EXAMVEDA – FUELS AND COMBUSTION

SECTION 1 8. A sample of natural gas containing 80%

methane (CH4) and rest nitrogen (N2) is
1. Incomplete combustion of fuel in the burnt with 20% excess air. With 80% of
furnace is judged by high ________ of the the combustibles producing CO2 and the
flue gases. reminder going to CO, the Orsat analysis
a. CO content in volume percent is
b. Dew point a. CO2: 6.26, CO: 1.56, O2: 3.91,
c. CO2 content H2O: 15.66, N2: 72.60
d. O2 content
b. CO2: 7.42, CO: 1.86, O2: 4.64,
2. High sulphur content in a fuel _______ of N2: 86.02
the flue gases.
a. Decreases the dew point c. CO2: 6.39, CO: 1.60, O2: 3.99
b. Increases the dew point H2O: 25.96, N2: 72.06
c. Reduces the combustion efficiency by
limiting the permissible temperature d. CO2: 7.60, CO: 1.90, O2: 4.75,
reduction N2: 85.74
d. Both B & C
9. Calorific value of gobar gas (containing
3. Fusion point of coal ash generally varies CH4 = 60%, H2 = 10%, CO2 = 30%) may be
from 1000 to 1700ºC. ash having fusion about _____ Kcal/Nm3.
point less than ______ ºC is liable to form a. 1800
clinker. b. 3200
a. 1100 c. 5400
b. 1250 d. 10200
c. 1350
d. 1400 10. Calorific value of coal middling generated
in coal washeries during washing of coal
4. Coal tar fuel – 200 (CTF 200) is a mixture may be around ______ Kcal/kg.
of a. 1000
a. Pitch and creosote oil b. 4000
b. Light oil and pitch c. 6000
c. Anthracene and creosote oil d. 8000
d. Solar oil and pitch
11. Calorific value of dry wood may be
5. Kopper-Totzek coal gasifier (installed in a around ______ Kcal/kg.
coal based nitrogenous fertilizer plant) a. 5
employs a/an ______ bed gasifier. b. 50
a. Entrained c. 500
b. Moving d. 5000
c. Fixed
d. Fluidized 12. Calorific value of bituminous coal may be
around ____ Kcal/kg.
6. Which of the following combustibles is a. 500
absent in blast furnace gas? b. 1500
a. H2 c. 6500
b. CH4 d. 20000
c. CO
d. None of these 13. Calorific value of a typical dry anthracite
coal may be around ______ Kcal/kg.
7. Which of the following would require a. 1000
maximum amount of % excess air for b. 4000
complete combustion? c. 8000
a. Coke oven gas d. 15000
b. Furnace oil
c. Pulverized coal
d. Lump coal (fixed on chain grate)
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14. Ash content in the coke produced from a 21. In flue gas analysis by Orsat’s apparatus,
coking coal having 20% ash may be around carbon dioxide is absorbed by
______ percent. a. Potassium hydroxide
a. 6 b. Dilute potassium carbonate
b. 12 c. Cuprous chloride
c. 18 d. Alkaline pyrogallol solution
d. 24
22. For maximum discharge through a
15. Pick out the wrong statement. chimney, its height should be
a. Pulverized fuel can be completely a. 200 meters
burnt with less percentage of excess b. Infinitely long
air compared to lump coal c. More than 105.7 meters
b. Low grade coal can be used, but d. Equal to the height of the hot gas
generally high volatile matter coals column producing draught
are more suitable for making
pulverized fuel 23. Fuel consumption in coke making can be
c. Regulation of furnace temperature reduced by
and atmosphere (oxidizing or a. Preheating, blending and de-ashing
reducing) is easily possible with the coal
pulverized fuel firing b. Stamped charging of coal
d. None of these c. Dry quenching of coke
d. All of the above
16. Volatile matter content of metallurgical
coke may be around _______ percent. 24. Blash furnace gas compared to coke oven
a. 1-2 gas has
b. 10-15 a. Lower ignition temperature
c. 22-26 b. Narrower limit of inflammability
d. 30-33 c. Higher calorific value
d. Lower theoretical flame temperature
17. Quantity of coke produced from
metallurgical coal may be around _____ 25. Combustion of pulverized coal as
percent. compared to that of lump coal
a. 30 a. Develops a non-luminous flame
b. 50 b. Develops a low temperature flame
c. 75 c. Can be done with less excess air
d. 95 d. Provides a lower rate of heat release

18. Abrasion index of blast furnace coke 26. Mott and wheeler test is conducted on
should be around ______ percent. coke to find its
a. 20 a. Reactivity with O2
b. 35 b. Abradability
c. 55 c. Phosphorus content
d. 80 d. Volatile matter content

19. Which of the following is not a binder for 27. Main constituent of natural gas is
coal briquetting? a. CH4 (up to 90%)
a. Coal tar b. C2H6
b. Bitumen c. C3H8
c. Molasses d. H2
d. None of these
28. Method of maintaining fires in furnace
20. Natural draught produced by a chimney during standby periods without undue
depends upon the consumption of fuel is called
a. Density of the chimney gases a. Back droughting
b. Height of the chimney b. Banking
c. Both A & B c. Under pressurizing
d. Neither A nor B d. None of these
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29. Increase in ash content of blast furnace 36. During combustion of coal on grate,
coke clinker formation is increased by the
a. Reduces its consumption in the a. Use of thick fire bed
furnace b. Low fusion point of ash (< 1100°C)
b. Increases its consumption in the c. Use of preheated primary air
furnace d. All of the above
c. Does not affect its consumption in the 37. A good quality coal should have
furnace a. Low fusion point of ash
d. Decreases its hardness and abrasion b. High ash content
resistance c. High sulphur
d. None of these
30. Pick out the wrong statement.
a. Main constituents of LPG are propane 38. Coke oven gas is stripped of its H2S and
and butane mercaptans content by
b. C.V. of natural gas is about 10000 a. Absorption in wash oil
kcal/Nm3 b. Adsorption on bog iron bed
c. C.V. of LPG is about 26000 kcal/Nm3 c. Bubbling it through dilute sulphuric
(11500 kcal/kg) acid
d. LPG is lighter than air d. Adsorption on silica gel

31. Rate of low temperature oxidation of 39. Which of the following has the highest
coal due to bad storage conditions flame speed?
a. Decreases with increase in surface a. CO
area b. H2
b. Does not vary with increase in surface c. CH4
area d. C2H6
c. Is more for low volatile coal
compared to high volatile coal 40. A good coking coal should have high
d. Is accelerated by storage in large ________ content.
heaps with small surface to volume a. Ash
ratio b. Sulphur & phosphorus
c. Moisture
32. During combustion of a gaseous fuel, the d. None of these
presence of a non-luminous flame is an
indication of the 41. If oxygen content in the flue gas rises too
a. Incomplete combustion high, fuel is being wasted by
b. Complete combustion a. Incomplete combustion
c. High oxygen in flue gas b. Dry gas/stack gas loss
d. None of these c. Moisture loss
d. None of these
33. Which of the following is primary fuel?
a. Blast furnace coke 42. Coking time in beehive coke oven is
b. Gasoline about
c. Natural gas a. 12 hours
d. Wood charcoal b. 2-3 days
c. One week
34. Which of the following is not endothermic d. Two weeks
a. Cracking
b. Reforming
c. Gasification 43. Too much of excess air in combustion
d. Partial oxidation results in high
35. Which of the following fuel gases will a. Fuel consumption for the same heat
require maximum amount of air for load
combustion of 1Nm3 gas? b. Stack gas temperature
a. Blast furnace gas c. Percentage of oxygen in flue gases
b. Natural gas d. All of the above
c. Producer gas
d. Water gas
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44. Catalyst used in Fischer-Tropsch process 52. The caloric value of natural gas is about
is _____ kcal/Nm3
a. Nickel a. 10,000
b. Zinc oxide b. 2,500
c. Alumina c. 25,000
d. Thorium oxide d. 35,000

45. The cuprous chloride used in orsat 53. Calorific value of wood gas is about
apparatus can absorb ______ kcal/Nm3.
a. Only CO a. 1500
b. Both CO and CO2 b. 3300
c. Both CO and O2 c. 5400
d. All of the above d. 8500

46. Pick out the wrong statement. 54. Calorific value of coke even gas produced
a. Cokes of high reactivity are obtained by low temperature carbonization of coal
from weakly coking coals is about _______ kcal/Nm3.
b. Cokes of high reactivity are obtained a. 4000
from strongly coking coals b. 2500
c. Reactivity of coke is inversely c. 6500
proportional to its absolute density d. 10000
d. Abrasion index of the coke is a
measure of its hardness 55. The calorific value of ‘LPG’ (50% propane
+ 50% butane) is about _______ kcal/Nm3.
47. The pyragallol used in orsat apparatus a. 5,000
can absorb b. 25,000
a. Only O2 c. 10,000
b. Both O2 and CO2 d. 15,000
c. Both O2 and CO
d. All of the above 56. The calorific value of producer gas is
around _______ kcal/Nm3.
48. Use of preheated air for combustion of a. 1300
fuel in the furnace increases the b. 500
a. Scale losses of the furnace stock c. 4500
b. Calorific value of the fuel d. 9000
c. Flame temperature
d. None of these 57. Yield of pitch from distillation of high
temperature tar is around _____ percent.
49. C.V (kcal/Nm3) of gaseous fuels ______ a. 10
with increase in molecular weight. b. 25
a. Decreases c. 65
b. Increases d. 90
c. Remains constant
d. May increase or decrease, depends on 58. Supply of excess air for complete
combustibles combustion of fuel is necessitated to
facilitate
50. ‘Wobbe index’ is a characteristic of a. Its thorough mixing with air
a. Solid fuels b. Attainment of chemical equilibrium
b. Gaseous fuels c. Attainment of high temperature
c. Liquid fuels d. None of these
d. Fat coals 59. In high temperature carbonization of coal
51. Pitch creosote mixture (PCM) as compared to low temperature
compared to furnace oil is a better fuel, carbonization
because its a. Yield of ammonia is less
a. Emissivity factor is higher b. Aromatic content of tar is low
b. Sulphur content is lower c. H2 content in the coke oven gas is
c. Flue gas has lower dew point thereby more
facilitating more waste heat recovery d. Calorific value of the coke oven gas is
d. All of the above lower
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60. Initial pressure of oxygen introduced into 67. Micum index of a coke is a measure of its
the ‘bomb’ of the bomb calorimeter for a. Reactivity
determination of calorific value of b. Porosity
coal/fuel oil may be around ____ atm. c. Bulk density
a. 3-5 d. Hardness & strength
b. 25-30
c. 60-65
d. 95-100 68. Weathering of coal during storage process
a. Reduction in coal size
61. Dry air requirement for burning 1 Nm3 of b. Increase in its friability
CO to CO2 may be around _____ Nm3. c. Decrease in its caking capacity
a. 2.4 d. All of the above
b. 1.75
c. 0.87 69. Low temperature oxidation of coal is
d. 11.4 accelerated by the
a. Storage in large heaps
62. Low temperature oxidation and b. Storage in compressed piles
spontaneous combustion of freshly mined c. Absence of porous or friable particles
coal is accentuated, if d. All of the above
a. It contains large amount of volatile
matter 70. Washing of coal is done to reduce the
b. It is stored in tall heaps a. Inherent impurities
c. Smaller fines are stored in large b. Adhering impurities
quantity c. Mineral matter
d. All of the above d. Both B and C

63. Pick out the wrong statement. 71. Low temperature oxidation of stored coal
a. Indian coals on an average contain 25- results in the
30% ash as against 10-12% ash in a. Decrease in its caking power &
imported coking coal calorific value
b. Ammonia is recovered in the form of b. Decrease in its carbon & hydrogen
ammonium sulphate in direct process content
of by-product recovery c. Increase in its oxygen content
c. A high swelling index number of d. All of the above
coking coal indicates poor caking
properties of coal 72. Adiabatic flame temperature of a fuel is
d. Wash oil is used for scrubbing benzol dependent on the initial temperature of
from coke oven gas a. Fuel
b. Air
64. With increase in moisture content of c. Both A & B
coal, its d. Neither A nor B
a. Calorific value increases sometimes
b. Bulk density always decreases 73. Pure carbon is completely burnt in
c. Clinkering tendency during oxygen. The flue gas analysis is 70%
combustion increases CO22, 20% CO, and 10% O2. The percent
d. None of these excess oxygen used is
a. 20
65. Gray King Assay and Swelling Index of a b. 12.5
coal is a measure of its c. 0
a. Swelling characteristics d. 10
b. Abradability
c. Agglutinating properties 74. Which of the following is not a product of
d. Resistance to impact breakage tar distillation?
a. Phenol & naphthalene
66. Caking index of a coal is a measure of its b. Benzol & pitch
a. Abradability c. Anthracene & creosote
b. Reactivity d. None of these
c. Agglutinating (binding) properties
d. Porosity
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75. Steam is intermittently admitted into the 82. Low temperature carbonization of coal
fuel bed during the production of takes place at ____ ºC.
producer gas to a. 300
a. Convert CO to CO2 b. 1100
b. Increase the combustion rate c. 700
c. Increase the gas production rate d. 150
d. Minimize the chances of clinker
formation 83. High temperature carbonization of coal
76. High rate of heating of coke ovens takes place at ____ ºC.
a. May damage its walls due to abrupt a. 2000
excessive swelling of coal b. 600
b. Produces larger size coke c. 1100
c. Increases the time of carbonization d. 1600
d. None of these
84. Actual flame temperature is always lower
77. By-products are __________ recovered in than the adiabatic flame temperature,
‘Beehive ovens’. because there is
a. Fully a. No possibility of obtaining complete
b. Partially combustion at high temperature
c. Not at all b. Always loss of heat from the flame
d. Negligibly c. Both A & B
d. Neither A nor B
78. Naphthalene is removed from coke oven
gas by 85. The ratio of maximum adiabatic flame
a. Scrubbing with wash oil (a petroleum temperature in air to that in pure oxygen
product) is always
b. Adsorbing on bog iron bed a. 1
c. Absorbing in vetro-coke solution b. <1
d. None of these c. >1
d. Unpredictable
79. ___________ of the coal is the basis for
Seylor’s coal classification. 86. air to secondary air increases with
a. Proximate analysis increase in the rank of coal, because the
b. Ultimate analysis a. High rank coals have higher amount of
c. Caking index volatile matter
d. Calorific value b. Ratio of fixed carbon to volatile
matter increases
80. Low temperature oxidation of coal during c. Oxygen content progressively
storage does not decrease its decreases
a. Oxygen content d. Calorific value of the coal increases
b. Caking power
c. Calorific value 87. White flue gas (resembling steam) coming
d. None of these out of the chimney of a thermal power
plant indicates that the fuel used in the
81. Pick out the wrong statement. boiler furnace is
a. Percentage of ash in coke produced a. Tar
from medium coking coal is more than b. Coke oven gas
that in coal c. Pitch
b. The calorific value (kcal/Nm3) of d. Pulverized coke
coke oven gas reduces on removal of
hydrogen from it by cryogenic method 88. Calorific value of both the solid and
c. Ash is normally removed as liquid fuels can be determined by using
d. Coal based fertilizer plants in India at ________ calorimeter
Talcher (Orissa) and Ramagundam a. Junker's
(A.P.) employ Kopper-Totzek process b. Bomb
of coal gasification c. Boy's
d. None of these
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89. Oxygen percentage (by weight) in SECTION 2

atmospheric air is
a. 19 1. __________ is used as jet engine fuel.
b. 21 a. Petrol
c. 23 b. Diesel
d. 29 c. Kerosene
d. LPG
90. Which of the following can be made into
briquettes without the use of a binder? 2. Gas yield in the Kooper-Totzek coal
a. Lignite gasifier is about _____ Nm3/ton coal ash
b. Bituminous coal (ash = 35%)
c. Anthracite coal a. 150
d. None of these b. 1500
c. 3500
91. Octane number of 2,2,4 – d. 5000
trimethylpentane is
a. 0 3. Coal containing large quantity of _____
b. 100 are difficult to wash.
c. In between 0 and 100 a. Ash
d. More than 100 b. Inherent mineral matter
c. Free impurities
92. During coking of coal, the ash content d. Volatile matter
(percentage)
a. Increases 4. Gobar gas is produced by the ______ of
b. Decreases ‘gobar’ (cow dung).
c. Remains constant a. Hydrolysis
d. None of these b. Fermentation
c. Oxidation
93. Abel apparatus is used for those oils, d. Dehydration
whose flash points are ____ ºF.
a. <120 5. Preheating of ______ the flame
b. >120 temperature.
c. >280 a. The gaseous fuel before combustion
d. 300-600 decreases
b. Combustion air decreases
94. Pick out the wrong statement. c. Either the fuel or the air or both,
a. Theoretical flame temperature is the increases
temperature attained by the products d. Either the fuel or the air does not
of combustion, when the fuel is affect
burned without loss or gain of heat
b. Burning the fuel with theoretically 6. Gross heating value of coal is _____ the
required amount of pure oxygen net heating value.
results in attainment of maximum a. Higher than
adiabatic flame temperature b. Lower than
c. Burning the fuel with excess pure c. Same as
oxygen results in maximum d. None of these
theoretical flame temperature
d. Adiabatic flame temperatures of 7. Yield of coke oven gas in low
actual combustions are always less temperature carbonization of coal is
than the maximum values about ______ Nm3/ton of dry coal.
a. 60
b. 160
c. 500
d. 750

8. Yield of blast furnace gas is about ______

Nm3/ton of pig iron.
a. 300
b. 2000
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c. 5000 16. Artificial draught produced by a fan can

d. 10000 be controlled by the
a. Speed of the fan
9. Degree of carbonization of coal during b. Damper
coke making can be roughly judged by c. Variation in the pitch of the fan
the _____ of the coke produced. blades
a. Color d. All of the above
b. Moisture content
c. Ash content 17. A good metallurgical coke
d. Volatile matter a. Should have high porosity
b. Should be brittle
10. With increase in moisture content of c. Must contain moderate quantities of
coal, its ash, moisture, sulphur and volatile
a. Calorific value increases matters
b. Caking properties diminish d. Should have low fusion point of its ash
c. Swelling during carbonization
becomes excessive 18. Fuel for a nuclear reactor (thermal) is
d. None of these a. Uranium
b. Plutonium
11. Ignition temperature of a fuel in air is c. Radium
________ that in pure oxygen. d. None of these
a. More than
b. Less than 19. Pick out the wrong statement.
c. Equal to a. High concentration of oxygen in flue
d. Either more or less; depends on the gas means high stack loss
type of fuel b. Gaseous fuels require the least %
excess air for complete combustion
12. The average molecular weight of a flue c. The ratio of fixed carbon to volatile
gas having the composition by volume as matter percentage in coal is called its
CO2 = 25%, O2 = 25%, N2 = 50% will be 'fuel ratio'
a. 27.6 d. Calorific value of natural gas is more
b. 23 than that of LPG
c. 47.3
d. 42.9 20. Very _____ coals are completely devoid
of cokability i.e, it is non coking
13. High sulphur (4-6%) coal in India are a. Young
found in b. Mature
a. Assam c. Both A & B
b. Andhra Pradesh d. Neither A nor B
c. Bengal
d. Madhya Pradesh 21. Dust content in raw blast furnace gas is
about ______ gm/Nm3, hence it is
14. Which of the following is not used as a cleaned to the dust level of about <10
binder in coal briquetting? mg/Nm3 before use.
a. Tar a. 15 - 30
b. Molasses b. 1 - 2
c. Pitch c. 70 - 100
d. Line d. 150 – 200

15. A coal with high ash content 22. Coke oven gas is a better fuel than blast
a. Has higher calorific value furnace gas, because of its higher
b. Is harder and stronger a. Calorific value, cleanliness and
c. Is not subjected to washing relatively low distribution cost (due
d. Has low quantity of mineral matter to its low specific gravity)
b. Adiabatic flame temperature
c. Heat release rate (thus requiring
smaller combustion chamber)
d. All of the above
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23. The main advantage of forced draft over d. Reduction

