ACE Engineering Academy
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ACE Engineering Academy
ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :2: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session GENERAL APTITUDE 1-5 carry one mark each 01. If I were you, I ____ that laptop, It’s much too expensive. (A) won’t buy (B) shan’t buy (C) wouldn’t buy (D) would buy Ans: (C) Sol: In if clause (type2) ‘were’ is in the past tense so the so main clause should be in the conditional clause (past tense). Therefore ‘C’ is the best answer 02. He turned a deaf ear to my request. What does the underlined phrasal verb mean? (A) ignored (B) appreciated (C) twisted (D) returned Ans: (A) Sol: ‘turned a deaf ear’ means ignored 03. Choose the most appropriate set of words from the options given below to complete the following sentence. _________ is a will, ______ is a way. (A) Wear, there, their (B) Were, their, there (C) Where, there, there (D) Where, their, their Ans: (C) Sol: Where there is a will there is a way. It is a quotation 04. (x% of y) + (y% of x) is equivalent to _____. (A) 2% of xy (B) 2% of (xy/100) (C) xy % of 100 (D) 100 % of xy Ans: (A) ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati Sol: (x% of y) + (y% of x) = :3: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session x y y x 100 100 xy xy 100 2xy 100 = 2% of xy 05. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 12. If the new number formed by reversing the digits is greater than the original number by 54, find the original number. (A) 39 (B) 57 (C) 66 (D) 93 Ans: (A) Sol: The new number formed by reversing the digits is greater than the original number is possible in options A and B only. Options ‘A’: Sum of two digits in the number = 3 + 9 = 12 After reversing the two digits number = 93 The difference between the new number formed and original number = 93 – 39 = 54 option ‘A’ is correct. Option ‘B’: original number = 57 After reversing, the number is formed = 75 The difference between these two numbers = 75 – 57 = 18 It is not. ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati ACE Engineering Academy :4: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :5: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session 06-10 Carry two marks each 06. Two finance companies, P and Q, declared fixed annual rates of interest on the amounts invested with them. The rates of interest offered by these companies may differ from year to year. Yearwise annual rates of interest offered by these companies are shown by the line graph provided below. 9 8 7 6.5 10 9.5 8 8 9 7.5 8 6.5 6 P Q 4 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2004 2006 If the amounts invested in the companies, P and Q, in 2006 are in the ratio 8:9, then the amounts received after one year as interests from companies P and Q would be in the ratio: (A) 2:3 (B) 3:4 (C) 6:7 (D) 4:3 Ans: (D) Sol: The amounts invested in the companies of, P and Q in 2006 = 8 : 9 The rate of interest of company ‘P’ in 2006 = 6% The rate of interest of company ‘Q’ in 2006 = 4% The amounts received after one year by P and Q companies in 2006 year P 07. Q 6% of 8 : 4% of 9 6 8 100 : 4 9 100 4 : 3 Today, we consider Ashoka as a great ruler because of the copious evidence he left behind in the form of stone carved edicts. Historians tend to correlate greatness of a king at his time with the availability of evidence today. Which of the following can be logically inferred from the above sentences? ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :6: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session (A) Emperors who do not leave significant sculpted evidence are completely forgotten. (B) Ashoka produced stone carved edicts to ensure that later historians will respect him. (C) Statues of kings are a reminder of their greatness. (D) A king’s greatness, as we know him today, is interpreted by historians. Ans: (D) Sol: ‘Today, historians correlate greatness of a king at his time with the availability of evidence.’ This statement leads to the best inference i.e. option ‘D’ 08 Fact 1: Humans are mammals. Fact 2: Some humans are engineers. Fact 3: Engineers build houses. If the above statements are facts, which of the following can be logically inferred? I. All mammals build houses. II. Engineers are mammals. III. Some humans are not engineers. (A) II only. (B) III only. (C) I, II and III. (D) I only. Ans: (B) Sol: From given facts, the following venn diagram is possible. BH M H = Humans H M = Mammals E E = Engineers BH = Build houses From above diagram, statement III is true. 09. A square pyramid has a base perimeter x, and the slant height is half of the perimeter. What is the lateral surface area of the pyramid? (A) x2 ACE Engineering Academy (B) 0.75 x2 (C) 0.50 x2 (D) 0.25 x2 Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :7: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Ans: (D) Sol: Base perimeter of square pyramid = x = p Slant height x l 2 Lateral surface area of pyramid 1 Base perimeter (p) slant height (l) 2 x/2 x 1 p l 2 2 1 x x 2 2 x2 4 x/4 x/4 = 0.25x2 10. Ananth takes 6 hours and Bharath takes 4 hours to read a book. Both started reading copies of the book at the same time. After how many hours is the number of pages to be read by Ananth, twice that to be read by Bharath? Assume Ananth and Bharath read all the pages with constant pace. (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 Ans: (C) Sol: Ananth takes 6 hours to read a book Bharath takes 4 hours to read a book L.C.M = 12 The number of pages read by Ananth and Bharath must be 12 (or) multiple of 12 only. If Ananth read 12 number of pages in 6 hrs 1 hr = 12 = 2 pages 6 If Bharath read 12 number of pages in 4 hrs ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 1 hr = :8: 12 = 3 pages 4 GATE_2016_Forenoon Session 1 hrs Ananth Option ‘A’ Read 2 pages Bharath Not read 10 pages Read 3 pages Not read 9 pages 10 : 9 it is not 2 hrs Option ‘B’ Ananth Read 4 pages Bharath Not read 8 pages Read 6 pages Not read 6 pages 8 : 6 4: 3 it is not Options ‘C’ 3 hrs Ananth Read 6 pages Bharath Not read 6 pages Read 9 pages Not read 3 pages 2 :1 After 3 hours is the number of pages to be read by Ananth, twice that to be read by Bharath. ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati ACE Engineering Academy :9: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :10: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session 01 – Q. 25 carry one mark each. 01. 0 1 The eigenvalues of the matrix are 1 0 (A) i and –i (B) 1 and –1 (C) 0 and 1 (D) 0 and –1 Ans: (A) Sol: + = 0; = + 1 = i = – i 02. The number of solutions of the simultaneous algebraic equations y = 3x + 3 and y = 3x+5 is (A) zero (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) infinite Ans: (A) Sol: y = 3x+5 & y = 3x+3 are parallel to each other No solution is zero solution 03. At x = 0, the function is f ( x ) sin 2x (– < x < , L >0) L (A) continuous and differentiable. (B) not continuous and not differentiable. (C) not continuous but differentiable. (D) continuous but not differentiable. Ans: (D) Sol: 2x f x sin at x = 0 is having graph L -2L -L 0 L 2L It is continuous at x = 0 but not differential at x = 0 ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 04. :11: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session f x , y x 3 3xy 2 and g x, y 3x 2 y y3 For the two functions which one of the following options is correct? (A) f g x x (B) f g x y (C) f g y x (D) f g y x Ans: (C) Sol: f g 6xy; 6xy y x 05. The function f Z f g y x z2 1 is singular at z2 4 (A) z = 2 (B) z = 1 (C) z = i (D) z = 2i Ans: (D) Sol: To get singular points let z2+4 = 0 z2 = – 4 z=2i 06. A fair coin is tossed N times. The probability that head does not turn up in any of the tosses is 1 (A) 2 N 1 1 (B) 1 2 N 1 1 (C) 2 N 1 (D) 1 2 N Ans: (C) 07. A normal random variable X has the following probability density function 1 f X x e 8 (A) 0 ACE Engineering Academy x 12 8 , x Then f X x dx 1 (B) 1 2 (C) 1 1 e (D) 1 Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :12: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Ans: (B) Sol: 1 2 2 1 e 1 x 1 2 2 1 2 x 1 dx t dt dx = 2dt 2 2 1 2 t V t2 = 2V 2 2 t 2 2 e dt 2 2 0 1 dV 1 V 2 = e V 2 0 2 = 08. 1 2 e V V 1 2 0 2t dt = 2 dV dt dV 2V 1 2 The elastic modulus of a rigid perfectly plastic solid is (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 100 (D) infinity Ans: (D) Sol: Stress Strain 09. Consider the following statements: (P) Hardness is the resistance of a material to indentation. (Q) Elastic modulus is a measure of ductility. (R) Deflection depends on stiffness. (S) The total area under the stress-strain curve is a measure of resilience. Among the above statements, the correct ones are (A) P and Q only. ACE Engineering Academy (B) Q and S only. (C) P and R only. (D) R and S only. Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :13: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Ans: (C) Sol: Hardness of a material will be measured by indentation technique. If a material undergo more strain (deflection) in elastic region means stiffness is low. 10. A beam is subjected to an inclined concentrated load as shown in the figure below. Neglect the weight of the beam. The correct Free Body Diagram of the beam is (A) (C) (B) (D) Ans: (B) ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 11. :14: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Consider a circular cam with a flat face follower as shown in the figure below. The cam is rotated in the plane of the paper about point P lying 5 mm away from its center. The radius of the cam is 20 mm. The distance (in mm) between the highest and the lowest positions of the flat face follower is 5 mm P (A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 40 (D) 45 Ans: (B) Sol: For the highest position the distance between the cam center and follower = (r+5) mm For the lowest position it is (r –5) mm So the distance between the two positions = (r+5) – (r–5) = 10 mm 12. A vertical cylindrical tank of 1 m diameter is filled with water up to a height of 5 m from its bottom. Top surface of water is exposed to atmosphere. A hole of 5 mm2 area forms at the bottom of the tank. Considering the coefficient of discharge of the hole to be unity and the acceleration due to gravity to be 10 m/s2, the rate of leakage of water (in litre/min) through the hole from the tank to the atmosphere, under the given conditions, is _______ Ans: (3) Sol: V 2 g h 2 10 5 10m / s Q = AV = 510–610 = 510–5 m3/sec = 0.05 liter/sec = 0.05 60 = 3 lit/min ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati ACE Engineering Academy :15: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :16: 13. GATE_2016_Forenoon Session The figure below shows an air standard Diesel cycle in p-V diagram. The cut-off ratio is given by: 2 3 P 4 1 V (A) v3 v1 (B) v2 v1 (C) v3 v2 (D) v1 v3 Ans: (C) ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 14. :17: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session The ratio of press force required to punch a square hole of 30 mm side in a 1 mm thick aluminium sheet to that needed to punch a square hole of 60 mm side in a 2 mm thick aluminium sheet is________ Ans: (0.25) Ratio of force Sol: 15. F1max F2 max 4x1 t1 u 4x 2 t 2 u x1t1 30 1 1 0.25 x 2 t 2 60 2 4 Which one of the following is a natural polymer? (A) Cellulose (B) Nylon (C) Polyester Ans: (A) Sol: cellulose is made by C, H,O atoms can be extracted from trees. 16. In powder metallurgy, sintering of the component (D) Polyvinyl chloride (A) increases density and reduces ductility (B) increases porosity and reduces density (C) increases density and reduces porosity (D) increases porosity and reduces brittleness Ans: (B) Sol: During sintering the solvent added at mixing stage will evaporate and produce porosity which comes the reduction in density of the component. 17. A single point right handed turning tool is used for straight turning. The feed is 0.25 mm/rev and the uncut chip thickness is found to be 0.25 mm. The inclination angle of the main cutting edge is 10o. The back rake angle (in degrees) is _______ Ans: (100) Sol: Turning operation, i = inclination angle = 10, ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :18: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session f = 0.25 mm/rev, t1 = 0.25 = f cos Cs cos Cs 0.25 0.25 1 Cs = 0 f 0.25 = 90 – Cs = 90 – 0 = 90 tan b = sin tan i + cos tan = sin90 tan10 + cos 90 tan = 1 0.176 + 0 = 0.176 b = tan–1(0.176) = 10 18. Consider the following statements. (P) Electrolyte is used in Electro-chemical machining. (Q) Electrolyte is used in Electrical discharge machining. (R) Abrasive-slurry is used in Ultrasonic machining. (S) Abrasive-slurry is used in Abrasive jet machining. Among the above statements, the correct ones are (A) P and R only (B) Q and S only (C) Q, R and S only (D) P and Q only Ans: (A) Sol: In EDM, dielectric fluid is used. Hence ‘Q’ is wrong. 