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Below are the scanned copy of Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) Question Paper with answer keys of Exam Name 'ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (CHEMICAL ENGINEERING) ' And exam conducted in the year 2017. And Question paper code was '071/2017/OL'. Medium of question paper was in Malayalam or English . Booklet Alphacode was 'A'. Answer keys are given at the bottom, but we suggest you to try answering the questions yourself and compare the key along wih to check your performance. Because we would like you to do and practice by yourself.
C:-forced convection and conduction
D:-free and forced convection
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question47:-LMTD in case of counter flow heat exchanger as compared to parallel flow heat exchanger is
A:-higher
B:-lower
C:-same
D:-depends on the area of heat exchanger
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question48:-Which mechanism of heat transfer is involved in heating a pot with water on a stove ?
A:-Convection
B:-Conduction
:-Radiation
D:-Induction
Correct Answer:-Question Cancelled
Question49:-The heat transfer by radiation from a mild steel surface is to be reduced by reducing the emissivity of the
surface. This can be best achieved by
A:-painting the surface black
B:-roughening the surface
C:-surface a mirror finish
D:-none of these
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question50:-Water enters a thin walled tube (L=1m, D=3mm) at an inlet temperature of 97°C and mass flow rate 0.015 kg/s.
The tube wall is maintained at a constant temperature of 27°C. Given the following data for water
Density ‘rho’ = 1000 kg/*m*(3)*, Viscosity ‘mu* = 489x*10%(-6) Ns/*m*(2)°, Specific heat *C_(p)’ = 4184J/kg/K
Inside heat transfer coefficient h = 12978 W/('m*(2) K)
The outlet temperature of water in °C is
A:-28
B:-37
C:-62
D:-96
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question51:-Prandtl number is the ratio of
A:-mass diffusivity to thermal diffusivity
B:-Momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity
C:-Thermal diffusivity to mass diffusivity
D:-thermal diffusivity to momentum diffusivity
Correct Answer:- Option-B
Question52:-Which one of the following statements is true with regards to the percentage saturation (P.S) and relative
saturation (R.S) ?
A:P.S = RS
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S< RS
D:-P.S and R.S are not inter related
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question53:-The feed to a binary distillation column has 40 mole% vapour and 60 mole% liquid. Then the slope of the q-line
in the McCabe-Thiele plot is
5
:--0.6
C:-0.6
D:-1.5
Correct Answer:- Option-A
Question54:-1000 kg of wet solids are to be dried from 60% to 20% moisture (by weight). The mass of moisture removed in
kg is
A:-100 kg
B:-200 kg
0:-500 kg
D:-400 kg
Correct Answer:- Option-C
Question55:-'* When a multistage try tower uses a minimum reflux ratio it implies ?