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  1. Blow off cock in a boiler is used to

  2. A.

     Control the flow of steam from the boiler to the main pipe and to shut off the steam completely when required

    B.

     Empty the boiler when required and to discharge the mud, scale or sediments which are accumulated at the bottom of the boiler

    C.

     Put off fire in the furnace of the boiler when the level of water in the boiler falls to an unsafe limit

    D.

     Increase the temperature of saturated steam without raising its pressure


  3. The factor of evaporation for all boilers is always

  4. A.

     Equal to unity

    B.

     Less than unity

    C.

     Greater than unity

    D.

     None of these


  5. Film boiling occurs at

  6. A.

     Very low pressure

    B.

     Atmospheric pressures

    C.

     Medium pressures

    D.

     Very high pressures


  7. While steam expands in turbines, theoretically the entropy

  8. A.

     Remains constant

    B.

     Increases

    C.

     Decreases

    D.

     Behaves unpredictably


  9. Water and sediment in fuel oil can be removed by

  10. A.

     Heating the oil in the settling tanks

    B.

     Cooling the oil in the settling tanks

    C.

     Burning the oil

    D.

     Suspension


  11. The bituminous coal is no caking if its carbon content is

  12. A.

     78-81%

    B.

     81-85%

    C.

     85-90%

    D.

     90-95%


  13. The number of flue tubes in Lancashire boiler is

  14. A.

     Zero

    B.

     One

    C.

     Two

    D.

     Four


  15. Lancashire boiler is

  16. A.

     Stationary fire tube boiler

    B.

     Internally fired boiler

    C.

     Horizontal boiler

    D.

     All of these


  17. The heat loss in a boiler takes place in the form of

  18. A.

     Heat carried away by flue gases

    B.

     Heat carried away by ash

    C.

     Moisture present in fuel and steam formed by combustion of hydrogen in fuel

    D.

     All of the above


  19. The efficiency of the plant __________ with the mechanical draught.

  20. A.

     Increases

    B.

     Decreases

    C.

     Remains constant

    D.

     None of these