chemical engineering Mcqs
601. Load cells used for the measurement of weight has______________?
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A. No moving parts and incurs negligible deflection under load

B. Provision of thermal compensation and is hermetically sealed

C. All A, B & C

D. Compact & rugged construction with an accuracy of 0.1 to 1%

602. Fine grained steels have____________________?
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A. Higher tendency to distort

B. None of these

C. High ductility

D. High brittleness

606. Increasing the carbon content of steel_________________?
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A. Decreases hardness

B. Increasing the ductility transition temperature

C. Reduces the upper shelf energy

D. Decreases brittleness

607. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Most of the hydrocarbons are non-polar

B. None of these

C. ionise

D. Generally, non-polar compounds are chemically inactive, conduct electricity poorly and do

E. Molecules with symmetrical arrangements (e.g. CH4 or CCl4) are non-polar

608. Identify the false statement?
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A. Stress corrosion cracking is facilitated by tensile stress

B. Martensitic steels are less susceptible to pitting corrosion than austenitic steels

C. Hydrogen embrittlement is facilitated by tensile stress

D. Pitting corrosion is usually very localised

609. Normalising of an object does not________________________?
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A. Improve ductility

B. Improve yield strength

C. Improve mechanical properties

D. Refine coarse grain structure obtained during hot working

610. What happens, when SO2 is passed through a solution of H2S in water ?
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A. None of these

B. Precipitation of sulphur takes place

C. H2SO3 is formed

D. Oleum is formed

612. Routing in production, planning & control is concerned with the___________________?
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A. Balancing of load on machines

B. Progress of work performed

C. Authorisation of work to be performed

D. Sequence of operation to be performed
614. Cassiterite is an ore of_________________?
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A. Molybdenum

B. Lead

C. Chromium

D. Tin
616. Hydrogen can be ________________?
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A. All (A), B. & C.

B. Produced by electrolysis of water

C. Liquefied & stored under cryogenic conditions

D. Used in I.C. engines as fuel

620. Exposure to _________________ accelerates the degradation of plastics?
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A. High ambient temperature

B. Damp atmosphere

C. Ultraviolet radiation

D. High atmospheric temperature

621. In a good rimming steel_________________________?
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A. Carbon and silicon should be low

B. Silicon should be low but carbon should be high

C. Both silicon & carbon should be high

D. Silicon should be high but carbon should be low

623. Pick out the correct statement about the condensation?
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A. Reynolds number of condensing liquid is based on its mass flow rate

B. Suitable coating or vapour additive is used to promote film wise condensation

C. Filmwise condensation gives a lower heat transfer rate than the dropwise condensation

D. ce on it

E. If a condensing liquid does not wet the surface dropwise, even then condensation will take

626. The burnout heat flux in the nucleate boiling regime is not a function of the_________________?
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A. Liquid density

B. Temperature difference

C. Heat of evaporation

D. Vapour density
627. Cascade control is___________________?
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A. Useful to control flow from temperature

B. Used when changes in process conditions cause serious upsets in the controlled variable

C. The continuous adjustment of the set point index of an automatic control loop by a primary(master) controller

D. All A, B & C
634. Main constituent of bone ash is____________________?
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A. Calcium phosphate

B. Animal charcoal

C. Ammonium phosphate

D. Ammonium sulphate

636. An oxidation process is accompanied with decrease in the____________________?
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A. Oxidation number

B. Number of ions

C. All A , B. & C.

D. Number of electrons
639. At absolute zero temperature, for any reaction involving condensed phases ?
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A. ? S = 0 , ? Cp = 0

B. ? H = 0 , ? S = 0

C. ? G = 0 , ? H = 0

D. ? S = 0 , ? E = 0
642. Air standard Otto cycle is more efficient than the diesel cycle for the same__________________?
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A. Cylinder dimension & rpm

B. Heat addition & compression ratio

C. Compression ratio & pressure

D. Heat addition & pressure

646. Which of the following if present in iron ore, enhances its value ?
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A. Lime & Magnesia

B. None of these

C. Alumina

D. Alkali oxide

649. Potable water means the water used for____________________?
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A. Evaporation to produce steam

B. Cooling

C. Drinking

D. Fire-fighting

650. The order of a chemical reaction____________________?
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A. Can be determined from the stoichiometry of the reaction

B. Cannot be zero

C. Can be fractional

D. Can be determined only experimentally