Explore topic-wise MCQs in Thermodynamics.

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1.

Muni bonds are issued by which of the following institutions?

A. Local Government
B. Central Government
C. RBI
D. EXIM
E. IRDAI
Answer» B. Central Government
2.

An economic condition when there is one buyer and many sellers is called ______.

A. Oligopoly
B. Monopoly
C. Perfect Competition
D. Monopsony
Answer» E.
3.

An asset is called as a Non Performing Asset after how many days of non-repayment of interest or principal ?

A. 180 days
B. 90 days
C. 270 days
D. 120 days
E. 150 days
Answer» C. 270 days
4.

In banking, ATM stands for ________.

A. Automated Tallying Machine
B. Automated Teller Machine
C. Automated Totalling Machine
D. Automated Transaction of Money
Answer» C. Automated Totalling Machine
5.

​As per the government rules, how much percentage of advance tax needs to be paid by 15th June by an individual who is liable to pay advance tax?

A. 10%
B. 30%
C. 25%
D. 15%
Answer» E.
6.

How many digits are there on a debit card?

A. 15
B. 16
C. 14
D. 17
E. 20
Answer» C. 14
7.

Participatory notes are associated with which of the following?

A. Foreign Institutional Investors
B. Port Folio Investors
C. Mutual Fund Investors
D. Cryptocurrency investors
Answer» B. Port Folio Investors
8.

_______ refers to the process of removing or stripping the legal status of a currency.

A. Digitisation
B. Financial Inclusion
C. Demonetisation
D. Micro finance
Answer» D. Micro finance
9.

How many public sector banks are there in India as of September 2020?

A. 13
B. 24
C. 22
D. 12
Answer» E.
10.

Banks keep a small proportion of their deposits in cash with themselves as a provision to pay the ________ who might come to withdraw money.

A. Borrowers
B. Lenders
C. Other banks
D. Depositors
Answer» E.
11.

Match the following.TermMeaning 1. Globalisation a. Process of reducing or removing restrictions on international trade. 2. Privatisation b. Process of interaction and integration among the people, companies and government of different nations. 3. Liberalisation c. transfer of a business, industry, or service from public to private ownership and control

A. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
B. 1-b, 2-c, 3-a
C. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
D. 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
Answer» C. 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
12.

Medium-term loans are provided for a period of ________.

A. 1 year to 2 years
B. 15 months to 3 years
C. 15 months to 4 years
D. 1 year to 3 years
Answer» E.
13.

National Income refers to ___________.

A. Money value of goods and services produced in a country during a year
B. Money value of stocks and shares of a country during a year
C. Money value of capital goods produced by a country during a year
D. Money value of consumer goods produced by a country during a year
Answer» B. Money value of stocks and shares of a country during a year
14.

If the inflation in an economy is rising steadily, the Central Bank might _____

A. decrease the repo rate
B. increase the repo rate
C. decrease the reverse repo rate
D. keep the repo rate unchanged
Answer» C. decrease the reverse repo rate
15.

In Basic Saving Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA), how many times one can withdraw money?

A. 10
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6
E. There is no lomit
Answer» D. 6
16.

The angle of orientation of the spheres in the maximum possible voids ratio is ______

A. 60°
B. 90°
C. 30°
D. 75°
Answer» C. 30°
17.

If the soil sample has porosity of 30% and specific gravity of solids G=2.7, then its dry unit weight will be ______

A. 18.350 kN/m³
B. 18.535 kN/m³
C. 18.640 kN/m³
D. 18.545 kN/m³
Answer» C. 18.640 kN/m³
18.

The loosest stable arrangement of equal sized spheres is obtained when the sphere centres form a ______ space lattice.

A. triangular
B. rhombohedral
C. rectangular
D. hexagonal
Answer» D. hexagonal
19.

If a soil has a void ratio of 0.64, specific gravity of solids as 2.65, then its saturated unit weight will be ______

A. 24.5 kN/m³
B. 25 kN/m³
C. 25.5 kN/m³
D. 19.5 kN/m³
Answer» E.
20.

The volume of the solids in a unit cell is given by ______

A. π/6
B. π/4
C. π/6
D. 2π/3
Answer» E.
21.

If the total manufacturing cost is $60000 and the total units manufactured is 3000 units, then the per unit cost will be

A. $40
B. $20
C. $60
D. $80
Answer» C. $60
22.

The manager who is responsible for investments of the company, its costs and revenues is known as

A. profit center
B. investment center
C. cost center
D. revenue center
Answer» C. cost center
23.

The system which measures the budget, action and plan of each responsibility center is known as

A. budgeted accounting
B. action accounting
C. planned accounting
D. responsibility accounting
Answer» E.
24.

The manager who is responsible only for the revenues of the company can be categorized under the

A. profit center
B. investment center
C. cost center
D. revenue center
Answer» E.
25.

An inventory which consists of stock waiting to be used In the process of manufacturing is known as

A. finished goods inventory
B. indirect material inventory
C. direct materials inventory
D. work in process inventory
Answer» D. work in process inventory
26.

The variance used by managers to check whether the company has performed well and properly implemented the strategies is considered as

A. strategic implementation
B. proper implementation
C. performance evaluation
D. well evaluated
Answer» D. well evaluated
27.

How many types of convection process are there?

A. One
B. Three
C. Four
D. Two
Answer» C. Four
28.

Regarding one dimensional heat transfer, choose the correct statement

A. Steady- f (x), Unsteady- f (x, t)
B. Steady- f (x, t), Unsteady- f (x)
C. Steady- f (x, y, t), Unsteady- f (x)
D. Steady- f (y, z), Unsteady- f (y)
Answer» E.
29.

Heat transfer in a long, hollow cylinder which is maintained at uniform but different temperatures on its inner and outer surfaces may be assumed to be taking place in which direction?

A. Axial only
B. Unpredictable
C. Radial only
D. No heat transfer takes place
Answer» D. No heat transfer takes place
30.

Most unsteady heat flow occurs

A. Through the walls of the refrigerator
B. During annealing of castings
C. Through the walls of the furnace
D. Through lagged pipe carrying steam
Answer» C. Through the walls of the furnace
31.

The unfolding of regular secondary structure causes

A. little increase in the entropy of protein
B. large decrease in the entropy of the protein
C. no change in the entropy of the protein
D. large increase in the entropy of the protein
Answer» E.
32.

Heat transfer takes place in liquids and gases is essentially due to

A. Radiation
B. Conduction
C. Convection
D. Conduction as well as convection
Answer» D. Conduction as well as convection
33.

Thermal conductivity is maximum for which substance

A. Silver
B. Ice
C. Aluminum
D. Diamond
Answer» E.
34.

Heat transfer takes place according to which law?

A. Newton’s law of cooling
B. Second law of thermodynamics
C. Newton’s second law of motion
D. First law of thermodynamics
Answer» C. Newton’s second law of motion
35.

Identify the wrong statement.

A. The process of heat transfer is an irreversible process
B. For heat exchange, a temperature gradient must exist
C. A material medium is not necessary for heat transmission
D. Heat flow doesn’t depends on temperature
Answer» E.
36.

The appropriate rate equation for convective heat transfer between a surface and adjacent fluid is prescribed by

A. Newton’s first law
B. Wein’s displacement law
C. Kirchhoff’s law
D. Newton’s law of cooling
Answer» E.
37.

Which statement is true regarding steady state condition?

A. There is a variation in temperature in the course of time
B. Heat exchange is constant
C. It is a function of space and time coordinates
D. Internal energy of the system changes
Answer» C. It is a function of space and time coordinates
38.

The rate equation used to describe the mechanism of convection is called Newton’s law of cooling. So rate of heat flow by convection doesn’t depend on

A. Convective heat transfer coefficient
B. Surface area through which heat flows
C. Time
D. Temperature potential difference
Answer» D. Temperature potential difference
39.

Which of the following is an example of steady state heat transfer?

A. Boilers and turbines
B. Cooling of I.C engine
C. Chilling effect of cold wind on a warm body
D. Electric bulb cools down by the surrounding atmosphere
Answer» E.
40.

A radiator in a domestic heating system operates at a surface temperature of 60 degree Celsius. Calculate the heat flux at the surface of the radiator if it behaves as a black body

A. 697.2 W/m²
B. 786.9 W/m²
C. 324.7 W/m²
D. 592.1 W/m²
Answer» B. 786.9 W/m²
41.

During a cold winter season, a person prefers to sit near a fire. Which of the following modes of heat transfer provides him the maximum heat?

A. Conduction from the fire
B. If it is near the fire, convection sounds good
C. Convection and radiation together
D. Radiation will provide quick warmth
Answer» E.
42.

Reactions that have positive standard free energy changes (ΔGo> 0) can be made to occur in cells by

A. coupling them with exergonic reactions via a common intermediate
B. manipulating the concentrations of products and reactants such that G/<0
C. coupling them to the hydrolysis of ATP
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
43.

If the enthalpy change for a reaction is zero, ΔG° is equal to

A. TΔS°
B. -TΔS°
C. -ΔH°
D. lnKeq
Answer» C. -ΔH°
44.

During the unfolding reaction of a helix, breakage of each hydrogen bond requires about 2kJ/mol. This implies hydrogen bonds are

A. much stronger in proteins than in water
B. not reformed with water
C. slightly weaker in proteins than in water
D. slightly stronger in proteins than in water
Answer» E.
45.

Which of the following is an example of forced convection?

A. Chilling effect of cold wind on a warm body
B. Flow of water in condenser tubes
C. Cooling of billets in the atmosphere
D. Heat exchange on cold and warm pipes
Answer» C. Cooling of billets in the atmosphere
46.

If the Standard Gibb's free energy, ΔG°, for a reaction is positive then

A. the products will be favored
B. the reactants will be favored
C. the concentration of the reactants and products will be equal
D. all of the reactant will be converted to product
Answer» C. the concentration of the reactants and products will be equal
47.

The Standard Gibb's free energy, ΔG°, is

A. the residual energy present in the reactants at equilibrium
B. the residual energy present in the products at equilibrium
C. the difference in the residual energy of reactants and products at equilibrium
D. the energy required to convert one mole of reactants to one mole of products
Answer» E.
48.

A soil has porosity of 30%. Its voids ratio in the loosest and densest state is 0.35 and 0.92 respectively. What will be its density index?

A. 0.865
B. 0.872
C. 0.861
D. 0.881
Answer» D. 0.881
49.

When the natural state of cohesion-less soil is in its loosest form, its density index Iᴅ is equal to ____

A. 0
B. 0.5
C. 1
D. 1.5
Answer» B. 0.5
50.

The degree of saturation is defined as the ratio of _____

A. volume of water to total volume of voids
B. volume of air voids to volume of total voids
C. volume of air voids to volume of water
D. volume of voids to total volume of the soil mass
Answer» B. volume of air voids to volume of total voids