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GATE 2017-2018 :: GATE Production

  1. A milk vendor incurs an overstocking cost of Rs. 2 per litre and a shortage cost of Rs. 0.5 per litre. The demand is uniformly distributed between 1 litre and 6 litres. Using the Newsvendor Model, the maximum quantity of milk in litre(s) the vendor should order is
  2. A.
    2
    B.
    6
    C.
    1
    D.
    3

  3. The specification limits for the weight of a product are 13.1 kg and 15 kg. If the process has a variance of weight 0.05 kg2, then the process capability index is
  4. A.
    6.3
    B.
    1.9
    C.
    1.4
    D.
    8.6

  5. On an average, there are 30 customers in a queue. If the arrival rate of customers into the system is 16 customers per hour and on average 32 customers leave the system per hour, then the average number of customers in the system is
  6. A.
    16.5
    B.
    30.5
    C.
    32.0
    D.
    46.0

  7. Data for four jobs that need to be processed on a single machine are given below.
    Job                                     P  Q   R    S
    Processing time (days)  12 9   21 10
    Due date (days)              20 40 30 19
    All the four jobs are available at time zero. If the jobs are scheduled using the Earliest Due Date (EDD) algorithm, then the job with maximum tardiness is
  8. A.
    P
    B.
    Q
    C.
    R
    D.
    S

  9. Two steel truss members, AC and BC, each having cross sectional area of 100 mm2, are subjected to a horizontal force F as shown in figure. All the joints are hinged.

    The maximum force F in kN that can be applied at C such that the axial stress in any of the truss members DOES NOT exceed 100 MPa is
  10. A.
    8.17
    B.
    11.15
    C.
    14.14
    D.
    22.30

  11. Two steel truss members, AC and BC, each having cross sectional area of 100 mm2, are subjected to a horizontal force F as shown in figure. All the joints are hinged.

    If F = 1 kN, the magnitude of the vertical reaction force developed at the point B in kN is
  12. A.
    0.63
    B.
    0.32
    C.
    1.26
    D.
    1.46

  13. Data for a plain milling operation are given below.
    Length of workpiece   200 mm
    Cutter diameter          100 mm
    No. of teeth                   4
    Cutter speed               100 rpm
    Feed                             200 mm/min
    Depth of cut               2 mm
    Total clearance (entry     5 mm
    and exit)
    Mean undeformed chip thickness (in microns) is
  14. A.
    142
    B.
    100
    C.
    71
    D.
    50

  15. Data for a plain milling operation are given below.
    Length of workpiece   200 mm
    Cutter diameter          100 mm
    No. of teeth                   4
    Cutter speed               100 rpm
    Feed                             200 mm/min
    Depth of cut               2 mm
    Total clearance (entry     5 mm
    and exit)
    Machining time for a single pass (in seconds) is
  16. A.
    60
    B.
    66
    C.
    126
    D.
    150

  17. In an EDM process using RC relaxation circuit, a 12 mm diameter through hole is made in a steel plate of 50 mm thickness using a graphite tool and kerosene as dielectric. Assume discharge time to be negligible. Machining is carried out under the following conditions:
    Resistance                 40 Ω
    Capacitance              20 μF
    Supply voltage          220 V
    Discharge voltage    110 V
    The time for one cycle, in milliseconds, is
  18. A.
    0.55
    B.
    0.32
    C.
    0.89
    D.
    0.24

  19. In an EDM process using RC relaxation circuit, a 12 mm diameter through hole is made in a steel plate of 50 mm thickness using a graphite tool and kerosene as dielectric. Assume discharge time to be negligible. Machining is carried out under the following conditions:
    Resistance                 40 Ω
    Capacitance              20 μF
    Supply voltage          220 V
    Discharge voltage    110 V
    Average power input (in kW) is
  20. A.
    0.373
    B.
    0.137
    C.
    0.218
    D.
    0.500