natural draft is that
a. Combustion of fuel is complete 31. Gross & net calorific value is the same for
b. Smaller height chimney can be used a. Blast furnace gas
c. Furnace control is easier b. Coke oven gas
d. All of the above c. L.D. converter gas
d. None of these
24. A particular coal is said to be free
burning when it 32. Which of the following constituents of a
a. Burns completely fuel does not contribute to its calorific
b. Gives smokeless burning value on combustion?
c. Shows little or no fusing action a. Hydrogen
d. None of these b. Sulphur
c. Carbon
25. Main constituent of benzol are d. None of these
a. Benzene, toluene & xylene
b. Tar & creosote 33. Which of the following fuels has the
c. Ammonia & phenol highest calorific value per unit mass
d. Anthracene & phenol (kcal/kg)?
a. Coal
26. A coal containing very high percentage of b. Kerosene
durain is called _______ coal. c. Natural gas
a. Bright d. Furnace oil
b. Splint
c. Non-banded 34. Tar is a better fuel than furnace oil,
d. Boghead because of its
a. Higher calorific value
27. In case of pulverized coal fired steam b. Lower sulphur content
boiler, the secondary air serves the main c. Higher emissivity (0.8 - 0.9) resulting
purpose of in higher radiation heat transfer rate
a. Transportation of coal d. Both A & B
b. Drying of coal
c. Combustion of coal by supplying it 35. When incomplete combustion loss is high,
around the burner the flue gas analysis shows large amount
d. Preheating the primary air of
a. CO2
28. Grindability index of a coal is 100. It b. CO
implies that the c. O2
a. Coal can be pulverized with great d. C
difficulty
b. Coal can't be pulverized 36. High amount of sulphur and phosphorus in
c. Coal can be easily pulverized coke causes
d. Power consumption in grinding the a. Decrease in its calorific value
coal will be very high b. Increase in its strength
c. Brittleness of steel made by using it
29. Heat penetration rate in narrow coke d. None of these
ovens in high temperature carbonization
of coal is around _____ cm/hr. 37. Which of the following constituents of
a. 2.5 coal is the most important in the
b. 0.5 production of coke?
c. 10 a. Moisture
d. 20 b. Ash
c. Volatile
30. The reaction, C + CO2 <-> 2CO, taking d. Carbon
place during coal gasification is called
the _____ reaction. 38. Benzol is used
a. Neumann reversal a. As a motor fuel blend
b. Shift conversion b. For producing benzene, toluene &
c. Boudouard xylene by its distillation
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c. Both A & B 45. The maximum adiabatic flame

d. Neither A nor B temperature in air as compared to that in
pure oxygen is
39. Coking time in a commercial high a. Much lower
temperature coal carbonization plant is b. Much higher
about ______ hours. c. Same
a. 6 d. Either lower or higher, depends on the
b. 18 type of fuel
c. 28 46. Coke made in narrower by-product coke
d. 36 ovens (as compared to wider ovens) is
a. Less reactive
40. Pick out the wrong statement. b. Stronger
a. Angle of repose of coal increases with c. Smaller in size
its increasing size d. All of the above
b. Specific gravity of coal increases with
its increasing maturity 47. Ammonia content in raw coke oven gas is
c. Refractive index and reflectance of about ______ gm/Nm3.
coal increases with the increasing a. 1
rank of coal b. 15
d. Specific heat of coal decreases with c. 50
increases in the volatile matter and d. 100
decrease in the C/H ratio of coal
48. Fusion point of coal ash with increase in
41. Anthracite can be used for its ______ content.
a. Decarbonizing steel a. Iron sulphate
b. Making carbon electrodes b. Iron silicate
c. Blending with highly coking coal to c. Lime and magnesia
check its swelling which helps in d. All of the above
saving coke even walls from damage
and to produce high strength coke 49. A coal with high ash content is
d. All of the above undesirable, as
a. It is abrasive to the coal pulveriser
42. Anthracite coal (ie.g. ball mill) and the combustion
a. Contains more volatile matter than chamber
bituminous coal b. The ash in molten condition gets
b. Ignites more easily than bituminous absorbed in the pores of the
coal refractory lining of the furnace and
c. Is essentially a coking coal causes its spalling due to different co-
d. Burns with short, bluish, yellow- efficient of expansion/contraction of
tipped flame producing very little the refractory and the ash
smoke c. The ash retains the sulphur &
phosphorus and thus affects the
43. Ignition temperature decreases quality of products in metallurgical
progressively from anthracite to lignite, furnace apart from increasing the slag
because volume. Besides, it may fuse and stick
a. Volatile matter content increases to the boiler tubes thereby reducing
b. Carbon content decreases the heat transfer
c. Moisture content increases d. All of the above
d. Ash content increases
50. Fuel for a fast breeder nuclear reactor is
44. Blast furnace gas is a very poisonous gas a. Plutonium
because of its predominantly high b. Uranium
_______ content. c. Radium
a. H2O d. Neptunium
b. CO2
c. CO
d. CH4
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51. Water gas constitutes mainly of c. Calorific value of the coke oven gas
a. CO & H2 decreases due to cracking of
b. CO & N2 hydrocarbons which is not
c. CO2 & H2 compensated by increase in CO & H2
d. CH4 & H2 content
d. All of the above
52. If the specific heat of gaseous products of
combustion of a fuel is high, the
adiabatic flame temperature will be
a. Low 59. Flue gas discharge velocity through
b. High chimney of a big thermal power plant
c. Very high, if the fuel is of low may be around ______ m/sec.
calorific value a. 0.5
d. None of these b. 10
c. 50
53. C/H ratio is the maximum in case of d. 500
a. Coal
b. Furnace oil 60. Beehive coke oven
c. Natural gas a. Facilitates by-products recovery
d. Naphtha b. Takes 2-3 days for coking of coal but
requires no external fuel for heating
54. Optimum preheating temperature for c. Gives larger yield of coke (around
pitch creosote mixture (PCM) which is 85%) as compared to by-product ovens
also termed as C.T.F-200, before d. Produces coke with very poor strength
atomization through burners is
a. 200°F 61. Fuel gases containing hydrocarbons (ie.g.
b. 200°C coke oven gas) are not preheated before
c. 200°K burning, mainly because
d. 200°R a. The hydrocarbons crack thereby
choking and fouling the heat transfer
55. The sequence of absorption in flue gas surface by carbon soot
analysis by Orsat’s apparatus is b. It reduces its calorific value
respectively tremendously
a. CO2, O2, CO c. It reduces its flame temperature
b. CO, O2, CO2 tremendously
c. CO2, CO, O2 d. There are chances of explosion during
d. O2, CO2, CO preheating

56. Bituminous coal 62. Pick out the wrong statement.

a. Ignites less easily than anthracite a. LPG is also used as fuel for
b. Is generally coking automobiles & small furnaces and for
c. Burns with smoky yellow flame cutting & welding of metals
d. Both B and C b. The minimum temperature, at which
a petroleum oil vapor catches fire and
57. The main product of high temperature continues to burn, is called its flash
carbonization of coal is point
a. Coke c. Each ton of petroleum oil on
b. Ammonia distillation produces about 30 - 50
c. Tar Nm3 of gas
d. Coke oven gas d. Maximum yield of naphthalene is
obtained on distillation of crude oil
58. With increase in the temperature of
carbonization of coal 63. Benzene is used
a. Hydrogen content of coke oven gas a. As a motor fuel
increases due to cracking of b. As an explosive
hydrocarbons c. For making insecticides (e.g., DDT,
b. Methane content in the coke oven gas BHC etc.), detergent & rubber (SBR)
decreases and carbon monoxide d. As a perfume
content increases
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64. Wood charcoal is obtained by the 71. As time passes, the calorific value of
destructive distillation of wood. It is used stored coal
in the production of activated carbon, a. Decreases
which is not used for the b. Increases
a. Decolorization of sugar c. Remains unaltered
b. Solvent recovery from air and gases d. May increase or decrease (depends on
c. Absorption of gases and vapor the method of storage)
d. Electrode manufacture
72. Cannel coal
65. Bright coal a. Is non-coking
a. Contains more than 90% durain b. Has a high volatile matter content
b. Contains more than 90% fussain and burns with a luminous smoky
c. Contains mainly vitrain & clarain and flame
is generally coking c. Is a non-banded coal which can be
d. Is non-coking ignited easily with a match stick or
candle flame, hence is so named
66. Fuel can be defined as a substance which d. All of the above
produces heat by
a. Combustion 73. In flue gas analysis by Orsat’s apparatus,
b. Nuclear fission carbon monoxide is absorbed by
c. Nuclear fusion a. Cuprous chloride
d. All of the above b. Potassium hydroxide
c. Alkaline pyrogallol solution
67. Tolerable concentration of toxic carbon d. None of these
monoxide in atmospheric air is about
_______ ppm. 74. Low temperature carbonization of coal
a. 50 produces
b. 1000 a. Metallurgical coke
c. 5000 b. Soft coke
d. 10000 c. Very low calorific value coke oven gas
d. No by-products
68. Caking coal is desirable for
a. Burning on travelling grate 75. High temperature carbonization of coal
b. Coke making produces
c. Burning on firebars a. Inferior coke compared to low
d. All of the above temperature carbonization
b. Less of gases compared to liquid
69. When steam is passed over coal resulting products
in the endothermic reaction represent by, c. Large quantity of tar compared to low
C + H2O = CO + H2, it is called the temperature carbonization
________ of coal. d. None of these
a. Carbonization
b. Oxidation 76. Fuel combustion is never cent per cent
c. Coalification efficient due to
d. Gasification a. Incomplete combustion
b. Dry gas/stack gas loss
70. Calorific value of c. Moisture loss
a. Light paraffinic fuel oils is equal to d. All of the above
that of equivalent olefins
b. N-paraffin is lower than that of iso- 77. Coal is pulverized before burning in large
paraffins of the same compounds capacity boiler furnaces mainly to
c. Light paraffinic fuel oils is higher than a. Ensure its complete combustion
that of equivalent olefins b. Facilitate easy ash removal
d. Light paraffinic fuel oils is lower than c. Enhance its calorific value
that of equivalent olefins d. Provide trouble free operation
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78. Spontaneous combustion of coal on c. Equal

storage results due to d. More or less ; (depends on the state
a. Inadequate ventilation of fuel.)
b. Low temperature oxidation
c. Storage in large heaps with small 86. For every 10% increase in the excess air:
surface to volume ratio the fuel consumption increases by ____
d. All of the above %.
a. 0.1
79. Coalification means the b. 2
a. Process of conversion of lignite into c. 4
anthracite d. 10
b. Underground gasification of coal
c. Complete combustion of coal 87. Correct viscosity of furnace oil at the
d. Direct hydrogenation of coal burner tip for proper atomization is about
25 centistokes. To reduce the viscosity of
80. Coking coals are invariably high viscosity furnace oil (250
a. Lignite centistokes) to the correct atomization
b. Bituminous coals viscosity (i.e. 25 cst), it should be
c. Semi-anthracites preheated to about _____ ºC.
d. Anthracites a. 70
b. 85
81. Which of the following will generate c. 105
maximum volume of product of complete d. 145
combustion (Nm3/Nm3 of fuel)?
a. Carbureted water gas 88. Fixed carbon in coal is defined as
b. Blast furnace gas a. That present in volatile matters
c. Natural gas b. The total quantity of carbon present
d. Producers gas in the coal
c. Hundred minus the percentage of
82. Use of excess of combustion air in the volatile matter, ash and moisture
combustion of fuels results in d. The one which is present in the
a. Heat losses residue after combustion
b. Long flame
c. Condensation of water vapor from the 89. The most matured coal out of the
fuel gas following is
d. None of these a. Lignite
b. Semi-anthracite
83. High excess air in combustion of fuels c. Sub-bituminous
results in d. Bituminous
a. Increased fuel consumption
b. Incomplete combustion 90. Yield of coal in high temperature
c. Smoky flame carbonization of wood is about _______
d. None of these %.
a. 10
84. Combustion of pulverized fuel b. 25
a. Requires larger combustion chamber c. 50
than rich gaseous fuel d. 75
b. In a metallurgical furnace does not
contaminate the product in the 91. While the first commercial low
furnace by ash from fuel temperature coal carbonization plant is
c. Suppresses the discharge of fine dust located at Neyveli (in Chennai), the
and grit into atmosphere second such plant has been built at
d. All of the above a. Dankuni (West Bengal)
b. Dhanbad
85. The internal energy of the combustion c. Singreni (A.P.)
products is ______ compared to that of d. Raniganj
reactants.
a. More
b. Less
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92. The maximum adiabatic flame

temperature is attained, when the fuel is 99. Bomb calorimeter is used to determine
burnt with the (where, GCV – Gross Calorific Value.
a. Theoretically required amount of air NCV – Net Calorific Value.)
b. More than theoretically required a. GCV at constant pressure
amount of air b. GCV at constant volume
c. Less than theoretically required c. NCV at constant pressure
amount of air d. NCV at constant volume
d. Theoretically required amount of
oxygen 100. Which of the following is a
measure of the agglutinating (i.e.,
93. To avoid fire by spontaneous combustion binding) property of coal?
of coal due to its low temperature a. Thickness of plastic layer
oxidation, it should be stored in b. Caking index
a. Shallow and small piles c. Swelling index
b. Fine sizes without the presence of any d. Gray-king index
lump
c. Closed space without any ventilation SECTION 3
facility
d. Large heaps with small surface to 1. Stack heat losses can be minimized by
volume ratio a. Controlling the excess air
b. Oxygen enrichment of combustion air
94. Which of the following is not applicable c. Using low c.v. fuels
to fluidized bed combustion of coal? d. Maintaining proper draft in the
a. It can not burn low grade coal furnace
b. It achieves higher fuel combustion
efficiency 2. The gas which contributes maximum to
c. Less heat transfer surface area is the heating value of natural gas is
required in boilers a. CO
d. None of these b. CO2
c. H2
95. Size of blast furnace grade coke is d. CH4
_______ mm.
a. 25 – 80 3. Natural draft created by the chimney
b. 0 -15 depends upon
c. 15 – 25 a. Temperature of the flue gas
d. >100 b. Its height
c. Both A & B
96. The heat of combustion of a fuel d. Neither A nor B
a. Is equal to the heat of formation
b. Is always negative 4. The cooling medium used in dry
c. Can't be known without calculating it quenching coke is
d. Is always positive a. Nitrogen
b. Air
97. The ratio of % total carbon obtained in c. Phenolic water
the ultimate analysis of coke and % fixed d. Carbon dioxide
carbon obtained in the proximate analysis
is always 5. Gasification of the solid fuel converts its
a. 1 organic part into combustible by
b. <1 interaction with air/oxygen and steam so
c. >1 as to obtain a secondary gaseous fuel of
d. Unpredictable high calorific value having no ash.
Gasification reactions are normally
98. Compound coke ovens are those which carried out at about ______ ºC.
can be heated by a. 400 -500
a. Both steam and electrical power b. 900 – 1000
b. Lean gas (e.g., B.F. gas) c. 1400 – 1500
c. Rich gas (e.g., coke oven gas) d. 1700 – 1800
d. Both B and C
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6. L.D converter gas (produced in steel 14. The shift conversion reaction taking place
plant) comprises mainly of during water gas manufacture is given by
a. CO (up to 65%) & CO2 a. C + H2O ⟷ CO + H2
b. CO2 & H2 b. C + 2H2O ⟷ CO2 + 2H2
c. CO & O2 c. CO + H2O ⟷ CO2 + H2
d. CO2 & O2 d. None of these

7. Which of the following fuel gases is 15. In high temperature carbonization (as
heavier than air? compared to low temperature
a. Blast furnace gas carbonization) of coal
b. Coke oven gas a. Coke oven gas yield is more
c. Natural gas b. Tar yield is less but free carbon in tar
d. Water gas is more
c. Calorific value of coke oven gas is less
8. Shatter index of metallurgical coke on 2 d. All of the above
inches and 0.5-inch screen should be
respectively around ______ percent. 16. In low temperature carbonization (as
a. 80 and 97 compared to high temperature
b. 95 and 100 carbonization) of coal
c. 40 and 70 a. Ammonia yield is more
d. 25 and 97 b. Aliphatic tar is produced
c. Free carbon in tar is more
9. Coke oven gas produced by high d. All of the above
temperature carbonization of coal (as
compared to that produced by low 17. The main function of primary air in
temperature carbonization), has pulverized coal fired burner is to
a. Higher calorific value a. Burn CO to CO2
b. Lower hydrogen content b. Dry and transport the coal
c. Both A & B c. Have proper combustion by supplying
d. Neither A nor B it around the burner
d. Preheat the tertiary air used for
10. As the equilibrium moisture content of complete combustion of CO to CO2
the coal increases, its
a. Calorific value increases 18. Which of the following is the most
b. Swelling number decreases important deterrents to an extended use
c. Swelling number increases of pulverized coal in boiler firing?
d. Bulk density decreases a. Ash disposal problem
b. Excessive fly-ash discharge from the
11. A coal with high _____ content, would stack
ignite most easily. c. High power consumption in its
a. Fixed carbon transportation
b. Volatile matter d. Erosion of induced draft fan blades
c. Ash
d. Oxygen 19. Ash content in the middling coal (a
byproduct of coal washeries) in India
12. Main constituents of purified Lurgi gas ranges between ________ percent.
are a. 15 to 25
a. H2, CmHn & CO2 b. 35 to 45
b. CO, H2 & CH4 c. 55 to 75
c. CO2, O2 & CO d. 75
d. N2, H2 & CO2
20. Which of the following gaseous fuels has
13. Preheating of a gaseous fuel results in the highest net calorific value
increased (kcal/Nm3)?
a. Flame length a. Producer gas
b. Flame temperature b. Carbureted water gas
c. Quantity of flue gas c. Natural gas
d. Ignition temperature d. Liquified petroleum gas
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21. Gray-King Assay and Roga Index of coal is 28. Shatter index of the coke is a measure of
a measure of its its
a. Abradability a. Strength
b. Grindability b. Bulk density
c. Weathering properties c. Reactivity
d. Caking and swelling properties d. None of these

22. Which of the following is a rich fuel gas? 29. A certain thickness of the coal, if stored
a. Producer gas unscientifically on soft (katcha) ground
b. Coal gas from underground having no metallic/concreate flooring
gasification of coal gets sunked into the ground, which is
c. Refinery gases termed as the ‘carpet loss’. The carpet
d. None of these loss my be of the order of ______ cms.
a. 1 to 2
23. Turndown ratio of a gas burner is equal to b. 3 to 4
the c. 5 to 15
a. Maximum to minimum heat input d. 20 to 40
ratio
b. Maximum to minimum permissible gas 30. ‘Fat’ coal means a coal having
flow rate a. Low calorific value
c. Both A & B b. High volatile matter
d. Minimum to maximum heat input c. Low ash content
ratio d. Non-smoking tendency

24. ______ process is meant for direct 31. Which of the following is a lean fuel gas?
hydrogenation of coal to produce liquid a. Coke oven gas
fuel. b. LPG
a. Fischer-Tropsch c. Blast furnace gas
b. Bergius d. Natural gas
c. Lurgi
d. None of these 32. Which of the following is unsuitable fuel
for producer gas manufacture?
25. Advantages of fluidized bed combustion a. Coke
are b. Anthracite
a. Reduced NOx formation in flue gas c. Coal having low fusion point of its ash
b. Lower furnace operating temperature d. Coal having high fusion point of its
c. High heat transfer rate ash
d. All of the above
33. Preheating of coal charge for the coke
26. In general, the limit of ovens reduces the
inflammability/explosion limit of fuel a. Time of carbonization
gases is widened by the b. Yield of gas and tar
a. Increase in gas pressure c. Fuel consumption in coking
b. Increase in temperature (i.e. d. All of the above
preheating)
c. Use of pure oxygen for combustion 34. Fossil fuels mean
instead of air a. Solid fuels
d. All of the above b. Liquid fuels
c. Those fuels which are found in the
27. Temperature of coke oven gas just before crust of earth
entering into saturator (for recovery of d. Premature fuels with low calorific
NH3) is about ______ ºC. value
a. 30
b. 65 35. Froth floatation used for
c. 120 a. Washing fine coal dust (< 0.5 mm size)
d. 180 b. Washing lump coal (> 80 mm size)
c. Removing ash from the coal based on
difference in specific gravity of coal
and ash
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d. All of the above d. All of the above

36. Main use of soft coke is as ______ fuel. 43. Assam coals suffer mainly from the
a. Domestic disadvantage of high ______ content.
b. Blast furnace a. Ash
c. Foundry b. Volatile matter
d. None of these c. Sulphur (4-6%)
d. Moisture
37. Fusain…
a. Is friable, charcoal like substance 44. Incomplete combustion of a fuel is
b. Has highest fixed carbon and lowest characterized by the high _______ in the
volatile matter content of all the four flue gas.
banded components of coal a. Smoke
c. Is non-coking, but when blended with b. Temperature
highly coking coal, controls its c. Oxygen
swelling and produces high strength d. Carbon monoxide
coke on carbonization
d. All of the above 45. Cannel coal and boghead coal are
examples of
38. Deficiency of combustion air during a. Humic coals
combustion of a gaseous fuel b. Liptobiolites
a. Lengthens the flame c. Sapropelic coals
b. Causes heat loss of fuel by its partial d. None of these
combustion
c. Both A & B 46. The calorific value is the highest out of
d. Shortens the flame the following for
a. Producer gas
39. Which of the following is not a b. Water gas
manufacture fuel? c. Coke oven gas
a. Furnace oil d. Blast furnace gas
b. Bagasse
c. Semi-coke 47. Which of the following is coking?
d. Kerosene a. Vitrain
b. Fusain
40. Preheating of combustion air is done to c. Both A & B
a. Increase the adiabatic flame d. Neither A nor B
temperature
b. Increase the calorific value of the fuel 48. Safe condition for storage of high V.M.
c. Complete the combustion of fuel bituminous coal is that
d. Reduce its requirement for effecting a. Height of the coal heap should be < 3
the complete combustion meters
b. Maximum 200 tons should be stored in
41. Theoretical flame temperature of a fuel a heap
is that temperature which is attained, c. Both A and B
when the fuel is completely burnt using d. Neither A nor B
theoretical amount of air in
a. Air 49. A coal having high volatile matter content
b. Oxygen will
c. Either A or B a. Give less yield of tar and gas on
d. Either A or C without gain or loss of carbonization
heat b. Burn with a small non-smoky flame
c. Have a very high calorific value
42. With increase in the time of d. None of these
carbonization at a particular temperature
(say 1000ºC), the ______ percentage in 50. Hard coke is manufactured from
coke oven gas increases. a. Lignite
a. Hydrogen b. Bituminous coal
b. Methane c. Semi-anthracite
c. Unsaturated hydrocarbons d. Anthracite
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51. Hard pitch is used for making

