MOCK TEST –II

1. A 150L oxygen cylinder contains gas at 300K and 10bar . what is the mass of oxygen in the
cylinder?

(a) 0.2944 kg (b) 1.2292 kg (c) 1924.38 kg (d) 1.4429 kg

Ans: (c)

Sol: P= 10 bar

T= 300K

V=150L

P T0
V0= V  
P0 T

 10  273.15 
= 150    
 1.01335  300 

= 1347.92

1347
As the normal metal vol is 22.41 mol =  60.14mol
224

Mass of oxygen of cylinder= 60.14  32

= 1924.38 gas

= 1.9 kg

2. A pneumatic proportional controller has input output range of 3 to 15 psi air pressure. A
temperature measuring element installed in the process produces 0.75 psi output for a
change at 10C. it has been observed that for 100C change in the process side, there is a
12psi change of observed that for 100C change in the process side, there is a 12psi change
of controller output. What is the percentage proportional band of the [P] controller?

(a) 75% (b) 80% (c) 62.5% (d) 66.7%

 Ans: (c)

Sol: 100C  7.5 psi change

100C  11psi

12
Rc=  1.6
7.5

1
%PB= 100  62.5%
1.6

3. Consider the following statements;

I. Temperature is an extensive property and a state function

II. Temperature is an intensive property and a state function

III. Pressure is a path function and intensive property

IV. Pressure is a state function and intensive property

Then

(a) I & III are incorrect (b) II & III are correct

(b) II & IV are incorrect (d) I & IV are correct

Ans: (a)

4. which of the following relates the absorption and evolution of heat of the junctions of a
thermocouple to the current flow in the circuit?

(a) See beck effect (b) Paltner effect

(c) Joule heating effects (d) Thompson effect

Ans: (a)

5. Match the following List I with List II

 List I List II

P. Greetz Number 1. Ratio between mass heat flow rate to the heat flow
rate by conduction under a unit temperature
gradient and through a thickness L.

Q. Grashoff Number 2. Ratio between heat capacity of the fluid flowing

through the pipe per unit length of the pipe to the
conductivity of the pipe.
R. Peclet Number 3. Ratio of heat transfer coefficient to the flow of heat
per unit temperature rise due to the velocity and
heat capacity of the fluid
S. Stanton Number 4. Ratio of the product of inertia force and buoyancy
force to the square of viscous force
(a) P-1, Q-2,R-4,S-3 (b) P-2, Q-4, R-1, S-3

(c) P-4, Q-2, R-1, S-3 (d) P-2, Q-1, R-3,S-4

Ans: (b)

6. Consider the following statements

Statement 1: Vertical baffle cut is preferable for condensation

Statement 2: Higher tube pitch results in higher pressure drop in shell side of exchanger

Then

(a) Both the statements are correct

(b) Neither of these statements is correct

(c) Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect

(d) Statement 2 is correct and Statement 1 is incorrect

Ans: (c)
7. A single acting reciprocating pump, running at 50 rpm delivers 0.00736 m3/s of water. The
diameter of the piston is 200 mm and stroke length is 300 mm. determine the coefficient of
discharge.

(a) 0.937 (b) 0.63 (b) 0.456 (d) 0.746

Ans: (a)

sol: N  50PM

Actual discharge Qout=0.00736m3/s

Diameter of piston D=200mm =0.2m


Area A   0.22  0.0314m2
4

Stroke length = L=300mm = 0.3m

Qact
CD 
Q th

ALN 0.0314  0.3  50

Qth  
60 60

= 0.00785

0.00736
CD   0.937
0.00785

8. Calculate the operating speed of the ball mill from the given data:

Diameter of ball mill = 500mm; diameter of ball = 50mm

Operating speed of the ball mill is 35% of critical speed.

