Practice Test: Question Set - 15
1. For handling sulphuric acid of 95% strength, the suitable material of construction for pipes is
- (A) Stainless steel
- (B) Cast iron
- (C) Aluminium
- (D) Nickel
2. The presence of impurities in iron
- (A) Increases its melting
point
- (B) Does
not affect its melting point
- (C) Decreases
its melting point
- (D) Makes
it malleable
3. Carbon content in plain carbon steel is __________ percent.
- (A) 0.1 to 0.15
- (B) 0.35
to 0.45
- (C) 0.65 to 0.80
- (D) 0.85 to 1.2
4. Hardest materials so far found is
- (A) Diamond
- (B) Graphite
- (C) Carborundum
- (D) Pumice
stone
5. Common house hold glass (i.e., soda-lime glass) is a/an __________ material.
- (A) Fully
crystalline
- (B) Partly
crystalline
- (C) Amorphous
- (D) None
of these
6. Ball bearings are generally made of
- (A) Plain
carbon steel
- (B) Chrome
carbon steel
- (C) Stainless
steel
- (D) Malleable
cast iron
7. A magnetic material becomes __________ above the Curie temperature.
- (A) Ferromagnetic
- (B) Diamagnetic
- (C) Paramagnetic
- (D) None
of these
8. Which of the following constituents of cast iron is mainly responsible for imparting it an anti-corrosive property?
- (A) Silicon
- (B) Phosphorus
- (C) Sulphur
- (D) None
of these
9. In the Kraft process of sulphate paper pulp manufacture, the black liquor and the white liquor storage tank is made of
- (A) Concrete
- (B) Wood
- (C) Steel
- (D) Porcelain
10. Fatigue failure of a material may occur, when it is subjected to __________ stress.
- (A) Fluctuating
- (B) Tensile
- (C) Compressive
- (D) Torsion
11. The ability of a material to offer resistance to scratching or indentation is a measure of its
- (A) Brittleness
- (B) Toughness
- (C) Hardness
- (D) Resilience
12. Rotary driers are generally made of
- (A) Cast iron
- (B) Mild
steel
- (C) High silicon iron
(14% Si)
- (D) Tin lined with
refractory bricks
13. Metalloid is
- (A) Highly
electronegative in nature
- (B) An element
which exhibits the properties of both metal & non-metal
- (C) An alloy
- (D) All (a), (b) and (c)
14. Acetaldehyde is shipped in __________ drums.
- (A) Cast iron
- (B) Steel
- (C) Aluminium
- (D) Either (b) & (c)
15. Most suitable material for high pressure vessel operating at 500 atm. and 500° C is
- (A) Molybdenum
stainless steel
- (B) 18/8 stainless steel
- (C) Mild steel
- (D) High silicon iron
(14% Si)
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