a. Pulverized fuel 59. A coal having high amount of volatile
b. Perfumes matter
c. Insecticides a. Would require smaller combustion
d. Plastics chamber
b. Produces very little of tar and gas on
52. Traces of tar fog present in the coke oven carbonization
gas is removed by c. Ignites easily and burns with long
a. Cyclone separator smoky flame
b. Wet packed scrubber d. All of the above
c. Electrostatic precipitator
d. Washing with monoethanolamine 60. High ash coals
a. Are soft & friable (poor strength and
53. Which of the following gas the highest size stability)
heat of combustion? b. Require longer time of carbonization
a. H2 as ash offers resistance to heat
b. CO transfer
c. CH4 c. Produce larger quantity of coke oven
d. C2H6 gas
d. None of these
54. Which of the following reactions
occurring during coal gasification is 61. High ash containing coke
called the Neumann reversal reaction? a. Produces more slag when used in the
a. 2CO ⟷ C + CO2 blast furnace
b. CO + H2O ⟷ CO2 + H2 b. Has poor strength and abrasion
c. C + H2O ⟷ CO + H2 resistance
d. C + 2H2O ⟷ CO2 + 2H2 c. Is desirable in producer gas
manufacture
55. Overfire burning in a furnace is a d. None of these
phenomenon characterized by the
a. Supply of excess fuel 62. Presence of free moisture in coal during
b. Supply of excess air its high temperature carbonization
c. Burning of carbon monoxide and other a. Reduces the coking time
incombustibles in upper zone of b. Protects the volatile products from
furnace by supplying more air pyrolysis (cracking) in the presence of
d. None of these hot coke and hot oven walls
c. Increases the loss of fine coal dust
56. Which of the following has the highest from the ovens when charging
theoretical flame temperature? d. None of these
a. Blast furnace gas
b. Hydrogen 63. Which of the following gaseous fuels is
c. Acetylene likely to have the highest gross calorific
d. Coke oven gas value?
a. Sewage gas
57. Fischer-Tropsch method aims at the b. LPG
a. Gasification of coal c. Producer gas
b. Synthesis of gasoline (from water gas) d. Natural gas
c. Hydrogenation of coal to produce
gasoline 64. Highly caking coals
d. None of these a. Produce weak coke
b. Produce strong coke
58. The liquid used for the washing of coal in c. May damage the coke oven walls
an industrial coal washery is a mixture of during carbonization
water and d. Both B and C
a. Carbon tetrachloride
b. Sand (40%)
c. Mineral oil of high viscosity & specific
gravity (1.6)
d. None of these
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65. Flue gas obtained on complete 72. Higher fuel combustion efficiency cannot
combustion of pure acetylene (a be achieved by
hydrocarbon fuel) will contain a. Preheating of fuel gases & combustion
a. CO air
b. CO2 b. Reducing sulphur content in the fuel
c. H2O c. Adopting proper fuel firing technique
d. Both B & C & fuel preparation
d. Supplying correct amount of
66. For the case of a fuel gas undergoing combustion air
combustion with air, if the air/fuel ratio
is increased, the adiabatic flame 73. Pick out the correct statement.
temperature will a. Oxygen content decreases from
a. Increase lignite to bituminous coal as the
b. Decrease coalification increases
c. Increase or decrease depending on b. The less the oxygen content, better is
the fuel type the coal, as it reduces the calorific
d. Not change value
c. With increase in oxygen content,
67. Lurgi gasifier (high pressure gasifier) as moisture holding capacity of coal
compared to Kopper Totzek gasifier increases and the caking power
(atmospheric pressure gasifier) produces decreases
a. Higher amount of methane d. All of the above
b. Lower amount of hydrogen
c. Both A & B 74. Higher efficiency in the combustion of
d. Higher amount of both methane and solid fuel cannot be achieved by
hydrogen a. Proper fuel preparation
b. Keeping the flue gas exhaust
68. Out of the following fuels, the difference temperature very high
between the net and gross calorific value c. Adopting efficient-fuel firing
is maximum in case of technique & equipment
a. Pitch d. Supplying correct quantity of
b. Fuel oil combustion air
c. Blast furnace gas
d. Bituminous coal 75. A coal gasifier operating at 20 atm (e.g.
Lugri gasifier) as compared to one
69. A good metallurgical coke should have operating at atmospheric pressure (e.g.
very low Kopper-Totzek of Winkler gasifier) will
a. Sulphur & phosphorous content produce a gas having
b. Porosity a. Higher methane content and thus
c. Fusion point of its ash higher calorific value
d. Hardness & strength b. Higher carbon monoxide content
c. Lower carbon dioxide content
70. Which is the most matured coal? d. None of these
a. Lignite
b. Bituminous 76. Which of the following has the highest
c. Semi-anthracite gross calorific value?
d. Anthracite a. Blast furnace gas
b. Coke oven gas
71. Coke compared to the coal from which it c. Carbureted water gas
has been made, contains d. Oil refinery gas
a. Less volatile matter
b. More carbon 77. Highly reactive coke has lower
c. Greater percentage of ash a. Porosity
d. All of the above b. Coke reactivity index (CRI)
c. Critical air blast (CAB) value
d. Both B and C
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78. Which of the following accounts for 86. Prime coking coal is always blended with
maximum energy loss in a boiler? medium or non-coking coal before
a. Flue gases carbonization
b. Ash content in the fuel a. To check against its excessive swelling
c. Incomplete combustion during heating, which may exert high
d. Unburnt carbon in flue gases pressure and damage coke oven walls
b. Because, it alone produces unreactive
79. Pulverized coal used in boiler firing need coke
not have c. Both A & B
a. Less moisture content d. Neither A nor B
b. High fusion point of its ash
c. High bulk density 87. Which of the following is not a byproduct
d. Lower ash content of fuel?
a. Pitch
80. Mineral matter, ‘M’ and ash percentage b. Blast furnace gas
‘A’ in coal are roughly related as c. Petrol
a. M = 1.8 A d. Refinery gas
b. M = 0.5 A
c. M = 1.1 A 88. Which of the following is the most
d. M = A reactive (as regards the formation of CO
+ H2 from C + H2O)?
81. Percentage of hydrogen in coke oven gas a. Blast furnace coke
may be around b. Low temperature coke
a. 10 c. Anthracite coal
b. 25 d. Sub-bituminous coal
c. 45
d. 60 89. The combustion reaction, C + O2 = CO2, is
a. Exothermic
82. Percentage of methane in coke oven gas b. Endothermic
may be around c. Autocatalytic
a. 5 d. None of these
b. 15
c. 25 90. For long flame and easy ignition, the coal
d. 50 used should have
a. High volatile matter
83. In Lurgi coal gasifier, b. Low ash
a. Coking coals cannot be used c. High calorific value
b. Low carbon conversion efficiency is d. High ash
achieved
c. Entrainment of solids is higher 91. The calorific value of L.D. converter gas
d. Larger quantity of coal can be is about _____ kcal/Nm3.
processed a. 1800
b. 800
84. During coal carbonization process, the c. 4500
conversion of semi-coke to coke is d. 10000
accompanied by an increase in the
___________ of the mass. 92. Emission of dense white smoke out of the
a. Density chimney of a thermal power plant is an
b. Porosity indication of the use of
c. Electrical resistivity a. Less air for combustion
d. None of these b. Correct amount of air for combustion
c. Too much air for combustion
85. _________ present in coal is not d. Pulverized coal in boilers
determined in its ultimate analysis.
a. Fixed carbon 93. Calorific value of coke oven gas is around
b. Total carbon _______ kcal/Nm3.
c. Hydrogen a. 900
d. Nitrogen b. 4200
c. 7500
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d. 2000 SECTION 4

94. Calorific value of blast furnace is around 1. Coke oven gas consists mainly of
_______ kcal/Nm3. a. H2 & CH4
a. 850 b. CO & CO2
b. 1800 c. H2 & CO
c. 4200 d. CH4 & CO
d. 6500
2. Kopper-Totzek coal gasifier
95. Presence of free moisture in coal is most a. Can give ammonia synthesis gas (H2 +
disadvantageous during N2)
a. Its pulverization (as it requires more b. Is a moving bed reactor
power) c. Cannot use coking coal
b. Combustion of fire slacks on the d. Operate at very high pressure
grates
c. Handling (e.g. when emptying 3. (64-132) rank coal (ASTM) means a coal
wagons) with 64%
d. None of these a. Fixed carbon and having a heat value
of 13, 200 BTU/1b
96. Which of the following is not a b. Ash and a heating value of 13, 200
‘manufactured’ fuel? BTU/1b
a. LPG c. Fixed carbon and a heating value of
b. Coal briquettes 132 BTU/1b
c. Tar d. None of these
d. Colloidal fuels
4. (64-132) rank coal (ASTM) means a coal
97. Laboratory gas is obtained by the with 64%
cracking of a. Fixed carbon and having a heating
a. Gasoline value around 13, 200 BTU/1b
b. Diesel b. Ash and heating value around 13, 200
c. Fuel oil BTU/1b
d. Kerosene c. Fixed carbon and heating value
around 132 BTU/1b
98. Coal tar (produced by high temperature d. None of these
carbonization) is the main source of
a. Aromatic compounds 5. Mineral matter content (M) and ash
b. Aliphatic compounds content (A) in coal are approximately
c. Paraffins related as
d. Olefins a. M = 1.1A
b. M = A
99. The main reason for making the copper c. M = 1.5A
calorimeter (used in bomb calorimeter) d. M = 2A
silvery white and shining/polished is to
a. Minimize its corrosion 6. Calorific value of furnace oil is about
b. Avoid radiation heat loss _______ kcal/kg.
c. Make it look attractive a. 10000
d. None of these b. 15000
c. 5000
100. Largest constituent of blast d. 20000
furnace is
a. N2 7. With increase in C/H ratio of a fuel, the
b. CO dew point of flue gases
c. CO2 a. Increases
d. H2 b. Decreases
c. Remains same
d. May increase or decrease; depends on
the type of fuel
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8. Which of the following petrological c. Produces higher quantity of gas than

constitutes is responsible for the bright high temperature carbonization
and lustrous black band of bituminous d. Produces less quantity of tar than
coal? high temperature carbonization
a. Vitrain
b. Clarain 16. Eschka mixture, which is used for the
c. Durain determination of sulphur in coal, is a
d. Fusain mixture of
a. MgO & Na2CO3
9. Pensky-Marten apparatus is used for those b. MgSO4 & BaCl2
oils, whose flash points are ______ ºF. c. BaSO4 & NaCl
a. <120 d. MgCO3 & NaCl
b. >120
c. <90 17. _____ prohibits the use of alcohols
d. 90 – 110 directly in petrol engines.
a. Low octane number
10. Percentage of nitrogen in blast furnace b. High cost & availability
gas may be around c. Low flash point
a. 5 d. Low calorific value
b. 25
c. 55 18. Gross and net calorific value of a fuel will
d. 80 the same
a. If its ash content is zero
11. Percentage of carbon monoxide in blast b. If its carbon content is very low
furnace gas may be around c. If its hydrogen/hydrogen compound
a. 8 content is zero
b. 14 d. Under no circumstances
c. 22
d. 52 19. Out of the following fuels, the difference
between gross and net calorific value will
12. About _____ Nm3 of air will be required be minimum in case of
for the complete combustion of 2 Nm3 of a. Coke oven gas
CO. b. Water gas
a. 2 c. Natural gas
b. 3 d. Blast furnace gas
c. 5
d. 1 20. Desirable “Micum Index” values of
metallurgical coke are
13. Lignite is a. M40 > 78% and M10 < 10%
a. A high rank coal b. M40 > 4% and M10 < 80%
b. A coking coal c. M40 > 10% and M10 < 78%
c. Can be used for gasification and d. M40 > 98% and M10 < 2%
steam generation
d. A black banded coal which burns with 21. Caking index of the coal blend used for
a non-smoky yellowish flame the manufacture of metallurgical coke
should be around
14. Which of the following is called a ‘blue a. 5
gas’? b. 21
a. Coke oven gas c. 40
b. Water gas d. 48
c. Natural gas
d. Producer gas 22. Height of coke oven is limited (say
maximum up to 7 meters) mainly by the
15. Low temperature carbonization a. Problem of uniform heating along its
a. Is mainly for producing the smokeless height
domestic coke b. Structural strength of silica bricks
b. Is meant for the production of c. Problem in door cleaning
'metallurgical coke' d. Buckling of ram of pusher car at the
time of coke pushing
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23. Which of the following fuels is generally 30. With increase in C/H ratio of a fuel, the
not used in thermal power plant boiler amount of CO2 formed on its complete
firing? combustion
a. Furnace oil, light diesel oil and a. Increases
tar/PCM b. Decreases
b. Pulverized coking coal c. Remains same
c. Coal middling from washeries d. Either A or B, depends on other
d. B.F. gas, coke oven gas and L.D. factors
converter gas
31. Explosion limit of blast furnace gas is 37
24. Bulk density of pulverized coal may be to 71% gas in gas-air mixture. It means
about ______ kg/m3. that the blast furnace gas will explode
a. 100 when burnt in a confined space, if its
b. 500 concentration in the gas-air mixture is
c. 1000 _______ percent.
d. 1500 a. < 37%
b. >71%
25. Quantity of coke oven gas produced by c. In between 37 & 71%
the high temperature carbonization of d. None of these
one ton of dry coal may be around
______ Nm3. 32. Most of the coking coals are
a. 30 a. Anthracite
b. 300 b. Bituminous
c. 3000 c. Lignite
d. 30000 d. None of these

26. A sooty flame can be made non-luminous 33. Coke oven gas comparted to blast furnace
by gas is
a. Admitting more gas a. More explosive and inflammable
b. Shutting gas supply b. Less poisonous
c. Admitting more air c. Lighter
d. Shutting air supply d. All of the above

27. The maximum adiabatic flame 34. High pressure coal gasification is
temperature in air is __________ the employed in ________ process.
maximum flame temperature in pure a. Lurgi
oxygen. b. Kopper-Totzek
a. Lower than c. Winkler
b. Higher than d. None of these
c. Same as
d. Not related to 35. In low temperature carbonization of coal
as compared to high temperature
28. Coke oven gas burns with a yellowish carbonization ________ produced is less.
flame because of the presence of a. Difference in gross & net calorific
a. CO2 value of the coke oven gas
b. CH4 b. Free carbon content in tar
c. H2 c. Yield percentage of coke
d. NH3 d. Yield of ammonia present in coke
oven gas
29. Blast furnace gas burns with a bluish
flame, because of the presence of 36. Which adsorbent is used for removing
a. CO sulphur compounds (S Q, H2S, RSH etc.)
b. CH4 removal from coke oven gas in
c. CO2 byproducts recovery plant?
d. S a. Silica gel
b. Diatomaceous earth
c. Basalt
d. Bog iron (i.e., moist ferric hydroxide)
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37. Number of macro components present in 44. Blast furnace coke is made from coal by
coal according to Stopes are a. Low temperature carbonization
a. Four b. High temperature carbonization
b. Five c. Medium temperature carbonization
c. Six d. Heating the coal in an oven in
d. Two presence of air

38. Which of the following accentuates 45. Blast furnace gas constitutes mainly of
clinkering trouble on furnace grate a. N2 & CH4
burning coal? b. N2 & H2
a. Low reactivity of carbonized residue c. N2 & CO
containing high proportions of iron & d. CH4 & CO2
sulphur
b. Low forced draught and fuel bed 46. The advantage of firing pulverized coal in
temperature the furnace lies in the fact, that it
c. Thick fire bed and preheated primary a. Permits the use of high ash content
air coal
d. All of the above b. Permits the use of low fusion point
ash coal
39. High temperature in gasification of coal c. Accelerates the burning rate and
favors economizes on fuel combustion
a. High production of CO2 d. All of the above
b. Low production of CO2
c. High production of CO 47. Naphthalene is used for making
d. Both B and C a. Insecticides (e.g. moth balls)
b. Unsaturated polyesters
40. Which of the following oil gasification c. Drug intermediates e.g. β-naphthol
processes is non-catalytic? d. All of the above
a. Semet-Solvay process
b. Segas process 48. Which of the following is not increased by
c. Onia-Gegi process using preheated combustion air in place
d. Steam reforming of naphtha of ordinary air at room temperature?
a. Calorific value of the fuel
41. Function of secondary air in pulverized b. Flame temperature achieved
coal firing is to c. Speed of combustion of fuel
a. Transport the coal to the burner d. Heat transfer rate to the stock in the
b. Dry the coal furnace
c. Ensure efficient burning of coal
around the burner 49. Coal is heated in absence of air for 7
d. Reduce primary air requirement minutes at a temperature of about
______ ºC, during its volatile matter
42. ‘Mixed gas’ used in steel plants is a determination for proximate analysis.
mixture of a. 550
a. B.F. gas and coke oven gas b. 750
b. Coke oven gas and converter gas c. 950
c. Coke oven gas and LPG d. 1150
d. Blast furnace gas and naphtha vapor 50. Low temperature oxidation of coal
resulting from bad storage conditions
43. The calorific value of a gas composition does not decrease its
CO2 = 20%, H2 = 50%, CH4 = 30%, is y. If a. Caking power
the composition of gas is changed to H2 = b. Calorific value
50%, CH4 = 30%, CO2 = 10%, N2 = 10%, then c. Hydrogen content
the calorific value will be d. Oxygen content
a. y
b. 0.95 y 51. Bomb calorimeter can be used to
c. 1.05 y determine the __________ of the coal.
d. 1.8 y a. Sulphur content
b. Calorific value
c. Both A & B
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d. Neither A nor B 59. A liquid/gaseous fuel containing

hydrocarbons and high amount of sulphur
52. Calorific values of both the solid as well is burnt with 40% excess air. The flue gas
as the liquid fuels can be determined by still contains large amount of carbon
_______ calorimeter. monoxide. This may be due to the
a. Bomb a. Presence of large quantity of
b. Boy's hydrogen in the fuel
c. Junkar's b. Low calorific value of the fuel
d. None of these c. High sulphur content in the fuel
d. Lack of thorough mixing of fuel with
53. Calorific value as determined by bomb air
calorimeter is the
a. Higher calorific value at constant 60. Coking time in narrow byproduct coke
volume ovens is around ______ hours.
b. Gross calorific value at constant a. 18
pressure b. 48
c. Lower calorific value at constant c. 8
pressure d. 80
d. Net calorific value at constant volume
61. A travelling grate stoker is meant for the
54. Which of the following is the most efficient burning of ________ coal.
poisonous gas? a. Caking
a. Coke oven gas b. Pulverizing
b. Producer gas c. Non-caking
c. Blast furnace gas d. High ash
d. L.D. converter gas
62. A coal having higher volatile matter
55. Efficient burning of anthracite coal content will necessarily have lower
requires a. Ash fusion temperature
a. Low preheat of air b. Calorific value
b. Fine grinding c. Ignition temperature
c. High excess air d. Caking index
d. All of the above
63. The gasification reaction represented by,
56. Washing of coal does not reduce its C + H2O = CO + H2, is
a. S & P content a. Exothermic
b. Heating value b. Endothermic
c. Fusion point of ash c. Catalytic
d. None of these d. Autocatalytic

57. Nitrogen in coal 64. The lowest temperature, at which a solid

a. Is present up to 1-2% fuel produces enough vapors to support
b. Comes from protein in parent continuous combustion, is called
vegetable matter a. Fire point
c. Is recovered as ammonia during its b. Smoke point
carbonization c. Burning temperature
d. All of the above d. Kindling temperature

58. Oxygen required for theoretically 65. Atomizing steam to fuel ratio in a burner
complete combustion of 1 Nm3 methane should be around
is ________ Nm3. a. 0.5
a. 2 b. 1.5
b. 4 c. 2.5
c. 6 d. 3.5
d. 1
66. Volumetric ratio of N2 to O2 in dry
atmospheric air is
a. 0.21
b. 3.76
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c. 4.76 74. Producer gas comprises mainly of

d. 0.79 a. CO & N2
b. CO & H2
67. Combustion of pulverized coal compared c. CO2 & N2
to the lumpy coal d. CO2 & H2
a. Provides better control of furnace
temperature 75. Flue gas from the heating chamber of
b. Facilitates combustion with lower byproduct coke ovens is removed by
excess air a. Forced draft fan
c. Provides higher thermal efficiency & b. Induced draft fan
flame temperature c. Steam ejector
d. All of the above d. Natural draft

