) (3/2)kT 2) (3/5)E F 3) E c + 3kT 4) E c + (3/2) kT 73. The superconducting state obeys the equations 1) = 0 and B 0 2) = 0 and B = 0 3) 0 and B 0 4) 0 and B = 0 74. A quantum-mechanical system initially in its ground level absorbs a photon and ends up in the first excited state. The system then absorbs a second photon and ends up in the second exited state. For which of the following systems does the second photon have a longer wavelength than the first one? 1) a harmonic oscillator 2) a hydrogen atom 3) a particle in a box 4) a particle outside a box 75. Two ideal cavities emit thermal radiation. The spectrum emitted by the first cavity is most intense at a wavelength of 600 nm, and that of the second at 500 nm. Compared with the second cavity, the radiation emitted by the first cavity is 1) more intense at all wavelengths 2) more intense at short wavelengths and less intense at long wavelengths 3) less intense at short wavelengths and more intense at long wavelengths 4) less intense at all wavelengths
36 46 56 66 3 ....... 3 ....... 3 ....... 4 ....... 4 3 7 ....... 4 7 ....... 5 7 ....... 6 7 ....... 4 2 4 3 38 48 58 68 ....... ....... ....... ....... 2 4 4 3 3 9 ....... 1 4 9 ....... 1 5 9 ....... 2 6 9 ....... 2 4 0 ........ 4 5 0 ........ 2 6 0 ........ 1 7 0 ........ 3

65. Below the Curie temperature, the crystal structure of BaTiO 3 is 1) tetragonal 2) hexagonal 3) orthorhombic 4) cubic 66. Which of the following are the two primary constituents of clays? 1) alumina and limestone 2) li m e s t o n e a n d c u p r i c o x i d e 3) silica and limestone 4) alumina and silica 67. If a ceramic piece is desired that is dense and, in addition, is to experience very little or no grain growth during its processing, which of the following powder pressing techniques should be used? 1) uniaxial pressing followed by sintering 2) isostatic pressing followed by sintering 3) hot pressing 4) all of the above 68. Electrons in an X-ray tube are accelerated by a potential difference of 10.0 kV. If an electron produces one photon on impact with the target, what is the minimum wavelength of the resulting X-rays?
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DETAILED SOLUTIONS
33. (4) I = MK = 20050 = 10103 kg cm2 K.E =
Iw 2 2
10 m
90o
2

206 = 204 20 4 = 0.67 = 20 6

12.80

35. (2) Initial speed, No = 200 rpm

2N o 2 200 = = 20.94 rad/s 60 60 Final speed, N = 160 rpm Final angular velocity, 2N 2 160 = w= = 16.75 rad/s 60 60 Time t = 105 For uniform retardation, w = wo+at or 16.75 = 20.94+ 10 16.75 20.94 = 0.419 rad/s 2 = 10 = 0.42 rad/s 2

2 10 = 0.78 = 51.34 sin = 12.8

34. (4)

(10 103 ) (100 )2

8m

= 5010 6

wo =

A RA
10 m

Weight of ladder, w=20 N Length of ladder, AC=10 m Distance of lower end of ladder from wall, BC = 8 m In right angled triangle ABC, AB = =

G
20N

D
8m

C RC

AC 2 BC 2
2 2

57. (4) =
p Pn pn = pQg Hn = 1000309.8210 = 2.94610 6 P pn

10 8 = 36 = 6 m As vertical wall is smooth, there will be no force of friction b/w ladder & wall. In the position of ladder, the ladder is just to slip. Hence the lower end C of the ladder will tend to move towards right and hence a force of friction b/w ladder & floor i.e. FA = R C will be acting towers left Let R A = reaction at A R C = reaction at C = co-efficient of friction b/w ladder & floor at c F C = force of friction at c= R C Ladder is uniform and the weight of ladder (w=20N) is acting at the middle point of AC at G. The line of action of W will pass through line middle point of BC.

p = pn = 0.852.946106 = 2.5106 = 2504 kW 68. (3) Ek = = = E = E = = = eV 1.610191010 3 1.610 15 J hf

hc

1 8 Hence distance CD = BC = = 4.0 m 2 2 Resolving the force vertically. We get R C = 20 N Resolving the forces horizontally, we get, RA = F C = R C = 20 = 20 Taking the moments of all forces about point C Clockwise moments = anticlockwise moments RARB = 20CD
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hc E

6.6 10 34 3 108 1.6 1015 = 1.2310 10 m = 0.12375 nm

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