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                | 1.  | 
Austenitic stainless steel is characterized by |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				| A. | 
                 a body-centred cubic crystal structure | 
				 				 B. | 
                 a face-centred cubic crystal structure | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 a simple hexagonal crystal structure | 
				 				 D. | 
                 none of the above | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option B  
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                | 2.  | 
Ferritic stainless steel is characterized by |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				| A. | 
                 a simple hexagonal crystal structure | 
				 				 B. | 
                 a body-centred cubic crystal structure | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 a face-centred cubic crystal structure | 
				 				 D. | 
                 none of the above | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option B  
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                | 3.  | 
Alpha iron is stable |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				| A. | 
                 upto 910?C | 
				 				 B. | 
                 between 910 and 1403?C | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 above 1403?C | 
				 				 D. | 
                 above 2000?C | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A   
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                | 4.  | 
An increase in the carbon content of a steel |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				| A. | 
                 increases its strength | 
				 				 B. | 
                 decreases its strength | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 increases its ductility | 
				 				 D. | 
                 none of the above | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A  
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                | 5.  | 
An increase in the carbide/graphite ratio in cast iron tends to |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				| A. | 
                 increase the hardness | 
				 				 B. | 
                 increase the brittleness | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 decrease the ductility | 
				 				 D. | 
                 all of the above | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option D  
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                | 6.  | 
Cementite |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
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                 is a compound of iron and carbon | 
				 				 B. | 
                 is characterized by an orthorhombic crystal structure | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 has the approximate chemical formula Fe3C | 
				 				 D. | 
                 all of these answers | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option D  
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                | 7.  | 
In martensitic stainless steel the difference between the chromium percentage and seventeen times the carbon content is |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				| A. | 
                 less than 12.5% | 
				 				 B. | 
                 greater than 12.5 % | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 greater than 24% | 
				 				 D. | 
                 less than 18% | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A  
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                | 8.  | 
In ferritic stainless steel the difference between the chromium percentage and seventeen times the carbon content is |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				| A. | 
                 less than 24% | 
				 				 B. | 
                 greater than 24 % | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 greater than 12.5% | 
				 				 D. | 
                 less than 12.5% | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option D  
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                | 9.  | 
The carbon content is steel varies from |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				| A. | 
                 0.1 to 1.50% | 
				 				 B. | 
                 0.35 to 2.5% | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 2 to 4% | 
				 				 D. | 
                 5 to 8% | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A  
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                | 10.  | 
The percentage of carbon is the least in |  
 
 
                
			 
				
					
				| A. | 
                 white cast iron | 
				 				 B. | 
                 grey cast iron | 
				  
				 
				 				 | C. | 
                 wrought iron | 
				 				 D. | 
                 stainless steel | 
				 				  
				 
				 				 
				  
                    
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C  
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