1. The function of the washer is to ?

fill up the axial gap

provide bearing area

provide cushioning effect

absorb shocks and vibrations

Answer: provide bearing area

Explanation:


2. When a nut is tightened by placing a washer below it, the bolt will be subjected to ?

tensile stress

compressive stress

shear stress

none of these

Answer: tensile stress

Explanation:


3. The largest diameter of an external or internal screw thread is known as ?

minor diameter

major diameter

pitch diameter

none of these

Answer: major diameter

Explanation:


4. In cyclic loading, stress concentration is more serious in ?

brittle materials

ductile materials

brittle as well as ductile materials

elastic materials

Answer: ductile materials

Explanation:


5. Two shafts A and B under pure torsion are of identical length and identical weight and are made of the same material. The shaft A is solid and the shaft B is hollow. We can say that ?

shaft B is better than shaft A

shaft A is better than shaft B

both the shafts are equally good

none

Answer: shaft B is better than shaft A

Explanation:


6. Failure of a material is called fatigue when it fails ?

at the elastic limit

below the elastic limit

at the yield point

below the yield point

Answer: below the yield point

Explanation:


7. According to Indian standards, total number of fundamental deviations are ?

10

15

20

25

Answer: 25

Explanation:


8. When a machine member is subjected to torsion, the torsional shear stress set up in the member is ?

zero at both the centroidal axis and outer surface of the member

maximum at both the centroidal axis and outer surface of the member

zero at the centroidal axis and maximum at the outer surface of the member

maximum at the centroidal axis and zero at the outer surface of the member

Answer: maximum at both the centroidal axis and outer surface of the member

Explanation:


9. A locking device extensively used in marine type connecting rod ends is a ?

jam nut

castle nut

sawn nut

ring nut

Answer: ring nut

Explanation:


10. The fatigue stress concentration factor is defined as ?

the ratio of endurance limit with stress concentration to the endurance limit without stress concentration

the ratio of endurance limit without stress concentration to the endurance limit with stress concentration

the product of the endurance limits with and without stress concentration

all of the above

Answer: the ratio of endurance limit without stress concentration to the endurance limit with stress concentration

Explanation: