Questions and answers for exam Preparation

MCQs

Total Questions : 104 | Page 5 of 11 pages

Question 41. Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence: I ___ to have bought a diamond ring.

have a liking
should have liked
would like
may like

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> would like

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Question 42. A thin-walled spherical vessel (1 m inner diameter and 10 mm wall thickness) is made of a material with |ÏƒY| = 500MPa in both tension and compression. The internal pressure pY at yield, based on the von Mises yield criterion, if the vessel is floating in space, is approximately

500MPa
500MPa
100MPa
20MPa

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> 20MPa

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Question 43. A thin-walled spherical vessel (1 m inner diameter and 10 mm wall thickness) is made of a material with |ÏƒY| = 500MPa in both tension and compression. If the vessel is evacuated (internal pressure = 0) and subjected to external pressure, yielding according to the von Mises yield criterion (assuming elastic stability until yield)

occurs at about half the pressure pY .
occurs at about double the pressure pY.
occurs at about the same pressure pY.
never occurs.

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> occurs at about the same pressure pY.

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Question 44. Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence: The administrators went on to implement yet another unreasonable measure, arguing that the measures were already ___ and one more would hardly make a difference.

reflective
utopian
luxuriant
unpopular

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> unpopular

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Question 45. Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence: Food prices ___ again this month.

have raised
have been raising
have been rising
have arose

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> have been rising

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Question 46. Two policemen, A and B, fire once each at the same time at an escaping convict. The probability that A hits the convict is three times the probability that B hits the convict. If the probability of the convict not getting injured is 0.5, the probability that B hits the convict is

0.14
0.22
0.33
0.40

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> 0.14

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Question 47. The arithmetic mean of five different natural numbers is 12. The largest possible value among the numbers is

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> 50

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Question 48. Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence: To those of us who had always thought him timid, his ___ came as a surprise.

intrepidity
inevitability
inability
inertness

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> intrepidity

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Question 49. If a prime number on division by 4 gives a remainder of 1, then that number can be expressed as

sum of squares of two natural numbers
sum of cubes of two natural numbers
sum of square roots of two natural numbers
sum of cube roots of two natural numbers

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> sum of squares of two natural numbers

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Question 50. In the early nineteenth century, theories of social evolution were inspired less by Biology than by the conviction of social scientists that there was a growing improvement in social institutions. Progress was taken for granted and social scientists attempted to discover its laws and phases. Which one of the following inferences may be drawn with the greatest accuracy from the above passage?
Social scientists