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  1. If the overall efficiency and Murphree plate efficiency are equal, then both the equilibrium and operating lines are

  2. A.
    straight
    B.
    parallel
    C.
    both (a) & (b)
    D.
    neither (a) nor (b)

  3. Which of the following operations does not involve leaching ?

  4. A.
    Dissolving gold from ores.
    B.
    Dissolving pharmaceutical products from bark or roots.
    C.
    Dissolving sugar from the cells of the beet.
    D.
    Removing nicotine from its water solution by kerosene.

  5. The recovery of pencillin from the acidified fermentation broth is done by

  6. A.
    distillation
    B.
    evaporation
    C.
    absorption
    D.
    liquid extraction

  7. Unit operation involved in the prilling of urea is

  8. A.
    evaporation
    B.
    drying
    C.
    crystallisation
    D.
    both (b) and (c)

  9. Molecular seives are porous

  10. A.
    alumina.
    B.
    silica.
    C.
    synthetic zeolites crystals/metal alumino-silicates.
    D.
    none of these.

  11. Calcium ammonium nitrate (a fertiliser) is dried in a __________ dryer.

  12. A.
    rotary
    B.
    vacuum
    C.
    tunnel
    D.
    tray

  13. A binary mixture of benzene and cyclohexane is separated by

  14. A.
    flash vaporisation
    B.
    extractive distillation
    C.
    solvent extraction
    D.
    ordinary distillation

  15. Component A is diffusing in a medium B. The flux NA relative to a stationary point is equal to the flux due to molecular difusion, if

  16. A.
    mass transfer is accompanied by reaction.
    B.
    diffusion of A is in stagnant medium B.
    C.
    molecular mean free path is high.
    D.
    there is equimolar counter diffusion.

  17. Cox chart is useful in the design of

  18. A.
    distillation column
    B.
    evaporator
    C.
    dryer
    D.
    crystalliser

  19. Dew point of an air-water vapor mixture

  20. A.
    decreases with decrease in pressure.
    B.
    at constant humidity & total pressure is fixed.
    C.
    corresponding to any point on the humidity chart is obtained by projecting a line through this point parallel to the temperature axis and to the saturation curve.
    D.
    all 'a', 'b' & 'c'.