With increase in the mass velocity of the gas, the rate of drying during
the constant rate period __________, if the conduction and radiation
through the solid are negligible.
(A) Increases
(B) Decreases
(C) Remain same
Description : For __________ drying, the effects of velocity, temperature and humidity of the gas and the thickness of the solid are the same. (A) Unsaturated surface (B) Constant rate (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Last Answer : (C) Both (A) and (B)
Description : The absorptivity of a grey body at a given temperature __________ with increasing wavelength of radiation. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain constant (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the material
Last Answer : (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the material
Description : During the constant rate period of drying of a solid, (A) Increased air humidity decreases the rate of drying (B) Increasing the air temperature decreases the drying rate (C) Surface evaporation of unbound moisture occurs (D) None of these
Last Answer : (C) Surface evaporation of unbound moisture occurs
Description : Occurrence of 'case hardening' during drying of a high moisture solid cake __________ the drying rate. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Does not affect
Last Answer : (B) Decreases
Description : In the constant rate period of the rate of drying curve for batch drying, (A) Cracks develop on the surface of the solid (B) Rate of drying decreases abruptly (C) Surface evaporation of unbound moisture occurs (D) None of these
Description : Pick out the correct statement. (A) Bound moisture is removed during constant rate drying period (B) Free moisture is removed during falling rate drying period (C) The sum of free moisture and ... (D) The driving force for mass transfer in a wet solid is its free moisture content
Last Answer : (D) The driving force for mass transfer in a wet solid is its free moisture content
Description : During constant rate period, the rate of drying decreases with the (A) Decrease in air temperature (B) Increase in air humidity (C) Both (A) and (B) (D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Description : For the flow of gases through a capillary, with increase in temperature, the permeability __________ as per Knudsen law. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) Either (A) or (B); depends on the gas
Last Answer : (A) Increases
Description : With increase in reduced temperature, the fugacity co-efficient of a gas at constant reduced pressure (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) Decreases linearly
Description : The film thickness for laminar film condensation on vertical surface __________ from top to bottom. (A) Cumulatively increases (B) Cumulatively decreases (C) Remain constant (D) And the surface conductance increase
Last Answer : (A) Cumulatively increases
Description : In a single evaporator system, the steam economy __________ by creating vacuum in the evaporator. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain constant (D) May increase or decrease, depends on the vacuum
Description : C.V. (kcal/Nm3 ) of gaseous fuels __________ with increase in molecular weight. (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remain constant (D) May increase or decrease, depends on combustibles
Last Answer : (D) May increase or decrease, depends on combustibles
Description : The amount of chemical coagulant added for treatment of polluted water __________ with increase in temperature of the polluted water to be treated. (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remain constant (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the chemical characteristics of polluted water
Last Answer : (A) Decreases
Description : The equilibrium constant of chemical reaction __________ in the presence of catalyst. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain unaffected (D) Can either increase or decrease (depends on the type of catalyst)
Last Answer : (C) Remain unaffected
Description : The filtrate flow rate in constant pressure filtration (A) Continuously increases (B) Continuously decreases (C) Remain constant throughout (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the pressure
Last Answer : (B) Continuously decreases
Description : With increase in the discounted cash flow rate of return, the ratio of the total present value to the initial investment of a given project (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Increases linearly (D) Remain constant
Description : Heat transfer by __________ is almost absent in case of fluidised bed drying operation. (A) Radiation (B) Conduction (C) Convection (D) Both (B) & (C)
Last Answer : A) Radiation
Description : With increase in the distance between the heat source and the object receiving the heat, the radiation heat transfer (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Increases exponentially (D) Remain unaffected
Description : Fugacity of a component in an ideal gas mixture is equal to the partial pressure of that component in the mixture. The fugacity of each component in a stable homogeneous solution at constant pressure and ... increases. (A) Decreases (B) Decreases exponentially (C) Increases (D) Remain constant
Last Answer : (C) Increases
Description : With lapse of time, the overhead composition of light component in case of batch distillation with constant reflux (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) May increase or decrease; depends on system
Description : With increase in temperature, the thermal conductivity of most liquids (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) First increases upto a certain temperature and then becomes constant
Last Answer : (C) Remain same
Description : Temperature of the product during ultrafine grinding (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain constant (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the material being ground
Description : The drying time between fixed moisture contents within the 'constant rate period' is proportional to (assuming that drying occurs from all surfaces of the solid) (where, T = thickness of the solid). (A) √T (B) T (C) T 1.5 (D) T
Last Answer : (B) T
