WorksheetsMechanical 3rd Semester 2025-26
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
Which property of fluid represents resistance to flow?
Surface tension
Viscosity
Cohesion
Compressibility
Specific gravity is defined as the ratio of:
Density of fluid to density of water
Mass of fluid to volume of water
Weight of fluid to weight of water
Volume of fluid to volume of water
The SI unit of surface tension is:
N/m
N/m²
N·s/m²
Pa·s
A fluid that has no viscosity is called:
Real fluid
Superfluid
Ideal fluid
Newtonian fluid
The bulk modulus of a fluid is a measure of its:
Compressibility
Density
Elasticity
Surface tension
Which of the following is dimensionless?
Density
Viscosity
Specific gravity
Pressure
A Newtonian fluid is defined as one which:
Has constant viscosity
Obeys Newton's law of viscosity
Has no shear stress
Has zero density
The property which allows liquid to rise or fall in a capillary tube is:
Adhesion
Cohesion
Surface tension
Compressibility
Which of the following measures atmospheric pressure?
Piezometer
Bourdon gauge
Barometer
Micromanometer
Differential manometer measures:
Absolute pressure
Gauge pressure
Difference of pressure between two points
Negative pressure
Which instrument is suitable for high pressure measurement?
Barometer
U-tube manometer
Bourdon gauge
Piezometer
The SI unit of pressure is:
Pascal
Bar
atm
Torr
1 atm is equal to:
760 mm of mercury
1000 mm of mercury
1 bar
10⁶ Pa
Vacuum pressure is defined as:
Pressure below atmospheric pressure
Pressure above atmospheric pressure
Absolute pressure
None of these
Gauge pressure =
Absolute pressure + Atmospheric pressure
Absolute pressure - Atmospheric pressure
Atmospheric pressure - Absolute pressure
Absolute pressure × Atmospheric pressure
In a fluid at rest, the pressure at a point acts:
Vertically only
Horizontally only
Equally in all directions
None of these
The total pressure force on a submerged surface acts at:
Centroid
Center of pressure
Center of gravity
Metacenter
The SI unit of pressure head is:
m of fluid
N/m²
kg/m²
N/m
If a body sinks in a liquid, then:
Weight of body > Buoyant force
Weight of body < Buoyant force
Weight of body = Buoyant force
Density of body < Density of fluid
Neutral equilibrium occurs when:
Metacenter above center of gravity
Metacenter below center of gravity
Metacenter coincides with center of gravity
Center of buoyancy coincides with center of gravity
The primary reasons for use of cutting fluids are:
Lubrication
Cooling
Chip flushing
All of these
Which of the following is not a property of a good cutting fluid?
High heat absorbing capacity
Easily Oxidized or decomposed
Good lubricating properties
High Flash Point
Which type of cutting fluids is best suited for broaching operations?
Straight cutting oils
Soluble Oils
Semi synthetic oils
Synthetic oils
Which of the following is an example of a solid lubricant?
Lithium
Graphite
Silicon
Lead
Which lathe operation creates a rough diamond pattern on the surface of workpiece for decorative purposes:
Facing
Threading
Knurling
Step Turning
Which of the following are methods of taper turning operations?
Tailstock set-over method
Form tool method
Compound rest swiveling method
All of the above
Which taper turning method uses a specialized attachment that guides the cross slide to move at a set angle while the carriage feeds longitudinally?
Compound rest swiveling method
Tailstock set-over method
Form tool method
Taper attachment method
The surface over which the chip flows as it is cut from the work piece by a single point cutting tool is known as:
Shank face
Relief face
Rake face
Cutting Face
The primary sharp cutting edge which performs the cutting action in a single point cutting tool is Known as:
Side cutting edge
End cutting edge
Front cutting edge
Back cutting edge
The angle between the tool face and a plane parallel to the base of the tool, measured in a plane perpendicular to the base and parallel to the side cutting edge is:
Side rake angle
Back rake angle
Side relief angle
End relief angle
The space between two consecutive teeth in a broach is known as:
Pitch
Land
Gullet
Margin
The most common material used to manufacture a broach tool is
High Speed steel
Stainless steel
Tungsten steel
Mild steel
A large, versatile machine with a radial arm that allows the drill head to be moved over a wide area, making it ideal for drilling holes in large, heavy work pieces is:
Sensitive Drilling machine
Portable Drilling machine
Gang Drilling machine
Radial Drilling machine
Which of these operations can be performed by a drilling machine?
