Mechanical Engineering

MCQs Practice Test

This Mechanical Engineering MCQs Practice Set covers core technical subjects required for interviews, competitive exams, and campus placements.

It spans fundamentals like Strength of Materials, Thermodynamics, and Fluid Mechanics, along with Manufacturing, Machine Design, GD&T, Metrology, Automation, and practical industry awareness.

Set 1: Strength of Materials MCQs

  • Stress & Strain Basics

  • Elastic vs Plastic Behavior

  • Hooke’s Law

  • Young’s Modulus & Poisson’s Ratio

  • Yield Point, UTS & Fracture

  • Factor of Safety

  • Stress–Strain Curve

  • Shear Stress

  • Bending Stress

  • Torsion

Set 2: Thermodynamics MCQs

  • System vs Control Volume

  • Zeroth, First & Second Law

  • Heat vs Work

  • Enthalpy

  • Entropy

  • Carnot Cycle

  • Rankine Cycle

  • Otto vs Diesel Cycle

  • COP

  • Refrigeration Basics

Set 3: Fluid Mechanics MCQs

  • Properties of Fluids & Viscosity

  • Reynolds Number

  • Laminar vs Turbulent Flow

  • Bernoulli’s Principle

  • Continuity Equation

  • Head Loss

  • Boundary Layer

  • Cavitation

  • Pumps vs Turbines

  • Manometer

Set 4: Heat Transfer MCQs

  • Conduction

  • Convection

  • Radiation

  • Fourier’s Law

  • Newton’s Law of Cooling

  • Heat Exchangers

  • LMTD

  • Fins

  • Thermal Resistance

  • Black Body

Set 5: Manufacturing & Production MCQs

  • Casting vs Forging

  • Machining Processes

  • CNC Basics

  • Tolerances

  • Surface Finish

  • Heat Treatment

  • Annealing / Normalizing / Quenching

  • Welding vs Brazing vs Soldering

  • Jigs & Fixtures

  • Lean Manufacturing

Set 6: Machine Design MCQs

  • Failure Theories

  • Fatigue & Endurance Limit

  • Stress Concentration

  • Shafts

  • Keys & Couplings

  • Bearings

  • Gears

  • Springs

  • Fits (Clearance / Interference)

Set 7: Engineering Drawing & GD&T MCQs

  • Orthographic Projection

  • Isometric View

  • First Angle vs Third Angle

  • Datum

  • Tolerance vs Allowance

  • Flatness & Parallelism

  • Position Tolerance

  • Runout

  • MMC & LMC

  • Surface Roughness Symbols

Set 8: Metrology & Quality MCQs

  • Least Count

  • Accuracy vs Precision

  • Vernier Caliper

  • Micrometer

  • Gauge Blocks

  • CMM

  • Calibration

  • Repeatability

  • Measurement Error

  • ISO Standards Basics

Set 9: Automation & Industry Basics MCQs

  • PLC

  • Sensors

  • Actuators

  • Automation Levels

  • Industry 4.0

  • CNC Automation

  • Robotics Basics

  • Feedback Systems

  • PID Control

  • Smart Manufacturing

Set 10: General Mechanical Awareness MCQs

  • Torque

  • Power

  • RPM

  • Efficiency

  • Reliability

  • Maintenance Types

  • Safety Factor

  • Load Types

  • Static vs Dynamic Load

  • Failure Modes

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Learn 40+ Mechanical Engineering Tools

On GaugeHow, the Mechanical Engineering Courses are grouped by real job tracks, so you can pick the skills recruiters expect for design, simulation, manufacturing, quality, automation, and smart factories.

CAD Courses: Product Design & Modeling

Build design output that teams can manufacture: 2D drafting, 3D modeling, assemblies, and drawings.

CAE Simulation: FEA, CFD & Multiphysics

Validate before you build. This track covers FEA and CFD simulation workflows used in CAE and R&D teams.

Quality, Metrology & Lean Manufacturing

Run stable production and prove quality with measurement discipline, root-cause thinking, and lean tools.

Course Categories

Learn 40+ Mechanical Engineering Tools

On GaugeHow, the Mechanical Engineering Courses are grouped by real job tracks, so you can pick the skills recruiters expect for design, simulation, manufacturing, quality, automation, and smart factories.

CAD Courses: Product Design & Modeling

Build design output that teams can manufacture: 2D drafting, 3D modeling, assemblies, and drawings.

CAE Simulation: FEA, CFD & Multiphysics

Validate before you build. This track covers FEA and CFD simulation workflows used in CAE and R&D teams.

Quality, Metrology & Lean Manufacturing

Run stable production and prove quality with measurement discipline, root-cause thinking, and lean tools.

Course Categories

Learn 40+ Mechanical Engineering Tools

On GaugeHow, the Mechanical Engineering Courses are grouped by real job tracks, so you can pick the skills recruiters expect for design, simulation, manufacturing, quality, automation, and smart factories.

CAD Courses: Product Design & Modeling

Build design output that teams can manufacture: 2D drafting, 3D modeling, assemblies, and drawings.

CAE Simulation: FEA, CFD & Multiphysics

Validate before you build. This track covers FEA and CFD simulation workflows used in CAE and R&D teams.

Quality, Metrology & Lean Manufacturing

Run stable production and prove quality with measurement discipline, root-cause thinking, and lean tools.