Annexure-II

 
**QUESTION PAPER FORMAT**
 
GROUP-A
 
(i)                MCQ – Choose the correct alternative (1 question followed by 4 options
out of which one is correct) – Marks =1 (Remember/Understand/Apply/Analyze
Type-equally distributed)                                                         
(Total number of questions to be set=15 (for Full paper) and 5 (for half
paper)
 
(ii)               Fill in the blanks - Write correct word to fill in the blanks (One statement
will be given with a blank dash underline anywhere within the statement) –
Marks =1 (Remember/Understand/Apply/Analyze Type-equally distributed)   
(Total number of questions to be set=15 (for Full paper) and 5 (for half
paper)
 
(iii)             Very short answer type question: Question statement – Marks =1
(Remember/Understand/Apply/Analyze Type-equally distributed)                   
(Total number of questions to be set=15 (for Full paper) and 5 (for half
paper)
 
GROUP-B
 
(i)                 Short answer type question: Question statement – Marks 2  
(Remember/Understand/Apply/Analyze Type-equally distributed)                   
(Total number of questions to be set=10 (for Full paper) and 7 (for half
paper)
 
GROUP-C
 
MODULE-I (principle, older steel making process)
(i)                 Large answer type question: Question statement – Marks = 6
(Remember/Understand/Apply/Analyze Type-equally distributed)
(Total number of questions to be set=03)
 
MODULE-II (basic oxygen process, EAF)
(ii)               Large answer type question: Question statement – Marks = 6
(Remember/Understand/Apply/Analyze Type-equally distributed)
(Total number of questions to be set=03)
 
MODULE-III (Secondary steel making, ingot casting, concast)
(iii)             Large answer type question: Question statement – Marks = 6 
(Remember/Understand/Apply/Analyze Type-equally distributed)
(Total number of questions to be set=03)
 
 
In long answer type questions there may be a division with that, there will be two (02) marks
for theory, law or expression of equation and extra four (04) marks may be as of any criteria
mentioned above.
 
Questions and Answers
1. Carbon is a major impurity in Blast Furnace metal. Explain how blowing air
through the molten metal helps to remove the carbon.

2. Between the ladle and the water cooled mould is a tundish. This acts as a kind
of reservoir for the molten metal. Why do you think this casting reservoir of liquid
metal is held in the tundish?

3. Replacing ingot casting by continuous casting of steel has: (a) reduced energy
consumption (b) increased productivity in the steel industry. Explain why
continuous casting has benefited the industry in these ways.

4. In the BOF(Basic Oxygen Furnace) process pure ______ at supersonic speed
is blown vertically through a lance onto the surface of hot molten metal contained
in a cylindrical-shaped converter.

o A. Oxygen
o B. Hydrogen
o C. Neon
o D. Carbon dioxide

5. An important advantage of Bottom Blowing processes is that they operate

____________

o A. At the equilibrium

o B. Closer to equilibrium
o C. Farther from the equilibrium

6. Blowing of Oxygen under vacuum is the technique used to produce

______________

o A. High Carbon steels

o B. Low Carbon steels
o C. Medium Carbon steels
o D. ULC steels

 7. The reactions involving the oxidation of metalloids are highly endothermic.

o A. 

True

o B. 
 False
 

 8. 
The exit gas generated during  blowing is rich in ____________

o A. 

Oxygen

o B. 

CO

o C. 

CO₂

o D. 

SO₂
 

 9. 
The converter contents often overflow through the tap hole or get ejected
through the mouth opening and this is referred to as spitting (for metal
droplets) or slopping (for slag-metal emulsion).

o A. 

True

o B. 

False
 

 10. 
The Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOS) process takes this liquid iron plus
recycled scrap steel, and reduces the carbon content to ___________ by
blowing oxygen through the metal in a"converter".

o A. 

0 to 2 percent

o B. 

0 to 1.5 percent

o C. 
 1.5 to 2.5 percent

o D. 

