Practice Test: Question Set - 02
1. Soap cannot be used with hard water, because
- (A) Hard water contains sulphate
- (B) They form insoluble calcium soaps which
precipitate
- (C) They attract back the removed dirt
- (D) None of these
2. The compressive strength of cement should not be less than about 110Kg/cm2 after three days & not less than 170Kg/cm2 after seven days. The fineness of an ordinary cement as determined by turbidimetric method should be about __________ cm2/gm.
- (A) 800
- (B) 1600
- (C) 4000
- (D) 8500
3. Carborundum consists mainly of
- (A) Bauxite
- (B) Silicon carbide
- (C) Boron carbide
- (D) Calcium carbide
4. Pick out the wrong statement.
- (A) Wine, rum & Vodka are prepared by the
formulation of fruit juice, sugar beet & rye respectively
- (B) Protein catalysts are called enzymes
- (C) The rate of chemical reaction is independent of
the concentration of reactants at high concentration of enzymes
- (D) Total sugar content in molasses is about 10%
5. Yellow phosphorus is transported under
- (A) Air
- (B) Water
- (C) Nitrogen
- (D) Helium
6. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is added in detergents to
- (A) Prevent redeposition of soil on cleaned surface
- (B) Act as optical brightening agent
- (C) Inhibit corrosion in washing machines made of
aluminium
- (D) None of these
7. Nitric acid is not used in the manufacture of
- (A) Detergents
- (B) Fertilizers
- (C) Aqua regia
- (D) Explosives
8. Styrene (a monomer for the production of polystyrene) is commercially produced by
- (A) Catalytic dehydrogenation of ethyl benzene
- (B) Dehydration of ethyl alcohol followed by
hydrogenation
- (C) Reacting ethylene oxide with acetaldehyde
- (D) Fermentation of starch
9. Which of the following is an explosive?
- (A) Nitro-glycerine
- (B) Trinitrotoluene (TNT)
- (C) Cellulose nitrate
- (D) All (a), (b), and (c)
10. Reaction of calcium carbide with water produces a gas, which is used
- (A) As an illuminant
- (B) For metal cutting/welding
- (C) Both (a) & (b)
- (D) Neither (a) nor (b)
11. Low temperature carbonization of coal takes place at __________ °C.
- (A) 300
- (B) 1100
- (C) 700
- (D) 900
12. In the manufacture of sulphuric acid from elemental sulphur, the following sequence of major operations is followed:
- (A) Furnace → converter → absorber
- (B) Furnace → evaporator → absorber
- (C) Furnace → converter → evaporator
- (D) Converter → furnace → absorber
13. Viscose rayon is
- (A) Cellulose nitrate
- (B) Regenerated cellulose nitrate
- (C) Regenerated cellulose acetate
- (D) None of these
14. Which of the following is not a product of coal tar distillation?
- (A) Anthracene
- (B) Creosote oil
- (C) Carbolic oil
- (D) None of these
15. Acrylonitrile is mainly used in the __________ industry.
- (A) Polymer
- (B) Printing
- (C) Dyeing
- (D) Photographic
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