(a) 0.56 (b) 0.74 (c) 0.36 (d) 0.64

Ans: (c)
 1 g
Sol: n C 
2 R  

R=0.2m

 =0.025m

g=9.81m/s2

35
Operating speed =  nC
100

= 0.36 mps

9. A simple closed control loop has been shown below. Find the correct range of K c for stabke
operation

R 1

 KC  s  1 s  2 

1
 s  3

(a) 6  K C  60 (b) 6  K C  66 (c) 0  K C  60 (d) 0  K C  66

Ans: (c)

Sol: s3  6s2  11s  6  K C  0

1 11

 60  K C  (61-KC)
6

(6+KC) 0

0 0

0
 As per rouths test,

60  K C
0
6

60-KC>0

KC<60

10. For the solid catalyzed first order reaction A E P, which of the following statements is true?


(a) For Thiele modulus less than 0.4, pore diffusion offers negligible resistance

(b) For Thiele modulus less than 0.4, effectiveness factor is almost 1

(c) For Thiele modulus more than 4, effectiveness factor is invasively proportional to pore
length

(d) All of these

Ans: (d)

11. For an isochoric process, the value of n for the expression PVn=constant t is

Cp
(a) Zero (b) One (c) Infinity (d)
Cv

Ans: (c)

 5R 
12. Calculate the entropy change when a mole of ideal gas  Cp  is transferred from the
 2 
initial state of 200 bar and 400K and 500K.

(a) 10.04 J/mol.K (b) 8.43 J/mol.K

(c) 6.23 J/mol.K (d) 0.85 J/mol.K

Ans: (d)

Sol: p1= 200 bar

 p2= 400 bar

T1= 400 K

T2=550 K

T2 p
s  cp ln  R ln 2
T1 p1

8.314  ln    8.314ln  
5 550 400
=
2  400   200 

s  0.85J / mol.K

13. Find the number of degrees of freedom for a system prepared by partially decomposing
NH4Cl into an evacuated space ________

Ans: 1

Sol: NH4Cl(s)  NH3 (g)  HCl(g)

F=C-P+2-r-s

C=3P=2N=1

F=3-2+2-1=1

14. A equimolar mixture of benzene and cyclohexane at 250C and 1 bar has an excess enthalpy
  G E / RT  
of 1800 J/mol. Calculate the value of  
 T 

(a) 1.16 103 K1 (b) 2.43 103 K1 (c) 1.84 103 K 1 (d) 0.85 103 K 1

Ans: (b)

Sol: as we know
   GE  
   RT   H E 1800
    
 T  RT 8.314  298
2 2

 

= 2.43 103 K 1

15. Find the pressure drop through a circular pipe of diameter 60mm and length 40cm, if an oil
of viscosity 0.2N.s/m2 and relative density 0.8 is flowing through the pipe. The rate of the
flow of fluid through pipe is 4 it/sec.

(a) 780.42 N/m2 (b) 1214.76 N/m2 (c) 1002.66 N / m2 (d) 609.51N / m2

Ans: (c)

Sol:   0.2 N.s / m2

  800kg / m2

D=0.06 m

Q 4 103 m3 / s
v 
 2 
  0.06 
2
D
4 4

=1.41 m/s

VD
Ri 


1.41 800  0.06

=
0.2

= 338.4

Ri<2100 viscous flow

32VL
P 
D2
 32  0.2 1.41 0.4
=
0.062

P  1002.66 N / m2

16. A metallic body weighs 460 N in a fluid and 210 N in water. Calculate the volume of
metallic body

(a) 2.55 104 cm3 (b) 0.74 104 cm3 (c) 1.84 104 cm3 (d) 10.22 104 cm3

Ans: (a)

Sol: = 460-210=250

250
Vw=volume of water displaced =
1000  9.8

= 0.0255m3

Volume of metallic body V w= 2.55 104 cm3

17. A manometer connected to a pitot tube reads 10cm when pitot tube is kept at the center of
the pipe. Find the maximum velocity measured by pitot tube, if discharge coefficient is
0.92 and specific gravity of fluid flowing through pipe is 0.7.

(a) 0.821 m/s (b) 1.539 m/s (c) 0.048 m/s (d) 4.183 m/s

Ans: (c)

2gh
Sol: Vmax  G


2  9.8  0.1
= 0.92
0.7 1000

= 0.048 m/s
18. In a turbulent flow, two identically sized spherical particles P and Q having density 1400
kg/m3 and 1100 kg/m3 respectively are setting in a fluid of density 900 kg/m3. Assuming
under turbulent flow condition, find the ratio of terminal settling velocity of particle P to
that of particle Q.

(a) 1.12 (b) 2.63 (c) 0.76 (d) 1.58

Ans: (d)

Sol: under turbulent condition

1 P P  

1 Q Q  

1400  900
=  1.58
1100  900

19. Find the transition length for a turbulent fluid of viscosity 30 poise entering into a pipe of
60 mm.

(a) 0.3 m (b) 3m (c) 6m (d) 0.6 m

Ans: (b)

Sol: for turbulent

Tl=50Dp

= 50  0.060

= 3m

20. At sea level atmospheric pressure is 9.82 N/cm2. Calculate the pressure in N/cm2 at a height
of 2100m, if the density of air is 1.21 kg/m3 _________

Ans: 7.32

Sol: hydro static law states

 p 2

 dp  g  dz
p0 20

= g  z  20   p  p 0 

p  p0  gz

=  9.82 104   1.21 9.8  2100

= 7.3298 N/m2

21. Air fuel ratio is

(a) Ratio of mass of air used for combustion to the mass of fuel

(b) Ratio of volume of air used for combustion to the mass of fuel

(c) Ratio of mass of air used for oxidation

(d) None of these

Ans: (a)

22. How many moles of CO and H2 are required to produce 3 moles of methanol, if the
conversion based on CO is 20% where as the conversion based on H 2 is 50%?

(a) 3, 6 (b) 12, 15 (c) 15, 12 (d) 6, 3

Ans:(b)

Sol: CO  2H2  CH3OH

For 100% conversion

1CO =1CH3OH

20%  5 moles of CO

1 mole of CH3OH=2 moles of HZ

 2
For 50% conversion = 4
0.5

3 moles of CH3OH

No of moles of CO required = 3  5  15

No of Moles H2 required = 3  4  12

23. A sphere of wax(density 600 kgm-3) has a volume of 10cm3. Iron nails pierced into it and
consequently submerged in water. If the volume of the iron nails is negligible compared to
the volume of the sphere of wax, then the mass of the iron nails in the sphere will be _____
kg. (Sphere sinks in the water)

Ans:0.004

Sol: Since the sphere of wax, containing the iron nails gels submerged into watch

Density of sphere = Density of water

Mass of wax = 10 106  600

MN=mass of mails

10  106  M
 1000
10  106

M= 10 106 1000  10 106  600

M=0.004 kg

24. The time required in hours for the sublimation of 3gm of naphthalene from a naphthalene
ball of mass 4gm kept suspended in a large volume of stagnant air at 450C and 1.013bar
pressure will be __________

m2
Diffusivity of naphthalene in air under the given conditions is 6.92 106 , its density is
s
kg
140 3
and its sublimation pressure at 450C is 0.8654mm Hg.
m
 Ans: 219.5 hours

Sol: Initial mass of the ball = 4g, radius rso  0.93cm

Final mass of the ball = 1g; rs '  0.594cm

cm2
Other parameters; PAB  0.0692 ; P  1atm
s

T=318K; MA= molecular weight of naphthalene = 128

PA=Partial pressure of naphthalene in the bulk air =0

PAS=Sublimation pressure of naphthalene at 318K =0.8654mm Hg=0.00114atm

substitute these values into the equation;

2DABDM A t ' P  PA*

rso2  rs2  in , we get time required t ’=219.5 hours
RTpA P  PAS

25. A mixture of A and B conforms closely to raoult’s law. The pure component vapour
pressures PAS and PBS in kPa at t0C is given by

