18. The cost of a distillation column in the year 2000 was Rs.

X what is the cost of the in the year 2007

given the cost indices for the 2000 and 2007 are 480 and 640 respectively?

(a) (

(b)

(c)

(d)

19. In the manufacture of ethylene oxid by air oxidation of ethylene, catalyst used is
(a) Fe

(b) Ni

(c) Ag

(d)

Cu

20. which of the following processes is used for the conversion of atmospheric residue from
atmospheric distillation of crude petroleum into middle distillates
(a) catalytic reforming

(b) fluid catalytic cracking

(c) alkylation

(d) hydrotreating

21. Match the numerical methods given in left- hand column with the equation given in right-hand
column.
Numerical methods
(i)
(ii)

Mathemethical Equation

Newton- Raphson
Eulers method

(a) Single Nonlinear algebraic equation

(b)Linear simultaneous equations
(C) ordinary differential equation of initial-value type
(d) ordinary differential equation of boundary value typ

(a) (i)-(a),(ii)-(d)

(b) (i)-(a),(ii)-(c)

(c) (i)-(b),(ii)-(c)

(d) (i)-(c),(ii)-(a)

22. A Unit nomal to the surface z=2Xy at the point (2,1,4) is

(a)2 +4j -k

(b)2 +4j +k

(c)

(d)

( 2 +4j -k)

23. The value of curl {grad(s)}, where f=

( 4 +2 - )

is

(a) 4X -6y+8z

(b) 4Xi -6yj +8zk

(c) 0

(d) 3

24. If the matrix

(a) 4,32, 2

], then the eigen values of

(b) 2,26,-4 (c) -4, 24,-6

+5A+ 8I are

(d) -1,13,3

25. If is any square matrix and is its transpose, then +

(a) a symmetric matrix

(b) a skew- symmetric matrix

(c) an orthogonal matrix

26. The coefficient of
(a)2

(d) an unitary matrix

in the Taylor series of

(b) (0)

is

(c) 1

(d)

X about 0 is

-1

27. Consider the following statements:

1. Newton is the force which when applied to a mass of 1kg produces an acceleration of 1

2. Pound force is the force which when applied to a mass of 1Ib produces an acceleration 1 ft/

.
.

3 . Dyne is the force which when applied to a mass of 1kg produces an acceleration of 1 cm/ .
4. Kilogram force is the force which when applied to a mass of 1Ib produces an acceleration of 1 m/ .
28.If the proportional band for the controller of question no.26 above is changed to 60%,the gain will be
(a)2 Psi/0C

(b)1 Psi/0C

(c) 0.8 Psi/0C

(d) 0.4 Psi/0C

29.Which of the following statement/s is/are not true for a P-D controller
(a) bring the system to steady state in the shortest time
(b) has a longer period of oscillation
(c) has small maximum deviation
(d) has no offset.
30. Invar is an alloy of
(a) iron and chromium

(b) iron and nickel

(c) nickel and chromium

(d) copper and aluminium.

31.Inver commonly employed as the low expansion metal in a bimetallic thermometer is an alloy of iron
and nickel which has temperature coefficient of expansion equal to about
(a) th of that of ordinary metals
(b)

th of that of ordinary metals

(c)

th of that of ordinary metals

(d)

th of that of ordinary metals

32.which of the following characteristics is not desirable for a ther- mometer bulb
(a) large area

(b) small mass

(c) small specific heat

(d) low thermal conductivity.

33.The temperature range over which the vapour pressure ther- mometers can be employed is
(a) -

(c)

(b)

(d

34.Thermocouples are reliable temperature measuring devices. A thermocouples used to define the
international temperature scale between
C(
F) to
(
) is of
(a) iron- constantan

(b) chromel- alumel

(c) copper- constantan

(d) platinum-platinum rhodium

35.Constantan is an alloy of
(a) copper and aluminium

(b) copper and chromium

(c) copper and nickel

(d) chromium and nickel.

In a normal atmosphere, the iron constantan thermocouple can be used to record the temperature in
range of
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

37. For resistance thermometers widely used in industry which of the following statement/s is/are not
correct
(a) accuracy
(b) simplicity
( c) effective measurement of very small increment of temperature
(D) can be used for temperature as low as C.

