1. Condensing film co-efficient for steam on horizontal tubes ranges from 5000 to 15000 Kcal/hr.m2.°C. Condensation of vapor is carried out inside the tube in a shell and tube heat exchanger, when the
Correct : B. Condensate is corrosive in nature
2. Viscosity of gases __________ with increase in temperature.
Correct : B. Increase slowly
3. In case of surface condensers, a straight line is obtained on plotting 1/U vs. __________ on
an ordinary graph paper.
Correct : A. 1/V̅-0.8
4. A cube, sphere & a thin circular plate (all having same mass and made of same material)
are all heated to 300°C and allowed to cool in natural air. Which one will cool the slowest?
Correct : C. Sphere
5. A steel sphere of radius 0.1 m at 400°K is immersed in an oil at 300°K. If the centre of the sphere reaches 350°K in 20 minutes, how long will it take for a 0.05 m radius steel sphere to reach the same temperature (at the centre) under identical conditions? Assume that the conductive heat transfer co-efficient is infinitely large.
Correct : A. 5 minutes
6. Which of the following material has lest value of thermal diffusivity?
Correct : B. Rubber
7. For a opaque body
Correct : D. absorptivity + reflectivity = 1
8. In which case the value of thermal conductivity drops with rising temperature
Correct : E. None of the above
9. Which of the following is used as entrainer in acetic acid - water separation?
Correct : A. Butyl acetate
10. Which of the following provides maximum contact surface for a liquid vapour system?
Correct : A. Wetted wall column
11. The lower temperature limit for mercury thermometer is
Correct : C. ? 39?F
12. Cork is a good insulator because
Correct : A. It is porous
13. The value of thermal conductivity of water at room temperature is expected to be
Correct : B. 0.5 kcal/m-hr-?C
14. The coefficient of linear expansion of a solid is L. The volume V of a cube of this solid on being heated by 1?C will change by
Correct : C. 3 VL
15. The unit of thermal conductivity in S.I. units is
Correct : C. W/m?K
16. Two rods one of copper and the other of mild steel, both of diameter 20 mm and length 250 mm are coated with a uniform layer of wax all around. These rods are placed vertically in a boiling water bath with 200 mm, length of each rod projecting outside. If the melting point of wax is 10?C, then
Correct : B. more wax will melt on copper rod as compared to mild steel rod
17. Oxygen boils at -183?C, this temperature is
Correct : C. ? 227?F
18. Heat is transferred from an electric bulb mainly by
Correct : B. Radiation
19. The average value of thermal conductivity for air at 20?C is about
Correct : C. 0.022
20. A vapour containing liquid particles to the extent of 50% by the volume is known as
Correct : D. Wet vapour
21. Ice is slippery when a man walks on it for
Correct : B. Increase of pressure causes it to melt
22. The total solar radiation incident on a body is 1000 kcal/min. The body reflects 400 kcal/min. If the transmissivity of the surface will be
Correct : C. 0.45
23. The nature of flow of a fluid inside a tube i.e., whether it is turbulent or laminar, is ascertained by
Correct : E. Reynolds number
24. When metallic surfaces are oxidized the emissivity
Correct : E. Increases
25. For which fluid combination the value of overall heat transfer coefficient will be least?
Correct : B. Air to heavy tars
26. The rate of heat flow between a solid wall and a fluid (in contact with a solid wall) is given by
Correct : C. Newton-Rikhman's Law
27. Radio active nuclear waste is treated in
Correct : A. Pulsed column extractor
28. In which case does the thermal conductivity increase from left to right?
Correct : C. Aluminium, copper, silver
29. If two systems are being compared on the basis of temperature and heat flux, the similarity being considered is
Correct : B. thermal similarity
30. Thermal conductivity of air at room temperature in kcal/m-hr-?C is nearly
Correct : A. 0.1
31. Steam traps are used to
Correct : B. Remove condensate
32. ?40?C is equivalent to
Correct : C. ? 40?F
33. The temperature inside a furnace is generally measured by
Correct : D. Optical pyrometer
34. At all wavelengths and temperatures the monochromatic emissivity of a white body is equal to
Correct : A. Zero
35. If the bubbles formed on a submerged hot surface get absorbed in the mass of liquid, the process of boiling is termed as
Correct : C. Pool boiling
36. The rate of radiant energy, which is emitted by a surface at any temperature and in small wavelength is found from the known rate of energy, which under the same condition would be emitted from a black surface by multiplying with the absorptivity. Above enunciation is known as
Correct : E. None of the above
37. A radiation shield should have
Correct : B. high reflectivity
38. In heat exchanger design, one transfer unit means
Correct : A. Condition when the change in temperature of 1?C numerically equals the average driving force.
