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151.

The rate of flow in stream with 40% O₂ and 60% CO₂ is 10 mole/hr, the contained was initially filled with 6 mole of O₂, what will be the percentage of O₂ in product stream?

A. 12.5
B. 25
C. 50
D. 62.5
Answer» E.
152.

A reactor is supplied with 10 moles glucose and excess oxygen to produce CO₂ and H₂O, if the rate of products is 25 moles, what is the percentage of CO₂ in the products?

A. 0.1
B. 0.2
C. 0.3
D. 0.4
Answer» E.
153.

A reactor is supplied with 5 moles each of CH₃OH and O₂, and the following reactions occur, CH₃OH + 1/2O₂ -> CH₂O + H₂O and then CH₂O + 1/2O₂ -> CO + H₂O, the conversion of methanol is 80% in first reaction, and conversion of CH₂O is 50% in second reaction. How many moles of H₂O are produced?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 6
Answer» E.
154.

How many independent equation are possible if 1 has pure A, 2 has mixture of B and C, 3 has mixture of A, B and C, 4 has pure C, 5 has mixture of A and B.

A. 1
B. 3
C. 6
D. 9
Answer» D. 9
155.

Answer the following question for the diagram given below.What is the value of W?

A. 159.2 Kg/hr
B. 281.3 Kg/hr
C. 465.7 Kg/hr
D. 633.8 Kg/hr
Answer» B. 281.3 Kg/hr
156.

In a batch process, 5 mole of SO₂ and 3 mole of CO₂ entered a vessel with some SO₂, if 10 mole of product leaves the vessel, what is the percentage of SO₂ in the product?

A. 10%
B. 30%
C. 50%
D. 70%
Answer» E.
157.

1 has pure A and 2 has pure B and 3, 4 and 5 has mixture of A and B, how many independent equations are possible?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» E.
158.

In a steady-state reactive system, 1 molar each of NaOH and HCl are supplied to the system both at the rate of 100 L/min, then what is the amount of NaCl produced?

A. 1 molar
B. 2 molar
C. 3 molar
D. 4 molar
Answer» B. 2 molar
159.

Water flowing with TSS at the rate of 40 Liter/min, is discharged into a river flowing at the rate of 20 Liter/min, if the concentration of TSS in the river is 5 mg/L, what is the concentration of TSS in water?

A. 5 mg/L
B. 10 mg/L
C. 15 mg/L
D. 20 mg/L
Answer» C. 15 mg/L
160.

A reactor is supplied with 5 moles of C₄H₁₀, and it undergoes following reactions C₄H₁₀ + 4H₂O -> 4CO + 9H₂ and C₄H₁₀ + 6.5O₂ -> 4CO₂ + 5H₂O, if 8 moles of CO₂ was produced and 2 moles of C₄H₁₀ remains unreacted, what are the number of moles of CO produced?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» E.
161.

A country is an example of which of the following?

A. Closed System
B. Open System
C. Isolated System
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Isolated System
162.

An unsteady state system, the flow in rate of A is 10 mole/s, what is the flow out rate of B if the accumulation was 10 mole in 2 seconds?

A. 5 mole/s
B. 10 mole/s
C. 15 mole/s
D. 20 mole/s
Answer» B. 10 mole/s
163.

The rate of flow in stream with 20% O₂ and 80% CO₂ is 5 mole/hr, the contained was initially filled with 3 mole of O₂, what will be the percentage of O₂ in product stream?

A. 12.5
B. 25
C. 37.5
D. 50
Answer» E.
164.

The flow in rate of CH₄ and O₂ in a system are 2 mole/hr each what is the flow out rate of CO₂?

A. 1 mole/hr
B. 2 mole/hr
C. 3 mole/hr
D. 4 mole/hr
Answer» B. 2 mole/hr
165.

A reactor has two feed streams with the ratio of their rate as 1:9 and has O₂ and O₃ with the mass fraction of 0.6 and 0.4 in stream 1 and 0.2 and 0.8 in stream 2, what is the mass fraction of O₂ in the product side?

A. 0.24
B. 0.48
C. 0.72
D. 0.96
Answer» B. 0.48
166.

A reactor is supplied with two steams with equal flow rates, stream-1 containing 75% SO₂, 25% N₂ and stream-2 containing pure H₂S, if the product has 1200 grams of S, and the ratio of H₂S to H₂O is 5 and the ratio of SO₂ to H₂S is 2, what is the rate of streams?

