Mass Transfer: Previous Year Question (2000-2020)

MASS TRANSFER
Previous Year Question (2000-2020)

2000 IIT Kharagpur (1 Mark)
Q.1 The McCabe ∆L law states that the
(A) Molar heat of vaporization of components are nearly equal.
(B) Linear crystal growth rate depends on the degree of super saturation.
(C) Linear crystal growth rate does not depend on the crystal size.
(D) Linear crystal growth rate depends on the crystal size.
Q.2 For the nth tray (counter from the bottom of a distillation column) the Murphree efficiency is given by
Y  Yn Y  Yn 1 Y  Yn Yn*  Yn 1
(A) n*1 (B) n* (C) n 1 (D) *
Yn  Yn 1 Yn  Yn 1 Yn 1  Yn Yn  Yn 1
Q.3 At 750 K and 1 atm, the approximate value of the Schmidt number for air is
(A) 0.01 (B) 0.1 (C) 1 (D) 10
Q.4 The absorption factor is defined as
L G mL LG
(A) (B) (C) (D)
mG mL G m
Q.5 The Grashof number is defined as the ratio of
(A) Buoyancy to inertial forces (B) Buoyancy to viscous forces
(C) Inertial to viscous forces (D) Buoyancy to surface tension forces
2000 IIT Kharagpur (2 Marks)
Q.6 In a laboratory test run, the rate of drying was found to be 0.5 103 kg/m2 when the moisture content reduced
from 0.4 to 0.1 on a dry basis. The critical moisture content of the material is 0.08 on a dry basis. A tray dryer is
used to dry 100 kg (dry basis) of the same material under identical conditions. The surface area of the material
is 0.04 m 2 /kg of dry solid. The time required (in second) to reduce the moisture content of the solids from 0.3
to 0.2 (dry basis) is
(A) 2000 (B) 4000
(C) 5000 (D) 6000
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MASS TRANSFER PYQ (2000-2020)
Q.7 The individual mass transfer coefficients ( mol/m 2 -s ) for absorption of a solute from a gas mixture into a liquid
solvent are K L  4.5 and K G  1.5 . The slope of the equilibrium line is 3. Which of the following resistance(s)
is/are controlling?
(A) Liquid side (B) Gas side
(C) Interfacial (D) Both liquid and gas sides
2001 IIT Kanpur (1 Mark)
Q.8 The Lewis relation for air-water humidification is given by ( k Y  mass transfer coefficient of moisture in air,
h G  heat transfer coefficient, CS  Heat capacity of vapour gas mixture)
h G2 k 2Y CS2 h k 2Y h G
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) G  1 (D) 1
k Y CS hG k Y CS CS
Q.9 For gas absorption the height of a transfer unit based on the gas phase is given by ( G  Superficial molar gas
velocity, L  Superficial molar liquid velocity, FG  Mass transfer coefficient in mol/m 2 -s , a  Interfacial area
per unit volume of tower).
G FG Ga L
(A) (B) (C) (D)
FG a Ga FG FG G
Q.10 The surface renewal frequency in Danckwerts’ model of mass transfer is given by ( k L  mass transfer
coefficient in m/s).
k 2L kL
(A) k 2L D A 2
(B) k D A
L (C) (D)
DA D 2A
2001 IIT Kanpur (2 Marks)
Q.11 In a single stage extraction process, 10 kg of pure solvent S (containing no solute A) is mixed with 30 kg of
feed F containing A at a mass fraction X F  0.2 . The mixture splits into an extract phase E and a raffinate phase
R, containing A at X E  0.5 and X R  0.05 respectively. The total mass of the extract phase is (in kg).
(A) 6.89 (B) 8.89 (C) 10 (D) 8.25
Q.12 200 kg of solid (on dry basis) is subjected to a drying process for a period of 5000 s. The drying occurs in the
constant rate period with the drying rate as N C  0.5  10 3 kg/m 2 -s . The initial moisture content of the solid is
0.2 kg moisture/kg dry solid. The interfacial area available for drying is 4 m 2 /100 kg of dry solid. The moisture
content at the end of the drying period is (in kg moisture/kg dry solid)

(A) 0.5 (B) 0.05 (C) 0.1 (D) 0.15
Q.13 The interfacial area per unit volume of dispersion in a gas liquid contractor, for fractional hold-up of gas = 0.1
and gas bubble diameter = 0.5 mm is given by (in m 2 /m 3 )
(A) 500 (B) 1200 (C) 900 (D) 800
2002 IISc Bangalore (1 Mark)
Q.14 The Reynolds analogy for momentum, heat and mass transfer is best applicable for
(A) Gases in turbulent flow (B) Gases in laminar flow
(C) Liquids in turbulent flow (D) Liquids and gases in laminar flow
Q.15 The dimensionless group in mass transfer that is equivalent to Prandtl number in heat transfer is
(A) Nusselt number (B) Sherwood number
(C) Schmidt number (D) Stanton number
2002 IISc Bangalore (2 Marks)
Q.16 It takes 6 h to dry a wet solid from 50% moisture content to the critical moisture content of 15%. How much
longer will it take to dry the solid to 10% moisture content. Under the same drying conditions (the equilibrium
moisture content of the solid is 5%).
(A) 15 min (B) 51 min (C) 71 min (D) 94 min
Q.17 According to the Fenske equation, what will be the minimum of plates required in a distillation column to
separate an equimolar binary mixture of components A and B into an overhead fraction containing 99 mol% A
and a bottoms fraction containing 98 mol% B?
[Assume that the relative volatility (  AB  2 ) does not change appreciably in the column]
(A) 5 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 28
2003 IIT Madras (1 Mark)
Q.18 Minimum reflux ratio in a distillation column results in
(A) Optimum number of trays (B) Minimum reboiler size
(C) Minimum condenser size (D) Minimum number of trays

Q.19 Component A is diffusing in a medium B. The flux N A relative to a stationary point is equal to the flux due to
molecular diffusion if
(A) Diffusion of A is in stagnant medium B
(B) Mass transfer is accompanied by reaction
(C) Molecular mean free path is high
(D) There is equi-molar counter-diffusion
Q.20 The diffusion coefficient, in m 2 /s , of acetic acid in benzene (liquid in liquid) is
(A) 2.09 104 (B) 2.09 10 5 (C) 2.09 109 (D) 2.09 1012
2003 IIT Madras (2 Marks)
Q.21 In distillation column sizing calculations by short cut methods, match the following.
P. Underwood’s equation 1. Number of real trays
Q. Fenske’s equation 2. Column diameter
R. Gilliland’s equation 3. Minimum number of ideal trays
S. Vapour velocity at flooding 4. Actual number of ideal
5. Minimum reflux ratio
6. Tray efficiency
(A) P-1, Q-3, R-4, S-6 (B) P-2, Q-5. R-1, S-3
(C) P-5, Q-3, R-6, S-2 (D) P-5, Q-3, R-4, S-2
Q.22 Compound A is extracted from a solution of A  B into a pure solvent S. A co-current unit is used for the liquid-
liquid extraction. The inlet rate of the solution containing A is 200 mol of B/h-m 2 and the solvent flow rate is
400 mol of S/h-m 2 . The equilibrium data is represented by Y  2X , where Y is in mol of A/mol of B and X is
in mol of A/mol of S. The maximum percentage extraction achieved in the unit is
(A) 25% (B) 50% (C) 70% (D) 90%
Q.23 The following plot gives the saturated-humidity (H) versus temperature (T).

H
H
(H 2, T2 )
(H 3, T3 )
(H 1 , T1)
Line joining (H1 , T1 ) and (H 2 ,T2 ) is the constant enthalpy line. Choose the correct one from the following
options.
(A) T1  Dew point temp, T2  Dry bulb temp, T3  Wet bulb temp
(B) T1  Dew point temp, T2  Wet bulb temp, T3  Dry bulb temp
(C) T1  Wet point temp, T2  Dry bulb temp, T3  Dew bulb temp
(D) T1  Dry point temp, T2  Wet bulb temp, T3  Dew bulb temp
Q.24 A solid is being dried in the linear drying rate regime from moisture content X 0 to X F . The drying rate is zero
at X  0 and the critical moisture content is the same as the initial moisture, X 0 . The drying time for
 L 
m   S  is
 AR C 
X  X  X 
(A) m(X0  X F ) (B) m  0  (C) m ln  0  (D) mX 0 ln  0 
 XF   XF   XF 
Where LS  Total mass of dry solids, A  total surface area for drying, R C  constant maximum drying rate per
unit area and X  moisture content (in mass of water/mass of dry solids).
Q.25 A pure drug is administered as a sphere and as a cube. The amount of drug is the same in the two tablets.
Assuming that the shape and size do not influence of mass transfer, the ratio of rate of dissolution in water at
t  0 for the cubic to spherical tablet is
(A) 0.54 (B) 1.04 (C) 1.24 (D) 1.94
Q.26 The Reynolds number of the liquid was increased 100 fold for a laminar falling film used for gas liquid
contacting. Assuming the penetration theory is applicable, the fold-increase in the mass transfer coefficient ( k c )
for the same system is
(A) 100 (B) 10 (C) 5 (D) 1

Q.27 H 2S is being absorbed in a gas absorber unit. The height of the transfer unit based on the overall mass transfer
coefficient on the gas side is 0.4 m. The equilibrium data given by Y  1.5 x . The bulk concentration of H 2S has
to be reduced from 0.05 and 0.001 mole fraction in the gas side. The height of the tower (in metre)
corresponding to an operating line given by y  5x  0.001 is
(A) 2.0 (B) 1.56 (C) 1.0 (D) 0.56

