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IC Engines and Nuclear Power Plants problems


  • 1. In an internal combustion engine, the process of removing the burnt gases from the combustion chamber of the engine cylinder is known as

  • Options
  • A. scavenging
  • B. detonation
  • C. supercharging
  • D. polymerisation
  • Discuss
  • 2. A supercharger receives air from the atmosphere surrounding the engine, compresses it to a higher pressure and then feeds it into the inlet valve of the engine.

  • Options
  • A. Correct
  • B. Incorrect
  • Discuss
  • 3. The specific fuel consumption per B.P. hour for a diesel engine is about

  • Options
  • A. 0.2 kg
  • B. 0.25 kg
  • C. 0.3 kg
  • D. 0.35 kg
  • Discuss
  • 4. A fuel of an octane number rating of 75 matches in knocking intensity as a mixture of

  • Options
  • A. 75% iso-octane and 25% normal heptane
  • B. 75% normal heptane and 25% iso-octane
  • C. 75% petrol and 25% diesel
  • D. 75% diesel and 25% petrol
  • Discuss
  • 5. In a petrol engine, the fuel supplied to the engine cylinder is mixed with required quantity of air and the mixture is ignited with a

  • Options
  • A. fuel pump
  • B. fuel injector
  • C. spark plug
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 6. The cylinder of a gas engine is made __________ than that of the petrol engine.

  • Options
  • A. smaller
  • B. larger
  • Discuss
  • 7. The knocking tendency in compression ignition engines for a given fuel will be

  • Options
  • A. enhanced by decreasing compression ratio
  • B. enhanced by increasing compression ratio
  • C. dependent on other factors
  • D. none of the above
  • Discuss
  • 8. A nuclear power plant differs from a conventional steam power station only in the steam generating part.

  • Options
  • A. Agree
  • B. Disagree
  • Discuss
  • 9. In natural uranium, the constituents of three naturally occuring isotopes are

  • Options
  • A. U234 = 0.006%, U235 = 0.712% and U238 = 99.282%
  • B. U234 = 0.712%, U235 = 0.006% and U238 = 99.282%
  • C. U234 = 99.282%, U235 = 0.006% and U238 = 0.712%
  • D. U234 = 0.006%, U235 = 99.282% and U238 = 0.712%
  • Discuss
  • 10. Reflector in nuclear power plants is used to reflect neutrons back into the active core.

  • Options
  • A. True
  • B. False
  • Discuss

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