Mahindra

Section 1 - Production Engineering

For:
No. of Questions: 50

1) Which of the following affects the effectiveness of forecasting? A) Accuracy in assessment of demand system C) Cost factor availability of data 2) What is the main objective of routing? A) To find out the most economical and the best suited sequence of operation B) To find out only the best suited sequence of operation C) To help the process of standardization D) To help management in finalization of communication route 3) Which of the following is a disadvantage of production control? A) Helps in taking advantage of economics of purchase B) Helps in identifying loop holes in the use of resources C) Helps in division of work in stages D) Helps in ensuring that good quality goods are being produced 4) Which of the following is the CORRECT statement about scheduling? A) It is the sequence in which jobs need to be handled on the equipment B) It is concerned with the routing of finishing products C) It is concerned primarily with inventory schedules D) It is the sequence in which jobs need to be handled on cost 5) Which of the following is irrelevant for control systems? A) Helps in identifying unforeseen weaknesses B) Makes coordination function easy C) Helps in decentralization of authority D) Increases work management 6) What is called as a critical path? A) Which has zero slack C) Which has maximum slack B) Which has minimum slack D) Which has infinite slack B) Stability in organizational D) Subjectivity in the

7) Which of the following events represent commencement of the project? A) Head event 8) What is CPM? A) Activity oriented technique C) Event oriented technique B) Time oriented technique D) Target oriented technique B) Initial event C) Tail event D) Dual role event

9) What kind of distribution is used in PERT analysis? A) Normal distribution B) Gamma distribution C) Beta distribution 10) What is the main advantage of PERT over Gantt chart? A) Activities and events are clearly shown C) Activity times are clear B) Early start and late finish of an activity are clearly marked D) Inter relationship among activities is clearly shown D) Alpha distribution

11) How can the critical path on PERT/CPM chart be obtained? A) By joining the events which have maximum slack C) By joining the events which have average slack B) By joining the events which have minimum slack D) By joining the events which have no slack

12) What is gang milling? A) Milling process for generating hexagonal surfaces B) Process in which more than two cutters are used

Copyright 2005 MeritTrac Services Private Limited. All rights reserved.

simultaneously Mahindra C) High speed milling

For:
D) Milling operation combined with turning

Copyright 2005 MeritTrac Services Private Limited. All rights reserved.

13) What is Buffing? A) A process of electroplating C) Etching process B) Finishing operation in broaching D) Finishing operation in grinding

14) Which type of chuck would you choose for machining a brass casting on a lathe? A) Three jaw chuck B) Four jaw chuck C) Collet chuck D) Magnetic chuck

15) What is the velocity of the high pressure gas or air that is used in abrasive jet machining? A) 20-50 m/s B) 50-100 m/s C) 100-150 m/s D) 200- 400 m/s

16) What should be the simple indexing while using a dividing head of turn ratio 40 of 6 division? A) 6 turns and holes in 21 hole circle plate C) 26 holes in 21 hole circle plate B) 14 holes in 21 hole circle plate D) 6 turns and 14 holes in 30 hole circle plate

17) Which of the following is a magnetic property? A) Permeability B) Resistivity C) Conductivity D) Ductility

18) Which of the following is the softest material? A) Corundum B) Diamond C) Calcite D) Quartz

19) Which material is generally used for galvanizing? A) Non ferrous metals B) Low carbon steel C) Cast iron D) High carbon steel

20) What is the order of ultimate tensile strength of mild steel? A) 350 -450 N/mm2 B) 500 -600 N/mm2 C) 600 -750 N/mm2 D) 750 -900 N/mm2

21) Which stage of the product development is defined as detail design? A) First B) Second C) Third D) Fourth

22) What is the main purpose of QFD? A) To understand and relate customer needs and design specifications B) To relate design specifications and prototype C) To understand design specifications D) To understand customer needs 23) FAST is the acronym of which of the following? A) Feature analysis system technology B) Fast action system technology for product design C) Function analysis system technique D) Function analogue of system targets 24) Which of the following statements is TRUE? A) Big firms prefer to initiate a product design. B) Small firms prefer to have innovative product design. C) Both big and small firms prefer to have innovative design. D) Big firms prefer to have innovative design. 25) What is the significance of gold tie pin over aluminum tie pin? A) Exchange value B) Cost value C) Use value D) Esteem value

For: Mahindra
26) How would you name a broaching operation in which the work-piece moves past the stationary tool? A) Continuous broaching B) Surface broaching C) Push broaching D) Pull broaching

27) Which of the following is referred as a broaching operation, in which either the work-piece or the tool moves across the other? A) Continuous broaching B) Surface broaching C) Push broaching D) Pull broaching

28) Which of the following is referred as an operation of embossing a diamond shaped pattern on the surface of a work-piece? A) Counter-boring B) Grooving C) Knurling D) Facing

29) What are the letters used for denoting the medium grade grinding wheels? A) A to H B) J to P C) Q to Z D) H to P

30) What is the side cutting edge angle of a tool which is designated as 0f-10f-6f-6f-8 f- 72f -1mm? A) 0e B) 6e C) 10e D) 72e

31) What is a 4/5 stub tooth? A) The depth of teeth is 4/5 of the normal full depth teeth B) The diametral pitch is 4/5 of the normal full depth pitch C) The tooth height is determined on the proportion of 4 pitch and the pitch diameter is determined on the basis of 5 diameteral pitch D) The pitch diameter is determined on the basis of 4 diameteral pitch and the tooth height on the proportion of 5 pitch 32) How would you call the creation of hard copy engineering drawings directly from the CAD database? A) Engineering analysis C) Design and drafting B) Geometric modelling D) Automated drafting

33) What is the advantage of rational splines over non rationals? A) They are variant under any transformations. B) They can define any of the conic sections. C) They cannot define any of the conic sections. D) They can define some of the conic sections. 34) Which of the following best describes CAM technology? A) Documentation C) Drafting B) Geometric modelling D) Numerical control

35) What are the main advantages of using rational curves? A) They are variant under rotation, scaling, translation and perspective transformations of the control points. B) They are invariant under rotation, scaling, translation and perspective transformations of the control points. C) They are variant under rotation, scaling and translation but invariant under perspective transformations of the control points. D) They are invariant under rotation, scaling and translation but variant under perspective transformations of the control points. 36) Which of the following refers to up-and-down rotation of an object? A) Yaw B) Twist C) Roll D) Pitch

37) What is the full form of SCARA? A) Selective Compliance Assembly for Robotic Arm B) Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm

C)ahindra Combination Assembly for Robot Arm M Selective D) Selective Component for Assembly of Robotic Arm

For:

38) Which type of joint involves a rotary motion, but the axis of rotation is parallel to the axes of the two links (input and output links)? A) Revolving joint C) Rotational joint B) Twisting joint D) Linear joint

For: Mahindra
A) Wrist 39) Which of the following manipulators is used to position the object? B) Body C) Body-and-arm D) Arm-and-wrist

40) Surfaces cut by the cutting plane are usually hatched at an angle. What is that angle? A) 60e B) 55e C) 45e D) 30e

41) A point A is 3cm below the horizontal plane and 2cm behind the vertical plane. What are its projections?

A)

B)

C)

D)

42) How are the axes and bases arranged in Oblique cylinders and cones? A) Their axes are inclined to their bases. their bases. C) Their bases are parallel. bases. B) Their axes are perpendicular to D) Their axes are parallel to their

43) Which of the following is the icon used for Extruded Cut command in Solid Works?

A)

B)

C)

D)

44) Two pulleys of radii r1 and r2 and at distance x apart are connected by means of a cross belt drive. What is the length of the belt? A) (r1-r2) +2x+ ( (r1-r2)2) / x C) (r1+r2) +2x+ ( (r1+r2)2) / x B) (r1+r2) -2x - ( (r1+r2)2) / x D) (r1- r2) - 2x+ ( (r1+r2)2) / x

45) Depreciation of machines is categorised as: A) Direct expenses B) Indirect expenses C) Receipts D) Administrative expenses

46) Which type of layout is suitable for manufacturing aircrafts, ship building and steam boilers? A) Product layout B) Process layout C) Group layout D) Fixed layout

47) What does an ABC analysis deal with? A) Controlling the inventory cost C) Flow of material B) Analysis of job D) Analysis of available resources

48) What purpose is the sinking fund used for? A) To reduce the capitalization rate of a property B) To compensate for a property's depreciation C) To offset the damage amused by casualties D) To build up a reserve for future improvements 49) Which of the following types of organization is preferred for steel industry? A) Functional organization C) Line and staff organization B) Line organization D) Staff organization

50) The economic life of a building is considered to be at an end in which of the following plants?

A) When the Mahindra cost of repairs is more than the income B) When building facilities becomes obsolete C) When the capitalization rate becomes high D) When the income from the building fails to justify its existence

For: