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Materials And Construction — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Practice high-yield Chemical Engineering MCQs on Materials And Construction — Part 2 with worked academic solutions for FPSC, PPSC, PAEC, OGDCL.

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FPSC, PPSC, PAEC...
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Exam-Level FPSC PPSC PAEC OGDCL
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Question 1 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Gunmetal and bronze are not corroded by the action of

Question 2 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Glass lined vessels are not used for handling/storing

Question 3 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

For handling sulphuric acid of 95% strength, the suitable material of construction for pipes is

Question 4 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Percentage of silver in German silver is

Question 5 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Sulphuric acid pickling tanks are lined with

Question 6 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

__________ iron is produced, when molten pig iron is chilled suddenly.

Question 7 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Lead pipes are not safe for carrying drinking water because water containing dissolved oxygen attacks lead thereby forming poisonous Pb(OH) 2 . Lead pipes are readily corroded by

Question 8 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Lead pipes are not safe for carraying drinking water, because water, containing dissolved oxygen attacks lead thereby forming poisonous Pb(OH) 2 . Lead pipes are readily corroded by

Question 9 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Which of the following is the most widely used insulating material for steam carray-ing pipelines?

Question 10 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

18/8 stainless steel means, that it contains

Question 11 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Lead alone is not used in storing equipment, because it

Question 12 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Tubes of multiple effect evaporator used for concentration of sugar cane juice are made of

Question 13 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

The material of construction of pressure mills used for squeezing out the juice from sugar cane is

Question 14 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Which of the following has the least carbon percentage?

Question 15 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

The addition of antimony in tin-based alloys improves its

Question 16 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

The heat treatment process applied to cold formed steel parts is

Question 17 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

The softest material just next to talc in the Mho's scale is

Question 18 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Which of the following undergoes granular fracture?

Question 19 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Which of the following alloy steels has the energy saving properties making it suitable for use in electrical machines?

Question 20 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Steel tower used for the storage of oleum

Question 21 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Iron alloyed with carbon upto 2% is called

Question 22 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

A suitable material of construction to use with fuming sulphuric acid is

Question 23 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Gas holder of a gobar (cowdung) gas plant is made of

Question 24 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Common house hold glass (i.e., soda-lime glass) is a/an __________ material.

Question 25 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

In SO 3 absorber (Contact Process), packing material used is of

Question 26 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

In hot wire aneomometer used for gas flow measurement, the wire is normally made of

Question 27 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

A magnetic material becomes __________ above the Curie temperature.

Question 28 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Hydrochloric acid is __________ corrosive to common metals.

Question 29 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Nickel base alloys with __________ are known as monel metal.

Question 30 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

The high expansion metal normally used in the bimetallic thermometer is __________ temperature measurement.

Question 31 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

A metallic alloy in which one of the constituent metal is __________ , is called an amalgam.

Question 32 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

The process of heating the cold pressed metallic powder is called __________ in powder metallurgy.

Question 33 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Zinc is highly __________ at room temperature.

Question 34 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Brine solution is stored/treated in __________ lined vessels/pipes.

Question 35 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

High speed cutting tool steels contain about __________ percent of tungsten.

Question 36 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Fermenter used in the production of pen-cillin by deep fermentation proces is a __________ lined steel vessel

Question 37 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

Austenitic manganese steel used for making jaws of crushing machines contains about __________ percent manganese.

Question 38 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

18-4-1 high speed steel contains 18%, 4% and 1% respectively of

Question 39 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

SO 3 is absorbed using H 2 SO 4 in a

Question 40 of 40
★ FPSC ★ PPSC

How many molecules per unit cell are there in a face centred cubic lettice?

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