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1) Which of the following is not a crystal defect

a) Dislocations b) Tilt Boundaries

c) Hexagonal closed packing d) Stacking Fault

Correct answer: C)

2) The atomic packing factor for FCC crystal is

a) 0.52 b) 0.68

c) 0.74 d) 0.86

Correct answer: C)

3) A screw dislocation lies:

a) Perpendicular to Burger’s vector b) Parallel to Burger’s vector

c) Inclined to Burger’s vector d) None of above

Correct answer: b)

4) The crystal direction perpendicular to plane with Miller Indices [1 0 0] is

a) [1 0 0] b) [1 1 0]

c) [0 0 1] d) [1 0 1]

Correct answer: a)

5) Metals are:

a) Ductile b) Good conductor of heat

c) Good conductor of electricity d) All of above

Correct answer: d)

6) Total number of atoms in BCC crystal is

a) 1 b) 2

c) 3 d) 4

Correct answer: b)
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7) A proton is

a) Positively charged b) Negatively charged

c) Neutral d) None of above

Correct answer: a)

8) Crystal structure of a material is, generally, examined by

a) Naked eyes b) X-ray Techniques

c) Optical microscope d) Metallurgical microscope

Correct answer: b)

9) A material is said to be allotropic, if it has

a) fixed structure at all temperatures b) atoms distributed in random pattern

c) any one of the above d) different crystal structures at different

temperatures
Correct answer: d)

10) Schottky-defect in ceramic material is

a) Interstitial impurity b) Vacancy- interstitial pair of cations

c) Pair of nearby cation and anion d) Substitutional impurity

vacancies
Correct answer: c)

11) Following is not the 2-dimensional imperfection

a) Twin boundary b) Dislocation

c) Tilt boundary d) Grain boundary

Correct answer: b)

12) Diffusion can occur in ________________ materials.

a) Solid b) Liquid

c) Gaseous d) All

Correct answer: d)
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13) The following mechanism contributes very little the diffusivity

a) Vacancy b) Interstitial

c) Substitutional d) Self-interstitial

Correct answer: d)

14) Which one of the following is not basic component of Materials Science?

a) Cost b) Properties

c) Structure d) Performance

Correct answer: a)

15) Nucleus of an atom contains

a) Electrons b) Electrons and Protons

c) Protons and Neutrons d) Electrons, Protons and Neutrons

Correct answer: c)

16) Which of the following is incorrect

a) Electrons and Protons have same b) Protons and Neutrons have same
charge mass
c) Neutrons are electrically neutral d) Neutrons lie outside the nucleus

Correct answer: d)

17) Repeatable entity of a crystal structure is known as

a) Crystal b) Lattice

c) Unit Cell d) Miller Indiaces

Correct answer: c)

18) Miller indices for Octahedral plane in cubic crystal

a) [1 0 0] b) [1 0 1]

c) [1 1 1] d) [1 1 0]

Correct answer: c)
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19) Conservative movement of dislocations is

a) Slip b) Climb

c) Both slip and climb d) None

Correct answer: a)

20) Theoretical strength is about __________ times to average real strength of a

material.
a) 10 b) 100

c) 1000 d) 10000

Correct answer: b)

Q 21. Gibbs phase rule for general system

a)P+F=C-1 b) P+F=C+1

c) P+F=C-2 d))P+F=C+2

Correct answer: d

Q 22. Following is wrong about a phase diagram

a) It gives information on transformation b) Relative amount of different phases can be

rates.
found under given equilibrium conditions

c) It indicates the temperature at which d) Solid solubility limits are depicted by it

different phases start to melt.

Correct answer: a

Q 23. A solid phase results in a solid plus another solid phase up on cooling during

__________ reaction.
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a) ) Eutectoid b)Peritectoid

c) Eutectic d)Peritectic

Correct answer: a

Q 24. A solid phase results in a solid plus another solid phase up on heating during

__________ reaction.

a) Eutectoid b) ) Peritectoid

c) ) Monotectoid d)None

Correct answer: b

Q 25. A liquid phase produces two solid phases during _________ reaction up on cooling

a)Eutectic b) Eutectoid

c)Peritectic d)Peritectoid

Correct answer: a

Q 26. Eutectic product in Fe-C system is called

a) Pearlite b)Bainite

c)Ledeburite d)Spheroidite

Correct answer: c

Q 27. Eutectoid product in Fe-C system is called

a) ) Pearlite b)Bainite

c)Ledeburite d)Spheroidite

Correct answer: a

Q 28. Phases that exist on left side of an invariant reaction line are called
a) (a) Pro-phase b) Hypo-phase

c) Hyper-phase d) None
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Correct answer: a

Q 29. In in Fe-C system what is the content of eutectoid steel

a) 72% b) 76%

c)0.76% d)

