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  1. Power required for agitation depends upon the

  2. A.
    height & properties of the liquid.
    B.
    agitator type & speed of agitation.
    C.
    size of agitator & the tank.
    D.
    all (a), (b) and (c).

  3. Tube height in a calendria type evaporator is normally less than __________ metres.

  4. A.
    1
    B.
    2
    C.
    3.5
    D.
    5.5

  5. Pick out the wrong statement.

  6. A.
    Lug supports are less expensive than other type of supports.
    B.
    A pipe is differentiated from a tube by the fact that a pipe has a greater wall thickness compared to the tube.
    C.
    A reducer is used to change the direction of a pipe in a straight run.
    D.
    The method of fixing tubes to a tube sheet by expanding is called 'tube rolling'.

  7. For a 25 mm hole drilled in plates to be rivetted, the shank diameter of the rivet should be __________ mm.

  8. A.
    25
    B.
    23
    C.
    26
    D.
    27

  9. In a shell and tube heat exchanger having square pitch, the shell side equivalent diameter is given by (where, P = pitch, d = outside diameter of the tube)

  10. A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
    πd/4P2

  11. Optimum economic pipe diameter for fluid flow is determined by the

  12. A.
    viscosity of the fluid.
    B.
    density of the fluid.
    C.
    total cost considerations (pumping cost plus fixed cost of the pipe).
    D.
    none of these.

  13. Pressure differential maintained across a continuous rotary vacuum filter is in the range of __________ mm Hg column.

  14. A.
    50 to 100
    B.
    100 to 150
    C.
    250 to 500
    D.
    600 to 700

  15. Vertical storage vessels are never supported by __________ support.

  16. A.
    bracket
    B.
    saddle
    C.
    skirt
    D.
    lug

  17. In a double pipe (concentric) heat exchanger, the hydraulic radius for heat transfer (for a fluid flowing through the annulus) would be

  18. A.
    same as that for fluid flow.
    B.
    less than that for fluid flow.
    C.
    more than that for fluid flow.
    D.
    D2 - D1 (D1 and D2 are I.D. of inner and outer pipes respectively).

  19. Elastic failure of a material occurs, when the tensile stress equals yield strength, yield point or the elastic limit. Also, the elastic failure occurs according to maximum strain theory, when the maximum tensile strain equals (where, σ = yield strength and E = modulus of elasticity)

  20. A.
    E
    B.
    σ
    C.
    σ/E
    D.
    E