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The document contains multiple choice questions about aircraft and aerospace engineering concepts. Key points covered include: - The first successful airplane flight was on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. - Density altitude is the pressure altitude corrected for temperature and pressure. - As altitude increases above the stratosphere, temperature remains constant but density decreases. - Induced drag of an aircraft depends on lift. - Aluminum is commonly used in aircraft due to its high strength to weight ratio.

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EOA Objective 1

The document contains multiple choice questions about aircraft and aerospace engineering concepts. Key points covered include: - The first successful airplane flight was on December 17, 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. - Density altitude is the pressure altitude corrected for temperature and pressure. - As altitude increases above the stratosphere, temperature remains constant but density decreases. - Induced drag of an aircraft depends on lift. - Aluminum is commonly used in aircraft due to its high strength to weight ratio.

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1.

The first practical airplane was tested successfully on


A) Dec 17th 1903
B) Dec 14th 1903
C) Nov 17th 1903
D) Jan 17th 1903

2.

Actual pressure of the fluid which is associated not with its motion but its state is
referred as
A) Dynamic pressure
B) Static pressure
C) Total pressure
D) Centre of pressure

3.

An aircraft yawing moment can be controlled by


A) Ailerons
B) Elevators
C) Rudder
D) Trimming Tab

4.

In the Hydro mechanical flight control system, which part converts hydraulic
pressure into control surface movement?
A) Servo motor
B) pump
C) Control cable
D) Actuators

5.

Density altitude is the pressure altitude corrected for


A) Pressure and wind
B) humidity and pressure
C) Humidity and temperature
D) temperature and pressure

6.

Pressure altitude is based on which of the following elements?


A) Standard atmosphere
B) Humidity of 50%
C) Atmospheric pressure of 29.92

D) Density altitude
7.

Which combination of drags will give Parasite drag


A) Form drag & Skin friction drag
B) Skin friction drag & profile drag
C) Form drag & Profile Drag
D) Total drag & Surface drag

8.

As altitude increases above stratosphere


A) Temperature increases pressure remains constant
B) Temperature constant pressure increases
C) Temperature increases density increases
D) Temperature constant density decreases

9.

The speed at which a body moves through the air (or) at which the air moves past a
body is called
A) Engine speed
B) Air speed
C) Ground speed
D) Mach number

10. The NACA 12345 airfoil has lift coefficient of


A) 0.50
B) 0.12
C) 0.23
D) 0.15

11. The main advantage of high aspect ratio is


A) Decreasing Induced Drag
B) Increasing Induced Drag
C) Decreasing Skin friction Drag
D) Increasing Skin friction Drag
12. If Mach number is = 1, the flow is called

A) Subsonic
B) sonic
C) Hypersonic
D) supersonic
13. Induced drag of an aircraft depends on
A) Wing loading
B) Span loading
C) Chord loading
D) Thrust loading
14. Which of the following materials is best for compressor blades?
A) Steel alloy
B) Titanium alloy
C) Nickel alloy
D) Zinc alloy
15. Which aircraft has low specific fuel consumption?
A) Turbojet
B) Ramjet
C) Turbofan
D) Scramjet
16. Minimum speed of aircraft with propeller engine
A) Increase with altitude
B) Decrease with altitude
C) Remains same
D) Initially increases then decreases
17. One of the following is primary control surface of the aircrafts
A) Flap
B) Spoilers
C) Aileron
D) Longeron
18. In subsonic aerofoil drag due to static pressure distribution is
A) Form drag

B) Viscous drag
C) Induced drag
D) Wave drag
19. Lift of an aircraft changes squarely proportional to ____________
A) Wing area
B) density
C) pressure
D) velocity
20. Aluminum is most commonly used material in aircraft due to its
A) high strength to weight ratio
B) less strength to weight ratio
C) low cost
D) None of the above
1.

The first successful human powered flight was flown in


A) Kitty hawk, South California
B) Ditty hawk, South California
C) Kitty hawk, South California
D) Kitty hawk, North California

2.

Total Pressure is the sum of


A) Dynamic pressure + Static pressure
B) Static pressure + gauge pressure
C) Dynamic pressure + gauge pressure
D) Dynamic pressure static pressure

3.

An aircraft is having how many primary control surfaces


A) one
B) five
C) two
D) three

4.