68. Use of pulverized coal in boiler furnace 76. Furnace oil consumption in a furnace for
provides a given duty employing preheated
a. High calorific value combination air (at 300º) may be reduced
b. Better combustion by about _______ percent as compared to
c. Smokeless burning the use of atmospheric combustion air.
d. Less erosion on furnace walls a. 5
b. 10
69. Which of the following is the maximum c. 20
coal producing state in India? d. 35
a. Orissa
b. West Bengal 77. Removal of hydrogen from coke oven gas
c. Jharkhand a. Increases its calorific value
d. Assam b. Decreases its calorific value
c. Does not alter its calorific value
70. The temperature at which plastic layer d. Is not possible on commercial scale
formation takes place during
carbonization of coal varies from 78. A coal that softens and fuses on heating is
________ ºC. a. Classified
a. 100 to 150 b. Carbonized
b. 350 to 450 c. Caking
c. 550 to 650 d. Non-caking
d. 700 to 850
79. Coke having higher porosity has
71. The difference between total carbon and a. Lower bulk density
fixed carbon of coal will be minimum in b. Lower strength
case of c. Higher reactivity
a. Lignite d. All of the above
b. Bituminous coal
c. Anthracite 80. Critical Air Blast (CAB) value of coke is a
d. High temperature coke (V.M < 0.5%) direct measure of its
a. Reactivity
72. With increase in the oxygen content of b. Hardness
the coal, its _______ decreases. c. Strength
a. Calorific value d. None of these
b. Caking power
c. Both A & B 81. A coal having high ratio of volatile matter
d. Neither A nor B to fixed carbon as compared to a coal
having low ratio of volatile matter to
73. Gobar gas constitutes mainly of fixed carbon
a. CH4 & CO2 a. Is less liable to spontaneous
b. CO & CO2 combustion on storage
c. CH4 & N2 b. Is more difficult to ignite and
d. CO & N2 produces a shorter flame
c. Requires smaller combustion space
and less secondary air
d. None of these
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82. The maximum percentage of CO2 in a 89. Largest constituent of coke oven gas is
flue gas (from a carbonaceous fuel) can a. N2
be b. H2
a. 21 c. CH4
b. 77 d. CO2
c. 79
d. 29 90. A carbonaceous fuel (containing no H2 or
hydrocarbons) is burnt and the resulting
83. Net calorific value is the gross calorific flue gas contains 21% CO2. It means that
value less the ______ heat of water in a. 21% excess air has been used for
the product of combustion when cooled combustion
to 15ºC. b. 21% excess oxygen has been used for
a. Sensible combustion
b. Latent c. Complete combustion of fuel has
c. Sensible and latent taken place
d. None of these d. No excess air has been used for
combustion
84. Improper storage condition results in the
weathering of coal and spontaneous 91. Coal is heated in presence of air to a
combustion, which increases its temperature of about ______ºC, while
a. Caking index determining its ash content for proximate
b. Yield of carbonized products analysis.
c. Friability & oxygen content a. 500
d. Calorific value b. 750
c. 950
85. Higher percentage of ash in coal meant d. 1100
for the production of metallurgical grade
coke 92. During its calorific value determination
a. Decreases the hardness of coke by bomb calorimeter, coal is combusted
b. Decreases the abrasion resistance of by
coke a. Air
c. Causes brittleness in steel b. Oxygen
d. None of these c. Oxygen enriched air
d. None of these
86. Coals used for the generation of
produced gas should have 93. Orsat apparatus
a. High caking index a. Gives flue gas analysis on dry basis
b. Low fusion point of ash b. Determines N2 in flue gas indirectly
c. High volatile matter content c. Can't determine CO in flue gas, if it is
d. Very low ash content (8-10%) < 0.2%
d. All of the above
87. The optimum percentage of excess air for
combustion depends upon the _______ of 94. Orsat apparatus is meant for
the fuel a. Gravimetric analysis of flue gas
a. Type (solid, liquid or gaseous) b. Finding out combustion efficiency
b. Calorific value c. Direct determination of nitrogen in
c. Sulphur content flue gas by absorbing it in ammoniacal
d. Ignition temperature cuprous chloride
d. None of these
88. Commercial production of petrol from
coal (as practiced in a factory at Sasol in 95. ‘Fat coals’ are those coals which have
South Africa) is done by the ________ of very high
coal. a. Caking capacity
a. Hydrogenation b. Volatile matter content
b. Gasification c. Fusion point of its ash
c. Carbonization d. Inherent moisture content
d. None of these
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96. _________ has the widest inflammability c. Carbonization time in a by-product

limit (explosion limit) of all the gases coke oven is about 16 hours
a. Hydrogen d. Gross and net calorific value of a fuel
b. Carbon monoxide is the same, if it does not contain
c. Acetylene hydrogen or hydrocarbons
d. Methane
4. Pick the odd man out.
97. Presence of force moisture in coal is most a. Briquettes
disadvantageous during its b. Wood
a. Transportation and handling c. Oil gas
b. Washing d. Pitch creosote mixture
c. Pulverization
d. Storage 5. Coke oven gas after passing through
return electrostatic tar precipitator
98. Producer gas containing least amount of (RETP) is used for the
tar is produced by the a. Hot scarfing of steel slabs
a. Partial combustion of coal b. Mixing with blast furnace gas
b. Partial combustion of large size (< 50 c. Coke oven battery heating
mm) coke d. Steel ladle drying
c. High pressure gasification of coal
(e.g. in Lurgi gasifier) 6. Bunsen burner is an example of a/an
d. Atmospheric pressure gasification of ________ burner.
coal (e.g., in Kopper-Totzek gasifier) a. Inside mixing/premix type
b. Outside mixing/diffusion
99. Coke oven gas constitutes mainly of flame/nozzle mix type
a. H2 & CO c. Rotary cup
b. H2 & CH4 d. Submerged combustion
c. CH4 & CO
d. H2 & CO2 7. Stack (chimney) heigh in a big thermal
power plant is dictated by the
100. Which of the following is a a. Pollution control aspect
poisonous fuel gas? b. Draught to be created
a. Coke oven gas c. Limitation of constructional facilities
b. Blast furnace gas d. None of these
c. Natural gas
d. None of these 8. Undercharging of coal in the byproduct
coke ovens results in
SECTION 5 a. Decrease in the c.v. of coke oven gas
b. Increase in its throughput
1. In flue gas analysis by Orsat’s apparatus, c. Increase in the c.v. of coke oven gas
oxygen is absorbed by d. No change in the c.v. of coke oven gas
a. Potassium hydroxide
b. Cuprous chloride 9. Which of the following will be unsuitable
c. Alkaline pyragllol solution for dust cleaning from flue gas at 400ºC
d. None of these from a pulverized coal fired boiler?
a. Multicyclones
2. Calorific value of pitch creosote mixture b. Bag filter
(PCM) i.e., C.T.F.-200 is c. Wet scrubber
a. 8800 kcal/m3 d. Hydro cyclones
b. 8800 kcal/kg
c. Same as that of coal middling 10. Which increase in calorific value of fuels,
d. 25000 kcal/kg their adiabatic flame temperatures
a. Increase
3. Pick out the wrong statement: b. Decrease
a. Carbureted water gas is also called c. Remain unchanged
blue gas d. May increase or decrease; depends on
b. Coals are divided in four species the quantity of products of
according to their carbon content in combustion
Seylor's classification
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11. Calorific value of tar is about ______ 18. Which of the following is a single stage,
Kcal/kg. fixed bed high pressure coal gasification
a. 8800 process?
b. 12000 a. Winkler process
c. 5000 b. Kopper-Totzek process
d. 16000 c. Lurgi Process
d. None of these
12. Of the total tar present in raw coke oven
gas, the tar recovered in primary cooler 19. Width of the coke oven towards coke side
is about _______ percent. is slightly more than that on pusher side
a. 5 to
b. 25 a. Facilitate easy discharging of coke as
c. 55 it swells during carbonization
d. 75 b. Facilitate uniform heating of the oven
c. Increase the output of the coke
13. Which of the following is used for making d. None of these
the explosive ‘TNT’?
a. Benzol 20. Naphthalene recovered from coke oven
b. Toluene gas is used
c. Pyridine a. As moisture proof coating on fibers
d. Creosote b. As moth balls (insecticides)
c. As a fuel in furnaces
14. ‘Wind loss’ resulting from unscientific d. For making electrodes
storage of coal may be the order of about
_______ percent. 21. One kg of carbon for theoretically
a. 2.5 complete combustion requires ________
b. 7.5 kg of air.
c. 10.5 a. 11.5
d. 14.5 b. 0.5
c. 23
15. Main use of hard coke produced by high d. 12
temperature carbonization is in the
a. Iron blast furnace 22. Stoichiometric combustion of 12 kg of
b. Cupola in foundries carbon requires ______ of oxygen.
c. Sinter making a. 1 kg mole
d. Domestic ovens b. 22.4 Nm3
c. 32 kg
16. Light oil whose major component is d. All of the above
benzol, is obtained by the distillation of
crude tar in the temperature range of 23. Main component of sewage gas produced
_________ ºC. during anaerobic decomposition of
a. 80 – 170 organic waste (by suitable bacteria)
b. 200 -300 during sewage disposal is
c. 250 – 270 a. H2
d. 280 – 300 b. CH4
c. CO2
d. N2

