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20 Miscellaneous MCQs from Chemical Engineering

1. Phosphorus vapour comprises of A. C. P P3 B. D. P2 P4

2. Conversion of yellow phosphorous to red phosphorous is done by heating it in covered retorts at __________ C in absence of air. A. C. 50-80 B. 1000-1200 250-400 D. 800-900

3. A. C.

Commercial fertilisers are available mostly in the form of powder B. lumps D. grannules flakes

4. A. B. C. D.

Pick out the wrong statement. All the nitrogenous fertilisers are not soluble in water. A straight fertiliser contains only one nutrient. Calcium cynamide is used as weed killer in onion fields. The phosphorous nutrient makes the plant stem stronger and increases its branches.

5. Ammonia synthesis gas is produced from natural gas by A. B. C. D. thermal cracking steam reforming partial oxidation hydrogenation

6. Catalyst used in the manufacture of NH3 by Haber's process is finely divided A. B. C. D. nickel iron vanadium pentoxide alumina

7. A. B. C. D.

Red phosphorous is changed into white phosphorous by heating in presence of light. melting under pressure. vaporisation followed by condensation. none of these.

8. A. C.

Urea is represented as NH2.CO.NH2 NH.CO2.NH B. D. NH3CO.CH3 NH3.CO2.NH3

9. A. B. C. D.

Fertiliser plants get their N2 requirements by fractionation of liquified air. by dissociating oxides of nitrogen. from coal gas (coke oven gas). from producer gas.

10. During conversion of ammonium carbamate into urea, presence of large excess of water A. B. increases the yield of urea. adversely affects the yield of urea.

C. D.

reduces the evaporator load by diluting the urea solution. does not affect the yield of urea.

11. CaCO3 contains __________ percent of Ca by weight. A. C. 40 96 B. D. 48 12

12. Solutions which distil without change in composition are called A. C. ideal B. saturated azeotropic

supersaturated D.

13. A. B. C. D.

Gases having same reduced temperatures and reduced pressures deviate from ideal gas behaviour to the same degree. have nearly the same compressibility factor. both (a) and (b). neither (a) nor (b).

14. A. B. C. D.

Which of the following is not a unit of pressure ? Torr Newton/m2 Parsec Ata, bar or pascal

15. A.

The evaporation of aqueous solution of sugar causes its molarity to decrease.

B. C. D.

increase. remain unchanged. either (a) or (b); depends on the concentration of the solution.

16. One Newton is equal to __________ dynes. A. C. 102 104 B. D. 103 105

17. A very dilute solution is prepared by dissolving 'x1' mole of solute in 'x2' mole of a solvent. The mole fraction of solute is approximately equal to A. B. C. D. x1/x2 x2/x1 1 - (x1/x2) 1/x2

18. A. B. C. D.

An ideal gas can be liquified, because its molecular size is very small. its critical temperature is more than 0C. forces operative between its molecules are negligible. it gets solidified directly without becoming liquid.

19. A. C.

The rate of material __________ is zero in case of a steady state system. accumulation input D. B. production

generation

20. A metal oxide is reduced by heating it in a stream of hydrogen. After complete reduction, it is found that 3.15 gm of the oxide has yielded 1.05 gm of the metal. It may be inferred that the A. B. C. D. atomic weight of the metal is 4. equivalent weight of the metal is 4. atomic weight of the metal is 2. equivalent weight of the metal is 8.

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