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  • Question
  • A control rod


  • Options
  • A. should have small absorption cross-section.
  • B. is generally made of boron, hafnium or cadmium.
  • C. should have large absorption cross-section.
  • D. both (b) and (c).

  • Correct Answer
  • both (b) and (c). 


  • Nuclear Power Engineering problems


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    • 1. Isotopes of an element have different

    • Options
    • A. mass number
    • B. electronic configuration
    • C. nuclear charge
    • D. chemical properties
    • Discuss
    • 2. Pick out the wrong statement.

    • Options
    • A. Isotopes have the same number of protons & electrons, but different number of neutrons.
    • B. Hydrogen has two isotopes.
    • C. In ordinary hydrogen, 1H1 and 1H2 are present in the ratio 6400:1.
    • D. none of these.
    • Discuss
    • 3. Uranium percentage in monazite sand is about

    • Options
    • A. 0.01
    • B. 0.25
    • C. 1.2
    • D. 7
    • Discuss
    • 4. In the gaseous diffusion process of uranium enrichment, the natural uranium is converted into gaseous

    • Options
    • A. uranium oxide
    • B. uranium hexaflouride
    • C. uranium carbide
    • D. uranium sulphate
    • Discuss
    • 5. The critical mass of a fissionable material can be reduced by

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    • A. heating it.
    • B. cooling it.
    • C. surrounding it by neutron reflecting material.
    • D. surrounding it by neutron absorbing material.
    • Discuss
    • 6. Out of the following, nucleus of __________ atom contains the largest number of neutrons.

    • Options
    • A. U-235
    • B. U-238
    • C. U-239
    • D. Pu-239
    • Discuss
    • 7. ?-rays emission in radioactive disintegration is always accompanied by the emission of

    • Options
    • A. ?-rays
    • B. ?-rays
    • C. neutrons
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Atoms of U-238 and U-235 differ in structure by three

    • Options
    • A. electrons and three protons
    • B. protons
    • C. neutrons
    • D. electrons
    • Discuss
    • 9. The ratio of mass of a neutron to that of an electron is about 1839. What is the ratio of the mass of a proton to that of an electron?

    • Options
    • A. 159
    • B. 1837
    • C. 2537
    • D. 10000
    • Discuss
    • 10. An element having large number of __________ is most easily subjected to nuclear fission.

    • Options
    • A. protons
    • B. electrons
    • C. neutrons
    • D. nucleons
    • Discuss


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