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The centre of gravity of the volume of the liquid displaced is called
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A. centre of pressure
B. centre of buoyancy
C. metacentre
D. none of these
Correct Answer
centre of buoyancy
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1. The volume of air delivered by the compressor is called
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A. free air delivery
B. compressor capacity
C. swept volume
D. none of these
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Correct Answer: compressor capacity
2. Radiation is the process of heat transfer in which heat flows from a __________ , in a straight line, without affecting the intervening medium.
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A. cold body to hot body
B. hot body to cold body
C. smaller body to larger body
D. larger body to smaller body
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Correct Answer: hot body to cold body
3. During gas charging in an ammonia vapour compression system, the connection is made at the compressor outlet.
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A. Agree
B. Disagree
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Correct Answer: Agree
4. A vertically immersed surface is shown in the below figure. The distance of its centre of pressure from the water surface is
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B.
C.
D.
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5. The centre of buoyancy is the centre of area of the immersed body.
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B. Incorrect
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Correct Answer: Correct
6. In a four stage compressor, if the pressure at the first and third stage are 1 bar and 16 bar, then the delivery pressure at the fourth stage will be
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A. 1 bar
B. 16 bar
C. 64 bar
D. 256 bar
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Correct Answer: 64 bar
7. The speed of an imaginary turbine, identical with the given turbine, which will develop a unit power under a unit head, is known as
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A. normal speed
B. unit speed
C. specific speed
D. none of these
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8. The power of a boiler may be defined as
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A. the ratio of heat actually used in producing the steam to the heat liberated in the furnace
B. the amount of water evaporated or steam produced in kg per kg of fuel burnt
C. the amount of water evaporated from and at 100° C into dry and saturated steam
D. the evaporation of 15.653 kg of water per hour from and at 100° C
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Correct Answer: the amount of water evaporated or steam produced in kg per kg of fuel burnt
9. The humidification process, on the psychrometric chart is shown by
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A. horizontal line
B. vertical line
C. inclined line
D. curved line
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Correct Answer: vertical line
10. Blanking and piercing operations can be performed simultaneously in a
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A. simple die
B. progressive die
C. compound die
D. combination die
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Correct Answer: compound die
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