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This section includes 2253 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Chemical Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1401. |
__________ number is sometimes used in place of Grashoff number in free convection heat transfer. |
A. | Stanton |
B. | Brinkman |
C. | Rayleigh |
D. | Nusselt |
Answer» D. Nusselt | |
1402. |
Work hardenable alloy steel used to make the bucket wheel excavators, blades of bulldozers and other earth moving equipments contain iron, carbon and |
A. | manganese |
B. | silicon |
C. | nickel |
D. | chromium |
Answer» B. silicon | |
1403. |
Atomic __________ is a whole number for an element. |
A. | number |
B. | weight |
C. | radius |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. weight | |
1404. |
Powder metallurgy is used to produce |
A. | high precision components with complex cavities and sharp features. |
B. | components of large size. |
C. | porosity free components. |
D. | components of such alloys whose constituents do not form alloys readily. |
Answer» D. components of such alloys whose constituents do not form alloys readily. | |
1405. |
pH value of rain water in India ranges from |
A. | 5.5 to 7.5 |
B. | 8 to 9.5 |
C. | 3.5 to 5 |
D. | 9.5 to 10.5 |
Answer» B. 8 to 9.5 | |
1406. |
Carbide tipped cutting tools are manufactured by powder metallurgy techniques and have a composition of |
A. | 90% tungsten carbide and 10% cobalt. |
B. | 70% aluminium oxide & 30% silica. |
C. | 30% nickel, 15% chromium & 55% tungsten. |
D. | 65% tungsten & 35% zirconium. |
Answer» B. 70% aluminium oxide & 30% silica. | |
1407. |
Which of the following will resist maxi-mum shock & vibration without cracking? |
A. | Grey cast iron |
B. | White cast iron |
C. | Malleable iron |
D. | Graphite |
Answer» D. Graphite | |
1408. |
Malleabilisation heat treatment is performed on |
A. | cast steel |
B. | grey cast iron |
C. | white cast iron |
D. | spheroidal graphite cast iron |
Answer» D. spheroidal graphite cast iron | |
1409. |
Plastics as a material of construction suffer from the drawback of low |
A. | machinability |
B. | density |
C. | strength |
D. | plastic deformation |
Answer» D. plastic deformation | |
1410. |
A simple closed grinding circuit may consist of |
A. | a ball mill and a classifier. |
B. | a rod mill and a hydrocyclone. |
C. | a jaw crusher and a hydrocyclone. |
D. | a ball mill and a froth floatation cell. |
Answer» B. a rod mill and a hydrocyclone. | |
1411. |
Air/fuel ratio by weight for combustion of methane with theoretical quantity of air will be about |
A. | 0.37569444444444 |
B. | 0.70902777777778 |
C. | 0.95902777777778 |
D. | 1.2090277777778 |
Answer» C. 0.95902777777778 | |
1412. |
A spark ignition petrol engine has |
A. | throttle valve |
B. | carburettor |
C. | both (a) & (b) |
D. | neither (a) nor (b) |
Answer» D. neither (a) nor (b) | |
1413. |
Number of electrons in the outermost shell of a semi-conductor material is |
A. | 2 |
B. | 4 |
C. | 6 |
D. | 8 |
Answer» E. | |
1414. |
Sudden immersion/dipping of red hot steel bar in water makes it |
A. | malleable & tough. |
B. | ductile & soft. |
C. | brittle & hard. |
D. | none of these. |
Answer» D. none of these. | |
1415. |
Hypo (sodium thiosulphate) because of its complex forming behaviour is used in photography to remove undecomposed silver bromide as a soluble complex for __________ of the picture. |
A. | printing |
B. | developing |
C. | colour |
D. | fixation |
Answer» C. colour | |
1416. |
Titanium can be easily welded using __________ welding. |
A. | submerged arc |
B. | TIG |
C. | shielded metal arc |
D. | electroslag |
Answer» C. shielded metal arc | |
1417. |
Starting friction is low in case of the __________ lubrication. |
A. | boundary |
B. | hydrodynamic |
C. | hydrostatic |
D. | mixed/semi-fluid |
Answer» D. mixed/semi-fluid | |
1418. |
Plasma is |
A. | a high temperature neutral gas. |
B. | nothing but ionised gas. |
C. | a source of steady and highest controllable pressure. |
D. | formed at very low temperature. |
Answer» C. a source of steady and highest controllable pressure. | |
1419. |
The majority charge carriers in p-type silicon are |
A. | free electrons |
B. | ions |
C. | conduction electrons |
D. | holes |
Answer» E. | |
1420. |
Needles are produced by |
A. | forging |
B. | swaging |
C. | extrusion |
D. | machining |
Answer» C. extrusion | |
1421. |
A metalloid possesses the characteristics of both the metals and non-metals. Which of the following is not a metalloid ? |
A. | Arsenic |
B. | Antimony |
C. | Lead |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
1422. |
Materials having resistivity ranging from 1 to 100 ohm. cm is termed as |
A. | conductor |
B. | insulator |
C. | semi-conductor |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
1423. |
Rockwell number represents the |
A. | hardness of a substance. |
B. | colour of a pigment. |
C. | density of a polymer. |
D. | active ingredients in a fertiliser. |
Answer» B. colour of a pigment. | |
1424. |
The most important function of a washer is to provide bearing area and washers are normally specified by their hole diameters. The diameter of washer as compared to the nut is |
A. | more |
B. | less |
C. | same |
D. | more but less than the diameter of bolt |
