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Q.1 Youneednotcomeunlessyouwanttowhichoneofthefollowingiscorrect.
Markd,ifnocorrectionisrequired.

a. Youdontneedtocomeunlessyouwantto
b.Youcomeonlywhenyouwantto
c.Youneedntcomeuntilyoudontwantto
 d.Nocorrectionrequired

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Q.2 Myfriendgivesmemanyadvicesregardingmyfuturecareer
Whichpartofthesentenceisgrammaticallyincorrect?

a. Myfriendgivesme
b. manyadvices
c.regardingmyfuturecareer
d.noerror

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Q.3 Whichofthefollowingisgrammaticallycorrectsentence?

a. Iwouldratherstayherethangohome.
b. Iwouldratherstayherethangoinghome.
c.Iwouldratherstayedherethanwenthome.
d.Iwouldratherstayherethangotohome.

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Q.4 Leta,b,c be distinct positive integers (a<b<c),aandb are odd, and c is
even.Whichofthefollowingstatementscannotbetrue?

a.(ac)2 (ba)iseven
b. (ac)2 bisodd
c. (ac)(bc)isodd
d.(ab)2 ciseven

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Q.5 Thenexttermintheseriesis
6,14,30,54,86,_____

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Q.6 A merchant marks his goods, such that the profit on sale of 50 articles is
equaltothesellingpriceof25articles.Theprofitpercentageis

a.25%
b.50%
c.75%
 d. 100%

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Q.7 Scientists investigating a rare metabolic disorder hypothesized that obesity

was a predisposing factor in the development of the disease. A study of
twentypatientsfoundthat,onaverage,thepatientswereclosetothenormal
weight for their height. Before concluding that obesity is not a predisposing
factor, the researchers would find the answer to which of the following
questionsmostuseful?

a.Arethepatientsaboveorbelownormalheight?
b.Wereanyofthepatientsunderweightwhenthedisorderwasdiagnosed?
c.Doesweightlossreducetheseverityofthesymptoms?
d. Havethepatientsalwaysbeenclosetotheirnormalweightfortheir
heights?

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Q.8 SachinwantstogototheUniversity.Hestartsfromhishomewhichisinthe
Eastandcomestoacrossing.TheroadtotheleftendsinaTheatre,Straight
 aheadisthehospitalandtheroadtotherighthandisuniversity.Thedirection
oftheUniversityis

a.West
b. South
c.East
d. North

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Q.9 When you (speak of the past/ of the future), you can only make a prophecy
whichmaynotnecessarilycometrue.Whichofthefollowingbestsumsupthe
abovestatement?

a. itisaboutfuture
b. itisaboutpastuncertainty
c.itisaboutthepredictionofwhatisgoingon
d.itisaboutpessimisticthinking

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Q.10
 Apacketof10bulbsisknowntoinclude2bulbsthataredefective.If4bulbs
are randomly chosen and tested, the probability of finding among them not
morethan1defectivebulbis_________.

Attempt Incorrect YourAns. .867 CorrectAns. 0.81(0.800.82)

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Q.11 Aboxofmass,mslidedownaninclinedplanewhichisinfinitelylong.Thereis
aconsistentfluidfilmbetweentheplaneandthebaseofthebox.Whichofthe
followingcanbesaidaboutthebox,whenitisreleasedfromrest?

a.Theboxwillkeepacceleratingdowntheplanewithuniformaccelerationg
sin
b. Theboxwillreachaterminalvelocityandstopaccelerating.
c.Theboxwillreachamaximumvelocityandthenagaincometozerovelocity
d.Netforceactingontheboxismgsin
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Q.12
Giventherelation Whichofthefollowingrelationcanbearrived

atforanidealgasbyusingtheaboveClapeyronequation?
(Take Patm = 1 bar Psat = saturation pressure Tnb = normal boiling, Tsat =
saturationpointtemperature)

a.

b.

c.

d.

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Q.13 Asquareofsideawithanequilateraltrianglestuckonitisshowninfigure.
Thexcoordinateofthecentroidis

a.0.45a
b.0.59a
c. 0.74a
d.0.82a

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Q.14 MatchListIwithListII and select the correct answer using the codes given
belowthelists:
ListI ListII
 A.Sand 1.Axisymmetricpartshavingconcentricholes

B.Shellmold 2.Crankcase

C.Die 3.Connectingrods

D.Centrifugal 4.Engineblocks
Codes:
A B C D
(a) 1 2 3 4
(b) 4 2 3 1
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 2 3 4 1

a.a
b. b
c. c
d.d

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Q.15 The specific volume of dry air in an airwater vapour mixture having
temperature24Crelativehumidity40%atstandardbarometricpressure100
kPaifthesaturatedairpressureis20kPais

a.0.85m3 /kgofda
 b. 0.93m3 /kgofda
c.10.65m3 /kgofda
d.4.26m3 /kgofda

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Q.16 Theminimumdiameterofasteelwire,whichisusedtoraisealoadof4000N,
ifthestressintherodisnottoexceed95MPais:

a.6.16mm
b. 7.32mm
c.4.08mm
d.8.64mm

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Q.17 Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnotcorrectinthecontextofstructures?

a. Inaframe,itisnotnecessarythatallforcesarealongthemembers
b. Thereisneveraneedtodismemberthestructureforfindingoutthesupport
reactions.
c.Amemberofthetrussiseitherintensionorcompression
d.Anidealtruss,doesnottransmitmomentamongtheconnectingmembers
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Q.18 Thenumberofdegreesoffreedomofthefollowingmechanismare:
(Notethatlink5isparallelandequalinlengthtolink2andlink4,alsolink1
andlink3areequalandparallel)

a.0
b.1
c.2
d. 1

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Q.19 A cylinder of internal diameter 500 mm contains air at pressure of 7

N/mm2 (gauge).Ifthemaximumpermissiblestressinducedinthematerialis

80N/mm2 ,thethickness(inmm)ofthecylinderwouldbe
 a.20
b.21
c. 22
d.23

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Q.20 Calculatetheforce(kN)requiredtopunchacircularblankofdiameter60mm
inaplate5mmthick.Theultimateshearstressoftheplateis350MPa.

a.55
b.110
c.220
d. 330

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Q.21 Asimplysupportedbeamoflength5mcarrierauniformlyincreasingloadof
800 N/m from one end to 1600 N/m at the other end. The larger of the two
reactionsis

a.1.11kN
b.2.22kN
 c. 3.33kN
d.4.44kN

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Q.22 Forasteady3Dincompressiblefluidflow,thevelocitycomponentsinxandy
directionare:

vx =x2 +y2 +z2

vy =xy+yz+z

Whatisthevelocitycomponentinzdirection?

a.

b.x2 +y2
c.yz+xz+x
d.4xz2z2

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Q.23 A single stage reciprocating compressor takes in air at 2 bar, 305K. The

polytropiccompressionandexpansionfollowtherelationpv1.3 =constantand
 pv1.25 = constant respectively. If the clearance volume is 5% of the swept
volume, the maximum theoretical pressure to which the air can be
compressedisnearly

a.44bar
b.104bar
c. 90bar
d.insufficientdata

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Q.24
Evaluatetheintegral ,alongthestraightlinefromz=0toz

=1+i.

a.1+i
b.2i

c.

d.
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Q.25
Thevalueofintegral

a.

b.

c.

d.

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Q.26 Anoveniswallofthicknessbismadeofmaterialofthermalconductivityk.
Insidetheoven,thetemperatureis100Candtheheattransfercoefficientis

.Ifthewalltemperatureoutsideisheldat25C,theinsidewalltemperature

is___________C.
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Q.27 Amanometerisattachedtoapipetomeasurepressure.Thepressureatpoint
A(gaugepressure)is_________kPa.

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Q.28 The standard time of an operation is 20 min. The worker was rated at 120%
and the allowances are 25%, the obeserved time (in minutes) would be
_________.

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Q.29 In an inventory model, the economic lot size is twenty five percent of the
quantityorderedatatime.Thevalueofmodelsensitivityis__________.

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Q.30
In a hot working operation the strength constant C = 30000 N/m2 and strain
rate sensitivity exponent m = 0.15. The flow stress is ________ kPa at the

strainrateof0.01s1 .

Attempt Correct CorrectAns. 15.0(1416)

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Q.31 A drilling operation is performed with a 25.4 mm dia twist drill in a steel
workpiece.Theblindholedepthis50mmandpointangleis118.Thecutting
speed is 25 m/min and feed = 0.25 mm/rev. The cutting time required to
completetheoperationis__________seconds.

Attempt Correct CorrectAns. 44(4345)

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Q.32 Adiskofdia40cmand5cmthickistobecastedoutofpurealuminiumisan
open mold operation. Melting temperature of Al = 660C, pouring temp. =
800C.Assumethattheamountofaluminiumheatedwillbe5%morethanthat
needed to fill the mould cavity. Compute the amount of heat (MJ) added to
aluminium starting from room temperature of 25C. Specific heat of Al(both
cold and heated) = 0.88 J/gC. Heat of fusion = 389.3 J/g. Density Al = 2.70

g/cm3 .Giveanswerinmegajoules.

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Q.33 At a point within a body, subjected to two mutually perpendicular directions,

thestressesare80MPaand40MParespectively.Eachoftheabovestressis
accompaniedbyashearstressof60MPa.Thenormalstressonanoblique
planeinclinedat45withtheaxisofminortensilestressis________MPa.

