3. WIND ENERGY, BIO MASS.

1. What does Heating and cooling of the atmosphere generates?

a) Thermo line circulation
b) Radiation currents
c) Convection currents
d) Conduction currents
Answer: c

2. How much is the energy available in the winds over the earth surface is estimated to be?
a) 2.9 X 120 MW
b) 1.6 X 107 MW
c) 1 MW
d) 5MW
Answer: b

3. How much wind power does India hold?

a) 20,000 MW
b) 12,000 MW
c) 140,000 MW
d) 5000 MW
Answer: a

4. What is the main source for the formation of wind?

a) Uneven land
b) Sun
c) Vegetation
d) Seasons

Answer: b
5. Which country created wind mills?
a) Egypt
b) Mongolia
c) Iran
d) Japan

Answer: c

6. “During the day, the air above the land heats up more quickly than the air over water”.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a

7. What happens when the land near the earth’s equator is heated?
a) All the oceans gets heated up
b) Small wind currents are formed
c) Rise in tides
d) Large atmospheric winds are created

Answer: b

8. What type of energy is wind energy?

a) Renewable energy
b) Non-renewable energy
c) Conventional energy
d) Commercial energy

Answer: a

9. What are used to turn wind energy into electrical energy?

a) Turbine
b) Generators
c) Yaw motor
d) Blades

Answer: a
10. What is the diameter of wind turbine blades?
a) 320 feet
b) 220 feet
c) 80 feet
d) 500 feet
Answer: b

11. At what range of speed is the electricity from the wind turbine is generated?
a) 100 – 125 mph
b) 450 – 650 mph
c) 250 – 450 mph
d) 30-35 mph

Answer: d

12. When did the development of wind power in India began?

a) 1965
b) 1954
c) 1990
d) 1985
Answer: c

13-The amount of energy available in the wind at any instant is proportional to ___ of the wind
speed.
(A) Square root power of two

(B) Square root power of three

(C) Square power

(D) Cube power

Answer: D
14-Wind energy is harnessed as ______ energy with the help of windmill or turbine.

(A) Mechanical

(B) Solar

(C) Electrical

(D) Heat

Answer: A

15-Winds having following speed are suitable to operate wind turbines.

(A) 5 – 25m/s

(B) 10 – 35m/s

(C) 20 – 45m/s

(D) 30 – 55m/s

Answer: A

16-The following is (are) the classification of winds

(A) Global wind

(B) Local wind

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) None of the above

Answer: C
17-Global Cold wind move from
(A) Polar to equatorial region

(B) Equatorial to polar region

(C) Equatorial to oceanic region

(D) Oceanic to Equatorial region

Answer: A

18-Global Cold wind generated from Oceans moves to

(A) Mountains

(B) Equator

(C) Plain areas

(D) Poles

Answer: C

19-_____ force is responsible for forcing the global winds towards westerly direction.
(A) Coriolis

(B) Gravitational

(C) Centripetal

(D) Centrifugal

Answer: A
20-The wind intensity can be described by
(A) Reynolds number

(B) Mach number

(C) Beaufort number

(D) Froude number

Answer: C

21. The term biomass most often refers to ___________

a) Inorganic matter
b) Organic matter
c) Chemicals
d) Ammonium compounds
Answer: b

22. Dead organisms are also comes under the biomass.

a) True
b) False
Answer: a

23. Biomass is useful to produce __________

a) Chemicals
b) Fibres
c) Bio chemicals
d) Transportation fuels

Answer: d

24. Which one of the following is an example of starch crops biomass feed stocks?
a) Sugar cane
b) Wheat straw
c) Corn stover
d) Orchard prunings

Answer: a
25. Which of the following forestry materials can be used as biomass?
a) Logging residues
b) Tallow
c) Fish oil
d) Manure
Answer: a

26. Which of the following is not used as biomass?

a) Hybrid poplar
b) Willow algae
c) Iron nails
d) Trap grease

Answer: c

27. The aerobic digestion of sewage is used to produce __________

a) Biomass
b) Bio fuels
c) Synthetic fuels
d) Metal articles
Answer: b

28. Bio ethanol is denatured alcohol that is also called as __________

a) Ethylene
b) Methylated spirit
c) Ethylene glycol
d) Methylene
Answer: b

29. The production of bio ethanol is by fermenting the _________ and starch components.
a) Acid
b) Milk
c) Sugar
d) Alcohol
Answer: c
30. The bio ethanol is subjected to rectification to remove ___________
a) Sugar
b) Enzymes
c) Yeast
d) Impurities
Answer: d

31. The bio ethanol obtained in the fermentation process has __________ purity.
a) 99%
b) 99.2%
c) 99.4%
d) 99.7%
Answer: d

32. The by-products that are produced during rectification of bio ethanol is used as_________
a) Pig feed
b) Cow feed
c) Dog feed
d) Sheep feed
Answer: c

33. To make transport fuel the bio ethanol is blended with _________
a) Diesel
b) Petrol
c) Oil
d) Kerosene

Answer: b

34. _________ is called as the bio gas.

a) Bio ethanol
b) Bio methane
c) Bio diesel
d) Bio butanol

Answer: b
35. The percentage of carbondioxide in the bio methane is ____________
a) 30-40
b) 32-43
c) 35-45
d) 55-60

Answer: b

36. Biomass is a renewable source of ____________

a) Energy

b) Food

c) Plants

d) Light

Answer: a

37. Biomass is converted into fuel using _______conversion technique

A. Direct combustion

B. Thermo chemical conversion

C. Bio chemical conversion

D. All the above

Answer : D

38. Both power and manure is provided by

A. Nuclear plants

B. Thermal plants

C. Biogas plants

D. Hydroelectric plant

Answer: C
39. The aerobic digestion of sewage is used to produce __________

A. Biomass

B. Bio fuels

C. Synthetic fuels

D. Metal articles

Answer: A

40. _________ uses anaerobic digestion.

A. Incineration

B. Combustion

C. Fermentation

D. Oxygenation

Answer: A

41. What is the range of retention time during anaerobic digestion?

A. 10-20 days

B. 20-30 days

C. 40-80 days

D. 40-100 days

Answer: D

42. _________ is called as the bio gas.

A. Bio ethanol

B. Bio methane

C. Bio diesel

D. Bio butanol

Answer : B
43. The bio methane is produced by the __________ of biomass.

A. Aerobic oxidation

B. Anaerobic oxidation

C. Fermentation

D. Rectification

Answer: B

44. Which of the following forestry materials can be used as biomass?

A. Logging residues

B. Tallow

C. Fish oil

D. Manure

Answer: A

45. _________ is called as the bio gas.

A. Bio ethanol

B. Bio methane

C. Bio diesel

D. Bio butanol

Answer: B

46. Bio gas is compressed and used as ________

A. Motor fuel

B. Fuels in vehicles

C. Dog feed

D. Cow feed

Answer: A
47. Which of the following is the end product of anaerobic degradation?

A. Liquor

B. Nitrogen

C. Lead

D. Sulphur

Answer: A

48. The gases produced from anaerobic degradation process are ____ and ____

A. Nitrogen, sulphur

B. Acetate, nitrate

C. Carbon, methane

D. Methane, sulphur

Answer: C

49. Anaerobic digestion is generally applied to BOD wastes above ____ ppm.

A.3000

B.6000

C.9000

D.12000

Answer: B

50. Which of the following parameters effect operating conditions of anaerobic treatment
process?

A. Influent quality

B. Chemicals

C. Hydrocarbon

D. Sulphur

Answer: A