Explore topic-wise MCQs in Food Engineering.

This section includes 10 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Food Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Which of the following uses attrition?

A. Ball mill
B. Plate mill
C. Roller mill
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
2.

A ball mill uses _____

A. Impact
B. Attrition
C. Impact & Attrition
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
3.

A jaw crusher uses _____

A. Compression
B. Shear
C. Cutting
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» B. Shear
4.

Kick’s law is an intermediate between rittinger’s law and bond’s law.

A. True
B. False
Answer» C.
5.

Statement 1: A hammer mill uses an impact to break particles.Statement 2: A chakki uses compression to break particles.

A. True, False
B. True, True
C. False, False
D. False, True
Answer» B. True, True
6.

Statement 1: Grinding laws are based on the energy required for the creation of new surface area.Statement 2: In general, all the laws are based on the principle that the energy required per unit area of the surface is directly proportional to the size of the particle.

A. True, False
B. True, True
C. False, False
D. False, True
Answer» C. False, False
7.

Which of the following is NOT a method used for size reduction?

A. Cutting
B. Impact
C. Burning
D. Shear
Answer» D. Shear
8.

Which of the following is NOT true with respect to size reduction?

A. Size reduction is an energy inefficient process as the energy required for grinding is very high
B. Some of the energy liberated in the formation of new small surfaces is the grinding energy required by food material per unit surface area to form new surface areas and the rest is generally just heat
C. The crushing efficiency is inversely proportional to the surface created
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
9.

Statement 1: Dispersion of one immiscible liquid into another also involves size reduction.Statement 2: Leaching requires size reduction.

A. True, False
B. True, True
C. False, False
D. False, True
Answer» C. False, False
10.

Which of the following is an advantage of size reduction?

A. Enhanced heat/mass transfer
B. Intimate contact with certain food items
C. Enhanced heat/mass transfer & intimate contact with certain food items
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned