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In a petrol engine, the fuel supplied to the engine cylinder is mixed with required quantity of air and the mixture is ignited with a
Options
A. fuel pump
B. fuel injector
C. spark plug
D. none of these
Correct Answer
spark plug
IC Engines and Nuclear Power Plants problems
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1. A fuel of an octane number rating of 75 matches in knocking intensity as a mixture of
Options
A. 75% iso-octane and 25% normal heptane
B. 75% normal heptane and 25% iso-octane
C. 75% petrol and 25% diesel
D. 75% diesel and 25% petrol
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Correct Answer: 75% iso-octane and 25% normal heptane
2. The specific fuel consumption per B.P. hour for a diesel engine is about
Options
A. 0.2 kg
B. 0.25 kg
C. 0.3 kg
D. 0.35 kg
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Correct Answer: 0.2 kg
3. A supercharger receives air from the atmosphere surrounding the engine, compresses it to a higher pressure and then feeds it into the inlet valve of the engine.
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A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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Correct Answer: Correct
4. In an internal combustion engine, the process of removing the burnt gases from the combustion chamber of the engine cylinder is known as
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A. scavenging
B. detonation
C. supercharging
D. polymerisation
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Correct Answer: scavenging
5. Enriched uranium is required as a fuel in a nuclear reactor, if light water is used as moderator and coolant, because light water has
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A. high neutron absorption cross-section
B. low moderating efficiency
C. high neutron scatter cross-section
D. low neutron absorption cross-section
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Correct Answer: low moderating efficiency
6. The cylinder of a gas engine is made __________ than that of the petrol engine.
Options
A. smaller
B. larger
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Correct Answer: larger
7. The knocking tendency in compression ignition engines for a given fuel will be
Options
A. enhanced by decreasing compression ratio
B. enhanced by increasing compression ratio
C. dependent on other factors
D. none of the above
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Correct Answer: enhanced by decreasing compression ratio
8. A nuclear power plant differs from a conventional steam power station only in the steam generating part.
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A. Agree
B. Disagree
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Correct Answer: Agree
9. In natural uranium, the constituents of three naturally occuring isotopes are
Options
A. U
234
= 0.006%, U
235
= 0.712% and U
238
= 99.282%
B. U
234
= 0.712%, U
235
= 0.006% and U
238
= 99.282%
C. U
234
= 99.282%, U
235
= 0.006% and U
238
= 0.712%
D. U
234
= 0.006%, U
235
= 99.282% and U
238
= 0.712%
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Correct Answer: U
234
= 0.006%, U
235
= 0.712% and U
238
= 99.282%
10. Reflector in nuclear power plants is used to reflect neutrons back into the active core.
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A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: True
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