1 to 1.5 percent
 

 11. 
Steel making process occurs at approximately ______________ 

o A. 

1500 degrees Celsius

o B. 

1600 degrees Celsius

o C. 

1700 degrees Celsius

o D. 

1800 degrees Celsius

 

 12. 
Which of these is a raw material in steel making?

o A. 

Iron Ore

o B. 

Coke

o C. 

Limestone

o D. 

All of these
 

 13. 
Bismuth is injected in deep cutting steels to improve machinability.

o A. 
 True

o B. 

False
 

 14. 
In a steel alloyed with aluminium(Al 'killed'), if the ladle top slag is ______
(high levels of FeO and MnO), then aluminium in the steel can react with
'oxygen' in the slag to form hard alumina inclusions in the steel which are
detrimental to product properties.

o A. 

Highly oxidized

o B. 

Highly reduced
 

 15. 
During steel casting, the steelmaking ladle is emptied through a valve in the
bottom of the ladle; as the ladle gradually empties, the ladle top slag coats
and solidifies on the side walls of the ladle, and remains there once the ladle
is empty. This is termed as ___________

o A. 

Rolling

o B. 

Steel making

o C. 

Steel glazing

o D. 

Steel brazing
 

 16. 
In ladle stirring, Stokes' law to estimate the float rate, u of a particle. This law
is applicable only for __________

o A. 

Cuboidal particle
 o B. 

Spherical particle

o C. 

Pyramidal particle

o D. 

Any particle
 

 17. 
Vacuum treatment (generally called vacuum degassing) is a commonly used
steelmaking process, used for removing ____________ from the steel.

o A. 

All impurities

o B. 

Dissolved gases

o C. 

Sulphur

o D. 

Phosphorus
 

 18. 
Flow from the tundish to the mould is uncontrolled.

o A. 

True

o B. 

False
 

 19. 
Direct strip casting minimises the need for substantial secondary processing.

o A. 

True
 o B. 

False

Blowing of Oxygen under vacuum is the technique used to

produce ______________
High Carbon steels
Low Carbon steels
Medium Carbon steels
ULC steels

Vacuum treatment (generally called vacuum degassing) is a

commonly used steelmaking process, used for removing
____________ from the steel.

All impurities

Dissolved gases

Sulphur

Phosphorus

Between the ladle and the water cooled mould is a tundish.

This acts as a kind of reservoir for the molten metal. Why do
you think this casting reservoir of liquid metal is held in the
tundish?
Flow from the tundish to the mould is uncontrolled.

True

False

1. Question 18. How Is Steel Classified ?

Answer :
According to carbon percentage
 o Low carbon steel : Less than 0.25% carbon
o Medium carbon steel: 0.25%0.7% carbon
o High carbon steel: 0.7%1.5% carbon
According to percentage of alloying elements
o Low alloy steel: Alloying element less than 8%
o High alloy steel: Alloying element more than 8%

1. Which is closest to the purest form of the iron?

Cast Iron

Wrought Iron

Pig Iron

Steel
Discuss Here

2. The product of a commercial direct reduction process is:

Liquid 1ron

Pig iron

Sponge iron

Iron saturated with carbon.

Discuss Here

3. Abrasion resistance of coke is measured by the

M10

M40

Shatter test

none
Discuss Here
4. Which one of the following is not the irregularitie of the blast furnace?

