Description : Ceramic recuperators compared to metallic recuperators for the same duty (A) Are lighter (B) Occupy more space (C) Are less costly (D) Have higher pressure differential between flue gas & air side
Last Answer : (B) Occupy more space
Description : Regenerators as compared to recuperators for the same duty(A) Store smaller quantity of waste heat (B) Are lighter & compact (C) Involve higher initial cost (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (C) Involve higher initial cost
Description : A packed tower compared to a plate tower for a particular mass transfer operation (A) Incurs smaller pressure drop (B) Allows installation of cooling coils (C) Is less costly when built in large sizes/diameters (D) Is more suitable, if suspended solids are present in fluid stream
Last Answer : (A) Incurs smaller pressure drop
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) For a first order consecutive reaction, a tubular flow reactor as compared to a stirred tank reactor provides higher overall selectivity(B) For an ideal ... D) Reaction rate does not decrease appreciably as the reaction proceeds in case of an autocatalytic reaction
Last Answer : (A) For a first order consecutive reaction, a tubular flow reactor as compared to a stirred tank reactor provides higher overall selectivity
Description : Gause's principle of competitive exclusion states that (a) no two species can occupy the same niche indefinitely for the same limiting resources (b) larger organisms exclude smaller ... through competition (d) competition for the same resources exclude species having different food preference
Last Answer : (c) more abundant species will exclude the less abundant species through competition
Description : A coal having high ratio of volatile matter to fixed carbon as compared to a coal having low ratio of volatile matter to fixed carbon (A) Is less liable to spontaneous combustion on storage (B) ... a shorter flame (C) Requires smaller combustion space and less secondary air (D) None of these
Last Answer : (D) None of these
Description : The optimum performance for reactors operating in parallel is obtained when the feed stream is distributed in such a way, that the (A) Space time for each parallel line is same (B) Space time for ... is different (C) Larger reactors have more space time compared to smaller ones (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Space time for each parallel line is same
Description : Coke made in narrower by-product coke ovens (as compared to wider ovens) is (A) Less reactive (B) Stronger (C) Smaller in size (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) & (C)
Description : Pick out the wrong statement. (A) The vessel dispersion number (D/UL) for plug flow and mixed flow approaches zero and infinity respectively (B) Space time in a flow reactor is a ... ideal tubular flow reactor, mixing takes place in radial direction and there is no mixing in longitudinal direction
Last Answer : (C) Mixed reactor is always smaller than the plug flow reactor for all positive reaction orders for a particular duty
Description : Pressure drop through plate tower as compared to that through packed tower, for the same duty will be (A) Less (B) More (C) Equal (D) Either (A) or (B); depends on the packing height
Last Answer : (B) More
Description : Carnivorous animals lions and leopards, occupy the same niche but lions predate mostly larger animals and leopards take smaller ones. This mechanism of competition is referred to as (a) character displacement (b) altruism (c) resource partitioning (d) competitive exclusion.
Last Answer : (c) resource partitioning
Description : A traffic rotary is justified where (A) Number of intersecting roads is between 4 and 7 (B) Space is limited and costly (C) When traffic volume is less than 500 vehicles per hour (D) When traffic volume is more than 5000 vehicles per hour
Last Answer : Answer: Option A
Description : The size of plug flow reactor (PFR) for all positive reaction orders and for any given duty, is __________ that of mixed reactor. (A) Greater than (B) Equal to (C) Smaller than (D) Unpredictable from the data
Last Answer : (C) Smaller than
Description : In the manufacture of H3 PO4 (ortho); strong H2 SO4 leaching wet process as compared to electric furnace process (A) Uses lower grade phosphate rock (B) Requires lower capital investment in the plant (C) Produces lower purity acid (D) Is very costly
Last Answer : (C) Produces lower purity acid
Description : The M87 black hole is supermassive, but relatively compact for its mass. What size does it occupy? -Space
Last Answer : Such incredibly compact objects cause infinite curvature in the fabric of spacetime. Everything that falls into a black hole is sucked toward the singularity. At some distance away from the singularity ... star. Black holes grow by accreting surrounding matter and by merging with other black holes.
