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GATE 2017 ME

GATE 2017 Examination*

Mechanical Engineering

Test Date: 04/02/2017

Test Time: 9:00 AM 12:00 PM
Subject Name: ME MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Section I General Aptitude

1. There is one cone of radius 5 m and height 12 m if opened the angle subtended by arc. Find
out the angle in term of (pie)
[Ans. *]

2. Mark and Steve were brothers who played for a country k, James was another player who
played for country E.Mark used to tease James by saying "there is no way you're good enough
to play for your country", to this, James would say "at least i am the best player in my family"...
what conclusion can be drawn from the above paragraph
(A) mark plays better than James,
(B) mark plays better than Steve,
(C) Steve is known to play better than mark
(D) Steve and mark are good friends
[Ans. C]

3. Find the sum of missing terms in the following subtraction

5 - - -
- 8 9
0 1 1 1
[Ans. *]
( )

4. 100 Employees
45 get 20,000/- salary
25 get 30,000/- salary
20 get 40,000/- salary
8 get 60,000/- salary
2 get 1, 50,000/- salary
Median of the above data is
[Ans. *]
30,000

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5. P, Q and R are three people talking about number of cars the person S is having
P says that S is having at least 3 cars
Q says that S is having less than 3 cars
R says that S is having at least 1 car
If only one of them is correct, then whose statement is correct?
(A) P (C) R
(B) Q (D) None of these
[Ans. A]

Section II Technical
1. What is the Poissions ratio of an elastic incompressible material
(A) 0.3 (C) 0.1
(B) 0.5 (D) 0.4
[Ans. B]

2. A material is experiencing loading where Pa, Pa, and . Find out

the yield stress of the material using Von Mises Criterion is ___________
[Ans. *] Range: 329.241 to 329.241

3. A heat pump is transferring 10 kW from a reservoir at 200 K to a reservoir at 300 K. Work

input is equal to 15 kW. Find out the COP___________________
[Ans. *] Range: 1.5 to 2

4. For an incompressible flow through a pipe of constant diameter in the fully developed region
the mean velocity ios constant. What about the mean velocity in developing region?
(A) Half of the mean velocity in fully developed region
(B) Equal to the mean velocity in fully developed region
(C) Twice of the mean velocity in fully developed region
(D) Thrice of the mean velocity in fully developed region
[Ans. B]

5. What is damping ratio for the mathematical model

d x dx
m c x
dt dt
[Ans. *]
C
m

6. Find the velocity of molten metal at the bottom of sprue. Give velocity of molten metal at top
end is 0.5 m/s, diameter at top end 20 mm and height of sprue 200 mm
[Ans. *] Range: 2.042 to 2.043

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7. In a slider crank mechanism, if length of crank and connecting are 3 mm and 4 mm. Find
angular velocity of crank when the angle between crank and connecting rod is and
velocity of slider is 1 m/s

[Ans. *] Range: 0.536 to 0.537 rad/sec

8. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT with respect to

[ ]

(A) Inverse of A is (C) Determinant of A is 1
(B) A is orthogonal matrix (D) Eigen values of A are real
[Ans. D]

9. Product of Eigen value of the matrix

[ ]

[Ans. *] Range: 2 to 2

10.
xsin x
ind lim
x
[Ans. *] Range:

11. In a steam condenser the inlet and exit temperature of the odd stream are 20 and . The
steam condenses on outside surface of the tube. Find LMTD for the heat exchanger
[Ans. *] Range: 63.82 to 63.84

12. Which of the following is not a rotary machinery

(A) Centrifugal pump (C) Gear pump
(B) Jet pump (D) Vortex pump
[Ans. D]

13. Find the minimum power required to maintain the flow of liquid in a pipe for a pressure drop
of 100 kPa. Mass flow rate liquid 1 kg/s and density 1000 kg/m . ( in Watt)
[Ans. *] Range: 100 to 100 Watts

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14. A rod B of length L and mass is hinged at L/ from end as shown and a mass m M/4
is placed at end B find natural frequency?
L

L/ m
B

[Ans. *]

15. A parameter x cos ( )

u
y sin ( ) u
If x axis is rotated what is surface area of revolution
[Ans. *] Range: 6.25 to 6.30

16. Which of the following option is correct for the function given by
d y
y
dx
The boundary conditions are
dy
|
dx
dy
|
dx
(A) Exactly one solution (C) No solution
(B) Infinite number of solution (D) Cant be determined
[Ans. D]

17. Two identical discs A and B of mass M and radius R are rolling down an inclined plane. For
disc A the total mass is concentrated on the circumference and disc B the mass is uniformly
distributed from center to circumference. If and are velocities of A and B.
ind

[Ans. *]

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18. ind deflection of the rod given that Youngs modulus of the rod varies along the length as
follows e Pa (in mm)
rea of cross section
mm

x m
x e Pa
[Ans. *] Range: 1.71 to 1 .72

19. Find the distance travelled by the particle in 5 seconds. Given velocity time graph
elocity

m/s

m/s

m/s

ime

[Ans. *] Range: 10 to 10.5

20. What is the maximum shear stress induced in the shaft of diameter 40 mm. Which transmits a
power of 200 kW, while rotating at 500 rpm? [in MPa]
[Ans. *] Range: 303 to 305

21. An epicyclic gear train is shown schematically in the adjacent figure. The sun gear 2 on the
input shaft is a 25 teeth external gear. The planet gear 3 is a 50 teeth external gear. The ring gear 5
is a 100 teeth internal gear. The ring gear 5 is fixed and the gear 2 is rotating at 60 rpm ccw (ccw =
counter-clockwise and cw = clockwise).
Find the ratio of speed of planet gear 3 to arm (4)

3 4
5
2

[Ans. *] Range:

22. In stress strain curve of mild steel Ultimate Tensile Stress is

(A) Yield stress (C) Failure stress
(B) Maximum stress (D) Fracture stress

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23. Adiabatic work of 200 kJ is done on ideal gas of mass m g (C g ), which is

stored in a rigid container at a pressure of 100 kPa and temperature 300 K. Find change in
entropy of ideal gas during the process. ( in J/kg K)
[Ans. *] Range: 916.29 to 916.30 kJ/kg.K

24. (0, 3)(0.5, 4)(1, 5) are points on the function f(x). the difference in value of the function f(x)
when integrated by Trapezoidal rule and Simpson rule for x to x is
(A) 0 (C) 4
(B) 2 (D) 8
[Ans. A]

25. In a gas turbine the pressure ratio is 10. Temperature of gas at the inlet of turbine is 300 K.
Temperature of gas at the exit of turbine if entropic efficiency of turbine is 90% is ____ [in K]
[Ans. *] Range: 169.84 to 169.85

26. A fair six faced die is rolled many times. The mean of outcomes is __________k
[Ans. *] Range: 0.24 to 0.24

27. Two cutting tools are being compared for a machining operation. The tool life equations are
Tool A :
Tool B:
Where V is the cutting speed in m/min and T is the tool life in min. Tool A will provide higher tool
life if the cutting speed in m/min exceeds
[Ans. *] Range: 106 to 107 m/min

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