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A process of heating crude oil to a high temperature under a very high pressure to increase the yield of lighter distillates, is known as
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A. cracking
B. carbonisation
C. fractional distillation
D. full distillation
Correct Answer
cracking
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1. Which of the following process can be made reversible with the help of a regenerator?
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A. Constant pressure process
B. Constant volume process
C. Constant pvn process
D. all of these
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Correct Answer: all of these
2. A cycle consisting of two constant pressure and two isothermal processes is known as Ericsson cycle.
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A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: True
3. If in the equation
pv
n
=
C
, the value of
n
= 1, then the process is called isothermal process.
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A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: True
4. The specific volume of a system is an __________ property.
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A. extensive
B. intensive
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Correct Answer: intensive
5. A definite area or a space where some thermodynamic process takes place is known as
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A. thermodynamic system
B. thermodynamic cycle
C. thermodynamic process
D. thermodynamic law
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Correct Answer: thermodynamic system
6. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of __________ water through one degree is called kilojoule.
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A. 1 g
B. 10 g
C. 100 g
D. 1000 g
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Correct Answer: 1000 g
7. A molecule consisting of one atom is known as
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A. monoatomic
B. diatomic
C. triatomic
D. polyatomic
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Correct Answer: monoatomic
8. In a reaction turbine
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A. the steam is allowed to expand in the nozzle, where it gives a high velocity before it enters the moving blades
B. the expansion of steam takes place partly in the fixed blades and partly in the moving blades
C. the steam is expanded from a high pressure to a condenser pressure in one or more nozzles
D. the pressure and temperature of steam remains constant
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Correct Answer: the expansion of steam takes place partly in the fixed blades and partly in the moving blades
9. The critical pressure ratio for gases is
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A. 0.528
B. 0.546
C. 0.577
D. 0.582
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Correct Answer: 0.528
10. The velocity of steam at throat of the nozzle is __________ the velocity of sound.
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A. equal to
B. less than
C. more than
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Correct Answer: equal to
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