Mechanical Operations Mcqs for Chemical - Set 10

1)   _____________ mills are termed as disintegrators?

a. Cage
b. Compartment
c. Pebble
d. All tumbling
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cage

Explanation:
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2)   Vibrating screens have capacity in the range of ______________ tons/ft2 .mm mesh size?

a. 0.2 to 0.8
b. 5 to 25
c. 50 to 100
d. 100 to 250
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 0.2 to 0.8

Explanation:
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3)   The speed of a rotary drum vacuum filter may be about _____________ rpm?

a. 1
b. 50
c. 100
d. 500
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   ______________ is used for producing a thick suspension from a thin slurry?

a. Cartridge filter
b. Rotary drum vacuum filter
c. Pressure filter thickener
d. Plate and frame filter press
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pressure filter thickener

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   The study on washability of coal is done by using the _____________ technique?

a. Tabling
b. Elutriation
c. Heavy media separation
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Heavy media separation

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   In the cyclone separator used for separation of dust from dust laden gas, the gas ?

a. Enters the cyclone from the top
b. Is admitted tangentially at high velocity
c. Develops a helical motion inside the chamber
d. Both B. and C.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both B. and C.

Explanation:
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7)   Which of the following represents the plot of filtrate volume versus time for constant pressure filtration ?

a. Parabola
b. Straight line
c. Hyperbola
d. Exponential curve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Parabola

Explanation:
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8)   Colloidal mills are used for ______________ grinding?

a. Coarse
b. Intermediate
c. Fine
d. Ultrafine
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ultrafine

Explanation:
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9)   The unit of specific cake resistance is______________________?

a. gm/cm2
b. cm/gm
c. cm/gm2
d. gm/gm
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: gm/cm2

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Weber number is significant and is concerned with the_________________?

a. Solid-liquid mixing
b. Liquid-liquid mixing
c. Dispersion of liquid in liquid
d. Suspension of solid in liquid
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Dispersion of liquid in liquid

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Horsepower required for a roll crusher is directly proportional to its__________________?

a. Reduction ratio
b. Capacity
c. Both A. & B.
d. Neither A. nor B.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both A. & B.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   ______________ mean diameter of particles is given by Σ (xi/Dpi ⃗)?

a. Mass
b. Volume
c. Arithmetic
d. Volume surface
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Volume

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   The constants (Kb, Kr and Kk) used in the laws of crushing (i.e., Bond’s law, Rittinger’s law and Kick’s law) depend upon the_________________?

a. Feed material
b. Type of crushing machine
c. Both A. & B.
d. Neither A. nor B.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both A. & B.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   What is the selectivity index, if the grade of tailings & concentrate is the same ?

a. 0
b.
c. 1
d. 0.5
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Hot, lumpy & abrasive materials are best transported by using a/an ___________ conveyor ?

a. Apron
b. Belt
c. Screw
d. Flight
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Apron

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Moisture can be removed from lubricating oil using_________________?

a. Tubular centrifuge
b. Clarifier
c. Sparkler filter
d. Vacuum leaf filter
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tubular centrifuge

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Cartridge filters are termed as ‘edge’ filters, because of the fact that the_________________?

a. Disks have very sharp edge
b. Solids are not deposited at the edge of the disk
c. Bulk of the solids are removed at the periphery of the disks
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bulk of the solids are removed at the periphery of the disks

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Fick’s law relates to_________________?

a. Energy consumption
b. Final particle size
c. Feed size
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Energy consumption

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Production rate _____________ with increased fineness, with a given energy input to the size reduction machine?

a. Decreases
b. Increases
c. Remains unchanged
d. May increase or decrease; depends on the machine
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Decreases

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   The material is crushed in a gyratory crusher by the action of__________________?

a. Impact
b. Compression
c. Attrition
d. Cutting
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Compression

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Trommels employ _____________ for screening of materials?

a. Fibrous cloth
b. Woven wire screen
c. Punched plate
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Punched plate

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   For classification of potable (drinking) water, we use a _______________ filter?

a. Gravity sand
b. Plate and frame
c. Vacuum leaf
d. Rotary vacuum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gravity sand

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   The value of ‘angle of nip’ is generally about__________________?

a. 16°
b. 32°
c. 52°
d. 64°
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 32°

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   In a roll crusher, the specific power consumption and the production rate is affected by the_________________?

a. Reduction ratio
b. Differential roll speed
c. Both A. and B.
d. Neither A. nor B.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both A. and B.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Filter aid is used to____________________?

a. Increase the rate of filtration
b. Decrease the pressure drop
c. Increase the porosity of the cake
d. Act as a support base for the septum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increase the porosity of the cake

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Sedimentation on commercial scale occurs in____________________?

a. Classifiers
b. Thickeners
c. Rotary drum filters
d. Cyclones
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rotary drum filters

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Diatomaceous earth is a/an_________________?

a. Explosive
b. Filter aid
c. Filter medium
d. Catalyst
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Filter aid

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Filter medium resistance is important during the ______________ of filtration?

a. Early stages
b. Final stages
c. Entire process
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Early stages

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   A compressible cake has the_________________?

a. Maximum porosity at the upstream side
b. Maximum porosity at the filter medium
c. Same porosity throughout the cake thickness
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Maximum porosity at the upstream side

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Crushing of mineral particles is accomplished in a ‘cage mill’, when one or more alloy steel bars are revolved in opposite directions. It is a type of ______________ mill?

a. Impact
b. Roll
c. Vibratory
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Impact

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!