Q.28 Experiments were conducted to determine the flux of a species A in a stagnant medium across gas-liquid
interface. The overall mass transfer coefficient based on the liquid side for dilute systems for the above was
estimated to be 4  10 3 kg-mol/m2 -s . The equilibrium data for the system is given as Y  2X . The flux across
the interface X  0.01 , respectively is concentration of A in gas phase and liquid phase as Y  0.4 and X  0.01 ,
respectively is
(A) 5.6 104 (B) 8.5 104 (C) 5.6 103 (D) 8.5 103
Q.29 The equilibrium data of component A in the two phases B & C are given below
x (mole of A/mole of B) y (mole of A/mole of C)

1 0.5
2 4.125
The estimate of y for x = 4 by fitting a quadratic expression of a form y = mx2 for the above data is
(a) 15.5 (b) 16 (c) 16.5 (d) 17
Q.30 Acetone is to be removed from air in an isothermal dilute absorber using pure water as solvent. The incoming
air contains 5 mol% of acetone ( y  0.05 ). The design equation to be used for obtaining the number of trays (N)
Y 
of the absorber is N  2  6 log  in  . For 98% recovery of acetone, the minimum no. of trays required is/are
 Yout 
(A) 1 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
Common Data Question 31 & 32
An air-water vapour mixture has a dry bulb temperature of 60 0 C and a dew point temperature of 40 0 C . The
total pressure is 101.3 kPa and the vapour pressures of water at 40 0 C and 60 0 C are 7.30 kPa and 19.91 kPa,
respectively.
Q.31 The wet bulb temperature TW for the above mixture would be
(A) Less than 40 0 C (B) 40 0 C (C) 400 C < TW  60 0 C (D) 60 0 C

Q.32 The humidity of air sample expressed as kg of water vapour/kg of dry air is
(A) 0.048 (B) 0.079 (C) 0.122 (D) 0.152
Pure aniline is evaporating, through a stagnant-air film of 1 mm thickness at 300 K and a total pressure of 100
kPa. The vapour pressure of aniline at 300 K is 0.1 kPa. The total molar concentration under these conditions is
40.1 mol/m 3 . The diffusivity of aniline in air is 0.74 105 m2 /s
Q.33 The rate of evaporation of aniline is 2.97 104 . Its units are
(A) mol/s (B) mol/(m 2 -s) (C) mol/(cm 2 -s) (D) kmol/(m2 -s)
Q.34 The numerical value of the mass transfer coefficient is 7.4 103 . Its units are
(A) m/s (B) cm/s
(C) mol/(m 2 -s-Pa) (D) kmol/(m 2s-Pa)
Q.35 A distillation column separates 10000 kg/h of a benzene-toluene mixture as shown in the figure below. In the
figure, X F , X D and X W , represent the weight fraction of benzene in the feed, distillate and residue respectively.
8000 kg/h
F 10000 kg/h L0
D
xF  0.5 xD  0.95
W
The reflux ratio is xW  0.05
(A) 0.5 (B) 0.6 (C) 1.0 (D) 2.0
2004 IIT Delhi (2 Marks)
Q.36 An aqueous solution of methanol is to be distilled in a tray column. High-pressure steam is available as a source
of heat. For a given reflux ratio and overhead composition, two options are being explored.
1. A reboiler is used and
2. No reboiler is used but steam is fed directly to the bottom of the column.
As compared to option 1 in option 2,
(A) Less number of trays are required,

(B) Composition of the residue remains unchanged
(C) More number of trays are required but the residue composition remains unchanged
(D) More number of trays are required and the residue composition is more dilute in methanol
Q.37 A distillation column with N plates is being operated under normal conditions. At some point in times the
operation is shifted to total reflux condition (i.e. no product and residue are being withdrawn and feed to the
column is stopped). At the new steady state,
(A) Composition of vapors and that of liquid do not vary throughout the column.
(B) Reboiler load and condenser load are minimum
(C) The top and bottom compositions are unchanged with and without total reflux
(D) The top and bottom compositions correspond to the maximum enrichment achievable
Q.38 A 25  25 1cm flat sheet weighting 1.2 kg initially was dried from both sides under constant drying rate
conditions. It took 1500 s for the weight of the sheet to reduce to 1.05 kg. Another 1m 1m 1cm flat sheet of
the same material is to be dried from one side only. Under the same constant drying rate conditions, the time
required for drying (in sec) from its initial weight of 19.2 kg to 17.6 kg is
(A) 1000 (B) 1500 (C) 2000 (D) 2500
Q.39 At equilibrium, the concentration of water in vapour phase (C*) in kg/m 3 of air space and the amount of water
(m) adsorbed per kg of dry silica gel are related by C*  0.0667 m . To maintain dry conditions in a room of air
space 100 m 3 containing 2.2 kg of water vapour initially, 10 kg of dry silica gel is kept in the room. The
fraction of initial water remaining in the air space after a long time (during which the temperature is maintained
constant) is
(A) 0.0 (B) 0.2 (C) 0.4 (D) 1.0
Q.40 In liquid-liquid extraction 10 kg of a solution containing 2 kg of solute C and 8 kg of solvent A is brought into
contact with 10 kg of solvent B. Solvents A and B completely immiscible in each other whereas solute C is
soluble in both the solvents. The extraction process attains equilibrium. The equilibrium relationship between
the two phases is Y*  0.9 X , where Y * is kg of C/kg of Band X is kg of C/kg of A. Choose the correct answer.
(A) The entire amount of C is transferred to solvent B.
(B) Less than 2 kg but more than 1 kg of C is transferred to solvent B.

