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Practice Test: Question Set - 01
1. In case of a hammer crusher, the
(A) Feed may be highly abrasive (Moh's scale > 5)
(B) Minimum product size is 3 mm
(C) Maximum feed size may be 50 mm
(D) Rotor shaft carrying hammers can be vertical or horizontal
Correct Answer Answer: Option D
2. A gravity decanter is meant for the separation of two __________ density.
(A) Immiscible liquids of different
(B) Miscible liquids of different
(C) Immiscible liquids of same
(D) Miscible liquids of same
Correct Answer Answer: Option A
3. Which of the following is not used as filter aid?
(A) Asbestos
(B) Diatomaceous earth
(C) Purified wood cellulose
(D) Rice husk
4. To get a fine talc powder from its granules, the equipment used is
(A) Roller crusher

(B) Ball mill
(C) Jaw crusher
(D) Gyratory crusher Correct Answer Answer: Option B
5. Which of the following mechanical conveyors does not come under the division ‘carriers’?
(A) Belt conveyor
(B) Bucket elevator
(C) Screw conveyor
(D) Apron conveyor
Correct Answer Answer: Option C
6. As per Taggart's formula, the capacity (kg/hr) of Jaw & Gyratory crushers (for gapes of 10 to 60 cms)
is equal to (where, L = Length of feed opening, cms S = Maximum width of discharge opening, cms).
(A) LS
(B) 93 LS
(C) 250 LS
(D) √(LS)
Correct Answer Answer: Option B
7. Particle size range in which dust catcher (gravity settling chamber) works most effectively and
efficiently is __________ microns.
(A) < 5
(B) 10 to 25
(C) < 74
(D) > 1000

8. With increase in the capacity of screens, the screen effectiveness
(A) Remains unchanged
(B) Increases
(C) Decreases
(D) Decreases exponentially
9. Height of liquid in agitation tank is normally maintained equal to the tank diameter. However, if the
tank is too tall and a large liquid hold up is desired, then two or more impellers mounted on the same
shaft may be used. The clearance between the tank bottom and the bottom most impeller should be
about (where, D = impeller diameter)
(A) 0.5 D
(B) D
(C) 1.5 D
(D) 2 D
10. Filtration of water in a paper mill is done by a/an __________ filter.
(A) Open sand
(B) Plate and frame
(C) Vacuum leaf
(D) Sparkler
11. Angle of nip of the crushing rolls does not depend upon the
(A) Diameter of the rolls
(B) Speed of the rolls
(C) Product size
(D) Feed size
12. Reciprocal of sphericity is termed as the
(A) Specific surface ratio
(B) Shape factor
(C) Sauter diameter
(D) Surface area per unit mass
13. Which of the following grinding mills has the horizontally arranged rods as the grinding elements
thereby delivering more uniform granular products with minimum fines?
(A) Compartment mill
(B) Rod mill
(C) Pebble mill
(D) Tube mill
14. As particle size is reduced
(A) Screening becomes progressively more difficult
(B) Screening becomes progressively easier
(C) Capacity and effectiveness of the screen is increased
(D) None of these

15. Flow of filtrate through the cake in a plate and frame filter press is best described by the
__________ equation.
(A) Kozeny-Carman
(B) Hagen-Poiseuille’s
(C) Fanning's
(D) Kremser
1. Which of the following achieves the least reduction ratio for a given feed size?
(A) Jaw crusher
(B) Roll crusher
(C) Cone crusher
(D) Gyratory crusher
2. Filtrate flow rate in case of a rotary drum vacuum filter (in which Rm < < Rc) is proportional to
__________ and the cycle time (where, μ = filtrate viscosity Rm = filter medium resistance Rc = cake
resistance).
(A) √μ
(B) 1/√μ
(C) 1/μ
(D) 1/μ2
3. Size measurement of ultrafine particles can be best expressed in terms of
(A) Centimeter
(B) Screen size
(C) Micron
(D) Surface area per unit mass
4. Which of the following agitators having a large blade area, rotating at slow speed is used for mixing
high viscosity liquids (> 50000 centipoise)?
(A) Propeller
(B) Helical screw
(C) Flat blade turbine
(D) Curved blade turbine
5. Rittinger number which designates the new surface produced per unit of mechanical energy
absorbed by the material being crushed, depends on the
(A) State or manner of application of the crushing force
(B) Ultimate strength of the material
(C) Elastic constant of the material
(D) All (a), (b) and (c)
6. The specific surface of spherical particles is proportional to (where, Dp = diameter of particle).
(A) Dp2
(B) Dp
(C) 1/Dp
(D) 1/D2p
7. During filtration operation, the filtrate encounters the resistance of the

(A) Filter medium
(B) Cake
(C) Channel carrying the slurry to the upstream side of the cake and filtrate away from the filter
medium
8. Separation of materials of the same density based on their sizes by using then-different rates of
flow is called
(A) Sorting
(B) Sizing
(C) Flocculation
(D) Elutriation
9. __________ is the most suitable for compounding rubber and plastic solids.
(A) Banbury mixer
(B) Pan mixer
(C) Pug mill
(D) Charge can mixer
10. Pick out the wrong statement:
(A) Magnetic separation method can be employed to treat both dry & wet ores
(B) Reduction ratio in crushing operation is defined as the ratio of minimum feed size to the
maximum product size
(C) Gyratory crusher is used for coarse crushing
(D) Screens are of stationary, moving and vibratory types

11. What is the reduction ratio in a fine crushing operation having following feed and product sizes?
(A) 0.5
(B) 2
(C) 5
(D) 10
12. Dust collection efficiency of electrostatic precipitator can be as high as 99.9%. Maximum
temperature and pressure of dust laden gas that can be cleaned in an electrostatic precipitator is
respectively.
(A) 200°C and 5 atm
(B) 1000°C and 10 atm
(C) 500°C and 50 atm
(D) 1000°C and 500 atm
13. For a sphere falling in the constant drag co-efficient regime, its terminal velocity depends on its
diameter (d) as
(A) d
(B) √d
(C) d2
(D) 1/d
14. Energy consumed for crushing one ton of material ranges from __________ kWh.
(A) 0.01 to 0.1
(B) 0.5 to 1.5
(C) 2 to 3.5
(D) 4 to 5
15. Pick out the wrong statement.
(A) For the compressible cake, voidage & the specific resistance of the cake can be assumed to be
constant
(B) Cake resistance is independent of the pressure drop
(C) Crushing of explosive materials are done by employing dry-grinding
(D) Gyratory crusher is a coarse crusher
Correct Answer
Answer: Option B

1. Sphericity of raschig ring (whose length and diameter are equal) is
(A) > 1
(B) < 1
(C) 1
(D) 2
2. For efficient grinding, ball mills must be operated
(A) At a speed less than the critical speed
(B) At a speed more than the critical speed
(C) At a speed equal to the critical speed

(D) With minimum possible small balls
3. Which of the following gives the crushing energy required to create new surface?
(A) Taggarts rule
(B) Fick's law
(C) Rittinger's Law
(D) None of these
4. Rittinger's number designates the new surface created per unit mechanical energy absorbed by the
material being crushed. Larger value of Rittinger's number of a material indicates its
(A) Easier grindability
(B) Poor grindability
(C) High power consumption in grinding
(D) None of these
5. The most suitable filter for the removal of very small amount of precipitate from very large volumes
of water is the __________ filter.
(A) Vacuum
(B) Sand
(C) Plate & frame
(D) Rotary
6. Carbon black is pulverized in a
(A) Hammer crusher
(B) Ball mill

(C) Roll crusher
(D) Gyratory crusher
7. Higher is the mesh number, smaller will be the aperture size of the screen. It means that the
aperture size of a 200 mesh screen will be smaller than that of 20 mesh screen. This is valid for
(A) British standard screens
(B) German standard screens (DIN 1171) etc
(C) American standard screens (ASTM and Tyler standard screens)
8. Which of the following is a vacuum filter?
(A) Filter press
(B) Rotary disc filter
(C) Batch basket centrifuge
(D) Tank filter (Nutsche filter)
9. In a size reduction crushing operation, feed size is 300 to 1500 mm while the product size is 100 to
300 mm. This is a case of the __________ crushing.
(A) Secondary
(B) Fine
(C) Primary
(D) Ultrafine
10. A fluid energy mill is used for
(A) Cutting
(B) Grinding
(C) Ultra grinding
(D) Crushing
11. __________ centrifuge is the most suitable for separation of non-friable crystals.
(A) Tubular bowl
(B) Disc-bowl
(C) Perforated horizontal basket continuous
(D) Suspended batch basket
12. Which of the following is the most suitable filter for separation of abrasive solids suspended in a
corrosive liquid?
(A) Sand bed filter
(B) Plate and frame filter press
(C) Vacuum filter
(D) Batch basket centrifuge
13. Laminar flow region is said to exist during agitation of a liquid in an agitator, when the value of
Reynolds number is
(A) > 10
(B) < 10
(C) > 100
(D) < 100
14. The specific cake resistance for incompressible sludges is (where ΔP = pressure drop over cake)
(A) ∝ ΔP
(B) ∝ 1/ ΔP
(C) ∝ √ΔP
(D) Independent of ΔP
15. A __________ employs a set of screen across a flow channel for the separation of dirt/rust from a
flowing liquid stream.
(A) Thickener
(B) Classifier
(C) Strainer
(D) Clarifier

1. Filtration capacity of a rotary drum vacuum filter depends upon the
(A) Cake thickness
(B) Characteristics of the feed slurry
(C) Both (a) & (b)
(D) Neither (a) nor (b)
2. At low Reynold's number, the power (P) required for agitating a fluid in a stirred tank becomes
independent of inertial forces. In this limit, indicate which of the following relations is satisfied:
Po = ρ/ρN3 D5: Power number
Re = ρ N D2/μ: Reynold's number
N is the impeller rotational speed, and D is the impeller diameter.
(A) Po ∝ Re-1.0
(B) Po ∝ Re0.0
(C) Po ∝ Re0.5
(D) Po ∝ Re1.0
3. Bond crushing law
(A) Calls for relatively less energy for the smaller product particles, than does the Rittinger law
(B) Is less realistic in estimating the power requirements of commercial crushers
(C) States that the work required to form particle of any size from very large feed is proportional to
the square root of the volume to surface ratio of the product
(D) States that the work required for the crushing is proportional to the new surface created
4. The critical speed of a trommel (N) is related to its dia (D) as
(A) N ∝ 1/√D
(B) N ∝ √D
(C) N ∝ D
(D) N ∝ 1/D
5. Sphericity for a non-spherical particle is given by (where, V and S are volume and surface area
respectively of one particle. and, D = equivalent diameter of particle).
(A) 6.V/D.S
(B) V/6D.S
(C) D.S/V
(D) V/D.S
6. In screen analysis, the notation +5 mm/-10 mm means particles passing through

(A) 10 mm screen and retained on 5 mm screen
(B) 5 mm screen and retained on 10 mm screen
(C) Both 5 mm and 10 mm screens
(D) Neither 5 mm nor 10 mm screen
7. A straight line is obtained on plotting reciprocal of filtration rate vs. the volume of filtrate for
__________ flow of filtrate.
(A) Compressible cakes and laminar
(B) Incompressible cake and laminar
(C) Compressible cake and turbulent
(D) Incompressible cake and turbulent
8. Cement clinker is reduced to fine size by a
(A) Roll crusher
(B) Ball mill
(C) Tube mill
(D) Hammer mill
9. Work index is the gross energy (kWh/tonne of feed) necessary to reduce a very large feed to such a
size that 80% of product particles will pass through a 0.1 mm screen. The value of work index
determined for wet grinding should be multiplied with __________ to get the same for dry grinding.
(A) 1.0
(B) 0.5
(C) 1.34
(D) 4.34
10. Grinding efficiency of a ball mill is of the order of __________ percent.
(A) 1-5
(B) 40-50
(C) 75-80
(D) 90-95
11. Which of the following is not used as a surface active agent in a flocculation operation?
(A) Sodium silicate
(B) Quartz
(C) Lime
(D) Alumina
12. Separation of isotopes is generally done using a/an __________ centrifuge.
(A) Ultra
(B) Disk-bowl
(C) Both (a) & (b)
13. For transporting pasty material, one will use a/an
(A) Apron conveyor
(B) Belt conveyor
(C) Screw conveyor
(D) Bucket elevator

14. Toothed roll crushers achieve size reduction by
(A) Tearing (shear) and compression
(B) Impact and attrition
(C) Both (a) & (b)
15. Dispersion of a gas through liquid is done by using a
(A) Sparger
(B) Kneader
(C) Masticator
(D) None of these
Practice Test: Question Set – 05

1. Agglomeration of individual particles into clusters (flocs) is called flocculation. To prevent
flocculation, the most commonly used dispersing agents are
(A) Carbonates
(B) Sulphates
(C) Silicates & phosphates
(D) Bi-carbonates
2. The value of work index does not change materially from one equipment to another. If the value of
work index determined for close circuit grinding is Wi, then the same for open circuit grinding will be
(A) 0.5 Wi
(B) Wi
(C) 1.34 Wi
(D) 3.34 Wi
3. Capacity (in tons/hr) of jaw/gyratory crusher is equal to (where, L = length of the receiving opening,
cm S = greater width of the discharge opening, cm).
(A) 0.01 L.S
(B) 0.087 L.S
(C) L.S
(D) L.S/0.087
4. Which of the following oxides is not present in hematite iron ore?
(A) Titanium oxide
(B) Calcium oxide
(C) Cobalt oxide
(D) Manganese oxide
5. Mixing mechanism employed in a pan mixer is by
(A) Mulling
(B) Kneading
(C) Dispersion
(D) None of these
6. In filtration, the use of 'filter aid' helps in
(A) Reducing the filtration pressure

(B) Accelerating the rate of filtration
(C) Deplugging the filter medium
(D) Enhancing the cake porosity in case of a dense impermeable cake
7. Length/diameter ratio of a ball mill is
(A) 1.5
(B) 1
(C) < 1
(D) > 1
8. Activators are those chemicals which help buoying up one mineral in preference to the other in the
froth floatation process. Which of the following is an activator?
(A) Cresylic acid
(B) Copper sulphate
(C) Calcium carbonate
(D) Sodium carbonate
9. Which one is a filter aid?
(A) Canvas fabric
(B) Diatomaceous earth
(C) Calcined lime
(D) None of these
10. The filtrate flow rate in constant pressure filtration

(A) Continuously increases
(B) Continuously decreases
(C) Remain constant throughout
(D) May increase or decrease; depends on the pressure
(A) Cumulative analysis for determining surface area is preferred over differential analysis, because
of the assumption that "all particles in a simple fraction equal in size" is not needed for cumulative
analysis unlike differential analysis
(B) A gate diagram is a plot of cumulative percent by weight undersize vs. the reciprocal of
diameter, in which the area beneath the curve represents the surface
(C) Capacity of crusher in choke feeding is increased
(D) Rolling of pebbles/balls from top to bottom of the heap in tumbling mills is called 'cascading and
throwing of the balls through the air to the toe of the heap is called 'cataracting'
12. In case of a ball mill,
(A) Coarse feed requires a larger ball
(B) Fine feed requires a larger ball
(C) Operating speed should be more than the critical speed
(D) None of these
13. Shell and leaf filter as compared to plate and frame filter
(A) Entails less labor cost
(B) Facilitates filtration under higher pressure
(C) Provides more effective washing

(D) All (a), (b) & (c)
14. Separation of solid suspended in liquid into a supernatant clear liquid and a denser slurry employs
a process termed as the
(A) Coagulation
(B) Flocculation
(C) Sedimentation
(D) Clarification
15. A propeller agitator
(A) Produces mainly axial flow
(B) Is used for mixing high viscosity pastes
(C) Runs at very slow speed (2 rpm)

1. Gyratory crushers compared to the reciprocating jaw crushers
(A) Have greater capacity per unit of discharge area
(B) Crush intermittently
(C) Are less suitable for coarse materials
(D) Have less steady power consumption
2. Crushing efficiency is the ratio of the
(A) Surface energy created by crushing to the energy absorbed by the solid
(B) Energy absorbed by the solid to that fed to the machine
(C) Energy fed to the machine to the surface energy created by crushing
(D) Energy absorbed by the solid to the surface energy created by crushing
(A) More commonly used jaw crusher between Dodge jaw crusher and Blake jaw crusher is the later
one
(B) There are only four methods namely compression, impact, attrition and cutting, which the size
reduction equipments employ
(C) Cutting machines mainly employ 'attrition' for size reduction of solids
(D) Operating principles of Dodge and Blake jaw crushers are combined in the working of universal
jaw crushers
4. Screen capacity is expressed in terms of
(A) tons/hr
(B) tons/ft2
(C) Both (a) & (b)
(D) tons/hr-ft2
5. Size reduction of ice and gypsum can be accomplished suitably by a __________ crusher.
(A) Blake jaw
(B) Toothed roll
(C) Gyratory
(D) None of these

6. General mechanism of size reduction in intermediate and fine grinder is by
(A) Cutting action
(B) Compression
(C) Compression and tearing
(D) Impact and attrition
7. __________ are used for the separation of coarse particles from a slurry of fine particles.
(A) Thickeners
(B) Classifiers
(C) Hydrocyclones
(D) Decanters
8. In a size reduction crushing operation, feed size is 100 to 300 mm. while the product size is 10 to 50
mm. This is a case of the __________ crushing.
(A) Primary
(B) Secondary
(C) Fine
(D) Ultrafine
9. Use of grinding aids results in the
(A) Enhanced production rate
(B) Finer products
(C) Both (a) & (b)

10. Percentage of drum submerged in the slurry in case of rotary drum filter is
(A) 3
(B) 30
(C) 85
(D) 25
11. In a ball mill, the volume occupied by the balls (when the mill is stopped) is about __________
percent of the volume of the mill.
(A) 35
(B) 50
(C) 70
(D) 85
12. Where the density difference of the two liquid phase to be separated is very small (as in milk
cream separator), the most suitable separator is a
(A) Disc bowl centrifuge
(B) Sharpies super-centrifuge
(D) Sparkler filter
13. Washability curve based on float and sink test enables an assessment to be made of the possibility
of cleaning a coal fraction based on the
(A) Density separation

(B) Differential wettability
(C) Size
(D) Volatile matter content
14. The optimum moisture content in solids to be crushed/ground ranges from __________ percent.
(A) 3 to 4
(B) 8 to 10
(C) 10 to 15
(D) 15 to 20
15. Critical speed of rotation, N (in rps - rotation per second) of a trammel is equal to (where, g =
acceleration due to gravity = 9.81 m/sec2 and, r = radius of trammel, meter.)
(A) (1/2π). √(g/r)
(B) (1/π). √(g/r)
(C) ½ √(g/r)
(D) 2π. √(g/r)

1. Critical Speed (Nc) of a ball mill is given by (where R1 and R2 are radii of ball mill and the ball
respectively).
(A) Nc = (1/4π). √(g/R1 - R2)
(B) Nc = (1/2π). √(g/R1 - R2)
(C) Nc = (1/π). √(g/R1 - R2)
(D) Nc = (1/2π). √(R1 - R2/g)

2. General crushing equation is given by d(P/m) = -K (dD̅ S/D̅ nS). Bond's crushing law is obtained by
solving this equation for n = __________ and feed of infinite size.
(A) 1
(B) 1.5
(C) 2
(D) 2.5
3. Ribbon blenders are exclusively meant for
(A) Blending miscible liquids
(B) Non-flowing powder and thin pastes
(C) Bath mixing
(D) Continuous mixing
4. Removal of activated carbon from glycerine is done by
(A) Plate and frame filter
(B) Rotary vacuum filter
(D) None of these

1. Short distance transportation of grain, gravel, sand, ash, asphalt etc. is done by using a __________
conveyor.
A. Flight
B. slat or drag
C. ribbon
D. screw
Answer: Option D
2. Equivalent diameter of a particle is the diameter of the sphere having the same
A. ratio of surface to volume as the actual volume.
B. ratio of volume to surface as the particle.
C. volume as the particle.
D. none of these.
Answer: Option A
3. If dp is the equivalent diameter of a non-spherical particle, Vp its volume and sp its surface area,
then its sphericity is Φs is defined by
A. Φs = 6 Vp/dp sp
B. Φs = Vp/dp sp
C. Φs = 6 dp Sp/Vp
D. Φs = dp Sp/Vp
Answer: Option A
4. Power required to drive a ball mill with a particular ball load is proportional to (where, D = diameter
of ball mill )
A. D
B. 1/D
C. D2.5
D. 1/D2.5
Answer: Option C
A. Recycled coarse material to the grinder by a classifier is termed as circulating load.
B. Wear and tear in wet crushing is more than that in dry crushing of materials.
C. Size enlargement (opposite of size reduction) is not a mechanical operation.
D. A 'dust catcher' is simply an enlargement in a pipeline which permits the solids to settle down
due to reduction in velocity of the dust laden gas.
Answer: Option C
6. In continuous filtration (at a constant pressure drop), filtrate flow rate varies inversely as the
A. square root of the velocity.
B. square of the viscosity.
C. filtration time only.
D. washing time only.
Answer: Option A
7. For sizing of fine materials, the most suitable equipment is a

A. trommel
B. grizzly
C. shaking screen
D. vibrating screen
Answer: Option D
8. Which of the following is not categorised as a "mechanical operation" ?
A. Agitation
B. Filtration
C. Size enlargement
D. Humidification
Answer: Option D
9. Which of the following is a pressure filter ?
A. Leaf filter (Moore filter).
B. Plate and flame filter.
C. Rotary drum filter.
D. Sand filter.
Answer: Option B

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Practice Test: Question Set - 01

1. In case of a hammer crusher, the

(A) Feed may be highly abrasive (Moh's scale > 5)

(B) Minimum product size is 3 mm

(C) Maximum feed size may be 50 mm

(D) Rotor shaft carrying hammers can be vertical or horizontal

Correct Answer Answer: Option D

2. A gravity decanter is meant for the separation of two __________ density.

(A) Immiscible liquids of different

(B) Miscible liquids of different

(C) Immiscible liquids of same

(D) Miscible liquids of same

Correct Answer Answer: Option A

3. Which of the following is not used as filter aid?

(B) Diatomaceous earth

(C) Purified wood cellulose

(D) Rice husk

Correct Answer Answer: Option D

(A) Roller crusher

(C) Jaw crusher

(D) Gyratory crusher Correct Answer Answer: Option B

(A) Belt conveyor

(B) Bucket elevator

(C) Screw conveyor

(D) Apron conveyor

Correct Answer Answer: Option C

Correct Answer Answer: Option B

(D) > 1000

8. With increase in the capacity of screens, the screen effectiveness

(A) Remains unchanged

(D) Decreases exponentially

Correct Answer Answer: Option C

Correct Answer Answer: Option B

10. Filtration of water in a paper mill is done by a/an __________ filter.

(A) Open sand

(B) Plate and frame

(C) Vacuum leaf

Correct Answer Answer: Option A

(B) Speed of the rolls

(C) Product size

(D) Feed size

Correct Answer Answer: Option B

12. Reciprocal of sphericity is termed as the

(A) Specific surface ratio

(B) Shape factor

(C) Sauter diameter

(D) Surface area per unit mass

Correct Answer Answer: Option B

(A) Compartment mill

(B) Rod mill

(C) Pebble mill

(D) Tube mill

Correct Answer Answer: Option B

14. As particle size is reduced

(A) Screening becomes progressively more difficult

(B) Screening becomes progressively easier

(C) Capacity and effectiveness of the screen is increased

(D) None of these

Correct Answer Answer: Option A

Correct Answer Answer: Option A

Practice Test: Question Set - 02

(A) Jaw crusher

(B) Roll crusher