Practice Test: Question Set - 06
1. Poly-methyl-methacrylate (PMMA) is known as
- (A) Bakelite
- (B) Teflon
- (C) Perspex
- (D) Nylon-6
2. Orion is
- (A) A copolymer
- (B) A condensation polymer
- (C) Obtained by polymerising vinyl cyanide
- (D) All (a), (b) and (c)
3. A copolymer of vinyl and vinylidene chloride is called
- (A) Treylene
- (B) Orlon
- (C) Saran
- (D) Dacron
4. Pick out the wrong statement.
- (A) Linear polymers are formed from bifunctional
groups only and are normally thermoplastic
- (B) Cross-linked branched chain polymers are either
elastometric or thermosetting
- (C) Branching in case of cross-linked polymers caused by small amount of
impurities in bifunctional monomer formulation reduces its solubility and
increases the softening point
- (D) Dibasic acids reacts with dihydric alcohols to give polyesters using
addition polymerisation reaction
5. SBR is produced by the copolymerisation of butadiene & styrene by employing emulsion polymerisation. The weight ratio of styrene and butadiene is maintained at
- (A) 1 : 3
- (B) 3 : 1
- (C) 1 : 2
- (D) 2 : 1
6. Alkyd resin e.g., glyptal resin formed by Phthalic anhydride and glycerine is not used
- (A) For surface coating of automobiles & air crafts
- (B) For fibre making
- (C) As plasticiser for PVC & nitrocellulose
- (D) For film forming materials
7. Thermosetting polymers as compared to thermoplastic polymers
- (A) Are formed by addition polymerization
- (B) Have three dimensional structure
- (C) Have linear structure
- (D) None of these
8. Neoprene is rendered non-inflammable, because of
- (A) Its cross-linked structure
- (B) Its linear chain structure
- (C) The presence of chlorine atoms in its monomer
- (D) The absence of chlorine atoms in its monomer
9. __________ is not a polyester fibre.
- (A) Terylene
- (B) Dacron
- (C) Nylon
- (D) Polyacrylonitrile
10. Buna-S is also called
- (A) Polyurethane
- (B) SBR
- (C) Teflon
- (D) Bakelite
11. In nylon-66, the first and second numbers (i.e., 6) respectively designate the number of carbon atoms present in the
- (A) Hexamethylene diamine and the ring
- (B) Hexamethylene diamine and the adipic acid
- (C) Adipic acid and the ring
- (D) None of these
12. Which of the following is not a polymer of two monomers?
- (A) Teflon
- (B) Bakelite
- (C) SBR
- (D) None of these
13. The monomer of poly vinyl chloride (PVC) is
- (A) Chloroethane
- (B) Ethylene dichloride
- (C) Ethyl chloride
- (D) Chloroform
14. Thermocol (expanded polystyrene) is not used for
- (A) Low temperature thermal insulation as in refrigerator and air
conditioners
- (B) Acoustic control and ceiling for building
- (C) High temperature thermal insulation in furnaces
- (D) Packing of delicate electronic gadgets
15. Addition polymerization takes place either by a free radical mechanism or ionic mechanism depending on the reagents used. Free radical polymerization is catalyzed by __________, which decompose to give free radicals.
- (A) Organic peroxides
- (B) Sulphuric acid
- (C) Hydrofluoric acid
- (D) None of these
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