(C) Less than 1 kg of C is transferred to B.
(D) No amount of C is transferred to B.
Q.41 A long cylinder and a sphere both of 5 cm diameter are made from the same porous material. The flat ends of
cylinder are sealed. Both the cylinder and sphere are saturated with the same solution of sodium chloride. Later,
both the objects are immersed for a short and equal interval of time in a large tank of water, which is well
agitated. The fraction of salt remaining in the cylinder and the sphere are X C and X S respectively. Which of the
following statements is correct?
(A) X C  XS
(B) X C  XS
(C) X C  XS
(D) X C is greater/less than X S depending on the length of the cylinder.
Q.42 In a distillation operation, what is the effect of the temperature of the reflux stream (given below) on the
condenser and reboiler loads? Reflux conditions.
1. Reflux stream is completely liquid and is at its bubble point.
2. Reflux stream is below its bubble point.
(A) Condenser and reboiler loads are the same in both the cases
(B) Reboiler load is the same in both the cases but condenser load is higher in case 2
(C) Condenser load is the same in both the cases but reboiler load is higher in case 2
(D) Both condenser and reboiler loads are higher in case 2 as compared to case 1.
2005 IIT Bombay (1 Mark)
Q.43 For turbulent flow past a plate, when no form drag is present, the friction factor f and the Chilton-Colburn
factor J D are related as
(A) f and J D cannot be related (B) f is equal to J D
(C) f is greater than J D (D) f is less than J D
Q.44 The ratio of the diffusion coefficients in a gas to that in a liquid is of the order of

(A) 105 (B) 10 5 (C) 10 2 (D) 102
Q.45 In a tray column, separating a binary mixture, with non-ideal stages, which one of the following statements is
true?
(A) Point efficiency can exceed 100%.
(B) Murphree efficiency cannot exceed 100%.
(C) Murphree efficiency can exceed 100%.
(D) Both Murphree and point efficiencies can exceed 100%.
Q.46 The thermal boundary layer is significantly thicker than the hydrodynamic boundary layer for
(A) Newtonian liquids (B) Polymeric liquid
(C) Liquid metals (D) Gases
Q.47 A distillation column at a pilot plant is scaled up by 3 times for industrial use at steady state. After scaling up
(A) The number of theoretical trays increases by 3 times.
(B) The minimum reflux ratio is increased by three times.
(C) The feed flow rate and product flow rates are increased by three times.
(D) The feed composition and product compositions are increased by three times.
2005 IIT Bombay (2 Marks)
A binary gas mixture of a solute and a carrier gas is treated in a countercurrent gas absorption column,
containing ideal trays. Using a solvent. The compositions y and x (see figure below) are the mole fractions of
the solute in the gas and in the liquid respectively also, V and L are the molar flow rates of the gas and liquid
respectively. Assume that the carrier gas is insoluble in the solvent and that the vapour pressure of the solvent is
very low at the given condition of the column. Further, the gas and liquid streams are sufficiently dilute that L
and Q may be assumed to be constant throughout the column the equilibrium relation is given by y*  mx ,
where m is a positive constant.

