Explore topic-wise MCQs in Mechanical Engineering.

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51.

According to Reynolds analogy, Stanton number is equal to (where, f = Fanning friction factor)

A. 2f
B. f
C. f/2
D. f/4
Answer» D. f/4
52.

Convective heat transfer, in which heat is transferred by movement of warmed matter is described by

A. Fourier's law
B. Newton's law of cooling
C. Fick's law
D. None of these
Answer» C. Fick's law
53.

In case of __________ boiling, the bubbles formed on a submerged hot surface get absorbed in the mass of the liquid.

A. Nucleate
B. Pool
C. Low pressure
D. None of these
Answer» C. Low pressure
54.

Heat flux increases with temperature drop beyond the Leiden frost point in the plot of heat flux vs. temperature drop for a boiling liquid, because

A. Convection becomes important
B. Conduction becomes important
C. Radiation becomes important
D. Sub-cooled boiling occurs
Answer» D. Sub-cooled boiling occurs
55.

The film co-efficient is decreased due to the presence of non-condensing gases in the vapors. The film co-efficient of superheated vapor as compared to that of saturated vapor is

A. More
B. Less
C. Some
D. Either more or less; depends on the nature of vapor
Answer» D. Either more or less; depends on the nature of vapor
56.

Overall heat transfer co-efficient of a particular tube is U1. If the same tube with some dirt deposited on either side has coefficient U2, then

A. U1 = U2
B. U2 > U1
C. U1 > U2
D. U1 = dirt factor - U2
Answer» B. U2 > U1
57.

The heat transfer by radiation from a mild steel surface is to be reduced by reducing the emissivity of the surface. This can be best achieved by

A. Painting the surface black
B. Painting the surface white (with aluminium paint)
C. Giving the surface a mirror finish
D. Roughening the surface
Answer» C. Giving the surface a mirror finish
58.

The energy distribution of an ideal reflector at higher temperatures is largely in the range of

A. shorter wavelength
B. longer wavelength
C. remains same at all wavelengths
D. wavelength has nothing to do with it
E. none of the above.
Answer» B. longer wavelength
59.

For gases, the thermal conductivity increases with temperature rise. For liquids, with increase in concentration, its thermal conductivity generally

A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Remains unchanged
D. Increases exponentially
Answer» B. Increases
60.

For condensation of pure vapors, if the heat transfer co-efficients in filmwise and drop-wise condensation are respectively hf and hd, then

A. hf = hd
B. hf > hd
C. hf < hd
D. hf could be greater or smaller than hd
Answer» D. hf could be greater or smaller than hd
61.

According to Stefan s law, the total radiation from a black body per second per unit area is proportional to

A. absolute temperature
B. T2
C. T5
D. t
E. l/T.
Answer» E. l/T.
62.

The total emissivity power is .defined as the total amount of radiation emitted by a black body per unit

A. temperature
B. thickness
C. area
D. time
E. area and time.
Answer» E. area and time.
63.

If air (a non-condensing gas) is present in a condensing vapor stream, it will __________ the condensation rate of vapor.

A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Not affect
D. Increase the condensing film co-efficient as well as
Answer» C. Not affect
64.

Which of the following accessories is provided in the vapor line of an evaporator for removing the entrained liquid?

A. Bleed point
B. Vent
C. Catchall
D. Baffle
Answer» D. Baffle
65.

Removal of __________ heat is involved in the condensation of a vapor under saturated conditions.

A. Super
B. Sensible
C. Latent
D. Both (B) & (C)
Answer» C. Latent
66.

The thermal radiative flux from a surface of emissivity = 0.4 is 22.68 kW/m2 . The approximate surface temperature (K) is (Stefan-Boltzmann constant = 5.67 10-8 W/m2 .K4 )

A. 1000
B. 727
C. 800
D. 1200
Answer» B. 727
67.

The critical radius of insulation for a spherical shell is (where, K = thermal conductivity of insulating material h0 = heat transfer coefficient at the outer surface)

A. K/h0
B. 2K/h0
C. h0/K
D. h0/2K
Answer» C. h0/K
68.

Heat transfer in the laminar sub-layer in case of a liquid flowing through a pipe, is mostly by

A. Eddies current
B. Conduction
C. Convection
D. None of these
Answer» C. Convection
69.

The concept of overall coefficient of heat transfer is used in heat transfer problems of

A. conduction
B. convection
C. radiation
D. all the three combined
E. conduction and comte_ction.
Answer» F.
70.

For small temperature difference, the heat transfer rate as per Newton's law of cooling is proportional to (where, t = excess temperature)

A. t
B. t2
C. t3
D. ( t)
Answer» B. t2
71.

1000 kg of wet solids are to be dried from 60% to 20% moisture (by weight). The mass of moisture removed in kg is

A. 520
B. 200
C. 400
D. 500
Answer» D. 500
72.

According to Wien s law, the wavelength corresponding to maximum energy is proportion to

A. absolute temperature (T)
B. I2
C. f
D. t
E. 1/r.
Answer» B. I2
73.

A steam pipe is to be insulated by two insulating materials put over each other. For best results

A. better insulation should be put over pipe and better one over it
B. inferior insulation should be put over pipe and better one over it
C. both may be put in any order
D. whether to put inferior OIL over pipe or the better one would depend on steam temperature
E. unpredictable.
Answer» B. inferior insulation should be put over pipe and better one over it
74.

At steady state the temperature variation in a plane wall, made of two different solids I & II is shown below: The thermal conductivity of material I

A. Is smaller than that of II
B. Is greater than that of II
C. Is equal to that of II
D. Can be greater than or smaller than that of II
Answer» B. Is greater than that of II
75.

Which of the following is the most widely used heat insulating material for pipelines carrying steam?

