chemical engineering Mcqs
6201. Foot valves are provided in the suction line of a centrifugal pump to ____________________?
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A. Minimise the fluctuation in discharge

B. Remove the contaminant present in the liquid

C. Avoid priming, every time we start the pump

D. Control the liquid discharge

6202. Alumina-graphite bricks are used for lining the ____________________?
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A. Slide gate in teeming laddies

B. Continuous casting systems

C. Both A. and B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

6203. A tube is specified by its____________________?
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A. Outer diameter only

B. Thickness & outer diameter both

C. Inner diameter

D. Thickness only

6205. A hydraulic accumulator comprises of__________________?
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A. A storage device and a control valve

B. Two pistons and two cylinders

C. A storage tank and a ram pump

D. A cylinder and a plunger
6207. Choose the set of pressure intensities that are equivalent ?
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A. 4.33 psi, 10 ft. of water, 20.7 inches of Hg

B. 10 psi, 19.7 ft. of water, 5.3 inches of Hg

C. 10 psi, 19.7 ft. of water, 23.3 inches of Hg

D. 4.33 psi, 10 ft. of water, 8.83 inches of Hg
6208. In the complete turbulence zone (in rough pipes), the____________________?
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A. Friction factor is independent of the relative roughness

B. Rough and smooth pipes have the same friction factor

C. Laminar film covers the roughness projections

D. Friction factor depends upon NRe only

6209. The boundary layer is that part of a moving fluid, in which the fluid velocity is_________________?
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A. Affected by the presence of a solid boundary

B. Constant

C. All A., B. and C.

D. Affected by the fluid flow pressure

6210. Discharge in laminar flow through a pipe varies________________?
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A. As the square of the diameter

B. Inversely as the pressure drop

C. Inversely as the viscosity

D. As the square of the radius
6211. In case of turbulent flow of fluid through a circular pipe, the __________________?
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A. file at the wall are more</strong>

B. Velocity profile becomes flatter and flatter with increasing Reynolds number

C. Mean flow velocity is about 0.5 times the maximum velocity

D. Skin friction drag, shear stresses, random orientation of fluid particles and slope of velocity

E. Point of maximum instability exists at a distance of 2r/3 from the pipe wall (r = pipe radius)

6212. Drag is defined as the force exerted by the___________________?
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A. None of these

B. Fluid on the solid in a direction opposite to flow

C. Fluid on the solid in the direction of flow

D. Solid on the fluid

6213. For a fluid rotating at constant angular velocity about vertical axis as a rigid body, the pressure intensity varies as the___________________?
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A. Elevation along vertical direction

B. Square of the radial distance

C. Radial distance linearly

D. Inverse of the radial distance

6214. Thermal diffusivity of a refractory brick is high, when its ____________ is high?
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A. Specific heat

B. Density

C. None of these

D. Thermal conductivity
6218. Self-priming centrifugal pump can be used for________________?
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A. All A., B. and C.

B. Booster service

C. Pumping industrial wastes

D. Pumping liquid fertilisers (e.g. liquid NH3)

6220. Carbon refractories_____________________?
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A. Have extremely low thermal & electrical conductivities

B. Do not resist temperature fluctuations

C. Do not burn/oxidise, when exposed to air on heating

D. Are not attacked by slags, as they are not wetted by melts
6222. Thoria__________________?
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A. Has high resistance to basic slags

B. Which is expensive & radioactive, is used in crucibles for melting high purity metals

C. Has high fusion temperature (> 3000C) but poor resistance to thermal shock

D. All A., B. and C.
6225. Ramming masses are used for____________________?
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A. Obtaining monolithic working faces

B. Repairing construction of various furnace parts

C. Both A. & B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

6227. Which is a basic refractory ?
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A. None of these

B. Fireclay

C. Silica

D. Chrome magnesite
6230. Scale up of agitator design requires________________?
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A. Geometrical similarity only

B. Dynamic similarity only

C. Both geometrical and dynamic similarity

D. All geometrical, dynamic and kinematic similarity
6232. A relief valve__________________?
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A. Unloads a pump

B. Provides back pressure for a cylinder

C. Is a directional control valve

D. None of these

6233. Thermal conductivity of refractory bricks_________________?
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A. Is independent of its porosity and is maximum for insulating bricks

B. Decreases with decreases in porosity

C. Increases with the amount of air entrapped in pores

D. Increases with decrease in porosity
6234. Viscosity of water at 40C lies in the range of___________________?
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A. 1 10-3 to 2 10-3 kg/m.s

B. 0.5 10-3 to 1 10-3 kg/m.s

C. 1 to 2 kg/m.s

D. 0.5 to 1 kg/m.s

6235. Colour of fireclay bricks is_________________?
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A. Black

B. Yellow

C. None of these

D. Light buff to reddish buff
6237. Magnesite refractories are generally not used in the___________________?
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A. Open hearth furnace

B. Electric furnace walls

C. Burning zone of cement kilns

D. Steel melting furnace
6238. Dilatometer is used for the determination of ______________ of refractories?
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A. Resistance to CO attack

B. Permanent linear change

C. RUL

D. Modulus of rupture

6239. Hot face insulating linings of high purity alumina fused mullite are used, where_________________?
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A. Very high temperatures are involved

B. All A., B. and C.

C. Presence of iron or silica is harmful

D. Highly reducing conditions are involved

6242. If two capillary tubes of dia 0.5 mm and 1 mm are dipped in a pot containing mercury, then the rise of mercury is_________________?
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A. Same in both the tubes

B. Greater in 1 mm dia tube

C. Greater in 0.5 mm dia tube

D. Zero in both the tubes

6245. Zirconia refractories are not used in_____________________?
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A. High frequency induction furnaces in the form of inductors

B. Furnaces subjected to fluctuating temperature

C. Making sheaths for thermocouple

D. Lining high temperature ceramic kilns

6250. Magnesite refractories have low resistance to___________________?
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A. Attack by basic slag

B. Abrasion

C. Disintegration on sudden change of temperature

D. Both B. and C.