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Studies of fatal automobile accidents reveal that , in the majority of cases in which one occupant of an automobile is killed another survives, it is the passenger , not the driver , who is killed. It is ironic that the innocent passenger should suffer for the driver's carelessness, while the driver often suffers only minor injuries or none at all. Which of the following is an assumption underlying the reasoning in the passage above?
A In most fatal automobile accidents , the driver of a car in which an occupant is killed is at fault .
B Most deaths in fatal automobile accidents are suffered by occupants of cars rather then by pedestrians .
C Auto safety experts should increase their efforts to provide protection for those in the passenger seats of automobiles
D Automobile passengers sometimes play a contributing role in causing auto accidents
The acid used in automobile battery is
A Hydrochloric acid
B Hydrofluoric acid
C Nitric acid
D Sulphuric acid
The battery is an electrochemical device, which means battery
A Makes chemicals by mechanical means
B Uses chemical action to provide electricity
C Has curved plates instead of flat plates
D Does not use an electrolyte
In a battery cover is placed over the element and sealed to the top of the battery container. This is done
A to reduce evaporation of water from electrolyte
B to exclude dirt and foreign matter from the electrolyte
C to discharge both of the above functions
D to discharge none of the above functions
When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the most heavily loaded rivet will be the one which (where, Fa is the load shared by each rivet due to axial load and Fm is the shearing load due to moment in any rivet.)
A Is at the maximum distance from CG of the rivet group
B Is at the minimum distance from CG of the rivet group
C Gives the maximum angle between the two forces Fa and Fm
D Gives the minimum angle between the two forces Fa and Fm
In testing a pile by load test, pile platform is loaded with one and half times the design load and a maximum settlement is noted. The load is gradually removed and the consequent rebound is measured. For a safe pile, the net settlement (i.e. total settlement minus rebound) per tonne of test load should not exceed
A 10 mm
B 15 mm
C 20 mm
D 25 mm
The major harmful gas emitted by automobile vehicle which causes air pollution is
A Carbon Monoxide
B Methane
C Carbon dioxide
D Ozone gas
The major harmful gas emitted by automobile vehicles which causes air pollution is
A Carbon Monoxide
B Methane
C Carbon dioxide
D Ozone gas
The load factors for live load and dead load are taken respectively as
A 1.5 and 2.2
B 2.2 and 1.5
C 1.5 and 1.5
D 2.2 and 2.2
The simply supported beam 'A' of length '$$l$$' carries a central point load 'W'. Another beam 'B' is loaded with a uniformly distributed load such that the total load on the beam is 'W'. The ratio of maximum deflections between beams 'A' and 'B' is
A $$\frac{5}{8}$$
B $$\frac{8}{5}$$
C $$\frac{5}{4}$$
D $$\frac{4}{5}$$

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