Practice Test: Question Set - 28
1. Wood charcoal is used for decolouration of sugar, because it __________ the coloured materials.
- (A) Adsorbs
- (B) Oxidizes
- (C) Reduces
- (D) Converts
2. More than 100 percent of __________ is present in oleum.
- (A) SO3
- (B) H2SO4
- (C) H2SO3
- (D) SO2
3. Thermal pyrolysis of ethylene dichloride produces
- (A) Trichloroethylene
- (B) Vinyl chloride
- (C) Ethanol
amine
- (D) Ethylene oxide
4. Oxidation of ortho-xylene in presence of __________ catalyst is done to produce phthalic anhydride on commercial scale.
- (A) Nickel
- (B) Vanadium
- (C) Alumina
- (D) Iron
5. Argon is the third largest constituent of air (followed by N2 & O2). Its percentage by volume in air is
- (A) 0.14
- (B) 0.34
- (C) 0.94
- (D) 1.4
6. Ca(OH)2 is called
- (A) Quicklime
- (B) Slaked lime
- (C) Limestone
- (D) Gypsum
7. Diaphragm electrolytic cell as compared to mercury electrolytic cell
- (A) Produces 70% NaOH
solution
- (B) Requires less
specific power consumption for the production of chlorine
- (C) Requires lesser
investment for similar capacity
- (D) All (a), (b) and (c)
8. Helium is produced on commercial scale from
- (A) Air
- (B) Natural gas
- (C) Coke oven gas
- (D) None of these
9. Concentration of sulphide ores is done usually by
- (A) Roasting
- (B) Smelting
- (C) Froth floatation
- (D) Electromagnetic
separation
10. RDX (an explosive), which is more sensitive but less toxic than TNT, is chemically
- (A) Cyclo trimethylene
trinitramine
- (B) Trinitro resorcinol
- (C) Cyclo tetramethylene
tetranitramine
- (D) Trinitrobenzene
11. Bleaching of paper pulp is done with
- (A) Activated clay
- (B) Bromine
- (C) Chlorine or chlorine
dioxide
- (D) Magnesium sulphite
12. Pick out the wrong statement.
- (A) Conversion of SO2 to
SO3 in Monsanto-4 pass converter is about 98%
- (B) The
chemical formula of oleum is H2S2O7, which is
formed by saturating sulphuric acid with sulphur trioxide
- (C) Vitriol oil is nothing
but technical sulphuric acid
- (D) Decomposition of
sulphuric acid on heating does not start before its boiling
13. Which of the following processes is absent in glass manufacturing process?
- (A) Sintering
- (B) Annealing
- (C) Shaping or forming
- (D) Melting
14. Catalytic oxidation of naphthalene produces
- (A) Styrene
- (B) Phenol
- (C) Phthalic
anhydride
- (D) None of these
15. 90% of the caprolactam is converted to nylon-6 on its condensation polymerisation in the reactor maintained at __________ °C.
- (A) < 0
- (B) 10-30
- (C) 250-280
- (D) 500-600
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