SSC JE, RRB JE, DMRC, GATE.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
THEORY OF MACHINES (TOM)
500+
QUESTION SERIES Part-1
IMPORTANT MCQ QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS | REPEATED IN ALL EXAMS.
Q.1. When a body moves with simple harmonic motion, the product of its
periodic time and frequency is equal to?
a. zero
b. one
c. π/2
d. π
Q.2. In a vibrating system, if the actual damping coefficient is 40 N/m/s and
critical damping coefficient is 420 N/m/s, then logarithmic decrement is
equal to?
a. 0.2
b. 0.4
c. 0.6
d. 0.8
Q.3. For high speed engines, the cam follower should move with?
a. uniform velocity
b. simple harmonic motion
c. uniform acceleration and retardation
d. cycloidal motion
Q.4. In a coupling rod of a locomotive, each of the four pairs is a ____ pair?
a. sliding
b. turning
c. rolling
d. screw
Q.5. The ratio of the actual damping coefficient to the critical damping
coefficient is called damping factor?
a. yes
b. no
Q.6. If ω/ωn is very high for a body vibrating under steady state vibrations,
the phase angle for all values of damping factors, will tend to approach?
a. 0°
b. 90°
c. 180°
d. 360°
Q.7. In a circular arc cam with roller follower, the acceleration in any
position of the lift will depend only upon?
a. total lift, total angle of lift, minimum radius of cam and cam speed
b. radius of circular arc, cam speed, location of centre of circular arc and
roller diameter
c. mass of cam follower linkage, spring stiffness and cam speed
d. total lift, centre of gravity of the cam and cam speed
Q.8. When the relation between the controlling force (Fc) and radius of
rotation (r) for a spring controlled governor is Fc = ar + b, then the
governor will be?
a. stable
b. Stable
c. isochronous
d. none of these
Q.9. The factor which affects the critical speed of a shaft is?
a. diameter of disc
b. span of shaft
c. eccentricity
d. all of these
Q.10. The partial balancing of reciprocating parts in locomotives produces?
a. hammer blow
b. swaying couple
c. variation in tractive force along the line of stroke
d. all of these
Q.11. The pair is known as a higher pair, when the relative motion between
the elements of a pair is?
a. turning only
b. sliding only
c. rolling only
d. partly turning and partly sliding
Q.12. The Whitworth quick return motion mechanism is formed in a slider
crank chain when the?
a. coupler link is fixed
b. longest link is a fixed link
c. slider is a fixed link
d. smallest link is a fixed link
Q.13. The primary unbalanced force is maximum when the angle of
inclination of the crank with the line of stroke is?
a. 0° and 90°
b. 0° and 180°
c. 90° and 180°
d. 180° and 360°
Q.14. The acceleration of the particle moving with simple harmonic motion
is inversely proportional to the displacement of the particle from the
mean position?
a. yes
b. no
Q.15. When the connection between the two elements is such that only
required kind of relative motion occurs, it is known as self-closed pair.?
a. Right
b. Wrong
Q.16. In vibration isolation system, the transmissibility will be equal to
unity, for all values of damping factor, if ω/ωn is?
a. equal to one
b. equal to 2
c. less than 2
d. greater than 2
Q.17. The two links OA and OB are connected by a pin joint at O. If the link
OA turns with angular velocity ω1 rad/s in the clockwise direction and
the link OB turns with angular velocity ω2 rad/s in the clockwise
direction, then the rubbing velocity at the pin joint O is
(where r = Radius of the pin at O)?
a. ω1.ω2.r
b. ( ω1 - ω2)r
c. ( ω1 + ω2)r
d. ( ω1 - ω2)2r
Q.18. If ω/ωn = 2, where co is the frequency of excitation and ωn is the
natural frequency of vibrations, then the transmissibility of vibration
will the?
a. 0.5
b. 1
c. 1.5
d. 2
Q.19. A disturbing mass m1 attached to the rotating shaft may be balanced
by a single mass m2 attached in the same plane of rotation as that of
m1, such that (where r1 and r2 are the radii of rotation of m1 and m2
respectively)?
a. m1r2 = m2r1
b. m1r1 = m2r2
c. m1m2 = r1r2
d. none of these
Q.20. In railway axle boxes, the bearing used is?
a. deep groove ball bearing
b. double row self-aligning ball bearing
c. double row spherical roller bearing
d. cylindrical roller bearing
Q.21. When the two elements of a pair have a surface contact when relative
motion takes place and the surface of one element slides over the
surface of the other, the pair formed is known as a?
a. lower pair
b. higher pair
c. self-closed pair
d. force-closed pair
Q.22. The centre distance between two meshing involute gears is equal to?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Q.23. In under damped vibrating system, the amplitude of vibration?
a. decreases linearly with time
b. increases linearly with time
c. decreases exponentially with time
d. increases exponentially with time
Q.24. The two elements of a pair are said to form a __________ when they
permit relative motion between them.?
a. open pair
b. kinematic pair
Q.25. When the axes of the shafts, over which the gears are mounted, move
relative to a fixed axis, then the train is known as reverted gear train?
