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  • Question
  • 'Utilities' in a chemical process plant includes compressed air, steam, water, electrical power, oxygen, acetylene, fuel gases etc. Utility costs for ordinary chemical process plants ranges roughly from __________ percent of the total product cost.


  • Options
  • A. l to 5
  • B. 10 to 20
  • C. 25 to 35
  • D. 35 to 45

  • Correct Answer
  • 10 to 20 


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    • 1. Which of the following plants does not emit appreciable amount of SO2 in atmosphere?

    • Options
    • A. Thermal power plant
    • B. Petroleum refinery
    • C. Nitric acid plant
    • D. Sulphuric acid plant
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which is the most efficient dust removal equipment for removal of sub-micronic dust particles from blast furnace gas?

    • Options
    • A. Packed scrubber
    • B. Gravity settling chamber
    • C. Electrostatic precipitator
    • D. Hydrocyclone
    • Discuss
    • 3. Lane and Garton classification of petroleum is based on its

    • Options
    • A. composition
    • B. specific gravity
    • C. optical properties
    • D. viscosity
    • Discuss
    • 4. Filter aids like asbestos, kieselguhr, diatomaceous earth etc. are used to increase the porosity of the final filter cake & reducing the cake resistance during filtration. Filter aid is

    • Options
    • A. added to the feed slurry.
    • B. precoated on the filter medium prior to filtration.
    • C. separated from the cake by dissolving solids or by burning it off.
    • D. all 'a', 'b'&'c'.
    • 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. Char value of Kerosene is the amount of charred oil deposition on the wick obtained after burning it in a standard wick lamp at a standard rate for 24 hours. Char value of a good quality kerosene should be less than __________ mg/kg of kerosene.

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 20
    • C. 100
    • D. 500
    • Discuss
    • 7. Magnesite bricks are used in those parts of furnaces, which are

    • Options
    • A. subjected to temperature fluctuation.
    • B. required to resist corrosive basic slag.
    • C. subjected to high load.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 8. 'Safe limit' called Threshold Limit Value (TLV) of carbon monoxide in atmospheric air is < 50 ppm. The main source of carbon monoxide pollutant in air is the

    • Options
    • A. industrial chimney exhaust.
    • B. automobiles exhaust.
    • C. photochemical reaction in polluted atmosphere.
    • D. burning of domestic fuel.
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following is a manmade source of air pollution?

    • Options
    • A. Automobile exhaust.
    • B. Forest fire.
    • C. Bacterial action in soil and swamp areas
    • D. All (a), (b) and (c).
    • Discuss
    • 10. Main constituent of natural rubber is

    • Options
    • A. polystyrene
    • B. polyisoprene
    • C. polybutadiene
    • D. poly chloroprene
    • Discuss


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