NEC 2081/01/02 question paper prepared by NEC Mechanical Engineering 4th Batch.

Part-1:
1. Method of calibration of slip gauge.(interferometer, collimeter, vernier caliper)
2. For the cantilever beam with UDL the economical geometry of the beam is ( Square, rectangular, I-
sention, circular).
3. The temperature at which the substance start to burn is ( fire point, flash point, ignition temperature,
auto-ignition)
4. In which of the following process the ship doesn’t use Gyroscope?(Pitch, roll, banking)
5. Net positive suction head (NPSH)?
6. Which is the first model of the design.? (Simulation, Draft, Concept, Prototype.)
7. Which method is used for reliefing the internal stress of cold work material to increase the malleability
of the material.? (spherodizing, full annealing, process annealing and normalizing).
8. In which of the following extrusion process, the final product is fine? (direct extrusion, indirect
extrusion, hydraulic extrusion)
9. The process of converting power into solid material is (sintering, injection, forging, casting)
10. For the same power, the base area of the 2-stroke engine compare to 4-stroke engine is (less, more,
same)
11. Eddy current method is used for determining? (defects, cracks, )
12. Which molding process is used for producing jar, bottle ( injection, blow, compression)
13. For isentropic, homogeneous and elastic material obeying hooke’s lay have following number of
independent elastic constants(1,2,3,9).
14. The expansion process of Rankine cycle is ( isobaric, isochoric, isentropic, isenthalpic)
15. Condition for superheated vapour (P<Psat and T>Tsat)
16. In sheet metal process, two edges are joined by ( heming, bending, seaming, shearing)
17. How is the Chief of NEC appointed (Election from the NEC board member, Government of Nepal ,
NEA nomination, voting)
18. The simplest model of measurement is which order system?(zero, 1st, 2nd, 3rd)
19. How the oscillator is different from the amplifier (High gain, No DC required, No supply required)
20. Heat energy is converted into mechanical energy by (heat pump, heat engine, refrigerator)
21. M06 in CNC machine represents (program off, tool change, coolant open)
22. The formula for undamped natural frequency is (wn2 =k/m, wn=k/m)
23. The critical damping is dependent on ( mass, mass and stiffness, stiffness)
24. CAR insurance stands for ( Car insurance, Consultant insurance, Contractor’s insurance)
25. For hyper eutectoid (pearlite+ ferrite, pearlite+cementide, cementide+ledeburite)
26. For the welding which are the common defects. (pososity, solid inclusion, crack and coldshut)
27. DOF calculation for n=8, l=9 (1,2,3,9)
28. Which of the following cannot be used for protecting metal surface from the corrosion? (painting,
enameling, electroplating, metal coating)
29. Which of the following is not used for the angle measurement( optical flat, auto colimeter, sine guage).
30. For the bending and wear of the gear, [Sb and (SH)2, Sb and (SH)]
31. Bar-chart is used for (simple and small project, innovative project)

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 32. Which maintenance process the daily inspection, oiling, testing is done (preventive, breakdown,
periodic, corrective)
33. For a plane with normal force acting, the stresses on the oblique plane will be (only normal, normal
and shear, only shear)
34. Which of the following convert the combustion of fuel directly into electricity (Ni-Cd cell, Fuel cell,
Electrolytic cell, Dynamo)
35. The heat flux is (q=A/Q, q=Q/A, q=Q/t)
36. Shank diameter of a revet is depends on (thickness of metal to be joined, the length of the rivets, )
37. CNG is which type of fuel ( liquid, gas, solid)
38. Which of the following is not oil lubrication ( Castrol oil, grease, palm oil)
39. Which of the following is not used for the flatness or smoothness measurement (vernier, mirometer,
optical flats, )
40. Equipment history are recorded for (finding efficiency, procurement of new equipment, )
41. Failure mode of ionic crystal is (Fatigue, Ductile, Brittle, Creep)

Part-2:
1. The time period between the order and the receipt of the good is (lead time, carrying time, trimming
time)
2. Why is the site inspection is need to be done (for estimation, determining source and remedies of
contamination in the site, )
3. Specific speed of Turbine for speed 135rpm, power 10000kw, head 25m.
4. A venturi meter works on the principle of (Bernoulli’s, Conservation of mass, Conservation of
momentum)
5. Fourier law of heat conduction is (-kAdt/dx, kAdt/dx, -kAdx/dt )
6. Total work done for the given diagram (200KJ, 300kJ, 240KJ, 120KJ)

7. Calculate the point for the Bouyancy in the solid block of density 850kg/m3 width 3.5m, length 7 meter,
and depth 1 meter which is floating in water horizontally. (0.8,0.2,0.5,0.9)

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8. For the process of sliding a body on the inclined plane workdone compare to dropping directly from
the same height is (less, more, same)

9. Front view of the section of the given drawing.

10. For a beam with cross-sectional area A and axial load F, the stress at any point in the cross-sectional
area can be defined by ( sigmaXX=F/A/ sigmaXX=F/A & sigmaYY=0/ sigmaXX=F/A, sigmaYY=0
& tauXY=0, sigmaYY=0& tauXY=0).

11. Determining the max temperature in the diesel cycle for the given T1, compression ratio, and cut-off
ratio.
12. For the following (A/F,10%,15), the false statement is (for the given Annuity the Future worth can
be calculated, for the given future worth the annuity can be determined, the life of project is 15
years, the interest rate is 10%)
13. Who introduces the concept of the Boundary layer (Bernoulli, Prandtl, Newton, Reynold).
14. For the given r.p.m and diameter of the grinding wheel calculate the griding speed in m/s.
15. Calculate the centroid for the shaded region.

16. What is the maximum amount of the contract that can be subcontracted? (5%, 10%,15%, 25%, )
17. The fuel system of the engine does not perform (fuel timing, atomization of fuel, speed control, fuel
pumping)
18. In which drawing the projection lines are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the plane of
projection (perspective, parallel perspective, oblique, orthographic)
19. Condition for the self-locking of the power screw (pi*f*dm =0, pi*f*dm <1, pi*f*dm>1, pi*f*dm=1).