17. In high temperature carbonization (as 24. Presence of ___________ in a dry gaseous
compared to low temperature fuel does not contribute to its calorific
carbonization) of coal, the value.
a. Gas yield is less a. Sulphur
b. Tar yield is more b. Oxygen
c. Ignition temperature of coke c. Hydrogen
produced is less d. Carbon
d. Aromatic content of tar produced is
more
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25. Insitu theory and drift theory are related 32. Coke ovens in steel plant are heated by
to the a. Electricity
a. Origin of petroleum oil b. Coke oven gas
b. Origin of coal c. Mixed gas
c. Coalification d. Both B & C
d. Variation of coal quality with depth
33. Combustion reaction of fuels is a/an
26. During the carbonization of coal _________ reaction.
a. All tar is evolved at < 600°C a. Auto catalytic
b. Evolution of H2 and formation of b. Exothermic
methane and aromatics occur at > c. Endothermic
700°C d. None of these
c. Hard semi-coke starts shrinking at
600°C 34. Which of the following has the highest
d. All of the above flame velocity?
a. H2
27. Ultimate analysis of coal determines its b. CO
________ content. c. CH4
a. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen & sulphur d. C2H6
b. Carbon, ash, sulphur & nitrogen
c. Carbon, sulphur, volatile matter & ash 35. Which of the following gaseous fuels has
d. Carbon, volatile matter, ash & the lowest calorific value?
moisture a. Gobar gas
b. Refinery gas
28. Proximate analysis of coal determines its c. Converter gas
_______ content. d. Blast furnace gas
a. Moisture, ash, sulphur & volatile
matter 36. As the C/H ratio of the fuel increases,
b. Moisture, volatile matter, ash & fixed the amount of CO2 formed on combustion
carbon ___________ for the same percentage of
c. Moisture, sulphur, nitrogen & fixed excess air.
carbon a. Decreases
d. None of these b. Increases
c. Remains same
29. Which of the following is not a micro d. May increase or decrease depending
component present in coal? on the type of fuel
a. Micrinite
b. Clarain 37. Which of the following would require
c. Fusinite least amount of secondary air for
d. Liptinite combustion?
a. Coke breeze containing 25% ash and
30. Narrow coke ovens as compared to wider 2% volatile matter
coke ovens b. Anthracite containing 10% volatile
a. Produce smaller coke matter and 8% ash
b. Produce stronger coke c. Bituminous coal containing 20% ash
c. Require less time of carbonization and 25% volatile matter
d. All of the above d. Semi-bituminous coal containing 25%
ash and 20% volatile matter
31. With increases in carbonization
temperature 38. The function of secondary combustion air
a. Coke even gas yield increases is to
b. Tar yield increases a. Pneumatically convey the pulverized
c. Hydrogen percentage in the coke coal
oven gas decreases b. Completely burn the volatile matter
d. Methane percentage in the coke oven c. Burn the lumpy coal
gas increases d. None of these
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39. KOH solution used in Orsat apparatus 47. Nitrogen present in the flue gas is
absorbs determined in the Orsat apparatus by
a. CO2 absorbing it in
b. SO2 a. KOH
c. Both A & B b. Ammoniacal cuprous chloride
d. Neither A nor B c. Pyrogallol solution
d. None of these
40. When the coal is heated in absence of air,
it is called its 48. If CO2 is not fully absorbed by the KOH
a. Deoxidation solution meant for its absorption in the
b. Gasification Orsat apparatus, it will appear as
c. Coalification a. O2
d. Carbonization b. CO
c. N2
41. During combustion of gaseous fuels, d. SO2
deficiency of air
a. Lengthens the flame 49. Which of the following has the highest
b. Tends to shorten the flame calorific value (kcal/Nm3)?
c. Does not affect the flame length a. Carbureted water gas
d. Increases the flame temperature b. Gobar gas
c. Natural gas
42. Soft coke is not d. LPG
a. Produced by low temperature
carbonization of coal 50. Which of the following has the least
b. A domestic fuel calorific value (kcal/Nm3)?
c. Used in blast furnaces a. Blast furnace gas
d. None of these b. Coke oven gas
c. Sewage gas
43. Tar yield in the low temperature and high d. Natural gas
temperature carbonization of dry coal
may be respectively _______ percent. 51. Caking index of coal blend used for blast
a. 3 & 10 furnace coke making is about
b. 10 & 3 a. 8
c. 10 & 20 b. 12
d. 15 & 8 c. 22
d. 36
44. Presence of phosphorus in metallurgical
coal 52. Purity of coke means that, it is high in
a. Is not undesirable carbon and low in
b. Reduces its calorific value a. Volatiles
c. Badly affects the quality of steel b. Ash
d. Increases its caking power c. Iron
d. Moisture
45. Short/intense flame is produced during
combustion of gaseous fuel by using 53. Temperature of preheated air used for
a. High amount/current of combustion the transportation of pulverized coal
air through pipes to the burner of a boiler
b. Low amount/current of combustion furnace is restricted to a maximum limit
air of about 300ºC to avoid the
c. Preheated secondary air a. Requirement of large volume
d. Very little excess air combustion chamber
b. Risk of explosion
46. Sulphur in metallurgical coal c. Chances of clinker formation
a. Contributes to its heating value d. Incomplete combustion of coal
b. Affects the quality of steel produced
as cracks develop on the surface 54. A coal containing high amount of volatile
while rolling the steel matter will have
c. Both A and B a. Low ignition temperature
d. Neither A nor B b. Very little ash content
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c. High fusion point of its ash 62. Hardgrove grindability index of four coal
d. Low adiabatic flame temperature samples are given below. Which of them
is the easiest to grind?
55. The bright glow of a combustion process a. 50
is the characteristic of ____________ b. 70
temperature oxidation of coal. c. 85
a. Fast & high d. 100
b. Slow & low
c. Slow & high 63. Ionization potential applied across the
d. Fast & slow electrodes of electrostatic tar
precipitator is around
56. Junker’s calorimeter is used to a. 230 V AC
determine the calorific value of b. 60 KV AC
a. Pulverized coal c. 230 V DC
b. Gaseous fuels d. 60 KV DC
c. Fuel oil
d. None of these 64. A coal having higher volatile matter
content, has lower
57. A fuel with high heat release rate will a. Smoking tendency on burning
a. Require smaller combustion chamber b. Coke oven gas yield on carbonization
b. Have high calorific value c. Chance of catching fire during storage
c. Have high adiabatic flame in open space
temperature d. Ignition temperature
d. None of these
65. Which of the following fertilizers is
58. Out of the following, which is the most produced in the byproduct’s recovery
important parameter for the blast (from coke oven gas) plant attached to
furnace grade coke? an integrated steel plant?
a. CSR & CRI a. Ammonium sulphate
b. Ash content b. Ammonium nitrate
c. Moisture content c. Ammonium phosphate
d. Volatile matter content d. None of these

59. The hottest part of the flame lies in its 66. A fuel containing carbon and carbon
_________ zone. monoxide (but containing no hydrogen or
a. Non-luminous its compounds) is burnt in pure oxygen at
b. Luminous constant pressure. Its gross calorific value
c. Yellow as compared to net calorific value will be
d. Unburnt gases a. More
b. Less
60. The fuel ratio of a coal is c. Same
a. The ratio of its percentage of fixed d. Data insufficient; can’t be predicted
carbon to that of volatile matter
b. Helpful in estimation of its rank 67. Gross calorific value will be equal to the
c. Both A and B net calorific value for
d. Neither A nor B a. H2
b. C2H2
61. The weathering index of a coal c. CO
a. Gives an idea of the fusion d. C2H6
temperature of ash
b. Is related to its calorific value 68. Power alcohol as compared to straight
c. Is a measure of its size stability, when run gasoline has lower
stored & exposed to weather a. Calorific value
d. Is a measure of its caking tendency b. Octane number
c. Specific gravity
d. Viscosity
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69. Which of the following petrographic c. Naphthalene

constituents of coal is non-coking? d. Ethylene
a. Vitrain
b. Clarain 77. Softening temperature of coal ash is a
c. Durain measure of the ___________ of coal.
d. Fusain a. Caking tendency
b. Coking tendency
70. Moisture loss is determined by the c. Clinkering tendency
a. Humidity of combustion air d. Size stability
b. Moisture content of fuel
c. Both A and B 78. Lurgi coal gasifier is a pressurized
d. The water formed by combustion ________ bed reactor.
reaction a. Moving
b. Fixed
71. Main constituent of the gas produced c. Fluidized
from a gobar gas plant is d. Entrained
a. CO2
b. CH4 79. Which of the following fuels is the best
c. H2 for burning on chain grate stoker?
d. CO a. Non-caking coal
b. Caking coal
72. Which is the heaviest fuel gas out of the c. Coking coal
following? d. Pulverized coal
a. Blast furnace gas
b. Coke oven gas 80. In Orsat’s apparatus, ammoniacal cuprous
c. Water gas chloride is used for selectivity absorbing
d. Carbureted water gas a. CO
b. CO2
73. Coal tar fuels (CTF) as compared to c. O2
petroleum-based fuel oils have higher d. H2O
a. Calorific value
b. Higher C/H ratio 81. A gaseous fuel in order to develop
c. Sulphur content luminosity on burning, must contain
d. Difference in gross & net calorific a. Carbon monoxide
value b. Hydrocarbons
c. Hydrogen
74. Byproducts recovery process from coal d. Oxygen
carbonization is termed as direct,
indirect, and semi direct process 82. Presence of nitrogen in combustion air
depending upon the method of recovery does not reduce the
of a. Amount of heat liberated
A. Tar b. Flame temperature
B. Benzol c. Flue gas temperature
C. Ammonia d. Any of the above
D. None of these
83. Air/gas ratio for complete combustion
75. In low temperature carbonization of coal, will be the highest for
the a. LPG
a. Yield of coke oven gas is 290 Nm3/ton b. Gobar gas
dry coal c. Coke oven gas
b. Volatile matter in coke is zero d. Carbureted water gas
c. Temperature maintained is 700°C
d. Yield of tar is about 3% of dry coal 84. Bomb calorimeter is used for the
determination of calorific value of the
76. Which of the following is not a byproduct ________ fuels.
recovered in a high temperature coal a. Gaseous
carbonization plant? b. Solid
a. Benzol c. Liquid
b. Pitch-creosote mixture (PCM) d. Both B and C
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85. Which of the following coal gasification 93. Carbon content by weight in air dried
processes will produce gas having wood may be about ______ percent.
maximum methane content? a. 10
a. Winkler process b. 25
b. Lurgi process c. 50
c. Kopper-Totzek process d. 80
d. All of the above
94. Volatile matter content in coking coal
86. Oxygen content in a flue gas was found to may be about _______ percent.
be 4%. It implies that excess air used for a. 1
combustion was around _______ percent. b. 7
a. 4 c. 22
b. 96 d. 46
c. 20
d. 40 95. Dry air required to burn 1 kg of carbon
completely may be around ______ kg.
87. Washing of coal a. 11
a. Reduces its sulphur and ash content b. 2
b. Controls its ash fusibility and c. 20
increases its calorific value d. 38
c. Improves its coking properties
d. All of the above 96. Gobar gas is produced by the _______ of
cow dung.
88. Washing of coal a. Fermentation
a. Reduces its sulphur and ash content b. Oxidation
b. Controls its ash fusibility and c. Hydrogenation
increases its calorific value d. None of these
c. Improves its coking properties
d. All of the above 97. Efficiency of the combustion of a fuel is
judged by the _______ the flue gas.
89. Washing of coal decreases its a. of CO2 in
a. Caking index b. % of O2 in
b. Mineral matter content c. Temperature of
c. Ash content d. Color of
d. Both B and C
98. The catalyst used in shift converter is
90. For which pair of the fuel gases, calorific a. Nickel
value (C.V.) of one fuel is almost double b. Vanadium
that of the other on volume basis (i.e., c. Silica gel
kcal/Nm3), while the C.V. is same on d. Alumina
weight basis (i.e., kcal.kg)?
a. Propane and acetylene
b. Propane and LPG
c. Sewage gas and gobar gas
d. B.F. gas and coke oven gas

91. Which of the following is not a byproduct

fuel?
a. Producer gas
b. Blast furnace gas
c. Coke oven gas
d. Refinery gas

92. Which of the following is not a byproduct

fuel?
a. Sewage gas
b. Refinery gas
c. Producer gas
d. Bagasse