38.photoeleectric pyrometers (temperature measurement based on radiation) are used for

measurement of temperatures in the range of
(a)0-8000C

(b)800-16000C

(c)800-20000C

(d)0-20000C

39.For accurate measurement of temperature of a molten metal at 15000C, the measuring device used
is
(a) resistance thermometer

(b) thermocouple

(c) bimetallic thermometer

(d) optical pyrometer.

40.For the analysis of aliphatic and hydrocarbon compounds, the suitable instrument is a
(a) emission spectrometer

(b) flame spectrometer

(c) mass spectrometer

(d) flame photometer.

41.For the measurement of concentrations of sodium and potassium in the range of 15 to 1000 ppm
which is used in water and clinical analysis is achieved by
(a) mass spectrometer

(b) flame spectrometer

(c) flame photometer

(d) emission spectrometer.

42.Bourdon Gage is a pressure measuring device used for the range of

(a) 0-10 psia

(b) 10-2- psia

(c) 20-30 psia

(d) above 30 psia.

43.For measurement of vaccum, the instrument which cannot be used is a

(a) bourdon gage

(b) slack diaphragm

(c) U-tube manometer

(d) double bellows differential gagae.

44. For measurement of very low pressure (below 3 micron of mercury), the recommended instrument
is
(a) vane meter

(b) bourdon gage

(c) alphatron

(d) ionization gage.

45.For measurement of flow rate of sludge, the device used is

(a) vane meter

(b) open weir

(c) orifice meter

(d) venturimeter.

46.Pyrometric cones are specially made temperature measuring device used in

(a) ceramic kiln

(b) cement kiln

(c) blast furnace

(d) coal gasifier.

47.The instrument recommended for measuring the temperature of a red hot moving aluminium ingot
is a
(a) thermocouple

(b) thermister

(c) optical pyrometer

(d) radiation pyrometer.

48. For the measuring of contraction or expansion due to change in temperature, the instrument used
is a
(a) strain gage

(b) dilatometer

(c) alphatron

(d) vanemeter.

49.The unit step response of the transfer function

reaches its final steady state

asymptotically after
(a) a monotonic increase

(b) a monotonic decrease

(c) initially increasing and then decreasing

(d) initially decreasing and the increasing.
50.The unit step response of the transfer function
(a) has a non zero slope at the origin
(b) has a damped oscillatory characteristic
(c) is overdamped

(d) is unstable.

51.Select the statement from the following:

(a) The frequency response of a pure capacity process is unbounded

(b)The phase lag of a pure time delay system decreases with increasing frequency
(c) The amplitude ratio of a pure capacity process is inversely proportional to frequency
(d) The amplitude ratio of a pure capacity time delay system increases with frequency.
52.For a feedback control system to be stable, the
(a) roots of the closed loop transfer function should lie in the left half of the complex plane
(b) roots of the characteristic equation should be real
(c) Bode plots of the corresponding open loop transfer function should monotonically decrease
(d) poles of the closed loop transfer function should lie in the right half of the complex plane.
53.The initial value (t = o+) of the unit step response of the transfer function [(s + 1)/(2s+1)] is
(a) 0

(b)

(c) 1

(d) 2.

54.The time constant of a unity gain, first order plus time delay process is 5 min. If the phase log at a
frequency of 0.2 rad/min. is 600 ,then the dead time (in minutes) is
(a) 5

(b)

(c)

(d)

55.Which of the following wavelength of the radiation is used in NMR

(a) X-rays

(b) infrared

(C) microwaves

(d) radio waves.

56.Most popular electron microscopes use accelerating voltages of about,

(a) 1 kV

(b) 10 kV

(c) 100 kV

(d) 1000 kV.

57.Objects such as cells, viruses, ribosomes etc. can be imaged clearly by electron microscopy. While
total usually possible with light microscope is about 800, the value obtained with electron microscope
Is of the order of
(a) 103

(b) 104

(c) 105

(d) 106.

58.The concentration of carbon dioxide in the exhaust gas from a cell bioreactor is indicative of
fermentative activity of the organisms and hence is one of the most useful measurements in monitoring
and controlling such a reactor. Which of the following method/s cannot be adopted for the
measurement of carbon dioxide concentration in above case ?

(a) Orsat analysis

(b) themal conduxtivity

(c) mass spectroscopy

(d) gas chromatography.