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    1267CE Tl isra Ia BEAR / Goverment of India aiafter FasI-T (Department of Space fear ereeng afafter x / VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE freaeiaqge / Thiruvanenthapuram - 695 022 aynedslPen-waet creas sofa) fens ¥. 286 ye wy aaa 8g fear WRITTEN TEST FOR SELECTION TO THE POST OF SCIENTIST/ENGINEER-SC (CHEMICAL ‘ENGG.), ADVT. NO. 286, Yq H.1267 / Post No 1267 FafB/Date: 21.02.2015 ‘watt 3iavMaximum Marks: 100 BaRATime. 1 Hevhour 30 Fre/minutes isa ar aTziName of the candidat {tet aierwRoll no, seufiat a fee _sezi/instructions to the Candidates 4. aad carer da andar a sega Pre ae atia-anger Ber ae avatar a deftta earast & ae Brat fers after & Fae aria Rar rar Bl wie arsed dat ara wfate 8 aT Reser a aA sre ‘You have been called for the written test based on the online data furnished by you the web application and testimonials in respect of your qualification. If you do not possess the required qualification as per our advertisement, your candidature will be rejected. 2. wRbear giana fartieras fr safer a & aire ghar Feare/ Peta RETR AAT TAT You should sign the hall ticket / photograph only in the presence of the Invigilator in the examination hall. 3. Seat, 50 peat a gaa meager H STA ‘The Question paper is in the form of Question Booklet with 50 questions. 4 west aeacad & few ster aterm sea gfeaar a are A separate OMR answer sheet will be provided for answering the Questions. 5. cat ald a afte pa-gitaa Aut ate wabatag, sieaisie Seat yaaa oF Pees Ee aT faearaneel wuestion booklet series code (A/B/C/D/F) printed on the right hand top comer should be written in the OMR answer sheet in the place provided, PTO 10. 1 12, 13, 14. 15, eer gfe & Sr ae eT Stepan we FAL Enter your Name and Roll Number correctly in the question booklet. Hea Seater Seah aia ear areanreh an SH ater Tse Tar HA AY STH TAT] All entries in the OMR answer sheet should be with blue/black ball point pen only ie bq reife area & sree ey, Fatea shen ay Set & are agers wy A eth, et a ae wm refers BTS Be ST ‘The written test will be of objective type based on the qualification prescribed for the post with four answers indicated, of which only one will be unambiguously correct. sire, Seeger & Re are aeeeit & arepere, arse want & ater ange Gar & sito sea gitcar A daftter sac at site ax ae Sect HH Ge eT BI ‘You have to select the right answer by marking the corresponding oval on the OMR answer sheet by blue/black ball point pen as per the instructions given in the answer sheet, WH TAH NT HAH TA MAT AT STAT) ATA Tea Sw wear-y fear a YE area aes fase Multiple answers for a question will be regarded as wrong answer. Negative mark will be given to wrong answers as indicated in Question Booklet. Candidates are permitted to carry only scientific calculators along with them inside the examination hall, Computers, mobile phones and other electronic gadgets, text books, notes ete. will not be allowed inside the written test hall. On completion of the test, tear the OMR answer sheet along the perforation mark at the top and hand over the original OMR answer sheet to the invigilator and retain the duplicate copy with you, eat. gece Hea Hay TH Ta a EI ‘The question booklet can be retained by the candidate. ster gerade heer saat at cher ete wtga ft arate ae EL Candidates are not permitted to leave the examination hall during the first hour of the examination. savafita at emcee bg arya Ptr go ae & eA HPT aT aE aT EL ‘The written test is conducted only to shortlist/screen-in the candidates for interview. 2 1267CE JENTIST/ENGINE {EMICAL ENGINEERING) Finstructions © $8 wea-39 FF 50 weet FI/This Question paper contains 50 questions © SeVTotal marks -100 © Bef seat a aie are RUAII questions carry equal marks Qaim sede BEY Seat & Few/ 2 marks for every right answer © Ta Sent & fare TET aies/Negative marks for wrong answers “Kedar aaa Sea F FAC! minus % mark for every wrong answer «© edifite aaf& 90 fac/Maximum Duration - 90 minutes 1. waren ear are Patios aap sear & at ate & srgat at ——— eT, Two iron pipes of the same nominal diameter but different schedule numbers will have (a) Ware siadef carrethe same inside diameter (0) BAI AEA TATA The seme outside diameter (o) tar fraterg warA/The same wall thickness (6) Sagaerai ear strarétnone ofthe above 2. aT, HATA arora aa area aT, 100 ce/s Hr aT ae A UH ereter & FETA B warhea eY WTSI AAS ary AH ATA (mol.wt.4) B afeeenaer Par sar sy ersttex ar Her saath aT ab elitr & vag ft az —_——— #1 Air at room temperature and atmospheric pressure is flowing through a rotameter at a flow rate of 4100 ce/s. If Airis replaced by Helium (mol.wt.4) and the rotameter shows the same reading, the flow rate of Helium is (a) 56 ce/s (b) 42cc/s, () 269ee/s, (a) 325.ce/s 3, aR STRTST, Pea AE A sas 100 mB, 10 m/s FE ATA AAT Bl eA ATETAT % Fare, TH 1:25 Hise wera S or oe a aera aE? {A ship whose hull length is 100 m is to travel at 10 m/s. For dynamic similarity, at what velocity should a 1:25 model be towed through water? [a) 10m/s (ob) 25m/s () 2m/s (d) 50m/s 4, Umm Sarees Fe a rat (9 2500 ka/en") BRE Ca OS m EIE AS AY STA (0 = 1000 kg/m") B AAT fara omar afk west crechaeor a aise oy as alee 40% Fat gy as ater gr] ——— 81 A.0.5 m high bed packed with 1 mm diameter glass spheres (p :2500 kg/m’) is to be fluidised by water (p : 1000 kg/m’). if at the point of incipient fluidisation, the bed voidage is 40%, the pressure drop across the bed is (a) 4.4KPa (b) 2.94KPa () 3.7KPa (a) Bava war aT aTETINone of these 5. SO. RRtor sy ioc afarar ay ofeacta at soar rea aR (i aaa a gf Berar ee i) TY A RT $0.8 aat BO] aeqaTET A 2 BT In the converter of contact process for the manufacture of H2SOs, the equilibrium conversion of SO,(i) with increase in the temperature and (i) with inerease in the mole ratio of SO3to alt (a) (i) SATB increases (i) HEAT B/decreases (b) _ (i) HAT B/decreases (ii) ECT Biincreases (i) Agar Bincreases (i) TAT Biincreases (d)_(i) WaT B/decreases (ii) Wea B/decreases D 3 1267CE 6 SPST ATT HART BATT AT TAT LH, 900°C TM 100 atm HC aTET H 1 g aM HOY Zar FAT ‘MUeaTa BT —————@] The volume occupied by 1 g.mol of water vapour at 900°C and 100 atm, using Vander Waal’s equation of stateis Ber: atest aoe Faia Data : Vander Waal’s Constants 404 (lit (atm)/(g.mol)? b= 0.03049 (lit/g.mol) =o.0nn ncatm R=0082 Coen (2) 0,963 titres (b) 0.98 litres (0 o.94iitres (a) 0.92 litres Us RTC A aeM FReaTARTT BA limestone has the following composition CaCO; ~ 93%, MgCOs ~ 6% aa a1feraraeTelTat/and insoluble — 1% 2000 PRAM ATAEAT & Cao & Farce Pavaromar ree re aTah How many kg of CaO will be obtained from 2000 kg of limestone? (a) 11204 (b) 1150Kg () 1099 kg. (a) 1042 ke 8. ah gafera, afieetort cer steer dtat a geet ver thetter Bearer & shear saflasy se A arora eee eT Baa Se stteratiore & fore wet anaes sm 32 sr Saar ae Bate wer wT a tit aed EE there aufbaray sre 39.2 81 GARI Tate HET 16 a Sete aH faeea aes eee athe ania ane 32.8 81 Sa Sores A ael C areca Perera sitet AY aT HOY ferererart Pasctaft 8? Two engineers are calculating the average molecular weight of a gaseous mixture containing oxygen and other gases. One of them using the correct molecular weight of 32 for oxygen, determines the average molecular weight correctly a5 39.2. The other using an incorrect value of 16, determines the average ‘molecular weight as 32.8. This is the only error in his calculations. What is the mole percent of oxygen in ‘the mixture? (@) 30 (o) 40 (50 (a) 60 9. BRR eROT SHAE Apa 50°C a wm reelaeTe A eta BIB TATE STA A aT HAART aT 8.0 gmol/itre 81 5 fie & walks are & Areata & ele ox a wr HRT 4.0 gmol/itre Bl ST Sefaifarar aaa 14 =k C.°° Fl Sov ut ge anf ear ar ax Fes ———— 81 ‘The liquid phase reaction A->B is conducted isothermally at 50°C in a CSTR. The inlet concentration of Ais 8.0 gmolflitre. At a space time of 5 minutes, the concentration of A at the exit of CSTR is 4.0 gmolflitre. The kinetics of the reaction is -r,=K C,°° The rate constant for this reaction at SO°Cis @ 0224+) ort ig 04(Z4)* 10. Ha ATTA 400 8 500 K Fee ae TET re Farah eee ates SHR ae aX FRI 100 aa TH ay SATA 81 ag aera fr GeraroT sae Raia HEY &, €/R wT FET ———31/the rate constant of a chemical reaction increases by 100 times when the temperature is increased from 400 to 500 K. Assuming transition state theory is valid, the value of E/R is (a) 8764 (&) 9210 (8987 (6) 8621 D 4 1267CE u 12. 13 ear bateciat de, ot arguetcane a ata 8, Cw SIRS Se 0.05 m aT AIT aaTe aT AE SNH TET {aH esF 01 maw as ore! (faTAS |) As AM as 0.15 mel {An asbestos pad, square in cross section, measures 0.05 m on a side and increases linearly to 0.1 m on the side at the other end (See the figure). The length of the pad is 0.15 m. om ‘aie wre 37 FT 600 K IE aaT aw wT 300 K OT eTRa Phar ore B Ste gies ant areal Bt SAE PRAT Saran & att are wang Pr ax (le Hy sar she arar Shore way Peete aT arg Bl Ceeete A Ser ‘UTeTHAT 0.173 W/m KE IF the small end is held at 600 K and the larger end at 300 K, what willbe the heat flow rate (in watts) ifthe other four sides are insulated. Assume one directional heat flow. Thermal conductivity of asbestos is 0.173 W/m K. (@) 20 (b) 25 (0 36 (a) 4.7 Pret cya & slat H vagetr vars & SNOT Sea Raia Fin Bew-atdect weaey B sea Prat re ea Cee eT aw gare Pasa Gare & SH MAT AR HT GT ATH eee TET ae $$ theet am oReafefa eam For a turbulent flow in a tube, the heat transfer coefficient is obtained from the Dittus-Boelter correlation. If the tube diameter is halved and the flow rate is doubled, then the heat transfer coefficient will change by 2 factor of (a) 10 (b) 1.74 @ 7 (a) 37 150° COR war Often ava a, Way 1-1 er ae afar Som faerie Fy, 30° c Oe UH eter aT HT ar ae Be ae ve ara 1 be rc a ier care 120% Br SET EaOT ACTS sae er erg aa ne at TH A era are wt, Se aT Teel A thermic fluid at 150° Cis used to heat a cold fluid at 30° Cin a 1-1 shell and tube heat exchanger. The exit temperature of the thermic fluid is 110°C . Find out the overall heat transfer coefficient. Assume the mass flow rates, heat capacities of both the fluids are the same. (a) 05 (bo) 04 {) 0.036 (a 036 5 1267CR, 14. 15. 16. v7, 18. 200 umn om aS ad an ATIC a wer Fe SAY ae eae area Sah 12.7 kWh/ton 8 TH BG BF STH B50 um cw UTE a SOT Ar oA aT aera (aes By TA BT ‘seater ee) ————@1 The energy required per unit mass to grind limestone particle of very large size to 100 um is 12.7 kWh/ton. ‘An estimate (using Bond's law) of the energy to grind the particles from a very large size to 50 im is (a) 635kWh/ton (db) 9.0KWh/ton —(c}_—-ABKWh/ton (a) 25.4kWh/ton 2000 mm zara & war ater Fate Hf Swer & Fare 100 mm sare a FETA ¥ atest ar Seater Pear SAT BI ecarre # gerel are A elet By OT HHT 15 rpm OK Te eT RT Bat ate Patera wt sraRahta Tare ge, ‘afe 100 mm dist at So mm aiet a wfeeentta Rear star 8 at se fra aw Pech arte @ rota ela Ina ball mill of diameter 2000 mm, 100 mm diameter steel balls are being used for grinding, Presently for the material being ground, the mill is running at 15 rpm. At what speed will the mill have to run if the 100 mm balls are replaced by 50 mm balls, all other conditions remaining the same? fa) 31 rpm (b) 15rpm () 62rpm (@) 251pm wea oa fatedass eich andar 30 fare & par s m’ fivecte aT 81 11.3 m* Peete sree Sia aw Pesce eT TAT AA 11.3 mn? a ited a Teh aor SAT Fea sar at ited eae a Perel H sper BU HTT & ofealer M arora at ae BHA E HN GN afar & ahaa wa Rey are ar sea PAT ATL A leaf filter filtering slurry, gave a total of 8m’ filtrate in 30 min. Filtration was continued tll 11.3 m° of filtrate was collected. Estimate the washing time in minutes if 11.3 m® of wash water is used. The resistance of cloth can be neglected and a constant pressure is used throughout. (a) 110 min (b) 120 min (2) 130min (@) 140min ae area aire ae Uo site MoT ar TEA SeTTOTT Atypical example of a physical system with under damped characteristics is a (a) qa Aa ewU-tube manometer (b) fester safer Sram aTea/Spring loaded diaphragm valve (c) sear aie af frer aita AreaaMV/CSTR with first order reaction (a) aTsdaya yy Prafestei Thermocouple immersed ‘fara sore & aemit ar ferrarieteaa FF ww free care aa Pear Te Oscillations of a system may be reduced by one of the following controllers (a) attqurfera fercrae/Proportional controller (0) areqenfeta-arararar Faiz Proportional ~Integral Controller (Se sraaae fdsayPcoportional - Derivative Controller (d) iS fereiaten sar att He AeATINo controller can reduce 6 1267CE, 19, 20. 21. 2. 23. BNE AT BTATAT Cp = 3/2 8 (Re 8.314 J/mol. K) 3 at ve areeh Aer at ear aig wT ow ag TAT 31 AC a 400 KB are, aH ARRRIeAH wT A ASA Pear sre BI ithe & are aif ara 800K #1 An ideal gas with molar heat capacity Cp = 3/2 R (R=8.314 J/mol. K) is compressed adiabatically from 1 bar and 800 K to pressure Paina closed system, The final temperature after compression is 800K. (Ki/mol A) Hetiget & fare arrears ard B 1/Work required for compression (in kJ/mol) is. (a) 1.66 (db) 3.32 (co) 498 (d) 6.64 —____ wtesnpidratts acta The kinetic energy of gas molecules i zero at foc 273°C (9 108% (2c 375 K Oe ae Pesetharrat Grafh wT 275 k UL 30 Reoitanet oreht a rer Peete we S Rarer sat Bl Fer dearth a aitaren Rada ————@1 OTe CyA.2 KI/KgK TET Coa PAT BT Ten kilograms of water at 375 K is mixed adiabatically with 30 kg water at 275 K. The change in total entropy is C, of water = 4,2 KJ/Ke.K and C, is independent of temperature (a) 159K/K (e) 937 K/K (9 1096 Ky/x (ewer ‘gr titer Freer was Joule Thompson expansion is an (a) Bavetedt aPraT/isoenthalpic process (b}) —_-H1Eeta Aa TRETIsobaric process (co) angdergiftrar wfrariisentropic process (d)_-- WHaTHTe wfsra/isothermal process eae 1 ser 2 a Gac Ua argertt FeroT 105.04°C sar 1.013 Ae IT ww arferegts HY BT aT Bl ST sifarenig ter ds ree a (xy) 35 A LOT ATT HOT 3H 0.62 