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CHEMICAL - II

Duration: 3Hrs Maximum marks: 100

1. This question paper will be fully objective type consisting of 65 questions for a total of 100 marks
2. First Section Q. No 1 to Q. No 35 Each Question Carry One Mark
3. Second Section Q.36 No to Q. No 65 Each Question Carries Two Marks

4. Each question will have four choices for the answer. Only one choice is correct.

5. Wrong answers carry NEGATIVE marks. From Q.1 to Q.35, 0.33 marks will be deducted for each wrong
answer, and Q.36 to Q.65, 0. 66 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. More than one answer
marked against a question will be deemed as incorrect response & will be negatively marked.

6. Unattempted Questions will carry zero marks.

7. No charts or tables will provide in the examination hall.

8. Calculator (without data connectivity) is allowed in the examination hall.

Q.NO : 1 to Q.No 35 ONE MARK QUESTIONS

100
1. When 2 is divided by 3, then the remainder will be
a) 3 b) 1 c) 2 d) 0

2. Find out error if

I was previously posted/ in singapore and it/ took me a long time/ to accustom to food.
(A) (B) (C) (D)

3. A wooden box with a trent of wire of rabbits

a) Hutch b) Drey c) Cache d) Sty

4. Antonym of ‘EFACE’ is
a) Destroy b) Obliterate c) Retain d) Annihilate

5. The appropriate meaing of dark lined words in the given sentence. He achieved success in lite by dint of
hard work.
a) Gradually b) Irregularly c) By force of d) By love

1 1 1
, ,
6. If x, y, z are in G.P, then 1  log x 1  log y l  log z are in
a) A.P b) H.P c) G.P d) None of these

7. Cattle:Herd : : Sheep : _______

a) Flock b) Swarm c) Crowd d) Shoal

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8. Rahul ranked ninth from the top and thirty eight from the bottom in a class. How many students are there
in class?
a) 45 b) 46 c) 47 d) 48

9. If + means  ,  means  ,  means + and  means  then the value of

36  12  4  6  2  3  __________ will be
a) 2 b) 18 c) 42 d) 24

10. Arrange the following in a meaningful order from particular to general

1. Family 2. Community 3. Member 4. Locality
5. Country
a) 3,1,2,4,5 b) 3,1,2,5,4 c) 3,1,4,2,5 d) 3,1,4,5,2

11. The equilibrium constant K for a chemical reaction depends on

a) Temperature only b) Pressure only
c) Temperature & pressure d) Ratio of reactants

12. The necessary and sufficient condition for equilibrium between two phases is
a) Concentration of each component should be same in the two components.
b) The temperature of each phase should be same.
c) The pressure should be same in two phases
d) The chemical potential of each component should be same in two phases.

13. Criterion of a chemical equilibrium is that the total Gibbs free energy change is
a) Always positive b) Always negative
c) Zero d) Not specifically defined

14. The number of degrees of freedom for a mixture of ice and water are
a) 2 b) 3 c) 1 d) 0

15. A gas mixture of three components is brought in constant with a dispersion of an organic phase is water.
The degrees of freedom of the system are
a) 4 b) 3 c) 5 d) 6

16. The chemical potential of species i in the mixture

 i  is defined by
 nV   nH   nA   nG 
i    i    i    i   
 n i  P, T, n j  n i  P, T, n j  n i  P, T, n j  n i P,T, n j
a) b) c) d)

17. For an exothermic reaction, the equilibrium constant

a) Increases with increase in temperature b) Decreases with increase in temperature
c) Is independent of temperature
d) Increases linearly with increase in temperature

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18. The equilibrium constant K, and the standard Gibbs-energy change G , of reaction are related by
 G   G   G   G 
K  exp   K  ln   K  exp  2 
K  ln  2 
a)  RT  b)  RT  c)  RT  d)  RT 

19. Which of the following is a non-zero positive quantity for an ideal solution?
a) Enthalpy change of mixing b) Volume change of mixing
c) Gibbs energy change of mixing d) Entropy change of mixing
.
20. In a ball mill the forces acting on the ball is
a) Gravitational and drag forces b) Drag and centrifugal forces
c) Gravitational and centrifugal forces
d) Gravitational, drag and centrifugal forces

21. The organic acid manomer is Nylon 6.6

a) Sebacic acid b) Terephlthalic acid c) Adipic acid d) Benzoic acid

22. Bakelite is a polymer product of the reaction of formaldehyde and

a) Benzene b) Phenol c) Ethyl alcohol d) Ammonia

23. The transfer function of a pure capacitive process is

Kp Kp Kp kp
a)
CP s  1 b) s c) s 1 d) s2

24. Which of the following is not a bounded input

a) Sinusoidal b) Unit step c) Ramp d) Unit pulse

25. Bodenstein number is defined as

a)
 R e    Sc  b)
 R e    Pr  c)
 G r    Sc  d)
 Gr    Re 

26. In distillation column where q is defined as the moles of liquid flow in the stripping section per mole of
feed introduced for saturated liquid feed is
a) q  1 b) q  1 c) q  1 d) q  0
.

27. An alkaline solution is used to reduce the concentration of

CO
2 in a stream from 10% to 0.1% by
absorption with irreversible chemical reaction. The overall number of transfer units based on gas phase
a) 9.21b) 100 c) 4.605 d) 0.001

28. In case of liquids, what is the binary diffusion coefficient proportional to?
a) Pressure only b) Temperature only c) Volume only d) All the above

29. The NTU (Number of Transfer Units) in a heat exchanger is given by which one of the following

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UA UA UA Cmax
C
a) min
C
b) max c) E
C
d) min
where U = Overall heat transfer coefficient
C = Heat capaicity
E = Effectiveness
A = Heat exchanger area

30. For a fluid having Prandtl number equal to unity, how are the hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness
  and the thermal boundary layer thickness
 St  are related as

a)
  St b)
  St c)
  St d)
St  1/ 2

31. A pipe of 20cm diameter and 30km length tranports oil from a transfer to the share with a velocity of

0.318 m/s. The flow is laminar. If   0.1N  m / s . The power required for the flow is
a) 9.25 kW b) 8.36 kW c) 7.63 kW d) 10.13 kW

32. A square matrix B is skew symmetric it

T T 1 1
a) B  B b) B  B c) B B d) B  BT

33. A function
f  x   1  x 2  x3
is defined in the closed interval
 1,1 . The value of x in the open
interval (-1, 1) for which the mean value theorem is satisfied, is
 1 1 1 1
a) 2 b) 3 c) 3 d) 2

34. A series expansion of the function of sint is

t2 t4 t3 t5 t 2 t3 t3 t5
1    ....... t   .......... 1  t    ...... t    ...
a) 2! 4! b) 3! 5! c) 2! 3! d) 3! 5!

x
2
cos x dx
35. The value of the integral 0 is
a) 2 b)  c)  d) 2 

Q.36 – Q.65 Cary TWO Marks Each:

36. Acetaldehyde (A) decomposes to methane (B) and carbon monoxide (C) according to the irreversible gas
phase reaction A  B  C 1kmol/sec of A is to be decomposed at 527C and 1 atmposphere in a
1
PFR. The first order rate constant k was 0.5sec . Calculate the volume of the reactor for 40%
3
decomposition of A is ________ (in m ).

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37. Find the order rate constant for the disappearance of A in the gas reaction 2A  R it. On holding the
pressure constnat, the volume of the reaction mixture, starting with 80% A decreases by 20% in 3 min is
_____________ (in min-1)

38. Spherical solid particles containing B are roasted isothermally in an oven with gas of constant
composition. Solids are converted to a firm nonflaking product according to SCM as follows.
A  g   B  s   R  g   S  g  , CA  0.01kmol / m 3 B  20 kmol / m3
,
From the following conversion data (by chemical analysis) or core size data (by sliding and measuring)
determine the rate controlling mechanism for the transformation of soild.
d p  in mm  XB t (in mm)
1 1 4
1.5 1 6
a) Chemical reaction control b) Film diffusion control
c) Ash film control d) None of these

39. The liquid phase reaction A  Products is governed by the kinetics

 rA   k CA2 . If the reaction
undergoes 75% conversion of A in 10 min in an isothermal batch reactor, the time (in min) for complete
conversion of A is
40
a) 3 b) 20 c) 30 d) Infinite

40. Dispersion noncoalescing droplets

 CA 0
 2mol / litre  react

 A  R,  r A  kC A2 , k  0.5litre / mol.min 
as they pass through a contractor. Find the average
concentration of A remaining in the droplets leaving the contractor if their RTD is given by the curve in
the given figure. So the value of conversion will be

a) 56% b) 65% c) 75% d) 45%

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41. Heat is conducted through a tapered circular rod of 200mm length. The ends A and B having diameters

50mm and 25mm are maintained at 27C and 227C respectively. K(rod material)  40 W / mC .

The temperature of the mid-point of the end will be ________

 in C 

42. Match List-I (Process) with List-II (Predominant parameter associated with the flow) and select the
correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
List – I List – II
A. Transient conduction 1. Sherwood number
B. Mass transfer 2. Mach number
C. Forced-convection 3. Biot number
D. Free convection 4. Grashoff number
5. Reynold’s number
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 3 5 4
b) 3 1 2 5
c) 3 1 5 4
d) 1 3 2 5

43. In a counterflow heat exchanger, the product of specific heat and mass flow rate is same for the hot and
cold fluids. If NTU is equal to 0.5, then the effectivness of heat exchanger is
a) 1 b) 0.5 c) 0.33 d) 0.2

GE
44.
x x RT for a binary solution of species 1 and 2 in the limit as
The value of thermodynamic function 1 2
x1  0 is
 
a) 0 b) 1 c) ln 1 d) ln  2

45. The partial molar enthalpy of species i in an ideal gas mixture is equal to
a) The molar enthalpy of pure species i at the mixture temperature & pressure
b) The molar enthalpy of pure species i at the mixture temperature and a pressure equal to its partial
pressure in the mixture
c) The product of mole fraction of species i in the mixture and the molar enthalpy of pure species i at the
mixture temperature and pressure
d) The product of mole fraction of species i in the mixture and the molar enthalpy of pure species i at the
mixture temperature and at a pressure equal to its partial pressure in the mixture.

46. For ideal gas the Gibbs energy change of mixing is

1 1
RT  yi ln yi RT  yi ln   RT  ln
a) 0 b) i c)  yi  d)
yi

47. A ternary mixture is prepared by mixing 100 moles of each of the three ideal gases at 25C and 1 atm.
The entropy change of mixing is

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0.32R ln  0.33 R ln  0.33 3R ln  3 R ln  3

a) b) c) d)

48. Its required to remove 99% of the solute C from a solution of C by using a ‘pure’ solvent L in a counter
current cascade. The feed containing 12% C in the mixture enters the column at the bottom at rate of
6000kg/h. The solvent enters at the top at a rate of 7685 kg/h. The equation of the operating line will be

a)
Yn 1  0.136X N  1.45 b)
Yn 1  1.45X n  0.00136

c)
Yn 1  1.45X n  0.136 d)
Yn 1  0.00136X n  1.45

49. A sample of coal contains 79% by weight of carbon and 6% by weight of ash. The clinker from the
furnace refuse fit contains 90% ash and 10% carbon. Based on 100kg coal charged. Find the weight in kg
of refuse product.
a) 0.76 b) 0.87 c) 0.67 d) 0.52

1
4  3s  1
4
50. The open loop transfer function for a process is , where the time constant is in minutes. The
cross-over frequency will be ___________ (in rad/minute)

10
2
51. A system has the transfer function s  1.6s  4 . A step-change of 4 units magnitude is introduced in
this system. The percentage overshoot is
a) 15.4 b) 22.5 c) 25.4 d) 40.5

C
52. The value of transfer function R for the given system will be

G C2 G1
Ga 
1  G C2 G1A 2 G b  G 2G 3
Where &
G C1 G a G b G1G 2 G 3 G C2 G C1 G1G 2 G a G b G C1 G C 2
1  G G G b H1 1  G1G 2 G 3H1 1  G1G 2 H1H 2 1  G a G b G C1 H1
a) b) c) d)

53. Consider the following re4marks pertaining to the irrotational flow:

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 2  2 
2
 2 0
1. The Laplace equation of stream function  x y must be satisfied for the flow to be
potential
 2  2
2
 2 0
2. The Laplace equation for the velocity potential x y must be satisfied to fulfill the criteria
of mass conservation.
Which of the above statements is/are true.
a) 1 only b) Both 1 and 2 c) 2 only d) Neither 1 nor 2

54. 2-Dimensional velocity fields is given by

 
V  x 2  y 2  x i   2xy  y  j
The convective acceleration at (x,y) = (1,2) is
a) 0 b) 14 c) 2 d) 10

55. A tube is used (as shown in the above figure) as a siphon to discharge an of specific gravity 0.8 from a
large open vessel into a drain at atmospheric pressure. The velocity of oil through the siphon will be,

a) 1.5 m/s b) 6.7 m/s c) 8.8 m/s d) 10.4 m/s

56. What should be the diameter of a set of rolls to take feed of size equivalent 38mm spheres and crush t0
12.7 mm coefficient of friction = 0.35
a) 400 mm b) 500 mm c) 600 mm d) 700 mm

57. The annual production costs for a plant are Rs.36.4 lakhs, while the sum of annual fixed charges,
overhead costs and general expenses are Rs.26 lakhs, what’s the break even points, in units of production
per year if the total annual sales area Rs. 72.8 lakhs and the product sells at Rs.520 per unit
______________

58. In a continuous counter current paked absorber operating on very dilute concentration. The volumetric
0.8
gas mass transfer coefficient is proportional to G where G is the gas flow rate in mole per unit time
per unit empty area. If G is doubled what will be the ratio of the height of gas transfer unit at the

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increased gas flow rate to the one at the original gas flow rate (Assume the flow rates are below loading
point)
0.8 0.2 0.8 0.2
a) 2 b) 2 c) 2 d) 2

59. Which of the following relation is true for “equal percentage” value (where T is turndown ratio)
x
Q  Q 0 e  ln T  Q  Q 0  ln T  e x Q  Q 0 e
ln T  .x
Q  Q0 .x.eln T
a) b) c) d)

3 2
60. The equation x  x  4x  4 is to be solved using Newton-Raphson method. If x = 2 is taken as the
initial approximation of the solution the next approximation using this method is
2 4 3
a) 3 b) 3 c) 1 d) 2
 4 2 101
 2 4 101
61. For the matrix   the eigen value corresponding to the eigen vector   is
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8

1 1 1
P  x   , P  y  P  x y  
62. If 4 3 and 12 the value of P  y / x  is
1 4 1 29
a) 4 b) 25 c) 3 d) 50

d2y
2
 4y  sin 3x
63. The solution of the equation dx will be
1 1
A cos 2x  Bsin 2x  sin 3x A cos 2x  Bsin 2x  sin 3x
a) 5 b) 5
1 1
A cos 2x  Bsin 2x  sin 3x A cos 2x  Bsin 2x  sin 3x
c) 5 d) 5
2n
 1
Lt 1  
64. The value of
n   n will be
1
a) 0 b) e 2 c) e 2
d) 1

65. Fresh arrange juice contains 12% (by weight) solids and the rest water 90%. If the fresh juice is sent to
an evaporator to remove water and subsequently mixed with remaining 10% if fresh juice. The resultant
product contains 40% solids. The amount if water removed form 1kg fresh juice is

(a) 0.4 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.6 (d) 0.7