Reaming
Counter Boring
Tapping
All of these
Which type of reamer has spiral flutes for better chip ejection and smoother cutting action?
Machine Reamer
Hand Reamer
Straight Fluted Reamer
Helical Fluted reamer
Which of the following is not an element of a broach tool?
Front Pilot
Nose
Cutting Teeth
Rear Pilot
A larger nose radius in a single point cutting tool improves
Surface Finish
Tool strength
Both (a) and (b)
None of the above
The carriage of a lathe does not consist of
Compound rest
Cross slide
Lead Screw
Saddle
Heavy Duty Lathes are not used in
Large shaft machining industries
Ship Building industries
Tool rooms and maintenance shops
Railway workshops
Fluid is dispensed as droplets directly onto the tool or workpiece. This application of cutting fluid is known as
Drip Application
Jet Application
Mist Application
Flood Application
Stress is always measured as:
External force acting on body
Internal resisting force per unit area
Change in length per unit length
None of these
Strain is a:
Dimensionless quantity
Quantity with unit of N/m²
Vector quantity
Scalar with unit
Shear stress acts:
Perpendicular to area
Parallel to area
At 45° to area
None of these
If stress is doubled and strain remains same, modulus of elasticity will:
Double
Become half
Remain same
Increase four times
The ability of a material to resist permanent deformation is called:
Elasticity
Plasticity
Ductility
Toughness
The property of a material by which it can be drawn into wires is:
Malleability
Ductility
Hardness
Resilience
Resistance against wear, indentation or scratching is called:
Toughness
Hardness
Plasticity
Strength
The energy stored in a body up to elastic limit is:
Resilience
Toughness
Creep
Fatigue strength
A brittle material generally fails at:
High strain
Low strain
High stress
Low stress
Effective number of atoms for FCC is ______________
2
4
6
1
c/a ratio for HCP is _____________
1.633
0.816
1.05
0.74
Coordination number for BCC structure is _______________
8
12
2
6
Amorphous solids have _______ structure.
Regular
Linear
Irregular
Dendritic
Bravais lattice consists of __________ space lattices.
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
The smallest portion of the lattice is known as __________
Lattice structure
Lattice point
Bravais crystal
Unit cell
What is the atomic radius of a BCC crystal structure?
a/2
a/4
a√2/4
a√3/4
What is the atomic packing factor of FCC structure?
0.54
0.68
0.74
0.96
A van der Waals bond is a _________ bond.
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
Which among the following is not a type of intermolecular bond?
Dispersion
Dipole
Nitrogen
Hydrogen
Which of the following is a point defect in crystals?
Edge dislocation
Interstitialcies
Grain boundaries
Cracks
The defect that occurs due to a displacement of an ion from regular crystal to interstitial site is known as __________
Vacancy defect
Schottky defect
Frenkel defect
Interstitial defect
_______ occurs when a foreign substance replaces an atom in a crystal.
Vacancy defect
Substitutional impurity
Frankel defect
Interstitial impurity
In screw dislocation, the Burger's vector lies _________ to the dislocation line.
Perpendicular
Parallel
At an angle
Sideways
A disturbance in a region between two ideal parts of a crystal is known as ________
Boundary defect
Point defect
Line defect
Volume defect
The axial relationship of a cubic crystal system is given as ___________
a = b = c
a = b ≠ c
a ≠ b = c
a ≠ b ≠ c
A unit cell that contains lattice points only at the corners is known as _________
Primitive unit cell
Secondary unit cell
Layered unit cell
Derived unit cell
The interaxial angles of a triclinic crystal system are given by __________
α = β = ϒ = 90o
α = β = 90o ϒ = 120o
α = β = ϒ ≠ 90o
α ≠ β ≠ ϒ ≠ 90o
What is crystallography?
