Q.1

If the temperature of intake air in internal combustion engine increases, then its efficiency will

  • remain same
  • decrease
  • increase
Q.2

In a four stroke cycle, the minimum temperature inside the engine cylinder occurs at the

  • beginning of suction stroke
  • end of suction stroke
  • beginning of exhaust stroke
  • end of exhaust stroke
Q.3

The petrol engines are also known as __________ engines.

  • compression ignition
  • spark ignition
Q.4

Iso-octane (C8H18) has octane number of

  • 0
  • 50
  • 100
  • 120
Q.5

An atom bomb utilises uncontrolled nuclear fission.

  • True
  • False
Q.6

The object of providing masked inlet valve in the air passage of compression ignition engines is to

  • enhance flow rate
  • control air flow
  • induce primary swirl
  • induce secondary turbulence
Q.7

The specific fuel consumption per B.P. hour for a diesel engine is about

  • 0.2 kg
  • 0.25 kg
  • 0.3 kg
  • 0.35 kg
Q.8

A moderator, apart from its high neutron slowing power, and low non-productive neutron, should be

  • stable under nuclear radiation
  • corrossion resistant
  • good thermal conductor
  • all of these
Q.9

Light weight substances can not be effective moderators.

  • True
  • False
Q.10

Reflector in nuclear power plants is used to reflect neutrons back into the active core.

  • True
  • False
Q.11

In an internal combustion engine, the process of removing the burnt gases from the combustion chamber of the engine cylinder is known as

  • scavenging
  • detonation
  • supercharging
  • polymerisation
Q.12

Diesel as compared to petrol is

  • highly ignitable
  • more difficult to ignite
  • less difficult to ignite
  • none of these
Q.13

In a coil ignition system of petrol engines, a condenser is connected across the contact-breaker in order to

  • prevent sparking across the gap between the points
  • cause more rapid break of the primary current, giving a higher voltage in the secondary circuit
  • both (a) and (b)
  • none of the above
Q.14

In hit and miss governing, the fuel supply is cut-off completely during one or more number of cycles.

  • Yes
  • No
Q.15

The specific fuel consumption per B.P. hour for a petrol engine is about

  • 0.2 kg
  • 0.25 kg
  • 0.3 kg
  • 0.35 kg
Q.16

The brake power is always greater than indicated power.

  • Agree
  • Disagree
Q.17

The ratio of the brake power to the indicated power is called

  • mechanical efficiency
  • overall efficiency
  • indicated thermal efficiency
  • volumetric efficiency
Q.18

During suction stroke of a four stroke petrol engine, the inlet valve opens and the charge is sucked into the cylinder as the piston moves upwards from the bottom dead centre.

  • True
  • False
Q.19

The frictional power (F.P.) is given by

  • F.P. = B.P. - I.P.
  • F.P. = I.P. - B.P.
  • F.P. = B.P./I.P.
  • F.P. = I.P./B.P.
Q.20

The higher combustion chamber wall temperature in compression ignition engines will __________ knocking tendency.

  • increase
  • reduce
  • not effect
Q.21

The nuclear radiators produced in a reactor which must be sheilded are

  • electrons
  • α, β and γ rays
  • neutron and gamma rays
  • none of these
Q.22

The thermal efficiency of a standard Otto cycle for a compression ratio of 5.5 will be

  • 25%
  • 50%
  • 70%
  • 100%
Q.23

The material most commonly used for sheilding is

  • carbon
  • lead
  • concrete
  • all of these
Q.24

An ignition coil in the spark ignition engines supplies __________ voltage to the spark plug.

  • high
  • low
Q.25

The increase of efficiency of a compression ignition engine, as the load decreases, is due to

  • higher maximum temperature
  • qualitative governing
  • quantitative governing
  • hit and miss governing
Q.26

The power actually developed by the engine cylinder of an I.C. engine is known as

  • theoretical power
  • actual power
  • indicated power
  • none of these
Q.27

The unit million electron volts (Mev) is commonly used to measure the nuclear energy.

  • True
  • False
Q.28

In order to eliminate knocking in compression ignition engines, there should be

  • short delay period
  • late auto-ignition
  • low compression ratio
  • high self ignition temperature of fuel
Q.29

The operation of forcing additional air under pressure into the engine cylinder is known as

  • supercharging
  • carburation
  • turbulence
  • delay period
Q.30

A nuclear reactor is said to be critical when the neutron population in the reactor core is

  • rapidly increasing leading to the point of explosion
  • decreasing from the specified value
  • reduced to zero
  • constant
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