If the temperature of intake a) high self-ignition 9.

In compression ignition
air in internal combustion temperature engines, swirl denotes a
engine increases, then its b) low volatility __________
efficiency will __________ c) high viscosity a) Haphazard motion of the
a) remain same d) all of the mentioned gases in the chamber
b) increase b) Rotary motion of the
c) decrease 6. Reactors for propulsion gases in the chamber
d) none of the mentioned applications are designed c) Radial motion of the
for__________ gases in the chamber
2. The operation of forcing a) any form of uranium d) None of the mentioned
additional air under pressure b) natural uranium
in the engine cylinder is c) enriched uranium 10. Supercharging is the
known as __________ d) thorium process of __________
a) Supercharging a) Supplying the intake of
b) Scavenging 7. What is the pour point of an engine with air at a
c) Turbulence fuel oil? density greater than the
d) Pre-ignition a) Minimum temperature to density of the surrounding
which oil is heated in order atmosphere
3. The ignition quality of to give off inflammable b) Supplying compressed air
petrol is expressed by vapours in sufficient to remove combustion
__________ quantity to ignite products fully
a) Cetane number momentarily when brought c) Providing excess
b) Octane number in contact with a flame temperature to the sucked in
c) Calorific Value b) Temperature at which it gases
d) None of the mentioned solidifies or congeals d) None of the mentioned
c) It catches fire without
4. The mean effective external aid 11. The object of
pressure obtained from d) Indicated by 90% supercharging the engine is
engine indicator indicates distillation temperature i.e., __________
the __________ when 90% of sample oil has a) to increase the power
a) maximum pressure distilled off output of an engine when
developed greater power is required
b) minimum pressure 8. What is the maximum b) to reduce mass of the
developed temperature in the I.C. engine per brake power
c) instantaneous pressure at engine cylinder is of the c) to reduce space occupied
any point order of(in degree Celsius)? by the engine
d) average pressure a) 500-1000 d) all of the mentioned
b) 1000-1500
5. The probability of c) 1500-2000 12. The compensating jet in
knocking in diesel engines d) 2000-2500 a carburettor supplies
is increased by __________ almost constant amount of
petrol at all speeds because 1. What is the range of 5. What is the requirement
the __________ power that diesel engine of a cooling system in diesel
a) jet area is automatically plants produce? plants?
varied depending on the a) 1 to 50MW a) Eliminate hotness of air
suction b) 50 to 100MW entering into the filter
b) the flow from the main c) 40 to 80MW b) To act as a filter for main
jet is diverted to the d) 200 to 300MW fuel tank
compensating jet with c) Eliminate heat coming
increase in speed 2. Diesel engine plants are out of engine
c) flow is produced due to not more efficient than any d) To cool down lubrication
the static head in the float other heat engines of system
chamber comparable size.
d) the diameter of the jet is a) True 6. What is the need for a
constant and the discharge b) False lubrication system in the
coefficient is invariant Diesel engine plant?
