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				This section includes 55 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Mechanical Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. | 
                                    In an SI unit, one ton of refrigeration is | 
                            
| A. | 210 kJ/min | 
| B. | 21 kJ/min | 
| C. | 420 kJ/min | 
| D. | 840 kJ/min | 
| Answer» B. 21 kJ/min | |
| 2. | 
                                    In a multi-stage vapour compression refrigeration system, which of the following options is false as compared to single stage compression? | 
                            
| A. | The work compression is increased | 
| B. | Volumetric efficiency increases | 
| C. | Leakages across piston are reduced | 
| D. | Lighter flywheel is required | 
| Answer» B. Volumetric efficiency increases | |
| 3. | 
                                    If a refrigeration compressor using a thermostat as a primary controller is running continuously without significantly lowering the temperature in the refrigerated space, which of the following is most likely the trouble? | 
                            
| A. | A shortage of compressor oil | 
| B. | A shortage of refrigerant | 
| C. | Warm food in the refrigerator | 
| D. | Excessive condenser cooling water | 
| Answer» C. Warm food in the refrigerator | |
| 4. | 
                                    During chemical dehumidification process of air | 
                            
| A. | Dry bulb temperature and specific humidity decrease | 
| B. | Dry bulb temperature increases and specific humidity decreases | 
| C. | Dry bulb temperature decreases and specific humidity increases | 
| D. | Dry bulb temperature and specific humidity increases | 
| Answer» C. Dry bulb temperature decreases and specific humidity increases | |
| 5. | 
                                    In an Electrolux refrigerator, a thermo-siphon bubble pump is used to lift the | 
                            
| A. | weak aqua solution from the generator to the separator | 
| B. | weak aqua solution from the separator to the absorber | 
| C. | strong aqua solution from the generator to the separator | 
| D. | strong aqua solution from the generator to the evaporator | 
| Answer» B. weak aqua solution from the separator to the absorber | |
| 6. | 
                                    During a refrigeration cycle, heat is rejected by the refrigerant in a: | 
                            
| A. | Compressor | 
| B. | Condenser | 
| C. | Evaporator | 
| D. | Expansion valve | 
| Answer» C. Evaporator | |
| 7. | 
                                    Identify the incorrect statement, from the following options:An air refrigeration cycle ______ | 
                            
| A. | Operates on reverse Brayton cycle | 
| B. | Employs air as the refrigerant | 
| C. | Is used for air conditioning in airplanes | 
| D. | Heat rejection and heat removal from the cooled space are constant volume processes | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. | 
                                    In high-speed aircraft flying at high altitudes, why is the cooling of the cabin required even if temperature outside is very low? | 
                            
| A. | Due to the absence of solar radiation | 
| B. | To improve fuel efficiency | 
| C. | Due to large internal heat generation | 
| D. | Since outside pressure is very high | 
| Answer» D. Since outside pressure is very high | |
| 9. | 
                                    Coefficient of performance of a commercially used refrigerator would be close to | 
                            
| A. | 40% | 
| B. | 85% | 
| C. | 1.5 | 
| D. | 3.5 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. | 
                                    An ideal refrigerator maintains a temperature of – 23°C when placed inside a room at 27°C. Heat infiltration into the refrigeration is 0.5 kJ/s. The power required to pump the heat out is: | 
                            
| A. | 0.034 kW | 
| B. | 0.45 kW | 
| C. | 55 W | 
| D. | 0.1 kW | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. | 
                                    Consider the following statements:An expansion device in a refrigeration system1. reduces the pressure from the condenser to the evaporator2. regulates the flow of the refrigerant to the evaporator depending on the load3. is essentially a restriction offering resistance to flowWhich of the above statements are CORRECT? | 
                            
| A. | 1 and 2 only | 
| B. | 1 and 3 only | 
| C. | 2 and 3 only | 
| D. | 1, 2 and 3 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. | 
                                    In actual refrigeration systems, the compressor handles vapours only. What is this process commonly referred to as? | 
                            
| A. | Gas compression | 
| B. | Phase compression | 
| C. | Dry compression | 
| D. | Wet compression | 
| Answer» D. Wet compression | |
| 13. | 
                                    One ton of refrigerator is equal to the refrigeration effect corresponding to melting of 1000 kg of ice: | 
                            
