OBJECTIVE QUESTION BANK

Er. SUBRAT KUMAR BEHERA

Lecturer in Metallurgy

Department of Metallurgical
Engineering

ORISSA SCHOOL OF MINING ENGINEERING, KEONJHAR

A Government of Odisha institution with National Repute Established in the
Year 1956 (Approved by AICTE, New Delhi & Affiliated to SCTE&VT,
Odisha,BBSR)
 Iron & Steel Making
1. Which is closest to the purest form of the iron?

Cast Iron
Wrought Iron
Pig Iron
Steel

2. The product of a commercial direct reduction process is:

Liquid 1ron
Pig iron
Sponge iron
Iron saturated with carbon.

3. Abrasion resistance of coke is measured by the

M10
M40
Shatter test
none

4. Which one of the following is not the irregularitie of the blast furnace?

Hanging
Slip
Tapping
Breakout

5. Which one of the following is not function of coke in the blast furnace
?

Fuel
Carburizer
Reducing agent
Oxidizing agent
6. Which one of the following is not the zone of the blast furnace?

Granular zone
Adhesive zone
Cohesive zone
Tuyere zone

7. Sulphide ore of iron is

Magnetite
Hematite
Pyrites
Limonite

8. Which one of the following furnace can be used to produce Alloy steels

L D process
open hearth furnace
Electric Arc furnace
Acid Bessemer process

9. Which one of the following is receptacle to collect the liquid slag and
metal

Bosh
Stack
Hearth
Tuyere

10. Which one of the following process is Direct smelting

Blast Furnace
LD
vacuum Arc Degassing (VAD)
COREX
11. The important factors for producing low silicon pig iron in a blast
furnace are

Higher temperature and higher basicity

Lower temperature and lower basicity
Lower temperature and higher basicity
Higher temperature and lower basicity

12. Which one of the following type of the reactor is used in LD Steel
making

Fluidized bed reactor

Retort
Penumatic reactor
Travelling grate reactor

13. Which one of the following type of the reactor is used in Dwight-
Lloyd sintering.

Fluidized bed reactor

Retort
Penumatic reactor
Travelling grate reactor

14. Which one of the following is a basic oxygen furnace (BOF) ?

open hearth furnace

bessemer converter
L D converter
A & B both

15. Chief source of sulphur in the blast furnace charge is

Coke
Iron ore
 Sinter
Flux

16. In the process, Killing of steel in which the product is called killed
steel is basically removal of

Sulphur
Oxygen
Manganese
Both A & B

17. The process of starting a newly lined blast furnace is called

Blowing in
Blowing out
Black draughting
Banking

18. In steel making higher FeO makes the slag

Oxidizing
Reducing
Neutral
Both A & B

19. Permeability of the charge in the bosh region of the blast furnace is
maintained by

Sinter
Iron ore
Coke
Limestone

20. In the blast furnace Solution loss reaction is also known as

Neumann Reaction
Boudourd REaction
 Seeman Reaction
None

21. The reductant used for industrial production of sponge iron are

non-coking coal
metallurgical coke
Natural gas
Both A & C

22. M40 index of coke indicates

Hardness of coke
Abrasion resistance
Impact strength
Compressive strength

23. In L-D steelmaking, the final slag can be best described as

oxidizing
basic
oxidizing and basic
reducing and basic

24. High top pressure in a blast furnace operation

Cut down the carbon loss in solution loss reaction.

Increases Silicon content in Hot metal.
decreases gas-solid contact time
increases coke rate

25. The second most widely spread economic iron bearing mineral is

Siderite
Hematite
Magnetite
Limonite
26. In the steel making process favourable condition for the formation of
foam is

Slag with high surface tension and high viscosity

Percentage of moisture supplied through lance
Slag with low surface tension and low viscosity
Slag with low viscosity and high surface tension

27. In the Blast furnace, which one of the following region has maximum
diameter

Stack
Bosh
Mantle
tuyere

28. Which one of the following is used as coolant in LD process of steel

making

Scrap and iron ore

Cold Pig iron
Flux
Both Band C

29. Which one of the following type of the reactor is used in iron
smelting

Fluidized bed reactor

Retort
Counter current reactor
Travelling grate reactor

30. A carbonized lump produced from a mixture of iron bearing fines

and non metallurgical coal is known as
 Natural coal
Ferro coke
Charcoal
Formed coke

31. In which pelletiser growth occurs by layering

Disc pelletiser
Drum pelletiser
Both A and B
None

32. The process to put off the blast of a short duration of an hour or two
to repair the tuyeres is known as

Blowing in
Blowing out
Back draughting
Banking

33. Partially deoxidised steel is called as

Rimmed Steel
Killed steel
Semi-killed steel
None

34. Foamy slag practice is mainly done in which of the following

Furnace during steel making

LD Convertor
Ladle furnace
Electric Arc furnace
Induction furnace

35. The temperature zone at which limestone get calcined in the blast
furnace (in degree Celsius)
 800-1000
500-600
700-800
1500-1800

36. Open hearth furnaces can be heated by burning

Gas
Oil
Pulverised coal
All of the above

37. The process of stopping the blast furnace operation at the end of its
campaign is known as

Blowing in
Blowing out
Black draughting
Banking

38. Which one of the following process of steel making is also known as
Thomas process

Acid Bessemer process

Basic Bessemer process
LD process
Open hearth furnace

39. Which one of the following is right type of fuel needed to run blast
furnace

Coal
Coke
Ferro coke
Charcoal

40. The temperature to which chamber of RH degasser is heated before

its actual use
 800 °C
1450 °C
1600°C
2000 °C

41. The chemical reserve zone in the iron blast furnace consists mainly
of

Wustite
Magnetite
Hematite
Iron

42.Which one of the following used in EAF for making carbon and low
alloy steel of quality attainable in open hearth furnace

Reducing single slag practice

Double slag practice
Oxidizing single slag practice
Argon oxygen decarburizer

43. In the blast furnace process,in which of the only zone where coke
may be present in solid form

Granular zone
Cohesive zone
Tuyere zone
hearth zone

44. To effect protection against high temperature, which of the following

plates are inserted at regular intervals in the blast furnace lining in the
bosh region

Aluminum
Water cooled copper or steel
Water cooled Nickel
Water cooled iron
45. Manganese recovery in steel making is aided by

High activity of FeO in slag

Low activity of FeO in slag
Low Temperature
Acidic slag

46. In which one of the following region of blast furnace melting of

charge takes place

Stack
Bosh
Hearth
lower stack

47. The term Slag splashing is related to

L D convertor
Electric Arc furnace
Continuous caster
Blast furnace

48. Echevarria process, used as alternate method for iron production is

which one of the following type of furnace

Rotary kiln
Retort
Shaft furnace
Fluidizen bed
 Extractive Metallurgy
1. Argentite is the ore of

Copper
Silver
Lead
Magnesium

2.Flash smelting is used for the production of

Copper
Lead
Tungsten
Aluminium

3.Flash smelting is used for the production of

Copper
Lead
Tungsten
Aluminium

4. Which one of the following minerals is a source of Lead ?

Pyrolusite
Malachite
Calomal
Cerrusite

5. The process of reducing the ore with carbon in the presence of flux is
known as

Sintering
Smelting
Calcination
Raosting
6. Dow process is used in the extraction of

Zinc
Aluminium
Magnesium
Lead

7. In froth floatation process, which one of the following acts a

depressors

Thiocarbonates
NaCN
Pine oil
CuSO4

8. Which is the most abundant ferrous metal present in the earth’s crust

Aluminium
Iron
Nickel
Cobalt

9. Which one of the following has the lowest density

Lead
Aluminium
Zinc
Magnesium

10. which one of the following process has the objective of Precipitation
of metal in aqueous solution

Leaching
Cementation
Converting
Roasting
11. The reagent used in the soda-lime-sinter(S-L-S) process of
production of Al2O3.

NaOH
H2SO4
Na2CO3
HCl

12. which one of the following process has the objective of Selective
dissolution of metal.

