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GENERAL APTITUDE
Q. No. 1 – 5 Carry One Mark Each

1. The area of an equilateral triangle is 3. What is the perimeter of the triangle?

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

Answer: (C)

2. "When she fell down the ______, she received many _____ but little help."

the words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are

(A) stairs, stares (B) stairs, stairs (C) stares, stairs (D) stares, stares

Answer: (A)

3. "In spite of being warned repeatedly, he failed to correct his______ behaviour."

The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is

(A) rational (B) reasonable (C) errant (D) good

Answer: (C)

4. For 0  x  2,sin x and cos x are both decreasing functions in the interval ______.

     3   3 
(A)  0,  (B)  , (C)  ,  (D)  , 2 
 2 2   2   2 
Answer: (B)

5. Arrange the following three-dimensional objects in the descending order of their volumes:

(i) A cuboid with dimensions 10 cm, 8 cm and 6cm

(ii) A cube of side 8 cm

(iii) A cylinder with base radius 7 cm and height 7 cm

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(iv) A sphere of radius 7 cm

(A) i, ii, iii, iv (B) ii, i, iv, iii (C) iii, ii, i, iv (D) iv, iii, ii, i

Answer: (D)

1
6. If x 2  x  1  0 what is the value of x 4  ?
x4
(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 9

Answer: (C)

7. An automobile travels from city A to city B and returns by the same route. The speed of the vehicle during
the onward and return journeys was constant at 60 km/ h and90 km/h. respectively. What is the average
speed in km/h for tile entire journey?

(A) 72 (B) 73 (C) 74 (D) 75

Answer: (A)

8. In a detailed study of annual crow births in India, it was found that there was relatively nogrowth during
the period 2002 to 2004 and a sudden spike from 2004 to 2005. In another unrelated study, it was found
that the revenue from cracker sales in India which remained fairly flat from 2002 to 2004, saw a sudden
spike in 2005 before declining again in 2006. The solid line in the graph below refers to annual sale of
crackers and the dashed line refers to the annual crow births in India. Choose the most appropriate
inference from the above data.
Annual sale of crackers in India

Annual crow births in India

(A) There is a strong correlation between crow birth and

cracker sales

(B) Cracker usage increases crow birth rare.

(C) If cracker sale declines, crow birth will decline

(D) Increased birth rate of crows will cause an increase

in the sale of crackers 2001 2003 2005 2007

Answer: (A)

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9. To pass a test, a candidate needs to answer at least 2 out of 3 questions correctly. A total of 6,30,000
candidates for the test. Question A was correctly answered by 3,30,000 candidates. Question B was
answered correctly by 2,50,000 candidates. Question C was answered correctly by 2,60,000 candidates.
Both question B and C were answered correctly by 90,000 candidates. Both question A and C were
answered correctly by 80,000 candidates. If the number of students answering all question correctly is the
same as the number answering none, how many candidates failed to clear the test ?

(A) 30,000 (B) 2,70,000 (C) 3,90,000 (D) 4,20,000

Answer: (D)

10. A set of 4 parallel lines intersect with another set of 5 parallel lines. How many parallelograms are
formed?

(A) 20 (B) 48 (C) 60 (D) 72

Answer: (C)

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Q. No. 1 – 25 Carry One Mark Each

1. A venturi meter is installed to measure the flow rate of water in a 178 mm diameter (D) pipe. The throat
diameter is 102mm. The differential pressure measured using a manometer is 154.3kN/m2.

The data given are: discharge coefficient = 0.98; Water density = 1000 kg/m3.
The volumetric flow rate of water (in m3/s) is _________.

Answer: (0.1489)

2. Consider the following properties:

(P) temperature (Q) specific gravity (R) chemical potential (S) volume
The option which lists ALL the intensive properties is

(A) P (B) P and Q (C) P, Q, and R (D) P, Q, R and S

Answer: (C)

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2
3. A first-order process having a transfer function, G p  is controlled by a proportional controller with
7s  1
gain of 3.2. The process time constant is in minutes. Addition of the integral control action with an
integral time constant of 5 minutes leads to increase in

(A) offset (B) speed of response

(C) order of the closed loop system (D) proportional band

Answer: (C)

4. A watch uses two electronic circuits (ECs). Each EC has a failure probability of 0.1 in one year of
operation. Both ECs are required for functioning of the watch. The probability of the watch functioning
for one year without failure is
(A) 0.99 (B) 0.90 (C) 0.81 (C) 0.80

Answer: (C)

5. The initial water level in a tank is 4m. When the valve located at the bottom is opened, the rate of change
dL
of water level (L) with respect to time (t) is,  k t , where k  0.6ms3/2 . The level of water (in m)
dt
in the tank at time 0.5s after opening the valve is _________ (rounded off to second decimal place).

Answer: (3.85)

6. The molecular formula of the pre-dominant chemical compound in commercial sugar is

(A) C12 H22O11 (B) C12 H24O12 (C) C6 H10 O5 (D) C6 H12 O6

Answer: (A)

7. Critical speed of a ball mill depends on

(A) the radius of the mill (shell) and the radius of the particles
(B) the radius of the mill (shell) and the density of the particles

(C) the radius of the balls and the radius of the particles

(D) the radius of the balls and the radius of the mill (shell)

Answer: (D)

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8. In connection with petroleum refining, identify the incorrect statement among the following options.

(A) Desalting of crude oil is before processing it in atmospheric distillation unit

(B) A stream of hydrogen is produced in catalytic reforming of naphtha

(C) Asphalt used for paving IS a petroleum product

(D) Cetane number indicates the quality of petrol/ motor spirit

Answer: (D)

9. The terminal velocity of a spherical particle in gravitational settling under Stokes regime varies

(A) linearly with the particle diameter

(B) linearly with the viscosity of the liquid

(C) directly with the square of particle diameter

(D) inversely with the density of particle

Answer: (C)

10. The Annual Fixed Charges (AFC) and Annual Utilities Costs (AUC) of a distillation column being
designed are expressed in terms of the reflux ration (R) as

AFC(Rs.Lakh)  641  R 2  1796  R  1287  1 /  R  1.16 

AUC(Rs.Lakh)  80  62.5 R

The reflux ratio (Ropt) for optimizing the total cost of the distillation column may be found by solving

1282  R opt  1796  1 /  R opt  1.16   0

2
(A)

62.5  1282  R opt  1796  1 /  R opt  1.16   0

2
(B)

 1796  R opt  1287  1 /  R opt  1.16   0

2
(C) 80  62.5  R opt  641 R opt
2

 1796  R opt  1287  1 /  R opt  1.16   0

2
(D) 80  62.5  R opt  641 R opt
2

Answer: (B)

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11. The ammonia (NH3) oxidation process occurs over a catalyst as

4NH3  5O2  6H2O  4NO

Air is supplied such that oxygen (O2) is 20% in excess of that required for complete conversion of NH 3.
The mole fraction of O2 in inlet gas mixture (NH3+air) is ______. (rounded off to third decimal place).

Answer: (0.184)

12. The reactant (M) is converted into product (N) in the presence of catalyst in a fixed bed reactor. All the
flow rates (F, G, H, P and R) in mol/s, and mole fraction of reactant (M) in these streams
 x P , xG , x H , x F and x R  are shown in the diagram.

F, x F G, x G H, x H P, x P
Fixed bed
reactor

R, x R

The overall fractional conversion is

xGG  xHH xGG  xPP x FF  x H H xFF  x PH

(A) (B) (C) (D)
xGG xGG xFF xFF

Answer: (D)

13. Pitot tube is used to measure

(A) liquid level in a tank (B) flow velocity at a point

(C) angular deformation (D) vorticity

Answer: (B)

14. According to the surface renewal theory, the unit of fractional rate of surface renewal is

(A) m2s2 (B) m2s1 (C) ms1 (D) s 1

Answer: (D)

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15. The fourth order Runge-Kutta (RK4) method to solve an ordinary differential equation

dy
 f  x, y  is given as
dx

1
yx  h  yx   k1  2k 2  2k 3  k 4 
6
k1  hf  x, y 
 h k 
k 2  hf  x  , y  1 
 2 2
 h k 
k 3  hf  x  , y  2 
 2 2 
k 4  hf  x  h, y  k 3 

For a special case when the function 'f' depends solely on x, the above RK4 method reduces to
(A) Euler's explicit method (B) Trapezoidal rule

(C) Euler's implicit method (D) Simpson's 1/3 rule

Answer: (D)

16. For absorption of H2S from a mixture with hydrocarbon vapour into an acqueous alkanolamine solution,
the liquid phase mass transfer resistance is

(A) significantly higher than that of the gas phase

(B) negligible compared to that of the gas phase

(C) equal to that of the gas phase

(D) dependent on the gas phase mass transfer resistance

Answer: (B)

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sin x
17. The figure which represents y  forx  0  x in radians  is
x
(A) 1 (B) 1
0.5 0.5
y 0 y 0

0.5 0.5
1 1
0 2 4 6 8 10 0 2 4 6 8 10
x x

(C) 1 (D) 1
0.5 0.5

y 0 y 0

0.5 0.5

1 1

0 2 0 2 4 6 8 10
4 6 8 10
x x

Answer: (B)

18. Consider the following two equations:

dx
xy0
dt
dy
x 0
dt

The above set of equations is represented by

d2 y dy d 2 x dx
(A)  y0 (B)  y0
dt 2 dt dt 2 dt

d 2 y dy d 2 x dx
(C)  y0 (D)  y0
dt 2 dt dt 2 dt
Answer: (C)

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19. Economy of evaporators used for concentrating sugarcane juice is

kg of concentrated juice produced kg of steamsupplied

(A) (B)
kg of steamsupplied kg of sugarcane juicefed

kg of water vaporized kg of sugarcane juicefed

(C) (D)
kg of steamsupplied kg of water vaporized

Answer: (C)

20. Segmental baffles in a 2-4 shell and tube heat exchanger

(A) change the flow pattern of the tube side fluid and increase the overall heat transfer co- efficient

(B) increase the heat transfer coefficient in the shell side and support the tubes

(C) helptoreducethethermalexpansionofthetubesandincreasetheheattransfercoefficientinthe
tubeside
(D) increase the number of passes in the shell side and increase the heat transfer coefficient in the
tube side
Answer: (B)

21. Polyvinyl chloride is produced by

(A) co-polymerization

(B) addition-type kinetics

(C) reacting chlorine with polyethylene

(D) reacting hydrochloric acid with polyethylene

Answer: (B)

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22. Liquid phase isomerization of o-xylene to p-xylene using a zeolite catalyst was carried out in a CSTR.
Three sets of kinetic data at different temperatures and stirring speeds were obtained as shown below.

Set A Set B Set C

Temperature(K) 500 500 500 600 600 600 700 700 700

Stirring speed(rpm) 1000 2000 3000 1000 2000 3000 1000 2000 3000

Reaction rate (mol L-1 s-1) 0.020 0.025 0.025 0.037 0.047 0.047 0.069 0.078 0.086

The operating condition at which the reaction rate is not controlled by external mass transfer resistance is
(A) T = 500 K; rpm = 3000 (B) T = 600 K; rpm = 1000

(C) T = 700 K; rpm = 1000 (D) T = 700 K; rpm = 2000

Answer: (A)

23. Choose the correct statement

In viscose rayon manufacturing process,

(A) carbon disulphide used as reactant for xanthate formation is regenerated in a later step
(B) caustic soda used as reactant for steeping of cellulose is regenerated in a later step

(C) sulphuric acid is used in steeping process of cellulose

(D) the spun viscose rayon is hardened in an alkali bath

Answer: (A)

24. For a chemical reaction, the ratio of rate constant at 500 K to that at 400 K is 2.5. Given
R= 8.314J mol-1 K-1, the value of activation energy (in kJ/mol) is
(A) 10.5 (B) 12.0 (C) 15.2 (D) 18.4

Answer: (C)

25. Two packed towers are designed for the same mass velocity of the gas. The first has liquid and gas flow
rates of 30 kg/s and 1.2 kg/s, respectively, while the corresponding flow rates in the second tower are 67.5
kg/s and 1.8 kg/s. The ratio of the design diameter of the wider tower to that of the narrower tower is

(A) 2 (B) 1.8 (C) 1.5 (D) 1.225

Answer: (D)

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Q. No. 26 – 55 Carry One Mark Each

26. The humidity of air at a dry-bulb temperature of 65C is 0.025 water/kg dry air. The latent heat of

vaporization of water at 0 C is 2500 kJ/kg. The psychrometric ratio of air is 0.95kJ  kg dry air  K 1 .
1

Considering 0 C as reference temperature, the enthalpy of air (in kJ/kg) at its adiabatic saturation
temperature of 35C is ___________ (rounded off to two decimal places).

Answer: (124.5)

27. In the year 2005, the cost of a shell and tube heat exchanger with 68m2 heat transfer area was Rs.12.6
Lakh. Chemical Engineering Index for cost in 2005 was 509.4 and now the index is 575.4. Based on index
of 0.6 for capacity scaling, the present cost (in Lakhs of rupees) of a similar heat exchanger having 100m2
heat transfer area is estimated to be

(A) 17.94 (B) 19.94 (C) 20.94 (D) 22.94

Answer: (A)

28. Match the equipment in Column A with the corresponding process in Column B

Column A Column B

(P) Centrifugal sifter (I) Mixing

(Q) Bowl mill (II) Sedimentation

(R) Gravity thickener (III) Screening

(S) Two-arm kneader (IV) Grinding

(A) P-I, Q-IV, R-II, S-III (B) P-III, Q-IV, R-II, S-I

(C) P-IV, Q-I, R-II, S-III (D) P-IV, Q-III, R-I, S-II

Answer: (B)

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29. A hot liquid is to be cooled in a 1-1 shell and tube heat exchanger from 80C to 50C. Cooling water
enters the tube side at 30C, and exits at 45C. The properties of the liquids are constant. Also, the
overall heat transfer coefficient is same for counter-current and co-current modes. The percentage saving
in heat transfer area for counter-current option with respect to the area of co-current option is
______________ (rounded off to third decimal place).

Answer: (27.10)

30. Vapour bubbles are formed in the nucleate boiling regime at a frequency of 10 bubbles per second per
nucleation site. There are 100 nucleation sites per m 2 of heating area. The latent heat ofvapourization
and the density of vapour under the operating condition are 1000 kJ / kg and 1kg/m3 respectively.
The diameter of each bubble is 103 m. Assume that the entire heat supplied is used for vapour generation.
The heat flux (in Watt per m 2 of heating area is _______ (rounded off to third decimal place).

Answer: (0.523)

31. Match the items in Column A with the items in Column B

Column A Column B

(P) Pure dead-time (I)   90

(Q) Pure capacitive K1 K
(II)  2 with K 2  K1
(R) Inverse response s s  1

(S) First-order process with unit gain (III) 0  AR  1

(IV) AR  1

Here, ϕ denotes the phase shift, K1 and K 2 the process gains, τ the time constant, and AR the amplitude
ratio.

(A) P-II, Q-III, R-IV, S-I (B) P-III, Q-II, R-IV, S-I

(C) P-I, Q-IV, R-II, S-III (D) P-IV, Q-I, R-II, S-III

Answer: (D)

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32. Under isothermal condition, a vertical tube of length L = 100 m contains a gas of molecular weight equal
to 60. The pressure and temperature at the top of the tube are 100 kPa and 25C respectively. Consider the
universal gas constant and acceleration due to gravity as 8.314J mol1K 1 and 9.81ms 2 respectively. If
the gas is ideal, the pressure (in kPa) at the bottom of the tube will be_______(rounded off to third
decimal place).

Answer: (102.375)

33. The decay ratio for a system having complex conjugate poles as

 1 2  1 2
  10  j15  and   10  j 5  is

(A) 7 101 (B) 8 102 (C) 9 103 (D) 10 104

Answer: (C)

34. The elementary second-order liquid phase reaction A + B → C + D is carried out in an isothermal plug
flow reactor of 2m 3 volume. The inlet volumetric flow rate is 10 m3 /h . The initial concentrations of
both A and B are 2 kmol/m 3 . The rate constant is given as 2.5m3kmol1h 1. The percentage
conversion of A is _______________.

Answer: (50)

35. A binary distillation column is designed by McCabe-Thiele method to get a distillate mole fraction of 0.9.
The enriching section operating line has an intercept with y-axis at 0.3 mole fraction. The ratio of liquid
to vapour molar flow rate in the enriching section is _________ (rounded off to third decimal
place).

Answer: (0.667)

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36. In a laboratory batch setup, reaction of P over a catalyst was studied at various temperatures. The
reactions occurring are

P  2Q; P  R

At the end of one hour of operation, the batch contains x P , x Q and x R mole fractions of P, Q and R
components, respectively.

0.3
Mole fractions x xR

0.2
xQ
0.1

0
0 25 50 75 100 125
Temperature, T(°c)
The mole fractions of product components  x Q and x R  were found to vary linearly with temperature as
given in the figure.

If the yield of Q based on reactant P consumer  YQ  at 25C was founded to be 0.40. Then the value of

 Y  at 60C is __________ (rounded off to second decimal place.)

Q

Answer: (0.4)

37. G denotes the Gibbs free energy of a binary mixture, n T denotes the total number of moles present in the
system, 1 is the chemical potential of the i th component  1  0 and 1  2  and xi is the mole fraction
of the i th component. The correct variation of G / nT(in J/mol) at constant temperature and pressure is
given by

(A) 0.30 (B) 0.30

0.24 0.24
1
G/n T 0.18 G/n T 0.18
0.12 0.12
2

0.00 0.00
0 0.5 1 0 0.5 1
x1 x1

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(C) (D) 0.30

0.30
1
0.24
0.24 1
G/n T 0.18
G/n T 0.18
0.12
0.12 2
2
0.00
0.00 1
0 0.5
0 0.5 1 x1
x1
Answer: (C)

38. In a roll crusher, rolls of diameter 1 m each are set in such a manner that minimum clearance between the
crushing surfaces is 15 mm. If the angle of nip is 31 , the maximum diameter of the particle (in mm)
which can be crushed is _________ (rounded off to third decimal place).

Answer: (53.341)

39. The wall of a pipe of radius 1 m is at a uniform temperature of 200C, and is covered by insulation of
thickness 0.1 m. The ambient air outside the insulated pipe is at 20C and has heat transfer coefficient of
10Wm 2 K 1. The thermal conductivity of the insulation material is 0.05 Wm 1K 1. If the heat transfer
occurs at steady state, the temperature (in°C) of the outer surface of insulation is __________ (rounded
off to second decimal place).

Answer: (28.15)

25mm
40. Hydrogenation of benzene is to be carried out using Ni (density = 8910 kg/
m 3 ) as catalyst, cast in the form of non-porous hollow cylinders, as shown 20mm
below. The reaction occurs on all the surfaces of the hollow cylinder.
During an experiment, one such cylinder is suspended in the reactant
stream. If the observed rate of reaction is 0.39mol ( m 2 of catalyst
25mm
surface) 1 min 1 , then the rate of reaction in mol(kg of catalyst) 1 min 1
is_________ (rounded off to three decimal places).

Answer: (0.038)

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41. A fiberboard sheet 1.5m  2.0m15mm is being dried by suspending it horizontally in a current of hot,
dry air. The edges are insulated so that drying takes place only from the top and bottom surfaces. The wet
sheet weighing 16 kg with initial moisture content of 60% loses moisture at a constant rate of
1.25  105 kg m 2s 1 until the moisture content falls to 30%. All moisture contents are on dry basis. The
time required for drying during constant rate period (in hour) is _________ (rounded off to third decimal
place).

Answer: (11.1)

42. A furnace installed at a cost of Rs. 24 Lakh is expected to serve its useful life of 5 years.Salvage value of
the furnace is Rs.8 Lakh. The interest rate compounded annually is 8%. The estimated capitalized cost (in
Lakhs of rupees) is
(A) 30 (B) 34.09 (C) 34.9 (D) 58.09

Answer: (D)

43. Consider the following transfer function

3
G s 
 5s  1
2

Where, the natural period of oscillation is in minimum. The amplitude ratio at a frequency of 0.5 rad/min
is _________(rounded off to second decimal place.)

Answer: (0.41379)

cos   sin 
44. For the matirx A    if det stands for the determinant and A T is the transpose of A then the
 sin  cos  

value of det AT A is_________. 
Answer: (1)

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45. At a shear rate of 10s 1 , the apparent viscosity of a non-Newtonian liquid was found to be 1 Pa s. At a
shear rate of 100s1 , the apparent viscosity of the same liquid was found to be 0.5 Pa s. If the liquid
follows power law behavior, the apparent viscosity (in Pa s) at a shear stress of 10Nm2 is
__________ (rounded off to two decimal place).

Answer: (1)

46. A CSTR and a PFR of equal volume are connected in series as shown below to carry out a first-order,
isothermal, liquid phase reaction.
AP

CA0

C Af

PFR
CSTR

The rate constant is 0.2s 1 . The space-time is 5s for both the reactors. The overall fractional conversion
of A is _______ (rounded off to third decimal place.)

Answer: (0.816)

47. It is decided to extract A from a feed containing 20 mol% A and 80 mol% B in two ideal cross-current
stages as shown below, using equal amount of pure solvent C in each stage.

Solvent Solvent

Feed Raffinate 1 Raffinate 2

Stage 1 Stage 2

Extract1 Extract 2

Components B and C are immiscible, 60% of A in the feed is extracted in Stage 1. The equilibrium
relation is given by Y*  1.5X where

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X = moles of A per mole of B in raffinate

Y *  moles of A per mole of C in extract in equilibrium with raffinate

The mol% of A in raffinate form stage 2 is ________ (rounded off to second decimal place).

Answer: (3.85)

48. The volume of liquid filled in a spherical storage tank of radius R is computed from height of liquid, h, in
the outside tube (neglecting the volume of liquid in the outside tube) as

V  h 2
 3R  h 
3

The estimate of liquid height (in m) to store V  30m3 of water in R=3m tank, after performing ONE
iteration of Secant method, using 1 m and 3m as two initial guesses of liquid height is _____ (rounded off
to second decimal place.)

Answer: (1.89)

1 dy
If y  e x then the value of lim
2
49. is ________
x  x dx

Answer: (0)

50. An insulated storage tank contains 1000kg liquid of specific heat 10kJ kg 1K 1. The liquid is heated by
saturated steam, condensing in helical coil at a temperature of 180C. The heat transfer area of the coil is
0.1m2 . If the overall heat transfer coefficient is constant at 1000 Wm 2 K 1 , then the time (in hours)
required to raise the temperature of the liquid in the tank from 20C to 80C is____. (rounded off to
second decimal place).

Answer: (13.05)

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51. A person is drowning in sea at location R and the lifeguard is standing at location P. The beach boundary
is straight and horizontal, as shown in the figure.

R  e.f 

S
Sea
Y
Q  c,d 
x
Beach boundary

L
Land

P  a,b 

The lifeguard runs at a speed of VL and swims at a speed of VS. In order to reach to the drowning person
in optimum time, the lifeguard should choose point Q such that

sin 2 L VS sin L VS
(A)  (B) 
sin 2 S VL sin S VL

sin 2 L VL sin L VL
(C)  (D) 
sin 2 S VS sin S VS

Answer: (D)

52. A set of standard stainless steel pipes, each of internal diameter 26.65 mm and 6000 mm length, is used
to make a plug flow reactor by joining them in series to carry out degradation of polyethylene.
Seven such pipes are required to obtain a conversion of 66% at 450 K. The minimum number of standard
8000 mm long pipes of the same internal diameter to be procured for obtaining at least 66% conversion
under the same reaction conditions is ______.

Answer: (6)

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53. For a closed-loop system, consider the following transfer functions:

Process GP S , controller GC S , measuringdeviceGm S , and final control element G f S

2
G P  S  ; G c S  2; G m S  1 G f S   1
7s  1

The offset in the closed loop response due to a unit step change introduced in the set point of the output
variable is _____.

Answer: (0.2)

54. In a closed piston-cylinder system, methane was observed to obey the following equation of state

P  V  nb   nRT

Where b  0.029m3 /mol. The temperature and volume are 500°C and 5m3 respectively for 100 moles of
methane. At this state of the system, the isobaric rate of change of temperature with volume inC / m3 is  
___________ (rounded off to second decimal place).

Answer: (368.09)

55. An azeotropic mixture of ethanol and water is to be separated in a distillation column using benzene as an
entrainer. At the column operating conditions, two liquid phases are formed on a tray. The degree(s) of
freedom of the system for the choice of intensive properties at equilibrium is (are) ________.

Answer: (2)

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