Production and Industrial Engineering
GATE PI topic:manufacturing PYQs
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Question 31
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The statement that best describes the function of a GO gauge in the context of Taylor’s principle of gauging is
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The figure shows revenue generated over different product life cycle stages marked as P, Q, R and S. Group I lists these product life cycle stages. Group II lists typical efforts leading to revenue maximization during a stage.

Group I
P. Introduction
Q. Growth
R. Maturity
S. Decline
Group II
Efforts to enhance the production capacity
Efforts to rejuvenate the product
Efforts to maximize the product performance
Efforts to explore other markets
Match the stage with the efforts.
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A company manufactures products P and Q in quantities
and
, respectively, using two resources. The following Linear Programming Problem (LPP) is formulated to maximize the profit Z.Maximize
subject to
(for Resource 1)
(for Resource 2)
and
.The shadow price for Resource 2 is
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A rectifying inspection is performed on a lot of size
using a Single-Sampling Plan with the sample size
and the acceptance number
. If the Acceptable Quality Level is 1.0%, the producer’s risk associated with the sampling plan (rounded off to the nearest integer) in % isYour answerChoose one option.
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For
, the value of
using Simpson’s
rule with two intervals (rounded off to two decimal places) is __________.Log in to check the answer
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If the probability density function of a random variable
is given by
the value of
is __________.Log in to check the answer
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A solid shaft has to transmit 50 kW of power at a speed of 190 RPM. Ignore any possible bending of the shaft. The maximum allowable shear stress for the material of the shaft is 80 MPa. The minimum diameter of the shaft required to prevent failure due to shear (rounded off to one decimal place) in cm is __________.
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A flywheel is to be used in an IC engine to limit fluctuation of angular speed. The average of the maximum and the minimum angular speed is 500 RPM, and the maximum fluctuation of energy is 10,000 N-m. Neglecting rotary inertia of any other components, the moment of inertia of the flywheel about its axis of rotation required to limit the maximum fluctuation of speed to 30 RPM (rounded off to one decimal place) in kg-m
is __________.Log in to check the answer
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A tank of large cross-sectional area contains water up to a height of 5 m as shown in the figure. The top water surface is under a pressure of
MPa. A small, smooth and round tap at the bottom of the tank is opened to the atmosphere (
MPa). 
Use the acceleration due to gravity,
m/s
and the density of water,
kg/m
. The velocity with which the water will exit from the tap under the conditions shown in the figure (rounded off to one decimal place) in m/s is __________.Log in to check the answer
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A steel ball of 12 mm diameter is heated to 1225 K. It is slowly cooled in air to a temperature of 475 K. During the cooling process, the ambient temperature is 325 K and the heat transfer coefficient is 30 W/m
-K. Assume the density of steel is 7800 kg/m
and the specific heat is 600 J/kg-K. Using the lumped capacitance method of analysis, the calculated time for the required cooling (rounded off to one decimal place) in seconds is __________.Log in to check the answer
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