IC Engines Practice Set-1

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1. Which of the following medium is compressed in a Diesel engine cylinder?

Fuel alone

Air and lub oil

Air alone

Air and fuel

2. The pressure at the end of compression in the case of diesel engine is of the order of

20 kg/cm

12 kg/cm

35 kg/cm

6 kg/cm

3. The mean effective pressure obtained from engine indicator indicates the

Average pressure

Maximum pressure developed

Minimum pressure

Instantaneous pressure at any instant

4. Number of working strokes per min. for a four stroke cycle engine are _________ the speed of the engine in r.p.m.

Four-times

Twice

One-half

Equal to

5. Which one of the following engines will have heavier flywheel than the remaining ones?

30 kW four-stroke petrol engine running at 1500 r.p.m.

30 kW two-stroke petrol engine running at 1500 r.p.m.

30 kW four-stroke diesel engine running at 750 r.p.m.

30 kW two-stroke diesel engine running at 750 r.p.m.

6. The fuels in order of decreasing knock tendency for spark ignition engines are

Paraffin, aromatic, napthene

Napthene, aromatics, paraffin

Napthene, paraffin, aromatic

Paraffin, napthene, aromatic

7. Supercharging is the process of

Supplying the intake of an engine with air at a density greater than the density of the surrounding atmosphere

Providing forced cooling air

Supplying compressed air to remove combustion products fully

Injecting excess fuel for raising more loads

8. In a typical medium speed 4-stroke cycle diesel engine the inlet valve

Opens at 10° after top dead center and closes 20° before the bottom dead center

Opens at 20° before top dead center and closes at 35° after the bottom dead center

May open or close anywhere

Opens at top dead center and closes at bottom dead center

9. Pick up the false statement

S.I. engines are quality governed engines

Theoretically correct mixture of air and petrol is approximately 15:1

High speed compression engines operate on dual combustion cycle

Thermal efficiency of diesel engine is about 34%

10. The air standard efficiency of an I.C. engine is given by (where r = Compression ratio, and γ = Ratio of specific heats)

1- r^{γ - 1}

1 - (1/r^{γ - 1})

None of these

1+ r^{γ - 1}

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11. The air requirement of a petrol engine during starting compared to theoretical air required for complete combustion is

Same

May be more or less depending on engine capacity

More

Less

12. In an internal combustion engine, the process of removing the burnt gases from the combustion chamber of the engine cylinder is known as

Supercharging

Detonation

Polymerisation

Scavenging

13. In the opposed piston diesel engine, the combustion chamber is located

Between the pistons

Above the piston

Below the piston

There is no such criterion

14. The firing order in an I.C. engine depends upon

Number of cylinders

Arrangement of the cylinders

All of these

Design of crankshaft

15. Detonation is harmful due to

Increase in the rate of heat transfer, there is a reduction in the power output and efficiency of the engine

None of the above

High intensity of knock causes crankshaft vibration and the engine runs rough

Excessive turbulence which removes most of the insulating gas boundary layer from the cylinder walls

16. The maximum temperature in the I.C. engine cylinder is of the order of

1000-1500°C

1500-2000°C

500-1000°C

2000-2500°C

17. The theoretically correct air fuel ratio for petrol engine is of the order of

6: 1

9: 1

12: 1

15: 1

18. In a four stroke cycle diesel engine, the exhaust valve

Opens at 30° before bottom dead centre and closes at 10° after top dead centre

May open and close anywhere

Opens at bottom dead centre and closes at top dead centre

Opens at 30° after bottom dead centre and closes at 10° before top dead centre

19. In compression ignition engines, swirl denotes a

Rotary motion of the gases in the chamber

Haphazard motion of the gases in the chamber

Radial motion of the gases in the chamber

None of the above

20. A stoichiometric air-fuel ratio is

Lean mixture

Chemically correct mixture

Rich mixture for idling

Rich mixture for over loads

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21. The rating of a diesel engine, with increase in air inlet temperature, will

Increase linearly

Decrease linearly

Decrease parabolically

Increase parabolically

22. The knocking in spark ignition engines can be reduced by

(B) Increasing the engine speed

(D) None of these

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(A) Retarding the spark

23. Pick up the wrong statement about supercharging

There can be limited supercharging in petrol engines because of detonation

Supercharging results in fuel economy

Supercharging at high altitudes is essential

Supercharging reduces knocking in diesel engines

24. Crankcase explosion in I.C. engines usually occurs as

Never occurs

Both mild and big explosions occurs simultaneously

First a mild explosion followed by a bi explosion

First a big explosion followed by a mil explosion

25. The operation of forcing additional air under pressure in the engine cylinder is known as

Turbulence

Scavenging

Pre-ignition

Supercharging

26. If the temperature of intake air in IC engines is lowered, then its efficiency will

Increase up to certain limit and then decrease

Decrease

Remain same

Increase

27. The operation of forcing additional air under pressure into the engine cylinder is known as

Supercharging

Turbulence

Carburetion

Delay period

28. In a four stroke cycle diesel engine, the compression

Starts at 40° after bottom dead center and ends at 10° before top dead center

May start and end anywhere

Starts at 40° before top dead center and ends at 40° after top dead center

Starts at top dead center and ends at 40° before bottom dead center

29. The ignition quality of petrol is expressed by

All of these

Octane number

Cetane number

Calorific value

30. Compression ratio of I.C. Engines is

Swept volume/cylinder volume

Volume displaced by piston per stroke and clearance volume in cylinder

Ratio of pressure after compression and before compression

The ratio of volumes of air in cylinder before compression stroke and after compression stroke

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31. The ignition of the charge by some hot surface within the engine before the passage of spark is called

Auto-ignition

Ignition delay

Detonation

Pre-ignition

32. In a four stroke cycle petrol engine, the compression

Starts at 40° before bottom dead centre and ends at 30° after bottom dead centre

May start and end anywhere

Starts at 40° after bottom dead centre and ends at 30° before top dead centre

Starts at bottom dead centre and ends at top dead centre

33. The probability of knocking in diesel engines is increased by

High self ignition temperature

Higher viscosity

All of these

Low volatility

34. In a typical medium speed, 4-stroke cycle diesel engine

May start and end anywhere

Fuel injection starts at top dead center and ends at 20° after top dead center

Fuel injection starts at 10° before top dead center and ends at 20° after top dead center

Fuel injection starts at just before top dead center and ends just after top dead center

35. If the temperature of intake air in internal combustion engine increases, then its efficiency will

Increase

Remain same

None of these

Decrease

36. Pour point of fuel oil is the

Indicated by 90% distillation temperature i.e., when 90% of sample oil has distilled off

It catches fire without external aid

Temperature at which it solidifies or congeals

Minimum temperature to which oil is heated in order to give off inflammable vapours in sufficient quantity to ignite momentarily when brought in contact with a flame

37. The working pressure and temperature inside the cylinder of an internal combustion engine is _________ as compared to a steam engine.

High

Very low

Low

Very high

38. Which of the following is the lightest and most volatile liquid fuel?

Fuel oil

Diesel

Kerosene

Gasoline

39. The loud pulsating noise heard within the cylinder of an internal combustion engine is known as

Turbulence

Detonation

Pre-ignition

Supercharging

40. An engine indicator is used to determine the following

m.e.p. and I.H.P.

Temperature

Volume of cylinder

Speed

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