GATE AG 2016 • Q16 MCQ • 1 Mark

Section 3: Farm Power

Farm Power

Subtopic: I.C. engine cycles

Question Statement:

The effective temperature (ET) scale developed in 1972 on the basis of a human model is

Options:

  • (A) Heart rate
  • (B) Blood pressure
  • (C) Psychological response
  • (D) Physiological response

Official Answer Key:

D

Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation

The revised (1972) Effective Temperature scale by Gagge et al. is based on a two-node physiological response model of the human body (core and skin temperature, sweat rate) that predicts perceived thermal comfort → option (D). This is a factual/definitional recall item from thermal-comfort/human-engineering literature, not a calculation.

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