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1. The motion of a piston in the cylinder of a steam engine is an example of
a) completely constrained motion b) incompletely constrained motion
c) successfully constrained motion d) none of the mentioned
2. A ball and a socket joint forms a
a) turning pair b) rolling pair c) sliding pair d) spherical pair
3. When the elements of the pair are kept in contact by the action of external forces, the
pair is said to be a
a) lower pair b) higher pair c) self closed pair d) force closed pair
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4. A combination of kinematic pairs, joined in such a way that the relative motion
between the links is completely constrained, is called a
a) structure b) mechanism c) kinematic chain d) inversion
5. In a kinematic chain, a quaternary joint is equivalent to
a) one binary joint b) two binary joints c) three binary joints d) four binary
joints
6. A kinematic chain is known as a mechanism when
a) none of the links is fixed b) one of the links is fixed c) two of the links are fixed
d) all of the links are fixed
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7. The method of obtaining different mechanisms by fixing in turn different links in a
kinematic chain, is known as
a) structure b) machine c) inversion d) compound mechanism
8. A railway bridge is an example of a
a) Machine b) Structure c) Kinematic chain d) none of these
9. A link or element need not to be a rigid body, but it must be a
a) Resistant body b) Elastic body c) Rigid Body d) none of these
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10. The Grubler’s criterion for determining the degrees of freedom (n) of a mechanism
having plane motion is
a) n = (l – 1) – j b) n = 2(l – 1) – 2j c) n = 3(l – 1) – 2j d) n = 4(l – 1) – 3j
11. A palnar mechanism has 8 links and 10 rotary joints. The number of degrees of freedom
of the mechanism, using Grubler’s criterion, is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
12. The Lead screw of a lathe with nuts forms a
a) Sliding pair b) rolling pair c) screw pair d) turning pair
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13. Which of the following is the inversion of slider crank chain
a) Beam Engine b) Watt Indicator c) Elliptical Trammels d) Rotary Engine
14. Which of the following is the inversion of Four bar chain
a) Beam Engine b) Quick return mechanism c) Elliptical Trammels
d) Rotary Engine
15. The mechanism forms a structure, when the number of degrees of freedom (n) is
equal to
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) – 1