chemical engineering Mcqs
5203. The synthetic fibres produced from _____________ are known as rayon?
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A. Cellulose

B. Polyamides

C. Ethylene glycol

D. Lignin

5204. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. Most of the enzyme catalysed reactions involve at least two substrates

B. Catalytic activity of enzyme catalysed reactions which is affected by temperature, pH value &

C. rmodynamic properties of substrates & products

D. mical agents, is maximum at a temperature of about 45C

E. Enzymes help in increasing the activation energy of the reaction

F. Equilibrium concentrations in enzyme catalysed reactions can be calculated by using the

5205. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. Naphthenic oil has very low viscosity index

B. High viscosity index means a large change in viscosity with change in temperature

C. Paraffinic oil has very high viscosity index

D. Multigrade lubricating oils have high viscosity index

5207. Coolant used in a boiling water reactor is________________?
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A. A mixture of water & steam

B. Hydrogen gas

C. Water

D. Steam

5208. A pressurised water reactor (PWR) uses pressurised water as a___________________?
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A. Coolant

B. Working fluid in power turbine

C. Moderator

D. None of these

5209. The rate controlling step in the manufacture of silicone rubber is the_________________?
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A. Initial hydrolysis of silicone monomer

B. Polymer termination step

C. None of these

D. Condensation of siloxane to silicone

5210. Pick out the correct statement ?
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A. The difference between the energy of reactants and that of the products is the activation

B. A catalyst changes the equilibrium point

C. Law of mass action was suggested by Le-Chatelier

D. rgy

E. A catalyst does not change AH of the reaction
5211. Which one is the radioactive isotope of hydrogen ?
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A. Ortho-hydrogen

B. Deuterium

C. None of these

D. Tritium
5213. Commercial power generation from fusion reactor is not yet possible, because___________________?
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A. The fuel required (i.e., deuterium & tritium) is scarce

B. It is difficult to initiate fusion reaction

C. It is difficult to control nuclear fusion reaction

D. Quantity of fuel required for initiating fusion reaction is prohibitively high

5214. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. A very high value of equilibrium constant, K (K >> 1) indicates that the reaction is practically

B. ions

C. A particular chemical reaction is more temperature sensitive at low temperatures

D. The intercept of the Arrhenius plot is called the activation energy

E. eversible in nature

F. Non-ideal flow takes place in reactors due to recycling, channeling or by creation of stagnant

5216. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. Heat capacity of a diatomic gas is higher than that of a monatomic gas

B. Equal volumes of Argon and Krypton contain equal number of atoms

C. Total number of molecules contained in 22.4 litres of hydrogen at NTP is 6.023 x 1023

D. The binary mixture of a particular composition in both vapor and liquid state is known as an azeotropic mixture

5217. H2 is a better coolant than CO2, due to it?s relatively____________________?
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A. Non-reactivity to uranium

B. Higher specific heat

C. Lower density

D. Lower neutron capture cross-section

5218. Thermosetting polymers as compared to thermoplastic polymers_____________________?
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A. None of these

B. Have linear structure

C. Are formed by addition polymerisation

D. Have three dimensional structure
5219. Polyvinyl alcohol is used as a___________________?
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A. Non-sticky coating on frying pans

B. Cation/anion exchanger

C. Water soluble adhesive

D. Textile fibre

5220. Maximum consumption of polymers is in___________________?
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A. Electrical insulation

B. Toys making

C. Packaging

D. Coating and films
5221. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Cake resistance is independent of the pressure drop

B. For the compressible cake, voidage & the specific resistance of the cake can be assumed to be

C. Gyratory crusher is a coarse crusher

D. stant

E. Crushing of explosive materials are done by employing dry-grinding

5222. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Chemical reactions with high activation energy are very temperature sensitive

B. n one

C. Half life of a reaction increases with increased initial concentration for reaction orders more

D. The residence time for all the elements of fluid in case of a P.F.R. need not be same

E. A flat velocity profile exists in a plug flow reactor

5224. Zeigler process________________?
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A. Produces low density polythene