3. What is the use of Air a) To act a coolant in the
13. The ratio of the volume filter in the Diesel engine diesel engine plant
of charge admitted at N.T.P. plant? b) To act as emulsifying
to the swept volume of the a) Air filter cools down the agent for the fuel
piston is called? air c) To eliminate friction
a) overall efficiency b) Air filter changes between the mating parts
b) mechanical efficiency direction of airflow d) To improve the efficiency
c) relative efficiency c) Air filter removes dust of the fuel used
d) volumetric efficiency from air
d) Air filter helps in flow of 7. How is the governing of
14. A moderator generally fuel fuel done?
used in nuclear power plants a) By varying fuel supply
is? 4. What is the necessity of a b) By pressure of fuel
a) heavy water supercharger in the diesel supply
b) concrete engine plants? c) By adding emulsifying
c) graphite & concrete a) Supercharger helps in agents
d) graphite drawing out heat from d) By sprinkling the fuel
engine
15. In a diesel engine, the b) Supercharger supports 8. Small service storage
duration between the time engine as auxiliary source tanks in a fuel system of
of injection and ignition is of power diesel plant are known as
known as? c) Supercharger improves ________
a) delay period engine efficiency a) temporary fuel tank
b) period of ignition d) Supercharger increases b) engine day tank
c) burning period pressure of air c) reserve
d) pre-ignition period d) main fuel tank
9. How amount of storage d) starts at 15° before top b) opens at 50° before
of fuel is done? dead centre and ends at 30° bottom dead centre and
a) A week’s requirement after top dead centre closes at 15° after top dead
b) For 4 day requirement centre
c) For a Month’s 4. A moderator, in nuclear c) opens at bottom dead
requirement power plants, is a medium centre and closes at top dead
d) For annual requirement introduced into the fuel centre
mass in order to d) may open and close
1. Nuclear Reactors are used __________ anywhere
__________ a) slow down the speed of
a) to produce heat for fast moving neutrons 8. The brake power of a
thermoelectric power b) control the reaction diesel engine, keeping other
b) to propel ships, c) reduce the temperature parameters constant, can be
submarines, aircrafts d) extract heat from nuclear increased by __________
c) to produce fissionable reaction a) increasing the pressure
material of intake air
d) all of the mentioned 5. The thermal efficiency of b) decreasing the density of
diesel engines is about intake air
2. Where reactor operation __________ c) decreasing the pressure of
is designed with fast a) 30% intake air
neutrons such as in reactors b) 15% d) increasing the
using highly enriched fuel, c) 50% temperature of intake air
the moderator used is? d) 70%
a) Carbon dioxide 9. In a four stroke cycle, the
b) Heavy Water 6. In a four stroke cycle minimum temperature
c) Graphite petrol engine, the charge is inside the engine cylinder
d) No moderator is needed ignited at __________ occurs at the __________
a) 30° after bottom dead a) end of suction stroke
3. The expansion of fuel in a centre b) beginning of exhaust
four stroke cycle diesel b) 30° before bottom dead stroke
engine __________ centre c) beginning of suction
a) starts at 15° after top c) 30° after top dead centre stroke
dead centre and ends at d) 30° before top dead d) end of exhaust stroke
30° before bottom dead centre
centre 10. The effective inhibitor
b) starts at top dead centre 7. The exhaust valve in a of pre-ignition is
and ends at 30° after top four stroke cycle petrol __________
dead centre engine __________ a) alcohol
c) may start and end a) opens at 50° after bottom b) lead
anywhere dead centre and closes at c) water
15° before top dead centre d) none of the mentioned
1. A fuel of cetane number __________ the speed of a) inject fuel at a high
40 has the same ignition the engine in r.p.m. velocity to facilitate
quality as a mixture of a) equal to atomisation
__________ b) one-half b) inject fuel in a chamber
a) 40% alpha methyl c) four-times of high pressure at the end
napthalene and 60% cetane d) twice of compression stroke
b) 40% cetane and 60% c) ensure that penetration is
alpha methyl naphthalene 6. Reflector in nuclear not high
c) 40% petrol and 60% power plants __________ d) all of the mentioned
diesel neutron leakage.
d) 40% diesel and 60% a) increases 10. The two reference fuels
petrol b) decreases used for cetane rating are
c) has no effect __________
2. The control rods in the d) all of the mentioned a) cetane & iso-octane
control system of nuclear b) cetane & normal heptane
reactors are used to 7. In order to eliminate c) cetane & alpha methyl
__________ knocking in compression naphthalene
a) control fuel consumption ignition engines, there d) cetane & tetraethyl lead
b) absorb excess neutrons should be __________
c) control temperature a) high self-ignition 11. In petrol engines, the
d) all of the mentioned temperature of fuel delay period is of the order
b) late auto-ignition of __________
3. The pressure at the end of c) short delay period a) 0.001 sec
compression, in petrol d) low compression ratio b) 0.002 sec
engines, is approximately c) 0.003 sec
__________ 8. Which of the following d) 0.004 sec
a) 10 bar statements is correct?
b) 20 bar a) Compression ratio for 12. How much voltage is
c) 25 bar petrol engines varies from 6 required to produce a spark
d) 35 bar to 10 across the gap between the
b) Petrol engines work on sparking points?
4. If the speed of the engine Otto cycle a) 2000-4000 volts
is increased, the indicated c) Higher compression ratio b) 4000-6000 volts
power will __________ in diesel engines results in c) 6000-10000 volts
a) increase higher pressures d) 10000-12000 volts
b) decrease d) All of the mentioned
c) remain same 13. The scavenging
d) none of the mentioned 9. The injector nozzle of a efficiency of a tour stroke
compression ignition engine cycle diesel engine is
5. Number of working is required to inject fuel at a __________
strokes per min. for a two sufficiently high pressure in a) between 50-85%
stroke cycle engine are order to __________ b) between 95-100%
c) below 50% c) to determine the 6. In a four stroke cycle
d) between 85-95% information, which cannot petrol engine, the pressure
be obtained by calculations inside the engine cylinder
14. The specific fuel d) all of the mentioned during the suction stroke is
consumption per B.P. hour __________ the
for a petrol engine is about 3. Pre-ignition is caused by atmospheric pressure.
__________ the spontaneous combustion a) equal to
a) 0.2 kg of the mixture before the b) below
b) 0.25 kg end of the compression c) above
c) 0.3 kg stroke, and is due to d) middle
d) 0.35 kg __________
a) overheated spark plug 7. Solid fuel fabricated into
15. Which material is most points various small shapes, which
commonly used for b) red hot carbon deposits are assembled to form fuel
shielding? on cylinder walls elements, is in the form of
a) Carbon c) cylinder walls being too __________
b) Concrete hot a) pallets
c) Lead d) any of the mentioned b) plates
d) All of the mentioned c) pins
4. The thermal efficiency of d) all of the mentioned
1. The reference fuels for a standard Otto cycle for a
knock rating of spark compression ratio of 5.5 8. A diesel engine is
ignition engines would will be __________ __________ as compared to
include __________ a) 20% petrol engine, both running
a) normal octane and aniline b) 25% at rated load.
b) iso-octane and normal c) 50% a) equally efficient
hexane d) 55% b) more efficient
c) iso-octane and c) less efficient
alpha-methyl naphthalene 5. The fuels in order of d) all of the mentioned
d) normal heptane and decreasing knock tendency
iso-octane for spark ignition engines 9. A higher compression
are __________ ratio causes __________
2. What is the purpose of a) Paraffin, aromatic, a) increase in detonation
testing an internal naphthene b) pre-ignition
combustion engine? b) Paraffin, naphthene, c) an acceleration in the rate
a) to conform the data used aromatic of combustion
in design, the validity of c) Naphthene, aromatics, d) any one of the
which may be doubtful paraffin mentioned
b) to satisfy the customer d) Naphthene, paraffin,
regarding the performance aromatic 10. Which one of the
of the engine following events would
reduce volumetric efficiency
of a vertical compression 4. Which of the following is c) charcoal
ignition engine? the cheapest plant in d) steam coal
a) inlet valve closing operation and maintenance?
before bottom dead centre a) Thermal power plant 9. The net change in internal
b) inlet valve closing after b) Nuclear power plant energy in a steam power
bottom dead centre c) Hydropower plant plant is?
c) inlet valve opening d) All of the mentioned a) Zero
before top dead centre b) Positive
d) exhaust valve closing 5. Where was India’s first c) Negative
after top dead centre nuclear power plant d) None of the mentioned
installed?
1. What is a power plant? a) Obninsk 10. Which of the following
a) industrial facility that b) Tarapur, Maharashtra contributes to the
uses primary energy to c) Boisar, Maharashtra improvement of efficiency
generate electricity d) None of the mentioned of Rankine cycle in a
b) industrial facility that Thermal Power Plant?
uses secondary energy to 6. Which of the following a) use of high pressures
generate mechanical energy kinds of energy output is b) reheating of steam at
c) industrial facility that obtained from a ‘Steam intermediate stage
uses primary energy to Power Plant’? c) regeneration use of steam
generate mechanical energy a) Electricity for heating Boiler feed
d) industrial facility that b) Thermal energy water
uses secondary energy to c) Sound energy d) all of the mentioned
generate electricity d) Heat energy
11. The overall efficiency of
2. Which of the following is 7. Which of the following a power plant is given by
a type of power plant? are the components of a __________
a) Thermal power plant Steam Power Plant? a) 3600/AP
b) Nuclear power plant a) Boiler, Turbine, b) 3600/NPHR
c) Hydropower plant Condenser, Pump b) 3600/HHV
d) All of the mentioned b) Boiler, Turbine, Pump, c) 3600/NTO
Expansion valve 12. Which of the following
3. What is a hydropower c) Evaporator, Condenser, is an important measure of
plant? Boiler, Turbine performance for a power
a) Mechanical energy from d) Evaporator, Condenser, plant?
the stagnant water currents Boiler, Expansion valve a) NTO
b) Electrical energy from b) HHV
the moving water currents 8. Which of the following is c) AP
c) Potential energy from the also known as Coal used in d) NPHR
water currents power plants?
d) Electrical energy from a) coke 13. Why is the deaerator not
the moving water currents b) soft coal employed in water-cooled &
moderated nuclear power b) Work output of turbine b) not safe
plants? is very large than work c) not economical
a) due to regeneration input to the pump d) radioactivity
b) due to reheating c) Work output of turbine is 22. The gas turbine power
c) due to radioactivity very small than work input plant mainly uses which
release in degeneration to the pump among the following fuels?
d) due to emissivity of d) None of the mentioned a) Kerosene oil and diesel
degeneration oil and residual oil
18. Rankine cycle efficiency b) Natural gas and liquid
14. What is the maximum of a good Steam Power petroleum fuel
content of moisture allowed Plant may be in the range c) Coal and Peat
at the turbine exhaust in the of? d) Gas oil
steam power plant? a) 35 to 45%
a) 15 % b) 70 to 80% 23. Reflector in nuclear
b) 30 % c) 90 to 95% power plants __________
c) 40 % d) 15 to 20% neutron leakage.
d) 50 % a) decreases
19. By superposing a b) has no effect
15. The steam from steam high-temperature power c) increases
generator of a nuclear plant as a topping unit to the d) all of the mentioned
power plant is best steam plant, the energy
described as __________ conversion efficiency 24. What is the head of
a) saturated dry steam achieved is? water available at the
b) saturated wet steam a) minimum turbine inlet in a
c) supercritical steam b) maximum hydro-electric power plant
d) superheated steam c) higher called?
d) lower a) gross head
16. Efficiency of a power b) net head
plant is more in summers or 20. In a typical layout of a c) tail race
winters? 215 MW reheat power d) head race
a) same in both plant, the feed in the boiler
b) depends on the variation is at? 25. What is the purpose of
c) summers a) 250 degree Centigrade using open heaters in steam
d) winters b) 238 degree Centigrade power plants?
c) 280 degree Centigrade a) feedwater deaeration
17. Steam Power Plants are d) 230 degree Centigrade b) feedwater carbonisation
more popular in electric c) feedwater esterification
power generation because 21. Why is the deaerator not d) feedwater purification
___________ used in water-cooled and
a) Work output of turbine is moderated nuclear power 26. Which of these is not
equal to work input to the plants? auxiliary equipment in a
pump a) not mechanically possible power plant?
a) Conveyors 31. The overall steam c) Both medium and large
b) Galvanisers turbine generator power plants
c) Fans arrangement of a power d) Large power plants
d) Crushers plant is designated as which
of the following compounds 35. Which of the following
27. Which of the following on the basis of shaft kinds of processes does a
is generally used as a orientation? ‘Steam Power Plant’
moderator in nuclear power a) tandem & cross undergo?
plants? b) cross a) Cyclic
a) graphite c) tandem b) Irreversible
b) heavy water d) none of the mentioned c) Expansion
c) concrete d) Adiabatic
d) graphite & concrete 32. Air pollution in an
MHD-steam power plant is 1. Which among the
28. Common size unit of a caused due to the formation following are of great
Steam Power Plant is? of which of the following importance in a diesel
a) 500 MW(e) compounds? power plant?
b) 150 MW(e) a) carbonates and a) Tight pipe joints
c) 300 MW(e) bicarbonates b) Orifices
d) 30 MW(e) b) oxides and carbonates c) Air compressors
c) chlorides and hydroxides d) High grade filters
29. A moderator, in nuclear d) oxides and hydroxides
power plants, is a medium 2. Fuel injection system is
introduced into the fuel 33. Air-Preheater in a steam the _______ of the diesel
mass in order to power plant engine.
__________ _____________ a) sole part
a) control the reaction a) Raises the temperature of b) heart
b) reduce the temperature the furnace gases c) main part
c) extract heat from nuclear b) Recovers the heat from d) part
reaction the flue gases leaving the
d) slow down the speed of economiser 3. How much fuel must be
fast moving neutrons c) Improves combustion rate measured in a fuel injection
d) All of the mentioned system?
30. What % is the a) Very high
investment cost in 34. In which of the b) Very Small
Conventional steam power following power plants c) High
plants more than those in spray ponds are used to cool d) Medium
the combined cycle plants? the warm water coming
a) 40 from the condenser? 4. Injection systems are
b) 30 a) Small power plants cheap.
c) 60 b) Medium power plants a) True
d) 20 b) False
5. How many are the piston is called (Volumetric
number of commonly used efficiency)
fuel injection systems in
diesel power stations? The mean effective
a) 2 pressure obtained from
b) 4 engine indicator indicates
c) 3 the (average pressure)
d) 5
The operation of forcing
6. Atomization of fuel can additional air under pressure
be done in how many ways? in the engine cylinder is
a) 2 known as (Supercharging)
b) 3
c) 4 The profitability of
d) 5 knocking in diesel engines
is increase by (all of the
7. How many types of mentioned)
common rail injection
systems are there? What is the pour point of
a) 1 fuel oil? (Temperature at
b) 2 which solidifies or
c) 3 congeals)
d) 4
In compression ignition
8. Common rail system engines, swirl denotes a
prototype was first (Rotary motion of the
developed in a year? gases in the chamber)
a) 1945
b) 1950 The object of supercharging
c) 1960 the engine is (all of the
d) 1975 mentioned)

Supercharging is the process If the temperature of intake