chemical engineering Mcqs
4401. The unit of dynamic viscosity is_________________?
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A. Stoke

B. Poise

C. gm/cm sec

D. Both B. & C.
4402. Roof of a basic electric furnace is made of ______________ bricks?
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A. Superduty fireclay

B. Chromite

C. Silica

D. None of these

4404. Pick out the correct statement ?
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A. In steady state heat conduction, the only property of the substance which determines the temperature distribution, is the thermal conductivity

B. 1 kcal/hr.m.C is equal to 1 BTU/hr. ft.F

C. In heat transfer by forced convection, Grashoff number is very important

D. In unsteady state heat conduction, heat flows in the direction of temperature rise

4408. The value of the gas-law constant R is 1.987 ?
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A. kcal/kg-mole.C

B. Btu/lb-mole.R

C. kcal/kg-mole.K

D. Both B. & C.
4409. Bulk of the convective heat transfer resistance from a hot tube surface to the fluid flowing in it, is __________________?
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A. In the central core of the fluid

B. Uniformly distributed throughout the fluid

C. Mainly confined to a thin film of fluid near the surface

D. None of these

4412. Thermal diffusivity of a refractory brick is high, when its ______________ is high?
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A. Thermal conductivity

B. Density

C. None of these

D. Specific heat

4413. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. For all the cylindrical process vessels operating above atmospheric pressure, formed heads are used for closing the vessel

B. Fouling factor of river water is less than that of sea water

C. Risers provided in bubble cap trays in the distillation column facilitate the flow of both liquid and vapor

D. Both B. and C.
4416. Vibrations in the tubes of a shell and tube heat exchanger is induced due to the _________________?
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A. Flow of fluid on the tube and shell sides

B. Oscillations in the flow of shell/tube sides fluid

C. All A., B. and C.

D. Vibrations transmitted through piping and/or supports due to external reasons

4417. Heat waves_____________________?
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A. Cannot pass through vacuum

B. Travel in straight line

C. Can be reflected by a mirror

D. Both B. and C.
4418. Which form of silica has the highest specific gravity ?
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A. Cristobalite

B. All have the same specific gravity

C. Quartz

D. Tridymite

4422. Pick out the wrong unit conversion of thermal conductivity ?
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A. 1 BTU/ft2.hr.F/inch = 1.488 kcal/m2. hr.C/m

B. 1 kcal/m.hr.C = 0.672 BTU/ft.hr.F = 1.163 W/m. K

C. 1 BTU/ft2.hr.F/ft = 1.488 kcal/m2. hr.C/m

D. 1 W/cm.C = 85.985 kcal/m.hr.C = 57.779 BTU/ft.hr.F

4423. Kirchoff?s law applies to _____________ radiation?
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A. Total

B. Monochromatic

C. Both A. & B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

4424. Fireclay bricks are not used in the_________________?
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A. Blast furnace

B. Hot blast stove

C. Wall of coke oven

D. Cupola

4425. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. The tensile strength of a brittle material is less than its compressive strength

B. The compressive strength of a ductile material is less than its tensile strength

C. The value of crushing load is more than that of buckling load for long columns

D. In a thick cylindrical shell, the hoop stress is maximum at the inner radius

4426. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. Superduty fireclay bricks correspond to a pyrometric cone equivalent of 26-28

B. Graphite refractories are also called plumbago refractories

C. Insulating refractories used in place of regular refractory bricks are usually called light weight refractories, and they have similar composition as heavy bricks

D. Calcined magnesite is also called dead burnt magnesite

4431. Dry air is a mixture of__________________?
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A. Vapors

B. Gases

C. Both A. & B.

D. Neither A. nor B.

4432. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. The heat capacity of a heterogeneous mixture is an additive property, but when solutions are formed, this additive property may no longer exist

B. Generally, the heat capacities of compounds are lower in the liquid than in the solid state

C. Atomic heat capacities of all solid elements decrease greatly with decrease in temperature, approaching a value of zero at absolute zero temperature, when in the crystalline state

D. Atomic heat capacities of the crystalline solid elements are nearly constant and equal to 6.2 kcal/kg-atom according to the law of Petit and Dulong

4433. Pick out the wrong unit conversion of temperature?
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A. F = (C + 17.778) 1.8

B. R = 273 + F

C. C = (F- 32) 0.555

D. Temperature difference of 1K = 1C = 9/5F

4434. Thermal conductivities of most of the liquids _______________ with rise in temperature?
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A. May increase or decrease; depends on the liquid

B. Remains unchanged

C. Increases

D. Decreases
4435. Carborundum used for making crucibles for melting non-ferrous metals is chemically________________?
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A. Silicon nitride

B. Silicon carbide

C. Zirconium sulphate

D. Crystalline magnesia

4437. The increase in the temperature of the aqueous solution will result in decrease of its________________?
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A. Weight % of the solute

B. Molality

C. Molarity

D. Mole fraction of the solute

4438. Variation of vapor pressure with temperature can be calculated using Clausius-Clapeyron equation, which assumes that the________________?
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A. Molal latent heat of vaporisation is constant within the limited temperature range

B. Volume in the liquid state is negligible compared with that in the vapor state

C. Vapor follows the ideal gas law

D. All A., B. & C.
4441. Pick out the correct statement ?
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A. inder</strong>

B. e in temperature

C. Solid angle subtended by the finite surface at the radiating element is called the angle of

D. Higher is the temperature of the radiating body, higher is the wavelength of radiation

E. The wavelength corresponding to maximum mono-chromatic emissive power increases with

F. Logarithmic mean area is used for calculating the heat flow rate through a thick walled
4442. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. In case of heat transfer by purely forced convection, GR/Re 2 ? 1

B. The equivalent diameter of heat transfer for a duct of square cross-section (having each side as

C. med and detached from the heating surface

D. 216;x) is equal to 4x</strong>

E. Distillation process is not the same as evaporation

F. The effectiveness of nucleate boiling depends basically on the ease with which the bubbles are

4443. Fireclay bricks are used in the______________?
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A. Outer lining of L.D. converter

B. Hearth bottom of blast furnace

C. Coke oven walls

D. Coke ovens regenerator
4445. Pick out the correct statement ?
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A. Packed towers are generally preferred over plate towers, if the liquids have a foaming tendency

B. None of these

C. The pressure drop through the packed towers is generally more than the pressure drop through plate towers designed for same duty

D. When highly corrosive fluids are to be handled, the plate towers prove to be cheaper and easier to construct than packed tower

4447. The reverse process of fractional crystallisation is called__________________?
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A. Leaching

B. Differential distillation

C. Stripping

D. Absorption

4449. Pick out the wrong unit conversion of heat transfer rate?
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A. 1 Watt = 1.163 kcal/hr

B. 1 kcal/hr= 1.163 Watt

C. 1 kcal/m2.hr = 0.3687 BTU/ft2.hr = 1.163 Watt/m2

D. 1 BTU/ft2.hr = 2.712 kcal/m2.hr

4450. Permeability of bricks is a measure of the___________________?
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A. Melting point

B. Refractoriness

C. Rate at which a fluid will pass through the pores

D. Expansion during heating