Cementation
Leaching
Converting
Roasting

13. The product of Cupola furnace is

Pig iron
Cast iron
Wrought iron
Sponge iron

14. Smithsonite is the ore of

Tin
Silver
Zinc
Magnesium

15. Which one of the metal can be reduced by hydrogen

Magnesium
Lead
Aluminium
Tungsten

16. Mond process is used for the extraction of

 Copper
Titanium
Nickel
Gold

17. Which is the most abundant metal present in the earth’s crust

Silicon
Aluminum
Nickel
Cobalt

18. In froth floatation process, which one of the following acts a activator

Pine oil
CuSO4
Fatty acid
NaCN

19. Which one of the following has the highest density

Lead
Silver
Copper
Gold

20. Jigging is based on the principle of

Differential initial acceleration

Modification of surface tension
Difference in density
Differential lateral movement

21. Which one of the following minerals is a source of Copper ?

Cerrusite
Malachite
 Calomal
Pyrolusite

22. In Bayer process, bauxite is digested under pressure using

H2SO4
NH3
NaOH
Hcl

23. Which one of the following process has the objective of Conversion of
sulphide to oxide

Calcination
Cementation
Sintering
Roasting

24. Refining of silver is done by

Cupellation
Poling
Liquation
Van Arkel method

25. Blast Furnace is used for smelting

Lead
Copper
Tungsten
Aluminium

26. Fused salt electro winning is possible for

Magnesium
Aluminium
Tungsten
Lead
27. Which one of the following minerals is a source of titanium?

Chalybite
Covellite
pyrolusite
Ilmenite

28. The size of ore is finest in

Heap leaching
Percolation leaching
Agitation leaching
Tank leaching

29. In froth floatation process, which one of the following acts as

stabilizers

Aniline
Pine oil
Fatty acid
Thiocarbonates

30. Heating of an ore in the absence of air below its melting point is

Smelting
Calcination
Roasting
Leaching

31. Electrometallurgy is a process of metal extraction which is

Expensive but gives high purity metal

Expensive and gives low purity metal
Cheap and gives high purity metal
Cheap but gives low purity metal

32. Covellite is the ore of

 Iron
Mercury
Copper
Magnesium

33. The Best known example of vacuum metallurgy is

Kroll’s Process
Pidgeon’s Process
Iodide Process
Mond Process

34. Heavy media separation is based on the principle of

Modification of surface tension

Differential lateral movement
Differential initial acceleration
Difference in density

35. Distillation is adopted in the treatment of

volatile metals
Non Volatile metals
Noble Metals
Transition metals

36. Kroll’s process is used for the extraction of

Magnesium
Gold
Titanium
Nickel

37. Thermit welding is the example of the

Carbothermic reduction
Metallothermic reduction
 Calciothermic reduction
Solid state reduction

38. Matte smelting is used in the extraction of

lead
Zinc
Aluminum
Copper

39. Chalybite is the ore of

Iron
Mercury
Molybdenum
Magnesium

40. Pidgeon process is used for the extraction of

Magnesium
Titanium
Gold
Nickel

41. In the electro refining process anode is

Electrical conductor
Insoluble conductor
Pure metal
Impure metal

42. Which one of the following minerals is a source of Mercury ?

Rutile
Magnetite
Calomal
Pyrolusite
43. In the process of Forth Flotation- Lime, Pine oil and copper sulphate
are respectively

Regulator, Frother, Activator

Collector, Frother, Regulator
Activator, Frother, Regulator
Activator, Frother, Collector

44. Which one of the following type of the reactor is used in Zinc
extraction?

Fluidized bed reactor

Retort
Penumatic reactor
Travelling grate reactor

45. Which one of the following process is used in Purification of

Zirconium

MIDREX process
Mond process
Van-Arkel iodide
Kroll’s process

46. Carbothermic reduction at industrial level is not possible for

Iron
Lead
Tin
Aluminium

47. Which one is NOT an agglomeration process?

Nodulizing
Briquetting
Roasting
Pelletizing
48. Which one of the following metal cannot be produced b aqueous
electrolysis.

Copper
Zinc
Gold
Magnesium

Mechanical Metallurgy

1. Which is the structure insensitive property?

Yield Stress
Fatigue Strength
Elastic constant
None of the above

2. One of the yielding criteria for ductile material is Von Mises Criteria
also known as

Maximum shear stress criteria

Minimum shear stress criteria
Creation energy criteria
Distortion energy criteria

3. Vacancy is the one dimensional defect comes under the category of

Point defect
Dislocation defect
Surface defect
Volume defect

4. What is the slip plane defined for Gold (Au) which has FCC
structure?
 {101}
{100}
{111}
none of the above

5. Array of edge dislocation is called______

Twist boundary
Tilt boundary
Twin boundary
Grain boundary

6. Angle for the low angle grain boundary is

Equal to 10 degree
Greater than 10 degree
Smaller than 10 degree
Smaller than 1 degree

7. The total number of slip system is defined for Zinc

3
6
9
12

8. Which one of the following instrument can be used for observing edge
dislocation during the analysis of a sample in the lab

Scanning electron microscopy

Transmission electron microscopy
Atomic spectroscopy
Optical microscopy

9. Magnitude of the Burger vector for Polonium is

a
2a
 3a
4a

10. Area under the elastic region on Stress strain curve is

Toughness
Resilience
Elastic limit
Proportional limit

11. Angle between burger vector and tangent vector for screw
dislocation is

0 degree
30 degree
45 degree
90 degree

12. Plane stress condition is defined for the

Large body
Long body
Thin body
Thick body

13. Piobert effect is found in

Low carbon steel

Medium carbon steel
High carbon steel
Dual phase steel

14. The elastic strain energy of a unit length of an edge dislocation as

compared to That of a screw dislocation is

More
Equal
 Less
Double

15. _____theory is applied for plastic deformation

Von Mises
Griffth
Bohr
Orwan

16. Twin boundary is the

point defect
dislocation defecr
surface defecf
volume defect

17. Which is not structure insensitive property?

yield stress
density
elastic constant
specific heat

18. Tresca Criteria is also known as

maximux shear stress criteria

minimum shear stress criteria
creation energy criteria
distortion energy criteria

19. Yielding criteria is defined for which type of materials?

brittle
ductile
composite
none
20. Array of screw dislocation is called

twist boundary
tilt boundary
twin boundary
grain boundary

21. Angle for the high angle grain boundary is the

=10 degree
5-10 degree
10-15 degree
15-20 degree

22. A well defined slip plane found in Al

111
100
110
1110

23. The angle between burger vector and tangent vector for edge
dislocation is

0
30
45
90

24. Area under the Stress – strain curve is called

elastic limit
resilience
toughness
proportional limit

25. In which type of crystal structure rotational symmetry is not

possible?
 Cubic
Triclinic
Tetragonal
Hexagonal

26. The Von Mises yield criterion can be expressed in the equation of

Circle
Parabola
Ellipse
Hyperbola

27. For ideal HCP packing, the ratio of c/a is

1.433
1.533
1.633
1.733

28. Distance between planes for hexagonal close-packed structure is

C
2C
3C
4C

29. The responsible factor for the phenomenon of slip, by which most
metals deform plastically, is

Vacancy
Dislocation
Interstitial
Void

30. The total number of slip systems for Face centred cubic structure is

4
8
 12
16

31. Annealing twins are mostly produced in

SC
BCC
FCC
HCP

32. Twin plane for body centred cubic is

{110}
{111}
{112}
{113}

33. Process, by which edge dislocation may leave slip plane

Cross-slip
Climb
Cross-intersection
None

34. The cleavage plane found in which type of structure

HCP
FCC
BCC
SC

35. Which element can not form the interstitial solid solution?

Hydrogen
Carbon
Nitrogen
Helium
36. Solute atoms can not interact with dislocation by the

Electrical interaction
Elastic interaction
Inelastic interaction
Modulus interaction

