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This set of Power Plant Engineering PPE Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Power Plant Engineering Set 11
Q1 | Which country invented CANDU heavy water reactor?
- canada
- germany
- russia
- bolivia
Q2 | In which of the Following reactor is heavy hydrogen isotope H-2 is used as moderator?
- boiling water reactor
- pressurized water reactor
- candu reactor
- thermal reactor
Q3 | CANDU stands for
- canadian natural darmstadtium uranium
- canadian natural deuterium uranium
- canadian natural dubnium uranium
- canadian natural dysprosium uranium
Q4 | Which reactor consists of both fertile and fissile material?
- fast breeder reactor
- pressurize water reactor
- boiling water reactor
- converter reactor
Q5 | What is acronym of LMFBR?
- liquid molecular fast boiling reactor
- liquid metal fast breeder reactor
- liquefied metal fast boiling reactor
- liquid metal fast boiling reactor
Q6 | GCFBR stands for
- gas conditioned fast breeder reactor
- gas conditioned fast boiling reactor
- gas cooled fast breeder reactor
Q7 | Using Helium gas in GCFBR has many advantages.
- true
- false
Q8 | Which reactor uses orthometaerhenyl and paratherphenyl as coolant and moderator?
- liquid metal fast breeder reactor
- gas cooled fast breeder reactor
- organic substance cooled reactor
- candu heavy water reactor
Q9 | Nuclear plant is located near the area where cooling water is available.
- true
- false
Q10 | Which of the following may be used to measure the rate of nuclear disintegration?
- geiger-muller counter
- cold chamber
- cyclotron
- van de graph generator
Q11 | Which of the following may not need a moderator?
- candu reactor
- fast breeder reactor
- homogeneous reactor
- none of the mentioned
Q12 | The mass number of an element is not changed, when it emits radiations.
- α & γ
- α, β, & γ
- α & β
- β & γ
Q13 | Which of the following is not a naturally occurring nuclear fuel?
- uranium-238
- thorium-233
- plutonium-239
- none of the mentioned
Q14 | Which is the most commonly used molten metal for cooling of nuclear reactors?
- zinc
- sulphur
- sodium
- manganese
Q15 | One amu is equivalent to?
- 931 mev
- 93.1 ev
- 9.31 ev
- 931 j
Q16 | Fast breeder reactors do not
- use molten sodium as coolant
- use fast neutrons for fission
- use th-232 as fissile fuel
- convert fertile material to fissile material
Q17 | A boiling water reactor is the one, in which the
- pressurised water is pumped into the core.
- coolant water, after being heated in the reactor core, generates steam in a boiler
- fuel and the coolant are thoroughly mixed to form a homogeneous solution
- coolant water is allowed to boil in the core of the reactor
Q18 | Commercial power generation from fusion reactor is not yet possible, because
- it is difficult to initiate fusion reaction
- the fuel required (e.g. deuterium and tritium) is scarce
- it is difficult to control fusion reaction
- quantity of fuel required for initiating fusion reaction is prohibitively high
Q19 | Thermal shield is used in high powered nuclear reactors to
- absorb the fast neutrons
- protect the walls of the reactor from radiation damage
- slow down the secondary neutrons
- protect the fuel element from coming in contact with the coolant
Q20 | Where was the first use of nuclear bombs which cause death to the millions of lives?
- karachi
- melbourne and sydney
- hiroshima and nagasaki
- tokyo
Q21 | Where was the first control fission of an atom carried out?
- india
- japan
- russia
- germany
Q22 | Which was the first country to develop an atomic bomb?
- russia
- united states
- china
- japan
Q23 | Who made the famous “Atoms for Peace” speech?
- abraham lincoln
- jawaharlal nehru
- dwight d eisenhower
- parker chewier
Q24 | How many percentage of fissionable U-235 occurring in uranium?
- 0.1%
- 0.5%
- 0.7%
- 1.5%
Q25 | Nuclear energy is only harmful.
- true
- false