IC Engines Practice Set-1

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

Carburetion

Turbulence

Supercharging

Delay period

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

Diesel

Fuel oil

Gasoline

Kerosene

3. The ignition quality of petrol is expressed by

Calorific value

Octane number

All of these

Cetane number

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

12: 1

6: 1

15: 1

9: 1

5. 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

6. Compression ratio of I.C. Engines is

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

Ratio of pressure after compression and before compression

Swept volume/cylinder volume

Volume displaced by piston per stroke and clearance volume in cylinder

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

Remain same

Increase

Decrease

None of these

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

Starts at bottom dead centre and ends at top dead centre

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

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

May start and end anywhere

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

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(A) Retarding the spark

(D) None of these

(B) Increasing the engine speed

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

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

May start and end anywhere

Fuel injection starts at 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

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

May open and close anywhere

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

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

Opens at bottom dead centre and closes at top dead centre

12. In compression ignition engines, swirl denotes a

Rotary motion of the gases in the chamber

Radial motion of the gases in the chamber

Haphazard motion of the gases in the chamber

None of the above

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

Minimum pressure

Instantaneous pressure at any instant

Maximum pressure developed

Average pressure

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

Fuel alone

Air and fuel

Air alone

Air and lub oil

15. An engine indicator is used to determine the following

Speed

Volume of cylinder

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

Temperature

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

Detonation

Pre-ignition

Turbulence

Supercharging

17. Pick up the false statement

S.I. engines are quality governed engines

High speed compression engines operate on dual combustion cycle

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

Thermal efficiency of diesel engine is about 34%

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

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

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

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

All of these

Higher viscosity

High self ignition temperature

Low volatility

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

Pre-ignition

Turbulence

Scavenging

Supercharging

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

Increase parabolically

Decrease parabolically

Decrease linearly

Increase linearly

22. A stoichiometric air-fuel ratio is

Lean mixture

Chemically correct mixture

Rich mixture for over loads

Rich mixture for idling

23. Detonation is harmful due to

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

None of the above

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

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

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

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

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

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

May start and end anywhere

25. Pour point of fuel oil is the

Temperature at which it solidifies or congeals

It catches fire without external aid

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

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

26. 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}

None of these

1+ r^{γ - 1}

1 - (1/r^{γ - 1})

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

Remain same

Increase

Decrease

Increase up to certain limit and then decrease

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

1000-1500°C

500-1000°C

1500-2000°C

2000-2500°C

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

First a mild explosion followed by a bi explosion

First a big explosion followed by a mil explosion

Never occurs

Both mild and big explosions occurs simultaneously

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

Scavenging

Detonation

Polymerisation

Supercharging

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31. Supercharging is the process of

Providing forced cooling air

Injecting excess fuel for raising more loads

Supplying compressed air to remove combustion products fully

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

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

Four-times

One-half

Equal to

Twice

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

Below the piston

Between the pistons

There is no such criterion

Above the piston

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

Same

More

May be more or less depending on engine capacity

Less

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

May open or close anywhere

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

Opens at top dead center and closes at bottom dead center

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

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

Paraffin, aromatic, napthene

Napthene, aromatics, paraffin

Paraffin, napthene, aromatic

Napthene, paraffin, aromatic

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

Auto-ignition

Detonation

Ignition delay

Pre-ignition

38. Pick up the wrong statement about supercharging

There can be limited supercharging in petrol engines because of detonation

Supercharging at high altitudes is essential

Supercharging results in fuel economy

Supercharging reduces knocking in diesel engines

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

Very low

Very high

High

Low

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

Arrangement of the cylinders

Number of cylinders

Design of crankshaft

All of these

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