A. 10 mole
B. 20 moles
C. 30 moles
D. 40 moles
Answer» D. 40 moles
167.

A reactor is supplied with 2 streams both at same rates, one has pure Cl₂ , and another has pure C₂H₆, if the product has 20% C₂H₅Cl and 80% HCl, what is the ratio of rate of feed and rate of product?

A. 0.2
B. 0.5
C. 2
D. 5
Answer» B. 0.5
168.

Which of the following is constant in a closed system?

A. Energy
B. Mass
C. Temperature
D. Momentum
Answer» C. Temperature
169.

A reactor is supplied with a feed of composition 46% C₃H₇O₄, 44% O₂ and 10% N₂, if 50% of the limiting reagent is converted into product, what is the percentage of C₃H₇O₄ in the product?

A. 10
B. 16
C. 31
D. 43
Answer» D. 43
170.

An unsteady-state system, with 6 liters as initial amount of water in the vessel, water flow in rate is 2 liters/ s and flow out rate is 4 liters/s, what will be the amount of water in the vessel after 1 seconds?

A. 2 liters
B. 4 liters
C. 6 liters
D. 8 liters
Answer» C. 6 liters
171.

In a steady-state reactive system, 2 molar NaCl and 1 molar H₂CO₃ are supplied to the system both at the rate of 100 mole/min, then how much Na₂CO₃ produced?

A. 1 molar
B. 2 molar
C. 3 molar
D. 4 molar
Answer» B. 2 molar
172.

A reactor is supplied with 45 moles of C, and it undergoes following reactions C + 0.5O₂ -> CO and C + O₂ -> CO₂, if 25 moles of CO₂ was produced and 6 moles of C remains unreacted, what are the number of moles of CO produced?

A. 6
B. 9
C. 14
D. 17
Answer» D. 17
173.

A fluid enters a vessel at the rate of 10 liters/s, and leaves in two pathways one with 5 liters/s and other with 3 liters/s, then what type of flow it is?

A. Steady-state
B. Unsteady-state
C. Cannot say
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Cannot say
174.

In a steady-state reactive system, NaCl and H₂CO₃ are supplied to the system at the rate of 200 L/min and 100 L/min respectively, what is the rate at which Na₂CO₃ is produced?

A. 100 L/min
B. 200 L/min
C. 300 L/min
D. 400 L/min
Answer» D. 400 L/min
175.

Tap filling a jar with water is an example of which of the following process?

A. Batch
B. Semi-batch
C. Neither of them
D. Batch & Semi-batch
Answer» C. Neither of them
176.

CH₄ at the rate 10 mole/min is reacted with O₂ at the rate 10 mole/min, what is the rate of formation of CO₂ in the product?

A. 5 mole/min
B. 10 mole/min
C. 20 mole/min
D. 40 mole/min
Answer» B. 10 mole/min
177.

In a batch process, 50 Kg of H₂O and 40 Kg of CO₂ entered a vessel with some H₂O, if 100 Kg of product leaves the vessel, what is the percentage of H₂O in the product?

A. 10%
B. 30%
C. 60%
D. 80%
Answer» D. 80%
178.

A reactor is supplied with Hexane and hydrogen to produce 20% methane, 30% propane and 50% butane, what is the ratio of hydrogen consumed and the hexane reacted?

A. 0.21
B. 0.45
C. 0.59
D. 0.73
Answer» E.
179.

A reaction occurs in a vessel such that its mass does not change but its temperature is increased, then the system is which of the following?

A. Steady-state
B. Unsteady-state
C. Cannot say
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Cannot say
180.

A reactor is supplied with two steams with equal flow rates, stream-1 containing 75% SO₂, 25% N₂ and stream-2 containing pure H₂S, if the product has 1200 grams of S, and the ratio of H₂S to H₂O is 5 and the ratio of SO₂ to H₂S is 2, what is percentage of Sulfur in the product?

A. 23%
B. 47%
C. 61%
D. 84%
Answer» D. 84%
181.

The flow in rate of C₃H₈ and O₂ in a system are 2 mole/hr each what is the flow out rate of CO₂?

A. 1 mole/hr
B. 1.2 mole/hr
C. 1.5 mole/hr
D. 2 mole/hr
Answer» C. 1.5 mole/hr
182.

In a system if, Accumulation = Generation – Consumption, where both the terms are distinct and non-zero, then the system is which of the following?

