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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Solar Energy knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The largest solar furnace is in France. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 2. |
Solar furnaces can be used as solar cookers for domestic purposes. |
| A. | False |
| B. | True |
| Answer» B. True | |
| 3. |
What is a major drawback of solar furnaces to be used as a renewable source of energy on earth? |
| A. | Heavily reliant on sun |
| B. | Not reliant on sun |
| C. | Finances |
| D. | Cannot be used as a source of energy |
| Answer» B. Not reliant on sun | |
| 4. |
What is the typical temperature generated by solar furnaces to test materials for extreme environments? Note that C indicates Celsius. |
| A. | 100 degree C |
| B. | 500 degree C |
| C. | 1400 degree C |
| D. | 2500 degree C |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Solar furnaces are used to generate temperatures around ______ to produce hydrogen. Note that C indicates Celsius. |
| A. | 1000 degree C |
| B. | 500 degree C |
| C. | 1400 degree C |
| D. | 3500 degree C |
| Answer» D. 3500 degree C | |
| 6. |
Archimedes is said to have repelled attacking Roman ships with the help of “burning glass”. |
| A. | False |
| B. | True |
| Answer» C. | |
| 7. |
Which of the following is an application of solar furnace? |
| A. | Producing hydrogen fuel |
| B. | Drying food |
| C. | Distilling water |
| D. | Generating concentrating solar power technologies |
| Answer» B. Drying food | |
| 8. |
What are the types of solar furnaces? |
| A. | Indirect and concentrating solar power technology |
| B. | Active and direct |
| C. | Passive and heliostat |
| D. | Direct and heliostat |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
What are the types of concentrating technologies? |
| A. | Parabolic trough and solar stills |
| B. | Parabolic dish and solar furnace |
| C. | Solar power tower and parabolic trough/dish |
| D. | Solar furnace and solar stills |
| Answer» D. Solar furnace and solar stills | |
| 10. |
Which of the following does a heliostat consist of? |
| A. | Plane mirror |
| B. | Plane mirror and parabolic mirror |
| C. | Fresnel reflector |
| D. | A metal absorber |
| Answer» C. Fresnel reflector | |
| 11. |
Which of the following uses concentrated solar power systems? |
| A. | Solar thermo-mechanical power systems |
| B. | Solar stills |
| C. | Solar dryers |
| D. | Solar photovoltaics |
| Answer» B. Solar stills | |
| 12. |
What are concentrated solar powered systems? |
| A. | Systems that use only a small concentrated portion of sunlight |
| B. | Systems that generate solar power by using photovoltaics |
| C. | Systems that generate solar power by using mirrors and lenses to absorb concentrate a large area of sunlight onto an absorber |
| D. | Systems that generate solar power by using mirrors and lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight onto a receiver |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
What is the typical range of temperature at the focal point of a parabolic mirror in solar furnaces? Note that C stands for Celsius |
| A. | Between 100 and 150 degree C |
| B. | Upto 20 degree C |
| C. | Between 1000 and 2000 degree C |
| D. | Between 50 and 100 degree C |
| Answer» D. Between 50 and 100 degree C | |
| 14. |
Which of the following concentrates sunlight onto a focal point? |
| A. | Plane mirrors |
| B. | Parabolic mirrors |
| C. | Silver coated surface |
| D. | Black surface |
| Answer» C. Silver coated surface | |
| 15. |
What is solar furnace? |
| A. | Uses concentrated solar power to produce high temperatures for industry |
| B. | Uses solar energy to evaporate water and collect it within the same closed system |
| C. | Uses solar energy to dry substances |
| D. | Uses solar energy to dry liquids |
| Answer» B. Uses solar energy to evaporate water and collect it within the same closed system | |