Explore topic-wise MCQs in Polymer Engineering.

This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Polymer Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

WHICH_OF_THE_FOLLOWING_DO_NOT_RESPOND_TO_THE_MOLISCH_TEST_FOR_CARBOHYDRATES??$

A. cellulose acetate
B. viscose rayon
C. cellulose nitrate
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
2.

The aqeous extracts of some polymers when tested with chomotropic solution followed by addition of sulphuric acid and then heating to nearly 100 C gave dark violet colour. Which of the following cannot respond to this test?$

A. polyvinyl formal
B. polyoxymethylenes
C. urea-formaldehyde resisns
D. polyacrylonitrile
Answer» E.
3.

What_colour_is_obtained_when_a_drop_of_diphenylamine_solution_in_concentrated_sulphuric_acid_is_added_to_the_sample_of_cellulose_nitrate_in_the_absence_of_other_oxidizing_agents?$

A. deep blue
B. yellow
C. grey
D. red
Answer» B. yellow
4.

Which of the following polymer will not give grey colour when their pyrolytic vapours are tested with a strip of filter paper soaked in saturated solution of o- nitrobenzaldehyde in dilute NaOH?

A. Nylon 6
B. Nylon 66
C. Nylon 12
D. Nylon 11
Answer» C. Nylon 12
5.

What colour is obtained when a strip of filter paper soaked in saturated solution of o-nitrobenzaldehyde in dilute NaOH is held over the prylotic vapours of Nylon 6,6?

A. grey
B. black
C. red
D. yellow
Answer» C. red
6.

A strip of cupric acid paper, freshly moistened with a dilute solution of benzidine in dilute acetic acid is held in the pyrolytic vapours of polymer A and a bright blue colouration is obtained. Which of the following could be polymer A?

A. polyamide
B. polyacryonitrile
C. butyl rubber
D. polyvinyl formal
Answer» C. butyl rubber
7.

What colour is obtained if condensed pyrolyzate of polyacrylonitrile is made alkaline and boiled with ferrous sulphate followed by acidification?

A. ruby-red
B. prussian blue
C. bright blue
D. red-brown
Answer» C. bright blue
8.

What colour is obtained by the pyrolytic vapours of butyl rubber on the filter paper freshly soaked in a solution obtained by dissolving yellow mercuric oxide in conc. sulphuric acid and water on boiling?

A. bright yellow
B. grey
C. blue
D. brown-yellow
Answer» B. grey
9.

Which of the following rubbers turn the filter paper in ethereal solution containing p-dimethylamino benzaldehyde and hydroquinone and then moistened with a 30% solution of trichloroacetic acid in isopropanol grey with a yellow tinge?

A. natural rubber
B. silicones
C. polychloroprenes
D. butyl rubbers
Answer» D. butyl rubbers
10.

A strip of filter paper dissolved in ethereal solution containing p-dimethylamino benzaldehyde and hydroquinone and then moistened with a 30% solution of trichloroacetic acid in isopropanol produces blue-violet colour in the presence of pyrolytic vapours of rubbers A and B. Which of the following pair represent rubbers A and B?

A. natural rubber and butyl rubber
B. styrene butadiene rubber and silicone rubber
C. styrene butadiene rubber and natural rubber
D. natural rubber and nitrile butadiene rubber
Answer» B. styrene butadiene rubber and silicone rubber
11.

Which of the following rubber do not respond to trichloroacetic acid?

A. isomerized rubber
B. chlorinated rubber
C. polysulphide rubber
D. butyl rubber
Answer» C. polysulphide rubber
12.

Which of the following rubbers when treated with trichloroacetic acid give pink-mauve melt and on dilution give grey-mauve precipitate?

A. isomerized rubber
B. acetone-extracted NR
C. gutta percha
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
13.

Polysulphide rubbers when treated with trichloroacetic acid imparted colour X, which turned to colour Ysolution on boiling and then colour Z precipitate on dilution. Which set of colours represent X, Y, Z, respectively?

A. pink, red-brown, grey
B. pink, ruby-red, rose-pink
C. pink, red-brown, yellow
D. pink, ruby-red, yellow
Answer» C. pink, red-brown, yellow
14.

Which of the following does not give positive weber test of rubbers?

A. natural rubber
B. butyl rubber
C. polyisoprene rubber
D. styrene butadiene rubber
Answer» E.
15.

A rubber polymer sample A is reacted with chromic acid solution and yields acetic acid solution. Compound A also gives positive Weber test. Which of the following is possibly A?

A. 1,4-polyisoprenes
B. butyl rubber
C. nitrile butadiene rubber
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» B. butyl rubber