chemical engineering thermodynamics for chemical chemical engineering Mcqs
403. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. The net change in entropy in any reversible cycle is always zero

B. The entropy of a substance does not remain constant during a reversible adiabatic change

C. The entropy of the system as a whole in an irreversible process increases

D. The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum

405. In the reaction, H2 +I2 ? 2HI, addition of an inert gas will___________________?
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A. Increase the total pressure and hence shift the equilibrium towards the right

B. Increase the partial pressure of I2

C. Increase the partial pressure of H2

D. Not affect the equilibrium conditions
406. Pick out the correct statement?
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A. Efficiency of an Otto engine is higher than that of a diesel engine for the same compression

B. put of work

C. Compression ratio of an Otto engine is comparatively higher than a diesel engine

D. Otto engine efficiency decreases with the rise in compression ratio, due to decrease in work

E. io</strong>

F. duced per quantity of heat

408. Which of the following has the minimum value of COP for a given refrigeration effect ?
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A. Reverse Carnot cycle

B. Ordinary vapour-compression cycle

C. Air refrigeration cycle

D. Vapour-compression process with a reversible expansion engine

409. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. rogen is 4

B. Degree of freedom of a system containing a gaseous mixture of helium, carbon dioxide and

C. Enthalpy and internal energy change is zero during phase change processes like melting,

D. For a two phase system in equilibrium made up of four non-reacting chemical species, the

E. ber of degrees of freedom is 4

F. orisation and sublimation</strong>

410. Free energy change at equilibrium is____________________?
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A. Negative

B. Indeterminate

C. Zero

D. Positive

415. Lowering of condenser temperature (keeping the evaporator temperature constant) in case of vapour compression refrigeration system results in__________________?
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A. Increased COP

B. Decreased COP

C. Same COP

D. Increased or decreased COP; depending upon the type of refrigerant

420. Clausius-Clapeyron Equation gives accurate result, when the __________________?
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A. Vapour obeys the ideal gas law and the latent heat of vaporisation is constant

B. All A, B. and C

C. Volume in the liquid state is negligible compared with that in the vapour state

D. Vapour pressure is relatively low and the temperature does not vary over wide limits

422. Compressibility factor (i.e., the ratio of actual volume of gas to the volume predicted by ideal gas law) for all gases are_______________?
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A. Always greater than one

B. Same at the same reduced temperature

C. Same at the same reduced pressure

D. Both B. & C
424. The expression, nCv(T2 T1), is for the _____________ of an ideal gas?
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A. Compressibility

B. Work done under adiabatic condition

C. Co-efficient of thermal expansion

D. None of these

426. In a turbine, the fluid expands almost_________________?
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A. None of these

B. Isobarically

C. Isothermally

D. Adiabatically
427. A gas shows deviation from ideal behaviour at______________?
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A. Low pressure and high temperature

B. Low temperature and high pressure

C. High temperature and high pressure

D. Low pressure and low temperature

429. Which of the following decreases with increase in pressure ?
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A. Boiling point of liquids

B. Melting point of ice

C. Melting point of wax

D. None of these

430. In the ammonia synthesis reaction, N2 + 3H2 ? 2NH3 + 22.4 kcal, the formation of NH3 will be favoured by___________________?
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A. High temperature

B. Low pressure

C. Low temperature only

D. Both low temperature and high pressure
431. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. The values of (?P/?V)T and (?2P/?V2)T are zero for a real gas at its critical point

B. During a reversible adiabatic process, the entropy of a substance remains constant

C. Heat transferred is equal to the change in the enthalpy of the system, for a constant pressure,

D. #NAME?

E. Thermal efficiency of a Carnot engine depends upon the properties of the working fluid

F. ides the source & sink temperatures</strong>

432. During the phase transition, _______________ changes?
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A. Pressure

B. Volume

C. All A , B. and C

D. Temperature

435. (1/V) (?V/?T)P is the mathematical expression__________________?
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A. co-efficient of thermal expansion

B. Joule-Thomson co-efficient

C. Specific heat at constant pressure (Cp)

D. Specific heat at constant volume (CV)

436. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. In case of an ideal gas, the fugacity is equal to its pressure.

B. ponent.

C. The fugacity co-efficient is zero for an ideal gas

D. In a mixture of ideal gases, the fugacity of a component is equal to the partial pressure of the

E. Activity co-efficient is dimensionless.

438. Pick out the correct statement ?
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A. hanged

B. In a closed system, the energy can be exchanged with the surrounding, while matter cannot be

C. All the natural processes are reversible in nature

D. Work is a state function

E. Entropy and enthalpy are path functions

439. Gibbs-Duhem equation_____________________?
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A. Finds no application in gas-liquid equilibria involved in distillation

B. perature and pressure</strong>

C. None of these

D. Applies only to binary systems

E. States that n1d?1 + n2d?2 + .njd?j = 0, for a system of definite composition at constant
441. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Free energy change for a spontaneous process is negative

B. The expansion of a gas in vacuum is an irreversible process

C. Entropy change for a reversible adiabatic process is zero

D. An isometric process is a constant pressure process
442. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. uid and vapour phases at its critical point

B. Surface tension of a substance vanishes at critical point, as there is no distinction between

C. The eccentric factor for all materials is always more than one

D. Change of internal energy is negative for exothermic reactions

E. Entropy of a system decreases with the evolution of heat

443. Entropy change of mixing two liquid substances depends upon the_________________?
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A. Molar concentration

B. Quantity (i.e. number of moles)

C. Both A. and B

D. Neither A. nor B

446. is desired to bring about a certain change in the state of a system by performing work on the system under adiabatic conditions ?
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A. work needed

B. Work alone cannot bring out such a change of state

C. More information is needed to conclude anything about the path dependence or otherwise of

D. The amount of work needed is independent of path

E. . The amount of work needed is path dependent
448. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. System (of partially miscible liquid pairs), in which the mutual solubility increases with rise

B. temperature, are said to possess an upper consolute temperature

C. Systems, in which the mutual solubility increases with decrease in temperature, are said to

D. sess lower consolute temperature

E. Nicotine-water system shows both an upper as well as a lower consolute temperature,

F. lying that they are partially miscible between these two limiting temperatures

449. Pick out the wrong statement?
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A. perature at which heat is rejected increases

B. A refrigeration cycle violates the second law of thermodynamics

C. In a refrigerator, work required decreases as the temperature of the refrigerator and the

D. One ton of refrigeration is equivalent to the rate of heat absorption equal to 3.53 kW

E. Refrigeration cycle is normally represented by a temperature vs. entropy plot

450. Pick out the wrong statement ?
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A. Heat of reaction at constant volume is equal to the change in internal energy

B. Enthalpies of all elements in their standard states are assumed to be zero

C. Clausius-Clapeyron equation is not applicable to melting process

D. Combustion reactions are never endothermic in nature