Chemical Engineering Basics Mcqs - Set 19

1)   Calorific value of ____________________ are almost same?

a. Lignite & anthracite coal
b. Lignite & coal gas
c. Petrol & diesel
d. Coal gas & natural gas
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Petrol & diesel

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   _______________ is not a case hardening process ?

a. Carburising
b. Nitriding
c. Cyaniding
d. Annealing
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Carburising

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   The atmospheric temperature during melting of ice/snow (in the atmosphere)_________________?

a. Decreases
b. Increases
c. Remain same
d. May increase or decrease; depends on the altitude where snow melts
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Decreases

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Silicon percentage in acid resistant cast iron is about ___________________?

a. 4
b. 8
c. 14
d. 20
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Thermal equivalent of electrical power in practical calculation is _______________ kcal/kWh ?

a. 746
b. 3000
c. 1000
d. 550
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3000

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   One of the methods of purification of leach liquor is ion exchange, which involves_________________?

a. Exchange between two liquid phases
b. Exchange between a gaseous phase and a liquid phase
c. Exchange between a liquid phase and an organic resin phase
d. Exchange between a solid phase and a gas phase
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Exchange between a liquid phase and an organic resin phase

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   The unit of gc is ___________________?

a. lbm/lbf. ft/sec2
b. lbf/lbm. ft/sec2
c. ft/sec2
d. lbm/lbf. sec2/ft
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: lbm/lbf. ft/sec2

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Notched bar test is used for testing the _________________ of a material?

a. Impact strength
b. Endurance limit
c. Machinability
d. Corrosion resistance
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Impact strength

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   A material being tested for endurance strength is subjected to the _______________ load ?

a. Impact
b. Completely reversed
c. Dynamic
d. Static & dynamic
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Completely reversed

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   The most abundant metal present in the earth’s crust is__________________?

a. Iron
b. Copper
c. Titanium
d. Aluminium
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Aluminium

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   The fugacity of liquid water at 298 K is approximately 3171 Pa. Considering the ideal heat of vaporisation as 43723 J/gm.mole, its fugacity at 300 K would be________________?

a. 3171Pa
b. 3567Pa
c. 1.01 × 105Pa
d. 5000Pa
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3567Pa

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Cold heading or upsetting is categorised as the ________________ process ?

a. Extrusion
b. Bending
c. Rolling
d. Forging
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Forging

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Which one can be directly solidified from gaseous state without entering into liquid state ?

a. Helium
b. Oxygen
c. Carbon dioxide
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Carbon dioxide

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Out of the following, maximum temperature drop for a given heat flow & for the same thickness will be in the case of________________?

a. Steel
b. Glass wood
c. Copper
d. Fireclay bricks
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Glass wood

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Glass reacts with___________________?

a. H2SO3
b. HF
c. HNO3
d. K2Cr2O7
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: HF

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Lead is added to 60:40 brass primarily to improve_________________?

a. Machinability
b. Corrosion resistance
c. Fluidity
d. Strength
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Machinability

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   A steam pipe is intended to be insulated with two layers of insulating materials of different thermal conductivities. For minimum heat transfer to take place_________________?

a. The better insulation material should be put just next to pipe (i.e., inside)
b. The better insulating material should be put outside
c. Either of the insulating material could be put on either side
d. Steam temperature is considered before deciding as to which insulating material is to be put inside (i.e., just next to the pipe)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The better insulation material should be put just next to pipe (i.e., inside)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   A material subjected ________________ must have high resilience?

a. Shock loading
b. Vibration
c. Fatigue
d. Tension
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Shock loading

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   An example of unsteady non uniform flow is the flow of liquid under pressure through a__________________?

a. Tapering pipe at constant flow rate
b. Tapering pipe at either decreasing or increasing flow rate
c. Long pipeline of constant diameter
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tapering pipe at either decreasing or increasing flow rate

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Depreciation of machines fails under the indirect expenses head. As per income tax regulations, it is calculated by the __________________ method?

a. Diminishing balance
b. Sinking fund
c. Multiple straight line
d. Sum of the years digit
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Diminishing balance

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Gas turbine normally employs a constant _______________ cycle?

a. Pressure
b. Temperature
c. Volume
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pressure

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Surface tension of a liquid_________________?

a. Is due to intermolecular forces of cohesion
b. Decreases with rise in temperature
c. Is responsible for the spherical shape of an isolated liquid drop
d. All A, B. & C
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All A, B. & C

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Boiler draught of 10 mm water column is equivalent to_____________________?

a. 1 kgf/m2
b. 10 kgf/m2
c. 10 kgf/mm2
d. 1 kgf/mm2
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 10 kgf/m2

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   What is the range of tempering temperature (°C) for most of the materials ?

a. 75-100
b. 200-300
c. 350-450
d. 500-600
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 200-300

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Heat transfer by ______________ is almost absent in case of fluidised bed drying operation?

a. Radiation
b. Conduction
c. Convection
d. Both B. & C.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Radiation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   The ‘laughing gas’ is__________________?

a. Nitrous oxide
b. Nitric oxide
c. Nitrogen trioxide
d. Nitrogen pentoxide
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nitrous oxide

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Regeneration of molecular sieve requires it to be heated to a temperature of about __________________ °C?

a. 80-120
b. 200-300
c. 600-800
d. 1000-1100
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1000-1100

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   ____________________ metal is used as a bearing liner material?

a. Pewter
b. White
c. Babbitt
d. Gun
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Babbitt

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Melting point & boiling points of liquid oxygen are respectively – 218.8°C & – 183°C, while the same for liquid nitrogen is – 210°C & – 195.8°C respectively. The difference in melting points of liquid oxygen & liquid nitrogen is not equal to 8.8 ?

a. °C
b. °F
c. °K
d. °R
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: °F

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   The activity of pure hydrogen gas at 1000°C and 5 atm pressure_________________?

a. Is always less than 1
b. Is always greater than 1
c. Can be 5
d. Depends on the choice of the standard state
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Depends on the choice of the standard state

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   Brazing filler metal used for joining steel plates_________________?

a. Melts below the melting points of base metals
b. Melts below 300°C
c. Is copper phosphorous alloy
d. Is copper
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Melts below the melting points of base metals

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   If the head is doubled in & centrifugal pump, the power required will increase in the ratio of__________________?

a. 23
b. 23/2
c. 25/2
d. 21/3
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 23/2

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   The minimum temperature to which the water can be cooled in a cooling tower is the ______________ temperature of air?

a. Ambient
b. Dry bulb
c. Dew point
d. Wet bulb
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Dew point

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Ammonia gas can be dried by___________________?

a. PCl5
b. Quick lime
c. CaCl2
d. Concentrated H2SO4
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Quick lime

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   ‘Dikes’ are low height walls made around the storage vessels meant for storing hazardous & inflammable material (e.g., petroleum products). Volume of dikes is equal to (where, V = volume of the storage vessel) ?

a. V
b. V/2
c. 2V
d. 3V
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: V

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   On decreasing the grain size of a polycrystalline material, the property most likely to deteriorate is__________________?

a. Creep
b. Toughness
c. Tensile strength
d. Fatigue
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Toughness

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Out of the following substances, one ton of ______________ will store the maximum heat for a rise of 30°C in temperature ?

a. Steel
b. Lignite
c. Water
d. Lime stone
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Water

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   Maximum heat dissipation occurs from a steel wire (k = 0.5 W/m. k) of 15 mm diameter exposed to air (h = 20W/m2 .k), when the insulation thickness is ________________ mm?

a. 15
b. 25
c. 10
d. 30
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 25

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   Parallel straight line pattern of temperature distribution for both hot and cold fluids is observed in case of heat exchanger of the type________________?

a. Parallel flow with equal heat capacities
b. Counter flow with equal heat capacities
c. Counter flow with unequal heat capacities
d. Parallel flow with unequal heat capacities
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Counter flow with equal heat capacities

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   Though tin occurs lower than iron in the electrochemical series, yet it is coated on steel for corrosion protection, because of its________________?

a. Lower cost
b. Abundant availability
c. Resistance to vegetable acids as the tin plate are commercially used in ‘canning’ industry
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Resistance to vegetable acids as the tin plate are commercially used in ‘canning’ industry

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   Steel produced from phosphatic iron is _______________ in nature?

a. Malleable
b. Ductile
c. Brittle
d. Tough
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Brittle

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   Pick out the wrong statement ?

a. The equivalent stiffness of two springs (of equal stiffness ‘S’) in series is S/2 while in parallel is 2S
b. For a helical spring, deflection is proportional to D3 (D = mean coil diameter) or d4 (d = wire diameter)
c. Crushing load or columns is less than the buckling load
d. Modulus of resilience is proportional to (stress at elastic limit)2
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Crushing load or columns is less than the buckling load

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   Pick out the wrong statement?

a. Ductile fracture of a stressed material, which exhibits a large plastic deformation is commonly caused by the formation and coalescence of voids in th
b. Brittle fracture is caused by the propagation of pre-existing cracks in the material and involves minimum plastic deformation
c. Fatigue fracture of a material is always brittle in nature and takes place due to the existence of line imperfections
d. Brittle materials are generally tested in tension
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Brittle fracture is caused by the propagation of pre-existing cracks in the material and involves minimum plastic deformation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   Pick out the wrong statement ?

a. Geothermal energy is a non-conventional source of energy
b. Mass is converted into energy in both nuclear fission & fusion reaction
c. Inhalation of mercury vapour is not harmful for human beings
d. Inhalation of arsenic causes cancer
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Inhalation of mercury vapour is not harmful for human beings

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   Pick out the wrong statement ?

a. The X-rays cannot be deflected by electric field unlike cathode rays
b. The intensity of X-rays can be measured by ionisation current produced due to the ionisation of gas by X-rays
c. The quality of X-rays can be controlled by varying the anode-cathode voltage
d. Crystal structure of a material can be studied by an electron microscope
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: The quality of X-rays can be controlled by varying the anode-cathode voltage

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   Pick out the correct statement ?

a. Jet engine can work, where there is no atmosphere
b. Rocket engines cannot work, where there is no atmosphere
c. Rocket engines carry oxygen required for the combustion in the form of oxidiser
d. Jet engines also carry oxidiser
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rocket engines carry oxygen required for the combustion in the form of oxidiser

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   Pick out the wrong statement?

a. Processing of thermosetting plastics is ideally done by injection moulding
b. Processing of thermoplastics is ideally done by compression moulding
c. Mass production of seamless pipes are done by electrical resistance welding (ERW)
d. Stretch forming is a process of cold drawing
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mass production of seamless pipes are done by electrical resistance welding (ERW)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!