Internal Combustion Engines _I_C_ Engines — Part 1 MCQs with Explanations
Practice high-yield Mechanical Engineering MCQs on Internal Combustion Engines _I_C_ Engines — Part 1 with worked academic solutions for PAEC, NESCOM, PPSC, FPSC, WAPDA.
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Engine pistons are usually made of aluminium alloy because it
Correct Answer: Option A — Is lighter
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Engine pistons are usually made of aluminium alloy because it Is lighter Aluminium alloy are used because they are lighter.
Correct Answer: Option C — Reduce weight and bulk for a given output
Detailed Academic Explanation:
The reason for supercharging in any engine is to Reduce weight and bulk for a given output -A supercharger is an air compressor that increases the pressure or density of air supplied to an internal combustion engine. This gives each intake cycle of the engine more oxygen, letting it burn more fuel and do more work, thus increasing power.
Morse test can be conducted for Multi cylinder engines The purpose of Morse test is to obtain the approximate indicated power of a Multi cylinder engine. It consist of running the engine against the dynamo-meter at a particular speed, cutting out the firing of each cylinder in turn and noting the fall in BP each time while maintaining the speed constant.
The scavenging efficiency of a four stroke cycle diesel engine is
Correct Answer: Option D — Between 95 and 100%
Detailed Academic Explanation:
A supercharger is an air compressor that increases the pressure or density of air supplied to an internal combustion engine. This gives each intake cycle of the engine more oxygen, letting it burn more fuel and do more work, thus increasing power. The scavenging efficiency of a four stroke cycle diesel engine is Between 95 and 100%
Scavenging is a process of pushing exhaust gas out of the cylinder and drawing in fresh draught of air or air fuel mixture for the next cycle. Scavenging is usually done to increase power output
When crude oil is heated, then which of the following hydrocarbon is given off first?
Correct Answer: Option D — Natural gas
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Heating oil is made from crude oil Heating oil is a petroleum product refined from crude oil. Heating oil and diesel fuel are closely related products called distillates. Heating oil is a distillate fuel sold mainly for use in boilers, furnaces, and water heaters. When crude oil is heated, then natural gas is given off first
Which one of the following event would reduce volumetric efficiency of a vertical compression ignition engine?
Correct Answer: Option B — Inlet valve closing before bottom dead center
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Inlet valve closing before bottom dead center would reduce volumetric efficiency of a vertical compression ignition engine. -It should be quite clear that the volumetric efficiency decreases at higher rpm because the process of pushing the exhaust gases out and sucking the fresh charge inside cylinder gets lesser and lesser time.
The output of a diesel engine can be increased without increasing the engine revolution or size in following way
Correct Answer: Option D — Supercharging
Detailed Academic Explanation:
A supercharger is an air compressor that increases the pressure or density of air supplied to an internal combustion engine. This gives each intake cycle of the engine more oxygen, letting it burn more fuel and do more work, thus increasing power.
A gas engine has a swept volume of 300 cm 3 and clearance volume of 25 cm 3 . Its volumetric efficiency is 0.88 and mechanical efficiency is 0.90. The volume of the mixture taken in per stroke is
Correct Answer: Option C — 264 cm3
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Actual volume = swept volume × volumetric efficiency = 300 × 0.88 = 264 cm 3
The method of determination of indicated power of a multi cylinder spark ignition engine is by the use of
Correct Answer: Option A — Morse test
Detailed Academic Explanation:
Morse test can be conducted for Multi cylinder engines The purpose of Morse test is to obtain the approximate indicated power of a Multi cylinder engine. It consist of running the engine against the dynamo-meter at a particular speed, cutting out the firing of each cylinder in turn and noting the fall in BP each time while maintaining the speed constant.
The _________ engines can work on very lean mixture of fuel.
Correct Answer: Option B — Compression ignition
Detailed Academic Explanation:
The Compression Ignition engines can work on very lean mixture of fuel. - Compression ignition engine or CI engine is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel takes place with the help of hot compressed air. - At the end of the compression stroke, fuel is injected into the cylinder and it gets ignited from the heat of compressed air and burning process begins.
In order to prevent knocking in spark ignition engines, the charge away from the spark plug should have
Correct Answer: Option D — All of these
Detailed Academic Explanation:
In order to prevent knocking in spark ignition engines, the charge away from the spark plug should have - Low density - Low temperature - Long ignition delay
The thermal efficiency of diesel engines on weak mixtures is
Correct Answer: Option C — Higher
Detailed Academic Explanation:
The thermal efficiency of diesel engines on weak mixtures is higher. compression-ignition engines are more fuel efficient (upto 30%) than their gasoline counterparts. diesel has more long chain hydrocarbons, which is 15 percent more energy dense than gasoline.
Correct Answer: Option B — Rotary motion of the gases in the chamber
Detailed Academic Explanation:
In compression ignition engines, swirl denotes a Rotary motion of the gases in the chamber. In compression ignition engines, swirl denotes a rotary motion of the gases in the chamber as swirl is always related to rotary motion. Inject fuel in a chamber of high pressure at the end of compression stroke.
In competitive commission exams (FPSC, PPSC, KPPSC, SPSC, CSS, PMS), questions are frequently phrased with distractor options designed to catch rote learners. Whenever you answer an MCQ, read the Detailed Academic Explanation and Conceptual Anchor to understand why the remaining options are incorrect.