Chemical Engineering Basics Mcqs - Set 1

1)   Which of the following is an ore dressing operation ?

a. Classification
b. Smelting
c. Roasting
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Classification

Explanation:
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2)   Shampoos are commercially not available in the form of ___________________?

a. Powder
b. Gaseous mixture
c. Solution
d. Emulsion
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gaseous mixture

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   In multipass welds, shot peening is done after each pass to__________________?

a. Close the surface porosity
b. Break the continuity of columnar grains
c. Flatten the weldment
d. Introduce texture in the weld
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Close the surface porosity

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Pick out the correct combination about the role of various additives used in polymers ?

a. Plasticiser: increases the polymer strength
b. Heat stabiliser: increases the maximum service temperature
c. Fillers: Does not affect the property of polymer but increases its weight
d. Lubricants: increases the flexibility of polymers
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fillers: Does not affect the property of polymer but increases its weight

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Which of the following is not used as a bearing material ?

a. Copper-lead alloys
b. Babbitts
c. Bronzes
d. Cermets
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cermets

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   The malleability of a material is the property by virtue of which it can be rolled or hammered into thin sheets. Which of the following materials has the maximum malleability ?

a. Lead
b. Copper
c. Aluminium
d. Wrought iron
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lead

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Oxide layer formed on the non-ferrous metal surface after its annealing is__________________?

a. Removed by acid pickling
b. Hammered into the surface
c. Removed with coarse emery cloth
d. Left as such to protect the surface
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Removed by acid pickling

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Case hardening is not done by________________?

a. Nitriding
b. Hot dipping
c. Electroplating
d. Both ‘B’ & ‘C’
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both ‘B’ & ‘C’

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Upto the critical radius of insulation, added insulation, will____________________?

a. Increase the heat loss
b. Decrease heat loss and will have no effect beyond that
c. Decrease heat flux
d. Reduce convection heat loss compared to conduction heat less
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Decrease heat loss and will have no effect beyond that

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Chlorine acts as a bleaching agent only in the presence of ______________________?

a. Dry air
b. Pure oxygen
c. Moisture
d. Sunlight
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Moisture

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Powder metallurgy technique is used in the production of ____________________ tools ?

a. Tungsten carbide
b. High carbon steel
c. High speed steel
d. Drilling
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tungsten carbide

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Rain drops falling through atmospheric air attain limited terminal velocity, because of ____________________?

a. Upward thrust due to air
b. Viscous force exerted by air
c. Surface tension effects of water
d. Force of gravity
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Viscous force exerted by air

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Volume of blast furnace slag is about _______________ times the volume of hot metal (pig iron) of the same weight ?

a. 1.5
b. 3
c. 5
d. 7
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Colour comparator is used to measure the___________________?

a. pH value
b. Electrode potential
c. Colour intensity
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: pH value

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   A reduction in thermal resistance during heat transfer does not occur in the___________________?

a. Convection heat transfer by stirring the fluid and cleaning the heating surface
b. Conduction heat transfer by reduction in the material thickness and increase in the thermal conductivity
c. Radiation heat transfer by increasing the temperature and reducing the emissivity
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Radiation heat transfer by increasing the temperature and reducing the emissivity

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Plastics as a material of construction suffer from the drawback of low_________________?

a. Machinability
b. Density
c. Strength
d. Plastic deformation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Strength

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   The thickness of oxide film is y at time t. If K1, K2 and K3 are the temperature dependent constants, the parabolic law of oxidation is given by __________________?

a. y2 = 2k1t + k2
b. y = k1 ln (k2t + k3)
c. y = k1 t + k2
d. y = k1t3 + k2
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: y2 = 2k1t + k2

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Biological shield in a nuclear reactor is generally provided to protect against the__________________?

a. α-rays
b. β-rays
c. Gamma rays & neutrons
d. Electrons
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gamma rays & neutrons

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   The most detrimental impurity in high pressure boiler feed water is ___________________?

a. Suspended salt
b. Dissolved salt
c. Silica
d. Turbidity
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Silica

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Sub zero treatment of steel is done to____________________?