19. Consider the following statements. (P) Computer aided process planning (CAPP) takes input from material requirement plan (MRP). (Q) Production flow analysis helps in work cell formation. (R) Group technology takes input from choice of machining or cutting parameters. Among the above statements, the correct one(s) is (are) (A) P only (B) Q and R only (C) P and R only (D) Q only Ans: (B) Sol: CAPP will takes inputs from design but not from MRP. Hence “P” is wrong. ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 20. :19: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session The limits of a shaft designated as 100h5 are 100.000 mm and 100.014 mm. Similarly, the limits of a shaft designated as 100h8 are 100.000 mm and 100.055 mm. If a shaft is designated as 100h6, the fundamental deviation (in m) for the same is (A) –22 (B) zero (C) 22 (D) 24 Ans: (B) Fundamental deviation for shaft “h” is always “zero” irrespective of grade of tolerance. 21. The roughness profile of a surface is depicted below. Profile height Sol: 2 m centre-line of the profile X 2 m 5 mm The surface roughness parameter Ra (in m) is _______. Ans: (0) Sol: Ra 22. h n 2 16 2 16 0 32 The facility layout technique that uses relationship (REL) chart is (A) CRAFT. ACE Engineering Academy (B) Travel chart. (C) Partial Set Covering. (D) ALDEP. Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :20: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Ans: (D) Sol: ALDEP – BASED ON REL REQUIREMENTS 23. For a random variable, X, let X be the sample average. The sample size is n. The mean and the standard deviation of X are µ and σ, respectively. The standard deviation of X is (B) (A) n (C ) Ans: (D) n (D) n n Sol: Standard deviation, s 24. ST and NT denote the standard time and the normal time, respectively, to complete a job. Allowance = LL ST, where 0 < LL<1. Which one of the following relationships is correct? (A) ST NT 1 LL (C ) ST (B) ST=NT(1+LL) NT (D) ST=NT(1–LL) 1 LL Ans: (A) Sol: RA = Relaxation allowance = LL ST ST = NT + RA ST = NT + LL ST ST (1 – LL) = NT ST 25. NT 1 LL The throughput rate of a production system is 20 units per hour. The average flow time is 30 minutes and the cycle time is 3 minutes. The average inventory (in units) in the system is (A) 1.5 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11.33 Ans: (C) Sol: Average max .production min .production 2 20 0 10 units 2 ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :21: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Q. 26 – Q. 55 carry two marks each. 26. The range of values of k for which the function f ( x ) k 2 4 x 2 6x 3 8x 4 has a local maxima at point x = 0 is (B) k –2 or k 2 (A) k < –2 or k >2 (C) –2 < k < 2 (D) –2 k 2 Ans: (A) Sol: f(x) = 32x3+18x2+2(k2–4)x f(x) = 96 x2 + 36x + 2 (k2–4) f(0) = 2(k2–4) < 0 k2 – 4 < 0 k < –2 (or) k > 2 27. e5 x 1 lim x 0 x 2 is equal to ______. Ans: (25) Sol: e5x 1 e5x 1 = Lt 5 5 x 0 5x 5x e5x 1 e5x 1 = Lt 5 Lt 5 x 0 5x x 0 5x = 5 1 51 = 25 28. To solve the equation 2sinx = x by Newton-Raphson method, the initial guess was chosen to be x = 2.0. Consider x in radian only. The value of x (in radian) obtained after one iteration will be closest to (A) – 8.101 ACE Engineering Academy (B) 1.901 (C) 2.099 (D) 12.101 Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :22: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Ans: (B) Sol: f(x) = 2sin x – x h f (x) (2sin x x) f (x) 2 cos x 1 = – 0.099 x1= 2+h = 2 – 0.099 = 1.901 29. In linear gas tungsten arc welding of two plates of the same material, the peak temperature T (in K) is given as T c1q , where q is the heat input per unit length (in J/m) of weld, is the thermal diffusivity (in m2/s) of the plate materials and C1 is a constant independent of process parameters and material types. Two welding cases are given below. Case I: V = 15 V, I = 200 A, v = 5 mm/s, k = 150 W/mK, = 3000 kg/m3, C = 900 J/kg-K Case II: V = 15 V, I = 300 A, v = 10 mm/s, k = 50 W/mK, = 8000 kg/m3, C = 450 J/kg-K where, V is welding voltage, I is welding current, v is welding speed, and k, and C refer to the thermal conductivity, the density and the specific heat of the plate materials, respectively. Consider that electrical energy is completely converted to thermal energy. All other conditions remain same. The ratio of the peak temperature in Case I to that in Case II is (A) 1 3 (B) 1 2 (C) 1 (D) 2 Ans: (A) Sol: 1 k C 150 55.5 10 6 3000 900 ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 2 50 13.88 10 6 8000 450 q1 VI 15 200 6 105 3 r 5 10 q2 15 300 4.5 105 3 10 10 :23: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session T1 q1 2 T2 q 2 1 30. 