Q.48 Under the correct condition corresponding to Q.62, the number of ideal trays in the column is given by
x0  x N x 0  (YN 1 / m)
(A) N  (B) N 
x 0  (YN 1 / m) x0  x N
x N  x0 (YN 1 / m)  x N
(C) N  (D) N 
(YN 1 / m)  x N x N  x0
Q.49 For any value of m, the change in liquid composition across a tray is independent of the tray location if
L mL m L
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 1
V V (LV) (mV)
Q.50 A separation column for vapour-liquid contact processes 200 kmol/h of vapour. The flooding velocity is 3 m/s.
If the column operates at 85% of flooding velocity and the down comer area is 10% of the total cross-sectional
area, what is the diameter of the column? Average density of vapour  2 kg/m3 and its molecular weight = 44.
(A) 0.82 m (B) 0.72 m (C) 0.78 m (D) 1 m
Q.51 A filter cake is dried with air at wet and dry bulb temperatures of 300 K and 323 K respectively. The heat
transfer coefficient is 11 W/m 2 -k and the latent heat of vaporization of water is 2500 kJ/kg. Mass transfer does
not limit the process. Select the drying rate during constant rate period. Neglect conduction through the solid
and radiation effects.
(A) 1.32 102 kg/m2 -s (B) 0.71102 kg/m2 -s
(C) 4.53 102 kg/m2 -s (D) 0.10 10 3 g/m2 -s
Q.52 Match the variation of mass transfer coefficient given by the theory in Group I with the appropriate variation in
Group II.
Group-I Group-II
P. Film theory 1. D AB
Q. Penetration theory 2. D 2/3

AB
R. Boundary layer theory 3. D1/AB2
(A) P-1, Q-2, R-3 (B) P-2, Q-1, R-3
(C) P-1, Q-3, R-2 (D) P-3, Q-2, R-1

Q.53 Two solid discs of benzoic acid (molecular weight = 122) of equal dimensions are spinning separately in large
volumes of water and air at 300 K. The mass transfer coefficients for benzoic acid in water and air are 0.9 105
and 0.47 102 m/s respectively. The solubility of benzoic acid in water is 3kg/m3 and the equilibrium vapour
pressure of benzoic acid in air 0.04 kPa. Then the disc
(A) Dissolves faster in air than in water
(B) Dissolves faster in water than in air
(C) Dissolves at the same rate in both air and water
(D) Dose not dissolve either in water or in air
Q.54 For a two-phase feed, where 80% of the feed is vaporized under column conditions, the feed line slope in the
McCabe-Thiele method for distillation column design is
1 1
(A)  (B)  (C) 4 (D) 4
4 4
Q.55 In the triangular diagram represented below for a batch separation process, a stream F is mixed with a solvent B
to produce R and E. Substance A is the carrier liquid and C is the solute to be extracted. The amounts of B and
R
E are 1 kg and 1.20 kg respectively. The length FM is 3.1 and length FB is 8.5 unit on the figure. The ratio is
E
estimated to be
(A) 1.285 (B) 2 (C) 0.751 (D) 2.5
Q.56 An ideal single stage extraction process is used to treat 100 mol/s of an organic feed solution. The solute
concentration in this solution is to be reduced from 0.5 mol% to 0.1 mol%. A pure solvent S is used to reduce
the solvent requirement by half for the same separation,
(A) Add one more ideal co-current stage
(B) Use another pure solvent S* whose partition coefficient is twice that of S
(C) Use solvent S containing 0.02 mole fraction of the solute
(D) Double the residence time of the solvent S in the contactor

Q.57 Let d h be the hydrodynamic entrance length for mercury in laminar flow in a pipe under isothermal conditions.
Let d f be its thermal entrance length under fully developed hydrodynamic conditions. Which one of the
following is true?
(A) d h  d t (B) d h  d t
(C) d h  d t (D) d h  d t only if the pipe is vertical
2006 IIT Kharagpur (2 Marks)

Consider the diffusion of a reactance A through a cylindrical catalyst pore of radius R and length L>>R.
Reactant A undergoes a zero-order reaction on the cylindrical surface of the pore. The following equation
describes changes in the concentration of A within the pore due to the axial diffusion of A and the
d 2CA
disappearance of A due to reaction  K , where C A is the concentration of A at a distance from the pore
dx 2
entrance and K is a constant.
Q.58 The minimum pore length for A to be completely converted within the pore is
1/2 1/2 1/2
C  C   2C   2C 
(A)  A0  (B)  A0  (C)  A 0  (D)  A0 
 K   2K   K   K 
Q.59 If the concentration of A at the pore entrance ( x  0 ) is CA0 and x  L is a dead end where no reaction occurs,
the concentration profile of A in the pore is given by
Kx 2
(A) CA (x)   KLx  C A0
2
Kx(x  L) x
(B) CA (x)   C A0  C A0
2 L
(C) CA (x)  CA0
Lx 
(D) C A (x)  C A 0  
 L 

A binary distillation column separates 100 mol/h of a feed mixture into distillate D and residue W. The
McCabe-Thiele diagram for this process is given below. The relative volatility for the binary system is constant
at 2.4

