1. When coal is first dried and then crushed to a fine powder by pulverising machine, the resulting fuel is called ?

wood charcoal

bituminous coal

briquetted coal

none of these

Answer: none of these

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2. The natural petroleum may be separated into ?

petrol

kerosene

fuel oil

lubricating oil

Answer: lubricating oil

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3. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water through one Kelvin is called ?

specific heat at constant volume

specific heat at constant pressure

kilo-Joule

none of these

Answer: kilo-Joule

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4. The fuel mostly used in steam boilers is ?

brown coal

peat

coking bituminous coal

non-coking bituminous coal

Answer: non-coking bituminous coal

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5. The efficiency of Joule cycle is ?

greater than Carnot cycle

less than Carnot cycle

equal to Carnot cycle

none of these

Answer: less than Carnot cycle

Explanation:


6. The gas turbine cycle with regenerator improves ?

thermal efficiency

work ratio

avoids pollution

do not damage turbine blades

Answer: thermal efficiency

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7. According to Avogadro's law ?

the product of the gas constant and the molecular mass of an ideal gas is constant

the sum of partial pressure of the mixture of two gases is sum of the two

equal volumes of all gases, at the same temperature and pressure, contain equal number of molecules

all of the above

Answer: equal volumes of all gases, at the same temperature and pressure, contain equal number of molecules

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8. During which of the following process does heat rejection takes place in Carnot cycle ?

Isothermal expansion

Isentropic expansion

Isothermal compression

Isentropic compression

Answer: Isothermal compression

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9. The ......... states that change of internal energy of a perfect gas is directly proportional to the change of temperature ?

Boyle's law

Charle's law

Gay-Lussac law

Joule's law

Answer: Joule's law

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10. Stirling and Ericsson cycles are ?

reversible cycles

irreversible cycles

semi-reversible cycles

quasi-static cycles

Answer: reversible cycles

Explanation: