Mechanical Engineering Gate 2014 Set-2 Questions with Answer

Ques 14 GATE 2014 SET-2

Choose the most appropriate word from the options given below to complete the following sentence.

Communication and interpersonal skills are _______ important in their own ways.

Ques 15 GATE 2014 SET-2

Which of the options given below best completes the following sentence?

She will feel much better if she ________________.

Ques 16 GATE 2014 SET-2

Choose the most appropriate pair of words from the options given below to complete the following sentence.

She could not _____ the thought of _________ the election to her bitter rival.

Ques 17 GATE 2014 SET-2

A regular die has six sides with numbers 1 to 6 marked on its sides. If a very large number of throws show the following frequencies of occurrence:
1 → 0.167; 2 → 0.167; 3 → 0.152; 4 → 0.166; 5 → 0.168; 6 → 0.180. We call this die

Ques 18 GATE 2014 SET-2

Find the odd one in the following group:

Q,W,Z,B      B,H,K,M      W,C,G,J      M,S,V,X

Ques 19 GATE 2014 SET-2

Fill in the missing number in the series:

2, 3, 6, 15, ___, 157.5, 630

Ques 20 GATE 2014 SET-2

Lights of four colors (red, blue, green, yellow) are hung on a ladder. On every step of the ladder there are two lights. If one of the lights is red, the other light on that step will always be blue. If one of the lights on a step is green, the other light on that step will always be yellow. Which of the following statements is not necessarily correct?

Ques 21 GATE 2014 SET-2

The sum of eight consecutive odd numbers is 656. The average of four consecutive even numbers is 87. What is the sum of the smallest odd number and second largest even number?

Ques 22 GATE 2014 SET-2

The total exports and revenues from the exports of a country are given in the two charts shown below. The pie chart for exports shows the quantity of each item exported as a percentage of the total quantity of exports. The pie chart for the revenues shows the percentage of the total revenue generated through export of each item. The total quantity of exports of all the items is 500 thousand tonnes and the total revenues are 250 crore rupees.

Which item among the following has generated the maximum revenue per kg?

Ques 23 GATE 2014 SET-2

It takes 30 minutes to empty a half-full tank by draining it at a constant rate. It is decided to simultaneously pump water into the half-full tank while draining it. What is the rate at which water has to be pumped in so that it gets fully filled in 10 minutes?

Ques 24 GATE 2014 SET-2

For laminar forced convection over a flat plate, if the free stream velocity increases by a factor of 2, the average heat transfer coefficient

Ques 25 GATE 2014 SET-2

In a heat exchanger, it is observed that ΔT₁ = ΔT₂, where ΔT₁ is the temperature difference between the two single phase fluid streams at one end and ΔT₂ is the temperature difference at the other end. This heat exchanger is

Ques 26 GATE 2014 SET-2

A hemispherical furnace of 1 m radius has the inner surface (emissivity, ε = 1) of its roof maintained at 800 K, while its floor (ε = 0.5) is kept at 600 K. Stefan-Boltzmann constant is 5.668 × 10⁻⁸ W/m²·K⁴. The net radiative heat transfer (in kW) from the roof to the floor is _______