1
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
Y 0.5
0.4
q line
0.3
0.2 (0.98,0)
0.1
0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1
(0.05,0.05) X
Q.60 The minimum number of theoretical stages (inclusive of reboiler) for this process is
(A) 5.2 (B) 6.1 (C) 7.8 (D) infinite
Q.61 The ratio of liquid to vapour molar flow rates in the rectifying section is
(A) 0.64 (B) 1.00 (C) 1.55 (D) 1.80
Q.62 The distillate and residue flow rates (in mol/h) are
(A) D  48.4, W  51.6 (B) D  51.6, W  48.4
(C) D  54.7, W  45.3 (D) D  45.3, W  54.7
Q.63 A saturated vapour is fed to a distillation column at 180 kmol/h. Both the rectifying and stripping section of the
column operate at 60% of their respective flooding velocities. The flooding velocity of the rectifying section is
twice that of the stripping section. The assumptions of constant molar overflow and constant molar vapour
density throughout the column are valid. If the boil-up rate is 60 kmol/h, then the relationship between the
diameters of the rectifying section ( d r ) and the stripping section (d s ) is
(A) d r  2ds (B) d r  3d s (C) d r  2d s (D) d r  3ds
Q.64 A drug tablet of mass M 0 administered orally at time t  0 reaches the intestine at time t   without losing any
mass. From the intestine, the drug is absorbed into blood. The rate of absorption is found to be proportional to
the mass of the drug in the intestine with the proportional constant k. Assuming no drug is lost from the blood,
the total mass of the drug in the blood M b at time t   is given by
(A) M b  M 0 [1  exp{k(t  )}] (B) M b  M 0 [1  exp{k}]
(C) M b  M 0 [exp{k(t  )}] (D) M b  M 0 [1  exp{k(t  )}]
Q.65 100 mol of a binary mixture F containing 60 mol% A (more volatile) and 40 mol% B is treated in a batch
distillation still. After 1 h, 70 mol of the distillate are collected leaving behind the residue W. Relative volatility
 is 2. The governing equation is

 Fx F   F(1  x F ) 
log     log   . The average mole fraction of A in the distillate is
 Wx W   W(1  x W ) 
(A) 0.43 (B) 0.61 (C) 0.69 (D) 0.73
Q.66 In a multistage countercurrent isothermal stripping column, the feed containing 0.05 mol of solute/mol solute
free oil is treated with steam. The absorption factor A  0.65 . The equilibrium relation is given Y*  2X ,
where Y * and X refer to the equilibrium mole ratio in the steam and oil phases respectively. The Kremsen
equation is given as follows (‘0’ refers liquid inlet at the top, N p refers to the last stage at the bottom).
  YN 1   
   X 0  p   
  m  
log    (1  A)  A 
   X  YN p 1   
   N p  
 
m   
Np 
1
log  
A
If the steam is initially free of solute and its exit molar ratio (mol solute/mol steam) is 0.0624, then the number
of equilibrium stages required is
(A) 4.2 (B) 5.2 (C) 7.2 (D) 8.2
Q.67 Experiments conducted with a sparingly dissolving cylinder wall in a flowing liquid yielded the following
liquid yielded the following correlation for the Sherwood number
Sh  0.023(Re)0.83 (Sc)1/3
Assuming the applicability of the Chilton-Colburn analogy, the corresponding correlation for heat transfer is
(A) St  0.023(Gr)0.83 (Pr)1/3 (B) Sh  0.023(Re)0.83 (Sc)1/3
(C) Jh  0.023(Re)0.83 (Pr) 2/3 (D) Nu  0.069(We)0.5 (Pr) 4/3
Q.68 If TA and TB are the boiling points of pure A and B respectivily and TAB is that of a non homogeneous immisible
mixture of A and B, then
(A) TAB<TA and TB (B) TAB>TA and TB
(C) TA>TAB>TB (D) TB>TAB>TA
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Q.69 If the percentage humidity of air (300C, total pressure 100 kPa) is 24% and the saturation pressure of water
vapour at that temperature is 4 kPa, the percent relative humidity and the absolute humidity of air are
(A) 25.2, 0.0062 (B) 25, 0.0035 (C) 20.7, 0.0055 (D) 18.2, 0.0035

