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Top 20 Important
Mechanical Engineering
MCQ’s on

Concept of SI and CI
Engines
1. In Carnot cycle, the working medium receives heat at which
temperature?
a. Constant
b. Higher
c. Lower
d. None of these
Ans. b. Higher

2. In Carnot cycle, the working medium rejects heat

at which temperature?
a. Constant
b. Higher
c. Lower
d. None of these
Ans. c. Lower

3. The ideal refrigeration cycle is like

a. Carnot cycle
b. Reversed Carnot cycle
c. Rankine cycle
d. Reversed Rankine cycle
Ans. b. Reversed Carnot cycle

4. In air conditioning of aeroplanes, using air as refrigerant, the

cycle used is
a. Reversed carnot cycle
b. Reversed Joule cycle
c. Reversed Brayton cycle
d. Reversed Otto cycle
Ans. c. Reversed Brayton cycle
5. In a Rankine cycle, the work output from the turbine is given by
a. Change of internal energy between inlet and outlet
b. Change of enthalpy between inlet and outlet
c. Change of entropy between inlet and outlet
d. Change of temperature between inlet and outlet
Ans. b. Change of enthalpy between inlet and outlet

6. Rankine cycle efficiency of a good steam power plant ranges

in?
a. 10% to 25%
b. 35% to 45%
c. 75% to 90%
d. 90% to 95%
Ans. b. 35% to 45%

7. Which processes do the Rankine cycle contains?

a. two isothermal and two isochoric processes
b. two isentropic and two isobaric processes
c. two isentropic and two isothermal processes
d. two isothermal and two isobaric processes
Ans. b. two isentropic and two isobaric processes

8. Otto cycle is the air standard cycle of which engine?

a. SI (Spark Ignition) Engine
b. CI (Compressed Ignition) Engine
c. Both SI and CI Engine
d. None of the above
Ans. a. SI (Spark Ignition) Engine
9. How heat is added in the Otto Cycle?
a. Reversibly at constant pressure
b. Irreversibly at constant pressure
c. Reversibly at constant volume
d. Irreversibly at constant volume
Ans. c. Reversibly at constant volume

10. The constant volume cycle is also known as

a. Otto cycle
b. Carnot cycle
c. Joule cycle
d. Diesel cycle
Ans. a. Otto Cycle

11. The efficiency of Otto cycle can be increased by increasing

a. Temperature ratio
b. Compression ratio
c. Pressure ratio
d. None of these
Ans. b. Compression ratio

12. Diesel cycle is also called as

a. Constant temperature cycle
b. Constant pressure cycle
c. Constant volume cycle
d. None of these
Ans. b. Constant pressure cycle
13. A diesel engine has compression ratio of
a. 6 to 10
b. 10 to 14
c. 15 to 20
d. 25 to 30
Ans. c. 15 to 20
14. Heat addition in Diesel cycle takes place at
a. Constant volume
b. Constant pressure
c. Constant temperature
d. None of these
Ans. b. Constant Pressure
15. Combustion in CI (Compression Ignition) engine is
a. Homogeneous
b. Heterogeneous
c. Laminar
d. None of the above
Ans. b. Heterogeneous
16. The fuel in diesel engine is ignited by
a. Spark
b. Injected fuel
c. Heat resulted from compressing air which was supplied for the
combustion
d. Combustion chamber
Ans. c. Heat resulted from compressing air which was supplied
for the combustion
17. In Diesel Engine, the pressure at the end of compression is
nearly
10 Bar
20 Bar
25 Bar
35 Bar
Ans. d. 35 Bar
18. In CI (Compression Ignition) engine which of the following fuel is
used?
a. Diesel
b. Petrol
c. Both can be used
d. None of these
Ans. a. Diesel
19 In SI (Spark Ignition) engine which of the following fuel is
used?
a. Diesel
b. Petrol
c. Both can be used
d. None of these
Ans. b. Petrol
20. Dual cycle is combination of
a. Otto and Diesel cycle
b. Otto and Stirling cycle
c. Brayton cycle and steam cycle
d. None of these
Ans. a. Otto and Diesel cycle