Attempt Correct CorrectAns. 120(119121)

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Q.34
 If1,2and5aretheeigenvaluesofinverseofthematrixA,i.e.A1 ,thenthe
determinantofA,i.e.|A|willbe_____________.

Attempt Correct CorrectAns. 0.1(0.080.12)

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Q.35
Ify=sec(tan1 x),then willbe__________.

Attempt Correct CorrectAns. 0.707(0.680.72)

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Q.36 Afluidcontainedinahorizontalpistoncylinderarrangementisagitatedbya
paddlewheelrotatingatauniformspeedof50rad/sfor1000seconds.During
the process, the piston of area 0.3m2 slowly moves at a distance of 0.5 m
againstapressureof100kPa.Ifnetworkdonebythefluidduringtheprocess
is5kJ,thetorqueinthemotorshaftofthepaddlewheels:

a. 0.1Nm
b.0.3Nm
c. 0.2Nm
d.0.4Nm
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Q.37 Whatarethedisadvantagesofpowdermetallurgy(PM)technology?
1. PM allows formulation of alloys having constituents which have similar
propertiesonly.
2.PMmetalpowdersareexpensive.
3.VariationindensityinaPMcomponentcanbetroublesome.
4.Onlyconductivemetalscanbeprocessed.

a.1and2
b.1and4
c. 2and3
d.3and4

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Q.38 A heavy tank contains oil (A) and water (B) subjected to a variable air
pressure dimension shown in figure correspond to 1 atm. If air is slowly
added to bring the pressure P up to 1 MPa gauge. The total downward
movementoffreesurfaceofoilandairwillbexmm.Takingaveragevalueof
 bulk modulus of elasticity of oil and water as 2050 MPa and 2075 MPa
respectively.Whatisxassumingtankasrigid?

a.0.33
b.0.43
c.0.53
d. 0.63

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Q.39 Combinationofsingletransverseanddoubleparallelfilletweldjointsisshown
below:
 If the plate thickness is t and allowable shear stress( ) is half of allowable
limitsstress(),thenthemaximumloadPthatthejointcanwithstandis:

a.
b.
c.

d.

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Q.40 Acageweighing60kNisattachedtotheendofasteelwirerope.Itislowered
down a mine shaft at am constant velocity of 1 m/s. What is the maximum
stress (in MPa) produced in the rope when the supporting drum is suddenly
jammed?Freelengthoftheropeatmomentofjamming=15m,areaofcross

section=25cm2 ,E=2105 N/mm2 .Selfweightofropeisneglected.

a.90
 b. 180
c.240
d.50

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Q.41 Distance of center of gravity of the following figure, from the Yaxis is
__________cm.

a. 7.11
b.5.0
c.8.20
d.6.92

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Q.42 Themobilityofplanarmechanismshownbelowis

a.0
b. 1
c.2
d.1

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Q.43 Whatisthespeedofgear8forthegearingarrangementshownbelow?
 a.48.2
b.58.2
c. 68.2
d.78.2

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Q.44 The band brake shown acts at 3/4th of the circumference of a drum of
diameter450mm,andprovidesabrakingtorqueof225Nm.Ifcoefficientof
frictionis0.25,whatistheoperatingforceP(inN),whenthedrumrotatesin
anticlockwisedirection?
 a.69
b.79
c. 89
d.99

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Q.45 Forthestructureshowninthefigurebelow,theforcesinwhichofthegiven
membersiszero?
 a.

b.
c.

d.

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Q.46 Four masses m1 , m2 , m3 and m4 200 kg, 300 kg, 240 kg, and 260 kg are

rotating in corresponding radius of rotation 0.2 m, 0.15 m, 0.25 m and 0.3 m

respectively.Theanglesbetweensuccessivemassesare45,75and135.
Whatisthemagnitudeofrequiredbalancingmassrotatingattheradiusof0.2
m?

a. 116kg
b.110kg
c.90kg
 d.42kg

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Q.47 Theratioofdepthtowidthofthestrongestrectangularbeamthatcanbecut
fromacircularlogofdiameterdis:

a.0.7
b. 1.414
c.3.14
d.2.73

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Q.48 Arectangularcolumnofwidth200mmandthickness150cmcarriesapoint
loadof240kNataneccentricityof10mm.Themaximumstressinthesection
is:(MPa)
 a.2.5
b.8.0
c.12.0
d. 10.4

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Q.49 A fluid undergoes a reversible adiabatic compression in a device from an

initialstateof100kPa,0.5m3 toafinalof500kPa0.15m3 ,followingthelaw

pV1.3 =constantThechangeinenthalpyfortheprocessis

a. 108kJ
 b.83kJ
c.83kJ
d.108kJ

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Q.50 Withtheinitialvaluesy(0)=1andy(0)=0,findthesolutionofthedifferential
equationgivenbelow.

a.3e3x+4e4x
b.4e3x3e4x
c.3e3x4e4x
d. 4e3x3e4x

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Q.51 IfXisavariablehasaPoissondistributionwithamean,0.SuchthatP(2)
=9P(4)+90P(6).ThenthevalueofmeanXis

a. 1
 b.2
c.3
d.4

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Q.52 Theviewfactorfromsurface1tosurface2oftheverylonggrooveshownin
thefigureis_______.