39. A 1-2 heat exchanger means
Correct : A. Single pass on shell side and double pass on tube side
40. When a body is in thermal equilibrium with its surroundings, the absorptivity and the emissivity of the body are same. This Law is known as
Correct : B. Kirchhoff's law
41. The process of separation of solutes of different molecular sizes in a liquid solution by use of a sutable membrane is known as
Correct : D. Dialysis
42. The propose of using multiple pass heat exchangers is to
Correct : B. Increase the rate of heat transfer
43. The range of diffusivity of gases in cm2/sec at atmospheric pressure is
Correct : D. Less than 1
44. Four identical copper cubes are painted with different paints. Now if all the cubes are heated to the same temperature and are left in vacuum, which cube will lose heat more rapidly? The colours of the cubes are
Correct : C. Shiny black
45. In case of ideal mono-atomic gas, the ratio of specific heats would be
Correct : D. 1.67
46. Thermal conductivity of glass wool depends on
Correct : E. All of the above
47. The average value of thermal conductivity for water at 20?C is about
Correct : C. 0.51
48. Which one of the following is a very good insulator?
Correct : D. Saw dust
49. A device for transferring heat from one fluid to another is known as
Correct : B. Heat exchanger
50. Which insulating material is suitable for low temperature applications?
Correct : B. Diatomaceous earth
51. Steady state heat transfer occurs when
Correct : C. The flow of heat is uniformly decreasing
52. Which of the following material has thermal conductivity closest to silver?
Correct : E. Copper
53. A constant gas thermometer is based on
Correct : C. Charle's law
54. Thermal conductivity of liquids can be determined by
Correct : A. Guarded plate method
55. The temperature of sun can be measured using a
Correct : A. radiation pyrometer
56. Any of the following could be the unit for Stefan Boltzmann constant EXCEPT
Correct : E. erg / cm-k4
57. Which one of the following approximates to the black body condition?
Correct : D. All of the above
58. Heat is shown to be closely related to
Correct : C. Temperature
59. Which of the following method is used for finding the thermal conductivity of rubber?
Correct : A. Lec's disc method
60. The ratio of thermal conductivity of copper to that of brass is nearly
Correct : D. 2
61. The relation between the emissive and absorptive power of a surface is developed under
Correct : D. Kirchhoff's law
62. In air prelieater for boiler heat is least transferred by
Correct : E. Radiation
63. The rate of heat loss through a furnace wall is 1000 kcal per hour when inside temperature is 1000?C and outside wall temperature is 500?C. What should be the wall thickness in case the thermal conductivity of wall material is 0.5 kcal/m-hr?C
Correct : A. 25 cm
64. Non-isotropic conductivity is exhibited in case of
Correct : B. Wood
65. What energy transformation takes place when ice and salt mixture is converted into water
Correct : C. Heat energy to latent heat
66. The rate of energy stored in the wall will be
Correct : C. 200 kcal/min
67. Pyrometer which react to all wavelengths of incident radiant energy are known as
Correct : B. Total radiation pyrometers
68. A relationship between the temperature of a black body and the wavelength at which the maximum value of monochromatic emission power occurs, is established under
Correct : D. Wein's displacement law
69. In case of white body, absorptivity is
Correct : C. Zero
70. Two parallel opposed, infinite black planes are maintained at 300?C and 400?C respectively. If the temperature difference is doubled by increasing the temperature from 400?C to 500?C, the heat exchange rate will increase by a factor of about
Correct : A. 2.5
71. The overall co-efficients of heat transfer is used in the problems of
Correct : D. conduction and convection
72. Identity the correct statement
Correct : D. All substances emit radiation the quality and quantity depends on the absolute temperature and the properties of the material composing the radiating body
73. Baffles are provided in heat exchangers to
Correct : D. Increase heat transfer rate
74. Heat sensitive liquids are connected
Correct : E. By using vacuum
75. Which sample of concrete may be expected to have highest value of thermal conductivity
Correct : E. Concrete having 10% moisture by volume and 0.6% reinforcement
76. Which rays have the least wavelength?
Correct : B. Cosmic rays
77. Ditus Boelter equation is applicable in case of fluids flowing in
Correct : B. Turbulent region
78. Transmission of heat by molecular collision is
Correct : D. Convection
79. The emissive power of a body depends on
Correct : D. All of the above
80. Floating heads are provided in heat exchangers to
Correct : D. Avoid deformation of tubes due to thermal expansion
81. The transfer of heat in case of radiation takes place by means of
Correct : A. Heated particles of the medium
82. In case of liquids and gases, the heat transfer takes place according to
Correct : C. convection
83. Which of the following has the highest value of the thermal conductivity
Correct : C. Nichrome
84. Which of the following is wrong
Correct : E. Highly polished mirror like surfaces are very good radiators
85. Which of the following are generally diathermanous?
Correct : C. Gases
86. Longest wavelength
Correct : C. Gamma rays
87. All bodies above absolute zero temperature emit radiation". Above statement is based on
Correct : E. Prevost theory
88. Which one of the following will radiate heat to a large extent?
Correct : A. White polished surface
89. In a cooling tower which mode of heat transfer plays insignificant role?
Correct : C. Radiaion
90. A dimensionless number which is the ratio of kinematic viscosity to thermal diffusivity is known as
Correct : C. Prandtl number
91. There metal walls of same cross-sectional area having thermal conductivity in the ratio 1 : 2 : 4 transfer heat at the rate of 15000 kcal/hr. For same thickness of wall, the temperature deop will be in the ratio
Correct : B. 1 :
92. Formation of fog is due to
Correct : C. Temperature fall of atmosphere
93. The radiation from flames consists of
Correct : E. All of the above
94. In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the corrosive liquid is normally passed through
Correct : B. Tube side
95. DBA = DAB, in case of
Correct : B. Equimolar counter diffusion
96. Unsaturated vapours
Correct : A. Do not obey gas laws
97. A substance above critical temperature exists as
Correct : D. Gas
98. Which dimensionless number indicates the relative strength of the buoyant to viscous forces?
Correct : C. Prandtl number
99. In case the hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers are identical for a fluid flowing over a heated plate
Correct : D. The value of Prandtl number thust be 1
100. A high value of Prandtl number indicates
Correct : A. rapid diffusion of momentum by viscous action compared to diffusion of energy