a. Suppress martensite transformation
b. Enhance its working performance in sub zero atmosphere
c. Reduce the retained austenite in hardened steel
d. Induce temper brittleness after its hardening
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Reduce the retained austenite in hardened steel

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   In Newton’s law of viscosity, which states that the shear stress is proportional to the _____________ Co-efficient of viscosity is called dynamic or absolute viscosity(where, V = velocity, Vg = velocity gradient) ?

a. V2
b. 1/V2
c. 1/Vg
d. Vg
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Vg

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Which of the following is not categorised as the ore agglomeration process ?

a. Nodulising
b. Pelletising
c. Balling
d. Briquetting
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Balling

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Tumbling is the process of improving the ________________ of the materials/parts ?

a. Surface finish
b. Fatigue limit
c. Creep limit
d. Surface cleanliness
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Surface cleanliness

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Young’s modulus of a material is the measure of its ___________________?

a. Stiffness
b. Malleability
c. Creep resistance
d. Tensile strength
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Stiffness

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Which of the following materials has the least scrap value ?

a. Aluminium
b. Stainless steel
c. Brass
d. Copper
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Stainless steel

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Which of the following is used to produce draught in the locomotive boilers ?

a. Chimney
b. Induced draught fan
c. Forced draught fan
d. Steam jet arrangement
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Steam jet arrangement

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Alcohols are not suitable as diesel engine fuel because the cetane number of alcohols is____________________?

a. Very low which prevents their ignition by compression
b. Very high which prevents their ignition by compression
c. Zero
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Very low which prevents their ignition by compression

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   The process of removal of scale formed during hot rolling of steel is termed as_________________?

a. Descaling
b. Shot blasting
c. Pickling
d. Skimming
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pickling

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Boiling point of water gets lowered at high altitudes (e.g., hills), because ___________________?

a. Temperature is low
b. Atmospheric pressure is low
c. Atmospheric pressure is high
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Atmospheric pressure is low

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   The leaching solvent used in Baeyer’s process for the purification of bauxite is___________________?

a. Ammonium hydroxide
b. Sodium carbonate
c. Sodium hydroxide
d. Ammonium carbonate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sodium carbonate

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   With increase in annealing temperature, the following defect density decreases?

a. Vacancy
b. Dislocation
c. Grain boundary
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of these

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   A gas which is collected over water becomes moistened due to water vapor, exerts its own partial pressure at the gas temperature, which is termed as its_______________?

a. Aqueous tension
b. Saturated humidity
c. Vapor pressure
d. Absolute humidity
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Aqueous tension

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Addition of _______________ to steel does not help in improving its machinability ?

a. Sulphur
b. Silicon
c. Lead
d. Phosphorous
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Silicon

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Brass parts with high residual tensile stress at the surface are susceptible to season cracking (i.e. spontaneous cracking occuring on exposure to atmospheric corrosion), if its zinc percentage is more than ?

a. 5
b. 10
c. 20
d. 35
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 20

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Alloying elements present in Haynes stellite, which has superior performance than high speed steel, are____________________?

a. Nickel, cobalt & chromium
b. Tungsten, chromium & cobalt
c. Manganese, chromium & cobalt
d. Tungsten, molybdenum & nickel
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tungsten, chromium & cobalt

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   _______________ test can be termed as the semi-destructive test?

a. Impact
b. Torsion
c. Hardness
d. Charpy
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hardness

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Dowtherm is a____________________?

a. High temperature heating medium (a petroleum product)
b. Product of coal tar distillation
c. Very heat sensitive material
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: High temperature heating medium (a petroleum product)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   Boiler tube size is specified by its thickness and _____________________ diameter ?

a. Outside
b. Inside
c. Mean
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Outside

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   The rolling process cannot be used to produce______________________?

a. Plates
b. Rods
c. Tubes
d. Wires
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tubes

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   In “Imperial Smelting Process” for extraction of zinc, zinc vapour thus produced is quenched in the external condenser by the use of the following _______________________?

a. Jet of water at high pressure
b. Blast of air
c. Mixture of water and air
d. Rain of molten lead
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rain of molten lead

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!