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  • A. Dry air
  • B. Moisture
  • C. Pure oxygen
  • D. Sunlight

Explanation: Chlorine forms hypochlorous acid in the presence of water, and this species releases active oxygen that causes bleaching.

Correct answer: Moisture
  • A. Nitriding
  • B. Hot dipping
  • C. Both 'B' & 'C'
  • D. Electroplating

Explanation: Nitriding is a recognized case-hardening treatment because nitrogen diffuses into the surface and forms hard compounds.

Correct answer: Both 'B' & 'C'
  • A. Left as such to protect the surface
  • B. Hammered into the surface
  • C. Removed with coarse emery cloth
  • D. Removed by acid pickling

Explanation: Annealing can leave an oxide scale on a non-ferrous metal surface, and acid pickling dissolves this scale without mechanically damaging…

Correct answer: Removed by acid pickling
  • A. Copper-lead alloys
  • B. Cermets
  • C. Bronzes
  • D. Babbitts

Explanation: Copper-lead alloys, Babbitts, and bronzes are established bearing materials because they combine load capacity with suitable friction and…

Correct answer: Cermets
  • A. Powder
  • B. Solution
  • C. Gaseous mixture
  • D. Emulsion

Explanation: Shampoos are sold as powders, liquid solutions, and sometimes emulsions or creams, but a gaseous mixture cannot practically deliver the…

Correct answer: Gaseous mixture
  • A. None of these
  • B. Smelting
  • C. Roasting
  • D. Classification

Explanation: Classification separates the crushed ore from unwanted particles according to size or settling behavior, so it is an ore dressing…

Correct answer: Classification
  • A. 150
  • B. 200
  • C. 300
  • D. 400

Explanation: Rubber is commonly distinguished from the broader class of elastomers by an elongation exceeding about 200%, while elastomers are…

Correct answer: 200
  • A. Immobility of dislocation
  • B. Strain-ageing
  • C. Increase in Young's modulus
  • D. Strain hardening

Explanation: Blue brittleness in mild steel occurs in the intermediate-temperature range because of strain ageing, in which carbon and nitrogen atoms…

Correct answer: Strain-ageing
  • A. Copper
  • B. Nickel
  • C. Aluminium
  • D. Zinc

Explanation: Elinvar is a nickel-based alloy whose nearly constant elastic modulus makes it suitable for watch and instrument springs.

Correct answer: Nickel
  • A. He
  • B. C
  • C. Ar
  • D. H

Explanation: The common hydrogen isotope protium has one proton and no neutron, unlike helium, carbon, and argon atoms, which contain neutrons in their…

Correct answer: H
  • A. Nuclear fission
  • B. Nuclear fusion
  • C. Both the nuclear fission & fusion
  • D. Ionisation

Explanation: An atomic bomb releases energy through an uncontrolled nuclear fission chain reaction, usually involving uranium-235 or plutonium-239.

Correct answer: Nuclear fission
  • A. Supercharging
  • B. Engine speed
  • C. Compression ratio
  • D. Wall temperature

Explanation: Increasing engine speed reduces the time available for the unburned end-gas to undergo auto-ignition reactions, so knocking tendency…

Correct answer: Engine speed
  • A. Painted steel
  • B. Case hardened steel
  • C. Galvanised iron
  • D. Lead lined reactor

Explanation: In galvanised iron, zinc acts as a sacrificial anode and corrodes preferentially, keeping the underlying iron cathodic and protected.

Correct answer: Galvanised iron
  • A. White metal
  • B. Gun metal
  • C. Duralumin
  • D. Constantan

Explanation: Constantan is conventionally described in elementary alloy questions as an approximately equal-part copper-nickel alloy.

Correct answer: Constantan
  • A. Permeability of free space
  • B. Magnetic moment
  • C. Magnetic susceptibility
  • D. Flux density

Explanation: Permeability has SI units N/A², equivalently T·m/A. Magnetic susceptibility is dimensionless, while flux density is measured directly in…

Correct answer: Permeability of free space
  • A. Phosphorous
  • B. Boron
  • C. Carbon
  • D. Nitrogen

Explanation: Boron has three valence electrons, so replacing silicon in its crystal lattice creates holes and produces p-type conduction.

Correct answer: Boron
  • A. Cermets
  • B. Alloy steel
  • C. High speed steel
  • D. Tungsten carbide

Explanation: High-speed steel retains hardness and cutting ability even when drilling generates considerable heat, while also resisting wear.

Correct answer: High speed steel
  • A. Season cracking of brass
  • B. Caustic embrittlement of steel
  • C. Neither A. nor (B)
  • D. Both A. & B.

Explanation: Season cracking of brass and caustic embrittlement of steel are both forms of stress-corrosion failure, requiring a susceptible metal, a…

Correct answer: Both A. & B.
  • A. 3-4
  • B. 12-14
  • C. 0.3-0.4
  • D. 20-25

Explanation: Electrical silicon steel generally contains about 3 to 4% silicon, which increases electrical resistivity and reduces eddy-current losses.

Correct answer: 3-4
  • A. Alumina
  • B. Platinum
  • C. Vanadium pentoxide
  • D. Iron oxide

Explanation: Platinum is a precious-metal catalyst used in automobile catalytic converters to promote oxidation of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons and…

Correct answer: Platinum