6 105 13.88 10 6 4.5 105 55.5 10 6 6 13.88 1 0.333 4.5 55.55 3 A bar of rectangular cross-sectional area of 50 mm2 is pulled from both the sides by equal forces of 100 N as shown in the figure below. The shear stress (in MPa) along the plane making an angle 450 with the axis, shown as a dashed line in the figure, is ________________. 100 N 100 N 45 o Ans: (1) 100 / 50 1MPa 2 2 Sol: max 31. A 1 m × 10 mm × 10 mm cantilever beam is subjected to a uniformly distributed load per unit length of 100 N/m as shown in the figure below. The normal stress (in MPa) due to bending at point P is ____________. ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :24: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Point P 100 N/m 1m Ans: (300) Sol: 1 M 100 1 50N m 2 M 50 103 300 MPa (Tension) Z 10 102 6 32. A thin-walled cylindrical pressure vessel of internal diameter 2 m is designed to withstand an internal pressure of 500 kPa (gauge). If the allowable normal stress at any point within the cylindrical portion of the vessel is 100 MPa, the minimum thickness of the plate of the vessel (in mm) is________. Ans: Sol: (5) P = 500 kPa = 0.5 MPa h = 100 MPa, D = 2m h PD 2t 100 0.5 2000 2 t thickness, t = 5mm 33. An engine, connected with a flywheel, is designed to operate at an average angular speed of 800 rpm. During operation of the engine, the maximum change in kinetic energy in a cycle is found to be 6240 J. In order to keep the fluctuation of the angular speed within ±1% of its average value, the moment of inertia (in kg-m2) of the flywheel should be ____________. ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :25: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Ans: (44.45) Sol: Given mean speed N = 800 rpm 2N rad / sec 60 Fluctuation of energy E = 6240 J Fluctuation of speed = 1% Moment of inertia I = ? We know E = I 2Cs I 34. E 6240 = 44.45 kg-m2 2 2 Cs 2N 0.02 60 A 2 m × 2 m square opening in a vertical wall is covered with a metallic plate of the same dimensions as shown in the figure below. Consider the acceleration due to gravity to be 10.0 m/s2. The force (in kN) exerted by water on the plate is _____ Patm Patm 2m water 2m vertical wall 2m 2m square plate vertical wall Ans: (120) Sol: F gAh 1000 10 2 2 (2 1) = 120 kN ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 35. :26: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session An ideal gas of mass m is contained in a rigid tank of volume V at a pressure P. During a reversible process its pressure reduces to P1 . Following statements are made regarding the process. (P) Heat is transferred from the gas. (Q) Work done by the gas is zero. (R) Entropy of the gas remains constant. (S) Entropy of the gas decreases. Among the above statements, the correct ones are (A) P and R only (B) P, Q and R only (C) Q and R only (D) P, Q and S only Ans: (D) Sol: At constant volume to decrease pressure, temperature has to be decreased. So heat has to be transferred from the gas. As the change in volume is zero, work done by the gas is zero. Entropy of the gas decrease as system is losing heat. 36. A long slender metallic rod of length L is used as a fin. As shown in the figure below, the left end of the fin is kept at a constant temperature tb. The fin loses heat by convection to the atmosphere which is at a temperature ta (ta< tb). Four options of temperature profiles are shown. Identify the correct option. convection tb x=L x atmosphere at ta (B) tb ta 0 ACE Engineering Academy temperature temperature (A) x L tb ta 0 x L Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :27: (C) GATE_2016_Forenoon Session tb ta 0 L x temperature temperature (D) tb ta 0 x L Ans: (B) Sol: cosh m (Lc x) cosh m Lc 0 d 2 0 , so angle of inclination of tangents for curve should increase with ‘x’ dx 2 37. In a fully developed turbulent flow through a circular pipe, a head loss of h1 is observed. The diameter of the pipe is increased by 10% for the same flow rate and a head loss of h2 is noted. Assume friction factor for both the cases of pipe flow is the same. The ratio of (A) 0.34 (B) 0.62 (C) 0.87 h2 is closest to h1 (D) 1.00 Ans: (B) Sol: For turbulent flow h h 38. fLQ 2 12.1d 5 h d1 5 1 2 0.62 5 d h1 1.1d1 5 Two cast iron blocks P and Q, each of 500 mm length, have the same cross-sectional area. Block P has rectangular cross-section of 100 mm × 200 mm. Block Q is of square cross-section. Both P and Q were cast under the same conditions with all their surfaces enclosed within the mould. The solidification time of a casting is proportional to the square of the ratio of its volume to its surface area. The ratio of solidification time of the block P to that of the block Q is ______. ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :28: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Ans: (0.9016) Sol: LP = LQ= 500, Block “P” is rectangular = 100200 Block “Q” is square (Ac)P = (Ac)Q 100 200 = x2 x 100 200 141.42mm MP 100 200 500 29.411 2100 200 200 500 500 100 MQ V As V As 141.422 500 2 4 500 141.42 2 141.4 P M P Q M Q 30.974 2 2 29.411 0.9016 30.974 39. A 300 mm long copper wire of uniform cross-section is pulled in tension so that a maximum tensile stress of 270 MPa is developed within the wire. The entire deformation of the wire remains linearly elastic. The elastic modulus of copper is 100 GPa. The resultant elongation (in mm) is ________. Ans: (0.81 mm) Sol: Given l = 300 mm ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :29: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session max = 270 MPa E = 100 GPa max E 270 100 103 300 l =81010–3m = 0.81mm 40. In a single-pass rolling operation, a 200 mm wide metallic strip is rolled from a thickness 10 mm to a thickness 6 mm. The roll radius is 100 mm and it rotates at 200 rpm. The roll-strip contact length is a function of roll radius and, initial and final thickness of the strip. If the average flow stress in plane strain of the strip material in the roll gap is 500 MPa, the roll separating force (in kN) is _______ Ans: (2598) Sol: b = 200 mm, H0 = 10mm, H1 = 6mm, R = 100 mm, N = 200 rpm y = 500 MPa, Roll separating force 2 L y b L1 3 4H L RH 100 4 20 by assuming maximum reduction H H 0 .2 R 10 6 8 2 R.S.F 2 0.2 20 500 200 201 48 3 = 2598076 N 2598.076kN ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 41. :30: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Two solid cylinders of equal diameter have different heights. They are compressed plastically by a pair of rigid dies to create the same percentage reduction in their respective heights. Consider that the die-workpiece interface friction is negligible. The ratio of the final diameter of the shorter cylinder to that of the longer cylinder is __________ Sol: Let d1 = d2 = d h1 = height of first cylinder h2 = height of second cylinder assume h1 < h2 let % reduction in height = 10% Ist cylinder h0 hf 0.1 h0 h0 – hf = 0.1 h0 hf = h0 – 0.1 h0 = 0.9 h0 A0h0 = Af hf d02h0 = df2 hf df d0 h0 h0 d0 hf 0 .9 h 0 = 1.054 d0 = 1.054 (d0)1 IInd cylinder A0h0 = Afhf d02h0 = df2 hf df d0 d0 h0 hf h0 = 1.054 (d0)2 0 .9 h 0 ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati Ratio 42. :31: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session d 0 1 d 0 2 1.054d 0 1 1 1.054d 0 2 Two flat steel sheets, each of 2.5 mm thickness, are being resistance spot welded using a current of 6000 A and weld time of 0.2 s. The contact resistance at the interface between the two sheets is 200 and the specific energy to melt steel is 10×109 J/m3. A spherical melt pool of diameter 4 mm is formed at the interface due to the current flow. Consider that electrical energy is completely converted to thermal energy. The ratio of the heat used for melting to the total resistive heat generated is ______ Ans: (0.2327) Sol: t = 2.5 mm , I = 6000A, = 0.2sec R = 200 Heat required, (H.R/m3)= 10109 J/m3 nugget diameter = d = 4mm (sphere ) Heat generated = I2 R = 60002 20010–6 0.2 = 1440 J Heat required = volume heat required/m3 4 R 3 H.R / m 3 3 3 4 2 10 3 10 109 3 = 335.1032 J H .I Heat required Heat generated 335.1032 0.2327 1440 ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 43. :32: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session A cylindrical bar of 100 mm diameter is orthogonally straight turned with cutting velocity, feed and depth of cut of 120 m/min, 0.25 mm/rev and 4 mm, respectively. The specific cutting energy of the