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  • A. Silicon
  • B. Phosphorous
  • C. Carbon
  • D. Chromium

Explanation: The yield-point effect in annealed low-carbon steel is caused mainly by interstitial carbon and nitrogen atoms pinning dislocations.

Correct answer: Carbon
  • A. Brass
  • B. Bronze
  • C. German silver
  • D. Cast iron

Explanation: Cast iron contains substantial carbon and has a brittle structure, so it fractures readily under an impact load.

Correct answer: Cast iron
  • A. Steel
  • B. Stellite
  • C. Bronze
  • D. Lead

Explanation: Steel shots are widely used in shot blasting because they are hard, durable, and can be reused for many impacts.

Correct answer: Steel
  • A. Piercing
  • B. Spinning
  • C. Drawing
  • D. Extrusion

Explanation: Hot spinning forms rotationally symmetrical parts by pressing and shaping a heated metal blank against a rotating mandrel.

Correct answer: Spinning
  • A. Flow rate of molten metal
  • B. Specific gravity of a liquid
  • C. Composition of alloys
  • D. Concentration of a solution

Explanation: A pycnometer holds a precisely known volume, so weighing the empty and filled vessel gives the liquid density and hence its specific…

Correct answer: Specific gravity of a liquid
  • A. None of these
  • B. Density
  • C. Force
  • D. Pressure

Explanation: Bulk modulus is volumetric stress divided by volumetric strain, and strain has no dimensions.

Correct answer: Pressure
  • A. -55°
  • B. -40°
  • C. -33°
  • D. -58°

Explanation: Using F = (9/5)C + 32 and setting the two readings equal gives C = F = -40.

Correct answer: -40°
  • A. Soft
  • B. Hard
  • C. Tough
  • D. Ductile & malleable

Explanation: Sulphur promotes brittleness in pig iron and generally makes it harder but less ductile and less tough.

Correct answer: Hard
  • A. C2H2
  • B. P2O5
  • C. SiCl4
  • D. PCl5

Explanation: Silicon tetrachloride, SiCl4, reacts rapidly with atmospheric moisture to produce finely divided silica and hydrogen chloride fumes…

Correct answer: SiCl4
  • A. 90% tungsten carbide and 10% cobalt
  • B. 70% aluminium oxide & 30% silica
  • C. 30% nickel, 15% chromium & 55% tungsten
  • D. 65% tungsten & 35% zirconium

Explanation: Cemented carbide cutting tools commonly contain about 90% tungsten carbide particles bonded with 10% cobalt, giving high hardness and wear…

Correct answer: 90% tungsten carbide and 10% cobalt
  • A. Monel metal
  • B. Babbitt metal
  • C. Wood's metal
  • D. Duralumin

Explanation: Wood's metal is a low-melting bismuth-based alloy containing lead, commonly also tin and cadmium, and is used in fusible plugs and…

Correct answer: Wood's metal
  • A. 5
  • B. 1.25
  • C. 2.5
  • D. 3.75

Explanation: The loss of weight in water is 5 - 4 = 1 kg, which equals the buoyant force and the weight of displaced water.

Correct answer: 5
  • A. Pellets
  • B. Lumps
  • C. Briquettes
  • D. Sinter

Explanation: The Midrex direct-reduction process normally feeds iron ore as prepared pellets, which provide good permeability and reduction contact in…

Correct answer: Pellets
  • A. Without melting the base metal
  • B. Both A. & B.
  • C. With a non-ferrous filler
  • D. Neither A. nor (B)

Explanation: In brazing, the base metals remain solid while a non-ferrous filler metal melts and flows into the joint, so both statements are correct.

Correct answer: Both A. & B.
  • A. Martenistic
  • B. Bainitic
  • C. Pearlitic
  • D. Ferritic

Explanation: Pearlite consists of alternating lamellae of ferrite and cementite, giving cementite its characteristic layered form.

Correct answer: Pearlitic
  • A. Supply heat by undergoing exothermic reaction with impurities
  • B. Form slag by combining with impurities
  • C. Reduce the coke consumption
  • D. Reduce slag viscosity

Explanation: Limestone decomposes to lime in the furnace, and the lime combines with silica and other gangue impurities to form slag.

Correct answer: Form slag by combining with impurities
  • A. Zinc
  • B. Lead
  • C. Nickel
  • D. Tin

Explanation: Nickel has a high recrystallization temperature, so room temperature is below the range required for hot working.

Correct answer: Nickel
  • A. A physical phenomenon
  • B. An uncontrollable phenomenon
  • C. Same as erosion
  • D. A chemical phenomenon

Explanation: Corrosion is the chemical or electrochemical deterioration of a material through reaction with its environment.

Correct answer: A chemical phenomenon
  • A. All 'A', 'B' & 'C'
  • B. Increases its electrical resistivity and decreases the hysteresis loss
  • C. Is present upto 5% & 4% respectively when used in transformers & motor armatures
  • D. Makes it usable in almost all magnetic circuits where alternating current is used

Explanation: Silicon steel has higher electrical resistivity, which reduces eddy-current losses, and lower hysteresis loss; these properties make it…

Correct answer: All 'A', 'B' & 'C'