Fl 105.4°C TX EMA | TA 2 Ye Tew aT aT arer: 0.878 8x sity 0.665 8x B| Hrat afar Pes Teg TOT ae ate Ree ga eat at faa UT ty, and 7) A binary mixture containing species 1 and 2 forms an azeotrope at 105.04°C and 1.013 bar. The liquid phase mole fraction of component 1 (x.) of this azeotrope is 0.62. At 105.4°C, the pure component vapour pressure for species 1 and 2 are 0.878 bar and 0.665 bar, respectively. Assume that the vapour phase is an ideal gas mixture Activity coefficient (y,and y2) under these conditions (a) (0.88, 0.66) (b) (2.15,1.52) ( (2.52, 1.25) (@) (152,088) 7 1267CE 24. 25. Ca ae TAN stares (Covet A atorer HAR Bw (i) Bae Gerster (i) B1 Ina Fluid Catalytic Cracker (FCC), the cracking reaction is (i) and the regeneration is (i) (a) () are AVexothermic (i) FeaTeMAENdothermic {b) (i) F8ATeA/Exothermic (ii) FATA Exothermic (0 (i) sareitvEndothermic (i) HHTRTAEndothermic (6) () SaraIHEndothermic (ii) FTAA Exothermic ‘arg FY Ua ERT 100 KPa Sle eT 300K FY, 0.2 m Ht ang & Shy Auer & ast gaa wore ete Ay eae ‘Hae H 20 m/s aor a wares ener I gies Sere: A stream of air at 100 KPa pressure and 300K is flowing on the top surface of a thin flat sheet of solid naphthalene of length 0.2 m with a velocity of 20 m/s. The other data are: arg at aeardta aren ft gear Rear = 10% mi/s Mass diffusivity of naphthalene vapour in air = 6 x 10% m’/s, argh agar eat = 15 x 10% m'/s Kinematic viscosity of air = 1.5 x10 ° m"/s arg — searcher sieeps # atresia ar aidegoT = aot Concentration of naphthalene in the air ~solid naphthalene interface = 1x02 woe ie WS a eae eT aT aT aT aT re ws ae aterg a A ave fra Mt Hare BE Calculate the rate of oss of naphthalene from the surface per unit width in 224 after finding the overall ‘mass transfer co-efficient over the fat plate. AICNote : Wh HUE AS H IU HHT Tapa H Fare, Techy wars Hager Sea Teneo apis siToTAT Nu = 0.664 Rede! aratarcor eae Para ST AAT EL For heat transfer over a fiat plate, convective heat transfer coefficient for laminar flow can be calculated by the equation, Nu=0.664 Re,*"r"? HUG, ROTATE TAM SORT ETAT her HT HASTA ST STANT HE You may use analogy between mass and heat transfer amet gmol gmat gmt (a) 0.202224 (0) 0.400 eet (9 03032 (a 0101 8 1267CE 26. 27. aoa HB yar ah eraret eat a eg aoe RI ae Uae aR ora ate ae arg ee The following reaction is conducted in two identical flasks. Pure X is brown in colour and pure ¥ is colourless. 2X g)eem Vig) J Water at | 7 \ Yas / OS sf te \ Derk \ huge brown brown ges fA pl SE A B WerEH StF ges TTT HNOT FAT 82/The reason for light colour in flask B is (e) 317 af fPaT SATE g l/Forward reaction is exothermic (b) Seaman HP Beer Hea BI /Reverse reaction is exothermic () sae sed a ater Beit A afar H ae/Redution in total number of moles towards product side (o) rakes ara ag afta fave et eHINo reaction in flask B SATE t=0 FE H.O.8 War orate Perea VATA Heat a a Hae chew va dt a rea Pa Sat Bl gah waited whew af a ew area cert wae af 81 weds Tees a cae area S TaTE part nS OTe Bl Rs ga heat a Uw aa t= eo 0 Se Remar I wate raha a ater einer momar BNC gat Geet BT A A AR aT sae ToT Hl ht eae a aT wre) [At time t=0, equal volumes of an aqueous solution of H,0, are introduced into two identical flasks A and B. In addition, flask 8 contains another material X. Identical balloons are connected to each flask via a tube. Figure shows a sketch of the flasks at t= t;> 0. The overall reaction occurring is same in both A and B and the flasks are maintained at a constant temperature T1. (Both the balloons have identical properties) {> Te tp ariaarsy, rer beret a Att > infinity, from visual observations (a) Wa Reaactaran eaters § Praratare eae B sare Hast ga /Baloon from A wil be bigger in sie than from 8 (o) a Rrereterar ear va Praretare Meare Bare H aeT RAT /Balloon from B wil be bigger in size than from A (eo) wakeas ward waar sree Sr azaTEVSame sizeof balloon in flask A & B (4) ar7afea Sev/insufficient data 9 1267CE, 28. 29. 30. wae Hiarg (e) cer aeeeranete Oa & chat cael wt aise Fa a Rae are area was eR aren svar $1 af gat oct ter arose sem 2K Fat se aE A oN Seah ere ti ‘Two plates of equal thickness (t) and cross sectional area are joined together to form a composite as shown in fig. f the thermal conductivities of the plates are K and 2K, the effective thermal conductivity of the composite is a) 3K/2 (o)aK/3 ( 3K/4 (6) 2K/3 wa hs Fae rah at errata ware Te STS BL In a Poo! boiling experiment, the following phenomena is observed, () sepferar daga/Natural convection 0) Rresraaarairim boiling (8) SREY FALAT/Transition boling (Q Falters Fae/Nucleate boiling ‘ener ghey a1 eT 3H FA B2/What is the correct sequence of occurrence? (a) 1K fb) LK ()UkLL (8) ULKy wa aise & ara 5, 50 ara & ae 10 an A sce ang bi ApaEe aS oraaa aga Ae aT sacha a, ier aah Aart oe gar ae an Pra AE Carat ae FEA) A column costs Rs. 5.0 lakhs and has a useful life of 10 years. Using the double declining balance depreciation method, the book value of the unit at the end of five years (in lakhs of Rs.) (a) 124 (o) 131 (164 (2.05 10 1267CE, 31 32. 33. 34. 35. com gafiider core a Fea ata FE For feedback control system tobe stable, the (a) siya atrrror aps area eA aT /Roots ofthe characteristics equation should be real (o) ager aieeor ofa oy, teehee cr dy ard stb a Be eMC /Potes ofthe closed loop transfer function should lie in the left half of the complex plane (eo) aceite Fager rer afarcor ara ab’ catet at wander wr g eA MABTI/Bode plots of the corresponding open loop transfer function should monotonically decrease (a) Riga over siereor ater & a, lec cal & are aitiarar H get TFETI/Poles of the closed loop transfer function should Iie in the right half of the complex plane 1 hare wore Feri er cw wea IE oT at airgtaae Pretr & atta Pra ara 1 radian / rin er iTgfeer a RFE | ‘A first order system with a time constant of 1 min is subjected to frequency response analysis. At an input frequency of 1 radian / min, the phase shift is (a) 45° {b) -90° (c) 180" (d) -45° cies Farin oer at eater ae woe Sage aT} The second orer system with he transfer function 4s has a damping ratio of fa) 20 (b) 05 (10 (a) 40 Pret gore eeraieor rae! = 8 ge wa 4 ae a aR a eae Ba aR ia ‘sega Porer sre 81 afeerctar seferwareT ———— 8 = capita Aster change of 4 units magnitude is introduced in this system. The percentage overshoot is. ‘A.system has the transfer function (a) 20 () 30 (25 (8) 35 rafal enforgtr ener dy ster a api ettantor aera & Pa ea Tat Bernoulli's equation for steady frictionless flow states that, along a streamline (a) Hor ara FE BiTotal pressure is constant (b) Bet aia Ta FER B/Total mechanical energy is constant (arate FEA Frvelocity head is constant (o) SoQperat va sft aiétinone of the above u 1267CE 36, 37. 38, 39. feria & cer dt oe wa agatt fer & fav fieafafaa 4 ata-a sonra a & fax 87 (y= TRTATE ora aT x

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