A. Tar dolomite bricks followed by asbestos
B. Fireclay refractory followed by aluminium sheet
C. Cotton followed by aluminium foil
D. 85% magnesia cement and glass wool
Answer» E.
76.

Electro-magnetic spectrum range, which is important for radiation varies from __________ microns.

A. 1 to 100
B. 0.5 to 50
C. 10 to 100
D. 100 to 1000
Answer» C. 10 to 100
77.

Heat transfer occurs by natural convection because change in temperature causes difference in

A. Viscosity
B. Density
C. Thermal conductivity
D. Heat capacity
Answer» C. Thermal conductivity
78.

At constant temperature, the thermal conductivities of gases __________ with rise in pressure.

A. Decrease
B. Increase
C. Remain unchanged
D. May increase or decrease; depends on the pressure
Answer» B. Increase
79.

In heat exchangers, degree of approach is defined as the difference between temperatures of

A. cold water inlet and outlet
B. hot medium inlet and outlet
C. hot medium outlet and cold water inlet
D. hot medium outlet and cold water outlet
E. none of the above.
Answer» E. none of the above.
80.

Thermal conductivity of glass-wool varies from sample to sample because of variation in

A. composition
B. density
C. porosity
D. structure
E. all of the above.
Answer» F.
81.

Asymptotic conditions is reached, when for a fluid flowing in laminar flow through a long tube

A. Exit-fluid temperature > wall temperature
B. Exit fluid temperature < wall temperature
C. Exit fluid temperature = wall temperature
D. Graetz number > 100
Answer» D. Graetz number > 100
82.

A non-dimensional number generally associated with natural convection heat transfer is

A. Grashoff number
B. Nusselt number
C. Weber number
D. Prandtl number
E. Reynold number.
Answer» B. Nusselt number
83.

Moisture would find its way into insulation by vapour pressure unless it is prevented by

A. high thickness of insulation
B. high vapour pressure
C. less thermal conductivity insulator
D. a vapour seal
E. all of the above.
Answer» E. all of the above.
84.

The range of electromagnetic spectrum important in heat transfer by radiation is __________ microns.

A. 0.38-0.78
B. 0.5-50
C. 100-1000
D. 5-50
Answer» C. 100-1000
85.

Evaporation of 1kg of water from a solution in a single effect evaporator requires about __________ kg of steam.

A. 0.4 - 0.6
B. 1-1.3
C. 1.8-2
D. 2 - 2.4
Answer» C. 1.8-2
86.

For evaporation of viscous solution in a multiple effect evaporator, the preferred feeding scheme is

A. Forward
B. Backward
C. Parallel
D. None of these
Answer» C. Parallel
87.

Electromagnetic radiations propagate in vacuum with a velocity of __________ metre/second.

A. 3 105
B. 3 108
C. 3 1010
D. 3 1012
Answer» C. 3 1010
88.

Indirect contact heat exchangers are preferred over direct contact heat exchangers, because

A. Heat transfer co-efficient are high
B. There is no risk of contamination
C. There is no mist formation
D. Cost of equipment is lower
Answer» C. There is no mist formation
89.

The absorptivity of a grey body at a given temperature __________ with increasing wavelength of radiation.

A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain constant
D. May increase or decrease; depends on the material
Answer» E.
90.

Heat is transferred by all three modes of transfer, viz, conduction, convection and radiation in

A. electric heater
B. steam condenser
C. melting of ice
D. refrigerator condenser coils
E. boiler.
Answer» F.
91.

The statement that "maximum wavelength of radiation is inversely proportional to the temperature" is __________ law.

A. Stefan-Boltzmann s
B. Planck's
C. Wien's displacement
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
92.

The critical radius of insulation for cylindrical pipe is (where, hi = heat transfer coefficient at inside of the pipe)

A. K/h0
B. 2K/h0
C. hi/K
D. 2hi/K
Answer» B. 2K/h0
93.

A cube, sphere & a thin circular plate (all having same mass and made of same material) are all heated to 300 C and allowed to cool in natural air. Which one will cool the slowest?

A. Cube
B. Plate
C. Sphere
D. All will cool at the same rate
Answer» D. All will cool at the same rate
94.

For a given ambient air temperature with increase in the thickness of insulation of a hot cylindrical pipe, the rate of heat loss from the surface would

A. Decrease
B. Increase
C. First decrease and then increase
D. First increase and then decrease
Answer» E.
95.

If the temperature of a solid surface changes form 27 C to 627 C, then its emissive power changes in the ratio of

A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. 27
E. 81.
Answer» F.
96.

The ratio of total radiating power to the absorptivity of the body depends upon the __________ as per Kirchoff s law.

A. Wavelength of radiation
B. Nature of the body
C. Temperature of the body
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
97.

Which of the following is the most controlling factor for the rate of bubble detachment from the hot solid surface?

A. Liquid density
B. Liquid viscosity
C. Hot surface temperature
D. Interfacial tension
Answer» E.
98.

The Nusselt number for fully developed (both thermally and hydrodynamically) laminar flow through a circular pipe whose surface temperature remains constant is

A. 1.66
B. 88.66
C. 3.66
D. Dependent on NRe only
Answer» D. Dependent on NRe only
99.

Heat conducted througfi unit area and unit thick face per unit time when temperature difference between opposite faces is unity,is called

A. thermal resistance
B. thermal coefficient
C. temperature gradient
D. thermal conductivity
E. heat-transfer.
Answer» E. heat-transfer.
100.

Extremely large or small volumes of fluids are generally best routed through the shell side of a shell and tube heat exchanger, because of the

A. Less corrosion problems
B. Flexibility possible in the baffle arrangement
C. Low pressure drop
D. High heat transfer co-efficient
Answer» C. Low pressure drop