Explore topic-wise MCQs in General Awareness.

This section includes 5 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Awareness knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Diffusion through grain boundaries is very fast and is called short-circuit diffusion.

A. Assertion: Their contribution to overall diffusion is negligible.
B. True
C. False
Answer» B. True
2.

Following plot shows the concentration profile at two different time, T1 and T2 for the same non-steady diffusion process.

A. What is the correct relationship between the two?
B. T1 > T2
C. T2 > T1
D. Insufficient data
E. Same process can’t have two concentration profiles
Answer» C. T2 > T1
3.

Predeposition and drive-in diffusion are two heat treatments used in the manufacture of integrated circuits.

A. Assertion: Predepostion is carried at a higher temperature than drive-in diffusion.
B. True
C. False
Answer» C. False
4.

If C is the concentration of the diffusing species at distance x from the source and time t, then according to Fick’s second law (assuming diffusion coefficient, D is constant):

A. ∂C/∂x = D.(∂C/∂t)
B. ∂C/∂t = D.(∂2C/∂x2)
C. ∂C/∂x = D.(∂2C/∂t2)
D. ∂C/∂t = D.(∂C/∂x)
Answer» C. ∂C/∂x = D.(∂2C/∂t2)
5.

Concentration of hydrogen gas across a 2mm thick palladium sheet differs by 4 kg/m3. Considering steady-state diffusion with diffusion constant 10-10 m2/s, diffusion flux is ______ kg/m2.s:

A. 2 x 1010
B. 2 x 10-10
C. 5 x 10-11
D. 5 x 109
Answer» C. 5 x 10-11