Description of arrangement of atoms
Description of the purity of crystals
Description of the sign language
Description of the crystals history
Which of the following is a property of non-metallic crystals?
Highly ductile
Less brittle
Low electrical conductivity
FCC structure
Which of the following is an application of thermodynamics?
Refrigerators
Gas compressors
Power plants
All of the mentioned
Which of the following occurs without a change in the internal energy?
Isochoric process
Isenthalpic process
Steady-state process
Isenthalpic process
Which of the following thermodynamic law gives the concept of enthalpy?
First law of thermodynamics
Second law of thermodynamics
Third law of thermodynamics
Fourth law of thermodynamics
Which of the following is the standard fixed point of thermometry?
The steam point
The triple point of water
The ice point
All of the mentioned
Heat flow into a system is ____, and heat flow out of the system is ________
positive, positive
negative, negative
negative, positive
positive, negative
In which of the following systems does mass transfer occur across the system boundary?
isolated system
closed system
open system
none of the mentioned
What is the relationship between Kelvin-Planck's and Clausius' statements?
violation of one doesn't violate the other
not connected to each other
virtually two parallel statements of the second law
none of the mentioned
The entropy of an isolated system can never ____
Decrease
be zero
increase
none of the mentioned
Thermodynamic properties are
point function
path function
depends on the state
none of the mentioned
Cyclic integral of a property is always
Zero
One
Infinite Value
None of the above
Constant pressure process is also known as
isopiestic process
isobaric process
all of the mentioned
None of the above
For a process in which pV=C, work done is
Zero
p*(V2-V1)
p1*V1*ln(V2/V1)
none of the mentioned
The area of the indicator diagram represents the magnitude of the
net heat transfer by the system
net work done on the system
net work done by the system
none of the mentioned
What is the unit of Enthalpy
Joule / kg
Joule / kg . Kelvin
Kg / Joule . Kelvin
Kelvin / Joule . kg
According to Gibbs phase rule, what is the minimum number of variables required to define the state of a one-component system in equilibrium?
0
1
2
3
What is the first law of thermodynamics also known as?
Law of conservation of energy
Law of Entropy
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Boyle's law
What is the equation for the ideal gas law?
RV = nPT
PV = mRT
RT = mPV
RP = nVT
What does the term "adiabatic" mean in thermodynamics?
Constant Volume
No heat Transfer
Constant Pressure
Isobaric Process
What is the entropy of a perfect crystal at absolute zero?
Zero
Infinte
Negative
Constant
What is the formula for calculating work done in thermodynamics?
W = F.d
W = PV
W = mg
W = mRT
The yield point is observed clearly in:
Mild steel
Cast iron
Aluminium
Glass
The stress-strain curve of cast iron is almost:
Linear
Parabolic
Horizontal
Vertical
The ultimate stress point indicates:
Maximum stress a material can withstand
Beginning of elastic behavior
Proportional limit
Breaking strength
Necking in a tensile specimen starts at:
Elastic limit
Upper yield point
Ultimate stress point
Breaking point
Factor of safety is defined as:
Yield stress / Working stress
Working stress / Yield stress
Ultimate stress / Yield stress
Breaking stress / Working stress
If the ultimate stress of a material is 400 MPa and the factor of safety is 4, then permissible
stress is:
100 MPa
400 MPa
1600 MPa
40 MPa
Higher factor of safety is generally used for:
Brittle materials
Ductile materials
Rigid materials
Superconductors
Poisson’s ratio is the ratio of:
Shear strain to shear stress
Lateral strain to longitudinal strain
Stress to strain
Lateral strain to shear strain
Which relation is correct between elastic constants?
E = 2G(1 + m)
E = 3K(1 - 2m)
Both a & b
None
Thermal strain in a body is given by:
ΔT · L
α · ΔT
α · ΔT · L
Stress / E
Thermal stress is developed only when:
Body is free to expand
Expansion is fully prevented
Expansion is partially prevented
Temperature change is zero