2945 2973
In PAS  14.27  , in PBS  14.20 
t  224 t  209

If bubble point of a certain mixture of A and B is 760C at a total pressure of 80kPa, then
first vapour will contain _______

Ans: 92.5

2945
Sol: Let PAS  14.27   4.4533 PAS=85 kPa
76  224

2973
Let PBs  14.20   3.768 PBS=43.311 kPa
76  209

P  PBS 80  43.316
XA    0.8612
P P
S
A
S
B 85.19  43.3
 X A PAS 0.8612  85
YA    0.9150
P 80

26. If a bank advertises that it pays 5.25% interest, compounded daily, on savings certificates,
then this is equivalent percentage rate of interest, compounded annually will be _______

Ans: 5.39

Sol: in=(1+i) n-1

365
 5.25 
= 1   1
 365 

= 5.39

27. A measurement system used in a pressure control system consists of two elements, sensor
and a signal conditioner. If the sensor has a transfer function of 0.1 mA/pa and the signal
conditioner of a transfer function of 20, then the overall transfer function of the
measurement system will be _______ (mA/pa).

Ans: 2

Sol:6.1mA/pa

Overall transfer function = 0.1 20  2mA / pa

28. The action in which the output pressure change is proportional to actuating signal change,
is called

(a) Proportional action (b) Proportional control action

(c) Proportional integral action (d) None of these

Ans: (a)

29. The V2O5 catalyzed oxidation of sulphur dioxide is known as

(a) Homogeneous catalysis reaction (b) Heterogeneous catalysis reaction

 (c) Homogeneous oxidation reaction (d) None of these

Ans:(b)

30. Calculate the monthly payment for obtaining a loan of Rs.30000 that is to be wholly paid
back in 20 years at 8% per annum rate of interest.

(a) Rs. 520/month (b) Rs. 240.95/month

(c) Rs.250.94/month (d) Rs. 420.59/month

Ans: (c)

R 1  0.08  1
 20

Sol: 30000 
0.08 1  0.0820

R=3055/monthly

3055
R=  254 monthly
12

31. A hydraulic lift has a maximum fluid pressure of 1500 kPa. What should the piston-
cylinder diameter (in mm) be so that it can lift a mass of 900 kg________?

Ans: 87

Sol: PA=mg


P   D2  mg
4

4mg 4  900  9.81

D= 
p 1500  1000

=87 mm

32. How long it will take for spherical particles having specific gravity of 7.5 and diameter of
0.5 mm to settle at terminal velocity under free- settling conditions through 1m of water at
230C?
 10m
(pwater=1000kg/m3, max  1.05cp, cd  1300, g  )
s2

(a) 61 sec (b) 124 sec (c) 173 sec (d) 231 sec

Ans: (c)

49d  8 
Sol: vt    1
300  8 

vt= terminal velocity

4 10  0.5 103

vt 
3 1300

vt=0.0058 m/s

1
 173.2sec
0.0058

33. An un insulated steam pipe passes through a room in which the air and walls are at 270C.
the outside diameter of the pipe is 50 mm , and its surface temperature and emissivity are
1270C and 0.8 respectively. If the co-efficient associated with free convection from the
surface to the air is 20W/m2 K, then the rate of heat loss (W/m) from the surface per unit
length of pipe will be __________

Ans: 438.85

Sol: q=q convection sq rad

= nDL  Ts  T   DL(TS4  Tside

4
)

= 20    0.05  127  27   0.8    0.05  5.67 10 8(400 4  300 4)

= 314.16+124.69

= 438.85 W/m
34. A spherical thin walled metallic container is used to store liquid nitrogen at 77K. the
container has a diameter of 0.7 m and is covered with an evacuated, reflective insulation
composed of silica powder. The insulation is 50 mm thick, and its outer surface is exposed
to ambient air at 300 K. the convection coefficient is known to be 25 W/m2 K. the latent
heat of vaporization and density of liquid nitrogen are 2 105 J / kg and 800 kg / m3 ,
respectively. What is the rate of heat transfer to the liquid nitrogen?

Assume Ksilica=0.0015 W/m.K,

(a) 25W (b) 22W (c) 27W (d) 20W

Ans: (b)

T2 T1
Sol:
1 1 1  1
  2
GK  T T  h4r 2
1

300  77
=
1  1 1  1
   
4 0.0015  0.35 0.375  25  4   0.375 2

= 22W

35. A perfect fluid flows from the bottom of a large tank through a small hole at a rate q=0.8
lt/s. if the fluid flows radially towards the hole with the same volumetric flow across every
section, then the convective acceleration (in mm/s2 ) at point 150 mm from hole will be
____________

Ans: -0.43

Q
Sol: v 
A

v  Q  Q  Q2
a  q   2  3 
 2 5
  2r  r  2 r
 a 
 4.8 10 
3 2

2  2  0.15 
2

= 0.43 mm/s2

36. A tube of 1 cm inside diameter and 20cm long is filled with CO 2 and H2 at a total pressure
of 2 atm at 00C. the diffusion coefficient of the CO 2 and H2 system under these conditions
is 0.275 cm2/sec. the partial pressure of CO2 is 1.5 atm at one end of the tube and 0.5 atm at
the other end. Find the diffusion flux for steady state equimolar counter diffusion.

(a) 1.318 103 kmol / m2 sec (b) 2.413 103 kmol / m2 sec

(c) 6.318 102 kmol / m2 sec (d) 1.413 103 kmol / m2 sec

Ans:(c)

P dp
Sol: N= DAB
RT dz

DAB  PA1  PA2 

NA= 
RT 2

0.275 10 4
= 1.5  0.5  101325
8.314  273  0.2

= 6.318 102 kmol / m2 sec

37. A continuous rectification column is used to separate a binary mixture of A and B.

kmol
Distillate is produced at a rate of 100 and contains 98 mole% A. the mole fractions of
hr
A in the liquid and in the vapour respectively from the adjacent ideal plates in the enriching
section are as follows:

x y

nth plate 0.65 0.82

 nth+1 plate 0.56 0.76

The latent heat of vaporization is same for all composition. Feed is a saturated liquid. What
will be the reflux ratio?__________

Ans: 2

R Y
Sol: y N 1  N 0
R 1 R 1

R 0.98
0.76  0.65 
R 1 R 1

R=2

38. Identify the order of the process of production of crystals.

I. Crystallisation

II. Drying of the moist crystals

III. separation of crystals from mother liquid

IV. Washing with fresh solvent

(a) I  II  III  IV (b) I  III  IV  II

(c) III  IV  I  II (d) II  III  I  IV

Ans : (b)

39. The function of a process, a measuring element and a control valve is respectively given
by:

5 1 3
Gp  , Gm  , GV 
3s  1 4s  1 2s  1

A proportional controller with gain of Kc=2 is used.

What is the steady state error in the output for a unit step in the point ____________?
 Ans: 0.032

C(s) K CG v G p
Sol: 
K(s) 1  K CG v Cp G m

3 5
2 
= 2s  1 3s  1
3 5 1
1 2  
2s  1 3s  1 4s  1

30  4s  1
=
 2s  1 4s  1  30

By final value then

30  4s  1 1 30
Slit 0  S 
  2s  1 4s  1  30 S 31

30 1
= 1 
31 31

40. Match the following model (List I) which has proper residence time distribution (List II)

(a) P-1, Q-2, R-3 (b) Q-1, R-2, S-3 (c) R-2, S-3, P-4 (d) S-3, P-4, Q-1

Ans:(b)
41. A cup of coffee at 1900F is kept in a room temperature of 700F. at time t=0, the coffee is
cooling at 150F per minute, how long will it take for the temperature to reach 143 0F?

(a) 2.6 min (b) 4.5 min (c) 3.98 min (d) 5.7 min

Ans: (c)

dT
Sol:  k(T  c)
di

15=-k(190-20)

k=0.125

dT
 0.125(T  70)
di

1
 T  70 di   0.125dt …………1

log e
T  70 
 0.125 t  C
T  t   ae
0.125 t
 70

T  t   120e0.125  70

T(t) = 1430F

Putting this in eq 1

t= 3.98 min

42. What will be the value of percentage humidity, if the partial pressure, saturation vapour
pressure and total pressure of air – water vapour mixture are in the ratio of 1:2:20?

(a) 48 (b) 52 (c) 60 (d) 6.20

Ans: (a)
  Pp 
 
p  p
Sol: percentage humidity =    100
i p

 Pp 
 
 pi  ps 

1
20  1 100  48
2
20  2

43. If the mole fraction of methane dissolved in light oil at 200K and 20 bar is 0.035, then the
Henry’s law constant for methane in oil will be ________.

(Assume fugacity co-efficient of pure methane gas is 0.90 and mole fraction of methane in
gas phase is 0.95)

Ans: 201.18

Sol: Money law constant

MXL  i ri D

0.9  0.95  20
Xi 
0.085

= 201.18

44. For a certain reaction, the equilibrium pressure of one of the products is given by in
9600
 P   14.4  . Assuming ideal behavior, the value of H0 will be ___________.
T

Ans: 79814

H 0 dmk
Sol: 
RTZ dT
 d ln P H

dT RT 2

9600
H   RT 2
T2

= 9600  8.314

= 79814

45. A certain pipe has 2 sections whose diameters are 25cm and 20cm respectively. If the pipe
carries oil of specific gravity 0.9 at a velocity of 3 min in 20cm diameter section, then the
velocity (m/s) of oil in the first section should be __________

Ans: 1.92

Sol: A1V1  A2 V2


 di 2  V1 2
A1V1 4  20 
V2      3

A2  di 2  V2  25 
4

= 1.92 m/s

46. A certain solution has solubility at 250C. if we remove 10kg of solute from 1000kg of the
solution, then the percentage decrease in solubility value on solvent basis will be _______

Ans: 9.09

10
Sol: amount of solvent persent = 1000 
100

= 100 kg

100
Solubility on solvent basis =  0.11
900

100  10 90
New solubility =   0.10
900 900
 Percentage change =
 0.11  0.10  100
0.11

= 9.09

47. If the heating area of each effect is 100 m2, length and diameter of each tube in the stream
chest are 4m and 0.25m respectively, and then the total number of tubes in the evaporator is
___________

Ans: 32

A 100
Sol: no of tubes N  
D0 L  0.25  4

25
=  32
0.25  

48. What should be the velocity of water to flow over a flat to occur transition at a distance o
0.43m from leading edge?

(a) 2 m/s (b) 1.15 m/s (c) 2.26 m/s (d) 3.26 m/s

Ans: (b)

0.43 11
Sol: 5 105 
1106

 5  105
v 
 0.43

v= 1.16 m/s

49. The number of photons per second per square meter represented by certain intensity is
2.2 1020 . What will be value of intensity, if the wavelength is assumed as 500mm?

(a) 874.5 W/m2 (b) 8.745 W/m2 (c) 87.45 W/m2 (d) none of these

Ans: (c)
 Sol: C= 3 103 m / s

I nt ensity
Total no of photons =
Energy per photon

hc 2.2  1020  6.625  1034  3  108

2.2  1020  
 500  109

= 87.45 W/m2

50. What is the value of emissivity for two plane parallel grey surfaces, maintaining at 400K
and 300K, if the radiative heat transfer rate per unit area between them is 812W?

(a) 0.95 (b) 0.92 (c) 0.90 (d) 0.99

Ans: (c)

Sol: Q   T14  T24 

3.67 108  4004  3004 

1
812 
2 
  1
6 

2 5.67 108  4004  3004 

1 
 812

 0.90