Q.70 Given the following statements listed from (P) to (T), select the correct combination of true statements from the
choices that follow this list.
(P) Plate columns are preferred when the operation involves liquid containing suspended solids.
(Q) Packed towers are preferred if the liquids have a large foaming tendency.
(R) The pressure drop through packed towers is more than the pressure drop through plate columns designed for
the same duty.
(S) Packed columns are preferred when large temperature changes are involved in distillation operations.
(T) Packed towers are cheaper than plate towers if highly corrosive fluids are handled.
(A) T, S, P (B) P, Q, T (C) S, R, T (D) R, Q, S
Q.71 Benzene in an air-benzene mixture is to be reduced from 5.2 mol% in the feed to 0.5 mol% by contacting with
wash oil in multistage countercurrent gas absorber. The inlet flow rate of air benzene mixture is 10 mol/s while
benzene free wash oil comes in at 9.5 mol/s. If the equilibrium curve is given as Y*  X where Y * and X are
equilibrium mole ratios of benzene in air and benzene in air, the number of equilibrium stages required to
achieve the above separation will be
0.08
0.07
0.06
0.05
Y
0.04 Y* vs X
0.03
0.02
0.01
0
0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08
X
(A) 12 (B) 10 (C) 8 (D) 6
Q.72 It is desired to reduce the concentration of pyridine in 500 kg of aqueous solution from 20 wt % to 5wt% in a
single batch extraction using chlorobenzene as solvent. Equilibrium compositions (end points of the tie line) in
terms of weight per cent of pyridine-water-chlorobenzene are (5, 95, 0) and (11, 0, 89).
The amount of pure solvent required in kg for the operation is
(A) 607 (B) 639 (C) 931 (D) 1501
Q.73 A 50 cm  50 cm 1cm flat wet sheet weighting 2 kg, initially was dried from both the sides under constant
drying rate period. It took 1000 s for the weight of the sheet to reduce to 1.75 kg. Another 1m 1m 1cm flat
sheet is to be dried from one side only. Under the same drying rate and other conditions, time required for
drying (in sec) from initial weight of 4 kg to 3 kg is

(A) 1000 (B) 1500 (C) 2000 (D) 2500
Q.74 In a distillation operation, it is desired to have a very high purity bottom product. Initially a kettle-type reboiler
is used at the bottom of the column and the following analytical equation is used to obtain the equilibrium trays
in the exhausting section of the column
  xw  
 x m     
log  (1  A)  A 
 x   x w  
 w   
 
Np  m  1 
1
log  
A
Where, x m is the composition of the liquid leaving tray m . Tray m is the last equilibrium tray obtained by a
McCabe-Thiele graph of the exhausting section. If the kettle-type reboiler is replaced by a thermosyphon
reboiler, the analytical equation for the exhausting section will be
  xw     xw  
 x m       x m     
log  (1  A)  A  log  (1  A)  A 
 x   x w    x   x w  
 w   
   w   
 
(A) N p  m  1  (B) N p  1 
1 1
log   log  
A A
  xw     xw  
 x m       x m     
log  (1  A)  A  log  (1  A)  A 
 x   x w    x   x w  
 w   
   w   
 
(C) N p  m  (D) N p  m  2 
1 1
log   log  
A A
Q.75 The following figure depicts steady one-dimensional diffusion of water vapour from the surface of water taken
in a conical flask at room temperature. Derive the governing equation for determining the concentration profile
of water vapour in the gas medium. Neglect change of level of water due to condensation. The temperatures of
the gas and the liquid media are identical and constant.
Air
r
z
Water
d  2 CD WA dx W  d  CD WA dx W 
(A) r 0 (B) 0
dz  1  x W dz  dz  1  x W dz 

d  CD WA dx W  d  dx 
(C) r 0 (D)  r CD WA W   0
dz  1  x W dz  dz  dz 
Q.76 For a system containing species P, Q and R the composition at point k on the ternary plot is
P
0 100
50 50
100 0
Q 0 R
50 100
(A) 62.5% P, 12.5% Q, 25% R (B) 25% P, 62.5% Q, 12.5 R

(C) 12.5 P, 62.5% Q, 25% R (D) 12.5% P, 25% Q, 62.5% R
Q.77 In a countercurrent gas absorbed, both the operating and equilibrium relations are linear. The inlet liquid
compositions and the exit gas composition are maintained constant. In order to increase the absorption factor.
(A) The liquid flow rate should decrease
(B) The gas flow rate should increase
(C) The slope of the equilibrium line should increase
(D) The slope of the equilibrium line should decrease
A thin liquid film flows at steady state along a vertical surface as shown in the figure. The average velocity of
liquid film is 0.05 m/s. The viscosity of the liquid is 1 CP and its density is 1000 kg/m 3 . The initially pure
liquid absorbs a sparingly soluble gas from air as it flows down. The length of the wall is 2 m and its width is
0.5 m. The solubility of the gas in the liquid is 3.4102 kmol/m3 and isothermal conditions may be assumed.

Wall
Air
0.124 mm
Q.78 The mass transfer coefficient k C,avg (in m/s), averaged along the length of the vertical surface is
(A) 2.94 106 (B) 2.27 106 (C) 1.94 106 (D) 1.65 106
Q.79 If the exit average concentration in the liquid is measured to be 1.4 10 2 kmol/m3 , the total mass transfer rate
(in kmol/s) of the sparingly soluble gas into the liquid is
(A) 0.133 104 (B) 0.434 107 (C) 3.4 102 (D) 17  10 2
Q.80 A feed (F) containing a solute is contacted with a solvent (S) in an ideal stage as shown in the figure below. The
flow rates of all the streams are shown on a solute free basis and indicated by the subscript S. The compositions
of the streams are expressed on a mole ratio basis. The extract leaving the contactor is divided into two equal
parts, one parts collected as the product (P) and the other stream is recycled to join the solvent. The equilibrium
relationship is Y*  2X .
Feed(F S),100mol/s Xin 0.3 Reffinatect (R S), Xout
Extractor
Solvent(S S),100mol/s Yin  0.0 Product (P S), Yout
Extract recycle
The product flow rate (PS ) and composition are
(A) PS  50 mol/s, Yout  0.3 (B) PS  100 mol/s, Yout  0.2
(C) PS  200 mol/s, Yout  0.1 (D) PS  100 mol/s, Yout  0.4
Q.81 Air concentrated with solute P is brought in contact with water. At steady state, the bulk concentrations of P in
air and water are 0.3 and 0.02 respectively. The equilibrium equation relating the interface compositions is
y p,i  0.25 x p,i

