Mass Transfer

2 of 7 sets

101. The wet and 'dry bulb temperature for a vapour-gas mixture are 25°C and
30°C respectively. If the mixture is heated to 45°C at constant pressure, the wet
bulb temperature will be __________ °C.
A. 25
B. > 25
C. < 25
D. - 25
Answer:B

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102. Water entrained by circulating air in cooling towers is termed as
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A. Drift
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B. Blow down
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C. Vapor load
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D. None of these

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Answer:A
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103. Pick out the wrong statement.
A. Size of component molecules are not equal
B. Attractive forces between like and unlike molecules in the solution are approximately equal
C. Component molecules are non-polar
D. Chemical combination or molecular association between unlike molecules takes place in the
formation of solution
Answer:C

104. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the analogy between equations of
heat and mass transfer operations.
A. Sherwood number in mass transfer is analogous to Nusselt number in heat transfer
B. Prandtl number in heat transfer is analogous to Schmidt number in mass transfer
C. Reynolds number in mass transfer is analogous to Grashoff number in heat transfer
D. Reynolds number remains the same in both heat and mass transfer
Answer:C
105. Plate efficiency in a distillation column is reduced due to the __________ of
liquid.
A. Entrainment
B. Foaming
C. Weeping & dumping
D. All (A), (B) & (C)
Answer:D

106. Pick out the wrong statement.

A. Mass transfer co-efficient does not account for gas-liquid diffusion
B. Diffusion co-efficient and mass transfer co-efficient are not same in any mass transfer
operation
C. Contacting cold vapor-gas mixture with hot liquid exemplifies humidification process
D. Contacting cold liquid with warm vapor-gas mixture exemplifies dehumidification process
Answer:A

107. Blowdown in a cooling tower

A. Means discarding a small fraction of circulating water to prevent and limit the concentration of
salt and impurities
B. Increases the scale forming tendencies of water
C. Is undesirable
D. All (A), (B) & (C)
Answer:A

108. Pick out the wrong statement.

A. In solvent extraction, the distribution co-efficient should be as large as possible for solvent
economy
B. With increase in pressure, the solubility of gases in solvent increases at a fixed temperature
C. Decrease in Murphree plate efficiency is an indication of entrainment in distillation column
D. The capacity of a distillation column is maximum at total reflux
Answer:D

109. Rayleigh's equation applies to __________ distillation.

A. Continuous
B. Steam
C. Differential

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 D. Flash
Answer:C

110. In extraction, as the temperature increases, the area of heterogeneity (area

covered by binodal curve)
A. Decreases
B. Increases
C. Remains unchanged
D. None of these
Answer:A

111. In most of the mechanically agitated liquid-liquid extractors, baffles or

horizontal compartmental plates are provided, which helps in
A. Reducing the axial mixing
B. Increasing the rate of extraction
C. Maintaining the concentration difference between the two phases
D. All 'a', 'b' & 'c'
Answer:D

112. The interfacial area per unit volume of dispersion, in a gas-liquid contactor,
for fractional hold up of gas = 0.1 and gas bubble diameter = 0.5 mm is given by (in
m2 /m3 )
A. 500
B. 1200
C. 900
D. 800
Answer:A

113. The slope of 9-line is determined by the

A. Reflux ratio
B. Plate efficiency to be achieved
C. Thermal condition of the feed
D. Relative volatility
Answer:C

114. For a binary mixture with low relative volatility,

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 A. Use steam distillation
B. Use molecular distillation
C. Use high pressure distillation
D. An azeotrope may be formed during distillation
Answer:D

115. Freundlich equation applies to the adsorption of solute from

A. Dilute solutions, over a small concentration range
B. Gaseous solutions at high pressure
C. Concentrated solutions
D. None of these
Answer:A

116. Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the cooling towers.
A. In case of induced draft cooling tower, the fan is placed at the top of the tower
B. Effectiveness of forced draft cooling tower is reduced by the recirculation of the humid and hot
discharged air
C. A natural draft cooling tower is recommended to be used, when the air humidity is low and air
temperature is also low
D. Effectiveness of a mechanical draft cooling tower is reduced with increase in air wet-bulb
temperature
Answer:D

117. The Hatta number is important in

A. Multi-component distillation
B. Binary distillation
C. Gas absorption without chemical reaction
D. Gas absorption with chemical reaction
Answer:D

118. The dew point of an unsaturated gas-vapor mixture does not depend upon the
__________ of the mixture.
A. Composition
B. Temperature
C. Total pressure

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 D. All (A), (B) and (C)
Answer:B

119. A solid is being dried in the linear drying rate regime from moisture content
Xo to XF. The drying rate is zero at X = 0 and the critical moisture content is the
same as the initial moisture Xo. The drying time for M = (Ls /ARc) is (where, L =
total mass of dry solid, A = total surface area for drying Rc = Constant maximum
drying rate per unit area X = moisture content (in mass of water/mass of dry
solids))
A. M(Xo - XF)
B. M(Xo/XF)
C. M ln(Xo/XF)
D. MXo ln(Xo/XF)
Answer:D

120. In case of physical adsorption, the difference between heat of adsorption and
heat of normal condensation is
A. Equal to the heat of formation of surface compound
B. Equal to the heat of wetting
C. Zero
D. Called integral heat of adsorption
Answer:B

121. The critical moisture content in case of drying indicates the __________ rate
period.
A. Beginning of falling
B. Beginning of constant
C. End of falling
D. None of these
Answer:A

122. Pick out the wrong statement.

A. The binary diffusivity in liquids is of the order of 10-5 cm2 /sec
B. Molecular diffusion in solid is much faster than that in liquids
C. Particles movement from higher concentration to lower concentration takes place in diffusion
process

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 D. According to Poiseuille's law, the permeability decreases with increase in temperature for flow
of a gas through a given capillary
Answer:B

123. Humidity chart is useful for the solution of problems concerning

condensation, vaporisation and air conditioning. At a given dry bulb temperature,
value of humidity obtained from the humidity chart directly, is in terms of
__________ humidity.
A. Molal
B. Relative
C. Percentage
D. None of these
Answer:A

124. Separation of two volatile liquids by distillation makes use of their

A. Selectivity
B. Relative volatility
C. Solubility
D. Density difference
Answer:B

125. Powdery materials can be guarded against caking tendency on storage by

A. Providing irregular grain size
B. Providing minimum percentage of voids
C. Having maximum possible points of contact
D. None of these
Answer:D

126. The minimum liquid rate to be used in an absorber corresponds to an

operating line
A. Of slope = 1
B. Of slope = 0.1
C. Tangential to the equilibrium curve
D. None of these
Answer:C

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127. Leaching of uranium ore and gold ore is done in
A. Centrifugal extractor
B. Pachuca tanks
C. Bollman extractor
D. None of these
Answer:B

128. The slope of the operating line for a single component co-current absorber
when plotted in terms of mole ratio units is
A. 0
B. ?
C. -ve
D. +ve
Answer:C

129. For a ternary mixture, in which equilateral triangular co-ordinate is used in

leaching and extraction, a __________ of the equilateral triangular co-ordinates.
A. Binary mixture is represented by the apex
B. Binary mixture is represented by any point inside
C. Ternary mixture is represented by the sides
D. Pure component is represented by the apex
Answer:D

130. In a gas-liquid absorption column, for obtaining the maximum absorption

efficiency
A. Liquid stream should be distributed uniformly
B. Gas stream should be distributed uniformly
C. Both gas as well as liquid streams should be distributed uniformly
D. By passing should be completely avoided
Answer:C

131. To get high tray efficiency

A. Interfacial surface between liquid and gas phase should be large
B. Time of contact between the two phases should be less
C. Gas velocity should be very low
D. Liquid entrainment should be severe

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Answer:A

132. Lewis number (Le) is

A. Sc × Pr
B. Pr × St
C. Sh × Pr
D. St × Sh
Answer:A

133. Which is not concerned directly with mass transfer?

A. Schmidt number
B. Sherwood number
C. Lewis relationship
D. Froude number
Answer:D

134. Most important factor to be considered in the selection of packings for

absorbers is the __________ of packing.
A. Size
B. Durability
C. Porosity
D. Cost
Answer:C

135. For ethanol-water system, the lowering of distillate quality from 95% to 92%
will cause __________ plate requirement.
A. No change in theoretical
B. Marginal decrease in the number of
C. Major decrease in the number of
D. None of these
Answer:B

136. Experimental determination of __________ is done by wetted wall column

method.
A. Diffusion co-efficient
B. Mass transfer co-efficient

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 C. NTU
D. None of these
Answer:B

137. Ammonia present in the coke oven gas is removed by washing with
A. Caustic solution
B. Dilute ammoniacal liquor
C. Dilute HCl
D. Ethanolamine
Answer:B

