NTS GAT Subject (Mechanical Engineering) FLP 2 Free Quiz

1. What are the characteristics of polymers?

A. Metals B. Ceramics C. Composites D. Polymers

2. What are the characteristics of ceramics?

A. Metals B. Ceramics C. Polymers D. Composites

3. What is brass?

A. Copper and tin B. Copper and aluminum C. Copper and zinc D. Copper and nickel

4. What is titanium known for?

A. Steel B. Titanium C. Aluminum D. Magnesium

5. What type of polymer softens when heated?

A. Thermosets B. Elastomers C. Ceramics D. Thermoplastics

6. What type of polymer can stretch and return to shape?

A. Elastomers B. Thermoplastics C. Thermosets D. Ceramics

7. What materials include fiber-reinforced plastics?

A. Metals B. Ceramics C. Composites D. Polymers

8. What is a ferrous material?

A. Copper B. Aluminum C. Titanium D. Iron-based

9. What is a non-ferrous material?

A. Steel B. Non-ferrous C. Cast iron D. Wrought iron

10. What does the tensile test measure?

A. Hardness B. Tensile C. Impact D. Fatigue

11. What is engineering mechanics?

A. Forces and their effects B. Statics only C. Dynamics only D. Kinematics only

12. What is a force?

A. Mass B. Acceleration C. Force D. Energy

13. What is Newton's First Law?

A. F = ma B. Action-reaction C. Law of inertia D. Body at rest stays at rest

14. What is the center of gravity?

A. Center of mass B. Center of gravity C. Centroid D. Center of pressure

15. What condition is required for equilibrium of a body?

A. Sum of forces only B. Sum of moments only C. Sum of forces and moments zero D. Sum of velocities zero

16. What type of friction acts when there is no relative motion?

A. Static friction B. Kinetic friction C. Rolling friction D. Fluid friction

17. What type of friction acts during relative motion?

A. Static B. Rolling C. Kinetic D. Fluid

18. How does the coefficient of static friction compare to kinetic friction?

A. Less B. Equal C. Zero D. Greater

19. What is a truss?

A. Frame B. Truss C. Beam D. Column

20. What is a beam?

A. Beam B. Column C. Truss D. Arch

21. What is energy?

A. Power B. Force C. Momentum D. Energy

22. What is kinetic energy?

A. Potential energy B. Kinetic energy C. Thermal energy D. Chemical energy

23. What is potential energy?

A. Potential energy B. Kinetic energy C. Thermal energy D. Elastic energy

24. What does the conservation of energy state?

A. Mass conservation B. Momentum conservation C. Energy conservation D. Force conservation

25. What does fluid mechanics study?

A. Liquids and gases in motion and at rest B. Liquids only C. Gases only D. Fluids in motion only

26. What is Newton's law of viscosity?

A. τ = μu B. τ = μ(du/dy) C. τ = μ/y D. τ = μu/y

27. What is Bernoulli's equation?

A. P + V²/2 + gz = constant B. P/ρ + V²/2 = constant C. P/ρ + gz = constant D. P/ρ + V²/2 + gz = constant

28. What is laminar flow?

A. Laminar flow B. Turbulent flow C. Transitional flow D. Compressible flow

29. What principle does a hydraulic lift work on?

A. Bernoulli B. Pascal C. Archimedes D. Newton

30. What property of fluids is observed at interfaces?

A. Viscosity B. Density C. Compressibility D. Surface tension

31. What is convection?

A. Convection B. Conduction C. Radiation D. Diffusion

32. What is radiation?

A. Conduction B. Radiation C. Convection D. Advection

33. What is the Stefan-Boltzmann Law?

A. q = εσT⁴ B. q = σT² C. q = σT D. q = σ/T⁴

34. What method is used for heat exchanger design?

A. LMTD method B. Energy balance C. Thermal resistance D. Effectiveness-NTU method

35. What number is used in natural convection?

A. Grashof B. Reynolds C. Prandtl D. Nusselt

36. What is the Fourier number?

A. Biot B. Fourier C. Nusselt D. Prandtl

37. How many strokes are in a four-stroke engine?

A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six

38. What causes knocking in an ICE?

A. Normal combustion B. Pre-ignition C. Late ignition D. Premature ignition

39. What cycle does a steam power plant operate on?

A. Otto B. Rankine C. Diesel D. Brayton

40. What cycle does a gas turbine power plant operate on?

A. Brayton B. Rankine C. Otto D. Diesel

41. What condenses steam into water?

A. Boiler B. Turbine C. Pump D. Condenser

42. What type of power plant uses water to generate electricity?

A. Hydroelectric B. Thermal C. Nuclear D. Solar

43. What converts solar energy into electricity?

A. Wind B. Hydro C. Geothermal D. Solar

44. What power plant uses both gas and steam turbines?

A. Single cycle B. Simple cycle C. Combined cycle D. Open cycle

45. What is the thermal efficiency of a power plant?

A. Work/Heat B. Heat/Work C. Power/Heat D. Net work output / Heat input

46. What type of engine is used in a diesel power plant?

A. Gas turbine B. Diesel C. Steam D. Nuclear

47. What is casting?

A. Forging B. Rolling C. Casting D. Extrusion

48. What is extrusion?

A. Extrusion B. Forging C. Rolling D. Casting

49. What machining process uses a lathe?

A. Milling B. Drilling C. Grinding D. Turning

50. What machining process uses a rotating cutter?

A. Turning B. Milling C. Drilling D. Grinding

51. What machining process produces holes?

A. Drilling B. Milling C. Turning D. Grinding

