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  • Question
  • A solar cell converts the sunlight directly into __________ energy.


  • Options
  • A. thermal
  • B. electrical
  • C. mechanical
  • D. chemical

  • Correct Answer
  • electrical 


  • Chemical Engineering Basics problems


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    • 1. Maximum permissible air velocity in pipelines is about __________ metre/second.

    • Options
    • A. 5
    • B. 10
    • C. 20
    • D. 40
    • Discuss
    • 2. Pick out the wrong statement.

    • Options
    • A. A ferromagnetic material becomes paramagnetic above the 'Curie temperature'.
    • B. Permanent magnets are made of hard materials, whereas electromagnets require soft magnetic materials.
    • C. Soft magnetic materials (e.g., pure iron) have higher permeability and low hysterisis loss and coercive forces.
    • D. Tungsten steel and alnico are not hard magnetic materials.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Cobalt - 60 is used as a source of __________ in medical therapy & industrial radiography.

    • Options
    • A. X-rays
    • B. ?-rays
    • C. ?-rays
    • D. ?-rays
    • Discuss
    • 4. If the demand for an item is trebled and the order cost is reduced to one third, then the economic order quantity

    • Options
    • A. is trebled.
    • B. remains unchanged.
    • C. decreases by a factor of 3.
    • D. decreases by a factor of 1/3.
    • Discuss
    • 5. A material in which the atoms are arranged regularly in some directions but not in others, is termed as 'mesomorphous material'; an example of which is

    • Options
    • A. lead
    • B. glass
    • C. mica
    • D. silver
    • Discuss
    • 6. Tin based white metals are used, where bearings are subjected to

    • Options
    • A. high pressure & load.
    • B. low pressure & load.
    • C. high temperature.
    • D. large surface wear.
    • Discuss
    • 7. The following type of bonding is strongly directional in solids.

    • Options
    • A. Vander Waal's
    • B. Ionic
    • C. Metallic
    • D. Covalant
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following parameters is not responsible for the heat loss from a hot steam carrying bare pipe surface located in a room without fans?

    • Options
    • A. Emissivity of pipe surface.
    • B. Diameter & length of the pipe.
    • C. Temperature of hot pipe surface & that of air in the room.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 9. In troposphere (the weather domain), the temperature 't' at height 'h' above the sea level in metres is given by (where, temperature at sea level is 15°C and t is in °C.)

    • Options
    • A. t = 15 - 0.0065 h
    • B. t = 15 + 0.0065 h
    • C. t = 0.0035 h - 15
    • D. t = 15 - 0.0035 h
    • Discuss
    • 10. The heat flux (from outside to inside) across an insulating wall with thermal conductivity, K= 0.04 W/m.°K and thickness 0.16m is 10 W/m2. The temperature of the inside wall is - 5°C. The outside wall temperature is

    • Options
    • A. 25°C
    • B. 30°C
    • C. 35°C
    • D. 40°C
    • Discuss


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