| A. | In 1 hour | 
| B. | In 1 minute | 
| C. | In 24 hours | 
| D. | In 12 hours | 
| Answer» D. In 12 hours | |
| 14. | 
                                    A nozzle is not used in a: | 
                            
| A. | Jet engine | 
| B. | Steam turbine | 
| C. | Vapor compression refrigeration system | 
| D. | Rocket | 
| Answer» D. Rocket | |
| 15. | 
                                    1 ton of refrigeration implies heat transfer at the rate of | 
                            
| A. | 210 kJ/min | 
| B. | 210 kJ/sec | 
| C. | 1000 kJ/hr | 
| D. | 2 kJ/hr | 
| Answer» B. 210 kJ/sec | |
| 16. | 
                                    An air-conditioning system operating on the reversed Carnot cycle is required to remove heat from the room at a rate of 25 kW to maintain its temperature constant at 20° C. The temperature of the surroundings being 35°C, the power required to operate this air-conditioning system will be | 
                            
| A. | 1.28 kW | 
| B. | 4.02 kW | 
| C. | 5.12 kW | 
| D. | 12.80 kW | 
| Answer» B. 4.02 kW | |
| 17. | 
                                    In a vapour compression refrigeration system, liquid to the suction heat exchanger is used to | 
                            
| A. | Keep the COP constant | 
| B. | Prevent the liquid refrigerant from entering the compressor | 
| C. | Sub-cool the liquid refrigerant leaving the condenser | 
| D. | Sub-cool the vapour refrigerant from the evaporator | 
| Answer» D. Sub-cool the vapour refrigerant from the evaporator | |
| 18. | 
                                    Bell – Coleman cycle is applicable to: | 
                            
| A. | Vapour compressor refrigeration | 
| B. | Vapor absorption refrigeration | 
| C. | Air refrigeration | 
| D. | All of them | 
| Answer» D. All of them | |
| 19. | 
                                    500 kJ of heat is removed from a cooled space, in a reversed Carnot cycle refrigerator, by an evaporator by refrigerant at – 23oC. The change in entropy of the refrigerant is: | 
                            
| A. | 2 kJ/K | 
| B. | – 2 kJ/K | 
| C. | 21.74 kJ/oC | 
| D. | 0.5 kJ/K | 
| Answer» B. – 2 kJ/K | |
| 20. | 
                                    In refrigeration system, energy efficiency ratio is | 
                            
| A. | Watt refrigeration effect/Watt input | 
| B. | kW Input/Tons refrigeration effect | 
| C. | kW refrigeration effect/Tons refrigeration effect | 
| D. | All of the above | 
| Answer» B. kW Input/Tons refrigeration effect | |
| 21. | 
                                    A cold storage is to be maintained at –5°C while the surroundings are at 35°C. The heat leakage from the surroundings into the cold storage is estimated to be 29 kW. The actual COP of the refrigeration plant used is \(\frac{1}{3}rd\) that of an ideal plant working between the same temperatures. The power required to drive the plant will be | 
                            
| A. | 13 kW | 
| B. | 14 kW | 
| C. | 15 kW | 
| D. | 16 kW | 
| Answer» B. 14 kW | |
| 22. | 
                                    In a vapour compression refrigeration system, if liquid heat at temperature ‘T1’ and ‘T2’ are 100 kJ/kg and 25 kJ/kg respectively and the dryness fraction at ‘a’ is 0.5, find Latent Heat of refrigerant. | 
                            
| A. | 200 kJ/kg | 
| B. | 300 kJ/kg | 
| C. | 150 kJ/kg | 
| D. | 350 kJ/kg | 
| Answer» D. 350 kJ/kg | |
| 23. | 
                                    A refrigeration system works on | 
                            
| A. | Second law of thermodynamics | 
| B. | First law of thermodynamics | 
| C. | Zeroth law of thermodynamics | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» B. First law of thermodynamics | |
| 24. | 
                                    _____ use(s) air refrigeration cycle. | 
                            
| A. | Cryogenic chambers | 
| B. | Aircraft air-conditioning system | 
| C. | Gas chambers | 
| D. | Commercial refrigeration | 
| Answer» C. Gas chambers | |
| 25. | 
                                    Electrolux system of refrigerant has: | 
                            
