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1.

A mixture contains 80% of NaOH and 20% H2O by weight, what is the mole fraction of NaOH?

A. 0.24
B. 0.42
C. 0.64
D. 0.78
Answer» D. 0.78
2.

A mixture contains 10 grams each of CH4, H2O, and SO2, what is the mole fraction of CH4?

A. 0.14
B. 0.31
C. 0.46
D. 0.67
Answer» D. 0.67
3.

A mixture contains 80% of HCl and 20% H2O by weight, what is the mole fraction of HCl?

A. 0.15
B. 0.29
C. 0.45
D. 0.66
Answer» E.
4.

A mixture contains 9 gram each of H2O and NaCl, what is the mole fraction of NaCl?

A. 0.15
B. 0.23
C. 0.45
D. 0.64
Answer» C. 0.45
5.

A mixture contains 23 g of ethanol and 36 g of water, some acetic acid is added to the mixture and its mole fraction becomes 0.5, how much acetic acid was added?

A. 25 g
B. 75 g
C. 100 g
D. 150 g
Answer» E.
6.

If the mole fraction of SO2 in H2SO4 is 0.2, what is the ratio of mass of sulfur and oxygen in the solution?

A. 0.166
B. 6
C. 1.8
D. 0.555
Answer» E.
7.

A mixture of gases SO2, O2 and 4 g of N2 and total mass of mixture is 10 g, what is the sum of mole fraction of SO2 and O2?

A. 0.25
B. 0.5
C. 0.75
D. 1
Answer» D. 1
8.

15 Kg/s of a fluid with density 5 Kg/m3 is passed into a tank of capacity 30 m3, how much time will it take to fill the tank?

A. 3 Second
B. 10 Second
C. 30 Second
D. 100 Second
Answer» C. 30 Second
9.

20 Kg/s of a fluid with density 5 Kg/m3 is passed into a tank of capacity 60 m3, how much time will it take to fill the tank?

A. 5 Second
B. 10 Second
C. 15 Second
D. 20 Second
Answer» D. 20 Second
10.

10 Kg/s of a fluid with density 10 Kg/m3 is passed into a tank of capacity 50 m3, how much time will it take to fill the tank?

A. 5 Second
B. 50 Second
C. 500 Second
D. 5000 Second
Answer» C. 500 Second
11.

A liquid is flowing through a pipe of cross section 4 m2 at a rate of 4 kg/s, at a point pipe is divided into two pipes of areas of equal areas, what will be the ratio of flow rate in both the pipes?

A. 1:3
B. 1:1
C. 1:2
D. 2:3
Answer» C. 1:2
12.

The velocity of water in a pipe of area 5 m2 is 10 m/s, what will be the flow rate of water?

A. 25 m3/s
B. 50 m3/s
C. 75 m3/s
D. 100 m3/s
Answer» C. 75 m3/s
13.

Which of the following is the unit of flow rate?

A. Kg/s
B. Liters/s
C. Moles/s
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
14.

10 moles of oxygen divides and enters two reactors flow rate 45 kg/s and leaves the reactors at the flow rates of 6 kg/s and 9 kg/s, what are number of moles of oxygen that leaves the reactor with 9 kg/s?

A. 180
B. 450
C. 60
D. 90
Answer» E.
15.

A liquid of density 0.1 kg/m3 is flowing through a pipe at a rate of 15 kg/s, what will be the area of the pipe if the fluid velocity is 5 m/s?

A. 30 m2
B. 45 m2
C. 75 m2
D. 90 m2
Answer» B. 45 m2
16.

What is the specific gravity of 10 Kg of water occupied in 10 m3 with respect to 200 g/m3?

A. 0.2
B. 0.5
C. 1
D. 5
Answer» E.
17.

What is the mass of a cone of radius 1 m and height 3 m having specific gravity 0.1? (Density of water = 1000 kg/m3)

A. 314.16 kg
B. 425.24 kg
C. 136.16 kg
D. 325.24 kg
Answer» B. 425.24 kg
18.

What is the average mass of a substance with specific gravity 10, and its volume varies with time as V = t/500, from t = 2, to t = 0 seconds? (Density of water = 1000 kg/m3)

A. 25
B. 20
C. 40
D. 75
Answer» C. 40
19.

What is the specific gravity of 5 Kg of water occupied in 10 m3 with respect to 500 g/m3?

A. 0.5
B. 1
C. 2
D. 5
Answer» C. 2
20.

What is the specific gravity of 10 Kg of water occupied in 5 m3 with respect to 100 g/m3?

A. 1
B. 5
C. 10
D. 20
Answer» E.
21.

Mass of a substance is changing with respect to its volume as m = -v3 + 3v2 -2v, what is the maximum specific gravity of the substance between v = 1 m3 and v = 2 m3? (Density of reference substance = 0.25 kg/m3)

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» B. 2
22.

What is the specific gravity of O2 at 27oC and 60 Pa with respect to 1 Kg/m3?

A. 0.15
B. 0.28
C. 0.54
D. 0.76
Answer» E.
23.

What is the specific gravity of N2 at 27oC and 6 Pa with respect to 0.1 Kg/m3?

A. 0.16
B. 0.33
C. 0.51
D. 0.89
Answer» C. 0.51
24.

A mixture contains 20% CO2, 30% SO2 and 50% H2O, what is the mass percent of CO2?

A. 23
B. 45
C. 66
D. 87
Answer» B. 45
25.

What is the concentration of a 22 grams of carbon dioxide occupying 0.5 m3 volume?

A. 1 mole/m3
B. 2 mole/m3
C. 11 mole/m3
D. 22 mole/m3
Answer» B. 2 mole/m3
26.

A mixture contains 20% NaCl, 30% CH4 and 50% H2O, what is the mass percent of NaCl?

A. 21
B. 34
C. 45
D. 68
Answer» C. 45
27.

A mixture contains 10% CO, 40% CO2 and 50% H2O, what is the mass percent of CO2?

A. 9.5
B. 15.4
C. 39.5
D. 74.1
Answer» B. 15.4
28.

The mole percent of CO2 and H2O in a mixture is 40% and 60% respectively, what is the mass percent of CO2?

A. 24.1
B. 47.2
C. 61.9
D. 78.5
Answer» D. 78.5
29.

What is the concentration of a solution with 10 grams of calcium in 1000 m3 of water?

A. 150 ppm
B. 250 ppm
C. 800 ppm
D. 1000 ppm
Answer» C. 800 ppm
30.

The mole percent of H2 and N2 in a mixture is 50% each, what is the mass percentage of H2?

A. 12.5
B. 25
C. 50
D. 87.5
Answer» B. 25
31.

What is the concentration of 100 lbs. of solution occupying 25 m3 of volume?

A. 1.8 Kg/m3
B. 2.7 Kg/m3
C. 4 Kg/m3
D. 8 Kg/m3
Answer» B. 2.7 Kg/m3
32.

If a compound contains 48% of Carbon, 48% of oxygen and 8% of hydrogen by weight, then what is the possible molecular formula of the compound?

A. C2H4O
B. CH4O3
C. C4H4O3
D. C4H8O3
Answer» E.
33.

If hydrogen is 14% by weight in CH3(OH)x(NH3)y, then what is the possible value of x*y?

A. 6
B. 12
C. 18
D. 24
Answer» B. 12
34.

A gaseous mixture is composed of 20% CO2, 40% O2 and 40% N2. What is the mass fraction of N2?

A. 0.307
B. 0.416
C. 0.529
D. 0.784
Answer» B. 0.416
35.

A liquid mixture of O2, CH4 and CO has the composition 32% O2, 16% CH4 and 52% CO, then what is the mole fraction of CH4?

A. 0.1
B. 0.2
C. 0.25
D. 0.5
Answer» C. 0.25
36.

A liquid mixture composed of 20% CH4, 30% C2H4, 35% C2H2, and 15% C2H2O. What is the average molecular weight of the mixture?

A. 20
B. 25
C. 6.75
D. 9.25
Answer» C. 6.75
37.

A compound contain 12% of carbon, 16% of oxygen, 28% of nitrogen, 4% of hydrogen and 40% calcium by weight, then what can be the possible formula of the compound?

A. C2H3N2Ca(OH)
B. CH4N4Ca2(OH)
C. CH3N2Ca2(OH)
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
38.

What is the molecular weight of a mixture that contains 25% CO2, 40% O2 and 35% N2?

A. 11.2 g
B. 22.4 g
C. 33.6 g
D. 44.8 g
Answer» D. 44.8 g
39.

What is the weight of 10 moles of a mixture with composition 15% O2, 25% SO2, 30% COCl2, 25% SO3 and 5% N2?

A. 124
B. 345
C. 507
D. 719
Answer» E.
40.

A gaseous mixture composed of 20% CH4, 30% C2H4, 35% C2H2, and 15% C2H2O. What is the average molecular weight of the mixture?

A. 20
B. 25
C. 6.75
D. 9.25
Answer» D. 9.25
41.

What is the value of x in C2H8(OH)x if the percentage by weight of hydrogen is 12%?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» E.
42.

Calculate the number of moles in 42 grams of NaHCO3?

A. 0.5
B. 1
C. 1.5
D. 2
Answer» B. 1
43.

An empty vessel has with mass 5 kg with volume 0.1 m3, is now completely filled with a liquid of density 100 kg/m3, what is the final density of the cylinder?

A. 50 kg/m3
B. 100 kg/m3
C. 150 kg/m3
D. 200 kg/m3
Answer» D. 200 kg/m3
44.

What is the specific gravity of a substance with density 100 kg/m3 with respect to reference substance of density 100 lb/m3?

A. 1.1
B. 2.2
C. 3.3
D. 4.4
Answer» C. 3.3
45.

What is the mass of a cube having surface area 24 m2, and density 1 kg/m3?

A. 1 kg
B. 2 kg
C. 4 kg
D. 8 kg
Answer» E.
46.

What is the mass of a liquid having density 20 kg/m3, enclosed in a sphere of radius 1 m?

A. 80.7 kg
B. 83.7 kg
C. 85.7 kg
D. 88.7 kg
Answer» C. 85.7 kg
47.

A cylinder completely filled with water has density = 10 kg/m3 and volume 5 m3 , now a cube with side 1 m and density 25 kg/m3 is dipped into the cylinder with some water dropping out, what is the final density of cylinder?(neglect the mass of cylinder)

A. 13 kg/m3
B. 15 kg/m3
C. 17 kg/m3
D. 19 kg/m3
Answer» B. 15 kg/m3
48.

What is the density of a liquid of mass 10 kg and contained in a cylinder of radius 5 m and surface area (excluding top and bottom) of 10p m2?

A. 0.2p kg/m3
B. 0.4p kg/m3
C. 0.5p kg/m3
D. 0.6p kg/m3
Answer» C. 0.5p kg/m3
49.

What is the density of a liquid of mass 20 kg, enclosed in a cuboid of surface areas of three sides as 1 m2, 2 m2, 5 m2, and one of its sides is 2 m?

A. 1 kg/m3
B. 2 kg/m3
C. 3 kg/m3
D. 4 kg/m3
Answer» C. 3 kg/m3
50.

What is the specific gravity of a substance with mass 10 kg and volume 2 m3, with respect to the reference density 50 g/m3?

A. 0.1
B. 0.2
C. 0.3
D. 0.4
Answer» B. 0.2