Engineering Graphics and Design (Engineering Graphics)

Multiple Choice Questions Set --- (01 Mark Each Question)

1. A line AB of length 100mm is parallel to horizontal plane and inclined to vertical plane at
30o. What is its length in top view?
a) 100mm
b) 0 mm
c) 90.6 mm
d) 42.2 mm
2. A line PQ of length 80mm is parallel to vertical plane and perpendicular to horizontal
plane. What is its length in front view ?
a) 60 mm
b) 0 mm
c) 80mm
d) 42.2 cm
3. A line RS of length 80 mm is parallel to vertical plane and perpendicular to horizontal
plane. What is its length in top view?
a) 80 mm
b) 0 mm
c) 70 mm
d) 42.2 cm
4. Apparent length of a line is always -------- its true length.
a) Greater than
b) Less than
c) Equal to
d) None of these
5. Apparent inclination of a line is generally -------- its true inclination.
a) Greater than
b) Less than
c) Equal to
d) None of these
6. Front view of a line MN appears as a point. The line should be perpendicular to
a) Horizontal plane (HP)
b) Vertical plane (VP)
c) Profile plane (PP)
d) Along XY line
7. When a line is parallel to both HP and VP, which of its views will show true length
a) Front view
b) Top view
c) Both Front view and Top view
d) Side view
8. Both Front view and Top view of a line CD are perpendicular to XY. The line in this case
is called as
a) Horizontal line
b) Frontal line
c) Profile line
d) None of these
9. For a profile line, the sum of its true inclinations with HP and VP is
a) 90o
b) 180o
c) 45o
d) 30o
10. Grade of a line represents its ----- inclination of the line with HP.
a) True
b) Apparent
c) Both of these
d) None of these
11. Bearing of a line can give its ----- inclination of the line with VP.
a) True
b) Apparent
c) Both of these
d) None of these
12. In the projections of a frontal line, bearing can be described as
a) Due East or Due West
b) Due North or Due South
c) Both of these
d) None of these
13. When two lines are parallel to each other
a) They appear parallel in FV and TV
b) When one line shows True length, the other line also shows its True length
c) Distance between parallel lines is seen in the view where both lines show their point views
d) All of these
14. Angle of 90o between the perpendicular lines is seen in the view where
a) At least one line shows its point view
b) At least one line shows its True length
c) Both lines show their point view
d) None of these
15. In case of intersecting lines
a) The point of intersection lies on the same projector in front view and top view
b) The lines are non-coplanar
c) The lines are skew
d) All of the above
16. One base edge of a tetrahedron and the opposite slant edge represent a pair of
a) Parallel lines
b) Perpendicular lines
c) Intersecting lines
d) Skew lines
17. Bearing of a line is given as S30E. The apparent inclination of the line with VP is
a) 60o
b) 30o
c) 45o
d) 90o
18. Bearing of a line AB is S40E w.r. to point A. Its bearing w.r. to B will be
a) S40W
b) N40W
c) N50W
d) S50W
19. Grade of a line PQ is 100%. What is the inclination of line with HP?
a) 100o
b) 180o
c) 45o
d) 30o
20. Locus lines drawn through the ends of an oblique line are
a) Parallel to XY line
b) Perpendicular to XY line
c) Inclined at 45oto XY line
d) Inclined at 30o to XY line
21. Which of the following position is not possible for a plane?
a) Plane perpendicular to both VP and HP
b) Plane parallel to both VP and HP
c) Plane perpendicular to HP, parallel to VP
d) Plane perpendicular to VP, parallel to HP
22. A regular hexagonal lamina has
a) Equal Sides
b) Equal Angles
c) Both (A) And (B)
d) None of the above
23. The top view of a circular disc appears as ----when it is inclined to H.P at an acute angle
a) a point
b) a line
c) an ellipse
d) a circle
24. If a lamina is perpendicular to both HP and VP, then its true shape can be obtained in
a) Front view (elevation)
b) Top view (plan)
c) Side view
d) None of the above
25. An oblique plane is
a) Inclined to horizontal plane (HP)
b) Inclined to vertical plane (VP)
c) Both (A) and (B)
d) Perpendicular to both vertical and horizontal plane
26. The true shape of an oblique plane is obtained in
a) Horizontal plane (HP)
b) Vertical plane (VP)
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
27. A plane surface has ___ dimension(s).
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) No dimension
28. The front view of a regular pentagonal lamina perpendicular to HP and parallel to VP, is
a) a point
b) a line
c) a regular pentagon
d) a circle
29. When a plane is perpendicular to HP and Parallel to VP, its Front view shows
a) Shorter size
b) Bigger size
c) True size/shape
d) None
30.If a thin set-square is kept perpendicular to both the horizontal and vertical planes, its true
shape is seen in
a) Horizontal plane
b) Vertical plane
c) Auxiliary inclined plane
d) Profile plane
31. Planes which are inclined to both the horizontal and vertical planes are called
a) Oblique planes
b) Profile planes
c) Auxiliary planes
d) None of these
32. The front view of an elliptical plane maybe
a) An ellipse
b) A circle
c) A straight line
d) Any of these
33. A 60º set-square has its shortest edge in the VP. The surface is perpendicular to the HP
and inclined to the VP. Its front view may appear as.
a) An equilateral triangle
b) An isosceles triangle
c) An obtuse angled triangle
d) None of these
34. Angle made by edge view of plane in F.V. or Auxiliary F.V. is
a) Dip angle
b) Strike Angle
c) both a &b
d) None
35. Dip direction can be shown in T. V. of triangular plane is
a) Perpendicular to strike line
b) Parallel to strike line
c) Inclined to strike line
d) Any one of above option
36. The true shape of a plane is always ----- than its apparent shape
a) Equal to
b) Greater than
c) Smaller than
d) No such relation exists
37. A top view of a triangular plane ABC is seen as an edge view/line view. What is the value
of dip angle?
a) 30o
b) 45o
c) 90o
d) 60o
38. A triangular plane PQR is parallel to HP. What is the value of dip angle?
a) 0o
b) 30o
c) 60o
d) 90o
39. A square plane is resting on a corner in HP and makes angle θ to HP. Its top view will
appear as
a) Square
b) Rhombus
c) Parallelogram
d) Rectangle
40. An isosceles triangle ABC is resting on base AB in HP, with base edge making an angle
of 45o to VP and corner C 30 mm above HP. In three stage projection, the locus point C
should be marked in
a) Stage 1
b) Stage 2
c) Stage 3
d) None of the above
41. The following are the Polyhedron except
a) Prism
b) Pyramid
c) Cube
d) Cylinder
42. The following are the Solids of revolution except
a) Prism
b) Cylinder
c) Cone
d) Sphere
43. If a solid is cut by a cutting plane parallel to the base of the solid and top part is removed,
the remaining part is called
a) Frustum of a solid
b) Truncated solid
c) Oblique solid
d) None of these
44. A right regular hexagonal prism in resting on HP on its base, its top view is a
a) Square
b) Rectangle
c) Hexagon
d) Pentagon
45. Which of the following position is not possible for a right solid?
a) Axis perpendicular to HP and parallel to VP
b) Axis parallel to HP and perpendicular to VP
c) Axis parallel to both VP and HP
d) Axis perpendicular to both VP and HP
46. The front view of a right cylinder resting on HP on its base is
a) Ellipse
b) Circle
c) Rectangle
d) Two circles
47. A tetrahedron has four equal ____ faces
a) Square
b) Triangular
c) Rectangular
d) Circular
48. The lateral faces of a prism are ----- in shape
a) Pentagonal
b) Triangular
c) Rectangular
d) Circular
49. An imaginary line joining centre of base to the centre of top surface of a prism is
a) Longer edge
b) Axis
c) Base edge
d) Top edge
50. Which of the following has all sides of equal length?
a) Cube
b) Tetrahedron
c) None of these
d) Both of these
51. When the projectors are parallel to each other and also perpendicular to the reference
plane, the projection is called ___________________________
a) Perspective projection
b) Oblique projection
c) Isometric projection
d) Orthographic projection
52. In orthographic projection, each of FV, TV, SV view represents how many dimensions
of an object?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 0
53. To represent the object on paper by orthographic projection the horizontal plane (H.P)
should be placed in which way?
a) The H.P is turned in a clockwise direction up to 90 degrees
b) The H.P is turned in anti-clockwise direction up to 90 degrees
c) H.P plane is placed to left side of vertical plane parallel to it
d) H.P plane is placed to right side of vertical plane parallel to it
54. The hidden parts inside or back side of object while represented in orthographic
projection are represented by which line?
a) Continuous thick line
b) Continuous thin line
c) Dashed thin line/Dotted line
d) Long-break line
55. Orthographic projection is the representation of two or more views on the mutual
perpendicular projection planes.
a) True
b) False
56. The front view of an object is shown on which plane?
a) Profile plane
b) Vertical plane
c) Horizontal plane
d) Parallel plane
57. The Top view of an object is shown on which plane?
a) Profile plane
b) Vertical plane
c) Horizontal plane
d) Parallel plane
58. The side view of an object is shown on which plane?
a) Profile plane
b) Vertical plane
c) Horizontal plane
d) Parallel plane
59. In the sectional orthographic view, the areas which are in actual contact with the cutting
plane are shown with:
a) A cutting plane line
b) Section lines/Hatching lines
c) Visible lines
d) Lines and arrows
60. The method in which the object is placed in the first quadrant is known as __________
method of projetion.
a) third angle
b) second angle
c) first angle
d) fourth angle
61. The 1st quadrant is in which position is?
a) Below H.P, behind V.P
b) Above H.P, behind V.P
c) Above H.P, in-front of V.P
d) Below H.P, in-front of V.P
62. The vertical plane is also called _____________
a) straight plane
b) perpendicular plane
c) frontal reference plane
d) pole plane
63. In 1st angle projection the _________ lies between ___________ and ____________
a) object, projection plane, observer
b) projection plane, object, observer
c) reference line, side view, front view
d) reference line, left side view, right side view
64. For the object shown in Fig. select the correct front view
65 Orthographic projection is also known as
a. Single view projection
b. Two view projection
c. Multi view projection
d. All of the above
66. The front view of a cube, when it resting on HP on one of its faces and one other face is
parallel to VP, is
a. Square
b. Rectangle
c. Parallelogram
d. Triangle
67. Which is the correct front view of the figure provided?

