3401. Lancashire boiler is of____________________?
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A. all of the above

B. stationary<fire tube-type

C. natural cirulation type

D. horizontal type

E. internally fired type

3402. In accelerated circulation type boiler________________?
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A. water is converted into steam in one pass without any recirculation

B. feed pump is employed to supplement natural circulation in water wall type furnace

C. water is supplied in drum and through downcomers located in atmospheric conditon it passes to the water wall and rises to durm in the from of mixture of water and steam

D. heating takes place at bottom and the water supplied at bottom gets converted into the mixture of stdam bubbles and hot water which rise to durm

E. water is fed under high pressure and high velocity

3403. Water and sediment in fuel oil can be removed by _______________________?
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A. cooling the oil in the settling tanks

B. burning the oil

C. heating the oil in the settling tanks

D. suspension

E. filtering

3404. Which type of boiler can meet rapid changes of load____________________?
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A. vertical fire tube type

B. forced circulation type

C. horizontal fire tube type

D. horizontal water tube type

E. vertical water tube type

3405. The balanced draft furnace is one using _________________________?
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A. induced draft fan and forced draft fan

B. any one of the above

C. none of the above

D. forced draft fan and chimney

E. induced draft fan and chimney

3406. Boiler parameters are expressed by ___________________?
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A. all of the above

B. none of the above

C. temperature of steam in C

D. tonnes/hr. of steam

E. pressure of steam in kg/cm2

3407. With increase in load, radiant super heater has____________________?
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A. flat characteristic

B. lihear characterisstic

C. none of the above

D. drooping characteristic

E. rising characteristic

3408. A safety valve in a locomotive starts leaking. The leaking medium will be_________________?
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A. water

B. dry steam

C. supersaturated steam

D. wet steam

E. super heated steam
3409. It is required to produce large amount of steam at low pressure. Which boiler should be used ?
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A. lancashire boiler

B. babcock and wilcox boiler

C. cochran boiler

D. stoker fired boiler

E. pulverised fuel fired boiler

3410. The feed check valve is used in order to ______________________?
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A. check level of water in boiler drum

B. allow high pressure feed water to flow to drum and not allow reverse flow to take place

C. recirculate unwanted feed water

D. none of the above

E. regulate flow of boiler water

3411. In which of the following boilers, the draught in furnace is increased by utilising exhaust steam from engine__________________?
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A. locomotive boiler

B. babcock and wilcox boiler

C. benson boiler

D. cochran boiler

E. lancashire boiler

3412. In a recuperative air preheater, the heat is transferred____________________?
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A. heat is transferred by bleeding some gases from furnace

B. from heating an itermediate material and then heating the air from this material

C. from a metal wall from one medium to another

D. none of the above

E. by direct mixing ,

3413. The pressure at which latent heat of vaporisation of water is zero, is_________________?
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A. 1 kg/cm2

B. 100 kg/cm2

C. 170 kg/cm2

D. 225.6 kg/cm2

E. below atmospheric pressure

3414. Pick up wrong statement about desired properties of a good fuel__________________?
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A. high calorific value

B. ecomomical

C. ease in storing

D. high ignition point

E. produce minimum smoke and gases

3416. Incomplete combustion can be best judged by__________________?
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A. measuring oxygen in flue gases

B. measuring temperature of flue gases at exit of furnace

C. smoky chimney exit

D. excess air in flue gases

E. measuring carbon mono-oxide in flue gases
3417. The condition of steam in boiler drum is always ___________________?
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A. dry

B. superheated

C. saturated

D. supersaturated

E. wet
3418. Presence of moisture in fuel oil would____________________?
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A. clean the nozzles

B. reduce flame length

C. aid in proper combustion

D. cause sputtering, possibly extinguishing flame

E. keep the burner tips cool

3419. Vacuum for reciprocating steam engines compared to steam turbines is__________________?
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A. more

B. equal

C. less

D. could be more or less depending on the size of plant

E. none of the above

3420. In water wall furnace, the heat is transferred to the water-walls by _________________?
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A. radiation and convection

B. convection

C. radiation

D. conduction

E. radiation and conducton

3421. A supercritical boiler is one that operates above the pressure and temperature of following values_____________________?
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A. 218 kg/cm2 abs and 540C

B. 100 kg/cm2 and 540C

C. 1 kg/cm2 and 100C

D. 100 kg/cm2 abs and 373C

E. 218 kg/cm2 abs and 373C
3422. The behaviour of coal in a furnace is determained by_______________________?
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A. the proximate analysis

B. the exact analysis

C. its type

D. the content of ash and heating value

E. the content of sulphur

3423. The capacity of induced draft fan compared to forced draft fan in a boiler is__________________?
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A. less

B. less or more depending on size of boiler

C. more

D. same

E. unpredictable

3424. With increase in load, convection superheater has_______________________?
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A. linear characterisstic

B. none of the above

C. drooping characteristic

D. flat characteristic

E. rising characteristic
3426. The size of a boiler drum in pulverised fuel fired boiler,as its size and capacity, (steam pressure and flow ratings) increase __________________?
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A. remains unchanged

B. increases

C. decreases

D. increases/decreases depending on steam temperature requirements

E. unpredictable

3428. Which device is used in thermal power plants to reduce level of pollution___________________?
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A. chimney

B. precipitator

C. induced draft fan

D. smoke meter

E. pulveriser

3429. The function of injector used in small capacity boilers is to____________________?
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A. inject chemical solution in feed pump

B. none of the above

C. pump water, similar to boiler feed pump

D. add make up water in the system

E. create vacuum

3430. The overall efficiency of thermal power plant is________________?
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A. all the three above plus gas cycle efficiency

B. regenerative cycle efficiency

C. boiler efficiency, turhine efficiecny, generator efficiency

D. rankine cycle efficiency

E. carnot cycle efficiency

3431. Gardually increasing temperature of flue gases at inlet to chimney for given steam outputs is an indication of__________________?
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A. high calorific value coal being burnt

B. fouling of heat transfer surfaces

C. raising of steam temperature

D. leakage of air

E. higher effectiveness of boiler

3432. The ratio of heat utilised to produce steam and the heat liberated in furnace is known as___________________?
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A. boiler evaporative capacity

B. boiler effectiveness

C. factor of evaporation

D. equivalent evaporation

E. boiler efficiency
3433. Feed water conditioning in thermal power plants in done to__________________?
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A. increase *heat transfer rate

B. increase efficiency-of thermal power plant

C. reduce hardness and for removal of solids

D. all of the above

E. increase steam parameters

3434. Gusset stays in a boiler are provided to____________________?
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A. avoid explosion in furnace

B. prevent atmospheric air leaking into furnace

C. prevent the bulging of flat surfaces

D. support furnace freely from top

E. prevent leakage of hot flue gases

3435. Sulphur in coal results in___________________?
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A. corroding air heaters

B. all of the above

C. causing clinkering and slagging

D. spontaneous combustion during coal storage

E. facilitating ash precipitation

3436. The latent heat of steam with increase of pressure__________________?
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A. increases

B. none of the above

C. remains same

D. behaves unpredictably

E. decreases
3437. Spontaneous combustion is a phenomenon in which____________________?
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A. all the fuel burns instantaneously producing high energy release

B. none of the above

C. explosion in furnace

D. fuel burns with less air

E. coal bursts into flame without any external ignition source but by itself due to gradual increase in temperature as a result of heat released by combination of oxygen with coal
3438. Which is not correct statement about the function of furnace____________________?
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A. to provide proper conditions for con-tinuous complete combustion

B. separate ash from coal

C. mix fuel with air and ignite

D. maintain heat supply to prepare and ignite the incoming fuel

E. to minimise radiation losses

3439. For combustion of a fuel, following is essential_____________________?
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A. none of the above

B. all the three above

C. proper ignition temperature

D. 02 to support combustion

E. correct fuel air ratio

3440. In forced recirculation type boiler__________________?
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A. feed pump is employed to supplement natural circulation in water wall type furnace

B. water is supplied in drum and through down-comers located in atmospheric condition it passes to the water wall and rises to drum in the form of mixture of water and steam

C. heating of water takes place in stages

D. water is converted into steam in one pass without any recirculation

E. heating takes place at bottom and the water supplied at bottom gets converted into the mixture of steam bubbles and hot water which rise to drum

3441. In regenerative air preheater, the heat is transferred _____________________?
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A. from heating an intermediateanaterial and then heating the air from this material

B. none of the above

C. by direct mixing

D. from a metal wall from one medium to another

E. heat is transferred by bleeding some gas from furnace

3442. In locomotives, the draught is produced by_________________?
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A. chimney

B. induced draft fan

C. both combined A. and B.

D. steam jet draught

E. none of the above

3444. Size of boiler tubes is specified by___________________?
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A. outside diameter and inside diameter

B. outside diameter and thickness

C. inside diameter and thickness

D. mean diameter and thickness

E. outside diameter alone

3445. The pressure of reheat steam after passing through reheater compared to inlet condition is _________________?
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A. equal

B. more

C. may be more or less depending on capacity of reheater

D. less

E. none of the above

3446. Green coal, in order to be burnt, must be____________________?
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A. burnt in excess air

B. burnt as lumps

C. heated to its ignition point

D. burnt as powder

E. heated sufficiently

3449. The temperature of flue gases at air heater outlet should be__________________?
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A. 100C

B. above dew-point temperature of flue gases

C. above wet bulb temperature of flue gases

D. less than wet bulb temperature of flue gases

E. below dew-point temperature of flue gases

3450. Boiler H.P. is defined as the ________________ ?
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A. the evaporation of 15.65 kg of water per hour from and at 100C into dry saturated steam

B. heat consumed in evaporating 1 kg water at 0C to steam at 100C and 1.033 kg/cm pressure

C. steam evaporation rate per kg of fuel fired

D. work done by 1 kg of steam at saturation condition

E. work done in evaporating 1 kg of steam per hour from and at 100C into dry saturated steam