2.14%

Correct answer: c

Q 30. Relative amounts of phases in a region can be deduced using

a)Phase rule b) Lever rule

c) Either d) None

Correct answer: b

Q 31. The boundary line between (liquid) and (liquid+solid) regions must be part of

a)Solvus b) ) Solidus

c) ) Liquidus d) Tie-line

Correct answer: c

Q 32. Alloys with carbon content upto 2.0 percent are called

a)steels b) cast irons

c) (c) duralium d) stainless steel

Correct answer: a

Q 33. ……. Is the softest structure that appear on the Fe-C equilibrium diagram

a)Austentite b)ledeburite

c)pearlite d) ferrite

Correct answer: d

Q 34. What is the name of structucture of austenite

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a)BCC b)FCC

c) Hexagonal closedpacked d) simple cubic

Correct answer: b

Q 35. When austenite is cooled at rate faster than the critical cooling rate, it transforms to

a)martensite b) pearlite

c)bainite d) cementite

Correct answer: a

Q 36. .Bainite has the same morphology as

a)austenite b) a non lamellar morphology of ferrite and

cementite

c) the coarsest morphology among all the d) none of these

products from austenite

Correct answer: b

Q 37. . wt.% of carbon in mild steels

a)<0.008 b) 0.008-0.3

c) ) 03-0.8 d) 0.8-2.11

Correct answer: b

Q 38.
The temperature and carbon content at which eutectoid reaction occurs in Fe C equilibrium
diagramare

a)723º C and 0.02 % C b)723º C and 0.08 % C

c) 623º C and 0.02 % C d)623º C and 0.08 %

Correct answer: b

Q 39. The eutectoid mixture of steel is

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a) a mixture of ferrite and cementite b) a mixture of ferrite and austenite

c) mixture of austenite and cementite d) called pearlite

Correct answer: d

40 Phase formed of diffusion-less reaction:

(a) Pearlite (b) Lower Bainite

(c) Upper bainite (d) Martensite

Correct answer: d

Q 41. The hardenability is not affected by

a) air b)chemical composition of steel

c)critical cooling rate d) quenching medium and method of quenching

Correct answer: a

Q 42. The slowest cooling rate is obtained when steel is quenched in

a)air b) brine

c) fused salt d) Mixture of oil and water

Correct answer: a

Q 43. The fastest cooling rate is achieved when steel is quenched in

a) air b) oil

c)water d)brine

Correct answer: d

Q 44. Which one of the following is not correct?

a)Martensite has a BCC structure b)Austenite has FCC structure

c)Martensite is a solid solution of carbon in d)The martensite which is formed during

BCC iron quenching is too brittle

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Correct answer: a

Q 45. Hardenability of steel is assessed by

a)impact test b)Jominy end-quench test

c)hardness test d)non-destructive test

Correct answer: b

Q 46. Annealing temperature is

a)same as normalizing temperature b)greater than normalizing temperature

c)less than normalizing temperature d)sometimes greater and sometimes lesser

than normalizing temperature

Correct answer: c

Q 47. Heat treatment that requires heating a part below A1 temperature, i.e. between 550°C

and 650° iscalled as

a) hardening b)normalizing

c)process annealing d)full annealing

Correct answer: c

Q 48. The hardness and tensile strength in austenitic stainless steel can be increased
by
a)hardening and cold working b)normalising

c) full annealing d)martempering

Correct answer: a

Q 49. The process of decomposing martensitic structure, by heating martensitic

steel below its critical temperature is called as _______

a)Austenitizing b) Quenching

c)Tempering d)None of the above

Correct answer: c
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Q 50. Which of the following factors increases hardenability of a metal?

a)Alloying elements b)Fine grain size

c)Very high carbon content in steel d)All of the above

Correct answer: a

Q 51. Which carburising method has high production rate?

a) Pack carburising b)Liquid carburising

c)Gas carburising d)All of the above

Correct answer: c

Q 52.Which of the following statements is/are false for heat treatment

processes?

a)Martempering process is designed to b) Pearlite is obtained as the final phase

overcome limitations of quenching in martempering process

c). Water is used as quenching medium d)All of the above

in Jominy end quench test

Correct answer: b

Q 53. The solubility of tin in copper above 580oC _______

a)decreases b)increases

c) remains constant d) none of the above

Correct answer: a

Q 54. Inconol nickel alloy contains _________

a)75% Ni, 15% Cr and 9% Fe b) 75% Ni, 15% Cr and 9% Al

c)75% Ni, 15% Cr and 9% Mg d)None of the above

Correct answer: a

Q 55. Which one of the following is not equilibrium heat treatment?

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a) Austenetising b) Annealing

c) Normalizing d) Precipitation

Correct answer: d

Q 56. A bearing material should not possess the characteristic of high _____

a)coefficient of friction b)hardness

c) melting point d)thermal conductivity

Correct answer: a

Q 57. The gray cast iron has ____

a) high melting point b)high thermal conductivity

c)low compressive strength d)all of the above

Correct answer: b

Q 58. What is the effect of silicon on the structure of cast iron?

a)Blowholes are present in the castings b)Increases fluidity

c). No effect d)Reacts with iron to form iron sulphide

Correct answer: b

Q 59. Which of the following parameters is/are false for steel?

a)High carbon content b)High melting point

c)Low damping capacity d)None of the above

Correct answer: a

Q 60. Which desulphurising agent is used to remove sulphur from iron during

melting?

a) Calcium carbide b)Sodium carbonate

c)Soda ash d)All of the above

Correct answer: d
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