work material is 1×109 J/m3. Neglect the contribution of feed force towards cutting power. The main or tangential cutting force (in N) is ________ Ans: (1000) Sol: Orthogonal cutting D = 100 mm, Vc = 120 m/min, f = 0.25 mm/rev d = 4mm, Specific cutting energy (Sp.C.E) = 109 J/m3 Specific cutting energy power or Work done MRR FC VC J / m3 f d VC 106 FC = Sp.C.E f d 10–6 109 0.25 4 106 1000 44. A 60 mm wide block of low carbon steel is face milled at a cutting speed of 120 m/min, feed of 0.1 mm/tooth and axial depth of cut of 4 mm. A schematic representation of the face milling process is shown below. The diameter of the cutter is 120 mm and it has 12 cutting edges. The material removal rate (in mm3/s) is _____ 120 mm 60 mm feed work piece + cutter schematic representation (top view) ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :33: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Ans: (1527.8872) Sol: b = 60 mm, V = 120 m/min t = 0.1 mmtooth, d = 4 mm End mill cutter, D = 120 mm z = 12 fm = ft × z× N = 0.1×12× 1000 120 1000 120 = 381.9718 rpm MRR = bdfm = 604381.9718 = 9176.232 mm3/min = 1527.8872 mm3/sec 45. In abrasive water jet machining, the velocity of water at the exit of the orifice, before mixing with abrasives, is 800 m/s. The mass flow rate of water is 3.4 kg/min. The abrasives are added to the water jet at a rate of 0.6 kg/min with negligible velocity. Assume that at the end of the focusing tube, abrasive particles and water come out with equal velocity. Consider that there is no air in the abrasive water jet. Assuming conservation of momentum, the velocity (in m/s) of the abrasive water jet at the end of the focusing tube is _________ Ans: (680) Sol: Vw = 800 m/s mw = 3.4 kg/min ma = 0.6 kg/min a va m w v w m a m w V m 0.6 3.4 0.6 3.4 0 800 V 60 60 60 45.33 = 1 V 15 V = 45.33×15 = 679.95 = 680 m/sec ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 46. :34: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session A single axis CNC table is driven by a DC servo motor that is directly coupled to a lead screw of 5 mm pitch. The circular encoder attached to the lead screw generates 1000 voltage pulses per revolution of the lead screw. The table moves at a constant speed of 6 m/min. The corresponding frequency (in kHz) of the voltage pulses generated by the circular encoder is________ Sol: p = 5 mm 1000 pulses 1 rev of motor 1 rev of lead screw Velocity of table = 6 m/min = 6000 mm/min = 100 mm/sec 1000 pulses 1 rev of lead screw 5 mm 1 pulse 5 0.005 mm 1000 BLU = 0.005 mm Table speed = BLU × Rate of Pulses Rate of pulses = 100 0.005 = 20000 pulses/sec = 20000 Hz = 20 kHz 47. A helical gear with involute tooth profile has been machined with a disc-type form gear milling cutter. The helical gear has 30 teeth and a helix angle of 30o. The module of the gear milling cutter is 2. The pitch circle diameter (in mm) of the helical gear is_________ Ans: (69.28) Sol: mn = normal module = 2mm Pitch circle diameter, d ACE Engineering Academy Z m n 30 2 = 69.28mm cos cos 30 Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 48. :35: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session A quality control engineer has collected 5 samples, each of size 30. The numbers of defective items in the samples are given in the table below. Sample Number I II III IV V Number of defective items 3 2 4 1 5 The upper three-sigma (3σ) control limit for the proportion of defective items in any sample is _____ Ans: UCL = 0.2643 Sol: p sum of defectives sample size number of samples 3 2 4 1 5 5 30 15 1 0.1 5 30 10 Standard error of proportion p 1 p n p 0.1 1 0.1 30 0 .1 0 .9 0.054772 30 Central line = p = 0.1 Upper control limit = p 3 p = 0.1 + 30.054772 = 0.2643 Lower control limit = p 3 p = 0.1 – 30.054772 = 0 ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 49. :36: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session A job consists of two work elements, P and Q. Completion time (in minutes) of each work element was measured. A pilot study involved collecting a sample of 40 observations. The results of this pilot study are summarized in the table below. Work element Mean completion time (in minutes) Standard deviation (in minutes) P 1 0.50 Q 1 0.05 For the main study, the minimum sample size for the sample mean time of any work element to be within 0.1 minutes of its true mean time with 95% confidence (corresponding standard normal value, Z0.025 = 1.96 is ______________ Ans: (96) Sol: Standard deviation = s1 = 0.5 minutes Error of study = h = 0.1 minutes Z0.025 = 1.96 Z s1 h1 h 2 2 1.96 0.5 = 96.04 observations 0.1 Standard deviation = s2 = 0.05 minutes Error of study = h = 0.1 minutes Z0.025 = 1.96 Z s2 h2 h 2 2 1.96 0.05 = 1 observations 0.1 Larger of the two values is 96. Hence study should be continued upto 96 observations. ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 50. :37: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Consider a system with 10 identical components connected in series. The time to failure of each component is exponentially distributed with a failure rate of 0.10 per 500 days. The reliability of the system after 400 days of operation is _____ Ans: 0.449 Sol: Rs = e-nt Failure rate, 0.1 500 t = 400 days n = 10 in series RS e 51. 10 0.1 400 500 0.449 For a process, the quality loss coefficient is 5. The target value on the dimension to be attained through the process is 50 mm. If the maximum loss permissible (in monetary terms) is INR 80, the maximum allowable deviation (in mm) from the target is (A) 1 4 (B) 1 10 (C) 4 (D) 10 Ans: (C) Sol: R A0 0 2 R = Quality loss coefficient A0 = Economic consequence 0 = Functional limit or customer tolerance R = 5 , A0 = 80, 0 A0 80 16 4 5 R ACE Engineering Academy Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 52. :38: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Consider a network with nodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The nodes are connected with directed arcs as shown in the table below. The respective costs (in INR) incurred while traversing the directed arcs are also mentioned. Directed arcs 1→2 1→3 Cost (in INR) 3 2→4 9 2→5 3 3→2 2 3→4 2 3→5 4 4→5 8 4→6 7 5→6 2 The second shortest path from node 1 to node 6 (i.e. the path that has the second least total cost and does not use any part of the shortest path) has a total cost (in INR) of (A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 15 (D) 19 Ans: (C) Sol: 9 3 2 1 3 8 4 7 3 2 2 4 2 Path Duration 1-3-4-6 9+4+2 = 15 1-3-2-4-6 9+2+3+2 = 16 1-3-4-5-6 9+4+7+2 = 22 1-3-2-5-6 9+2+2+2 =15 1-3-2-4-5-6 9+2+3+7+2 = 23 1-2-4-6 3+3+2 = 8 1-2-5-6 3+2+2 = 7 1-2-4-5-6 3+3+7+2 = 15 ACE Engineering Academy 5 6 2 Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati 2 53. :39: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Five jobs need to be processed on a single machine. All the jobs are available for processing at time t = 0. Their respective processing times are given below. Jobs I II III IV V Processing times (in minutes) 13 4 7 14 11 The average completion time (in minutes) of jobs as per the Shortest Processing Time rule is (A) 9.8 Ans: (B) Sol: (B) 24.2 (C) 49.0 (D) 121.0 SPT RULE Job II III V I IV Time 4 7 11 13 14 Completion time (ci) 4 11 22 35 49 Ci = 121 Mean completion Time 54. Ci 121 24.2 min n 5 Transportation costs (in INR/unit) from factories to respective markets are given in the table below. The market requirements and factory capacities are also given. Using the North-West Corner method, the quantity (in units) to be transported from factory R to market II is Requirements Factory Market (in units) P Q R S I 3 3 2 1 50 II 4 2 5 9 20 III 1 2 1 4 30 Factory capacity(in units) 20 40 30 10 (A) 30 ACE Engineering Academy (B) 20 (C) 10 (D) 0 Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati :40: GATE_2016_Forenoon Session Ans: (C) Sol: Supply = 20+40+30+10 = 100 units Demand = 50+20+30 = 100 units FACTORY P 3 Q R 3 30 X X 2 10 5 10 X 20 30 REQ S 2 1 I 20 II X III X 2 X 1 20 4 10 20 40 30 10 4 1 9 50 Factory R to market II is 10 units. 55. In a given year, a restaurant earned INR 38,500 in revenues. In that year, total expenses incurred were INR 30,000 and the depreciation amount was INR 3,200. At 40% tax rate, the net cash flow (in INR) for that year was _____ Ans: 6380 Sol: Yearly revenue (–) Total expenses (–) Depreciation Earning before taxes (EBT) (–) Tax rate @ 40% Earnings after taxes (EAT) (+) Depreciation Net Cash flow = (EAT + Depreciation) ACE Engineering Academy Amount (INR) 38500 30000 3200 5300 2120 3180 3200 6380 Hyderabad |Delhi |Bhopal |Pune |Bhubaneswar |Bengaluru |Lucknow |Patna |Chennai |Vijayawada |Visakhapatnam |Tirupati