Chemical Engineering MCQs

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Inversion of sucrose produces_____________________?
A. Fructose
B. Glucose
C. Both a. & b.
D. Neither a. nor b.
Soap cannot be used with hard water, because _________________?
A. Hard water contains sulphate
B. They form insoluble calcium soaps which precipitate
C. They attract back the removed dirt
D. None of these
Carborundum consists mainly of_________________?
A. Bauxite
B. Silicon carbide
C. Boron carbide
D. Calcium carbide
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is added in detergents to_________________?
A. Prevent redeposition of soil on cleaned surface
B. Act as optical brightening agent
C. Inhibit corrosion in washing machines made of aluminium
D. None of these
Styrene (a monomer for the production of polystyrene) is commercially produced by ____________________?
A. Catalytic dehydrogenation of ethyl benzene
B. Dehydration of ethyl alcohol followed by hydrogenation
C. Reacting ethylene oxide with acetaldehyde
D. Fermentation of starch
Reaction of calcium carbide with water produces a gas, which is used_________________?
A. As an illuminant
B. For metal cutting/welding
C. Both a. & b.
D. Neither a. nor b.
In the manufacture of sulphuric acid from elemental sulphur, the following sequence of major operations is followed ?
A. Furnace → converter → absorber
B. Furnace → evaporator → absorber
C. Furnace → converter → evaporator
D. Converter → furnace → absorber