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Chemical Engineering Mcqs 9594 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Chemical Engineering MCQs designed for job test and interview preparation, particularly for fresh graduates, students, and candidates appearing in competitive exams. These multiple-choice questions cover important topics such as the fundamentals of chemical engineering, chemical processes, chemical reactions, process control, and instrumentation, along with other key concepts in the field.

In a first order reaction, the time required to reduce the concentration of reactant from 1 mole/litre to 0.5 mole/litre will be ______________ that required to reduce it from 10 moles/litre to 5 moles/litre in the same volume ?
A More than
B Less than
C Same as
D Data insufficient; can’t be predicted
Correct Answer: Same as
A first order reaction A → B occurs in an isothermal porous catalyst pellet of spherical shape. If the concentration of A at the centre of the pellet is much less than at the external surface, the process is limited by__________________?
A Diffusion within the pellet
B Reaction
C External mass transfer
D None of the above
Correct Answer: Diffusion within the pellet
The use of space time is preferred over the mean residence time in the design of a/an____________________?
A Batch reactor
B Ideal tubular-flow reactor
C Slurry reactor
D CSTR
Correct Answer: Ideal tubular-flow reactor
For a packed bed reactor; the presence of a long tail in the residence time distribution curve is an indication of ?
A Ideal plug flow
B Bypass
C Dead zone
D Channelling
Correct Answer: Dead zone
Overall rate of reaction in a heterogeneous catalytic reaction depends upon the mass and energy transfer from the fluid to solid surface and its rate of reaction is usually ________________ the concentration of catalyst, if it does not entail a chain mechanism?
A Proportional to
B Independent of
C Inversely proportional to
D Proportional to the square of
Correct Answer: Proportional to
Fractional conversion _________________ for an exothermic reversible chemical reaction, when the temperature is maximum?
A Increases
B Remains unchanged
C Decreases
D Unpredictable from the data
Correct Answer: Decreases
For identical flow rate and feed composition, X plug flow reactors (PER) in series with a total volume V gives the same conversion as single_______________?
A CSTR of volume V
B PFR of volume V
C CSTR of volume V/X
D PFR of volume V/X
Correct Answer: PFR of volume V
The irreversible reaction, X → Y, is the special case of the reversible reaction, X ⇌ Y, in which the _____________________?
A Equilibrium constant is infinite
B Fractional conversion of ‘A’ at equilibrium is unity
C Concentration of ‘A’ at equilibrium is zero
D All A., B. and C.
Correct Answer: All A., B. and C.
Half life period of decomposition of a liquid ‘A’ by irreversible first order reaction is 12 minutes. The time required for 75% conversion of ‘A’ is _____________ minutes?
A 18
B 24
C 6
D 12
Correct Answer: 24
The fractional volume change between no conversion and complete conversion, for the isothermal gas phase reaction, 2A → R, is___________________?
A 0.5
B -0.5
C 1
D 1.5
Correct Answer: 0.5