Mechanical Engineering Mcqs

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


The ratio of heat utilised to produce steam and the heat liberated in furnace is known as___________________?

(A) boiler effectiveness

(B) boiler evaporative capacity

(C) factor of evaporation

(D) equivalent evaporation

(D) boiler efficiency

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


Boiler H.P. is defined as the ________________ ?

(A) steam evaporation rate per kg of fuel fired

(B) work done in evaporating 1 kg of steam per hour from and at 100°C into dry saturated steam

(C) the evaporation of 15.65 kg of water per hour from and at 100°C into dry saturated steam

(D) work done by 1 kg of steam at saturation condition

(D) heat consumed in evaporating 1 kg water at 0°C to steam at 100°C and 1.033 kg/cm pressure

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


The fusible plug in small boilers is located ________________?

(A) in the drum

(B) in the fire tubes

(C) above steam dome

(D) over the combustion chamber

(D) at the inlet of chimney

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


The number of drums in Benson steam generator is_________________?

(A) one

(B) two

(C) one steam drum and one water drum

(D) no drum

(D) none of the above

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


If a steam sample is nearly in dry condition, then its dryness fraction can be most accurately determined by___________________?

(A) throttling calorimeter

(B) separating calorimeter

(C) combined separating and throttling calorimeter

(D) bucket calorimeter

(D) none of the above

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


On Mollier chart, flow through turbine is represented by ________________?

(A) horizontal straight line

(B) vertical straight line

(C) straight inclined line

(D) curved line

(D) none of the above

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


With increase in load, radiant super heater has____________________?

(A) drooping characteristic

(B) lihear characterisstic

(C) rising characteristic

(D) flat characteristic

(D) none of the above

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


The major axis of elliptical manholes on the shell should be provided___________________?

(A) longitudinally

(B) circumferentially

(C) on dished end

(D) anywhere

(D) vertically

Submitted By: Ali Uppal


Size of boiler tubes is specified by___________________?

(A) mean diameter and thickness

(B) inside diameter and thickness

(C) outside diameter and thickness

(D) outside diameter and inside diameter

(D) outside diameter alone

Submitted By: Ali Uppal