68. Which type of line has precedence over all other types of lines
a) Hidden Lines
b) Center line
c) Visible Line
d) None of the above
69. A horizontal surface of a multi view drawing will appear as a(n) ______ in front view
a) edge
b) normal surface
c) point
d) foreshortened surface
70. The top and right hand side view have what common dimension
a) height and width
b) width and depth
c) height
d) width
71. To understand some of the hidden geometry of components an imaginary plane is used to
cut the object which is called………

a) Auxiliary plane
b) Picture plane
c) Section plane
d) Additional plane

72. To find the true shape of the section, it must be projected on a plane parallel to the ……
a) Profile plane
b) Vertical plane
c) Auxiliary plane
d) Section plane

73. A section is perpendicular to both the reference planes. The true shape and size of section
is obtained by taking projection of section on to _________ plane.
a) Horizontal
b) Vertical
c) Profile
d) Auxiliary

74. A cube is rested on H.P. on its base such that the diagonal of base is perpendicular to V.P
and section plane is parallel to V.P the section obtained will be a __________
a) Triangle
b) Rectangle
c) Trapezium
d) Parallelogram

75. A regular triangular prism is resting on H.P. on its base with one base edge perpendicular
to V.P. The section plane is parallel to H.P and bisects the axis. The section would be a
_______________
a) Triangle
b) Rectangle
c) Trapezium
d) Parallelogram

76. A square pyramid is placed with square as base on V.P. and base edges equally inclined
to H.P. The cutting plane is parallel to V.P. and bisects the axis. The section will be
______________
a) Triangle
b) Rectangle
c) Square
d) Pentagon

77. A pentagonal pyramid is placed on its base in V.P. with one base edge parallel to H.P.
The cutting plane is parallel to base and bisects the axis. The section will be _____________
a) Triangle
b) Rectangle
c) Trapezium
d) Pentagon

78. A square pyramid is placed on H.P. on its square base, and base edges equally inclined to
V.P. The section plane is parallel to V.P. and passes through apex/vertex of the solid. The
section will be _____________
a) Square
b) Triangle
c) Irregular Pentagon
d) Trapezium

79. A cylinder is placed on H.P. on its base and section plane is parallel to V.P. cutting the
solid. The section gives ______________
a) Parabola
b) Circle
c) Rectangle
d) Ellipse

80. A cylinder is placed on H.P. on its base and section plane is parallel to H.P. cutting the
solid. The section gives ______________
a) Parabola
b) Circle
c) Rectangle
d) Ellipse

81. A cylinder is placed on V.P. on its base and section plane is inclined to H.P and
perpendicular to V.P cutting the solid. The section gives ______________
a) Parabola
b) Circle
c) Rectangle
d) Ellipse

82. A regular cone is been cut by a plane which is inclined to axis of cone and cuts all the
generators the section formed be like _____________
a) Ellipse
b) Hyperbola
c) Circle
d) Parabola

83. A regular cone is placed on H.P. on its base. The section plane is parallel to the end
generator. The section will be _______________
a) Ellipse
b) Hyperbola
c) Circle
d) Parabola

84. The hatching lines of a section are generally inclined to XY line at

a) 45o
b) 0o
c) 30o
d) 60o

85. The following sections are possible in case of a tetrahedron

a) Equilateral triangle
b) Trapezium
c) Both of these
d) None of these

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