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The cetane number of diesel oil, generally available, is
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A. 20 to 25
B. 25 to 30
C. 30 to 40
D. 40 to 55
Correct Answer
40 to 55
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1. Materials which make good moderators do not make good reflectors.
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A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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Correct Answer: Incorrect
2. Which one of the following engines will have heavier flywheel than the remaining ones?
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A. 30 kW four-stroke petrol engine running at 1500 r.p.m.
B. 30 kW two-stroke petrol engine running at 1500 r.p.m.
C. 30 kW two-stroke diesel engine running at 750 r.p.m.
D. 30 kW four-stroke diesel engine running at 750 r.p.m.
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Correct Answer: 30 kW four-stroke petrol engine running at 1500 r.p.m.
3. Special reactors, called breeder reactors, supply a net gain of fissionable material.
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A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: True
4. In a four stroke cycle diesel engine, the inlet valve
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A. opens at 20° before top dead centre and closes at 40° after bottom dead centre
B. opens at 20° after top dead centre and closes at 20° before bottom dead centre
C. opens at top dead centre and closes at bottom dead centre
D. may open and close anywhere
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Correct Answer: opens at 20° before top dead centre and closes at 40° after bottom dead centre
5. In petrol engines, using a fixed octane rating fuel, the increase in engine speed will decrease the knocking tendency.
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A. Yes
B. No
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Correct Answer: Yes
6. The octane number of petrol, generally available, is
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A. 20 to 40
B. 40 to 60
C. 60 to 80
D. 80 to 100
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Correct Answer: 80 to 100
7. The air standard efficiency ofan I.C. engine is given by (where
r
= Compression ratio, and ? = Ratio of specific heats)
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A. 1 -
r
? - 1
B. 1 +
r
? - 1
C.
D. none of these
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8. In a four stroke cycle diesel engine, the compression
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A. starts at 40° after bottom dead centre and ends at 10° before top dead centre
B. starts at 40° before top dead centre and ends at 40° after top dead centre
C. starts at top dead centre and ends at 40° before bottom dead centre
D. may start and end anywhere
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Correct Answer: starts at 40° after bottom dead centre and ends at 10° before top dead centre
9. The ratio of the work obtained at the crankshaft in a given time to the energy supplied during the same time is called
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A. mechanical efficiency
B. overall efficiency
C. indicated thermal efficiency
D. volumetric efficiency
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Correct Answer: overall efficiency
10. Plutonium (Pu
239
) is produced
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A. artificially
B. by fission of Th
232
C. when U
238
is irradiated by neutrons
D. as basic raw material
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Correct Answer: when U
238
is irradiated by neutrons
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