1.

Which of the following process can produce drastic changes in the properties of base and filler
materials?
a. Heating b. melting c. re solidification d. all of these
2. A depression at the termination of the weld bead is called,
a. Crater b. depth of fusion c. undercut d. peening
3. The is a fusible material for removal of oxides impurities and to create gas for
shielding welding joint.
a. Spatter b. flux c. under fill d. filler
4. A groove at the toe or root of a weld either on the weld face or in previously deposited weld metal is
called;
a. Porosity b. crater c. overlap d. undercut
5. In which of the following type of joint no special edge preparation is required?
a. Fillet weld b. edge weld c. butt weld d. corner weld
6. Which of the following welding process is not used for cast iron?
a. Arc welding b. oxy acetylene welding c. electron beam welding d. brazing
7. Which of the following flame type in oxy acetylene welding has least chemical effect on heated
metal during welding?
a. Neutral flame b. oxidizing flame c. reducing flame d. all of these
8. For welding copper with oxy acetylene welding, which of the following flame is used?
a. Neutral flame b. oxidizing flame c. carburizing flame d. reducing
flame
9. In which of the following welding process shielding gas is not used?
a. Submerged arc welding b. TIG welding c. MIG welding d. GMAW
10. For Gas Tungsten arc Welding in overhead position is preferred as shielding gas.
a. CO2 b. argon c. mixture of argon & helium d. helium alone
11. For oxidizing flame oxygen –acetylene ratio is;
a. 2:3 b. 1.15:1 c. 1.5:1 d. 1:1.5
12. With classification according to rate of heat input may be classified as low rate of heat
input
a. Plasma arc welding b. laser beam welding c. percussion welding d. flash welding
13. What is the common in brazing and soldering?
a. Base metal doesn’t melt b. filler doesn’t melt
c. Flux not used d. base and filler are of same material
14. In which of the following welding processes no shielding or flux is required?
a. Projection welding submerged arc welding TIG welding MIG welding
15. Which of the following is an example of solid state welding?
a. Electron beam welding b. seam welding c. SMAW d. Oxyfuel gas welding
16. In shielded metal arc welding, the electric arc is produced between the work and the electrode by
a. Voltage drop b. flow of current c. contact resistance d. all of these
17. Which of the following welding process use non-consumable electrodes?
 a. TIG welding b. MIG welding c. SMAW d. submerged arc welding
18. The temperature of oxy-hydrogen flame is ____________oxy-acetylene flame.
a. Same as b. less than c. more than
19. In shielded arc welding
a. Large electrode is used b. welding rod coated with slag is used c. welded rod
coated with fluxing material is used d. all of these can be used
20. The electrode used in spot welding has a tip of
a. Stainless steel b. aluminum c. copper d. brass
21. Carburizing flame is used to weld
a. Steel, cast iron, copper, aluminum etc. b. brass and bronze c. hard surfacing
materials d. all of these
22. In tensile or tear test of spot welded joint, it may be said strong if
a. weld will remain intact while failure occurs in the heat-affected zone
b. nugget broke into pieces c. both a & b d. none of these
23. In which of the following welding processes base metal are not necessarily of the same material?
a. Soldering b. brazing c. spot welding d. all of the these
24. Which of the following is major advantage of resistance welding?
a. They are very rapid.
b. The equipment can often be fully automated.
c. They conserve material, since no filler metal, shielding gases, or flux is required.
d. All of these
25. Cold welding is generally used for
a. Hard materials soft and ductile materials plastics cast iron
26. Roll welding is performed in
a. Hot b. cold c. both a & b d. contaminated environment
27. In friction welding structure is obtained at interface of the joint.
a. Cast b. machined c. drawn d. forged
28. Ultrasonic welding is restricted to
a. Lap joints b. butt joints c. edge joints d. tee joints
29. To produce spot and seam welds for thin plastics, to seal foil and plastic envelopes and pouches
method can be used.
a. Diffusion welding b. explosive welding c. ultrasonic welding d. inertia welding
30. In thermit welding the ratio (by weight) of aluminum to iron oxide in the mixture (termed as
thermit) is
a. 1:2 b. 1:3 c. 1:4 d. 1:5
31. In thermit welding mixture of aluminum and iron oxide is ignited by
