BULE HORA UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering and Technology

Chemical Engineering Department
M.Sc. Process Engineering- Entrance Exam

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Marks: 60 % Date: 10.11.2020

Duration: 2.00 Hrs. Time: 8.00 AM

Part one: Choose the correct answer (1 point each) (15%)

1. Which of the following is constant in a closed system?

A. Energy
B. Mass
C. Momentum
D. temperature
2. Vaporization starts at which point?
A. Dew point
B. Bubble point
C. Triple point
D. None of the mentioned
3. Which of the following is heat required in phase transitions?
A. Latent heat
B. Sensible heat
C. Depends on type of phase transition
D. None of the mentioned
4. Which of the following is true for isothermal ideal gases?
A. T=0
B. U=0
C. H=0
D. All of the mentioned
5. Process simulator is the computer code used in ----------------
A. Flow sheeting
B. Flow processing
C. Flow solving
D. None of the above
6. Which of the following is a feature of process simulation?
A. Equipment sizing functions
B. Import and export data
C. Scheduling of batch operations
D. All of the above
7. The interconnection equations are for a -------------model
A. Mixing
B. Splitting
C. Process
D. All the above
8. The study of rates at which chemical reactions occur and the effect of various
parameters on the rate are termed as----?
A. Chemical technology
B. Chemical sciences
C. Chemical kinetics
D. Fluid mechanics
9. The rate of a reaction is rapid for which of the following reactions?
A. Cellular reactions
B. Reactions in coal furnaces
C. Reactions in rocket engines
D. Gas reactions in porous catalysts
10. The free atoms or larger fragments of stable molecules that contain one or more
unpaired electrons are called ------
A. Molecules
B. Complexes
C. Atoms
D. Free radicals
11. No further process required for -------------
A. Absorption
B. Extraction
C. Distillation
D. All the above
12. If the vapour pressure of the two components in a binary mixture is same, then it is a -
------
A. Isotope
B. Azeotrope
C. Differential boiling point
D. None of the above
13. The value of the compressibility of an ideal gas
A. 0
B. 1
C. Infinity
D. More than that of a real fluid
14. The specific gravity of a liquid has
A. The same unit as that of mass density
B. The same unit as that of weight density
C. The same unit as that of specific volume
D. No unit
 15. The combination of ideal reactors among the following is -----------
A. PFR and batch reactor
B. batch reactor and MFR
C. PFR and MFR
D. Batch reactor only

Part two: Choose the correct answer (2 point each) (30%)

16. A space velocity of 7 h-1 means --------
A. 7 reactor volumes of feed is fed into reactor per hour
B. Feed is fed at 7 hours interval
C. Takes 7 hours to treat one reactor volume of feed
D. Reaction time is 7 hours
17. For an open unsteady state system, 10 J of heat was supplied and 10 J of work was done
by the system, what is the value of change in enthalpy?
A. 0
B. 10 J
C. 20 J
D. -20J
18. If Cp of benzene is 15 J/oC, what is the enthalpy change of water from 5 oC to 75oC?
A. 15 J
B. 50 J
C. 75 J
D. 90 J
19. Which among the following is elementary reaction?
A. A+B---R; (-rA) = k CACB
B. 2A+B---R; (-rA) = k CA2
C. 2A+B---R; (-rA) = k CACB2
D. A+B---R; (-rA) = k CB
20. The molecularity of the reaction A+2B---R; (-rA) = k CACB2
A. 2
B. 1
C. 3
D. 0
21. Order of the reaction (-rA) = k CAaCBb is -----------?
A. a
B. b
C. a-b
D. a+b
22. Which of the following statements is true about catalyst?
A. A catalyst remains unchanged in mass at the end of the reaction
B. The chemical composition of the catalyst changes at the end of the reaction
C. Catalyst initiated the reaction
D. Catalyst changes the position of the reaction equilibrium
23. Which of the following is an isomerization reaction?
A. Formation of ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen
B. Decomposition of H2O2 into H2 and O2
C. Conversion of glucose to fructose
D. Combustion reactions
24. Consider a solution [sugar + water], on vaporization, water only evaporate since sugar
is—
A. Volatile
B. Non-volatile
C. Cryogenic
D. None of the above
25. Which one of the following is the dimension of mass density?
A. [ML-3T0]
B. [ML3T0]
C. [M0L-3T0]
D. [ML3T0]
26. For an ideal gas isobaric process at pressure 1 pa, the volume of the gas changes from
1 m3 to 5 m3, what is the work done by the gas?
A. 1 J
B. 4 J
C. 5 J
D. 10 J
27. Which of the following is not a part of reactor design?
A. Size of the reactor
B. Type of the reactor
C. Flow rate of the reactant and product streams
D. Method of operation
28. 10 moles of O2 is added to 10 moles of H2, how many moles of H2O will it produce?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20
29. What is the accumulation in the system after 10 second if the outflow and inflow rates
are 10 g/s and 15 g/s?
A. 5 g
B. 10 g
C. 50 g
D. 100 g
30. Which of the following is true for a reaction occurring in a batch reactor?
A. The accumulation term is zero
B. Only the component input is zero
C. Only the component output is zero
D. Both component input and output are zero
Part three: Choose the correct answer (3 point each) (15%)
31. In a reaction the feed is 10 moles of 0.1 glucose and 0.9 water, and another feed of 5
moles of 0.2 glucose and 0.8 water, what is the total moles of the product?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20
32. A beaker is filled with a liquid up to the mark of one litre and weighed. The weight of
the liquid is found to be 6.5 N. the specific volume of the liquid will be.
A. 0.65
B. 0.66
C. 0.67
D. 0.68
33. Consider an ideal vapour-liquid binary mixture, find the total pressure if the vapour
pressure of A is 260 mmHg and the vapour pressure of B is 520 mmHg and the
composition of A in mole fraction is 0.55
A. 177 mmHg
B. 277 mmHg
C. 377 mmHg
D. 477 mmHg
34. In a solution (A and B); the vapour pressure of A is 260 mmHg and B is 360 mmHg;
find the relative volatility?
A. 0.72
B. 1.38
C. 2
D. None of the above
35. The flow in rate of A is 5 moles/s, it undergoes a reaction A- 2B, what are the moles
of B that comes out after 5 seconds?
A. 5
B. 10
C. 25
D. 50

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