B. Employs very high pressure

C. Produces high density polythene

D. Uses no catalyst

5226. Polythene is a/an________________?
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A. Condensation polymerisation product

B. Addition polymerisation product

C. None of these

D. Thermosetting material

5228. Heavy water is used as a moderator in a _____________________?
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A. Molten sodium cooled reactor

B. Candu reactor

C. Boiling water reactor (BWR)

D. Pressurised water reactor (PWR)

5229. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. Heavier petrofuels have higher GCV on weight basis (i.e., Kcal/kg) but lower GCV on volume basis (i.e., Kcal/litre)

B. Gross calorific value (GCV) of petrofuels is equal to (12400 2100 ?2) where, ? is the specific gravity of the fuel at 15.5C

C. Aromatics have higher specific gravity than paraffins

D. Higher specific gravity of petrofuels means higher C/H ratio

5230. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to space velocity of flow reactors?
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A. The space velocity of 3 hr-1 means that one third reactor volume of feed at specified

B. being fed into the reactor every hour

C. ditions are being fed into the reactor</strong>

D. The space velocity of 3 hr-1 means that three reactor volumes of feed at specified conditions

E. None of these

F. The unit of space velocity is (time)-1

5231. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. inity respectively

B. The vessel dispersion number (D/UL) for plug flow and mixed flow approaches zero and

C. In an ideal tubular flow reactor, mixing takes place in radial direction and there is no mixing in longitudinal direction

D. Mixed reactor is always smaller than the plug flow reactor for all positive reaction orders for a

E. Space time in a flow reactor is a measure of its capacity and is equal to the residence time when the density of reaction mixture is constant

F. ticular duty</strong>

5235. Enriched uranium means that, it contains___________________?
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A. More than 0.71% of U-235

B. No impurities

C. Only fissile material

D. Only fertile material

5237. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Magnetic separation method can be employed to treat both dry & wet ores

B. Reduction ratio in crushing operation is defined as the ratio of minimum feed size to the

C. imum product size</strong>

D. Gyratory crusher is used for coarse crushing

E. Screens are of stationary, moving and vibratory types

5238. Which of the following is not used as a moderator in nuclear reactor ?
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A. Beryllium

B. Molten sodium

C. Light water

D. Boron hydride

5240. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. cking process

B. Higher temperature is employed in visbreaking than in thermal cracking

C. Lead susceptibility of petrol produced by catalytic process is more than that produced by

D. rmal cracking

E. Pyrolysis is a mild thermal cracking process

F. Operating pressure and temperature in thermal cracking process is more than that in catalytic

5241. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the roll crushers?
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A. Maximum feed size determines the required roll diameter

B. For hard materials crushing, the reduction ratio should not exceed 4

C. Both the rolls run necessarily at the same speed

D. Reduction ratio and differential roll speed affect production rate & energy consumed per unit

E. surface produced

5243. Artificially produced radioactive isotopes are used for____________________?
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A. All A., B. and C.

B. Treatment of certain diseases

C. Power generation

D. Initiating nuclear fission and fusion

5244. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Reduced temperature of a substance is the ratio of its existing temperature to its critical temperature, both expressed on Celsius scale

B. Reduced pressure is the ratio of the existing pressure of a substance to its critical pressure

C. Reduced volume is the ratio of the existing molal volume of a substance to its critical molal volume

D. None of these

5245. Polystyrene is a ____________ plastic at room temperature?
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A. None of these

B. Malleable

C. Brittle

D. Ductile

5246. Orion is_________________?
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A. Obtained by polymerising vinyl cyanide

B. A copolymer

C. A condensation polymer

D. All A., B. and C.

5248. Thorium-232 is converted into uranium-233 in a/an ______________ nuclear reactor?
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A. Thermal

B. Fast breeder

C. Heavy water moderated

D. Enriched uranium

5249. Which of the following reactors is operated at high neutron flux and low power level ?
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A. Breeder reactor

B. Heterogeneous reactor

C. Research reactor

D. Liquid metal (e.g., molten sodium) cooled reactor

5250. ____________ polymer is used for making unbreakable crockery?
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A. None of these

B. Melamine

C. Thermoplastic

D. Addition