Practice Test: Question Set - 02
1. Low pressure Zeigler process of polythene manufacture
- (A) Employs a pressure of 30 kgf/cm2
- (B) Achieves an yield of 95-98% based on ethylene
- (C) Produces very low density polythene
- (D) Does not use any catalyst for polymerisation
2. Fillers such as zinc oxide and carbon black are added to the crude natural rubber before vulcanisation in order to improve its
- (A) Elasticity
- (B) Strength
- (C) Plasticity
- (D) Weathering characteristics
3. Cross linked polymers formed from bi-and trifunctional groups in which cross-linkage in three dimensions via few chemical bonding across linear chains occur imparts to the polymer __________ properties.
- (A) Thermoplastic
- (B) Thermosetting
- (C) Elastometric
- (D) Brittleness
4. Cation exchange resins used in water treatment is made from __________ resin.
- (A) Urea formaldehyde
- (B) Epoxy
- (C) Amino
- (D) Phenolic
5. Thermoplastic resins usually
- (A) Remain hard as long as they are hot
- (B) Cannot be reclaimed from waste
- (C) Permanent setting resins
- (D) Less brittle than thermosetting resins
6. Celluloid is
- (A) Cellulose acetate
- (B) Regenerated cellulose
- (C) Cellulose nitrate
- (D) Cellulose acetate butyrate
7. Cation exchange resins (0.3 to 1 mm size) used in water treatment is prepared from __________ resins.
- (A) Epoxy
- (B) Phenol formaldehyde
- (C) Urea formaldehyde
- (D) Melamine formaldehyde
8. Tyres are made by
- (A) Injection moulding
- (B) Extrusion
- (C) Rotational moulding
- (D) Compression moulding
9. Perspex can be used as a substitute of glass. Its monomer is
- (A) Methyl methacrylate
- (B) DMT
- (C) Butadiene
- (D) Tetrafluoroethylene
10. Automobile steering wheels are normally made of
- (A) Cellulose acetate
- (B) Cellulose nitrate
- (C) PVC
- (D) High density polythene
11. Main constituent of cotton fibre is
- (A) Lignin
- (B) Cellulose
- (C) Starch
- (D) Gelatine
12. In case of dry spinning of polymers, the polymer solution in a volatile solvent is forced through the spinnerates into a warm air chamber, where the solvent evaporates leaving behind the polymer in the filament form. Dry spinning is used for __________ fibres.
- (A) Polythene
- (B) PVC
- (C) Rayon
- (D) Polyvinyl acetate
13. Glyptal used in the manufacture of paints & lacquers is a __________ polymer.
- (A) Polyamide
- (B) Polystyrene
- (C) Polyester
- (D) Polyacrylonitrile
14. The main use of butadiene is
- (A) As a plasticiser for unsaturated polyester
- (B) In the manufacture of synthetic rubber
- (C) As an anti-skimming agent in paint
- (D) None of these
15. Temperature and gage pressure maintained during the manufacture of hot SBR (styrene butadiene rubber) are
- (A) 50°C and 3 - 4 kg/cm2
- (B) 50°C and 1 kgf/cm2
- (C) 250°C and 10 kgf/cm2
- (D) 250°C and 1 kgf/cm2
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