Description : 200 kg of solids (on dry basis) is subjected to a drying process for a period of 5000 seconds. The drying occurs in the constant rate period with the drying rate as, Nc = 0.5 10 -3 kg/m2 .s. The initial ... moisture/kg dry solid). (A) 0.5 (B) 0.05 (C) 0.1 (D) 0.15
Last Answer : (C) 0.1
Description : For a stable phase at constant pressure and temperature, the fugacity of each component in a binary system __________ as its mole fraction increases. (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remain same (D) Decreases linearly
Last Answer : (B) Increases
Description : When a catalyst increases the rate of forward reaction, the value of rate constant (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) Becomes infinite
Description : With increase in solvent rate, the number of transfer units, NtoG, for a fixed degree of absorption from a fixed amount of gas (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Decreases linearly (D) Remain unaffected
Description : The value of coefficient of velocity for a sharp edged orifice __________ with the head of water. (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remain same (D) None of these
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : The falling rate period in the drying of a solid is characterised by (A) Increase in rate of drying (B) Increasing temperatures both on the surface and within the solid (C) Decreasing temperatures (D) None of these
Last Answer : (B) Increasing temperatures both on the surface and within the solid
Description : As the C/H ratio of the fuel increases, the amount of CO2 formed on combustion __________ for the same percentage of excess air. (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remain same (D) May increase or decrease depending on the type of fuel
Description : The boundary layer thickness at a given section along a flat plate __________ with increasing Reynold's number. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) May increase or decrease
Description : Latent heat of dry steam at atmospheric pressure is 539 Kcal/kg; which __________ with increase in the pressure of steam. (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remain same (D) May increase or decrease
Description : With increase in the shear rate, the apparent viscosity of pseudo-plastic fluids (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the magnitude of shear rate
Description : With increase in the order of reaction (for all positive reaction orders), the ratio of the volume of mixed reactor to the volume of plug flow reactor (for identical feed composition, flow rate and conversion). (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) Increases linearly
Description : As the chemical reaction proceeds, the rate of reaction (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) May increase or decrease depending on the type of reaction
Description : Water flows through a horizontal pipe at a constant volumetric rate. At a location where the cross sectional area decreases, the velocity of the fluid: (1) increases (2) decreases (3) stays the same (4) none of the above
Last Answer : (1) increases
Description : Water flows through a horizontal pipe at a constant volumetric rate. At a location where the cross sectional area decreases, the velocity of the fluid: w) increases x) decreases y) stays the same
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- INCREASES
Description : With increase in temperature, the thermal conductivity of a gas (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain same (D) May increase or decrease depending on the type of gas
Description : After throttling, gas temperature (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remain same (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the nature of
Description : When the nurse observes that the patient's heart rate increases during inspiration and decreases during expiration, the nurse reports that the patient is demonstrating a) sinus dysrhythmia. Sinus dysrhythmia ... occurs when the sinus node regularly creates an impulse at a faster-than-normal rate.
Last Answer : a) sinus dysrhythmia. Sinus dysrhythmia occurs when the sinus node creates an impulse at an irregular rhythm.
Description : With increase in temperature, the thermal conductivity of non-metallic amorphous solids (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remain constant (D) First decreases upto certain temperature and then increases
Description : With increase in the temperature, viscosity of a liquid (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain constant (D) May increase or decrease; depends on the liquid
Description : With increase in temperature, the vapor pressure of liquids (A) Increases (B) Increases linearly (C) Decreases (D) Remain constant
Description : With increase in the ratio of orifice diameter to pipe diameter in case of an orificemeter, the overall pressure loss (A) Decreases (B) Increases (C) Remain constant (D) Increases linearly
Last Answer : (C) Remain constant
Description : With the increase in depth, the hydrostatic pressure in an un-accelerated incompressible fluid (in a constant gravitational field) (A) Decreases (B) Increases linearly (C) Increases exponentially (D) Remain constant
Last Answer : (B) Increases linearly
Description : With increase in initial concentration, the fractional conversion of a first order reaction in a given time (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain constant (D) Unpredictable
Description : With increase in compression ratio, the efficiency of the otto engine (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain constant (D) Increases linearly
Description : With increase in temperature, the surface tension of water (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain constant (D) Increases linearly
Last Answer : Option B
Description : With increase in temperature, the electrical conductivity of semiconductors (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain constant (D) Either (A) or (B), depends on the type of semi-conductor
Last Answer : Option A
Description : The equilibrium constant of a catalytic chemical reaction __________ due to the presence of a catalyst. (A) Increases (B) Decreases (C) Remain unaffected (D) Unpredictable from the data