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320 Important Engineering Thermodynamics MCQ Question and Answer | PDF Free Download

Engineering Thermodynamics MCQ Question and Answer | PDF Free Download

1.Mond gas is obtained by

  • APartial combustion of coal, coke, anthracite coal or charcoal in a mixed air steam blast
  • BCarbonisation of bituminous coal
  • CPassing steam over incandescent coke 
  • DPassing air and a large amount of steam over waste coal at about 650°C
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Correct Answer : (D)

Passing air and a large amount of steam over waste coal at about 650°C

Explanation:

2.The heat and mechanical energies are mutually convertible. This statement was established by

  • ABoyle
  • BCharles
  • CJoule 
  • DNone of these
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Correct Answer : (C)

Joule

 

Explanation:

3.When a gas is heated at constant pressure

  • AIts temperature will increase
  • BIts volume will increase
  • CBoth temperature and volume will increase 
  • DNeither temperature not volume will increase
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Correct Answer : (C)

Both temperature and volume will increase

 

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4.Coke is produced

  • AWhen coal is strongly heated continuously for 42 to 48 hours in the absence of air in a closed vessel
  • BFrom the finely ground coal by moulding under pressure with or without a binding material
  • CWhen coal is first dried and then crushed to a fine powder by pulverizing machine 
  • DBy heating wood with a limited supply of air to a temperature not less than 280°C
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Correct Answer : (A)

When coal is strongly heated continuously for 42 to 48 hours in the absence of air in a closed vessel

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5.Entropy change depends on

  • AHeat transfer
  • BMass transfer
  • CChange of temperature 
  • DThermodynamic state
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Correct Answer : (A)

Heat transfer

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6.Which of the following processes are thermodynamically reversible?

  • AThrottling
  • BFree expansion
  • CConstant volume and constant pressure
  • DIsothermal and adiabatic
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Correct Answer : (D)

Isothermal and adiabatic

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7.Properties of substances like pressure, temperature and density, in thermodynamic coordinates are

  • APath functions
  • BPoint functions
  • CCyclic functions
  • DReal functions
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Correct Answer : (B)

Point functions

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8.The process is adiabatic, if the value of n in the equation pvn = C, is

  • AZero
  • BOne
  • CY
  • D
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Correct Answer : (C)

Y

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9.A process of heating crude oil to a high temperature under a very high pressure to increase the yield of lighter distillates, is known as

  • ACracking
  • BCarbonization
  • CFractional distillation
  • DFull distillation
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Correct Answer : (A)

Cracking

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10.All perfect gases change in volume by 1/273th of its original volume at 0°C for every 1°C change in temperature, when the pressure remains constant. This statement is called

  • ABoyle's law
  • BCharles' law
  • CGay-Lussac law
  • DJoule's law
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Charles' law

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11.When cut-off ratio is __________ the efficiency of Diesel cycle approaches to Otto cycle efficiency.

  • AZero
  • B1/5
  • C4/5
  • D1
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Correct Answer : (A)

Zero

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12.Carnot cycle consists of

  • ATwo constant volume and two isentropic processes
  • BTwo isothermal and two isentropic processes
  • CTwo constant pressure and two isentropic processes
  • DOne constant volume, one constant pressure and two isentropic processes
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Correct Answer : (B)

Two isothermal and two isentropic processes

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13.Stirling cycle consists of

  • ATwo constant volume and two isentropic processes
  • BTwo constant volume and two isothermal processes
  • CTwo constant pressure and two isothermal processes
  • DOne constant volume, one constant pressure and two isentropic processes
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Correct Answer : (B)

Two constant volume and two isothermal processes

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14.Otto cycle consists of

  • ATwo constant volume and two isentropic processes
  • BTwo constant pressure and two isentropic processes
  • CTwo constant volume and two isothermal processes
  • DOne constant pressure, one constant volume and two isentropic processes
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Correct Answer : (A)

Two constant volume and two isentropic processes

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15.The efficiency of Diesel cycle with decrease in cut-off

  • AIncreases
  • BDecreases
  • CFirst increases and then decreases
  • DFirst decreases and then increases
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Correct Answer : (A)

Increases

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16.The absolute zero temperature is taken as

  • A237°C
  • B-273°C
  • C-237°C
  • D273°C
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Correct Answer : (B)

-273°C

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17.The basis for measuring thermodynamic property of temperature is given by

  • AZeroth law of thermodynamics
  • BFirst law of thermodynamics
  • CSecond law of thermodynamics
  • DThird law of thermodynamics
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Correct Answer : (A)

Zeroth law of thermodynamics

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18.Measurement of temperature is based on

  • AThermodynamic properties
  • BZeroth law of thermodynamics
  • CFirst law of thermodynamics
  • DSecond law of thermodynamics
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Correct Answer : (B)

Zeroth law of thermodynamics

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19.The measurement of a thermodynamic property known as temperature is based on

  • AFirst law of thermodynamics
  • BSecond law of thermodynamics
  • CZeroth law of thermodynamics
  • DNone of these
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Correct Answer : (C)

Zeroth law of thermodynamics

Explanation:

20.First law of thermodynamics furnishes the relationship between

  • AHeat and work
  • BHeat, work and properties of the system
  • CVarious properties of the system
  • DVarious thermodynamic processes
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Correct Answer : (B)

Heat, work and properties of the system

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