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  1. Which of the following is the most suitable for very high pressure gas phase reaction ?

  2. A.
    Batch reactor
    B.
    Tubular flow reactor
    C.
    Stirred tank reactor
    D.
    Fluidised bed reactor

  3. The reaction between oxygen and organic material is a/an __________ reaction.

  4. A.
    exothermic
    B.
    endothermic
    C.
    biochemical
    D.
    photochemical

  5. With decrease in temperature, the equilibrium conversion of a reversible endother-mic reaction

  6. A.
    decreases
    B.
    increases
    C.
    remains unaffected
    D.
    increases linearly with temperature

  7. In an exothermic chemical reaction, the reactants compared to the products have

  8. A.
    higher temperature
    B.
    more energy
    C.
    less energy
    D.
    same energy.

  9. For a reaction of the type, , the rate of reaction (- rx) is given by

  10. A.
    (K1+K1)CX
    B.
    (K1+K2+K3)CX
    C.
    K1CV - K2CX
    D.
    (K1-K2)CX

  11. In a consecutive reaction system when E1 is much greater than E2, the yield of B increases with the

  12. A.
    increase of temperature.
    B.
    decrease of temperature.
    C.
    increase in initial concentration of A.
    D.
    decrease in initial concentration of A.

  13. A reversible liquid phase endothermic reaction is to be carried out in a plug flow reactor. For minimum reactor volume, it should be operated such that the temperature along the length

  14. A.
    decreases.
    B.
    increases.
    C.
    is at the highest allowable temperature throughout.
    D.
    first increases and then decreases.

  15. The rate constant of a chemical reaction increases by 100 times when the temperature is increased from 400 °K to 500 °K. Assuming transition state theory is valid, the value of E/R is

  16. A.
    8987°K
    B.
    9210°K
    C.
    8764°K
    D.
    8621°K

  17. A batch reactor is suitable for

  18. A.
    achieving cent percent conversion of reactants into products.
    B.
    large scale gaseous phase reactions.
    C.
    liquid phase reactions.
    D.
    obtaining uniform polymerisation products in highly exothermic reactions.

  19. For a heterogeneous catalytic reaction

  20. A.
    free energy of activation is lowered in the presence of catalyst, which remains unchanged at the end of reaction.
    B.
    a relatively small amount of catalyst can cause the conversion of large amount of reactants which does not mean that catalyst concentration is important.
    C.
    the catalyst does not form an intermediate complex with the reactant.
    D.
    the surface of the catalyst does not play an important role during reaction.