a. Right
b. Wrong
Q.26. The dynamic friction is the friction experienced by a body, when the
body?
a. is in motion
b. is at rest
c. just begins to slide over the surface of the other body
d. none of the above
Q.27. The steering of a ship means?
a. movement of a complete ship up and down in vertical plane about
transverse axis
b. turning of a complete ship in a curve towards right or left, while it moves
forward
c. rolling of a complete ship side-ways
d. none of the above
Q.28. The tractive force in a locomotive with two cylinders is given by
(where c = Fraction of reciprocating parts per cylinder, m = Mass of
reciprocating parts, ω = Angular speed of crank, r = Radius of crank,
and θ = Angle of inclination of crank to the line of stroke)?
a. m.ω2.r cos θ
b. c.m.ω2.r sin θ
c. (1 - c)m.ω2.r(cos θ - sin θ)
d. m.ω2.r(cos θ - sin θ)
Q.29. The radial distance of a tooth from the pitch circle to the bottom of
the tooth is called?
a. dedendum
b. addendum
c. clearance
d. working depth
Q.30. When the crank is at the inner dead centre, in a reciprocating steam
engine, then the velocity of the piston will be?
a. minimum
b. zero
c. maximum
d. none of these
Q.31. The gears are termed as medium velocity gears, if their peripheral
velocity is?
a. 1 - 3 m/s
b. 3 - 15 m/s
c. 15 - 30 m/s
d. 30 - 50 m/s
Q.32. For a twin cylinder V-engine, the crank positions for primary reverse
cranks and secondary direct cranks are shown in the below figure. The
engine is a?
a. 30° V-engine
b. 60° V-engine
c. 120° V-engine
d. 150° V-engine
Q.33. The frequency of damped vibrations with viscous damping is ______
the frequency of undamped vibrations?
a. more than
b. less than
c. same as
d. none
Q.34. Whitworth quick return motion mechanism consists of three turning
pairs and one sliding pair.?
a. Right
b. Wrong
Q.35. The rotor of a ship rotates in clockwise direction when viewed from
stern and the ship takes a right turn. The effect of gyroscopic couple
acting on it will be to raise the stern and lower the bow?
a. Agree
b. Disagree
Q.36. The sliding pairs, turning pairs and screw pairs form lower pairs?
a. True
b. False
Q.37. When a particle moves round the circumference of a circle of radius
r with ω rad/s, then its maximum acceleration is ω2r?
a. Right
b. Wrong
Q.38. The static friction?
a. bears a constant ratio to the normal reaction between the two surfaces
b. is independent of the area of contact, between the two surfaces
c. always acts in a direction, opposite to that in which the body tends to
move
d. all of the above
Q.39. A shaft has an attached disc at the centre of its length. The disc has its
centre of gravity located at a distance of 2 mm from the axis of the
shaft. When the shaft is allowed to vibrate in its natural bow-shaped
mode, it has a frequency of vibration of 10 rad/s. When the shaft is
rotated at 300 r.p.m., it will whirl with a radius of?
a. 2 mm
b. 2.22 mm
c. 2.50 mm
d. 3.00 mm
Q.40. The swaying couple is maximum or minimum when the angle of
inclination of the crank to the line of stroke (θ) is equal to?
a. 90° and 180°
b. 45° and 225°
c. 180° and 270°
d. 270° and 360
Q.41. The pressure angle of a cam is the angle between the direction of the
follower motion and a normal to the?
a. pitch circle
b. base circle
c. pitch curve
d. prime circle
Q.42. In order to balance the reciprocating masses?
a. primary forces and couples must be balanced
b. secondary forces and couples must be balanced
c. both (a) and (b)
d. none of these
Q.43. In a screw jack, the effort required to lower the load W is given by?
a. P = W tan(α - φ)
b. P = W tan(α + φ)
c. P = W tan(φ - α)
d. P = W cos(α + φ)
Q.44. An automobile steering gear is an example of?
a. sliding pair
b. rolling pair
c. lower pair
d. higher pair
Q.45. A pair of friction discs is an example of rolling pair.?
a. True
b. False
Q.46. The frictional torque transmitted in a multi-collared shaft is same as
that of a single collared shaft?
a. Right
b. Wrong
Q.47. In order to give the primary balance of the reciprocating parts of a
multi-cylinder in-line engines?
a. the algebraic sum of the primary forces must be equal to zero
b. the algebraic sum of the couples about any point in the plane of the
primary forces must be equal to zero
c. both (a) and (b)
d. none of these
Q.48. The gear train usually employed in clocks is a?
a. simple gear train
b. reverted gear train
c. sun and planet gear
d. differential gear
Q.49. A mass of 1 kg is attached to the end of a spring with a stiffness of
0.7 N/mm. The critical damping coefficient of this system is?
a. 1.4 N-s/m
b. 18.52 N-s/m
c. 52.92 N-s/m
d. 529.2 N-s/m
Q.50. The cam follower generally used in automobile engines is?
a. knife edge follower
b. fiat faced follower
c. spherical faced follower
d. roller follower
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