chemical engineering Mcqs
1901. Separation of two volatile liquids by distillation makes use of their________________________?
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A. Density difference

B. Relative volatility

C. Solubility

D. Selectivity

1902. Use of packed towers for distillation is generally limited to the____________________?
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A. Vacuum distillation

B. Small sizes

C. Multi-component distillation

D. High pressure operation

1904. Packed column distillation is limited to the column _____________ metres?
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A. Height < 6

B. Diameter < 0.6

C. Both A. & B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

1905. With increase in temperature, the mutual solubility of two liquids___________________?
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A. Remains unchanged

B. Decreases exponentially

C. Increases

D. Decreases

1906. In most of the vacuum crystalliser, vacuum is generally produced by means of a_____________________?
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A. Compressed air jet

B. Steam jet ejector with a barometric condenser

C. Suction pump

D. None of these

1907. HETP is numerically equal to HTU, only when the operating line ______________________?
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A. Lies above the equilibrium line

B. Is far from the equilibrium line

C. Lies below the equilibrium line

D. And equilibrium lines are parallel
1908. For a ternary mixture, in which equilateral triangular co-ordinate is used in leaching and extraction, a _______________ of the equilateral triangular co-ordinates?
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A. Pure component is represented by the apex

B. Ternary mixture is represented by the sides

C. Binary mixture is represented by the apex

D. Binary mixture is represented by any point inside

1909. At constant pressure, with increase of temperature, the dew point will ________________________?
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A. Increase

B. Remain unchanged

C. Increase/decrease; depends on the temperature

D. Decrease

1912. In physical terms, Schmidt number means _________________?
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A. Thermal diffusivity/mass diffusivity

B. Thermal diffusivity/momentum diffusivity

C. Momentum diffusivity/mass diffusivity

D. Mass diffusivity/thermal diffusivity

1913. Bollman extractor___________________?
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A. Is a static bed leaching equipment

B. Is used for extraction of oil from oilseed

C. Is a centrifugal extractor

D. Employs only counter-current extraction

1914. Absorption (liquid-gas system) with evolution of heat as compared to isothermal absorption results in_________________?
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A. Decreased solute solubility

B. Large number of trays

C. All A., B. and C.

D. Large minimum liquid to gas (L/G) ratio

1915. The critical moisture content in case of drying indicates the _______________ rate period?
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A. None of these

B. Beginning of falling

C. Beginning of constant

D. End of falling

1916. Blowdown in a cooling tower____________________?
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A. All A., B. & C.

B. Increases the scale forming tendencies of water

C. Is undesirable

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E. Means discarding a small fraction of circulating water to prevent and limit the concentration
1917. Drift in a cooling tower is ___________________?
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A. All A., B. & C.

B. The water entrained by the circulating air

C. Dependent on the water lost by evaporation

D. Desirable

1919. Tea percolation employs___________________________?
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A. Absorption

B. None of these

C. Leaching

D. Liquid-liquid extraction

1921. The humid volume may be increased by increasing the____________________?
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A. Temperature at constant humidity

B. Humidity at constant temperature

C. Both A. and B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

1922. Plate efficiency_______________________?
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A. Increases due to weeping and dumping of liquid

B. Is a function of the mass transfer between liquid and vapour

C. Increases due to foaming

D. Increases due to liquid entrainment

1923. Leaching of uranium ore and gold ore is done in________________________?
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A. None of these

B. Bollman extractor

C. Centrifugal extractor

D. Pachuca tanks
1924. With increase in temperature, the solubility of gases in liquids, at fixed pressure____________________?
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A. Remain same

B. Increases

C. Either A. or B., depends on the system

D. Decreases
1927. The expression, y(1 x)/x(1 y) is for_____________________?
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A. Selectivity

B. Absorption factor

C. Relative volatility

D. Murphree efficiency

1929. Can the efficiency of a plate in the distillation tower be greater than 100% ?
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A. Yes; if the reflux ratio is maximum

B. Yes

C. Normally not; but is possible if infinite number of plates are put

D. Never
1931. Molecular diffusivity of a liquid__________________?
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A. Decreases with temperature

B. May increase or decrease with temperature

C. Increases with temperature

D. Is independent of temperature

1933. In liquid extraction, if the selectivity is unity, then___________________?
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A. Solvent flow rate should be very low

B. Amount of solvent required will be minimum

C. Separation of the constituents is the most effective

D. No separation will occur
1935. Weeping in a distillation column_____________________?
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A. Results due to very low gas velocity

B. Increases tray efficiency

C. Provides large interfacial surface for mass transfer

D. Results due to very high gas velocity

1936. High pressure at the bottom of a distillation tower handling heat sensitive materials results in _____________________?
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A. Thermal decomposition of bottoms

B. Erosion of the tower

C. Very efficient operation

D. Increased relative volatility

1937. In which of the following unit operations, the selectivity is an important parameter ?
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A. Distillation

B. Solvent extraction

C. Absorption

D. None of these

1939. Fractional solvent extraction______________________?
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A. Employs only one solvent

B. Results in low interfacial tension

C. None of these

D. Employs two solvents
1940. Advantage of continuous drying over batch drying is that the_____________________?
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A. All A , B. & C.

B. Drying cost per unit weight of dried product is less

C. Product with more uniform moisture content is produced

D. Equipment size required is smaller

1942. Which of the following is not a unit of mass transfer co-efficient ?
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A. Moles transferred/ [(time) (area) (pressure)]

B. Moles transferred/ [(time) (area) (mass A/mass B)]

C. Moles transferred/ [(time) (area) (mole fraction)]

D. None of these
1943. Which of the following is directly concerned with Psychrometry ?
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A. Galileo number

B. Lewis relationship

C. Dean number

D. Weber number

1945. Powdery materials can be guarded against caking tendency on storage by_________________?
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A. Having maximum possible points of contact

B. Providing minimum percentage of voids

C. Providing irregular grain size

D. None of these
1946. The solvent used in liquid-liquid extraction should have _______________ less than one?
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A. Selectivity

B. Distribution co-efficient

C. Both A. and B.

D. Neither A. nor B.
1947. Hypersorption refers to a ________________ process?
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A. Fixed bed adsorption

B. Moving bed adsorption

C. Moving bed absorption

D. Fixed bed absorption

1948. When the solvent dissolves very little of solute, then__________________________?
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A. Solvent of low latent heat of vaporisation should be used

B. Solvent of low freezing point should be used

C. Very small quantity of solvent is required

D. Large quantity of solvent is required to extract the solute