52. What machining process uses an abrasive wheel?

A. Turning B. Milling C. Grinding D. Drilling

53. What molding process uses heat and pressure for thermosetting materials?

A. Compression molding B. Injection molding C. Blow molding D. Transfer molding

54. What heat treatment process softens a metal?

A. Hardening B. Quenching C. Tempering D. Annealing

55. What heat treatment process hardens metal by rapid cooling?

A. Annealing B. Quenching C. Tempering D. Normalizing

56. What heat treatment process reduces brittleness after quenching?

A. Tempering B. Annealing C. Quenching D. Normalizing

57. What are mechanical vibrations?

A. Oscillatory motions B. Linear motion C. Rotational motion D. Static

58. What is damping?

A. Stiffness B. Damping C. Mass D. Inertia

59. What type of control system does not use feedback?

A. Open-loop B. Closed-loop C. Feedforward D. Adaptive

60. What does the derivative controller do?

A. Derivative B. Proportional C. Integral D. None

61. For stability, where must the poles of a system be?

A. Right half-plane B. Left half-plane C. Imaginary axis D. Origin

62. What determines overshoot and settling time in a second-order system?

A. Damping ratio B. Natural frequency C. Gain D. Time constant

63. What is an overdamped system?

A. Underdamped B. Overdamped C. Critically damped D. Undamped

64. What is a Nyquist plot?

A. Bode B. Root locus C. Nyquist D. Nichols

65. What representation uses state variables?

A. State-space B. Transfer function C. Frequency response D. Impulse response

66. What converts energy from one form to another?

A. Sensor B. Transducer C. Actuator D. Controller

67. What transform is used in control systems for analysis?

A. Laplace B. Fourier C. Z-transform D. Hilbert

68. What transform is used for frequency analysis?

A. Laplace B. Z-transform C. Fourier D. Hilbert

69. What does mechanics of materials deal with?

A. Stress, strain, and deformation of solids B. Stress only C. Strain only D. Deformation only

70. What is stress?

A. Strain B. Modulus C. Stress D. Deformation

71. What is strain?

A. Stress B. Modulus C. Deformation D. Strain

72. What is Hooke's Law?

A. σ = Eε B. σ = Gγ C. σ = νε D. σ = E/ε

73. What is shear stress?

A. Normal stress B. Bending stress C. Shear stress D. Torsional stress

74. What is shear strain?

A. Normal strain B. Bulk strain C. Lateral strain D. Shear strain

75. What is the modulus of rigidity?

A. Modulus of rigidity B. Young's modulus C. Bulk modulus D. Poisson's ratio

76. What causes bending stress in a beam?

A. Shear B. Torsion C. Axial D. Bending

77. What is the yield strength?

A. Yield strength B. Ultimate strength C. Fracture strength D. Fatigue strength

78. What test produces a stress-strain curve?

A. Hardness test B. Impact test C. Creep test D. Stress-strain test

79. What is ductility?

A. Hardness B. Toughness C. Ductility D. Brittleness

80. What is creep?

A. Fatigue B. Fracture C. Creep D. Elastic deformation

81. What is a machine?

A. Structure B. Link C. Joint D. Machine

82. What is a link in a mechanism?

A. Joint B. Link C. Frame D. Mechanism

83. What is a kinematic pair?

A. Kinematic pair B. Link C. Mechanism D. Frame

84. What is a gear?

A. Bearing B. Shaft C. Coupling D. Gear

85. What is the most common gear tooth profile?

A. Involute B. Cycloidal C. Straight D. Spiral

86. What type of bearing uses rolling elements?

A. Journal B. Ball C. Thrust D. Plain

87. What connects and disconnects two rotating shafts?

A. Clutch B. Coupling C. Bearing D. Gear

88. What regulates engine speed?

A. Gear B. Bearing C. Flywheel D. Governor

89. What is mechanical advantage?

A. Mechanical advantage B. Gear ratio C. Velocity ratio D. Efficiency

90. What is thermodynamics?

A. Heat, work, and energy transformations B. Heat transfer only C. Fluid flow only D. Combustion only

91. Which law states that two bodies in equilibrium with a third are in equilibrium with each other?

A. First Law of Thermodynamics B. Second Law of Thermodynamics C. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics D. Third Law of Thermodynamics

92. What is the First Law of Thermodynamics?

A. ΔS = Q/T B. ΔH = ΔU + PΔV C. ΔG = ΔH - TΔS D. ΔU = Q - W

93. What does the Second Law of Thermodynamics state?

A. Energy is conserved B. Entropy always increases C. Equilibrium is reached D. Absolute zero is unattainable

94. What is entropy?

A. Enthalpy B. Internal energy C. Entropy D. Gibbs free energy

95. What is internal energy?

A. Enthalpy B. Internal energy C. Entropy D. Gibbs free energy

96. Which cycle is used in spark-ignition engines?

A. Diesel B. Otto C. Rankine D. Brayton

97. Which cycle is used in gas turbines?

A. Otto B. Diesel C. Brayton D. Rankine

98. What is the compressibility factor Z?

A. Z = 1 for all gases B. Z = 0 for ideal gases C. Z = infinity for ideal gases D. Z = PV/nRT

99. What does Clausius inequality state?

A. Kelvin-Planck statement B. Clausius-Clapeyron equation C. Clausius inequality D. Joule-Thomson effect

100. What is a saturated liquid?

A. Superheated B. Saturated liquid C. Subcooled D. Compressed

Country Wise Scholarships

Entry Tests Preparation

Follow Us

Aggregate Calculator