Description : Ceramic recuperators are generally made of (A) Silicon carbide (B) Calcium carbide (C) Fireclay bricks (D) High alumina bricks
Last Answer : (A) Silicon carbide
Description : Fuel economy in an industrial furnace operation cannot be achieved by the use of (A) Stoichiometric combustion air (B) Non-preheated combustion air (C) Combustion air not enriched with oxygen (D) Recuperators
Last Answer : (A) Stoichiometric combustion air
Description : Metallic recuperators are not used for waste heat recovery, if the hot flue gas temperature is above __________ °C, because corrosion prevails at higher temperatures. (A) 350 (B) 750 (C) 1050 (D) 1250
Last Answer : (B) 750
Description : Ceramic recuperators (made of SiC) is economical, only when used for preheating combustion air above __________ °C. (A) 250 (B) 650 (C) 850 (D) 1000
Last Answer : (B) 650
Description : As compared to English bond, double Flemish bond is (A) Stronger (B) More compact (C) Costly (D) None of these
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : A tube mill as compared to a ball mill (A) Employs smaller balls (B) Gives finer size reduction but consumes more power (C) Has larger length/diameter ratio (>2 as compared to 1 for ball mill) (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Last Answer : (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Though kinetics of ammonia synthesis dictates the use of low temperature for high equilibrium conversion, yet it is kept moderately high (550°C), because at low temperature (A) Rate of reaction is very low ... (C) Space velocity of gas is very low resulting in decreased conversion (D) None of these
Last Answer : (A) Rate of reaction is very low
Description : Near their critical temperatures, all gases occupy volumes __________ that of the ideal gas. (A) Less than (B) Same as (C) More than (D) Half
Last Answer : (A) Less than
Description : Coke oven regenerators are made of __________ bricks. (A) Fire clay (B) Silica (C) Low thermal conductivity (D) High electrical conductivity
Last Answer : (A) Fire clay
Description : Regenerators are normally provided in the (A) Glass melting furnace (B) Open hearth furnace (C) By product coke ovens (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Regenerators are installed in (A) Coke ovens (B) Open hearth furnace (C) Both (A) & (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) & (B)
Description : Regenerators are used for waste heat recovery in (A) By-product coke ovens (B) Beehive coke oven (C) Blast furnace stoves (D) Soaking pits
Last Answer : (A) By-product coke ovens
Description : Narrow coke ovens as compared to wider coke ovens (A) Produce smaller coke (B) Produce stronger coke (C) Require less time of carbonisation (D) All (A), (B) and (C)
Description : Which of the following scientists is responsible for the exclusion principle which states that two objects may NOT occupy the same space at the same time? Was it: w) Heisenberg x) Bohr y) Teller z) Pauli
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- PAULI
Description : A concentric double pipe heat exchanger as compared to the shell and tube heat exchanger for the same heat load requires (A) Less heating surface (B) More space (C) Lower maintenance cost (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) More space
Description : Compared to Chlorine, Bromine has: w) smaller atomic size x) higher density y) lower boiling point z) greater number of outer electrons
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- HIGHER DENSITY
Description : Double pipe heat exchangers are used (A) When heat transfer area required is very high (B) When heat transfer area required is very low, i.e. (100-200 ft 2 ). (C) Because it occupies less floor area (D) Because it is less costly
Last Answer : (B) When heat transfer area required is very low, i.e. (100-200 ft 2 )
Description : What is the device used in fiber optic communication which consist of a receiver transmitter use to clean up and amplify digital data moving in one direction and another in the opposite direction? A. Optic compressors B. Optic retarders C. Optic isolator D. Optic regenerators
Last Answer : D. Optic regenerators
Description : _______ allow insertion and extraction of signals. A) regenerators B) ADMs C) STS multiplexer/demultiplexers D) none of the above
Last Answer : regenerators
Description : A SONET system can use _________. A) STS multiplexers B) regenerators C) add/drop multiplexers D) all of theabove
Last Answer : add/drop multiplexers
Description : An important requirement for successful transmission system using light ∙ a. Powerful, reliable light source ∙ b. Strong glass ∙ c. Reliable, high cost transmission medium ∙ d. Powerful regenerators
Last Answer : a. Powerful, reliable light source
Description : The equivalent diameter for the annulus of a double pipe heat exchanger, whose inner pipe has fins on the outside is __________ compared to the same size pipes without fins. (A) More (B) Less (C) Same (D) Unpredictable
Last Answer : (B) Less
Description : For the same terminal conditions and valve size, the pressure drop in a fully opened globe valve as compared to that in a gate valve is (A) More (B) Less (C) Equal (D) Either (A) or (B); depends on the viscosity of the fluid
Last Answer : (A) More
Description : Binary communications systems are better because A. they can interface directly with the analog telephone network B. the components are simpler, less costly, and more reliable C. people think better in binary D. interstate calls are less costly
Last Answer : B. the components are simpler, less costly, and more reliable
Description : The longer a fault exists in a) the more tedious its removal becomes b) the more costly it is to detect and correct c) the less likely it is to be properly corrected d) All of the mentioned
Last Answer : d) All of the mentioned
Description : Instead of terraforming other planets why not occupy and colonize outer space first?
Last Answer : There’s no oxygen or water and it’s quite cold. Not to mention the fact there’s no gravity, so once we start moving, we won’t stop.
Description : Let’s say there is an apocalyptic event. If you can’t send stuff into space, how would you signal the future intelligent beings that may inhabit the earth that we used to occupy it?
Last Answer : (Could be anything. Preserving our discoveries, ourselves, inventions etc.)
Description : You can see through me, yet I am not transparent, you can pick holes in me, yet I occupy no space. What am I? -Riddles
Last Answer : A lie.
Last Answer : : The Padma Bridge has occupied the eleventh position as the longest bridge in the world, surpassing the Bangabandhu Bridge.
Description : In a mass concrete, the aggregates occupy a space of [ A ] 25% [ B ] 75% [ C ] 40% [ D ] 60%
Last Answer : [ B ] 75%
Description : Advantage of continuous drying over batch drying is that the (A) Drying cost per unit weight of dried product is less (B) Product with more uniform moisture content is produced (C) Equipment size required is smaller (D) All 'a', 'b' & 'c'
Last Answer : (D) All 'a', 'b' & 'c'
Description : Furnace oil consumption in a furnace for a given duty employing preheated combination air (at 300°) may be reduced by about __________ percent as compared to the use of atmospheric combustion air. (A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 20 (D) 35
Last Answer : (C) 20
Description : Which method of raising chickens is less costly ?
Last Answer : The cost of raising chickens in open method is less.
Description : A major problem with using style modification is that 1. customers have difficulty recognizing that a change has been made 2. such changes do not yield long lasting appeal 3. customers may perceive such modifications as less attractive 4. they are almost always very costly 5. none of these
Last Answer : customers may perceive such modifications as less attractive