POWER PLANT ENGINEERING QUIZ

Solar thermal power generation can be achieved by

Using focusing collector or heliostates

Using flat plate collectors

using a solar pond

Any of the mentioned system

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Which of the following type of pump is used in liquid metal cooled reactor for circulation of liquid metal

Centrifugal

Axial

Reciprocation

Electromagnetic

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The nuclear energy is measured as

Curie

MeV

MW

Farads

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Artificial radioactive isotopes find application in

Nucleonic devices

Nuclear fission

Power generation

Medical field

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The coolant used in boiling water reactor is

Pressurised water

Mixture of water and steam

Liquid metal

CO2

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The mass number of a substance represents the sum of total number of

Neutrons and electrons in an atom

Protons and neutrons in a nucleus

Protons and electrons in an atom

Protons and neutrons in an atom

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The size of the reactor is said to be critical when

It becomes uncontrollable

Chain reaction can be initiated

It produces no power

It explodes

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The efficiency of a nuclear power plant in comparison to a conventional thermal power plant is

Same

Less

May be less or mote depending on size

More

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U235 will undergo fission by

High energy(fast) neutrons alone

Low energy(slow) neutrons alone

Medium energy neutrons

Either fast or slow neutrons

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The most practical fuel for a thermonuclear reactor, both from economical and nuclear consideration is

Uranium

Deuterium

Thorium

Plutonium

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