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Q2. Suggest with reasons, which one or combination of the following conditions is likely to contribute most to persistent breakage / slacking of ‘holding down’ bolts:

I. A scavenge fire;

II. Small cracks in the traverse girder of the bedplate;

III. Highly stressed holding down bolts;

IV. Loose chocks;

V. Partially balanced reciprocating masses;

VI. One piston hung up