37. The total number of slip systems for body centred cubic structure is

12
24
36
48

38. Suzuki interaction is related with the

Grain boundary strengthening

Cold working
Solid solution strengthening
Yield point phenomenon

39. Twin direction for Body centred cubic is

100

110
111
112

40. Which one of following deformation process shows the structural

features Slip band extrusion and slip band intrusions

Creep
Fatigue
Ductile
Brittle

41. For the superplasticity the strain rate of material is

 Constant
Variable
High
Low

42. Process by which screw dislocation may leave slip plane

Cross-slip
Climb
Cross-intersection
None of the above

43. The cleavage plane along which brittle fracture occurs

111
110
112
001

44. The driving force for the secondary Recrystallization is

Increase in stored energy

Decrease in stored energy
Increase in surface energy
Decrease in surface energy

45. As we increases the temperature the young modulus of most of the

material

Increases
Decreases
Constant
None of the above

46. Which one of the following can not determine the nil ductility
temperature(NDT)
 Drop weight test
Dynamic tear test
Crack arrest test
None of the above

47. Which one of the following is not true for ductile fracture

High energy mode

Low energy mode
Less catastrophic
Cup and cone type failure

48. Which one of the following behaviour creep shows

Elastic
Anelastic
Inelastic
Viscoelastic

49. In which of the follwoing, Deformation bands are not observed

Cadmium
Chromium
Copper
Silver

50. The progressive deformation of a material at constant stress is

known as

Fatigue
Creep
DBTT
Torsion

51. The appearance of the fracture in the ductile fracture is

Cleavage
Dimples
 Striations
Veins

52. Tendency for brittle fracture is not increased with

Increasing temperature
Decreasing temperature
Increasing strain rate
None of the above

53. As the toughness increases the strength of material

Increases
Decreases
Constant
None of the above

54. Twin plane for Face centred cubic is

(110)
(111)
(112)
(113)

55. Grain boundaries ledges are effective source of

Vacancy
Dislocations
Voids
None

56. Which one of the following is not true for brittle fracture?

High energy mode

Low energy mode
High catastrophic
Cleavage formation
57. The driving force for the twinning is

Normal stress
Mean stress
Shear stress
None

58. The lower the stacking fault energy

Narrow the stacking fault

Wider the stacking fault
Strain harden more hardly
None of the above

59. Which one of the following indenter is used for Vickers hardness
test?

Brale indenter
Square based diamond pyramid
10 mm diameter steel ball
1.6 mm diameter steel ball

60. Portevin-Le Chatelier effect related with the

Low cycle fatigue

Creep
Impact toughness
Stretcher strain

61. Which one of the following appearance shows creep fracture?

Cleavage
Dimples
Striations
Triple point cracking

62. Coble creep is related with

 Lattice diffusion
Dislocation climb
Pipe diffusion
Grain boundary diffusion

63. Hall –Petch effect arises due to the

Solute –dislocation interaction

Dislocation multiplication
Grain boundary strengthening
None of the above

63. Hall –Petch effect arises due to the

Solute –dislocation interaction

Dislocation multiplication
Grain boundary strengthening
None of the above

64. Loading in mode -1 fracture refers to

Crack opening mode

Forward shear mode
Parallel shear mode
Twisting mode

65. Frank read source arises due to

Solute –dislocation interaction

Dislocation multiplication
Grain boundary strengthening
None of the above

66. In which of the following metal mechanical twins can be observed

Aluminium
Magnesium
 Copper
Gold

67. The engineering stress- strain curve for a polymer is

Linear
Non- linear
Parabolic
Exponential

68. Twin direction for Face centred cubic is

[100]
[110]
[111]
[112]

69. Twinning is important phenomenon with

Low number of slip systems

Medium number of slip systems
High number of slip systems
None

70. As the temperature increases the ductility of material

Increases
Decreases
Constant
None of the above

71. The lower the stacking fault energy

Strain harden more hardly

Strain harden more rapidly
twin easily on hardening
None of the above
72. Which one of the following process is the hardening process of creep?

Strain hardening
Grain boundary strengthening
Precipitation hardening
Dispersion hardening

Physical Metallurgy

1. Ferrous alloys with less carbon content are more susceptible to

corrosion sensitization.

