ASE202 MCQS

1. The purpose of any aircraft gas turbine inlet is to provide-

a) Sufficient air supply
b) To provide min drag force
c) Reduction in velocity
d) All of above
2. For what purpose we use blow-in doors:
a) To spill the air out from compressors
b) To provide extra air to engine during take-off and landing
c) Both a&b
d) None of these
3. Supersonic aircraft are provided with- convergent-divergent nozzle
4. A single stage modern compressor will have a pressure ratio of upto 4:1
5. In the inlet casing of compressor, pressure decreases.
6. Euler's equation can be used for (A) Radial flow compressors (B) Axial flow compressors (C)
Pumps (D) All of these
7. Reciprocating engines are preferred over gas turbines because of (a) High reliability (b) High
power to weight ratio (c) All of the above (d) None of the above
8. Gas turbine engine in aircraft by Frank Whittle
9. The performance of a simple gas turbine depends on (a) Efficiency of the compressor (b)
Efficiency of the turbine (c) Efficiency of the compressor and turbine (d) None of the above
10. The pressure ratio of the modern gas turbine power plant is (a) 5:1 (b) 10:1 (c) 15:1 (d) 20:1
11. The energy transfer in a rotating machine is given by (a) Steady flow energy equation (b)
Unsteady flow energy equation (c) Euler’s energy equation (d) all of the above
12. A gas turbine cycle can be operated (a) Only as an open-cycle arrangement (b) Only as a
closed-cycle arrangement (c) Both as an open-cycle and closed-cycle arrangement (d) None
of the above
13. Around the turn of nineteenth century the most important prime mover was (a) Gas turbines
(b) Diesel engines (c) Steam turbines (d) Gasoline engines
14. The highest turbine inlet temperature is (a) 1000 K (b) 1200 K (c) 1500 K (d) 1800 K
15. In a turbo jet engine, subsequent to heat addition to compressed air, to get the power output,
the working substance is expanded in (A) Exit nozzle, which is a constant volume process (B)
Exit nozzle, which is essentially an isentropic process (C) Turbine blades, which is a constant
volume process (D) Turbine blades, which is essentially an isentropic process
16. The degree of reaction for a rotating machine is defined as (a)Enthalpy change in the
rotor/Enthalpy change in the stator (b)Enthalpy change in the stator/Enthalpy change in the
rotor (c)Enthalpy change in the stator/Enthalpy change in the stage (d)Enthalpy change in the
rotor/Enthalpy change in the stage
17. For better performance of the centrifugal compressor, the slip factor μ should be
(a) close to 1
(b) close to 0.5
(c) close to 0
(d) can be of any value
18. If the flow of air through the compressor is perpendicular to its axis, then it is
(A) Reciprocating compressor
(B) Centrifugal compressor
(C) Axial flow compressor
 (D) Turbo compressor
19. Degree of reaction of a reaction turbine is given by (a) R = ca/2u (tan β3 + tan β2) (b) R =
ca/2u (tan β3 − tan β2) (c) R = ca/2u (tan β3 × tan β2) (d) R = ca/2u(tan β3/tan β2)
20. Air-fuel ratio in a gas turbine is in the range of (a) 20 to 30 (b) 30 to 40 (c) 40 to 60 (d) 60 to
100
21. Large amount of combustion takes place in a combustor in the (a) primary zone (b)
secondary zone (c) dilution zone (d) in all places
22. The maximum temperature from the combustor is limited because (a) it is difficult to burn the
fuel (b) the air-fuel ratio is too lean (c) combustion chamber walls cannot sustain high
temperature (d) turbine blades cannot accept very high temperatures
23. Which of the following fuels can be used in turbojet engines? (A) Liquid hydrogen (B) High
speed diesel oil (C) Kerosene (D) Methyl alcohol
24. Which of the following statement is correct as regard to centrifugal
compressors? (A) The flow of air is parallel to the axis of the compressor (B) The
static pressure of air in the impeller increases in order to provide centripetal
force on the air (C) The impeller rotates at high speeds (D) The maximum
efficiency is higher than multistage axial flow compressors
25. The efficiency of the modern compressors is (a) 70% (b) 75% (c) 80% (d) 85%
26. In the axial flow compressor the absolute velocity in the stator (a) increases (b)
decreases (c) initially increases and then decreases (d) remains constant
27. The work absorbing capacity of an axial flow compressor (a) increases with
increase in the axial velocity (b) decreases with increase in the axial velocity (c)
remain the same with increase in the axial velocity (d) has no relation between
them
28. For an axial flow compressor the loading coefficient for the given stage work is
(a) directly proportional to u (b) inversely proportional to u (c) inversely
proportional to u^2 (d) directly proportional to u^2
29. The degree of reaction for most type of axial compressors is 0.5
30. Degree of reaction is given by R =1/2 Ca/U (tan β1 + tan β2), here what is β1 and
β2 a) Air angles b) Blade angles c) AoA of rotor blades d) None of these
31. How a pilot will come to know about compressor stall? a) Fluctuations in rpm b)
An decrease in EGT c) Increase in pressure d) all of these
32. Chapter6: type of inlets, subsonic inlet, supersonic inlet, speed of air must be
0.2-0.4, different type of inlet in different aircraft, look into ppt