Practice Test: Question Set

- 01

(C) Resistance welding

1. If a gas metal arc process

uses a low arc voltage and
the arc is continuously
interrupted as the molten
electrode metal fills up the
arc gap is known as
(A) ARC

(D) Submerged arc Welding

(B) Short ARC

(C) ARC length

over the joint. What is this

type of welding process
called?
(A) Electric arc welding

(B) Submerged arc welding

4. When two main plates are
kept in alignment butting
each other and riveted with
cover plate on both sides of
the main plates with two
rows of rivets in each main
plate, the joint is known as
_______ double cover butt
joint.

(C) MIG welding

(D) TIG welding

(A) Single riveted

(D) ARC blow
(B) Double riveted
2. Which one among the
following welding processes
uses non-consumable
electrode?
(A) Gas metal arc welding
(B) Submerged arc welding

(C) Gas tungsten arc welding

(D) Flux coated arc welding

3. What type of fusion

welding process is used for
welding sheet metals of all
engineering metals (except
Cu, Ag) in automobile and air
craft industries, pipe and
tubing production?
(A) Thermit welding

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) None of these

5. In a metal arc welding

process, a gas metal arc
welding with magnetized flux
is used and can be done in all
the positions i.e. flat position,
vertical position or inclined
position.
(A) Globular transfer
(B) Spray transfer

7. The common welding error

that occurs due to shrinkage
of weld metal, faulty
clamping of parts,
faulty penetration or
overheating at joints is
called?
(A) Distortion

(B) Warping

(C) Porous weld

(D) Poor fusion

8. The object of caulking in a

riveted joint is to make the
joint
(A) Free from corrosion

(C) GMAW practice

(B) Stronger in tension

(D) Dip transfer

(C) Free from stresses

(B) Electroslag welding

6. In a particular type of
welding, flux is prepared in
the form of a coarse powder
and granulated flux is spread

(D) Leak-proof

9. Calculate the weld per

minute, work speed of
circular electrode of 220 mm
diameter for carrying out
seam welding at 4 welds per
cm on 1.6 mm thick mild steel
tube. Welding cycle consists
of 3 cycles on and 2 cycles
off Power supply is at 50 Hz.

circular electrodes assuming

effective resistance between
electrodes as 100 ohm.
(A) 2.17 rpm, 600 joules

14. The common welding

error that occurs due to
wrong speed, faulty
preparation, and high / low
current, improper electrode
size is called?
(A) Distortion

(B) 6.8 rpm, 6 joules

(B) Warping

(C) 5.03 rpm, 600 joules

(C) Porous weld

(D) 22 rpm, 600 joules

(D) Poor fusion

(A) 3000 welds/min, 75 mm/min

(B) 600 welds/min, 1500

mm/min
(C) 500 welds/min, 1250

mm/min
(D) 22 welds/min, 55 mm/min

10. What is the method of

brazing used to join relatively
small assemblies made from
materials that either do not
oxidize at the brazing
temperature or can be
protected from oxidation with
a flux?
(A) Torch brazing

12. In DC arc welding, if leads

are arranged in work as
Negative pole of the welding
arc and electrode as Positive
pole of the welding arc, the
arrangement is known as
(A) Fusion
(B) Reverse polarity

(C) Forward welding

(D) Direct polarity

15. What is the type of

welding defect caused due to
shrinkage during
solidification and by weld
stresses called?
(A) Incomplete fusion
(B) Lamellar tearing

(C) Mismatch

(D) Shrinkage void

(B) Dip brazing

(C) Resistance brazing

(D) Furnace brazing

13. What is the welding

defect caused due to
improper control and poor
removal of slog between
passes called?
(A) Mismatch
(B) Under fill

11. Work speed of circular

electrode of 220 mm
diameter for carrying out
seam welding at 4 welds per
cm on 1.6 mm thick mild steel
tube. Welding cycle consists
of 3 cycles on and 2 cycles
off Power supply is at 50 Hz.
Calculate R.P.M. and energy
requirement of the above

Practice Test: Question Set

- 02
1. In abrasive jet machining,
as the distance between the
nozzle tip and the work
surface increases, the
material removal rate
(A) Increases continuously

(C) Crack

(B) Decreases continuously

(D) Porosity

(C) Decreases becomes stable

and then increases

(D) Increases, becomes stable

and then decreases

P.

2. Wire Drawing
Q. Shear

critical temperature and cooled in still

air.
(B) Above the upper critical

temperature and cooled in

furnace.
(C) Above the upper critical

7. The maximum possible

draft in cold rolling of sheet
increases with the
(A) Increase in coefficient of
friction
(B) Decrease in coefficient of

temperature and cooled in still air.

(D) Between the upper and lower

3. Blanking
Tensile and compressive

(C) 20.7

(D) 41.4

2. Match the following metal

forming processes with their
associated stresses in the
work piece.
Metal forming process
Types of stress
1. Coining
Tensile

4. During normalizing process

of steel, the specimen is
heated
(A) Between the upper and lower

R.

4. Deep Drawing
S. Compressive
(A) 1-S, 2-P, 3-Q, 4-R

(B) 1-S, 2-P, 3-R, 4-Q

(C) 1-P, 2-Q, 3-S, 4-R

(D) 1-P, 2-R, 3-Q, 4-S

friction
(C) Decrease in roll radius

critical temperature and cooled in

furnace.
5. A CNC vertical milling
machine has to cut a straight
slot of 10 mm width and 2
mm depth by a cutter of 10
mm diameter between points
(0,0) and (100,100) on the
XYplane (dimensions in mm).
The feed rate used for milling
is 50 mm/min, milling time for
the slot (in seconds) is
(A) 120

(D) Decrease in roll velocity

8. The operation in which oil

is permeated into the pores
of a powder metallurgy
product is known as
(A) Mixing
(B) Sintering

(B) 170
(C) Impregnation

3. In an interchangeable
assembly, shafts of size 25.000
-0.010 mm mate with holes of
size 25.000 -0.020, the
maximum interference (in
microns) in the assembly is
(A) 40
(B) 30

(C) 20

(C) 180
(D) Infiltration
(D) 240

6.. A solid cylinder of

diameter 100 mm and height
50 mm is forged between two
frictionless flat dies to a
height of 25 mm. The
percentage change in
diameter is
(A) 0

(D) 10
(B) 2.07

9. A hole is of dimension =
9 0 mm. The corresponding
shaft is of dimension = 9 0.001
mm. The resulting assembly has
(A) Loose running fit
(B) Close running fit

(C) Transition fit

(D) Interference fit

10. The crystal structure of

austenite is
(A) Body centered cubic

13. In a CNC program block,

N002 GO2 G91 X40 Z40......,
GO2 and G91 refer to
(A) Circular interpolation in
counter clockwise direction and
incremental dimension
(B) Circular interpolation in

(B) face centered cubic

(C) Hexagonal closed packed

(D) Body centered tetragonal

counter clockwise direction and

absolute dimension
(C) Circular interpolation in

clockwise direction and

incremental dimension

(D) 2, 4, 4

Practice Test: Question Set

- 03
1. Which type of motor is not
used in axis or spindle drives
of CNC machine tools?
(A) Induction motor
(B) DC servo motor

(C) Stepper motor

(D) Circular interpolation in

11. The material property
which depends only on the
basic crystal structure is
(A) Fatigue strength

clockwise direction and absolute

dimension
14. Friction at the tool-chip
interface can be reduced by
(A) Decreasing the rake angle

(B) Work hardening

(B) Increasing the depth of
(C) Fracture strength

cut

(D) Linear servo motor

2. The main purpose of

spheroidising treatment is to
improve
(A) Hardenability of low

carbon steels
(C) Decreasing the cutting

(B) Machinability of low

(D) Elastic constant

speed
12. A shaft has a dimension,
9 +0.025, the respective
values of fundamental
deviation and tolerance are
(A) 0.025, 0.008
(B) 0.025, 0.016

(C) 0.009, 0.008

(D) Increasing the cutting

speed
15. The effective number of
lattice points in the unit cell
of simple cubic, body
centered cubic, and face
centered cubic space lattices,
respectively, are
(A) 1, 2, 2
(B) 1, 2, 4

carbon steels
(C) Hardenability of high

carbon steels
(D) Machinability of high carbon

steels
3. NC contouring is an
example of
(A) Continuous path
positioning
(B) Point-to-point positioning

(D) 0.009, 0.016

(C) 2, 3, 4

(C) Absolute positioning

(D) Incremental positioning

(C) Decreases up to certain

gap between the two joining

surfaces beyond which it
increases

Arc Welding (AW), Drilling

(D), Laser Cutting of Sheet
Metal (LC), Milling (M),
Punching in Sheet Metal (P),
Spot Welding (SW)
(A) AW, LC and M

(D) Increases up to certain

4. A ring gauge is used to
measure
(A) Outside diameter but not
roundness
(B) Roundness but not outside

diameter
(C) Both outside diameter and

roundness

gap between the two joining

surfaces beyond which it
decreases

(B) AW, D, LC and M

7. In order to have
interference fit, it is essential
that the lower limit of the
shaft should be
(A) Greater than the upper

(C) D, LC, P and SW

limit of the hole

(B) Lesser than the upper

(D) Only external threads

limit of the hole
(C) Greater than the lower
5. When the temperature of a
solid metal increases,
(A) Strength of the metal
decreases but ductility increases
(B) Both strength and ductility

limit of the hole

(C) Both strength and ductility

of the metal increases

(D) Strength of the metal

8. When 3-2-1 principle is

used to support and locate a
three dimensional work-piece
during machining, the
number of degrees of
freedom that are restricted is
(A) 7
(B) 8

increases but ductility decreases

6. The strength of a brazed
joint
(A) Decreases with increase in

10. In an interchangeable
assembly, shafts of size
25.000 -0.0100 mm mate
with holes of size 25.000
-0.010 mm. The maximum possible
clearance in the assembly will be
(A) 10 microns
(B) 20 microns

(D) Lesser than the lower limit

of the hole
of the metal decreases

(D) D, LC, and SW

(C) 9

(C) 30 microns

(D) 60 microns

11. During the execution of a

CNC part program block
NO20 GO2 X45.0 Y25.0 R5.0 ;
the type of tool motion will be
(A) Circular Interpolation

clockwise
gap between the two joining
surfaces
(B) Increases with increase in

gap between the two joining

surfaces

(D) 10

9. Which among the NC

operations given below are
continuous path operations?

(B) Circular Interpolation

counter clockwise

(C) Linear Interpolation

(D) Rapid feed

12. The mechanism of

material removal in EDM
process is
(A) Melting and Evaporation
(B) Melting and Corrosion

(D) At two thirds of the

(C) Under fill

melting temperature of the metal

15. Quality screw threads are
produced by
(A) Thread milling
(B) Thread chasing

(C) Thread cutting with single

(D) Crack

3. What is the type of

welding defect caused due
to poor manipulation of
weld rod or a dirty joint
called?
(A) Porosity

(C) Erosion and Cavitations

point tool
(D) Thread casting

(D) Cavitations and

Evaporation
13. The percentage of carbon
in gray cast iron is in the
range of
(A) 0.25 to 0.75 percent
(B) 1.25 to 1.75 percent

(C) 3 to 4 percent

(D) 8 to 10 percent

Practice Test: Question Set

- 04
1. What is the type of
welding defect is caused
due to stresses on heating
and cooling called?
(A) Incomplete penetration
(B) Shrinkage void

(C) Slag Entrapment

(Inclusions)
14. Cold working of steel is
defined as working
(A) At its recrystallisation
temperature
(B) Above its recrystallisation

temperature
(C) Below its recrystallisation

temperature

(D) Incomplete fusion

2. What is the type of

welding defect caused due
to poor deposition of weld
rod is called?

(B) Undercut

(C) Under fill

(D) Crack

4. What is the type of

joining process called,
where the parts to be
welded are kept in contact
and rotated relative to
each other and axial
pressure is applied when
the desired temperature is
obtained?
(A) Ultrasonic welding
(B) Forge welding

(C) Electron beam welding

(D) Friction welding

(A) Porosity
(B) Undercut

5. If the flame of the

welding torch is directed
towards the progress of

welding, then what will

you call the welding
technique?
(A) Forehand welding
(B) Flux cored ARC welding

(D) Two bounding curves and

a set of grid control points

8. Internal gear cutting
operation can be
performed by
(A) Milling

angle is 90, the shear angle in

degree is
(A) 20.56
(B) 26.56

(C) 30.56

(C) Electro slag welding

(B) Shaping with rack cutter
(D) 36.56
(D) Pulsed spray welding
(C) Shaping with pinion
6. Which of the following is
the correct data structure
for solid models?

cutter
(D) Hobbing

11. As tool and work are

not in contact in EDM
process
(A) No relative motion occurs

(A) Solid part - faces - edges vertices

(B) Solid part - edges - faces -

vertices
(C) Vertices - edges - faces -

solid parts

9. If a particular Fe-C alloy

contains less than 0.83%
carbon, it is called
(A) High speed steel
(B) Hypo eutectoid steel

7. For generating a Coons

surface we require
(A) A set of grid points on the
surface
(B) A set of grid control points

(C) Four bounding curves

defining the surface

(C) No power is consumed

during metal cutting

(D) No force between tool

(C) Hyper eutectoid steel

(D) Vertices - faces- edges -

solid parts

between them
(B) No wear of tool occurs

and work occurs

(D) Cast iron

12. Hardness of steel

greatly improves with
(A) Annealing

10. In orthogonal turning

of a low carbon steel bar of
diameter 150 mm with
uncoated carbide tool, the
cutting velocity is 90
m/min. The feed is 0.24
mm/rev and the depth of
cut is 2 mm. The chip
thickness obtained is 0.48
mm. If the orthogonal rake
angle is zero and the
principle cutting edge

(B) Cyaniding

(C) Normalizing

(D) Tempering

13. A lead-screw with half

nuts in a lathe, free to
rotate in both directions
has
(A) V-threads

(D) Enlarging a drilled hole

3. In ECM, the material

removal is due to
(A) Corrosion

Practice Test: Question Set

- 05

(B) Erosion

(B) Whitworth threads

(C) Buttress threads

1. The hardness of a
grinding wheel is
determined by the
(A) Hardness of abrasive

(C) Fusion

(D) Ion displacement

(D) Acme threads

grains
(B) Ability of the bond to

14. Hot rolling of mild steel

is carried out
(A) At recrystallization
temperature
(B) Between 100C to 150C

retain abrasives

4. Allowance in limits and

fits refers to
(A) Maximum clearance

(C) Hardness of the bond

between shaft and hole

(B) Minimum clearance

(D) Ability of the grinding

between shaft and hole

(C) Difference between

(C) Between recrystallization

temperature
(D) Above recrystallization

temperature
15. Trepanning is
performed for

wheel to penetrate the work

piece
2. The cutting force in
punching and blanking
operations mainly depends
on
(A) The modulus of
elasticity of metal
(B) The shear strength of

(A) Finishing a drilled hole

(B) Producing a large hole

metal
(C) The bulk modulus of

without drilling
(C) Truing a hole for

metal
(D) The yield strength of

alignment
metal

maximum and minimum sizes

of hole
(D) Difference between

maximum and minimum sizes

of shaft
5. Green sand mould
indicates that
(A) Polymeric mould has
been cured
(B) Mould has been totally

dried
(C) Mould is green in colour

(D) Mould contains

moisture

(B) Titanium

(C) Copper

6. In a gating system, the

ratio 1: 2: 4 represents
(A) Sprue base area:
runner area: ingate area
(B) Pouring basin area:

ingate area: runner area

(C) Sprue base area: ingate

area: casting area

(D) Runner area: ingate

area: casting area

7. Two streams of liquid
metal which are not hot
enough to fuse properly
result into a casting defect
known as

(D) Tin

9. Volume of a cube of
side l and volume of a
sphere of radius r are
equal. Both the cube and
the sphere are solid and of
same material. They are
being cast. The ratio of the
solidification time of the
cube to the same of the
sphere is
(A) (4/6) (r/l)

(C) Sand wash

List-II (Pro

P. Hot Chamber Machine

1. Cleaning

Q. Muller

2. Core mak

R. Dielectric Baker

3. Die castin

S. Sand Blaster

4. Annealing

5. Sand mix
(A) P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-5

(B) P-4, Q-2, R-3, S-5

(C) P-4, Q-5, R-1, S-2

(C) (4/6) (r/l)
(D) P-3, Q-5, R-2, S-1
(D) (4/6) (r/l)

10. An expendable pattern

is used in
(A) Slush casting

(D) Scab

List-I (Equipment)

(B) (4/6) (r/l)

(A) Cold shut

(B) Swell

11. Match the items of

List-I (Equipment) with the
items of List-II (Process)
and select the correct
answer using the given
codes.

(B) Squeeze casting

12. Misrun is a casting

defect which occurs due to
(A) Very high pouring
temperature of the metal
(B) Insufficient fluidity of

the molten metal

8. Which of the following
engineering materials is
the most suitable
candidate for hot chamber
die casting?
(A) Low carbon steel

(C) Centrifugal casting

(D) Investment casting

(C) Absorption of gases by

the liquid metal

(D) Improper alignment of

the mould flasks

13. Hardness of green
sand mould increases with

1. Which one of the following

is a solid state joining
process?
(A) Gas tungsten arc welding
(B) Resistance spot welding

4. In which type of welding a

gas shield, a consumable
electrode is used and the
welding can be done in all
positions.
(A) ARC welding
(B) Submerged ARC welding

(A) Increase in moisture

(C) Friction welding

content beyond 6 percent

(B) Increase in

(C) TIG welding

(D) Submerged arc welding
(D) MIG welding

permeability
(C) Decrease in

permeability
(D) Increase in both

2. While current is shut down

in the welding circuit, what
kind of voltage exists
between the output terminals
of the welding machine?
(A) GTAW
(B) Open air cut voltage

moisture content and

permeability
14. The primary purpose of
a sprue in a casting mould
is to

(C) Kerf

(B) Spray transfer

(D) Gouging

(A) Feed the casting at a

rate consistent with the rate of
solidification
(B) Act as a reservoir for

molten metal
(C) Feed molten metal from

the pouring basin to the gate

5. In a metal arc welding

process, metal transfer
across the arc may take place
by a method of material
transfer where the metal
transfers across the arc is in
larger drops. This is at the
rate of 100 drops/sec or less,
what is this known as
(A) Globular transfer

(C) GMAW practice

3. The capacity of a material
to be welded under the
imposed fabrication
conditions into a specific,
suitably designed structure
and to perform satisfactorily
in the intended service is
known as?
(A) Weldment
(B) Weld tab

(D) Dip transfer

6. What is the type of

shielding gas for GTAW (Gas
Tungsten Arc Welding) used
for carbon steels only called?
(A) Argon H
(B) Argon CO

(D) Help feed the casting

(C) Weldability

until all solidification takes

place

Practice Test: Question Set

- 06

(C) Argon Helium

(D) Tack weld
(D) Helium

7. A type of welding flows,

which is the result of a
perfect proportion and
mixture of acetylene and
oxygen and is used for fusion
welding of steel and cast
iron, is
(A) Carburizing flame

10. Two 1 mm thick steel

sheets are to be spot welded
at a current of 5000 A.
Assuming effective resistance
to be 200 m and current
flow time of 0.2 second, heat
generated during the process
will be
(A) 0.2 Joule

(D) All of the above

13. In Oxyacetylene gas

welding, temperature at the
inner cone of the flame is
around
(A) 3500C

(B) Oxidizing flame

(C) Oxy-acetylene flame

(D) Neutral flame

8. If the tearing efficiency of a

riveted joint is 50%, then
ratio of rivet hole diameter to
the pitch of rivets is
(A) 0.20
(B) 0.30

(C) 0.50

(D) 0.60

9. What is the name of the

device used in arc welding
circuits for the purpose of
modifying the rate of current
change when the weld road is
varied rapidly?
(A) Reactor

(B) 1 Joule

(B) 3200C

(C) 5 Joule

(C) 2900C

(D) 1000 Joule

(D) 2550C

11. In up-cut milling the work

piece is fed
(A) Against the rotating cutter

(B) At angle of 60 to the cutter

(C) In the direction of the cutter

(D) At the right angle to the cutter

12. Which of the following

statement is correct
regarding grinding of high
carbon steel?
(A) Grinding at high speed results

(B) Kerf

in the reduction of chip thickness and

cutting forces per grit.
(B) Aluminium oxide wheels are

(C) Inductor

employed.
(C) The grinding wheel has to be

(D) Cone

of open structure.

14. Which of the following arc

welding processes does not
use consumable electrodes?
(A) GMAW
(B) GTAW

(C) Submerged Arc Welding

(D) None of these

15. Two plates of the same

metal having equal thickness
are to be butt welded with
electric arc. When the plate
thickness changes, welding is
achieved by
(A) Adjusting the current
(B) Adjusting the duration of

current
(C) Changing the electrode size

(D) Changing the electrode

coating

(D) 100 mm

finish
7. The ductile materials,
during machining, produce
(A) Continuous chips

Practice Test: Question Set - 07

1. A twist drill is a
(A) Side cutting tool

(D) It produces good surface

(C) 20 mm

4. Chemical milling operation

is performed
(A) On universal milling

(B) Discontinuous chips

(B) Front cutting tool

machine
(B) On plain milling machine

(C) Continuous chips with built

(C) End cutting tool

(C) In a tank containing an

up edge
(D) Either (A) or (C)

(D) None of these

etching solution
2. A jig is defined as a device
which
(A) Holds and locates a
workpiece and guides and
controls one or more cutting tools
(B) Holds and locates a

workpiece during an inspection or

for a manufacturing operation

(D) Any one of these

5. For machining a mild steel

workpiece using carbide tool,
the maximum material will be
removed at a temperature of
(A) 50C

8. Which of the following

parameters govern the value
of shear angle in continuous
chip formation?
(A) True feed
(B) Chip thickness

(B) 100C

(C) Is used to check the

(C) 175C

(C) Rake angle of the cutting

tool
(D) All of these

accuracy of workpiece
(D) All of the above

3. A drill bit of 20 mm
diameter rotating at 500
r.p.m. with a feed rate of 0.2
mm/revolution is used to drill
a through hole in a mild steel
plate 20 mm thickness. The
depth of cut in this drilling
operation is
(A) 0.2 mm

(D) 275C

6. Which of the following

statement is wrong about
ultrasonic machining?
(A) It is best suited for machining

9. The cutting speed for

drilling __________ with high
speed steel drills is 24 to 45
m/min.
(A) Mild steel
(B) Copper

hard and brittle materials.

(B) It cuts materials at very
(C) Aluminium
slow speeds
(C) It removes large amount

(B) 10 mm
of material

(D) Brass

10. A right hand tool on a

lathe cuts most efficiently
when it travels
(A) From left to right end of

(A) Help in the movement of

the sparks
(B) Control the spark

the lathe bed

(B) From right to left end of

discharges
(C) Act as coolant

the lathe bed

(C) With the help of a
(D) All of these
compound slide
(D) Across the bed

11. Cast iron during

machining produces
(A) Continuous chips

14. In an orthogonal cutting,

the depth of cut is halved and
the feed rate is double. If the
chip thickness ratio is
unaffected with the changed
cutting conditions, the actual
chip thickness will be
(A) Doubled

(B) Discontinuous chips

(B) Halved
(C) Continuous chips with
(C) Quadrupled

compensate for shrinkage

when
(A) The temperature of

liquid metal drops from

pouring to freezing
temperature
(B) The metal changes from

liquid to solid state at freezing

temperature
(C) The temperature of

solid phase drops from

freezing to room temperature
(D) The temperature of

metal drops from pouring to

room temperature

built-up edge
(D) None of these

12. Dielectric is used in

(A) Electrochemical
machining
(B) Ultrasonic machining

(D) Unchanged

15. In metal machining, the

zone where the heat is
generated due to friction
between the moving chip and
the tool face, is called
(A) Friction zone

surface finish and high degree

of accuracy
(B) To remove considerable

(B) Work-tool contact zone

amount of metal without

regard to accuracy of the
finished surface
(C) To grind exterior

(C) Shear zone

cylindrical surfaces
(D) Any one of the above

(D) None of these

2. In ultrasonic machining,
tool is made of
(A) Tungsten carbide

(C) Electro discharge

machining

1. The snag grinding is

done
(A) To produce good

(D) Laser machining

13. In electro-discharge
machining, dielectric is used
to

(B) Brass or copper

15. Shrinkage allowance
on pattern is provided to

(C) Diamond
(D) Stainless steel
3. Stellite preserves
hardness up to a
temperature of
(A) 350C
(B) 500C
(C) 900C
(D) 1100C
4. Low helix angle drills
are preferred for drilling
holes in
(A) Plastics

(A) Independent of index

change gear ratio
(B) Dependent on speed

(B) Alloy steel

(C) Pig iron
(D) Chilled cast iron

change gear ratio

(C) Interrelated to index
change gear ratio
(D) Independent of speed
and index change gear ratio
8. The rake angle required
to machine brass by high
speed steel tool is
(A) 0
(B) 10
(C) 20

(B) Copper
(D) 100

12. The drill spindles are

provided with standard
taper known as
(A) Morse taper
(B) Seller's taper
(C) Chapman taper
(D) Brown and Sharpe
taper
13. The cutting force in up
milling ________ per tooth
movement of the cutter.
(A) Is zero

(C) Cast steel

(D) Carbon steel
5. The angle between the
shear plane and _________ is
called shear angle.
(A) Work surface

9. For machining a mild

steel workpiece by a high
speed steel tool, the
average cutting speed is
(A) 5 m/min
(B) 10 m/min

(B) Tool face

(C) 15 m/min

(C) Machine surface

(D) 30 m/min

(D) None of these

6. In hot machining, the
work is heated by
(A) Simple heating
(B) Flame heating
(C) Induction heating
(D) Any one of these
7. While cutting helical
gears on a non-differential
gear hobber, the feed
change gear ratio is

10. The factor considered

for evaluation of
machinability is
(A) Cutting forces and
power consumption
(B) Tool life
(C) Type of chips and shear
angle
(D) All of these
11. Lathe bed is made of
(A) Mild steel

(B) Is maximum
(C) Decreases from
maximum to zero
(D) Increases from zero to
maximum
14. A left hand tool on a
lathe cuts most efficiently
when it travels
(A) From left to right end of
the lathe bed
(B) From right to left end of
the lathe bed
(C) With the help of a
compound slide
(D) Across the bed
15. Side rake angle of a
single point cutting tool is
the angle
(A) By which the face of
the tool is inclined towards
back

(B) By which the face of

the tool is inclined sideways
(C) Between the surface of the
flank immediately below the point
and a plane at right angles to the
centre line of the point of the tool
(D) Between the surface of the
flank immediately below the point
and a line drawn from the point
perpendicular to the base

(B) Making large number of

small holes in sieves and fuel
nozzles
(C) Embossing and
engraving on harder materials
(D) All of these
4. In drilling operation, the
metal is removed by
(A) Shearing

Practice Test: Question

Set - 09

(B) Extrusion

1. Which of the following

statement is correct for
oblique cutting system?
(A) The cutting edge is

(C) Shearing and extrusion

inclined at an angle less than

90 with the normal to the
velocity of the tool
(B) Frequently, more than
one cutting edges are in
action
(C) The chip flows on the
tool face at an angle less than
90 with the normal on the
cutting edge
(D) All of the above
2. Crack in grinding wheel
is developed due to
(A) High temperature
developed at the contact of
the wheel face and work
(B) Grinding hard work
(C) Low speed of wheel
(D) High speed of wheel
3. EDM machining is
applied for
(A) Shaping carbide dies
and punches having
complicated profiles

(D) Shearing and

compression
5. In centerless grinders,
the regulating wheel is
inclined at
(A) 0 to 8
(B) 9 to 15
(C) 16 to 20
(D) 21 to 25
6. The process of
improving the cutting
action of the grinding
wheel is called
(A) Truing
(B) Dressing
(C) Facing
(D) Clearing
7. Which of the following
statement is wrong?
(A) The diamond is the
hardest tool material and can
run at cutting speeds about 50
times that of high speed steel
tool

(B) The ceramic tools can

be used at cutting speeds 40
times that of high speed steel
tools
(C) The cemented carbide
tools can be used at cutting
speeds 10 times that of high
speed steel tools
(D) The ceramic tools can
withstand temperature up
to 600C only
8. Which of the following
parameters influence the
axial feed rate in
centerless grinding?
(A) Regulating wheel
diameter
(B) Speed of the regulating
wheel
(C) Angle between the axes
of grinding and regulating
wheels
(D) All of the above
9. The type of tool used on
milling machine and
broaching machine is
(A) Single point cutting tool
(B) Two point cutting tool
(C) Three point cutting tool
(D) Multi-point cutting tool
10. The width of cutting
edge of a parting off tool
varies from
(A) 3 to 12 mm
(B) 5 to 20 mm
(C) 8 to 30 mm
(D) 15 to 40 mm

11. Which of the following

statement is correct in
regard to centreless
grinding?
(A) The workpiece is
supported throughout its
entire length as grinding takes
place
(B) It is a continuous
process and adopted for
production work
(C) It requires no holding
device for the work
(D) All of the above
12. In a shaper
(A) Tool is stationary and
work reciprocates
(B) Work is stationary and
tool reciprocates
(C) Tool moves over stationary
work
(D) Tool moves over
reciprocating work
14. When the end of a tap
is tapered for about three
or four threads, it is known
as a
(A) Taper tap

(C) Continuous chips with

built-up edge are formed
(D) No chips are formed

dig in and start the cut

(C) The specific power

Practice Test: Question

Set - 10

consumption is reduced
(D) Better surface finish

1. The factor responsible

for the formation of
discontinuous chips is
(A) Low cutting speed and
large rake angle
(B) Low cutting speed and

small rake angle

(C) High cutting speed and
large rake angle
(D) High cutting speed and
small rake angle
2. The hard grade grinding
wheels are denoted by the
letters
(A) A to H
(B) I to P
(C) Q to Z
(D) A to P
3. A fine grained grinding
wheel is used to grind
(A) Hard and brittle

(B) Bottoming tap

(C) Second tap
(D) None of these

materials
(B) Soft and ductile
materials
(C) Hard and ductile

15. When the cutting edge

of the tool is dull, then
during machining
(A) Continuous chips are

materials
(D) Soft and brittle

formed
(B) Discontinuous chips are

materials
4. Climb milling is chosen
while machining because
(A) The chip thickness

formed

(B) It enables the cutter to

increase gradually

can be obtained
5. The tool life in case of a
grinding wheel is the time
(A) Between two
successive regrinds of the
wheel
(B) Taken for the wheel to
be balanced
(C) Taken between two
successive wheel dressings
(D) Taken for a wear of 1
mm on its diameter
6. In determining the
various forces on the chip,
Merchant assumed that
the
(A) Cutting edge of the tool
is sharp and it does not make
any flank contact with the
workpiece
(B) Only continuous chip
without built-up-edge is
produced
(C) Cutting velocity
remains constant
(D) All of the above
7. In a single point tool,
the angle between the
surface of the flank
immediately below the
point and a line drawn
from the point
perpendicular to the base,
is known as
(A) Side relief angle

(B) End relief angle

(C) Back rake angle
(D) Side rake angle
8. Crater wear occurs
mainly on the
(A) Nose part, front relief
face and side relief face of the
cutting tool
(B) Face of the cutting tool
at a short distance from the
cutting edge only
(C) Cutting edge only
(D) Front face only
9. A grinding wheel is said
to be of _________ if it holds
the abrasive grains more
securely.
(A) Soft grade
(B) Medium grade
(C) Hard grade
(D) None of these
10. The grinding of long,
slender shafts or bars is
usually done by
(A) In-feed grinding
(B) Through feed grinding
(C) End-feed grinding
(D) Any one of these
11. Which of the following
statement is correct about
hot machining?
(A) It requires less power than
machining metals at room
temperature.

(B) The rate of tool wear is

lower.
(C) It is used for machining

(D) Machining several

high strength and high

temperature resistant materials.
(D) All of the above

surfaces of a workpiece
simultaneously
15. In ultrasonic
machining, the metal is
removed by
(A) Using abrasive slurry

12. A bottoming tap has

(A) Its end tapered for

between the tool and work

(B) Direct contact of tool

about three or four threads

(B) Its end tapered for

with the work

(C) Maintaining an

about eight or ten threads

(C) Full threads for the

electrolyte between the work

and tool in a very small gap
between the two
(D) Erosion caused by

whole of its length

(D) None of the above
13. The example of snag
grinding is
(A) Trimming the surface
left by spruces and risers on
castings
(B) Grinding the parting
line left on castings
(C) Removing flash on
forgings
(D) All of these

rapidly recurring spark

discharges between the tool
and work

Practice Test: Question

Set - 11
1. The rake angle of a
single point cutting tool
corresponds to _________ of
a twist drill.
(A) Lip clearance angle
(B) Helix angle
(C) Point angle
(D) Chisel edge angle

14. The saw milling is an

operation of
(A) Producing grooves
around the periphery of a
cylindrical or conical
workpiece
(B) Producing narrow slots
or grooves on a workpiece
(C) Reproduction of an
outline of a template on a
workpiece

2. A better machinable
metal is one which gives
(A) Lower chip-tool contact
area and larger shear angle
(B) Higher chip-tool contact
area and smaller shear angle
(C) Lower chip-tool contact
area and smaller shear angle
(D) Higher chip-tool
contact area and larger shear
angle

3. The advantage of a
broaching operation is that
(A) Rate of production is
very high
(B) High accuracy and high
class of surface finish is
possible
(C) Roughing and finishing

(C) Surface finishing

operation
(D) Dressing operation
7. The lathe centres are
provided with standard
taper known as
(A) Morse taper

(C) Hydrometer
(D) Pyrometer
11. For turning internal
tapers, the suitable
method is
(A) By a form tool
(B) By setting over the tail

(B) Seller's taper

cuts are completed in one
pass of the tool
(D) All of the above
4. Trepanning is an
operation of
(A) Making a cone-shaped
enlargement of the end of a
hole
(B) Smoothing and
squaring the surface around a
hole
(C) Sizing and finishing a
small diameter hole
(D) Producing a hole by
removing metal along the
circumference of a hollow
cutting tool
5. The silicon carbide
abrasive is chiefly used for
grinding
(A) Cemented carbide
(B) Ceramic
(C) Cast iron
(D) All of these
6. The grinding operation
is a
(A) Shaping operation
(B) Forming operation

(C) Chapman taper

(D) Brown and Sharpe
taper
8. Grinding wheels should
be tested for balance
(A) Only at the time of
manufacture
(B) Before starting the
grinding operation
(C) At the end of grinding

stock
(C) By a taper turning
attachment
(D) By swiveling the
compound rest
12. The chuck preferred for
quick setting and accurate
centering of a job is
(A) Four jaw independent
chuck
(B) Collect chuck
(C) Three jaw universal

operation
(D) Occasionally

chuck
(D) Magnetic chuck

9. Which of the following

process is used for
preparing parts having
large curved surfaces and
thin sections?
(A) Hot machining

13. Which of the following

operations can be
performed with milling
cutters?

(B) Ultrasonic machining

(C) ECM process
(D) Chemical milling
10. In machining metal,
cutting force at the cutting
edge is measured by a
(A) Wattmeter

(A) Cutting key ways on

shafts
(B) Cutting external screw
threads
(C) Cutting teeth of spur
gears
(D) All of these
14. In plunge grinding
(A) The work is reciprocated as

(B) Dynamometer
the wheel feeds to produce

cylinders longer than the width of

wheel face
(B) The work rotates in a
fixed position as the wheel
feeds to produce cylinders
equal to or shorter than the
width of wheel face
(C) The work is reciprocated as
the wheel feeds to produce
cylinders shorter than the width of
wheel face
(D) The work rotates in a
fixed position as the wheel
feeds to produce cylinders
longer than the width of wheel
face
15. In grinding irregular,
curved, tapered, convex
and concave surfaces, the
grinder used is
(A) Cylindrical grinder

depends upon its

(A) Coefficient of friction

(D) End milling

(B) Micro-structure
(C) Work hardening
characteristics
(D) All of these
3. Glazing in grinding
wheels __________ cutting
capacity.
(A) Has no effect on
(B) Increase
(C) Decrease
(D) None of these
4. The guide-ways are of
(A) Flat type

(B) Internal grinder

(B) V-type

(C) Surface grinder

(C) Dovetail type

(D) Tool and cutter grinder

(D) Any one of these

Practice Test: Question

Set - 12
1. Flank wear occurs
mainly on the
(A) Nose part, front relief
face and side relief face of the
cutting tool
(B) Face of the cutting tool
at a short distance from the
cutting edge
(C) Cutting edge only
(D) Front face only
2. The specific cutting
energy used for
establishing the
machinability of the metal

(C) Face milling

5. Tool signature consists

of __________ elements.
(A) Two
(B) Four
(C) Five
(D) Seven
6. In _________ operation,
the chip thickness is
minimum at the beginning
of the cut and it reaches to
the maximum when the cut
terminates.
(A) Conventional milling
(B) Climb milling

7. Ultrasonic machining is
best suited for
(A) Tool steels
(B) Sintered carbides
(C) Glass
(D) All of these
8. Crater wear is mainly
due to the phenomenon
known as
(A) Adhesion of metals
(B) Oxidation of metals
(C) Diffusion of metals
(D) All of these
9. The shear velocity is the
velocity of
(A) Tool relative to the
workpiece
(B) Chip relative to the tool
(C) Tool along the tool face
(D) None of these
10. The lead screw of a
lathe has _________ threads.
(A) Single start
(B) Double start
(C) Multi-start
(D) Any one of these
11. The operation of
producing grooves around
the periphery of a
cylindrical or conical

workpiece is called
(A) Profile milling

(B) Soluble oil

(C) 0.25 to 0.40

(C) Dry

(D) 0.40 to 0.55

(B) Gang milling

(D) Sulphurised mineral oil
(C) Saw milling
(D) Helical milling
12. The process of
removing metal by a cutter
which is rotated against
the direction of travel of
workpiece, is called
(A) Up milling
(B) Down milling
(C) Face milling
(D) End milling
13. The angle between the
lathe centres is
(A) 30

Practice Test: Question

Set - 13
1. The angle formed by the
leading edge of the land
with a plane having the
axis of the drill, is called
(A) Helix or rake angle
(B) Point angle
(C) Chisel edge angle
(D) Lip clearance angle
2. The broaching operation
in which the work moves
past the stationary tool is
called
(A) Pull broaching

(B) 45

(B) Push broaching

(C) 60

(C) Surface broaching

(D) 90

(D) Continuous broaching

14. In order to grind soft

material
(A) Coarse grained grinding
wheel is used
(B) Fine grained grinding
wheel is used
(C) Medium grained
grinding wheel is used
(D) Any one of these
15. The cutting fluid
mostly used for machining
alloy steels is
(A) Water

3. In lapping operation, the

amount of metal removed
is
(A) 0.005 to 0.01 mm
(B) 0.01 to 0.1 mm
(C) 0.05 to 0.1 mm
(D) 0.5 to 1 mm
4. In the relation VTn = C,
the value of n for ceramic
tools is
(A) 0.1 to 0.2
(B) 0.20 to 0.25

5. In American Standard
Association (ASA) system,
if the tool nomenclature is
8-6-5-5-10-15-2 mm, then
the side rake angle will be
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 10
6. In metal machining, the
zone where the maximum
heat is generated due to
the plastic deformation of
metal, is called
(A) Friction zone
(B) Work-tool contact zone
(C) Shear zone
(D) None of these
7. The cutting speed for
drilling aluminium, brass
and bronze with carbon
steel drills is _________
cutting speed for drilling
mild steel with high speed
steel drills.
(A) Equal to
(B) Less than
(C) More than
(D) None of these
8. The height of each tooth
of a broach is
(A) Same throughout
(B) In progressively
decreasing order

(C) In progressively
increasing order
(D) None of these
9. In machining metals,
chips break due to
__________ of work material.
(A) Toughness
(B) Ductility
(C) Elasticity
(D) Work hardening
10. Which of the following
operations is carried out at
a minimum cutting velocity
if the machines are equally
rigid and the tool work
materials are the same?
(A) Turning
(B) Grinding

(D) To minimize heat

generation
13. For turning small taper
on long workpiece, the
suitable method is
(A) By a form tool
(B) By setting over the tail
stock
(C) By a taper turning
attachment
(D) By swiveling the
compound rest
14. The type of reamer
used for reaming operation
in a blind hole, is
(A) Straight fluted reamer
(B) Left hand spiral fluted
reamer
(C) Right hand spiral fluted

(C) Boring
(D) Milling
11. For fast removal of
materials during grinding,
a _________ grinding wheel
is used.
(A) Course grained
(B) Fine grained
(C) Medium grained
(D) None of these
12. Chip breakers are used
to
(A) Increase tool life
(B) Remove chips from bed
(C) Break the chips into
short segments

reamer
(D) Any one of these
15. The method of grinding
used to produce a straight
or tapered surface on a
workpiece, is
(A) Internal cylindrical
grinding
(B) Form grinding
(C) External cylindrical
grinding
(D) Surface grinding

Practice Test: Question

Set - 14
1. The cutting speed is
maximum while machining
_________ with a high speed
steel tool.
(A) Cast iron

(B) Mild steel

(C) Brass
(D) Aluminium
2. In drilling brass, a drill
with
(A) Zero helix angle is used
(B) Low helix angle is used
(C) High helix angle is used
(D) Any helix angle can be
used
3. In order to obtain a
surface finish in the range
of 0.75 m to 1.25 m , the
operation used is called.
(A) Grinding
(B) Lapping
(C) Honing
(D) Buffing
4. Negative rakes are used
for
(A) Carbide tools
(B) Heavy loads
(C) Harder materials
(D) All of these
5. The trade name of a
nonferrous cast alloy
composed of cobalt,
chromium and tungsten is
called
(A) Ceramic
(B) Stellite
(C) Diamond

(D) Cemented carbide

6. Which of the following
statement is wrong as
regard to down milling?
(A) It can not be used on old
machines due to backlash between
the feed screw of the table and the
nut.
(B) The chips are disposed off
easily and do not interfere with the
cutting.
(C) The surface milled appears
to be slightly wavy.
(D) The coolant can be poured
directly at the cutting zone where
the cutting force is maximum.
7. The tail-stock set over
required to turn a taper on
the entire length of a
workpiece having
diameters D and d is
(A) (D - d)/2L
(B) (D - d)/L

surface or surfaces below and

adjacent to the cutting edges
(B) The nose is the corner, arc
or chamfer joining the side cutting
and the end cutting edges
(C) The heel is that part of the
tool which is shaped to produce
the cutting edges and face
(D) The base is that surface of
the shank which bears against the
support and takes tangent pressure
of the cut
10. The broaching
operation in which either
the work or the tool moves
across the other, is known
as
(A) Pull broaching
(B) Push broaching
(C) Surface broaching
(D) Continuous broaching
11. The negative rake is
usually provided on
(A) High carbon steel tools

(C) (D - d)/2
(B) High speed steel tools
(D) D - d
(C) Cemented carbide tools
8. The abrasive slurry used
in ultrasonic machining
contains fine particles of
(A) Aluminium oxide
(B) Boron carbide
(C) Silicon carbide
(D) Any one of these
9. Which of the following
statement is incorrect with
reference of lathe cutting
tools?
(A) The flank of the tool is the

(D) All of these

12. The cutting speed for
drilling aluminium, brass
and bronze with high
speed steel drills varies
from
(A) 10 to 20 m/min
(B) 18 to 30 m/min
(C) 24 to 45 m/min
(D) 60 to 90 m/min

13. In drilling Bakelite and

fibrous plastics, the point
angle of a drill is
(A) 90
(B) 118
(C) 135
(D) 150
14. The chamfering is an
operation of
(A) Beveling the extreme
end of a workpiece
(B) Embossing a diamond
shaped pattern on the surface
of a workpiece
(C) Reducing the diameter
of a workpiece over a very
narrow surface
(D) Enlarging the end of a
hole cylindrically
15. The abrasive
recommended for grinding
materials of high tensile
strength is
(A) Silicon carbide
(B) Aluminium oxide
(C) Sand stone
(D) Diamond

Practice Test: Question

Set - 15

1. The depth of cut in

drilling is __________ the drill
diameter.
(A) Equal to
(B) One-fourth
(C) One-half
(D) Double

2. Carbide tipped tools

usually have
(A) Negative rake angle

it to minimum when the

tooth leaves the work.
(A) Up milling

(B) Positive rake angle

(B) Down milling

(C) Any rake angle

(C) Face milling

(D) No rake angle

(D) End milling

3. The stroke of a shaping

machine is 250 mm. It
makes 30 double strokes
per minute. The overall
average speed of operation is
(A) 3.75 m/min

7. The cutting speed for

counter-boring should be
_________ that of drilling
operation.
(A) Equal to

(D) None of these

8. In gear hobbing
(A) Only hob rotates
(B) Only gear blank rotates
(C) Both hob and gear

tool reciprocates
(C) Tool moves over

blank rotates
(D) Neither hob nor gear

stationary work
(D) Tool moves over

blank rotates
9. The carbide tools
operating at very low
cutting speeds (below 30
m/min)
(A) Reduces tool life
(B) Increases tool life
(C) Have no effect on tool

(B) Gang milling

6. In _________ operation,
the cutting force is
maximum when the tooth
begins its cut and reduces

(B) Fillet

(D) Land

work reciprocates
(B) Work is stationary and

(D) Helical milling

11. In a plain milling

cutter, the chip space
between the back of one
tooth and the face of the
next tooth is called
(A) Face

(C) Greater than

(D) 15 m/min

(C) Saw milling

(D) Heavy oils

(C) Gash

(C) 7.5 m/min

reciprocating work
5. The operation of
machining several surfaces
of a workpiece
simultaneously is called
(A) Profile milling

(C) Dry

(B) Less than

(B) 5 m/min

4. In a planer
(A) Tool is stationary and

(B) Soluble oil

life
(D) Spoils the work piece
10. The cutting fluid
mostly used for machining
steel is
(A) Water

12. Gears can be best

produced on mass
production by
(A) Shaping
(B) Casting
(C) Forming
(D) Hobbing
13. In a single point
turning operation with a
cemented carbide and
steel combination having a
Taylor exponent of 0.25, if
the cutting speed is
halved, then tool life will
become
(A) Half
(B) Two times
(C) Eight times
(D) Sixteen times
14. The material which on
machining produces chips
with built up edge is
(A) Brittle material

(B) Tough material

(B) Plain milling machine

(C) Hard material

(C) Universal milling

(D) Ductile material

15. The swing diameter
over the bed is ________ the
height of the centre
measured from the bed of
the lathe.
(A) Equal to
(B) Twice
(C) Thrice

machine
(D) Hand milling machine
4. A 15 mm drilling
machine means that it can
drill a hole
(A) Of maximum diameter
15 mm
(B) In 15 mm thick plates

7. High speed steel drills

can be operated at about
_________ the speed of high
carbon steel drills.
(A) One-half
(B) One-fourth
(C) Double
(D) Four times
8. Segmental chips are
formed during machining
(A) Mild steel

(C) Having cross-sectional

(B) Cast iron

(D) One-half

Practice Test: Question

Set - 16
1. Crater wear is
predominant in
(A) Carbon tool steels
(B) Tungsten carbide tools
(C) High speed steel tools
(D) Ceramic tool
2. In order to prevent tool
from rubbing the work
_________ on tools are
provided.
(A) Rake angles
(B) Relief angles
(C) Face angles
(D) None of these
3. In which of the following
milling machine, the table
can be tilted in a vertical
plane by providing a swivel
arrangement at the knee?
(A) Universal milling
machine

area of 15 mm
(D) None of these
5. The tool life is said to be
over if
(A) Poor surface finish is
obtained
(B) There is sudden
increase in cutting forces and
power consumption
(C) Overheating and

(C) High speed steel

(D) High carbon steel
9.. In centre less grinders,
the maximum angular
adjustment of the
regulating wheel is
(A) 5
(B) 10
(C) 15

fuming due to heat of friction

starts
(D) All of the above
6. A fixture is defined as a
device which
(A) Holds and locates a

(D) 20
10. The structure of a
grinding wheel depends
upon
(A) Hardness of the

workpiece and guides and

controls one or more cutting
tools
(B) Holds and locates a
workpiece during an
inspection or for a
manufacturing operation
(C) Is used to check the
accuracy of workpiece
(D) All of the above

material being ground

(B) Nature of the grinding
operation
(C) Finish required
(D) All of these
11. A feed gear box for a
screw cutting lathe is

designed on the basis of

(A) Geometric progression

(C) Finishing cuts

slender parts is done by

(A) Watch maker's lathe

(D) All of these

(B) Arithmetic progression
(C) Harmonic progression
(D) None of these
12. In a shaper, the metal
is removed during
(A) Forward stroke
(B) Return stroke

(B) Sliding head stock

Practice Test: Question Set

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1. In centreless grinding,
work place centre will be
(A) Above the line joining
the two wheel centres
(B) Below the line joining

(C) Both the forward and

return strokes
(D) Neither the forward nor

the two wheel centres

(C) On the line joining the

automatic lathe
(C) Multi-spindle automatic
lathe
(D) Capstan lathe

4. The size of a shaper is

given by
(A) Stroke length
(B) Motor power

the return stroke

13. The tail stock set over
method of taper turning is
preferred for
(A) Internal tapers
(B) Small tapers
(C) Long slender tapers
(D) Steep tapers
14. Larger than 15 side
cutting edge angle
(A) Increases tool life
(B) Decreases tool life
(C) Produces chipping and
decreases tool life
(D) Results in excessive
stress concentration and
greater heat generation
15. A dense structure of a
grinding wheel is used for
(A) Hard materials
(B) Brittle materials

two wheel centres

(D) At the intersection of
the line joining the wheel
centres with the work place
plane
2. The hardness of a
grinding wheel is specified
by
(A) Brinell hardness
number
(B) Rockwell hardness

(C) Mass of machine

(D) Rate size

5. An operation of
embossing a diamond
shaped pattern on the
surface of a workpiece, is
known as
(A) Counter-boring
(B) Grooving

number
(C) Vickers pyramid
number

(C) Knurling

(D) Facing

(D) Letter of alphabet

3.. The maximum

production of small and

6. If the cutting speed is

increased, then the builtup-edge
(A) Becomes longer

(B) May or may not form

(B) 30

(C) Becomes smaller and

(C) 45

finally does not form at all

(D) 60

(D) Has nothing to do with

speed
7. The method of grinding
used to produce internal
cylindrical holes and
tapers, is
(A) Internal cylindrical
grinding
(B) Form grinding

grinding
(D) Surface grinding

left by the cutting tool

(B) Fragment of built-up
edge on the machined surface

obtained

tool is perpendicular to the

direction of tool travel
(B) The cutting edge clears

obtained

(C) The chip flows over the

tool face and the direction of
the chip flow velocity is
normal to the cutting edge

accuracy is obtained
13. The tool may fail due to
(A) Cracking at the cutting
edge due to thermal stresses
(B) Chipping of the cutting
edge
(C) Plastic deformation of

11. Glazing in grinding

wheels takes place when
the
(A) Wheel is too hard or
wheel revolves at a very high
speed
(B) Wheel is too soft or
wheel revolves at a very slow
speed

9. The usual value of the

helix angle of a drill is
(A) 20

(C) High form accuracy is

(D) High dimensional

(C) Cutting tool vibrations

(D) All of these

12. In reaming process

(A) Metal removal rate is

10. Which of the following

statement is correct for
orthogonal cutting system?
(A) The cutting edge of the

(D) All of the above

8. In machining metals,
surface roughness is due
to
(A) Feed marks or ridges

wheel revolves at a very high

speed

high
(B) High surface finish is

the width of the workpiece on

either ends
(C) External cylindrical

(D) Wheel is too soft and

(C) Wheel is too hard and

wheel revolves at very slow
speed

the cutting edge

(D) All of these

14. The cutting speed for

drilling copper with high
speed steel drills varies
from
(A) 10 to 20 m/min
(B) 18 to 30 m/min

(C) 24 to 45 m/min

(D) 60 to 90 m/min

15. A grinding wheel

becomes glazed (i.e.
cutting edge takes a glasslike appearance) due to
(A) Wear of bond

(B) Fillet

(C) Land

(C) Wear of abrasive grains

shaped holes
(C) External flat and

(D) Lead

contoured surfaces
(D) All of these

(B) Breaking of abrasive

grains

(B) Round or irregular

3. A drill considered as a
cutting tool having zero
rake, is known as a
(A) Flat drill
(B) Straight fluted drill

6. The average cutting

speed for turning brass
with a high speed steel
tool is
(A) 15 to 19 m/min

(D) Cracks on grinding

(C) Parallel shank twist drill

(B) 25 to 31 m/min

wheel

Practice Test: Question Set

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1. If the helix angle of the
drill is made ________ 30,
then the torque required
to drive the drill at a given
feed will be more.
(A) Equal to
(B) Less than

(D) Tapered shank twist drill

4. In oblique cutting of
metals, the cutting edge of
the tool is
(A) Perpendicular to the
workpiece
(B) Perpendicular to the

(C) 60 to 90 m/min

(D) 90 to 120 m/min

7. The grooving is an
operation of
(A) Beveling the extreme end
of a workpiece
(B) Embossing a diamond

direction of tool travel

(C) More than

(D) None of these

(C) Parallel to the direction

of tool travel

shaped pattern on the surface

of a workpiece
(C) Reducing the diameter

(D) Inclined at an angle

2. In a plain milling cutter,
the portion of the gash
adjacent to the cutting
edge on which the chip
impinges is called
(A) Face

less than 90 to the direction

of tool travel
5. Broaching is applied for
machining
(A) Internal and external
surfaces

of a workpiece over a very

narrow surface
(D) Enlarging the end of a
hole cylindrically

8. Gear finishing operation

is called
(A) Shaping
(B) Milling

(C) Hobbing

11. Internal gears can be

made by
(A) Hobbing
(B) Shaping with pinion
cutter

14. The floating position of

the holding fixture in a
rotary transfer device is
used to
(A) Improve the accuracy
of location
(B) Reduce the tendency to

(C) Shaping with rack

over-index
(D) Burnishing

cutter

(C) Improve upon the

(D) Milling
9. When the shear angle is
small
(A) Path of shear is short
and chip is thin
(B) Path of shear is large and
chip is thick
(C) Path of shear is short
and chip is thick

acceleration and deceleration

characteristics
12. In metal cutting
operations, the shear
angle is the angle made by
the shear plane with the
(A) Direction of the tool
axis
(B) Direction of tool travel

(C) Perpendicular to the

(D) Path of shear is large

(D) Reduce the cycle time

15. The chamfering is an

essential operation after
(A) Knurling
(B) Rough turning

(C) Boring

direction of the tool axis

and chip is thin
10. An important
geometrical quantity in the
cutting of metals which
can be used as a criterion
for machinability of metals
is
(A) Cutting speed
(B) Feed rate

(C) Shear angle

(D) Central plane of the

(D) Thread cutting

workpiece
13. The aluminium oxide
abrasive is chiefly used for
grinding
(A) High speed steel
(B) Carbon steel

Practice Test: Question Set

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1. A process of removing
metal by pushing or pulling a
cutting tool is called
(A) Up milling
(B) Down milling

(C) Wrought iron

(C) Forming

(D) Tool geometry

(D) All of these

(D) Broaching

2. In hot machining, tool is

made of
(A) Tungsten carbide
(B) Brass or copper

(C) Diamond

(D) Stainless steel

3. The size of abrasive grain

required in a grinding wheel
depends upon the
(A) Amount of material to be

(B) Oblique cutting

(B) Types of gears

(C) Simple cutting

(C) Number of teeth

(D) Uniform cutting

(D) Width of gears

6. When the metal is removed

by erosion caused by rapidly
recurring spark discharges
between the tool and work,
the process is known as
(A) Electrochemical
machining
(B) Electro-discharge

9. The ratio between two

consecutive spindle speeds
for a six-speed drilling
machine using drills of
diameter 6.25 to 25 mm size
and at a cutting velocity of 18
m/min is
(A) 1.02
(B) 1.32

machining

removed
(B) Hardness of material

being ground

(C) Ultrasonic machining

(C) 1.66

(D) None of these

(D) 1.82

(C) Finish desired

(D) All of these

4. A _________ grinding wheel

is used to grind soft
materials.
(A) Course grained

7. With the same tool life, the

maximum material per
minute is removed by
(A) Increasing the cutting
speed
(B) Decreasing the cutting

speed

5. Drilling is an example of
(A) Orthogonal cutting

(C) Sand stone

(D) Diamond

cut

(D) None of these

(B) Aluminium oxide

(C) Increasing the depth of

(B) Medium grained

(C) Fine grained

10. The abrasive

recommended for grinding
materials of low tensile
strength is
(A) Silicon carbide

(D) Increasing the feed rate

11. Down milling is also called
(A) Conventional milling
8. A set of eight form relieved
milling cutters for each
module is provided to enable
cutting of gears of different
(A) Materials

(B) Climb milling

(C) End milling

(D) Face milling

12. The correct sequence of

tool materials in increasing
order of their ability to retain
their hot hardness is
(A) Carbide, ceramic, cermet,
borazon
(B) Ceramic, carbide,

borazon, cermet
(C) Cermet, carbide, ceramic,

(C) Cycloidal gears

(D) Removing residual

stresses from teeth roots

15. The factor responsible for
the formation of continuous
chips with built up edge is
(A) Low cutting speed and large
rake angle
(B) Low cutting speed and small

rake angle
(C) High cutting speed and

(A) Diamond is very hard and

wear resistant
(B) It occupies very little

space
(C) It helps in assembly with

tolerance on centre distance

(D) It has a long life

3. Surface grinding is done to

produce
(A) Tapered surface
(B) Flat surface

borazon
(D) Borazon, ceramic,

large rake angle

(D) High cutting speed and

carbide, cermet

small rake angle

13. The process of changing

the shape of grinding wheel
as it becomes worn due to
breaking away of the
abrasive and bond, is called
(A) Truing

Practice Test: Question Set

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(B) Dressing

1. Tool life is measured by the

(A) Number of pieces
machined between
tool sharpenings
(B) Time the tool is in contact

(C) Facing

(C) Internal cylindrical holes

(D) All of these

4. Relief angles on high speed

steel tools usually vary from
(A) 0 to 3
(B) 3 to 10

(C) 10 to 20
with the job

(D) Clearing

14. Gear burnishing is a

process for
(A) Surface finishing

(C) Volume of material

removed between
tool sharpenings
(D) All of the above

(B) Undercut gears

2. A diamond locating pin is
used in jigs and fixtures
because

(D) 20 to 30

5. The tool material, for

faster machining, should
have
(A) Wear resistance
(B) Red hardness

(C) Toughness

9. In oblique cutting system,

the maximum chip thickness
(A) Occurs at the middle

(D) All of these

(B) May not occur at the

6. High speed steel cutting

tools operate at cutting
speeds _________ than carbon
steel tools.
(A) 2 to 3 times lower
(B) 2 to 3 times higher

(C) 5 to 8 times higher

middle

7. In a plain milling machine,

the table can be moved
(A) Longitudinally

(B) dn

(C) dn sin

(C) Depends upon the

material of the tool

(D) dn cos

(D) Depends upon the

geometry of the tool

10. The rear teeth of a broach
(A) Perform burnishing

(D) 8 to 20 times higher

and = Angle of inclination

of wheel)
(A) d

operation
(B) Remove minimum metal

(C) Remove maximum metal

13. Small nose radius

(A) Increases tool life
(B) Decreases tool life

(C) Produces chipping and

decreases tool life

(D) Results in excessive stress

(B) Crosswise
(D) Remove no metal
(C) Vertically
11. The soft grade grinding
wheels are denoted by the
letters
(D) All of these

8. Crater wear leads to

(A) Increase in cutting
temperature
(B) Weakening of tool

(A) A to H

(B) I to P

concentration and greater heat

generation
14. Which of the following
statement is correct about
EDM machining?
(A) It can machine hardest
materials
(B) It produces high degree of

surface finish
(C) The tool and work are

(C) Q to Z
never in contact with each other

(C) Friction and cutting forces

(D) All of these

(D) A to P

12. The actual feed in

centerless grinders is given
by (where d = Dia. of
regulating wheel,n =
Revolutions per minute,

(D) All of these

15. A tool used to withdraw a

drill from the sleeve is called
(A) Drill remover

(B) Drill puller

(C) Bottoming tap

(C) Drift

(D) Any one of these

(D) Drill drawer

Practice Test: Question Set

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1. A taper tap has
(A) Its end tapered for about

4. The operation of
smoothing and squaring the
surface around a hole is
known as
(A) Counter-sinking

7. A coarse grained grinding

wheel is used to grind
(A) Hard and brittle materials
(B) Soft and ductile materials

(C) Hard and ductile materials

(D) Soft and brittle materials

(B) Counter-boring

(C) Trepanning

three or four threads

(B) Its end tapered for about eight

8. The binding material used

in cemented carbide tools is
(A) Tungsten
(B) Chromium

(D) Spot facing

or ten threads
(C) Full threads for the whole

of its length
(D) None of the above

2. The top and sides of the

table of a shaper usually have
(A) L-type slots

(C) Silicon
5. The increase in depth of
cut and feed rate _________
surface finish.
(A) Improves

(D) Cobalt

(B) Deteriorates

(C) Does not effect

9. High speed steel tools

retain their hardness up to a
temperature of
(A) 250C
(B) 350C

(B) T-type slots

(D) None of these

(C) 500C

(C) I-type slots

(D) Any one of these

3. The tap used to cut

threads in a blind hole is
(A) Taper tap

6. The lathe spindles at the

nose end have
(A) Internal screw threads

(D) 900C

(B) External screw threads

(C) No threads

10. An open structure of a

grinding wheel is used for
(A) Soft materials
(B) Tough materials

(B) Second tap

(D) Tapered threads

(C) Ductile materials

(D) All of these

11. A drill mainly used in

drilling brass, copper or
softer materials, is
(A) Flat drill

(D) Spot facing

14. The cutting tool in a

milling machine is mounted
on

(D) Any one of these

2. The lathe spindles are

usually made hollow and
provided with
(A) Internal taper

(A) Spindle
(B) External taper
(B) Arbor

(B) Straight fluted drill

(C) Internal and external

(C) Column

(C) Parallel shank twist drill

taper
(D) No taper

(D) Knee
(D) Tapered shank twist drill

12. The process of removing

metal by a cutter which is
rotated in the same direction
of travel of workpiece, is
called
(A) Up milling
(B) Down milling

15. Gear lapping is an

operation
(A) After heat treatment

3. For softer materials, the

point angle of the drill is kept
(A) Equal to 118
(B) Less than 118

(B) Prior to heat treatment

(C) More than 118
(C) For gear reconditioning
(D) Any one of these

(C) Face milling

(D) End milling

13. The operation of making a

cone-shaped enlargement of
the end of a hole is known as
(A) Counter-sinking

(D) None of these

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22

4. The method of centre less

grinding used to produce
taper is
(A) In-feed grinding
(B) Through feed grinding

1. The different spindle speeds on

a lathe form
(A) Arithmetical progression

(C) End feed grinding

(B) Counter-boring
(B) Geometrical progression

(D) Any one of these

(C) Trepanning
(C) Harmonical progression

5. The angle on which the

strength of the tool depends

is

(D) All of these

(A) Rake angle
(B) Cutting angle

(C) Clearance angle

12. The helix angle of a drill is

__________ for drilling brass.
(A) Equal to 30

9. In down milling, the

thickness of chip is
(A) Minimum at the beginning of

(B) Less than 30

the cut and maximum at the end of the

cut
(B) Maximum at the beginning of

(C) More than 30

(D) Lip angle

(D) None of these
the cut and minimum at the end of the
cut
6. Thread grinding requires
work speed from
(A) 1 to 3 m/min
(B) 5 to 10 m/min

(C) Uniform throughout the

cut
(D) None of these

13. The type of reamer used

for reaming soft aluminium or
copper, is
(A) Straight fluted reamer
(B) Left hand spiral fluted reamer

(C) 10 to 14 m/min

(D) 14 to 20 m/min

7. The velocity of tool along

the tool face is known as
(A) Shear velocity
(B) Chip velocity

(C) Cutting velocity

(D) Mean velocity

8. The surface finish is

improved by the increase in
(A) Cutting speed

10. The chuck used for

setting up of heavy and
irregular shaped work should
be
(A) Four jaw independent
chuck
(B) Three jaw universal chuck

(C) Magnetic chuck

(D) Drill chuck

11. Ceramic tools are fixed to

tool body by
(A) Soldering
(B) Brazing

(B) Nose radius

(C) Welding

(C) True rake angle

(D) Clamping

(C) Right hand spiral fluted

reamer
(D) Any one of these

14. In which of the following

machine, the work remains
stationary and the tool is
rotated?
(A) Vertical boring machine
(B) Horizontal boring machine

(C) Precision boring machine

(D) Jig boring machine

15. A mandrel is used to hold

(A) An eccentric work
(B) A heavy work

(C) A thin work

(D) None of these

(D) All of these

4. In electro discharge
machining, tool is made of
(A) Brass

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(B) Copper

1. A single point tool has

(A) Rake angle

(C) Copper tungsten alloy

(B) Cutting angle

(B) Ductile metals

(C) Hard metals

(D) Soft metals

8. As the cutting speed

increases, the tool cutting
forces
(A) Remain constant

(D) All of these

(B) Increases

(C) Lip angle

(D) All of these

2. When the tool moves

parallel to the lathe axis, the
movement is termed as
(A) Cross feed
(B) Angular feed

5. Tool life is generally better

when
(A) Grain size of the metal is large
(B) Grain size of the metal is

small
(C) Hard constituents are

present in the micro-structure of

the tool material
(D) None of the above

(C) Decreases

(D) First increases and then

decreases
9. Soft materials can not be
economically ground due to
(A) High temperature
involved
(B) Frequent wheel clogging

(C) Longitudinal feed

(D) Any one of these

6. The cutting angle of a flat

drill varies from
(A) 3 to 8
(B) 20 to 30

3. The grade of grinding

wheel depends upon
(A) Hardness of the material

(C) 60 to 90

being ground
(B) Speed of wheel and work
(D) 90 to 120

(C) Rapid wheel wear

(D) Low work piece stiffness

10. In which of the following

machine, the work is usually
rotated while the drill is fed
into work?
(A) Sensitive drilling machine

(C) Condition of grinding

machine

7. Discontinuous chips are

formed during machining of
(A) Brittle metals

(B) Radial drilling machine

(C) Gang drilling machine

(D) Deep hole drilling

machine
11. For harder alloy steel, the
point angle of the drill is kept
(A) Equal to 118

14. In drilling softer

materials, the cutting speed
is ___________ as compared to
harder materials.
(A) Same

varies from
(A) 3 to 8
(B) 20 to 30

(B) Low
(C) 60 to 90
(C) High
(D) 90 to 120

(B) Less than 118

(D) None of these
3. Lapping is an operation of
(A) Making a cone-shaped
(C) More than 118

(D) Any one of these

12. The average cutting

speed for turning mild steel
with a high speed steel tool is
(A) 15 to 19 m/min

15. Internal or external

threads of different pitches
can be produced by
(A) Pantograph milling
machine
(B) Profiling machine

(C) Planetary milling machine

enlargement of the end of a hole

(B) Smoothing and squaring

the surface around a hole

(C) Sizing and finishing a

small diameter hole

(D) Producing a hole by removing

(B) 25 to 31 m/min
(D) Piano miller
(C) 60 to 90 m/min

(D) 90 to 120 m/min

Practice Test: Question Set

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metal along the circumference of a

hollow cutting tool
4. The usual value of the
point angle of a drill is
(A) 70
(B) 100

13. The taper on the lathe

spindle is
(A) 1 in 10
(B) 1 in 15

(C) 1 in 20

(D) 1 in 30

1. Continuous chips with built

up edge are formed during
machining of
(A) Brittle metals

(C) 118

(B) Ductile metals

(D) 130
(C) Hard metals

(D) Soft metals

5. The lip clearance angle is

the angle formed by the
(A) Leading edge of the land with
a plane having the axis of the drill

2. The relief or clearance at

the cutting edge of a flat drill

(B) Flank and a plane at right

angles to the drill axis

(C) Chisel edge and the lip as

viewed from the end of a drill

(D) None of the above

6. The relation between tool

life (T) and cutting speed (V)
is VTn = Constant. In this
relation, the value of n
depends upon
(A) Work material

(C) May not clear the width of

the workpiece

(C) Grind long, slender shafts

or bars

(D) Should always clear the

width of the workpiece

9. The purpose of jigs and
fixtures is to
(A) Increase machining
accuracy
(B) Facilitate

interchangeability
(C) Decrease expenditure on

(D) All of these

12. In up milling, the

thickness of chip is
(A) Minimum at the beginning of
the cut and maximum at the end of the
cut
(B) Maximum at the

beginning of the cut and

minimum at the end of the cut
(C) Uniform throughout the

(B) Tool material

quality control
(C) Working conditions

(D) Type of chip produced

7. The grinding wheel speed

(surface speed in m/min)
usually varies from
(A) 500 to 1000
(B) 1000 to 1500

(D) All of these

10. Flank wear depends upon

the
(A) Hardness of the work and
tool material at the operating
temperature
(B) Amount and distribution of

hard constituents in the work

material

cut
(D) None of these

13. A dynamo-meter is a
device used for the
measurement of
(A) Chip thickness ratio
(B) Forces during metal

cutting
(C) Wear of the cutting tool

(C) Degree of strain

(C) 1500 to 2000
hardening in the chip
(D) 2000 to 2500

8. In oblique cutting system,

the cutting edge of the tool
(A) May clear the width of the
workpiece
(B) May or may not clear the

(D) All of these

11. The in-feed grinding is

used to
(A) Produce tapers
(B) Grind shoulders and

formed surfaces
width of the workpiece

(D) Deflection of the cutting tool

14. The cutting speed is

minimum while machining
_________ with a high speed
steel tool.
(A) Cast iron
(B) Mild steel

(C) Brass

(D) Aluminium

(C) Continuous chips with

built up edge
(D) None of these

(B) Decreasing the centre

distance of bull gear and crank

pin
(C) Increasing the length of

15. The lip angle is the angle

(A) Between the tool face and the
ground end surface of flank
(B) Made by the face of the

3. The facing is an operation

of
(A) Beveling the extreme end

the slot in the slotted lever

shaped pattern on the surface of

a workpiece

6. The hole to be drilled for

tapping is _________ the
outside diameter of the
thread on the tap.
(A) Equal to

(C) Reducing the diameter of

tool and a line tangent to the
machined surface at the cutting
point
(D) None of the above

(B) Smaller than

a workpiece over a very narrow
surface
(D) Machining the ends of a

Practice Test: Question Set - 25

workpiece to produce a flat

surface square with the axis

1. A grinding wheel is said to

be of _________ if the abrasive
grains can be easily
dislodged.
(A) Soft grade

4. Fixtures are used

(A) For holding and guiding

(B) Medium grade

(C) Hard grade

(D) Decreasing the length of

of a workpiece
(B) Embossing a diamond
tool and the plane parallel to the
base of the cutting tool
(C) Between the face of the

the arm

the tool in drilling, reaming or

tapping operations
(B) For holding the work in

milling, grinding, planing or

turning operations

(C) Greater than

(D) None of these

7. The obtuse angle, included

between the chisel edge and
the lip as viewed from the
end of a drill, is called
(A) Helix or rake angle
(B) Point angle

(C) To check the accuracy of

(C) Chisel edge angle
(D) None of these

workpiece
(D) None of the above

2. The high cutting speed and

large rake angle of the tool
will result in the formation of
(A) Continuous chips
(B) Discontinuous chip

5. In a shaper, the length of

stroke is increased by
(A) Increasing the centre
distance of bull gear and crank
pin

(D) Lip clearance angle

8. The lip angle of a single

point tool is usually
(A) 20 to 40
(B) 40 to 60

(C) 60 to 80

(D) None of these

9. Ceramic cutting tools are

(A) Made by cold pressing of
aluminium oxide powder
(B) Available in the form of

tips

(D) None of the above

12. Which of the following

operation is first performed?
(A) Spot facing
(B) Boring

(C) Tapping

(D) Drilling
(C) Brittle and have low

bending strength
(D) All of these

10. The point angle of a drill,

for drilling stainless steel, is
(A) 90

13. The parameter which

completely defines the chip
formation in a metal cutting
process is
(A) Shear angle
(B) Chip-tool contact length

(B) 118

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(C) 135

(D) None of these

low carbon steels, help to

(A) Reduce built up edge
(B) Break up chips

(C) Improve machinability

(D) All of these

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1. A push broach as
compared to pull broach
(A) Has less number of
teeth
(B) Is short and stocky

(C) Removes less material

for each pass of the tool

(D) All of the above

(D) 150

11. In metal machining, the

work-tool contact zone is a
zone where heat is generated
due to
(A) Plastic deformation of
metal
(B) Burnishing friction

14. The cutting speed of a

drill depends upon the
(A) Material of drill
(B) Type of material to be

drilled

2. The tool life is affected

by
(A) Depth of cut
(B) Cutting speed

(C) Quality of surface finish

(C) Feed
desired

(C) Friction between the

moving chip and the tool face

(D) All of these

(D) All of these

15. The addition of lead,
sulphur and phosphorus to

3. Hard and tough

materials like cast iron
should be turned at
(A) Slow speed
(B) High speed

(B) Chemical reaction

between tool and work

between centers
(B) Swing diameter over

(C) Low tool-chip contact

the bed
area

(C) Any speed

(A) Length

(C) Swing diameter over the

(D) None of these

carriage

(D) Certain specific speed

4. The effect of setting a

boring tool
above center height leads
to
(A) Increase in the
effective rake angle and a
decrease in the effective
clearance angle
(B) Increase in both

effective rake angle and

effective clearance angle
(C) Decrease in the

effective rake angle and an

increase in the effective
clearance angle

6. If the diameter of the

hole is subject to
considerable variation,
then for locating in jigs
and fixtures, the pressure
type of locator used is
(A) Conical locator
(B) Cylindrical locator

(B) 15 m/min
(C) Diamond pin locator
(C) 22 m/min
(D) Vee locator
(D) 30 m/min
7. The factor which affects
the tool life is
(A) Tool geometry
(B) Cutting speed

(C) Feed rate

effective rake angle and
effective clearance angle
(D) All of these

(A) High thermal

conductivity of titanium

9. For machining a cast

iron workpiece by a high
speed steel tool, the
average cutting speed is
(A) 10 m/min

(D) Decrease in both

5. The machining of
titanium is difficult due to

(D) All of these

8. The size of a lathe is

specified by the

10. In transverse grinding

(A) The work is reciprocated as
the wheel feeds to produce
cylinders longer than the width of
wheel face
(B) The work rotates in a fixed

position as the wheel feeds to

produce cylinders equal to or
shorter than the width of wheel
face
(C) The work is reciprocated as

the wheel feeds to produce

cylinders shorter than the width of

wheel face
(D) The work rotates in a

fixed position as the wheel

feeds to produce cylinders
longer than the width of wheel
face
11. Which of the following
statement is wrong?

(D) Using a softer wheel or

(D) Any helix angle can be

by increasing the wheel speed

used

13. A single point thread

cutting tool should ideally
have

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- 28

(A) Zero rake angle

(B) Positive rake angle

1. Which of the following

statement is correct about
nose radius?
(A) It improves tool life

(A) The larger side rake

(C) Negative rake angle
angle produces chipping
(B) The smaller rake angle
(D) Point angle

angle (less than 15)

increases tool life
(D) The increase in nose

finish
(C) Both (A) and (B)

produces excessive wear and

deformation in tool
(C) The side cutting edge

(B) It improves the surface

14. In which of the

following machine, the
work rotates and the tool
is stationary?
(A) Vertical boring machine
(B) Horizontal boring

(D) None of these

2. The main purpose of a

boring operation, as
compared to drilling, is to
(A) Drill a hole

radius decreases tool life

12. Glazing in grinding
wheels can be decreased
by
(A) Using a harder wheel or
by increasing the wheel speed
(B) Using a softer wheel or

by decreasing the wheel

speed
(C) Using a harder wheel or

by decreasing the wheel

speed

machine
(C) Precision boring

machine

(B) Finish the drilled hole

(C) Correct the hole

(D) Jig boring machine

(D) Enlarge the existing
15. In drilling aluminium, a
drill with
(A) Zero helix angle is used
(B) Low helix angle is used

(C) High helix angle is used

hole
3. Larger end cutting edge
angle _________ tool life.
(A) Increases
(B) Decreases

(C) Does not effect

(D) None of these

(B) Machining vertical

surface
(C) Machining angular

4. Cutting fluids are used

to
(A) Cool the tool

surface
(D) All of these

(B) Improve surface finish

(D) All of these

(A) Gang milling

(B) Straddle milling

diameter
(B) Shank, lip angle and

(C) Material, length of body

(D) Side milling

6. The operation
performed on a shaper is
(A) Machining horizontal
surface

diameter
(C) Turning a hard or tough

(D) All of these

10. The angle between the

face and flank of the single
point cutting tool is known
as
(A) Rake angle
(B) Clearance angle

and helix angle

(D) Any one of these

8. In the relation VTn = C,

the value of n for carbide
tools is
(A) 0.1 to 0.2

(C) String milling

(B) Turning a work of larger

(A) Shank, material and

size of flute
5. In a milling operation,
two side milling cutters are
mounted with a desired
distance between them so
that both sides of a
workpiece can be milled
simultaneously. This set up
is called

(A) Thread cutting

material
7. A twist drill is specified
by its

(C) Cool the workpiece

9. Slow speed of the

spindle is necessary in

(B) 0.20 to 0.25

(C) 0.25 to 0.40

(D) 0.40 to 0.55

(C) Lip angle

(D) Point angle

11. Tumbler gears in lathe

are used to
(A) Reduce the spindle
speed
(B) Cut gears

(C) Give desired direction of

movement to the lathe carriage

(D) Drill a workpiece

12. In centreless grinding,

the surface speed of
regulating wheel is
(A) 5 to 15 m/min

(C) Stainless steel

(A) Smoothing and

(D) Either (A) or (B)

(B) 15 to 60 m/min
14. Jigs are used
(C) 60 to 90 m/min

(D) 90 to 120 m/min

13. Twist drills are made of

(A) High speed steel

15. Threading is an
operation of

squaring the surface around a

hole
(B) Sizing and finishing a

(A) For holding and guiding

small diameter hole
the tool in drilling, reaming or
tapping operations
(B) For holding the work in

milling, grinding, planing or

turning operations
(C) To check the accuracy

(C) Producing a hole by

removing metal along the

circumference of a hollow
cutting tool
(D) Cutting helical grooves

(B) Carbon steel

of workpiece
(D) None of the above

on the external cylindrical

surface