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General Aptitude (GA)

Q.1 Q.5 Carry ONE mark Each

Q.1 ✁✂✄☎ ✆✝✞ ✟✞✠✆✡☛☞✌ ✍✎✞ ✏✄✑✒✠✞✍☛✄☞ ✄✓ ✍✎✞ ✍✆✔✕✖ ✗✞☞✟ ✘✘✘✘✘✘✘ ✏✄☞✍✝☛✙☎✍☛✄☞✔ ✆✍ ✍✎✞
✞✆✝✠☛✞✔✍✖✚

(A) you are

(B) your

(C) ✡✄☎✛✝✞

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(D) yore
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Q.2 References : ______ : : Guidelines : Implement

(By word meaning)

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(A) Sight

(B) Site

(C) Cite

(D) Plagiarise

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Q.3 In the given figure, PQRS is a parallelogram with PS = 7 cm, PT = 4 cm and

PV = 5 cm. What is the length of RS in cm? (The diagram is representative.)

7
P S

5 90°
4
90° V
Q T R

(A) ✄
✁

(B) ✄✂

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(C) ✆
✄
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(D) ✝☎
✞
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Q.4 In 2022, June Huh was awarded the Fields medal, which is the highest prize in
Mathematics.

When he was younger, he was also a poet. He did not win any medals in the
International Mathematics Olympiads. He dropped out of college.

Based only on the above information, which one of the following statements can
be logically inferred with certainty?

(A) Every Fields medalist has won a medal in an International Mathematics

Olympiad.

(B) Everyone who has dropped out of college has won the Fields medal.

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(C) All Fields medalists are part-time poets.

(D)
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Some Fields medalists have dropped out of college.
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Q.5 A line of symmetry is defined as a line that divides a figure into two parts in a way
such that each part is a mirror image of the other part about that line.

The given figure consists of 16 unit squares arranged as shown. In addition to the
three black squares, what is the minimum number of squares that must be
coloured black, such that both PQ and MN form lines of symmetry? (The figure is
representative)

P N

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M
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(A) 3

(B) 4
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(C) 5

(D) 6

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Q.6 Q.10 Carry TWO marks Each

Q.6 Human beings are one among many creatures that inhabit an imagined world. In
this imagined world, some creatures are cruel. If in this imagined world, it is given
✍✎✆✍ ✍✎✞ ✔✍✆✍✞✑✞☞✍ ✁ Some human ✙✞☛☞✌✔ ✆✝✞ ☞✄✍ ✏✝☎✞✠ ✏✝✞✆✍☎✝✞✔✚ is FALSE, then
which of the following set of statement(s) can be logically inferred with certainty?

(i) All human beings are cruel creatures.

(ii) Some human beings are cruel creatures.
(iii) Some creatures that are cruel are human beings.
(iv) No human beings are cruel creatures.

(A) only (i)

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(B) only (iii) and (iv)

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(D) (i), (ii) and (iii)
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Q.7 To construct a wall, sand and cement are mixed in the ratio of 3:1. The cost of
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sand and that of cement are in the ratio of 1:2.

If the total cost of sand and cement to construct the wall is 1000 rupees, then what
is the cost (in rupees) of cement used?

(A) 400

(B) 600

(C) 800

(D) 200

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The World Bank has declared that it does not plan to offer new financing to Sri
Q.8 Lanka, which is battling its worst economic crisis in decades, until the country has
an adequate macroeconomic policy framework in place. In a statement, the World
Bank said Sri Lanka needed to adopt structural reforms that focus on economic
stabilisation and tackle the root causes of its crisis. The latter has starved it of
foreign exchange and led to shortages of food, fuel, and medicines. The bank is
repurposing resources under existing loans to help alleviate shortages of essential
items such as medicine, cooking gas, fertiliser, meals for children, and cash for
vulnerable households.

Based only on the above passage, which one of the following statements can be
inferred with certainty?

(A) ✏✏✄✝✟☛☞✌ ✍✄ ✍✎✞ ✁✄✝✠✟ ✂✆☞✕✄ ✍✎✞ ✝✄✄✍ ✏✆☎✔✞ ✄✓ ✗✝☛ ☎✆☞✕✆✛✔ ✞✏✄☞✄✑☛✏ ✏✝☛✔☛✔ ☛✔ ✍✎✆✍

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it does not have enough foreign exchange.

(B) The World Bank has stated that it will advise the Sri Lankan government about
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how to tackle the root causes of its economic crisis.

(C) According to the World Bank, Sri Lanka does not yet have an adequate
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macroeconomic policy framework.

(D) The World Bank has stated that it will provide Sri Lanka with additional funds for
essentials such as food, fuel, and medicines.
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Q.9 The coefficient of ✞ ☛ in the polynomial ✒✞ ✌ ✆✝✟✒ ✞ ✌ ✠✝✟ is equal to _______.

(A) 33

(B) ✡ 3

(C) 30

(D) 21

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Q.10 Which one of the following shapes can be used to tile (completely cover by
repeating) a flat plane, extending to infinity in all directions, without leaving any
empty spaces in between them? The copies of the shape used to tile are identical
and are not allowed to overlap.

(A) circle

(B) regular octagon

(C) regular pentagon

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(D) rhombus

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Q.11 The value of x for which the inverse of the following matrix does not exist is

✄ ✝
✌ ✄ ✞ ✞ ✁
✄ ✄

(A) 0

(B) 1

(C) 10

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(D) 12

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Q.12 The value of y for which the following limit exists is

✄✞ ✠ ✡✞ ✞ ☞ ✝
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✂☎✆
☛✝✟ ✝ ✞✠ ☎✞ ☞ ✄

(A) 2
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(B) 3

(C) 4

(D) 5

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Q.13 The probability of the standard normal variable taking values between 0 and 1 is
0.3413, between 0 and 2 is 0.4772, and between 0 and 3 is 0.4987. The average of
marks in an examination is 68 and the standard deviation is 10. The percentage of
examinees getting less than 48 marks is

(A) 2.28

(B) 10.31

(C) 47.72

(D) 52.78

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Q.14 The amide linkage is NOT present in
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(A) Wool
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(B) Aramid

(C) Lyocell
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(D) Nylon 66

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Q.15 In the amorphous phase, polymer chains prefer to be in a random coil

conformation to

(A) Maximize entropy

(B) Maximize enthalpy

(C) Minimize entropy

(D) Minimize enthalpy

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Q.16 The spinning system that inserts false twist is

(A) Ring spinning

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(B) Compact spinning
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(C) Air-jet spinning

(D) Air-vortex spinning

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Q.17 In a bobbin leading roving frame, the correct relationship between spindle speed
and bobbin speed is

(A)
Rotational speed
Bobbin speed

Spindle speed

Bobbin diameter

(B)
Rotational speed

Bobbin speed

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Spindle speed ra
Bobbin diameter

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Rotational speed

Bobbin speed

Spindle speed
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Bobbin diameter

(D)
Rotational speed

Bobbin speed
Spindle speed

Bobbin diameter

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Q.18 The bonding process followed for production of highloft nonwoven is

(A) Needle punching

(B) Hydroentanglement

(C) Calendar bonding

(D) Through-air bonding

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Q.19 A drum-driven winder is fitted with a 3-diamond drum. The number of revolutions
of the drum for single traverse is

(A) 1.5
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(B) 3
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(C) 6

(D) 9
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Q.20 The cut length of a staple polyester fibre is approximately equal to the effective
length of a specific variety of long staple cotton fibre. When these two types of
fibres are blended in nearly equal proportion, the typical comb sorter diagram of
the blended fibre-tuft is

(A)

(B)

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(C)
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(D)

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Q.21 During the measurement of cotton fibre fineness (micronaire) by air flow method,
a higher quantity of cotton fibre is taken by mistake than specified. The reading of
micronaire value from the instrument will be

(A) Higher for any fibre fineness

(B) Lower for any fibre fineness

(C) Lower for only coarser fibres

(D) Lower for only finer fibres

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Q.22 Amongst the following, hydrolytic desizing agents attack starch at

(A) ✁-1, 4 glucosidic linkage

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(B) Six membered ring
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(C) Hydroxyl group

(D) Carboxyl group

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Q.23 In resist style of printing, the preferred arrangement for dyeing is

(A) Kiss roll applicator

(B) Nip padding

(C) Immersion padding with vertical roller arrangement

(D) Immersion padding with horizontal roller arrangement

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Q.24 If twist factor is same for a set of cotton yarns, then the yarns have same

(A) Linear density ra

(B) Turns per metre
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(C) Packing density

(D) Angle of twist of surface fibres

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Q.25 Copolymers are present in

(A) Nylon 6 fibre

(B) Nylon 66 fibre

(C) Acrylic fibre

(D) PET fibre

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Q.26 Amongst the following weft knitted structures, double jersey structure(s) is/are

(A) Rib ra
(B) Interlock
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(C) Single cross tuck

(D) Eight lock

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Q.27 For the same turns per unit length, as the yarn becomes coarser

(A) Twist angle decreases

(B) Twist angle increases

(C) Twist multiplier decreases

(D) Twist multiplier increases

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Q.28 In flame retardant finishing of cotton fabric, the correct statement(s) is/are

(A) The finishing material forms an insulating layer around the fibre at a temperature
above the fibre pyrolysis temperature
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(B) The finishing material forms an insulating layer around the fibre at a temperature
below the fibre pyrolysis temperature
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(C) The finishing material crosslinks cellulose and alters the pyrolysis route

(D) The finishing material dehydrates the cellulose

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Q.29 The Newton-Raphson method is being used for two iterations to find an
approximate solution of the equation ✞ ☛ ✄ ✌ with an initial guess of 1. The
difference between the actual and approximate solutions (rounded off to 2 decimal
places) is __________________.

Q.30 The area under the curve ✡ ✌ ✞ ✠ ☞ ✄✞ between x = 0 and x = 4, using the
trapezoidal rule with a step size of one, (in integer) is __________________.

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Q.31 A PET sample with 40 % crystallinity shows only a melting endotherm in the first
heating cycle of DSC with a melting enthalpy of 50 J/g. The degree of
crystallinity (%) of another PET sample which also shows only a melting
endotherm but with a melting enthalpy of 80 J/g is (in integer)
___________________.

Q.32 If the twist multiplier in the indirect system is 4.8 tpi/Ne0.5, then the twist factor in
the direct system (tpm tex0.5) (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is
______________________.

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Q.33 A plain woven fabric with 20 ends per cm and 30 picks per cm is prepared with 30
tex warp yarns and 25 tex weft yarns. Neglecting yarn crimp, the areal density
(g/m2) of the fabric (in integer) is ___________________.
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Q.34 A ring spun yarn with mean linear density of 32 tex is produced from 2 denier
polyester staple fibre. If the standard deviation of the yarn linear density is 3.2 tex,
then the index of irregularity of the yarn (up to 1 decimal place) is
______________.
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Q.35 A cotton fabric is to be dyed with 2 % shade (on the weight of fabric). If dye
concentration is 0.4 g/L, then the material-to-liquor ratio is 1 : X. The value of X
(in integer) is _________________.

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Q.36 Two eigenvalues of the following matrix are 3 and 6. The third eigenvalue is

✄ ✞ ✄
✌ ✄ ✄ ✄ ✁
✞ ✄ ☎

(A) 5

(B) 1

(C) 1

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(D) 4

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Q.37 Two vertical poles of height 6 m and 18 m are 10 m apart on a flat ground. A
string needs to be connected from the top of one pole to a peg on the ground and
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then on to the top of the other pole. The minimum length (m) of the string is

(A) 25
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(B) 26

(C) 27

(D) 28

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Q.38 Consider the following statements regarding Nylon 6 production from

caprolactam using water as a catalyst.

P. The first reaction involving ring-opening of caprolactam with water is an

endothermic reaction

Q. Increase in water concentration during the polycondensation results in

a higher molecular weight polymer

R. The polycondensation is an irreversible reaction

S. Increase in temperature during the polycondensation results in a lower

molecular weight polymer

The correct combination of TRUE statements is

(A) P and Q

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(B) Q and R ra
(C) R and S
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(D) S and P

Q.39 Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion [a] and Reason
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[r].

[a]: In boiling water, polyester POY shows higher shrinkage than polyester FDY

[r]: Molecular chain orientation is higher in polyester FDY than in polyester POY

(A) Both [a] and [r] are true and [r] is the correct reason for [a]

(B) Both [a] and [r] are true but [r] is not the correct reason for [a]

(C) Both [a] and [r] are false

(D) [a] is true but [r] is false

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Q.40 Consider the following activities on a carding machine

P. Lowering surface speed of feed roller

Q. Increasing rotational speed of taker-in

R. Increasing linear density of feed material

S. Use of shorter and finer fibres

The correct combination of the above activities to obtain more number of taker-in
teeth acting per fibre is

(A) P and Q

(B) Q and R

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(C) R and S

(D) S and P
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Q.41 Consider the following statements with regard to the timing diagram of a cotton
combing machine.

P. In forward feed system, feeding mostly takes place when nippers are
closing

Q. Cylinder comb starts combing after feeding ends

R. Detaching rollers move backward during forward movement of nipper

assembly

S. Top comb is not combing when detaching rollers move forward

The correct combination of TRUE statements is

(A) P and Q

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(B) Q and R

(C) R and S
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(D) S and P
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Q.42 Consider the following reasons of shuttle loom stoppage.

P. Breakage of warp yarns

Q. Entrapment of shuttle inside the shed

R. Flying of shuttle out of the shed

S. Slackening of a warp yarn

The correct combination that triggers the warp protector motion is

(A) P and Q

(B) Q and R

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(C) R and S

(D) S and P
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Q.43 In warp knitting, the lapping movement having only under-lap is

(A) Closed lap

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(B) Open lap

(C) Laying-in

(D) Miss-lapping

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Q.44 Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion [a] and Reason
[r]

[a]: MgCl2 is used in the formulation of anti-crease finishing of cotton fabric with
DMDHEU

[r]: MgCl2 is an acidic salt and acts as a catalyst

(A) Both [a] and [r] are true and [r] is the correct reason for [a]

(B) Both [a] and [r] are true but [r] is not correct reason for [a]

(C) Both [a] and [r] false

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(D) [a] is true but [r] is false

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Q.45 Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion [a] and Reason
[r]
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[a]: A partially scoured cotton fabric bleached with H2O2 exhibits higher water
absorbancy than that bleached with NaClO2

[r]: Bleaching with H2O2 also facilitates scouring

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(A) Both [a] and [r] are true and [r] is the correct reason for [a]

(B) Both [a] and [r] are true but [r] is not correct reason for [a]

(C) Both [a] and [r] false

(D) [a] is true but [r] is false

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Q.46 In wet spinning of acrylic fibres

(A) Two-way mass transfer is involved

(B) One-way mass transfer is involved

(C) Coagulation bath having spinneret contains only solvent

(D) Coagulation bath having spinneret contains both solvent and non-solvent

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Q.47 Drafting force in drawframe, when fibres are sliding, reduces with higher

(A) Draft ra
(B) Roller setting
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(C) Fibre length

(D) Number of fibres in feed sliver

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Q.48 The force exerted by the reed on the cloth-fell at the instant of beat-up (weaving
resistance) depends on

(A) Free length of warp yarn

(B) Elastic modulus of loom-state fabric

(C) Elastic modulus of warp yarn

(D) Elastic modulus of weft yarn

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Q.49 With reference to KES-FB and FAST systems, the same low stress mechanical
property is measured by

(A) KES-FB1 and FAST 1

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(B) KES-FB2 and FAST 2
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(C) KES-FB3 and FAST 1

(D) KES-FB2 and FAST 3

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Q.50 With reference to the work factor (WF) and work of rupture (WR) of two yarns
with same breaking load and same breaking elongation, the correct statement(s)
is/are

(A) The WR of yarn with WF = 0.3 is more than that with WF = 0.5

(B) The WR of yarn with WF = 0.3 is less than that with WF = 0.5

(C) If breakage takes place within the Hooke✛✔ ✝✞✌☛✄☞ , then the WF is more than 0.5

(D) If breakage takes place within the Hooke✛✔ ✝✞✌☛✄☞ , then the WF is equal to 0.5

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Q.51 Amongst the Classimat faults A2, B1, D4, H2 and I1, the correct statement(s)
is/are ra
(A) D4 and A2 are the thickest fault and the shortest fault, respectively
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(B) I1 and H2 are the longest fault and the thinnest fault, respectively

(C) D4 and I1 are the thickest fault and the thinnest fault, respectively
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(D) B1 and H2 are the most objectionable fault and the longest fault, respectively

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Q.52 A sample of cotton fabric is dyed with vat dye at 60 C till equilibrium dye uptake
is reached. Another sample of the same cotton fabric is dyed with the same dye at
90 C till equilibrium, keeping all other parameters same. Amongst the following,
the correct statement(s) is/are

(A) Dye exhaustion will be higher at 90 C as compared to that at 60 C

(B) Dye exhaustion will be lower at 90 C as compared to that at 60 C

(C) Levelness achieved at 90 C will be higher as compared to that at 60 C

(D) Levelness achieved at 90 C will be lower as compared to that at 60 C

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Q.53 In pigment printing of cotton fabric, the pigment (along with binder) can be fixed
by using
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(A) Saturated steam at 102 C for 4 min
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(B) Dry heat at 140 C for 4 min

(C) Dry heat at 60 C for 4 min

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(D) Super-heated steam at 180 C for 4 min

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and ✡✒✄✟ ✌ ✄ , then
Q.54 ☛✁ ☎ ✝
If ✌ ✄✞ ✆ (in integer) is ______________.
☛✂ ✡☞✍✎

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Q.55 If the values of x are 1, 2 and 3 and the corresponding values of y are 9, 8 and 10,
respectively, then the slope of the line of regression equation of y on x is (up to 1
decimal place) ________________.

Q.56 Three monodisperse Nylon 6 samples with molar masses 10000 g/mol,
30000 g/mol and 60000 g/mol are mixed in a proportion of 1:1:2 by number of
chains. The polydispersity index of the resulting sample (rounded off to 2 decimal
places) is ______________.

Q.57 In melt spinning of a monofilament, a polymer is being extruded at a volumetric

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flow rate of 5×10-5 m3/s through a spinneret of circular cross-section. If the take
up velocity of the first winder is 100 m/s with a draw ratio of 50, then the diameter
(mm) of the spinneret orifice (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is
________________.
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Q.58 In a roving frame, the ratio of the diameter of the top (driver) cone-drum to the
diameter of the bottom (driven) cone-drum is inversely proportional to bobbin
diameter.

At an instant,
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Top cone-drum diameter = 212 mm

Bottom cone-drum diameter = 108 mm

Bobbin diameter = 54 mm

When the bobbin diameter becomes 100 mm, the ratio of the top cone-drum
diameter to the bottom cone-drum diameter (up to 2 decimal places) is
____________________.

Q.59 In a ring frame, the speeds of traveller at 50 mm bobbin diameter (near the base of
the cop) and at 25 mm bobbin diameter (near the tip of the cop) are 13500 rpm
and 13400 rpm, respectively. The nominal twist (tpm) (rounded off to 2 decimal
places) is _____________________.

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Q.60 A circular knitting machine of 26 inch diameter and 20 gauge with 120 feeders is
running at 30 rpm to produce a plain knitted fabric by using 30 tex yarn. If the
loop length is 3 mm, then the rate of production (kg/h) of the machine (rounded
off to 1 decimal place) is _______________.

Q.61 A square jammed plain cotton woven fabric is produced from 10 Ne yarn of
circular cross-section. Assuming density of yarn as 0.91 g/cm3, the number of
threads per inch in the fabric (rounded off to the nearest integer) is
______________.

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Q.62 In a guarded hot plate, the dimension of the square test plate is 15 cm × 15 cm.
Keeping the temperatures of the test plate and the air at 35 C and 20 C,
respectively, the power losses from the test plate with and without fabric specimen
are 16 W and 40 W, respectively. The intrinsic transmittance [W/(m2 K)] of the
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fabric (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is _________________.
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Q.63 A 36 Ne ring spun yarn is produced from 1.2 Ne roving. The total draft and the
break draft of the roving frame are 12 and 1.2, respectively. The diameters of back
bottom roller, middle bottom roller and front bottom roller of the roving frame are
28 mm, 25 mm and 28 mm, respectively. If the middle bottom roller of the roving
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frame is eccentric, then the wavelength (m) of the periodic fault in the yarn,
neglecting twist contraction, (rounded off to 2 decimal places) is
__________________.

Q.64 A 30 tex cotton yarn is made into a lea of 120 yards for determining CSP. If the
lea strength is 500 N, then the CSP of the yarn (rounded off to the nearest integer)
is __________________.

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Q.65 In a continuous scouring operation, a desized fabric (with 40 % wet expression) is

dipped into a saturator (alkali bath) before it enters a J-box for scouring. After
saturation in the alkali bath, the wet expression increases to 100 %. The required
alkali concentration (w/v) of the liquor present in the fabric exiting the saturator is
6 %. Considering no liquor interchange in the saturator, the alkali concentration
(w/v) in percentage in the saturator (in integer) is __________________.

END OF QUESTION PAPER

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