1. A wood-ruff key is ?

a tapered key with head at one end

fitted in pairs at right angles

capable of tilting in a recess milled out in the shaft

all of the above

Answer: capable of tilting in a recess milled out in the shaft

Explanation:


2. A key made from a cylindrical disc having segmental cross-section, is known as ?

feather key

gib-head key

wood ruff key

flat saddle key

Answer: wood ruff key

Explanation:


3. The bending stress in a curved beam is ?

zero at the centroidal axis

zero at the point other than centroidal axis

maximum at the neutral axis

none of these

Answer: zero at the point other than centroidal axis

Explanation:


4. A pressure vessel is said to be a thick shell, if the ratio of wall thickness to its diameter is ?

equal to 1/10

less than 1/10

greater than 1/10

none of these

Answer: greater than 1/10

Explanation:


5. In designing thick cylinders, the equation used is ?

Lame's equation

Birnie's equation

Clavarinos' equation

all of these

Answer: all of these

Explanation:


6. The number of slots in a 25 m castle nut is ?

2

4

6

8

Answer: 6

Explanation:


7. The most important dimension in the design of a nut is ?

pitch diameter

inside diameter

outside diameter

height

Answer: height

Explanation:


8. A transmission shaft includes ?

counter shaft

line shaft

over head shaft

all of these

Answer: all of these

Explanation:


9. In the assembly of pulley, key and shaft ?

pulley is made the weakest

key is made the weakest

key is made the stongest

all the three are designed for equal strength

Answer: key is made the weakest

Explanation:


10. A hollow saddle key is ?

a taper key which fits half in the key way of hub and half in the key way of shaft

a taper key which fits in a key way of the hub and is flat on the shaft

a taper key which fits in a key way of the hub and the bottom of the key is shaped to fit the curved surface of the shaft

provided in pairs at right angles and each key is to withstand torsion in one direction only

Answer: a taper key which fits in a key way of the hub and the bottom of the key is shaped to fit the curved surface of the shaft

Explanation: