Q.1

Out of the following themocouple wire insulating material, the highest temperature rating is for

  • teflon
  • ceramic fibre
  • asbestos
  • fibre glass
Q.2

Polarograph is meant for the analysis of

  • gaseous mixture
  • miscible liquids
  • solids
  • isotopes
Q.3

Presence of a small amount of water in the organic systems can be determined by the __________ method.

  • electrical conductivity
  • polarimetry
  • emission spectroscopy
  • dielectric constant end loss factor
Q.4

Dead zone in an instrument must be less than __________ percent of the scale.

  • 0.2
  • 1.5
  • 4
  • 8
Q.5

Which is the most suitable instrument for measuring pressure below 3 microns ?

  • Mcleoid gauge
  • Alphatron
  • Ionisation gauge
  • Bourdon guage
Q.6

Which of the following fluid flow measuring devices can measure the largest flow rate ?

  • V-notch
  • Rotameter
  • Orificemeter
  • Weir
Q.7

The transfer function of a pure dead time system with dead time τd is

  • 1/(τds + 1)
  • τds + 1
  • ess
  • eτds
Q.8

Emission spectroscopy is used for

  • solids and metal analysis.
  • determining water purity.
  • determination of CO2 in gases.
  • NOxdetermination.
Q.9

Routh stability method uses __________ loop transfer function.

  • open
  • closed
  • either (a) or (b)
  • neither (a) nor (b)
Q.10

Transfer function of transportation lag is

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  • e-TS
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  • none of these
Q.11

In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the flow rate of heating/cooling fluid is the __________ variable.

  • load
  • controlled
  • manipulated
  • none of these
Q.12

The transfer function of a pure dead time system with dead time τd is

  • 1/(τds + 1)
  • τds + 1
  • ess
  • eτds
Q.13

The transfer function for a first order process with time delay is

Q.14

Flow rate of sludge is not measured by a/an

  • orificemeter
  • open weir
  • kennison nozzle
  • both(b)&(c)
Q.15

Which of the following is not a second order instrument ?

  • Mercury in glass thermometer with covering.
  • Bare mercury in glass thermometer.
  • Pressure gauge with one bellow, two tubes and a tank.
  • None of these.
Q.16

Working principle of radiation pyrometer is based on the

  • Wien's law
  • Kirchoffs law
  • stefan-Boltzman law
  • Seebeck effect
Q.17

A mercury thermometer can not be used to measure the temperature below the freezing point of mercury, which is __________ °C.

  • -38.9
  • -11.9
  • -60.9
  • -80.9
Q.18

Small furnace draught is accurately measured by an inclined tube manometer, in which the manometric liquid used most commonly is

  • water
  • carbon tetrachloride
  • paraffin
  • ethylene glycol
Q.19

Liquid levels in autocalves are measued by

  • simple float
  • differential float type manometer
  • glass gauge
  • none of these
Q.20

__________ controller has the maximum stabilising time.

  • P
  • PD
  • PI
  • PID
Q.21

In a shell and tube heat exchanger, the inlet temperature of heating/cooling fluid is the __________ variable.

  • load
  • manipulated
  • controlled
  • none of these
Q.22

Thermal conductivity cell is the primary element of a/an __________ analyser.

  • oxygen
  • carbon dioxide
  • carbon monoxide
  • sulphur dioxide
Q.23

Specific conductance is defined as the reciprocal of resistance in ohms of 1c.c. of liquid at a specified temperature. Its value for distilled water is about __________ micro mho/cm3.

  • 50
  • 100
  • 10
  • 1
Q.24

A simple pitot tube measures the

  • average velocity
  • maximum velocity
  • point velocity
  • static pressure
Q.25

E.m.f. generated by thermocouples is of the order of

  • millivolts
  • microvolts
  • volts
  • kilo volts
Q.26

A pyrheliometer is an instrument used for measuring the

  • bright sunshine period.
  • beam radiation.
  • diffuse radiation.
  • none of these.
Q.27

Out of the following temperature measuring instruments, the measurement accuracy will be minimum for the

  • mercury in glass thermometer.
  • optical pyrometer.
  • iron-constantan thermocouple.
  • alcohol filled thermometer.
Q.28

Stalagmometer is used for the measurement of

  • kinematic viscosity
  • surface tension
  • refractive index
  • optical activity
Q.29

What is the Laplace transform of impulse input having magnitude 'X' ?

