A slender shaft supported on two bearings at its ends carries a disc with an eccentricity e from the axis of rotation. The critical speed of the shaft is Nc. If the disc is replaced by a second one of same mass but mounted with an eccentricily 2 e, then the critical speed of the shaft in the second case is

Nc/2
Nc/2
Nc
2 Nc
✅ The correct answer is option A.

A compound steam engine in which piston rods of high pressure and low pressure cylinders ‘ are attached to two different cranks set at 180° to each other, is called

receiver type compound engine
Tandem type compound engine
Woolf type compound engine
both (a) and (b)
✅ The correct answer is option C.

In permanent mould casting method

molten metal is poured in a metallic mould, retained in the mould long enough for the outer skin to solidify and finally mould is turned over to remove molten metal still in molten condition
molten metal is poured and allowed to solidify while the mould is revolving
molten metal is forced into mould under high pressure
none of the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.