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CE45/15 A sali ro SNA LAR J Government of India fafeer Fasirar / Department of Space fewer arm siafeer ax / VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE FeeeeiaRGer / Thiwananthapuran - 695 022 sani wee Gerais soir, fen. g. 284% w¢ wy wae tg fefea wer WRITTEN TEST FOR SELECTION TO THE POST OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANT (CHEMICAL ENGG.), ADVT. NO. 284 We F.1245 / Post No 1245 ‘FeFeDate: 06.02.2015, ‘waif 3izv/Maximum Marks : 60 ‘WaaITime. 1 Hethour 30 FFee/minutes aeerit ar aviiName of the candidate tm FaTRoll no. safeat_& fee s1gzr/Instructions to the Candidates 1 UH aRT aa ander A ve_a fee ae Heong Ser & sree Ww anger feet ser & fv ot vf aa st mot BGC a et at Yo bate ben ea ho un wl Bese no ie ea baad by you in the web application, IF you have vwrongy entered inthe web or you do not possess the required aualficaton as per our advertisement, your candidature wiLbo reiected 2 oer gio A tars fr sofeaia A & areat ete-Rereetdans Wt eka aT aT! 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No negative mark wll be given fo wrong answers Computers, calculators, mobile chones and other electronic gadce's, text books, notes etc., will not be allowed inside the writen test hall ster gt et oe, ster seaeqftea at a & der Rew a od ate aT SCHR seegfecar fetes at ae cen ae wis saa ore Ta (On completion of the test, tear the OMR answer sheet at the perforation mark atthe top and hand over the original OMR. answer sheet tothe invigjlator and retain the duplicate copy with you. werafearar sue set ore Ta aa Bl ‘The question booklet can be retained by the candidate. ular & weer de & dhrs sieafet at star clot ase fr arate adi 21 ‘Candidates are not permitted to leave the examination hall during the first hour of the examination. seat al ener tq aphasia aa & fer a fea shear aos ort &1 ‘The written testis conducted only to shortist/screen-in the candidates for interview. ai CEAS/IS aaafteht_wereen(ererafere Soffer /TECHNICAL ASSISTANT (CHEMICAL ENGINEERING) agaeet archi det av svete eraracer ——— & fore fra Gar #1 / Multistage centrifugal pumps are generally used for (@) 32a eiihigh head. (>) feteer eit, cifeier seer ferrstariow head but high discharge. (Q) 32m Ware highly viscous liquid. (6) Sea die Tea a THslurries of high solid concentration. areftra farar a amor ghtarar ef} we ——— @1 / The head loss due to sudden expansion is viv} Wi-vay¥ © Ze ra (OF ae © feet avr at 55 ft. A Seas A 10 Ib/sec HM ax A Go Peer ore 8) sah AAU are ae war I /A fluid is pumped at the rate of 10 Ib/sec to a height of 5S ft. The horse power required is, (@) 1hp () 10/55hp ( 5.5hp (@) 1/sshp freee & thar we alae fae aietafaa Rea A asa sot de A yea Soh A apart the free energy of the solution as compared to that of the solid is (@) 3ftrmore () #riless #1,/in case of a super-cooled solution, which is on the verge of crystallization, (© FaFsame () ferret #1 sepfer & arene Gx aiff aT Frmore or less depends on the nature of solution Upaies & vere wearer A ge aie ote aa We Pa at Pra aT 8? / Which of the fluid forces aré not considered in the Reynolds's equation of flow? (2) ema Faiviscous forces () yee aarturbulent forces (©) We Aeipressure forces (@) Sthseharar atcompressibilty forces ‘ae aor Ha fet TST (10 cm.) F im/sec 1 ax A Teh ae Tere) Te aang Sa AT oR aa aga 81 / Water is flowing 1m/sec through a pipe (of 10 cm 1.0.) with a right angle bend. The force in Newton exerted on the bend by water is (a) 10V2n (b) Sn/2 ( sv2n @) snWv2 3 CEAS/IS 10. 