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  • Separation of materials of the same density based on their sizes by using then-different rates of flow is called


  • Options
  • A. sorting
  • B. sizing
  • C. flocculation
  • D. elutriation

  • Correct Answer
  • sizing 


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    • 1. Width and speed of a conveyor belt depends upon the __________ of the material.

    • Options
    • A. lump size
    • B. bulk density
    • C. both (a) & (b)
    • D. neither (a) nor (b)
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following clay mixing devices is vacuum operated for deairation of clay?

    • Options
    • A. Banbery mixer
    • B. Pug mill
    • C. Muller-mixer
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. In filtration, the use of 'filter aid' helps in

    • Options
    • A. reducing the filtration pressure.
    • B. accelerating the rate of filtration.
    • C. deplugging the filter medium.
    • D. enhancing the cake porosity in case of a dense impermeable cake.
    • Discuss
    • 4. The work index in Bond's law for crushing of solids has the following dimensions

    • Options
    • A. no units (dimensionless)
    • B. kWh/ton
    • C. kW/ton
    • D. kWh.m1/2/ton
    • Discuss
    • 5. A suspension of glass beads in ethylene glycol has a hindered settling velocity of 1.7 mm/s, while the terminal settling velocity of a single glass bead in ethylene glycol is 17 mm/s. If the Richardson-Zaki hindered settling index is 4.5, the volume fraction of solids in the suspension is

    • Options
    • A. 0.1
    • B. 0.4
    • C. 0.6
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. To get a fine talc powder from its granules, the equipment used is

    • Options
    • A. roller crusher
    • B. ball mill
    • C. jaw crusher
    • D. gyratory crusher
    • Discuss
    • 7. Gyratory crushers compared to the reciprocating jaw crushers

    • Options
    • A. have greater capacity per unit of discharge area.
    • B. crush intermittantly.
    • C. are less suitable for coarse materials.
    • D. have less steady power consumption.
    • Discuss
    • 8. __________ conveyor is the most suitable for short distance transportation of non-abrasive loose materials like garbage, grain, food wastes etc.

    • Options
    • A. Flight
    • B. Screw
    • C. Drag
    • D. Belt
    • Discuss
    • 9. A straight line is obtained on plotting reciprocal of filtration rate vs. the volume of filtrate for __________ flow of filtrate.

    • Options
    • A. compressible cakes and laminar
    • B. incompressible cake and laminar
    • C. compressible cake and turbulent
    • D. incompressible cake and turbulent
    • Discuss
    • 10. The reduction ratio for fine grinders is

    • Options
    • A. 5-10
    • B. 10-20
    • C. 20-40
    • D. as high as 100
    • Discuss


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