138. Which of the following provides maximum contact surface for a liquid-vapour
system?
A. Packed tower
B. Bubble-cap plate column
C. Sieve-plate column
D. Wetted wall column
Answer:A

139. At the boiling point of the liquid at the prevailing pressure, the saturated
absolute humidity becomes
A. 1
B. 0
C. ?
D. None of these
Answer:C

140. Measurement of the interfacial area of mass transfer is achieved easily &
accurately in case of a __________ column.
A. Spray
B. Packed
C. Bubble cap plate
D. Wetted wall
Answer:D

141. Which of the following is directly concerned with Psychrometry?

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 A. Lewis relationship
B. Galileo number
C. Weber number
D. Dean number
Answer:A

142. In the layout plan for a vacuum distillation unit, operating at 60 mm Hg,
supported by a barometric condenser, the appropriate place for the location of
vacuum drum for collecting the distillate will be
A. At ground level
B. 2 metres above the ground
C. 5 metres above ground
D. 10 metres above ground
Answer:A

143. Which of the following is an undesirable property in a tower packing?

A. Large surface per unit volume
B. Large free cross-section
C. Low weight per unit volume
D. Large weight of liquid retained
Answer:D

144. High pressure at the bottom of a distillation tower handling heat sensitive
materials results in
A. Thermal decomposition of bottoms
B. Increased relative volatility
C. Erosion of the tower
D. Very efficient operation
Answer:A

145. Steady state equimolal counter diffusion is encountered in

A. Separation of a binary mixture by distillation
B. Absorption of NH3 from air by water
C. All liquid-liquid diffusion systems
D. All liquid-solid diffusion systems
Answer:A

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146. Minimum reflux ratio in a distillation column results in
A. Optimum number of trays
B. Minimum reboiler size
C. Maximum condenser size
D. Minimum number of trays
Answer:C

147. In a binary distillation column, if the feed contains 40 mole % vapour, the q
line will have a slope of
A. 1.5
B. -0.6
C. -1.5
D. 0.6
Answer:C

148. The individual mass transfer co-efficients (moles/m2 s) for absorption of a

solute from a gas mixture into a liquid solvent are, KL = 4.5 and KG = 1.5. The
slope of the equilibrium line is 3. Which of the following resistance (s) is (are)
controlling?
A. Liquid side
B. Gas side
C. Interfacial
D. Both liquid and gas side
Answer:B

149. Steady state temperature reached by a small amount of liquid evaporating

into a large amount of unsaturated vapour-gas mixture is called the __________
temperature.
A. Dry-bulb
B. Wet-bulb
C. Dew point
D. Adiabatic saturation
Answer:B

150. In case of unsaturated air

A. Dew point < wet bulb temperature
B. Wet bulb temperature < dry bulb temperature

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 C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Neither (A) not (B)
Answer:C

151. The apex of an equilateral-triangular coordinate (in ternary liquid system)

represents a/an
A. Pure component
B. Binary mixture
C. Ternary mixture
D. Insoluble binary system
Answer:A

152. __________ extractor is used for the concentration of radioactive nuclear

waste.
A. Pulsed column
B. Sieve plate
C. Mixer-settler
D. Bollman
Answer:A

153. Removal of __________ exemplifies an adsorption unit operation.

A. Uranium from its ore
B. Water from petrol
C. Ammonia from coke oven gas
D. Mustard oil from mustard seed
Answer:B

154. Use of packed towers for distillation is generally limited to the

A. Small sizes
B. Multi-component distillation
C. High pressure operation
D. Vacuum distillation
Answer:A

155. Dimension of mass diffusivity is the same as that of

A. Kinematic viscosity

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 B. Dynamic viscosity
C. Surface tension
D. Pressure
Answer:A

156. Paper industry employs __________ driers.

A. Cylinder
B. Rotary
C. Spray
D. Fluidised bed
Answer:A

157. Pick out the wrong statement

A. A horizontal line on the humidity chart indicates the temperature changes at constant molal
humidity
B. When water is cooled from 80 to 70°C by exposure to the air with a wet bulb temperature of
60°C, then both the approach & the range would be 10°C
C. For unsaturated air-water vapor mixture at atmospheric conditions, the wet bulb temperature &
adiabatic cooling lines are the same
D. Relative saturation of unsaturated mixture of water vapor & air cannot be increased by either
reducing the mixture temperature or by increasing the total pressure
Answer:D

158. Laboratory determination of the diffusivity of vapor is done by __________

method.
A. Wetted wall column
B. Gilliland's
C. Winkelmann's
D. Wike's
Answer:C

159. The relation among various mass transfer co-efficients (M.T.C) for ideal gases
is given by (where, Kc & Km are M.T.C. for equimolar counter diffusion with
concentration & mole fraction respectively as the driving force. and, Kp= M.T.C.
for diffusion of a gas through a stagnant inert gas with pressure as driving force.)
A. Kc = Kp = Km

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 B. Kc = Kp/RT = Km . RT/P
C. Kc = Kp . RT = Km . RT/p
D. None of these
Answer:C

160. Pick out the wrong statement:

A. Change in barometric pressure does not affect the relative humidity
B. In case of a packed tower, the operating velocity is about half of the flooding velocity, generally
C. 'Elution' means the desorption of the adsorbed solute by a solvent
D. The equilibrium moisture content of the solid can be reduced by increasing the absolute
humidity
Answer:D

161. The temperature of water cooled in cooling tower is always __________

temperature of entering air.
A. More than the wet bulb
B. Less than the wet bulb
C. Equal to the wet bulb
D. Equal to the dry bulb
Answer:A

162. Reverse osmosis is also called

A. Dialysis
B. Electrodialysis
C. Diffusion
D. Ultra-filtration
Answer:D

163. Design calculation for multiple component distillation is done by

A. Ponchon-Savarit method
B. McCabe-Thiele method
C. Enthalpy concentration method
D. Tray to tray calculations
Answer:D

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164. Absorption (liquid-gas system) with evolution of heat as compared to
isothermal absorption results in
A. Decreased solute solubility
B. Large minimum liquid to gas (L/G) ratio
C. Large number of trays
D. All (A), (B) and (C)
Answer:D

165. The unit of volumetric diffusivity is

A. cm2/sec
B. cm/sec
C. cm3/sec
D. cm2/sec2
Answer:A

166. Drying of a wet solid under constant drying conditions means the exposure of
the wet solid to the air of constant
A. Humidity
B. Velocity
C. Temperature
D. All (A), (B) & (C)
Answer:D

167. The diffusivity (D) in a binary gas mixture is related to the pressure (P) as
A. D ? P 0.5
B. D ? 1/P 0.5
C. D ? 1/P
D. D ? 1/P 1.5
Answer:C

168. In liquid extraction, if the selectivity is unity, then

A. Separation of the constituents is the most effective
B. No separation will occur
C. Amount of solvent required will be minimum
D. Solvent flow rate should be very low

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Answer:B

169. Can the efficiency of a plate in the distillation tower be greater than 100%?
A. Yes
B. Normally not; but is possible if infinite number of plates are put
C. Never
D. Yes; if the reflux ratio is maximum
Answer:C

170. H2S present in naphtha reformed gas is removed by absorbing with

A. Ethanolamine
B. K2CO3
C. HCl
D. Vacuum gas oil
Answer:A

171. Dorr thickener is an equipment used for

A. Classification
B. Sedimentation
C. Clarification
D. Leaching
Answer:B

172. With the lowering of equilibrium pressure, at a given temperature, the

amount of adsorbate on the adsorbent
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remain same
D. Either (A) or (B), depends on the system
Answer:B

173. Mass transfer co-efficient is directly proportional to DAB according to the

__________ theory.
A. Film
B. Penetration
C. Surface-renewal

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 D. None of these
Answer:A

174. A pure drug is administered as a sphere and as a cube. The amount of drug is
the same in the two tablets. Assuming that the shape and size do not influence the
mass transfer, the ratio of rate of dissolution in water at t = 0 for the cubic to
spherical tablet is:
A. 0.54
B. 1.04
C. 1.24
D. 1.94
Answer:C

175. __________ extractor uses centrifugal force for separating the two phases.
A. Treybal
B. Scheibel
C. Podbielniak
D. None of these
Answer:C

176. With increase in temperature, the mutual solubility of two liquids

A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unchanged
D. Decreases exponentially
Answer:A

177. The operating cost of a distillation column at minimum reflux ratio is

A. Minimum
B. Maximum
C. Infinite
D. Zero
Answer:A

178. For a single component absorber, the operating line is straight only when
plotted in term of __________ units.

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 A. Partial pressure
B. Mole ratio
C. Mole fraction
D. None of these
Answer:B