1. ait ees sitar an ag aot Rewer Pet aor & fe gh sheer eT ae he / Fora particle settling in water at its terminal setting velocity, which of the following is true? (a) Seater = ane + at y Buoyancy = weight + drag (0) IE =3eraraat + BE / Weight = buoyancy + drag (c) w= serarat + Se / Drag = buoyancy + weight (@) F< 5me/ Drag = weight aed o & tet orgwer & fet sec a Baw wt) gous Rear at aa Rar ‘at @1 / Consider a duct of square cross section of side ‘b’. The hydraulic radius is given by @) be (db) b/4 © ba (@) ob case ea 8 ware Rewaiteer uefarr der &, eect PF / The widely used Dittus-Boelter equation is valid provided (2) 2100< Re < 10,000 atte attra Raewr arearer oe aver & aorerat ar apaiaer Pear oer By 2100 < Re < 10,000 and the properties of the fluid are evaluated at the average film temperature. () Re < 2100 3t% BARE arearet oe ate & apres ar Healer rar sar B/ Re < 2100 and the properties of the fiuid are evaluated at the bulk temperature. (©) 10,000 < Re < 1, 20,000 stk wafte amare ae ater area ar aeaiser Par ore 8 10,000 < Re < 1, 20,000 and the fluid properties are evaluated at the bulk temperature. (d) seer A ww sit agiNone of the above. ‘hat Fr eareraT/Viscosity of gases (2) cramer Sr Be & arr sift gat ae sieht Bincrease very rapidly with increase in temperature. (0) avant # af & arer eft az stat increase slowly with increase in temperature. (©) amare Fr gfe & arer ee sar at oer Bidecrease slowly with increase in temperature. (8) area & aft & wenfter HEF actvremain unaffected with increase in temperature. ‘Wat Arey SX FAR: 20, 40 & 60 keal/hrm.2c Ht Hera area a v, Mt ste Ht aT cet sere a warmer Stgt Siar 81 w aie at a ange ar aT AY: 30°C TAT 100°C 81 at SH AT & de a sa ‘arqart GX earl / Three materials A, B and C of equal thickness and of thermal conductivity of 20, 40 & 60 kcal/hr.m.°C respectively are joined together. The temperature outside of A and C are 30°C and 100°C respectively. The interface between B and C will be at the temperature of (a) 40°C (b) . 95°C (70°C @ so’ 4 CEASIIS 12, OCR ww Prien se a UH atm aa g 300°C H aftaca are A oftafeler far sar I se vier A Aer aT SaeNT ‘& fre erat! / One kilogram of water at 0°C is changed to superheated steam of one atm pressure and 300°C. The major heat consumption in the process will be to (a) Set FY OCH 100°C aH ater Fheat the water from 0°C to 100°C. (b) Stet @ arf8ver sAVevaporate the water. (c) ame at siftiaec aetito superheat the steam. (d) Sten areata, qateara at x TRMdata insufficient, can’t be predicted. 3. Rwerdiecata few, ot for ae eaaiawr ar act axat & aa BOR oe ar airquifer 81 / Stefan-Boltzmann law which describes the radiation heat transfer states that, it is proportional to ® ) © ue tt sgt tearamne tcf athe Tea are Kt where, t = temperature is in °C and T = absolute temperature in K 14, 10 3 40 % am & Oe veh a Pet ote aw a dea ard wa, cH aa 30000 ke Set AT Seu HAT S1 SA ToT cane frase ae shat At Arar ket ———21/ An evaporator while concentrating an aqueous solution from 10 to 40 % solids evaporates 30000 kg of water. The amount of solids handled by the system in kg is (@) 4000 (©) 9000 (© 4600 (@ 3000 18. Usee & fra & earns aaa eran & wa avr Grea Fa ere ——— 21 /Positive deviation from Raoult’s law means @ mixture whose total pressure is, (a) arexiefarat & fare aiftiefer & arfBa/greater than that computed for ideality. (o) atexiefrrat & fore afftenfaiat @ alles than that computed for ideality. (©) weet % ay ara HUT F aAless than the sum of the vapor pressure of the components. (a) gat we aft aétinone of these. 16. senfsra Para ferafoFractional solvent extraction (a) Fae va fears st aria star G/employs only one solvent (bo) &t faorret at arizat axa g/employs two solvents (co) saTgsérr aera afore gla Biresults in low interfacial tension (@) ga UE af agimnone of these A 5 CEAS/IS vv. 18, 19. 20. 21. 22, wat eee sh yee ava & ama dg awe ee ee wo wae aE OB / Wet bulb and dry bulb temperatures become identical at what percent saturation curve? (a) 100 ) 50 () 78 (4) gael & us af aélnone of these oa de ff wp afte art at qaacaa eis & agt art & aise (fad getita Ae wt faftas daar vet B wear H cant Herter Phar ona & ae teed A Mare oRada a & ea A cosa fer Star FI / The change in enthalpy, when a unit quantity of gas is absorbed by relatively large quantity of adsorbent (on which a definite concentration of the adsorbed gas already exists) is termed as the (a) Haeitsor ar sieri arudifferential heat of adsorption. (b) | Faas aT aTheat of wetting. (©) Havivor a WATHe aTHintegral heat of adsorption. (4) ga wa sf set none of these. tat & gpeeiareer Rear & eha/During Joule-Thomson expansion of gases (2) tedteth Rex eat BV/enthalpy remains constant. (b) teenth Fee ear Eventropy remains constant. (©) ara FRA WaT Ei/temperature remains constant. (4) 35% ww aft ahnone of these. dua fein & sqER, cee eae oie Ke gooAA eaTotaa & are ‘@aeel Iker BI / Mass transfer co-efficient ‘k’ according to penetration theory varies with mass () oD © Vo (dD aie arasise ar amar fear fawter avait oe agar & at daft A vfaecar i IF the temperature of atmosphere increases at constant absolute humidity, the percentage saturation would (a) BeefiDecrease {b) FRae BafvRemain constant (0 #eafrincrease (d) get wa aft atone of these Prat cert owe aa at fer yor aera & athe gsr Phar oer fi we wet Tae 2 yes cat ft at RR a aa & ce ge A a ar tr / A batch of material is dried under constant drying conditions. When drying is taking place from all, the surfaces, the rate of drying during the constant rate period is, (a) Set ae ates % arefaairectly proportional to the solid thickness (b) de ater$ oe arenPMcTIndependent of solid thickness (9 de ates & fae squrfrsinversely proportional to the solid thickness (a) ae ater ater & at & areafaavirectly proportional to the square of solid thickness 6 CEA5/15 23. 24, 25. 26. 27. 28. FAR CHa, CoHs SE Cay aiaifeliger SoH we: -17.9, 12.5 HK -24.8 kcal/mole #1 at afatsrar CHs (g) + CoHs (8) <> GoHe (g) fe on aM / If heat contents of CHa, CMs and C3Hs are -17.9, 12.5 and -24.8 kcal/mole respectively, then OH for the reaction: CHg (8) + CoHa (Bg) > CaHs (g) will be (a) 19.4 kcal (b) -30.2 Keal (55.2 Kcal (a) 55.2 Keal PCs PCI + Ch Fant Teqatpe Pcl seer H yore & are A obra ert / in the decomposition of PCIs represented by, PCI; > PCI; + Ch, decrease in the pressure of the system will (a) Pci, &r faitorer sr ater st zarvincrease the degree of dissociation of PCls. (b) pci, PRratser st stér at erdaidecrease the degree of dissociation of PCls (Q) Pcie & faxtort Sr até A oftadea at HInot alter the degree of dissociation of PCs. (d) gett var aft atétimone of these. afafrar Set ——— @iMHeat of reaction is (a) ae cre oz anfavdependent on pressure only. (b) ae ATTA Gx 3nPRadependent on temperature only. (c) ae ate arsarat etait og aiffraidependent on both pressure and temperature. (a) armas aftadat ax ania aévindependent of temperature changes. aQuee ag aot et wae oes art we eges A eet w fee wh ot A ee ue ‘Far Bart eat ak? / For multicomponent multiple phases to be in equilibrium at the same pressure and teriperature, what of each component must be same in all phases? (a) warefeter sisreratichemical potential (b) TaTaTaTfugacity (6) (a) (b) etahboth (a) and (b) (a) (a) atte (b) aiat aéimeither (a) and (b) Latm we watts ser unset a sete so mr ay wae want ww ma esr We aa ary at rede Latm a og athat & ae Foran eet & Ae aS aT ait ar liquid mixture at 1 atm, containing 50 mole % each of n-heptane and n-octane into pure compounds each at 1 atm is 1 / The theoretical minimum work required to separate one mole of a (a) -2rTino.s (ob) -RTInOS () o.5RT (4) 2RT faa ye cent & amar & fee few A Ava sot A daarar oRade a The change in Gibbs free energy for vaporization of a pure substance is (a) eereePositive (b) >RUTTcH/Negative () {Aero (d) Gencer Ur ROTC et AeA Fl/May be positive or negative 7 CEAS/15 28, 30. a1. 22. 33. 34. ww aga aa at 100°c @ soc ae scmavhaa: hater fare omer Bi aie se dy ae ate art sgt rar stat al / A closed system is cooled reversibly from 100°C to 50°C. If na work is done on the system (a) Sat otiafte Sat (U) sect & att sear tegrit (s) agar @1 / Its internal energy (U) decreases and its entropy (S) increases (b) U aie s atat wed Gu ands both decreases () U Scat & Afar s FRR BU decrease butS is constant (d)_U FRI &, After s Hear BU Is constant but S decreases feet werefe wfmer ar gaat ——— st gee sara B1/ Recycling in a chemical process facilitates (a) Fast gfeincrease yield (b) Scare SY wayfeienrichment of the product (c)_ aie aiterotheat conservation (a) Suge asia of the above feet frowr pH apa 5.9 Fl WS aggiomt area dor st st ae meen oT e at ae eat MI / The pH value of a solution is 5.9. If the hydrogen ion concentration is decreased hundred times, the solution will be (a) airabasic (b) sHfttar sreefreimore acidic (¢) Sareferineutral (4) BHT 31FsTaT *rof the same acidity aeta cer tigger & aes are HA: 3 FT 49 UesifeTAT Bi deat & 04 ane apt ae aieger & 08 aro aro ee Garo ay aTechga Fret Ta Al aE ae EU A See Figeet FS eye ar aeg ae aa any va &1/ The vapor pressures of benzene and toluene are 3 and 4/3 atmospheres respectively. A liquid feed 0.4 moles of benzene and 0.6 moles of toluene is vaporized. Assuming that the products are in equilibrium, the vapor phase mole fraction of benzene is (@) 04 (b) 06 (08 (#02 argeieres Ft quart # argaia 6 # ‘SEAR El / Nylon-6 as compared to Nylon-66 is having higher’ (a) ®Rathardness (b) arreforrafertttrabrasion/resistance (0) aaismelting point (6) gait wm sf agimone of these wralisa A yer: anftrer B/Carborundum consists mainly of (a) afeergerbauxite (b) fafearter aratgsisilicon carbide (c) att araigziboron carbide (d) feet aratgzicalcium carbide 8 CEAS/IS 3s. 36. 37. 38, 39. ae Fr Binh seNaT FT ——— & @ far oT BwaT FI / Permanent hardness of water can be removed by - (a) ATF 3aTRtisimply boiling. (b) vert at FreTtadding alum. (co) 38 Garr att aera fafaat a area A safer sTeypassing it through cation and anion exchangers. (4) 34&Fe Gattall of the above. vite ata & cage at from ethyl benzene by the process of sfirar gant Seaeet Phar sat #1 /Styrene is produced (a) faergstsieeridehydrogenation (b) aifeateevioxidation (c)_ tfeaartalkylation (d)_ fatsictterreridehydration ‘wuifeetert are 3H sree wT & tee H sie ——— erat 1 / The difference between saponification value and acid value is (a) Weer aT FEA Bealled ester value. (b) gem HOTTEHAY always negative. (c) wai wang dat a fee FFrconstant for all fatty oils. (4) 344 wa af aélinone of these. —— 4 at ae & fav aqaat 4 viet oar gefetite, ceeta, tee, gefthenge amie) fare ard #1 / Phosphates (e.g., triceresyl, tributyl, tetrabutyl, triphenyl etc.) are added to polymers to act as (a) TeaRHHardeners (o) agaaate wtzvanti-shrinkage agents (c) canfeeartiplasticizers (a) aRefRfar HENTaVTransparency improver aearge BUBakelite is a/an (a) eet ageHAddition polymer (>) earENaVElastomer (9) | aTaAUeAThermoplastic (4) gaa wm Sit agtiNone of these fare sfatear st sropFeraT/Molecularity of a reaction (2) wen war sfetfmar FY ae 3 eater ela Bis always equal to the overall order of reaction. (bo) sferfrar ir ste & ware a Miimay not be equal to the order of reaction. (o) Seer AG wansht aes aét et Tacan’t have a fractional value. (d)__(b)3#& (c) @tethboth (b) and (c). 9 CEAS/I5 41. 42. 43, 44, 45. amar & stare aetewr & ara, Pet oie viata a fae a fea aPraat constant for an elementary reaction fa) k «VT (b) kw enB/RT (Qk xTen#/Rr (4) ge wm aft aélmone of these I / According to Arrhenius equation of temperature dependency of rate % waft ara athe Farr are & arat eat &/ Space time equals the mean residence time (a) oa sfeferer for st wear FRR eet Bwhen the density of the reaction mixture is constant. (bo) a3 cara & afsara Preset & fertifor large diameter tubular reactor. (c) Bt care & afsarae Ptaet & ferwfor narrow diameter tubular reactor. (d) trewétane & fereifor csTR, wa A+B oc & cfada aie ofafeer a on err at viaiear ae aed F oa / ‘second order reaction of the form A+B — Cis called a pseudo-first order reaction, when (a) Cho= Ceo (b) Cro>Cao () Cao > Cro (A) Cao 2 Cao we fer ae oa A reais safer A > 3B gong one ti ye AH aT yw Bea 6 act & sw viatrar fReror ar ameae ater aT ae ora Bl sano ofeach 81 /A chemical reaction, A -» 3B, is conducted in a constant pressure vessel. Starting with pure A, the volume of the reaction mixture increases 3 times in 6 minutes. The fractional conversion is fa) 0.33 (b) 0.5 @ 2 (a) ses srveica, qatar aét He TaAidata insufficient, can’t be predicted anent & adarh aioc & ge oC Taran water x GE et ont Hae araaret 30 3 70°C aH ag sat & at ofefrar Ar a ‘ae art BI / For every 10°C rise in temperature, the rate of chemical reaction doubles, When the temperature is increased from 30 to 70°C, the rate of reaction increases (a) 8aptitimes —(b) 127FMTtimes(c)_ 16 FFATtimes—(d)._—«32.TTTtimes wiefrar 3A +B & fee at facts a amare (V/gm mole)/min 31 gafae se state Ar ae 1 / The dimensions of rate constant for reaction 3A — B are (I/gm mole)/min. Therefore the order of the reaction is (a) 0 {b) 1. () 2 (a) 3 10 CEAS/IS 47. 43. 49. 50. sa 52. 53, 54. we aapiia ae A aren ager weirs: ——— cant fear ster 81 / Ina eyratory crusher the size reduction is effected primarily by (a) SigaiCompression (b) - Wegmpact (c) afererfowattrition (¢) waar PFeTVCutting action Ugies & dem te a Kis weteor ——— & ——— aw ae @1/Stokes equation is valid in the Reynolds number range (2) O01t00.1 (b) 0.102 (21010 (a) 10t0 100 1 Sah. carr ae 3 Aah. larg & wa Pfeise ar vite] ——— @1/ The sphericity of a cylinder of 1 cm diameter and length 3 cm is (@) 09 (b) 0.78 () 06 (a 05 facafataa 4 aha, we seo ante aoe arctan vee A Geos serene at #/ Which of the following is not a by-product recovered in a high temperature coal carbonisation plant? (a) @eaiferBenzol (b) Reaetate avr teteaypitch-Cresosote Mixture (PCM) (o) #eerefayNapthalene (a) ePrferethylene aaa Ger ante arden gaRT Sc) high temperature carbonization) is the main source of (a) &Afea attaAromatic compounds (b) eer’ atfravaliphatic compounds (c) SrfeevParaffins (d) 3ifaftrOlefins wT HET wa Bl / Coal tar (produced by farafetea A stra, ia set art oe Hite Sait sere wt? / Which would yield more energy when completely burned? (a) #eeimethane (b) Taavethane —(c)_—SIYTIpropane_— (d)_—-@Eetibutane Prat sant ar aif aed & ae Gra Bi/Fatigue strength of a material increases by (a) at Haier ehaving notches in the specimen (b) ‘ara F qfaiise in temperature () map & araufeeazunder stressing the specimen (4) Wag oe Wie eethaving scratches on the surface 93 afters aewyfer sea ft dane erat a faater & fee weiter ari B1/The preferred material of construction for storage tanks for 98% sulphuric acid is (a) tgfAfFazvaluminium (b) fafeisviead (c) ar sear siesstainless steel316 (d) AR FEAAild steel iL (CE45/15 55. 56. 97. 58, 59. 60. afta ale at gtat FUiCast iron has (a) See arTAMigh ductility e (b) Sea arercraestehigh malleability (co) aifer Sem aeret aaivery high tensile strength (8) Set wearer shar sitter Ga wa A aga He /its elastic limit very close to ultimate breaking strength feenRarh a satet ——— %& arser &q Phar oar BI /Dilatometeris used to measure (a) sfeaa stress (b) PaepfRstrain (c) faetideflection (6) arent A oRader & eetart ageeufSear /contraction/expansion due to changes in temperature sferre Roser ena CY ar ww wear ate wordt a aris ——— 81 / The time constant of a first order system with resistance R and capacitance Cis (a) R+C (b) R-C (c) RC (a) 1/(RC) sfirar cariax sift ——— at ufaer aut #1 / Process degree of freedom indicates (a) ware Pre rtare fast At qaiftra ea / the maximum number of controllers to be used. (bo) sepRT Rae oretare feeiaet ft saga GEA /the minimum number of controllers to be used. (ERT Pee ota frizat fr waif cen gra deat / both maximum and minimum number of controllers to be used. (4) Sasa fare oretaret fariaet

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