Karnataka Examinations Authority conduct the Diploma Common Entrance Test – (Diploma CET) for those candidates who want to take admission into Second year or Third semester full time B.E courses in Government / University / Private Aided / Private Un-Aided professional educational institutions.
Question Papers of Mechanical for Karnataka Diploma CET:
KCET Diploma Mechanical Paper 
Syllabus of Mechanical for Karnataka Diploma CET: KCET Diploma Mechanical Paper
Group code: ME MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Marks: 100
1 Basic Management Skills
Team, Group, Team Building, Production and Productivity, Product Design and its
Stages, Types of Production, Functions of Production, Planning and Control
Department, Purchasing and its Procedure, Stores Management, Logistics, Inventory
Control, Total Productive Maintenance-Concept and Techniques, Quality,
Inspection-Types, Total Quality management-Concept and Tools, I.S.O 9000,Quality
Standards, Accident and its Prevention
15 Marks
2 Manufacturing Technology
Lathe, Drilling, Milling, Shaping, Grinding,(Types of Machines , Operations, Tools
And Accessories ); NC & CNC Machines ( Comparison, advantages and
disadvantages); Electric Discharge Machining(EDM), Ultrasonic Machining(USM),
Abrasive Jet Machining(AJM) , Laser Beam Machining(LBM), Electro Chemical
Machining(ECM), Electron Beam Machining(EBM); Casting, Molding Sands,
Patterns, Casting Processes, Special Casting Techniques; Welding Techniques -Arc
Welding, Gas Welding, TIG, MIG, Resistance Welding, EBW, LBW, Plasma Arc
Welding; Forging, Rolling, Extrusion; Sheet Metal Operation-Shearing, Blanking,
Punching, Trimming, Drawing, Embossing.
20 Marks
3 Thermal Engineering
Basic terms and Concepts, Perfect Gas Laws, Zeroth Law, First and Second Laws of
Thermodynamics, , Thermodynamic Processes Perfect Gases; Air Standard Cycles,
Air Compressors; SI & CI-Engine(Two stroke & Four stroke), Compression Ratio,
Valve Timing Diagram, Lubrication and cooling; Fuels-types-Calorific Value of
Fuel.
15 MARKS
4 Theory of Machines
Basic Kinematics of Machines, Transmission of power-Belt drive, Rope drive, Chain
drives, Gear drives, Gear trains, Balancing of rotating masses in the same plane,
Cams and Followers-Classification, Friction, Types of Friction, Laws of Friction,
Brakes, Clutches and Dynamometers.
15 Marks
5 Strength of Materials and Engineering Mechanics
Simple Stress and Strain, Types of Stresses, Hooks Law, Modulus of
Elasticity, Modulus of Rigidity, Poisons Ratio, Relations between three Elastic
Constants, Temperature Stresses, Bending Moment, Shear Forces, BMD and SFD
diagrams for Cantilever, Simply Supported Beams with Point Load and Uniformly
Distributed Load.
15 Marks
6 Material Science
Mechanical Properties of Metal, Manufacturing, Properties & Uses of Pig
Iron Cast Iron & Steel, Properties & Uses of Copper, Aluminum, Lead, Zinc, Tin,
Cobalt & Nickel, Iron-Carbon Equilibrium Diagram, Heat Treatment of Steel, Alloys
of Steel.
10 Marks
7 Engineering Drawing
Basics of Drawing, Conventions, Types, Dimensioning, Surface finish symbols,
Projections-Orthographic and Isometric.
10 Mark
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