True
False
Can not be determined
Corrosion does not depends on C content

2. Which of the following neutral elements neither form carbides nor

cause graphitization

Aluminium
Chromium
Cobalt
Copper

3. The rule used to determine composition of various phases in a phase

diagram is _____

Gibb’s Phase rule

Lever rule
Both a & b
None of the above

4. The process of lowering the temperature of a liquid below its freezing

point is known as _____
 Supercooling
Undercooling
Both a & b
None of the above

5. Eutectoid steel contains _____

0.4 % Carbon
0.8 % Carbon
1.2 % Carbon
2.2 % Carbon

6. Neither ions nor electrons are free to move in

Liquid
Metals
Ionic Solid
All of the above

7. The attractive forces between metal ions and delocalized electrons can
be weaken or overcome by

Hammer
High Temperature
Water
All of the above

8. Which carburising method has high production rate?

Pack Carburizing
Liquid Carburizing
Gas Carburizing
All of the above

9. Which of the following elements increase/s chilled depth for chilled

cast irons?
 Silicon
Manganese
Manganese Sulphide
All of the above

10. Why is gray cast iron annealed?

Graphitize Carbide
Decrease Ductility
Decrease Machinability
Increase the colour of gray

11. Knife Line Attack is a type of _______

Intergranular Corrosion
Bimetal Corrosion
Localized Corrosion
Uniform Corrosion

12. Which of the following has a fine gold colour and is used for
imitation jewellery?

Silicon Bronze
Aluminum Bronze
Gun Metal
All of the above

13. Magnesium & Zinc have _____ structure.

BCC
FCC
HCP
None of these

14. The Cementite is:

Iron Carbide
A mixture of ferrite and iron carbide
 A mixture of pearlite and iron carbide
Hypo-eutectoid pearlite

15. The Optical pyrometer is based on the principle of:

Thompson effect
Seeback effect
Stetan’s Boltzman law
Wien’s law

16. In ausforming of Steel _____ operation is also involved

Strain-hardening
Tempering
Age hardening
Solution hardening

17. The idea of hardening of solid solutions, resulting from the

interaction of solute atoms with dislocation was given by:

Shockley
Cottrell
F.C. Frank & W.T. Read
Lechatelier

8. Displacement of ion from regular location to interstitial location is

known as:

Vacancy defect
Line imperfection
Schottky’s defect
Frenkel defect

19. Natural aging takes place at _____ temperature.

Low
Room
 High
All of the above

20. When a pair of cation and anion is absent from crystal, it is called:

Vacancy defect
Line imperfection
Schottky’s defect
Frenkel defect

21. _____ is a non carbide forming alloy.

Chromium
Vanadium
Silicon
Titanium

22. During age hardening of duralumin alloy, _____alloy is formed.

Cu2Al
CuAl2
Cu3Al2
Cu2Al3
23. _____ is generally used as carburizing agent.

Carbon-monoxide
Carbon-dioxide
Methane
Benzene

24. Pattern of atoms arrangement in hexagonal closed packing is given

by:

AAAAA
ABABA
ABCABC
AABBAA
25. Heat treatment that requires heating a part below A1 temperature,
i.e. between 550°C and 650° is
called as:

Hardening
Normalising
Process annealing
Full annealing

26. Heat capacity of most materials is approximately equal to_____

R
2R
3R
R/2

27. Example for ferri-magnetic materials is:

Salts of transition elements

Rare earth elements
Transition metals
Ferrites

28. Which combination of alloying increases ductility transition

temperature?