| A. | Only one liquid pump | 
| B. | Only three liquid pump | 
| C. | No liquid pump | 
| D. | Only two liquid pump | 
| Answer» D. Only two liquid pump | |
| 26. | 
                                    At constant condenser pressure, reduction in evaporator pressure of vapour compression refrigeration cycle does not lead to: | 
                            
| A. | Increase in specific volume of suction vapour | 
| B. | Decrease in refrigeration effect | 
| C. | Decrease in specific compressor work | 
| D. | Decrease in evaporation temperature | 
| Answer» D. Decrease in evaporation temperature | |
| 27. | 
                                    A vapour compression refrigeration cycle with subcooling is shown in the figure along with refrigerant enthalpy data. The specific heat of the liquid refrigerant is 5 kJ/kg-K. What is the coefficient of performance of the cycle? | 
                            
| A. | 5.4 | 
| B. | 3.8 | 
| C. | 2.9 | 
| D. | 4.15 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. | 
                                    A reversed Carnot engine is used for heating a building. It supplies 210 × 103 kJ/hr of heat to the building at 20°C. The outside air is at –5°C. The heat taken from the outside will be nearly | 
                            
| A. | 192 × 103 kJ/hr | 
| B. | 188 × 103 kJ/hr | 
| C. | 184 × 103 kJ/hr | 
| D. | 180 × 103 kJ/hr | 
| Answer» B. 188 × 103 kJ/hr | |
| 29. | 
                                    A refrigerator that operates on a Carnot cycle is required to transfer 2000 kJ/min to the atmosphere at 27°C, where the low temperature reservoir is at 0°C, What is the power required? | 
                            
| A. | 200 W | 
| B. | 32.93 kW | 
| C. | 200 kW | 
| D. | 3.33 kW | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. | 
                                    Domestic Refrigerator are specified by : | 
                            
| A. | cool space volume | 
| B. | heat transfer rate alone | 
| C. | color of front panel | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» B. heat transfer rate alone | |
| 31. | 
                                    In vapour absorption refrigeration systems, which of the following fluids are commonly used? | 
                            
| A. | Air and water | 
| B. | Sulphur dioxide and water | 
| C. | Ammonia and water | 
| D. | Freon and water | 
| Answer» D. Freon and water | |
| 32. | 
                                    A domestic refrigerator works on the: | 
                            
| A. | air refrigeration cycle | 
| B. | Vapour compression refrigeration cycle | 
| C. | Steam jet refrigeration cycle | 
| D. | Vapour absorption refrigeration cycle | 
| Answer» C. Steam jet refrigeration cycle | |
| 33. | 
                                    In compound compression refrigeration system with intercooling, the intermediate pressure p2, if the cooling system is fixed, is given by(p1 = Suction or evaporator pressure, p3 = Condensers pressure) | 
                            
| A. | p2 = p1/p3 | 
| B. | p2 = p3/p1 | 
| C. | p2 = p1 × p3 | 
| D. | \({p_2} = \sqrt {{p_1} \times {p_3}} \) | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. | 
                                    A refrigerator cycle operates between condenser temperature of + 27° C and evaporator temperature of – 23°C. The C.O.P of the cycle is | 
                            
| A. | 0.2 | 
| B. | 1.2 | 
| C. | 5 | 
| D. | 6 | 
| Answer» D. 6 | |
| 35. | 
                                    A solar collector receiving solar radiation at the rate of 0.6 kW/m2 transforms it to the internal energy of a fluid at an overall efficiency of 50%. The fluid heated to 350 K is used to run a heat engine which rejects heat at 313 K. If the heat engine is to deliver 2.5 kW power, the minimum area of the solar collector required would be | 
                            
| A. | 8.33 m2 | 
| B. | 16.66 m2 | 
| C. | 39.68 m2 | 
| D. | 79.36 m2 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. | 
                                    1 ton of refrigerant is | 
                            
| A. | the SI unit used in refrigeration problem | 
| B. | the cooling effect produced by melting 1 ton of ice | 
| C. | the refrigeration effect to freeze 1 ton of water at 0°C into ice at 0°C in 24 hrs. | 
| D. | the refrigeration effect to produce 1 ton of ice at NTP condition | 
| Answer» D. the refrigeration effect to produce 1 ton of ice at NTP condition | |
| 37. | 
                                    As the condenser temperature increases, the compressor power consumption | 
                            