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Q.53 Airat20Cformsaboundarylayernearsolidwall,inwhichthevelocityprofile

issinusoidalgivenbyv=vmax .Theboundarylayerthicknessis7
 mmandpeakvelocityis9m/s.Theshearstress(Pa)intheboundarylayer

thicknessaty=3.5mmis_______.(Take=1.81105 Ns/m2 )

Attempt Correct CorrectAns. 0.0258(0.0250.026)

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Q.54 Wateristobedeliveredfromareservoirthroughapipetoalowerleveland
dischargedintotheair.If
the head loss in the entire system is 11.58 m. The vertical distance (m)
betweenthepointofwater
dischargeandthewatersurfaceinthereservoiris______________.

Attempt Correct CorrectAns. 12.11(1212.15)

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Q.55
 Asphericalmetal(k=15W/mK)ballofradius0.5misheatedinanovenand
thentakenoutandallowedtocoolinambientofairoftemperature25Cwith

an average heat transfer coefficient of 20 W/m2 . If the temperature profile

variesasT(r,t)=50r 2 t+10r+t+C1 ,thevalueofC1 ,1 second after being

takenoutoftheovenis_________..
[Assume heat transfer to surroundings through convection only] [where t =
time,r=radius]

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Q.56 Acentrifugalcompressorrunningat10,000rpmconsumes200kJ/kgpower.
Thebladesareinclinedandtheslipfactoris0.9.Theinletvelocitytrianglefor
thecompressorisgivenbelow:
 Thebladespeedatoutletis__________m/s.

NotAttempt CorrectAns. 481.89(480483)

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Q.57 In a gas turbine power plant, air from atmosphere at 300K temperature is
compressedfollowedbyexpansionintwoturbinesofequalpressureratiowith
reheattoamaximumcycletemperatureof1200K.Theisentropicefficiencyof
both compressor and turbines are 90%. The pressure ratio across each
turbinewhichgivestheoptimumspecificoutputis____________.

Attempt Incorrect YourAns. 3.36 CorrectAns. 3.94(3.84.1)

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Q.58 Aseriesofcoldrollingoperationsaretobeusedtoreducethethicknessofa
platefrom50mmto25mminareversingtwohighrollmill.Rolldia=700mm,
coefficient of friction between rolls and work = 0.15. Minimum number of
passesrequiredare____________.

Attempt Correct CorrectAns. 4(3.94.1)

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Q.59 Anauditoriumhastobeairconditionedthroughaprocess13asshowninthe
figure below. Dehumidification of air takes place through a coil with bypass
factorof0.25attherateof0.0833kg/s.Ifthespecificvolumeatinletofcoilis

0.9m3 /kg,thefreeairtothecirculatedis_________cmm.

NotAttempt CorrectAns. 300(297303)

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Q.60 The rate of arrival of customers at a restaurant follows Poisson distribution

with an average time of 5 mintues between 2 customers. The mean service
time is 2 minutes. The probability (in percent) that 4 customers arrive in a
durationof20minutesis___________.
 Attempt Incorrect YourAns. 0.195 CorrectAns. 19.54(19.519.6)
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Q.61 Thesimplextablegivenbelowshowstheinitialbasicfeasiblesolutionforthe
objectivefunctionMax
Z=2x1 +4x2 ,aftertheintroductionofslackvariablesS1 andS2 .

After the first iteration, the solution of the simplex problem is improved by
_______units.

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Q.62 Aconditionsinacuttingoperationare:
v=2m/s,t=0.25mm,b=3.0mm,rakeangle=10
Deformed chip thickness, tc = 0.54 mm.The material removal rate is

__________mm3 /s.

Attempt Correct CorrectAns. 1500(14501550)

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Q.63 Duringmotoringtestofanengine,thegeneratordevelopsonelectricpowerof
80kWwithanefficiencyof80%.Theengineisthenstoppedandengineshaft
connectedtoamotorisrunatthesamespeed.Themotorconsumes15kW
with a motor rating of 90%. The mechanical efficiency of the engine is
____________percent.

Attempt Incorrect YourAns. 13.5 CorrectAns. 88.1(87.588.5)

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Q.64
Consider a diagonal matrix If the determinant = 25, then

the minimum value of the sum of eigen values (1 , 2 ) i.e. (1 + 2 ) is

_________.

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Q.65 Given If s represents the portion of sphere

,then is__________.
 Attempt Correct CorrectAns. 12.57(12.7012.40)
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