Hanging

Slip

Tapping

Breakout
Discuss Here

5. Which one of the following is not function of coke in the blast furnace ?

Fuel

Carburizer

Reducing agent

Oxidizing agent
Discuss Here

6. Which one of the following is not the zone of the blast furnace?

Granular zone

Adhesive zone

Cohesive zone

Tuyere zone
Discuss Here

7. Sulphide ore of iron is

Magnetite

Hematite
 Pyrites

Limonite
Discuss Here

8. Which one of the following furnace can be used to produce Alloy steels

L D process

open hearth furnace

Electric Arc furnace

Acid Bessemer process

Discuss Here

9. Which one of the following is receptacle to collect the liquid slag and metal

Bosh

Stack

Hearth

Tuyere
Discuss Here

10. Which one of the following process is Direct smelting

Blast Furnace

LD

vacuum Arc Degassing (VAD)

COREX
Discuss Here
11. The important factors for producing low silicon pig iron in a blast furnace are

Higher temperature and higher basicity

Lower temperature and lower basicity

Lower temperature and higher basicity

Higher temperature and lower basicity

Discuss Here

12. Which one of the following type of the reactor is used in LD Steel making

Fluidized bed reactor

Retort

Penumatic reactor

Travelling grate reactor

Discuss Here

13. Which one of the following type of the reactor is used in Dwight-Lloyd sintering.

Fluidized bed reactor

Retort

Penumatic reactor

Travelling grate reactor

Discuss Here

14. Which one of the following is a basic oxygen furnace (BOF) ?

open hearth furnace

bessemer converter
 L D converter

A & B both
Discuss Here

15. Chief source of sulphur in the blast furnace charge is

Coke

Iron ore

Sinter

Flux
Discuss Here

16. In the process, Killing of steel in which the product is called killed steel is basically removal
of

Sulphur

Oxygen

Manganese

Both A & B
Discuss Here

17. The process of starting a newly lined blast furnace is called

Blowing in

Blowing out

Black draughting

Banking
Discuss Here
18. In steel making higher FeO makes the slag

Oxidizing

Reducing

Neutral

Both A & B
Discuss Here

19. Permeability of the charge in the bosh region of the blast furnace is maintained by

Sinter

Iron ore

Coke

Limestone
Discuss Here

20. In the blast furnace Solution loss reaction is also known as

Neumann Reaction

Boudourd REaction

Seeman Reaction

None
Discuss Here

21. The reductant used for industrial production of sponge iron are

non-coking coal

metallurgical coke
 Natural gas

Both A & C
Discuss Here

22. M40 index of coke indicates

Hardness of coke

Abrasion resistance

Impact strength

Compressive strength
Discuss Here

23. In L-D steelmaking, the final slag can be best described as

oxidizing

basic

oxidizing and basic

reducing and basic

Discuss Here

24. High top pressure in a blast furnace operation

Cut down the carbon loss in solution loss reaction.

Increases Silicon content in Hot metal.

decreases gas-solid contact time

increases coke rate

Discuss Here
25. The second most widely spread economic iron bearing mineral is

 Siderite

 Hematite

 Magnetite

 Limonite
Discuss Here

26. In the steel making process favourable condition for the formation of foam is

 Slag with high surface tension and high viscosity

 Percentage of moisture supplied through lance

 Slag with low surface tension and low viscosity

 Slag with low viscosity and high surface tension

Discuss Here

27. In the Blast furnace, which one of the following region has maximum diameter

 Stack

 Bosh

 Mantle

 tuyere
Discuss Here

28. Which one of the following is used as coolant  in LD process of steel making

 Scrap and iron ore

 Cold Pig iron

  Flux

 Both Band C
Discuss Here

29. Which one of the following type of the reactor is used in iron smelting

 Fluidized  bed  reactor

 Retort

 Counter current reactor

 Travelling grate reactor

Discuss Here

30. A carbonized lump produced from a mixture of iron bearing fines and non metallurgical coal
is known as 

 Natural coal

 Ferro coke

 Charcoal

 Formed coke
Discuss Here

31. In which pelletiser growth occurs by layering

 Disc pelletiser

 Drum pelletiser

 Both A and B

 None
Discuss Here
32. The process to put off the blast of a short duration of an hour or  two to repair the tuyeres 
is known as

