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  • A compound steam engine requires a heavier flywheel than simple steam engines.


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  • A. True
  • B. False

  • Correct Answer
  • False 


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    • 1. A compound steam engine in which the high pressure and low pressure cylinders have common piston rod, is called

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    • A. receiver type compound engine
    • B. Tandem type compound engine
    • C. Woolf type compound engine
    • D. none of these
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    • 2. Lancashire boiler has __________ internal flue tubes.

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    • A. one
    • B. two
    • C. three
    • D. four
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    • 3. Cut-off ratio is the ratio of

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    • A. swept volume to the volume at cut-off
    • B. volume at cut-off to the clearance volume
    • C. volume at cut-off to the swept volume
    • D. clearance volume to the volume at cut-off
    • Discuss
    • 4. The amount of water evaporated or steam produced in kg per kg of fuel burnt is known as power of a boiler.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 5. For maximum discharge through a chimney, the temperature of flue gases inside the chimney should the slightly more than the atmospheric temperature.

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    • A. Correct
    • B. Incorrect
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    • 6. In a fire tube boiler, the water is contained inside the tubes which are surrounded by flames and hot gases from outside.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 7. The number of fire tubes in a Cochran boiler are

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    • A. 75
    • B. 115
    • C. 165
    • D. 225
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    • 8. Cut-off governing as compared to throttle governing is

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    • A. less efficient and less economical
    • B. less efficient and more economical
    • C. more efficient and less economical
    • D. more efficient and more economical
    • Discuss
    • 9. By compounding the expansion of steam in two or more cylinders, the length of stroke

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    • A. does not change
    • B. increases
    • C. decreases
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    • 10. The relative efficiency is defined as the

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    • A. ratio of thermal efficiency to Rankine efficiency
    • B. ratio of brake power to the indicated power
    • C. ratio of heat equivalent to indicated power to the energy supplied in steam
    • D. product of thermal efficiency and Rankine efficiency
    • Discuss


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