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IC Engines and Nuclear Power Plants problems


  • 1. The purpose of testing an internal combustion engine is

  • Options
  • A. to determine the information, which can not be obtained by calculations
  • B. to conform the data used in design, the validity of which may be doubtful
  • C. to satisfy the customer regarding the performance of the engine
  • D. all of the above
  • Discuss
  • 2. The thermal efficiency of a standard Otto cycle for a compression ratio of 5.5 will be

  • Options
  • A. 25%
  • B. 50%
  • C. 70%
  • D. 100%
  • Discuss
  • 3. Where reactor operation is designed with fast neutrons such as in reactors using highly enriched fuel, the moderator used is

  • Options
  • A. heavy water
  • B. graphite
  • C. carbon dioxide
  • D. no moderator is needed
  • Discuss
  • 4. The compensating jet in a carburettor supplies almost constant amount of petrol at all speeds because the

  • Options
  • A. jet area is automatically varied depending on the suction
  • B. the flow from the main jet is diverted to the compensating jet with increase in speed
  • C. the diameter of the jet is constant and the discharge coefficient is invariant
  • D. flow is produced due to the static head in the float chamber
  • Discuss
  • 5. Pre-ignition is caused by the spontantaneous combustion of the mixture before the end of the compression stroke, and is due to

  • Options
  • A. cylinder walls being too hot
  • B. overheated spark plug points
  • C. red hot carbon deposits on cylinder walls
  • D. any one of these
  • Discuss
  • 6. In a four stroke cycle petrol engine, the inlet valve

  • Options
  • A. opens at top dead centre and closes at bottom dead centre
  • B. opens at 20° before top dead centre and closes at 40° after bottom dead centre
  • C. opens at 20° after top dead centre and closes at 20° before bottom dead centre id) may open or close anywhere
  • Discuss
  • 7. A carburettor is used to supply

  • Options
  • A. petrol, air and lubricating oil
  • B. air and diesel
  • C. petrol and lubricating oil
  • D. petrol and air
  • Discuss
  • 8. The nuclear power station at Tarapur has the reactor of the __________ type.

  • Options
  • A. pressurized water
  • B. boiling water
  • C. gas cooled
  • D. liquid metal cooled
  • Discuss
  • 9. A diesel engine has

  • Options
  • A. one valve
  • B. two valves
  • C. three valves
  • D. four valves
  • Discuss
  • 10. The pressure inside the cylinder is __________ the atmospheric pressure during the exhaust stroke.

  • Options
  • A. equal to
  • B. below
  • C. above
  • Discuss

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