| A. | Decreases | 
| B. | Increases | 
| C. | Remains constant | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» C. Remains constant | |
| 38. | 
                                    One tonne refrigeration machine means: | 
                            
| A. | One tonne of ice melts from 0°C in 24 hours | 
| B. | Mass of the machine | 
| C. | One tonne of water is converted into ice | 
| D. | One tonne of refrigerant is used | 
| Answer» B. Mass of the machine | |
| 39. | 
                                    In a refrigeration plant, in a direct expansion evaporator: | 
                            
| A. | The liquid refrigerant evaporates outside the tubes in a shell and tube heat exchanger | 
| B. | There is no need for a throttling device | 
| C. | The refrigerant evaporates in a finned coil, which cools air or liquid flowing across it | 
| D. | There is a coil with smooth surface inside for refrigerant evaporation | 
| Answer» D. There is a coil with smooth surface inside for refrigerant evaporation | |
| 40. | 
                                    Commercial ice plants work on ___________. | 
                            
| A. | Vortex tube | 
| B. | Vapour compression cycle | 
| C. | Pulse tube refrigeration | 
| D. | Vapour absorption cycle | 
| Answer» C. Pulse tube refrigeration | |
| 41. | 
                                    If the evaporator temperature of a plant is lowered keeping the ‘condenser temp. constant, the power input of compressor required will be | 
                            
| A. | same | 
| B. | more | 
| C. | less | 
| D. | unpredictable | 
| Answer» C. less | |
| 42. | 
                                    A cycle consisting of two isothermal and two isentropic processes is known as | 
                            
| A. | Stirling cycle | 
| B. | Carnot cycle | 
| C. | Ericsson cycle | 
| D. | Joule cycle | 
| Answer» C. Ericsson cycle | |
| 43. | 
                                    __________ is used as refrigerant in a vapour absorption refrigerator. | 
                            
| A. | Aqua ammonia | 
| B. | Freon | 
| C. | Water | 
| D. | Sulphur dioxide | 
| Answer» B. Freon | |
| 44. | 
                                    A hermetically sealed unit implies ____. | 
                            
| A. | Compressor is sealed | 
| B. | Compressor motor is sealed | 
| C. | Refrigerant cycle sealed | 
| D. | Compressor and motor are sealed | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. | 
                                    In a split unit of an air-conditioner, which of the following components is placed in the outdoor unit? | 
                            
| A. | Evaporation unit | 
| B. | Compressor and condenser | 
| C. | Capillary tube | 
| D. | Air filter | 
| Answer» C. Capillary tube | |
| 46. | 
                                    One ton of refrigeration is equivalent to SI unit of | 
                            
| A. | 1 kW | 
| B. | 2.5 kW | 
| C. | 3.5 kW | 
| D. | 5 kW | 
| Answer» D. 5 kW | |
| 47. | 
                                    For a refrigerating machine, capacity is expressed as ______. | 
                            
| A. | rate of heat extraction from the space being cooled | 
| B. | gross weight of the machine | 
| C. | inside volume of the cabinet | 
| D. | the lowest temperature attained | 
| Answer» B. gross weight of the machine | |
| 48. | 
                                    A refrigerator working on a reversed Carnot cycle has a COP of 4. If it works as a heat pump and consumes 1 kW, the heating effect will be | 
                            
| A. | 1 kW | 
| B. | 4 kW | 
| C. | 5 kW | 
| D. | 6 kW | 
| Answer» D. 6 kW | |
| 49. | 
                                    1 ton of refrigeration is equal to: | 
                            
| A. | 620 kJ/min | 
| B. | 21 kJ/min | 
| C. | 420 kJ/min | 
| D. | 210 kJ/min | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. | 
                                    A condenser of a refrigeration system rejects heat at rate of 120 kW, while its compressor consumes a power of 30 kW. The coefficient of performance of the system would be | 
                            
| A. | ¼ | 
| B. | 1/3 | 
| C. | 3 | 
| D. | 4 | 
| Answer» D. 4 | |