 Blowing in

 Blowing out

 Back draughting

 Banking
Discuss Here

33. Partially deoxidised steel is called as

 Rimmed Steel

 Killed steel

 Semi-killed steel

 None
Discuss Here

34.  Foamy slag practice is mainly done in which of the following Furnace during steel making

  LD Convertor 

  Ladle furnace

 Electric Arc furnace

 Induction furnace
Discuss Here

35.  The temperature zone at which limestone get calcined in the blast furnace (in degree
Celsius)
  800-1000

 500-600

 700-800

 1500-1800
Discuss Here

36. Open hearth furnaces can be heated by burning

 Gas

 Oil

 Pulverised coal

All of the above

Discuss Here

37. The process of stopping the blast furnace operation at the end of its campaign  is known as

 Blowing in

 Blowing out

 Black draughting

 Banking
Discuss Here

38. Which one of the following process of steel making is also known as Thomas process

 Acid Bessemer process

 Basic Bessemer process

 LD process
  Open hearth furnace
Discuss Here

39. Which one of the following is right type of fuel needed to run blast furnace 

 Coal

 Coke

 Ferro coke

 Charcoal
Discuss Here

40. The temperature to which chamber of RH degasser is  heated  before its actual use

 800 °C

 1450 °C

 1600°C

 2000 °C
Discuss Here

41. The chemical reserve zone in the iron blast furnace consists mainly of 

 Wustite

 Magnetite

 Hematite

 Iron
Discuss Here
42.Which one of the following used in EAF for making carbon and low alloy steel of quality
attainable in open hearth furnace

 Reducing single slag practice

 Double slag practice

 Oxidizing single slag practice

 Argon oxygen decarburizer

Discuss Here

43. In the blast furnace process,in which of the only zone where coke may be present in solid
form

 Granular zone

 Cohesive zone

 Tuyere zone

 hearth zone
Discuss Here

44. To effect protection against high temperature, which of the following plates are inserted at
regular intervals in the blast furnace lining in the bosh region

 Aluminum

 Water cooled copper or steel

 Water cooled Nickel

 Water cooled iron

Discuss Here

45. Manganese recovery in steel making is aided by

  High activity of FeO in slag

Low activity of FeO in slag

 Low Temperature

 Acidic slag
Discuss Here

46. In which one of the following region of blast furnace melting of charge takes place

 Stack

 Bosh

 Hearth

 lower stack
Discuss Here

47. The term Slag splashing is related to 

 L D convertor

 Electric Arc furnace

 Continuous caster

 Blast furnace
Discuss Here

48. Echevarria process, used as alternate method for iron production is which one of the
following type of furnace

 Rotary kiln

 Retort
 Shaft furnace

 Fluidizen bed

Answer to the followings 3x3

a) Differentiate between – Vertical -type & S - type Continuous Casting Machine – Dry Slag &
Wet Slag – AC Electric Arc Furnacs & DC Electric Arc Furnace b) State the role of hot metal
composition in selection of Bessemer steelmaking processes. 3 3. Answer to the followings
( any three) a) Write short note on KALDO process. 3 b) What is Ladle Furnace? State the
uses of it. 3 c) State the advantages & disadvantages of induction Furnace over conventional
Electric Arc Furnace. 4 d) State the advantages of using lime over limestone in steelmaking. 2
4. Describe a conventional Electric Arc Furnace covering the following items: 3+3+3+3
Furnace Description Charging, Melting & Arcing Refining Desulphurisation 5. How the metal-
slag-gas emulsion is formed in LD convertor. State the relation between emulsion formation
& decarburisation in refining in LD convertor State the importance of secondary steelmaking.
Write short notes on segregation in steel ingot. 2+4+3+3 PART – II Answer All questions. 6. a)
What do you mean by oxidizing potential of slag ? How it affect dephosphorization ? Explain.
5 b) What is Flood’s theory of slag ? Explain with the help of ‘Mn’ reaction. 5 c) Is there any
effect of PCO on C – O refining reaction? Explain the limitation of C level during refining in
B.O.F. 5

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