Answer» B. less | |
1425. |
Which of the following is an acidic constituent of B.F. slag ? |
A. | SiO2 |
B. | FeO |
C. | MgO |
D. | CaO |
Answer» B. FeO | |
1426. |
Water hammer in pipelines results, when the flowing fluid |
A. | has very high velocity. |
B. | has very high pressure. |
C. | is brought to rest by gradually closing a valve. |
D. | is suddenly brought to rest by closing a valve. |
Answer» E. | |
1427. |
Otto cycle used in spark ignition petrol engines is also known as the constant __________ cycle. |
A. | volume |
B. | pressure |
C. | heat |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. pressure | |
1428. |
Ultimate strength in tension as compared to that in shear for steel is |
A. | half |
B. | one third |
C. | one and half times |
D. | one fourth |
Answer» D. one fourth | |
1429. |
The only suitable method for hardening the low carbon steel is case hardening. Which of the following is a case hardening process? |
A. | Cyaniding |
B. | Sheardising |
C. | Spherodising |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Sheardising | |
1430. |
Which of the following does not have a sharp melting point ? |
A. | Thoria |
B. | Glass |
C. | Ice |
D. | Pig iron |
Answer» C. Ice | |
1431. |
Lap joints are preferred over butt joints in soldering/brazing, because these joints are |
A. | weaker in tension but stronger in shear. |
B. | weaker in shear but stronger in tension. |
C. | stronger in both shear and tension. |
D. | The lap joints are easily made. |
Answer» E. | |
1432. |
Which one can be directly solidified from gaseous state wihtout entering into liquid state ? |
A. | Helium |
B. | Oxygen |
C. | Carbon dioxide |
D. | None of these |
Answer» D. None of these | |
1433. |
Surface finish of casting does not depend upon the |
A. | sand fineness. |
B. | pattern finish. |
C. | mould dressings. |
D. | metal temperature. |
Answer» E. | |
1434. |
Which of the following is not the commercial name of polymethyl-methacrylate (PMMA) ? |
A. | Styrofoam |
B. | Lucite |
C. | Perspex |
D. | Plexiglass |
Answer» B. Lucite | |
1435. |
Copper is not present as an alloying constituent in |
A. | silicon bronze |
B. | constantan |
C. | nichrome |
D. | delta metal |
Answer» D. delta metal | |
1436. |
A fine grained grinding wheel should not be used for grinding __________ materials. |
A. | hard |
B. | brittle |
C. | soft & ductile |
D. | none of these |
Answer» D. none of these | |
1437. |
Dezincification is a form of corrosion, which specifically applies to |
A. | steel |
B. | brass |
C. | stainless steel |
D. | babbit metal |
Answer» C. stainless steel | |
1438. |
Specific heat of an ideal gas depends upon its |
A. | molecular weight |
B. | pressure |
C. | temperature |
D. | volume |
Answer» D. volume | |
1439. |
The behaviour of a metal specimen, which when plastically strained in tension reduces its yield stress in compression and vice versa; is termed as the |
A. | work hardening. |
B. | Bauschinger effect. |
C. | creeping effect. |
D. | stress recovery effect. |
Answer» C. creeping effect. | |
1440. |
A suitable lubricant used for watches is |
A. | metallic soap solution |
B. | grease |
C. | palm oil |
D. | hazel-nut oil |
Answer» E. | |
1441. |
The most abundant metal present in the earth's crust is; |
A. | iron |
B. | copper |
C. | titanium |
D. | aluminium |
Answer» E. | |
1442. |
Super conduction in metals is observed at a temperature of __________ °K.$ |
A. | <100 |
B. | >100 |
C. | about 273 |
D. | about 373 |
Answer» C. about 273 | |
1443. |
For which pair of the fuel gases, calorific value (C.V.) of one fuel is almost double that of the other on volume basis (i.e., kcal/Nm3) while the C.V. is same on weight basis (i.e., kcal/kg) ? |
A. | Propane and acetylene |
B. | Propane and LPG |
C. | Sewage gas and gobar gas |
D. | B.F gas and coke oven gas |
Answer» E. | |
1444. |
Fahrenheit and Centigrade scales have the same readings at |
A. | -55° |
B. | -40° |
C. | -33° |
D. | -58° |
Answer» C. -33¬∞ | |
1445. |
Fatigue resistance of a material is measured by the |
A. | elastic limit. |
B. | ultimate tensile strength. |
C. | Young's modulus. |
D. | endurance limit. |
Answer» E. | |
1446. |
Reynolds number of a fluid flowing in a circular pipe is 10000. What will be the Reynolds number when the fluid velocity is decreased by 30% & the pipe diameter is increased by 30% ? |
A. | 9100 |
B. | 13000 |
C. | 7000 |
D. | 2550 |
Answer» B. 13000 | |
1447. |
Unit of surface tension in S.I. unit is |
A. | Watt/m |
B. | Joule/m2 |
C. | Newton/m2 |
D. | Joule/m |
Answer» C. Newton/m2 | |
1448. |
The yield point in fatigue loading compared to that in static loading is less. The ratio of ultimate tensile strength to endurance limit of a material subjected to fatigue loading is |
A. | 0.5 |
B. | 1 |
C. | 1.5 |
D. | 2 |
Answer» E. | |
1449. |
Stellite is a trade name for the |
A. | cermets. |
B. | ferrous cast alloys. |
C. | non-ferrous cast alloys. |
D. | products made by powder metallurgy techniques. |
Answer» D. products made by powder metallurgy techniques. | |
1450. |
Which of the following is the most wear resistant grade of carbide used for the cutting tools? |
A. | Aluminium carbide |
B. | Tungsten carbide |
C. | Nickel carbide |
D. | Iron carbide |
Answer» C. Nickel carbide | |