Power Plant Engineering Set 11

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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