Engineering Materials Mcqs - Set 4

1)   An engineer’s hammer is made of___________________?

a. cast iron
b. forged steel
c. mild steel
d. high carbon steel
e. H.S.S
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: high carbon steel

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2)   Surveying tapes are made of a material having low coefficient of expansion and enough strength. The alloy used is__________________?

a. silver metal
b. duralumin
c. Hastelloy
d. monel metal
e. invar
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: invar

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3)   Basic constituents of Monel metal are _________________?

a. nickel, copper
b. nickel, molybdenum
c. zinc, tin, lead
d. nickel, lead and tin
e. none of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: nickel, copper

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4)   Eutectoid steel contains following percentage of carbon_______________?

a. 0.02%
b. 0.3%
c. 0.63%
d. 0.8%
e. 1.2%.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 0.8%

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5)   Pick up the wrong statement Nickel and chromium in steel help in _________________?

a. providing corrosion resistance
b. improving machining properties
c. providing high strength at elevated temperatures
d. raising the elastic limit
e. improving the resilience and ductility
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: improving machining properties

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6)   Railway rails are normally made of_______________?

a. mild steel
b. alloy steel
c. high carbon
d. tungsten steel
e. cast iron steel
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: high carbon

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7)   Corrosion resistance of steel is increased by addition of________________?

a. chromium and nickel
b. sulphur, phosphorus, lead
c. vanadium, aluminium
d. tungsten, molybdenum, vanadium, chromium
e. zinc
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: chromium and nickel

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8)   Maximum percentage of carbon in ferrite is___________________?

a. 0.025%
b. 0.06%
c. 0.1%
d. 0.25%
e. 0.8%.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 0.025%

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9)   The most effective inhibitor of grain growth, when added in small quantities is__________________?

a. carbon
b. vanadium
c. manganese
d. cobalt
e. copper
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: vanadium

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10)   ‘Killed steels’ are those steels__________________?

a. which are destroyed by burning
b. which after their destruction are recycled to produce fresh steel
c. which are deoxidised in the ladle with silicon and aluminium
d. in which carbon is completely burnt
e. which have poor properties due to improper manufacturing
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: which are deoxidised in the ladle with silicon and aluminium

Explanation:
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11)   Carbon steel is_______________?

a. made by adding carbon in steel
b. refined from cast iron
c. an alloy of iron and carbon with varying quantities of phosphorus and sulphur
d. extensively used for making cutting tools
e. extremely brittle
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: an alloy of iron and carbon with varying quantities of phosphorus and sulphur

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12)   An important property of malleable cast iron in comparison to grey cast iron is the high___________________?

a. compressive strength
b. ductility
c. carbon content
d. hardness
e. surface finish
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: ductility

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13)   In mottled cast iron, carbon is available in__________________?

a. free form
b. combined form
c. nodular form
d. flat form
e. partly in free and partly in combined state
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: partly in free and partly in combined state

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14)   Cast iron has_________________?

a. high tensile strength
b. its elastic limit close to the ultimate breaking strength
c. high ductility
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: its elastic limit close to the ultimate breaking strength

Explanation:
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15)   A reversible change in the atomic structure of the steel with a corresponding change in the properties is known as_________________?

a. allotropic change
b. recrystallisation
c. heat treatment
d. precipitation
e. austempering
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: allotropic change

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16)   Pick up wrong statement about wrought iron ?

a. It contains carbon of the order of 0 to 0.25%
b. It melts at 1535°C
c. It is very soft and ductile
d. It can be easily forge welded
e. It is made by adding suitable percent¬age of carbon to molten iron and subjecting the product to repeated hammering and rolling
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: It is made by adding suitable percent¬age of carbon to molten iron and subjecting the product to repeated hammering and rolling

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17)   Wrought iron is________________?

a. hard
b. high in strength
c. highly resistant to corrosion
d. heat treated to change its properties
e. least resistant to corrosion
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: highly resistant to corrosion

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18)   In nodular iron, graphite is in the form of_____________________?

a. cementite
b. free carbon
c. flakes
d. spheroids
e. nodular aggregates of graphite
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: spheroids

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19)   Pig iron is the name given to________________?

a. raw material for blast furnace
b. product of blast furnace made by reduction of iron ore
c. iron containing huge quantities of carbon
d. iron in molten form in the ladles
e. iron scrap
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: product of blast furnace made by reduction of iron ore

Explanation:
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20)   The percentage of carbon in pig iron varies from___________________?

a. 0.1 to 1.2%
b. 1.5 to 2.5%
c. 2.5 to 4%
d. 4 to 4.5%
e. 4.5 to 6.3%.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4 to 4.5%

Explanation:
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