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  • The draught may be produced by a


  • Options
  • A. mechanical fan
  • B. chimney
  • C. a steam jet
  • D. all of these

  • Correct Answer
  • all of these 


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    • 1. The pressure of feed water has to be raised before its entry into the boiler. The pressure is raised by a device known as

    • Options
    • A. feedpump
    • B. injector
    • C. feed check valve
    • D. pressure gauge
    • Discuss
    • 2. Combustuion of fuel takes place __________ the engine cylinder of a steam engine.

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    • A. outside
    • B. inside
    • Discuss
    • 3. A device used to heat feed water by utilising the heat in me exhaust flue gases before leaving through the chimny, is known as

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    • A. economiser
    • B. fusible plug
    • C. superheater
    • D. stop valve
    • Discuss
    • 4. The factor of evaporation for all boilers is always

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    • A. equal to unity
    • B. less than unity
    • C. greater than unity
    • Discuss
    • 5. All steam engines work on

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    • A. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
    • B. First law of thermodynamics
    • C. Second law of thermodynamics
    • D. none of these
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    • 6. The clearance in the engine cylinder has no effect on the steam consumption.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 7. The fire tubes in a Locomotive boiler has __________ diameter.

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    • A. 4.75 mm
    • B. 5.47 mm
    • C. 7.45 mm
    • D. 47.5 mm
    • Discuss
    • 8. The high pressure and low pressure cylinders in a Woolf type compound engine are regarded as having cranks

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    • A. 180° to each other
    • B. 90° to each other
    • C. 0° to each other
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The ratio of heat equivalent to brake power to the energy supplied in steam is known as

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    • A. mechanical efficiency
    • B. overall efficiency
    • C. indicated thermal efficiency
    • D. brake thermal efficiency
    • Discuss
    • 10. A condenser in a steam power plant

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    • A. increases expansion ratio of steam
    • B. reduces back pressure of steam
    • C. reduces temperature of exhaust steam
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss


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