Production and Industrial Engineering
GATE PI branch:pi PYQs
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Question 26
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The improper integral
converges toYour answerChoose one option.
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The local minima of the function
in the range
is located atYour answerChoose one option.
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Runge-Kutta fourth order method is used to solve the differential equation
. If the initial value
and step-size is 0.1, then the value of
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Two machines are defective in a lot of 10. A combination of four machines is to be picked at a time from the lot. The maximum number of combinations that can be obtained without any defective machine is __________
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The simply-supported beam shown in the Figure is loaded symmetrically using two equal point loads
. The radius of curvature of the deflection-curve is 15 m for the portion of the beam that is subjected to pure bending. The vertical deflection (in mm) at point M, equidistant from both the supports, is __________ (up to two decimal places).

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A solid circular shaft is subjected to a bending moment
and torque
simultaneously. Neglecting the effects of stress concentration, the equivalent bending moment is expressed asYour answerChoose one option.
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A pair of spur gears with 20° full-depth involute teeth is used to transmit 3.5 kW of power. The pinion rotates at 700 rpm and has pitch circle diameter of 100 mm. Assuming a single pair of teeth in contact, the total force acting on a gear tooth (in kN) is
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A manometer is used for the pressure measurement in a closed tank. The three fluids f1, f2 and f3 have specific weights
,
and
, respectively. The schematic arrangement with manometric readings and other dimensions are shown in the Figure. In order to ensure zero gauge pressure in the tank at the mid-height level (
), the height
(in m) is __________

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A pipeline with variable cross-section contains water with specific weight
N/m
. The flow conditions at two points 1 and 2 on the axis of the pipe are:
bar,
m/s
bar,
m/sConsider frictional losses to be negligible. For no-flow condition between points 1 and 2 (as shown in Figure), if the height
from the datum is 1 m, then the height
(in m) is __________ (
m/s
)

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A reversible heat engine (E) operating in a cycle interacts with three reservoirs 1, 2 and 3 maintained at temperatures
K,
K and
K, respectively. The engine receives 10 kJ of heat from reservoir 1 and rejects 3 kJ to reservoir 3. The net work output,
(in kJ) from the engine is __________

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