  • X
  • X2
  • 1/X
  • 1
Q.30

Zirconia probe is used for the measurement of

  • humidity of air.
  • % CO2 in flue gas.
  • % O2 in flue gas.
  • speed of a submarine.
Q.31

For a feed back control system to be stable, the

  • roots of the characteristic equation should be real.
  • poles of the closed loop transfer function should lie in the left half of the complex plane.
  • Bode plots of the corresponding open loop transfer function should monotoni-cally decrease.
  • poles of the closed loop transfer function should lie in the right half of the complex plane.
Q.32

Which of the following thermocouples has the widest temperature measurement range ?

  • Iron-constantan
  • Chromel-alumel
  • Copper-constantan
  • Platinum-platinum/rhodium
Q.33

Flow rate through an orifice is __________ the pressure differential.

  • proportional to
  • inversely proportional to the square root of
  • proportional to the square root of
  • inversely proportional to the square of
Q.34

The Laplace transform of exp(at), where a >is defined only for the Laplace parameter, s > a since

  • the function is exponential.
  • the Laplace transform of integral of exp(at) has finite values only for s > a.
  • the Laplace transform integral of exp(at) has initial values only for s > a.
  • the function exp(at) is piece-wise continuous only for s > a.
Q.35

The deflection in diaphragm (which is used as pressure sensor in pneumatic and electronic instruments) is dependent on the metal thickness, its diameter (d) and shape & number of corrugations. Its deflection is proportional to

  • d
  • d2
  • d3
  • d4
Q.36

Polarisation of light forms the working principle of a

  • polarimeter
  • polarograph
  • chromatograph
  • spectrometer
Q.37

The level of a liquid under pressure can be determined using

  • bubbler system
  • differential pressure manometer
  • diaphragm box system
  • air-trap system
Q.38

Thermocouple is suitable for measuring

  • liquid temperatures only.
  • very high temperatures only.
  • very low temperatures only.
  • both high and low temperatures.
Q.39

Silver point temperature is __________ °C.

  • 760.5
  • 860.5
  • 960.5
  • 1060.5
Q.40

A non-linear system will have __________ steady state values.

  • one
  • more than one
  • two
  • three
Q.41

Liquid flow rate in an open channel can not be measured by a/an

  • orifice meter
  • cipolletti weir
  • rectangular weir
  • V-notch
Q.42

The root locus method, a pole of a transfer function G(s) is the value of s for which G(s) approaches

  • -1
  • 0
  • 1
Q.43

__________ type of element is normally not used in the bimetallic thermometers.

  • Flat spiral
  • Bourdon tube
  • Single helix
  • Multiple helix
Q.44

Temperature control of an exothermic chemical reaction taking place in a CSTR is done with the help of cooling water flowing in a jacket around the reactor. The types of valve and controller action to be recommended are

  • air to open valve with the controller direct acting.
  • air to close valve with the controller indirect acting.
  • air to open valve with the controller indirect acting.
  • air to close valve with the controller direct acting.
Q.45

Flow rate measurement of hostile acids and alkalis can be most suitably done by a/an

  • venturimeter
  • orificemeter
  • magnetic flow meter
  • hot wire anemometer
Q.46

Meleoid gauge measures the __________ pressure.

  • positive
  • sub-atmospheric
  • very high
  • atmospheric
Q.47

Sub-zero temperature (< 0°C) can be measured by a constant volume gas thermometer employing

  • helium
  • nitrogen
  • hydrogen
  • none of these
Q.48

Reference points i.e., ice point and steam point in Reaumer temperature scale are respectively

  • - 273° & 80°
  • 0° & 80°
  • 32° & 460°
  • 32° & 80°
Q.49

A bimetallic thermometer as compared to industrial mercury in glass thermometer has almost the same

  • temperature measuring range (- 40°C to 450°C).
  • accuracy (± 1% of span).
  • speed of response.
  • all a, b & c.
Q.50

Temperature measurement range of iron-constantan thermocouple is 0 to 870°C. It can be used to measure sub zero temperature, because at lower temperature

  • emf produced is very low of the order of microvolt.
  • embrittlement of iron occurs.
  • rusting of iron takes place.
  • both (b) and (c).
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