In the Hydro mechanical flight control system, which part converts hydraulic
pressure into control surface movement?
A) Servo motor

B) pump
C) Control cable
D) Actuators
5.

Density altitude is the pressure altitude corrected for


A) Pressure and wind
B) humidity and pressure
C) Humidity and temperature
D) temperature and pressure

6.

As temperature increases above standard day conditions, density altitude


A) increase
B) remain the same
C) decrease
D) fluctuate rapidly

7.

Which combination of drags will give Parasite drag


A) Form drag & Skin friction drag
B) Skin friction drag & profile drag
C) Form drag & Profile Drag
D) Total drag & Surface drag

8.

As altitude increases above stratosphere


A) Temperature increases pressure remains constant
B) Temperature constant pressure increases
C) Temperature increases density increases
D) Temperature constant density decreases

9.

The speed at which a body moves through the air (or) at which the air moves past a
body is called
A) Engine speed
B) Air speed
C) Ground speed
D) Mach number

10. In NACA four digit aerofoil the last two digit indicates

A) Maximum camber
B) Maximum thickness
C) Maximum lift co-efficient
D) Position of Maximum camber

11. Aspect ratio is ratio between


A) Span/chord
B) Span2/Wing area
C) Span/Wing area
D) Both A and B
12. If Mach number is < 1, the flow is called
A) Subsonic
B) sonic
C) Hypersonic
D) supersonic
13. Induced drag of an aircraft is called as
A) weight dependent drag
B) Lift dependent drag
C) Thrust dependent drag
D) Form drag
14. Which of the following materials is best for compressor blades?
A) Steel alloy
B) Titanium alloy
C) Nickel alloy
D) Zinc alloy
15. Which aircraft has low specific fuel consumption?
A) Turbojet
B) Ramjet
C) Turbofan

D) Scramjet
16. Propeller engine aircrafts will give better performance at
A) Higher altitudes
B) Lower altitudes
C) All the altitudes
D) None of the above

17. One of the following is secondary control surface of the aircrafts


A) Flap
B) Spoilers
C) Aileron
D) Longeron
18. In subsonic aerofoil drag due to static pressure distribution is
A) Form drag
B) Viscous drag
C) Induced drag
D) Wave drag
19. Lift of an aircraft changes squarely proportional to ____________
A) Wing area
B) density
C) pressure
D) velocity
20. Aluminum is most commonly used material in aircraft due to its
A) high strength to weight ratio
B) less strength to weight ratio
C) low cost
D) None of the above

1.

As altitude increases above stratosphere _________________


a)

Temperature increases pressure remains

b)

Temperature constant pressure increases

d)

Temperature constant density decreases

constant
c)
2.

Temperature increases density increases

After __________ angle the lift co-efficient (CL) decreases drastically with increase of Angle
of Attack

3.

4.

5.

a)

Sideslip

b)

Stall

c)

Dihedral

d)

Climb

The main longitudinal load carrying member of an aircraft fuselage is ___________


a)

Stringer

b)

former

c)

longeron

d)

truss

Span wise placed structural members of the wing are called __________
a)

Ribs

b)

Frames

c)

Trusses

d)

Spars

If the propeller pitch is made so large that the blade sections are virtually parallel to the
direction of flight, this condition is called

6.

7.

8.

a) autorotation

b) fluttering

c) buffeting

d) feathering

In gas turbine engines the job of compressor on the air is to __________


a) Increase the air pressure

b) Decrease the air pressure

c) Maintain the same pressure

d) Maintain the same density

The velocity required for a space craft to escape earths gravitational field depends on
a)

Mass of aircraft

b)

Distance between earth and aircraft

c)

Earth rotational speed about axis

d)

Earth orbital speed.

What is the radius of perigee for an orbit around the Earth having semi-major axis of 8100 km
and eccentricity of 0.168?
a) 1360.8 km
b) 6300.5 km
c)

9.

6739.2 km

d)

9460.8 km

In UAV term RPV is called as ________


a) Remotely Piloted Aircraft

b) Remotely Piloted Air-missile

c) Recoverable Piloted Aircraft

d) Reusable Piloted Aircraft

10. Long Range UAVs will have weight of __________


a) >100 Kg

b) >500 Kg

c) <500 Kg

d) < 400 Kg

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