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  1. According to Prevost's theory of exchanges, every body irrespective of its temperature continuously emit heat radiations to the surrounding bodies and at the same time receives heat radiations from the surrounding bodies.

  2. A.
    True
    B.
    False

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  3. In a boot-strap air evaporative cooling system, the evaporator is provided

  4. A.
    between the combustion chamber and the first heat exchanger
    B.
    between the first heat exchanger and the secondary compressor
    C.
    between the secondary compressor and the second heat exchanger
    D.
    between the second heat exchanger and the cooling turbine

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  5. According to Stefan-Boltzmann law, the total radiation from a black body per second per unit area is directly proportional to the

  6. A.
    absolute temperature
    B.
    square of the absolute temperature
    C.
    cube of the absolute temperature
    D.
    fourth power of the absolute temperature

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  7. A good refrigerant should have

  8. A.
    high latent heat of vaporisation and low freezing point
    B.
    high operating pressures and low freezing point
    C.
    high specific volume and high latent heat of vaporisation
    D.
    low C.O.P. and low freezing point

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  9. The thermal diffusivity for gases is generally __________ those for liquids.

  10. A.
    equal to
    B.
    less than
    C.
    greater than

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  11. The condition of refrigerant after passing through the expansion or throttle valve, in a vapour compression system is

  12. A.
    high pressure saturated liquid
    B.
    wet vapour
    C.
    very wet vapour
    D.
    dry vapour

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  13. The process of adding moisture to the air, without change in its dry bulb temperature, is known as humidification.

  14. A.
    Agree
    B.
    Disagree

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  15. In case of liquids and gases, the heat transfer takes place according to

  16. A.
    conduction
    B.
    convection
    C.
    radiation
    D.
    none of these

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  17. The logarithmic mean temperature difference (tm) is given by (where Δt1 and Δt2 are temperature differences between the hot and cold fluids at entrance and exit)

  18. A.
    B.
    C.
    tm = (Δt1 - Δt1) loget1t1)
    D.

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  19. The radiation emitted by a black body is known as

  20. A.
    black radiation
    B.
    full radiation
    C.
    total radiation
    D.
    all of these

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