Mechanical Engineering MCQs

2075 MCQs  (Page 36 of 208)

Cork is a good insulator because it has___________________?
A. Free electrons
B. Atoms colliding frequency
C. Low density
D. Porous body
Thermal conductivity of air with rise in temperature__________________?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains constant
D. May increase or decrease depending on temperature
Total heat is the heat required to__________________?
A. Change vapour into liquid
B. Change liquid into vapour
C. Increase the temperature of a liquid or vapour
D. Convert water into steam and superheat it
The time constant of a thermocouple is_______________?
A. The time taken to attain the final temperature to be measured
B. The time taken to attain 50% of the value of initial temperature difference
C. The time taken to attain 63.2% of the value of initial temperature difference
D. Determined by the time taken to reach 100°c from 0°c
Thermal conductivity of a material may be defined as the________________?
A. Quantity of heat flowing in one second through one cm cube of material when opposite faces ^re maintained at a temperature difference of 1°c
B. Quantity of heat flowing in one second through a slab of the material of area one cm square, thickness 1 cm when its faces differ in temperature by 1°c
C. Heat conducted in unit time across unit area through unit thickness when a temperature difference of unity is maintained between opposite faces
D. All of the above