a. Sodium fuse b. potassium fuse c. calcium fuse d. magnesium fuse
32. The best of all the welding processes for making welds in thick plates is
a. Thermit welding b. electroslag welding c. submersible arc welding d. flux
cored arc welding
33. Electron beam weld often exhibit joint strength greater than arc welding for
the samematerial.
 a. 15 to25% b. 25 to 35% c. 35 to 45% d. 45 to 50%
34. Protection of joint made by an electron beam welding is done by
a. Helium b. carbon dioxide c. vacuum d. no protection is required
35. Maximum penetration of laser beam welding is
a. 5 mm b. 15 mm c. 25 mm d. 35 mm
36. Which of the following is an advantage of Laser beam welding over electron beam welding?
a. Vacuum environment is not required
b. There is no physical contact b/w equipment and workpiece
c. High rate of heat input
d. Both a & b
37. With a flash welding technique can be made
a. Only Butt joints b. only lap joints c. only edge joints d. all types of joint
38. In percussion welding, the duration of the arc is on the order of
a. 1 to 10 ms b. 10 to 20 ms c. 20 to 30 ms d. 1 to 10 s
39. What is common in flash welding, upset welding and percussion welding
a. Used for butt joints only b. heat source is electrical resistance
c. application of force is required d. all of these
40. Non - consumable electrodes are made of
a. Carbon b. Graphite c. Either carbon or graphite d. Same material as the metal pieces to
be welded
41. In metal inert gas arc welding,
a. Argon is used for welding thin materials and helium is used for welding thick materials
b. Both argon and helium are used for welding thin materials
c. Both argon and helium are used for welding thick materials
d. Argon is used for welding thick materials and helium is used for welding thin materials
42. Electrode requirements have been calculated as follows: (Where M = Mass of electrodes required, D
= Mass of weld metal to be deposited and E = Proportion of electrode lost)
a. M = D/1-E b. M=D/E-1 c. M=(1-D)/E d. M=(D-1)/E
43. The brazing alloy has usually strength to that of the base metal.
a. Higher b. equal c. lower d. double
44. The filler metal used in brazing can be any metal that melts between °C and the
melting point of the material being joined.
 a. 150 b. 250 c. 350 d. 450
45. For brazing high speed steel and tungsten carbide, which of the following brazing material is used?
a. Unalloyed copper b. alloyed copper c. aluminum-silicon alloy d. pure silver
46. What is the difference between straight brazing and braze welding?
a. Braze welding is almost always done with an oxyacetylene torch.
b. In braze welding capillary action is not required to distribute the filler metal.
c. Both a & b
d. There is no difference between brazing and braze welding
47. In Soldering the filler metal has a melting temperature below °C.
a. 750 b. 650 c. 550 d. 450
48. Soldering is not recommended for .
a. Ceramics and glass b. Metals to nonmetals c. Dissimilar nonmetals d. all of
these
49. After curing at room temperature, shear strengths of epoxy can be as high as MPa.
a. 150 to 175 b. 125-150 c. 75-100 d. 35-70
50. Commonly known as Super glues, are example of adhesives.
a. Epoxy b. Cyanoacrylate c. Anaerobic d. Acrylic
51. Implant welding is used for
a. Ceramics b. aluminum c. plastics d. stainless steel
52. Which of the following type of plastic can be welded?
a. Thermoplastic polymers b. thermosetting polymers c. both a & b d. neither a nor
b
53. The electrode used in spot welding has a tip of
a. Stainless steel b. aluminum c. copper d. brass
54. Which of the following defects would you not expect to find by visual inspection of welds?
a. Overlap. b. Linear misalignment c. linear slag inclusions d. Undercut
55. Spatter may be finely controlled during MIG welding by:
a. Increasing the arc voltage b. adjusting the inductance control
c. Welding with no gas d. Using CO2 gas
b. Select the correct shielded metal arc welding rod on which 7014 is printed
a. Cellulosic b. Rutile c. Basic d. Rutile High Recovery
56. Thickness of a single strap in a riveted joint is
 a. < Plate thickness b. > Plate thickness c. = Plate thickness d. None
c. Back pitch in a riveted joint is equal to .
a. D b. 3D c. 2D d. 4D
d. Which of the following joint have high corrosion resistance?
a. Welding joint b. Riveted joint c. Bolted joint d. None of the above

Single-V and single-U butt welds are used for sheets of thickness

a. upto 10mm b. 5-15mm c. 10-20mm d. 15-25mm