179. The cooling effect in a cooling tower cannot be increased by

A. Increasing the air velocity over the wet surfaces
B. Reducing the humidity of entering air
C. Lowering the barometric pressure
D. None of these
Answer:D

180. Separation of __________ employs gaseous diffusion process.

A. N2 and O2 from air
B. Isotopes of uranium
C. Isotopes of helium
D. SO2 and air
Answer:B

181. Sodium bicarbonate is produced during soda ash manufacture using a

__________ tower.
A. Plate
B. Baffle
C. Packed
D. None of these
Answer:B

182. Leaching rate is independent of the

A. Agitation
B. Temperature
C. Particle size
D. None of these
Answer:D

183. With increase in temperature, the rate of leaching increases, because the

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 A. Diffusivity of solute increases
B. Viscosity of solvent decreases
C. Thermal conductivity of solute increases
D. None of these
Answer:A

184. Bound moisture is that liquid which exerts an equilibrium vapor pressure
__________ that of the pure liquid at the given temperature.
A. Less than
B. More than
C. Equal to
D. Either (A) or (B); depends on the solid
Answer:A

185. The reflux to a distillation column is 100 moles/hr, when the overhead product
rate is 50 moles/hr. The reflux ratio is
A. 2
B. 0.5
C. 50
D. 150
Answer:A

186. Which of the following is not a batch drier?

A. Truck drier
B. Agitated pan drier
C. Fluidised bed drier
D. Vacuum shelf drier
Answer:C

187. Acetic acid will be most economically separated from a dilute solution of acetic
acid in water by
A. Solvent extraction
B. Continuous distillation
C. Evaporation
D. Absorption
Answer:A

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188. The main reason for dividing a tall packed tower into series of small towers is
to
A. Minimise the overall pressure drop
B. Avoid flooding
C. Reduce liquid hold up
D. Avoid channelling
Answer:D

189. The most efficient cooling tower out of the following is

A. Induced draft
B. Forced draft
C. Natural draft
D. Atmospheric
Answer:A

190. Molecular distillation is

A. High temperature distillation
B. For heat-sensitive materials
C. Very low pressure distillation
D. Both (B) and (C)
Answer:D

191. The value of NA/(NA + NB) for steady state molecular diffusion of gas 'A'
through nondiffusing gas 'B' is
A. 1
B. ?
C. 0.5
D. 2
Answer:A

192. All moisture in a non-hygroscopic material is the __________ moisture.

A. Free
B. Equilibrium
C. Unbound
D. Bound

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Answer:C

193. Molecular diffusivity of a liquid

A. Increases with temperature
B. Decreases with temperature
C. May increase or decrease with temperature
D. Is independent of temperature
Answer:A

194. Raschig ring made of porcelain cannot be used for treating concentrated
A. Hydrochloric acid
B. Nitric acid
C. Alkalis
D. Sulphuric acid
Answer:C

195. Use of natural draft cooling tower is practised, when the air has low
A. Humidity
B. Temperature
C. Both 'a' & 'b'
D. Neither 'a' nor 'b'
Answer:C

196. At a fixed pressure, the humidity depends upon the partial pressure of vapor
in the mixture. Humidity of a vapour free gas is __________ percent.
A. 100
B. zero
C. 50
D. Between 0 and 100
Answer:B

197. Tower diameter may be decreased by

A. Using higher reflux ratio
B. Use of increased tray spacing
C. Increasing the liquid flow rate
D. Increasing the vapour flow rate

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Answer:B

198. Pick out the wrong statement.

A. The mass diffusivity, the thermal diffusivity and the eddy momentum diffusivity are the same for
NSc = NPr= 1
B. 1 Nm3 of dry air is lighter than 1Nm3 of humid air
C. The Lewis number of a mixture is unity, when the thermal diffusivity is equal to the mass
diffusivity
D. An Azeotropic mixture of two liquids has boiling point higher than either of them, when it shows
negative deviation from Raoult's Law
Answer:B

199. The humid volume may be increased by increasing the

A. Temperature at constant humidity
B. Humidity at constant temperature
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. Neither (A) nor (B)
Answer:C

200. Pick out the correct relationship. (Where, Ri = internal reflux ratio Ro =
external reflux ratio.)
A. (1 + Ro) = Ro/Ri
B. (1 - Ro) = Ro/Ri
C. (1 + Ri) = Ro/Ri
D. (1 - Ri) = Ro/Ri
Answer:A

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