Si and Mn
C and Fe
C and O2
C and Mn

29. Which one is the wrong anode-cathode combination:

Zinc-Iron
Nickel-Titanium
Iron-Tin
Silver-Zinc

30. Proof stress corresponds to:

 Silver-Zinc
Lower yield point
Higher yield point
A specified strain

30. Proof stress corresponds to:

Silver-Zinc
Lower yield point
Higher yield point
A specified strain

32. Nickel addition in alloys:

Increases toughness
Increases hardenability and impact resistance
Limit grain growth during h.eat treatment process
All of the mentioned

33. Case carburising involves:

Introducing carbon at surface layer

Heating range 880 to 980’C
Case depths up to 2mm are possible
All of the mentioned

34. Which of the following are not true for carbo nitriding?

Introducing carbon and nitrogen at surface layer

Component is heated in range of 650 to 920’C
Cyaniding is similar to carbo nitriding except that the medium is liquid
This process gives a lower wear resistance compared to case carburising
process

35. Which carburising method has high production rate?

Pack carburising
Liquid carburising
 Gas carburising
All of the above

36. Malleabilisation heat treatment is performed on

Cast steel
Grey cast iron
White cast iron
Spheroidal graphite cast iron

37. Which of the following etching solution is used for medium and high
carbon steel, pearlite steel and cast iron?

Nital
Picral
50% NH2OH and water
None of these

38. Sorbite is the structure obtained by:

Quenching austenite
Quenching austenite, then heating up to 375c
Quenching Austenite, then heating up to 600c
None of the above

39. At 50% martensiteand 50% pearlite the hardness of steel structure

is:

54 HRC
65 HRC
50 HRC
45 HRC

40. Under microscope ferrite appears as:

Dark
White
 Light
Finger print

41. Line Acm on iron carbon diagram indicate:

The beginning of transition from austenite to ferrite

Limit of carbon solubility in Austenite
Both a and b
None of the above

42. Annealing improves:

Grain size
Mechanical properties
Electrical properties
All of above

43. Stainless steel is so called because of its_____

High strength
High corrosion resistance
High ductility
Brittleness

44. Which one of the following is not correct:

Martensite has a BCC structure

Austenite has FCC structure
Martensite is a solid solution of carbon in BCC iron
The martensite which is formed during quenching is too brittle

45. Free carbon in iron makes it:

Soft and imparts fine grained crystalline structure

Malleable
Soft and imparts coarse grained crystalline structure
Hard and imparts coarse grained crystalline structure
46. Hardenability of steel:

Is the depth of penetration obtained by Vickers test

Its ability to withstand shocks
Is the ability of steel to resist abrasion, wear and penetration
Is the property which determines the depth of the hardened zone induced
by quenching

47. Austenite can exist even at subzero temperature by having high

percentage of:

Chromium
Magnesium
Manganese
Copper

48. Density of a crystal remains unchanged as a result of:

Vacancy defect
Interstitial defect
Frankel defect
Schottky defect

49. What is formed when the electronegativities of atoms differ?

Solid solution
Liquid solution
Intermetallic compound
Maraging Steel

50. Eutectic Al-Si alloys can be modified by small addition of:

Na
Mg
B
Cr

51. Which of these does not affect diffusion for a case that is described
by Ficks first law?
 Temperature
Concentration
Number of Vacancies
Time

52. A dislocation with a Burgers vector that is perpendicular to the

dislocation line:

an edge dislocation
a screw dislocation
a mixed dislocation
can be either a or b

53. Which of the following photographic papers is used in sulphur

printing technique?

Bronze Bromide paper

Copper Bromide paper
Silver Bromide Paper
All of the above

54. The crystal structure of Cementite is:

Triclinic
Orthorhombic
Hexagonal
Cubic

55. Blue Brittleness is a result of:

Dynamic strain ageing

Strain ageing
Dynamic recovery
Martensitic transformation

56. Pure Tin (Sn) has:

 2 allotropes
3 allotropes
4 allotropes
5 allotropes

57. Suppose pressure is a variable, in two-component system, the

maximum number of phases can co-exist at a fixed temperature is:

One
Two
Three
Four

58. The atomic diameter of an BCC crystal (if a is lattice parameter) is:

a
a/2
a/4root3
a/4root2

59. Thermodynamically stable defect is:

Point defect
Line defect
Surface defect
Volume defect

60. Impurity not responsible for temper brittleness is:

Sn
Sb
Si
As
61. Diffusion can occur in:

Solid
Liquid
Gases
All

62. For interstitial solid solutions, atomic radii difference must not differ
by more than_____

25%
37%
59%
73%

63. Which of the following constituents of steel is the softest and least
strong:

Banite
Ferrite
Austenite
Pearlite

64. The hardness of steel increases if it contains:

Martensite
Austenite
Cementite
All of these

65. Polygonization usually occurs at which stage?

 Cold work
Recovery
Recrystallization
Grain growth

66. Why is ferrite very low solubility of carbon while austenite has high
solubility of carbon? Because ferrite:

is a low temperature phase

has large packing density
has fewer interstitial site
has smaller interstitial site

67. Gibbs phase rule for general system:

P+F=C-1
P+F=C+1
P+F=C-2
P+F=C+2

68. Alloying element that decreases eutectoid temperature in Fe-C

system:

Mo
Si
Ti
Ni

69. In Martempering of steel_____

 Cementite is decomposed into alpha iron and carbon
austenite is transformed into pearlite
austenite is transformed into martensite
austenite is transformed into banite

70. The fraction of pearlite in a 0.55% carbon steel is:

0.55
0.31
0.69
0.00

71. The melting point of mild steel is approximately:

800 degree centigrade

1000 degree centigrade
1200 degree centigrade
1500 degree centigrade

72. The low expansion coefficient of Invar is exhibited due to the

presence of:

Ni
Cr
Co
Si
 Welding Technology

1. In arc welding, eyes need to be protected against

spark
infrared rays
ultraviolet rays
b&C

2. In which of the welding, pool of the molten metal is used

electroslag
submerged arc
MIG
TIG

3. The main criterion for the selection of electrode diameter in arc

welding is

material to be welded
type of welding process
thickness of material
voltage and current used

4. The material used for coating the electrode is called

protective layer
binder
slag
flux
5. The most commonly gas used in gas welding is

neutral
oxidizing
carburizing
all of the above

6. Following gases are used in TIG welding

hydrogen and oxygen

CO2 and H2
argon and helium
argon and neon

7. Projection welding is

multi-spot welding process

continuous spot welding process
used to form mesh
none of the above

8. Grey Cast iron is best welded by

TIG
arc
MIG
oxy-acetylene

9. In resistance welding, the pressure is released

 just at the time of passing the current
after completion of current
after the weld cools
the pressure is never applied

10. Seam welding is

multi-spot welding process

continuous spot welding process
used to form mesh
none of the above

11. In arc welding, arc is created between the electrode and work by

flow of current
voltage
material characteristics
contact resistance

12. Open curcuit voltage for arc welding is

18-40 volts
40-95 volts
100-125 volts
130-170 volts

13. Which of the following welding uses non-consumable electrode

LASER welding
MIG welding
TIG welding
Plasma Arc welding
14. Two sheets of same material but different thickness can be butt
welded by

adjustment of the current

time duration of current
pressure applied
changing the size of one electrode

15. In resistance welding, voltage used for heating is

1V
10 V
100 V
1000 V

16. Weld spalter is

flux
electrode coating
welding defect
welding technique

17. In thermit welding, the iron oxide and aluminium oxide are mixed in
proportion of

1:1
3:1
1:3
none of the above

18. Arc blow occurs in

 gas welding
gas cutting
arc welding when straight polarity is used
arc welding when reverse polarity is used

19. TIG welding is best suited for welding

Aluminium
mild steel
stainless steel
carbon steel

20. In straight polarity welding

electrode holder is connected to negative and work to positive

electrode holder is connected to positive and work to negative
work is positive holder is earthed
holder is positive work is earthed

21. Arc stability is better with

AC welding
DC welding
both AC & DC welding
rectified supply

22. The temperature of the Plasma torch is of the order of

1000C
5000C
10,000C
 33,000C

23. Too high welding current in arc welding would result in

excessive piling up of weld metal, poor penetration, wasted electrodes

excessive spatter, under cutting along edges, irregular deposits, wasted
electrodes
too small bead, weak weld and wasted electrodes
none of the above

24. When welding is going on, arc voltage is of the order of

18-40 volts
40-95 volts
100-125 volts
130-170 volts