A. Steady-state
B. Closed
C. Non-reactive
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Non-reactive
183.

Methane is at the rate 50 moles is supplied to a reactor with air at the rate 1000 moles, the reactor leaves O₂, N₂, CO₂ and H₂O, what is the percentage of O₂ in products?

A. 10.4%
B. 25.8%
C. 45.6%
D. 78.2%
Answer» B. 25.8%
184.

The flow in rate of A is 5 mole/s, it undergoes a reaction A -> 2B, what are the moles of B that comes out after 5 seconds?

A. 5
B. 10
C. 25
D. 50
Answer» E.
185.

What is the value of C?

A. 400 Kg/hr
B. 689.5 Kg/hr
C. 819.6 Kg/hr
D. 959.2 Kg/hr
Answer» E.
186.

How many independent equations are possible if each stream contains mixture of A, B and C?

A. 1
B. 3
C. 6
D. 8
Answer» D. 8
187.

What is the value of F*P in the following process?

A. 25
B. 125
C. 150
D. 225
Answer» C. 150
188.

In a steady-state reactive system, 5 molar CH₄ and 5 molar O₂ are supplied to the system, then what is the amount of CO₂ produced?

A. 2.5 molar
B. 5 molar
C. 7.5 molar
D. 10 molar
Answer» C. 7.5 molar
189.

Feed of a reactor has 0.25 mass fraction of H₂O and 0.75 mass fraction of CO₂ with rate 4 g/hr, if the product rate is 20 g/hr what is the mass of CO₂ in the product side?

A. 3 grams
B. 9 grams
C. 15 grams
D. 21 grams
Answer» D. 21 grams
190.

A 100 Kg liquid solid mixture with 10% solid and 90% liquid is input to a dryer, if the amount of evaporated water is 60% of the amount of input, what is the amount of liquid in the product?

A. 10 Kg
B. 20 Kg
C. 30 Kg
D. 40 Kg
Answer» D. 40 Kg
191.

A reactor is supplied with 10 moles glucose and excess oxygen to produce 40% CO₂, 60% H₂O, what is the rate of products?

A. 25 mole
B. 50 mole
C. 75 mole
D. 100 mole
Answer» B. 50 mole
192.

What is the value of P in the following process?

A. 5 mole
B. 10 mole
C. 15 mole
D. 20 mole
Answer» D. 20 mole
193.

10 moles of O₂ is added to 10 moles of H₂, how many moles of H₂O will it produce?

A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20
Answer» C. 15
194.

A combustion reaction has reactants 1 mole of CxHy and 2 moles of O₂ and products 1 mole of CO₂ and 2 mole of H₂O, what is x + y?

A. 1
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer» E.
195.

A container has 10 grams of water 5 grams of water is added and 2 grams of water is taken out, what is the final amount of water?

A. 7 grams
B. 10 grams
C. 13 grams
D. 15 grams
Answer» D. 15 grams
196.

Which of the following does the concept of material balance based upon?

A. Conservation of mass
B. Conservation of energy
C. Conservation of momentum
D. Conservation of Volume
Answer» B. Conservation of energy
197.

The equation of material balance, (Final condition + Sum of outputs) is equal to which of the following?

A. Initial condition – Sum of inputs
B. Initial condition + Sum of inputs
C. Sum of inputs – Initial condition
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Sum of inputs – Initial condition
198.

A_REACTOR_IS_SUPPLIED_WITH_A_FEED_OF_COMPOSITION_46%_C3H7O4,_44%_O2_AND_10%_N2,_IF_50%_OF_THE_LIMITING_REAGENT_IS_CONVERTED_INTO_PRODUCT,_WHAT_IS_THE_PERCENTAGE_OF_H2O_IN_THE_PRODUCT??$

A. 15
B. 23
C. 39
D. 51
Answer» C. 39
199.

A reactor is supplied with two steams with equal flow rates, stream-1 containing 75% SO2, 25% N2 and stream-2 containing pure H2S, if the product has 1200 grams of S, and the ratio of H2S to H2O is 5 and the ratio of SO2 to H2S is 2, what fraction of limiting reagent is converted into product?$

A. 0.21
B. 0.46
C. 0.73
D. 0.83
Answer» E.
200.

A reactor is supplied with two steams with equal flow rates, stream-1 containing 75% SO2, 25% N2 and stream-2 containing pure H2S, if the product has 1200 grams of S, and the ratio of H2S to H2O is 5 and the ratio of SO2 to H2S is 2, what is percentage of Sulfur in the product?

A. 23%
B. 47%
C. 61%
D. 84%
Answer» D. 84%