Explore topic-wise MCQs in Power Plant.

This section includes 8 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Power Plant knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

The effective inhibitor of pre-ignition is __________

A. alcohol
B. lead
C. water
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
2.

In a four stroke cycle, the minimum temperature inside the engine cylinder occurs at the __________

A. end of suction stroke
B. beginning of exhaust stroke
C. beginning of suction stroke
D. end of exhaust stroke
Answer» D. end of exhaust stroke
3.

The brake power of a diesel engine, keeping other parameters constant, can be increased by __________

A. increasing the pressure of intake air
B. decreasing the density of intake air
C. decreasing the pressure of intake air
D. increasing the temperature of intake air
Answer» B. decreasing the density of intake air
4.

The thermal efficiency of diesel engines is about __________

A. 30%
B. 15%
C. 50%
D. 70%
Answer» E.
5.

A moderator, in nuclear power plants, is a medium introduced into the fuel mass in order to __________

A. slow down the speed of fast moving neutrons
B. control the reaction
C. reduce the temperature
D. extract heat from nuclear reaction
Answer» B. control the reaction
6.

The expansion of fuel in a four stroke cycle diesel engine __________

A. starts at 15 after top dead centre and ends at 30 before bottom dead centre
B. starts at top dead centre and ends at 30 after top dead centre
C. may start and end anywhere
D. starts at 15 before top dead centre and ends at 30 after top dead centre
Answer» B. starts at top dead centre and ends at 30 after top dead centre
7.

Where reactor operation is designed with fast neutrons such as in reactors using highly enriched fuel, the moderator used is?

A. Carbon dioxide
B. Heavy Water
C. Graphite
D. No moderator is needed
Answer» E.
8.

Nuclear Reactors are used __________

A. to produce heat for thermoelectric power
B. to propel ships, submarines, aircrafts
C. to produce fissionable material
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.