Assume that the mass transfer coefficients FG and FL are identical. The gas phase mole fraction of P at the
interface ( y p,i ) is
(A) 0.0663 (B) 0.075 (C) 0.16 (D) 0.3

Q.82 A sparingly soluble solute in the form of a circular disk is dissolved in an organic solvent as shown in the
figure. The area available for mass transfer from the disk is A and the volume of the initially pure organic
solvent is V. The disk is rotated along the horizontal plane at a fixed rpm to produce a uniform concentration of
the dissolving solute in the liquid.
The convective mass transfer coefficient under these conditions is k C . The equilibrium concentration of the
solvent is C* . The time required for the concentration to reach 1% of the saturation value is given by
Disk
Organic Solvent
 K A   K A 
(A) exp   C t   0.99 (B) exp   C t   0.01
 V   V 
V V
(C) exp( 0.99)  t (D) exp( 0.01)  t
AK C AK C
Q.83 A packed tower containing Berl saddles is operated with a gas-liquid system in the countercurrent mode.
Keeping the gas flow rate constant, if the liquid flow rate is continuously increased
(A) The void fraction available for the gas to flow will decrease beyond the loading point.
(B) The gas pressure drop will decrease.
(C) Liquid will continue to flow freely down the tower beyond the loading point.
(D) The entrainment of liquid in the gas will considerably decrease near the flooding point.
Q.84 A batch distillation operation is carried out to separate a feed containing 100 moles of a binary mixture of A and
B. The mole fraction of A in the feed is 0.7. The distillation progresses until the mole fraction of A in the
residue decreases to 0.6. The equilibrium curve in this composition range may be linearized to
y*  0.7353x  0.3088 . Here, x and y are the mole fractions of the more volatile component A in the liquid and
vapour phases respectively. The number of moles of residue is

(A) 73.53 (B) 48.02 (C) 40 (D) 30.24
Q.85 An ideal flash vaporization is carried out with a binary mixture at constant temperature and pressure. A process
upset leads to an increase in the mole fraction of the heavy component in the feed. The flash vessel continue to
operate at the previous temperature and pressure and still produces liquid and vapour. After the steady state is
re-established.
(A) The amount of vapour produced will increase
(B) The amount of liquid produced will decrease
(C) The new equilibrium compositions of the vapour and liquid products will be different
(D) The new equilibrium compositions of the vapour and liquid products will remains as they were before the
upset occurred
Q.86 In a binary mixture containing components A and B, the relative volatility of A with respect to B is 2.5 when
mole fractions are used. The molecular weights of A and B are 78 and 92 respectively. If the compositions are,
however, expressed in mass fractions, then the relative volatility will be
(A) 1.18 (B) 2.12 (C) 2.5 (D) 2.95
Q.87 A rectangular slab of thickness 2b along the X-axis and extending to infinity along the other direction is initially
at concentration C AO . At time t  0 , both surfaces of the slab (x   b) have their concentration increased to
C AW and maintained at the value. Solute A diffuses into the solid. The dimensionless concentration C is defined
C A  C A0
as C 
C AW  C A0
The diffusivity of A inside the solid is assumed constant. At a certain time instant, which one of the following is
the correct representation of the concentration profile
1 1
c c
0 0
1 1 1 1
0 0
(A) x/b (B) x/b

1 1
(C) c (D) c
0 0
1 1 1 1
0 0
x/b x/b
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Q.88 The ratio of the liquid to gas flow rate in a countercurrent gas absorption column is increased at otherwise
identical conditions. Which one of the following statements is true?
(A) The operating line shifts towards the equilibrium curve.
(B) The operating line shifts away from the equilibrium curve.
(C) The concentration of the absorbed species increases in the exit liquid stream.
(D) The operating line does not shift.
Q.89 According to the penetration theory of mass transfer, the mass transfer coefficient (k) varies with diffusion
coefficient (D) of the diffusing species as
(A) 0 (B) D1/2 (C) D1/2 (D) D3/2
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A flash distillation drum (see figure below) is used to separate a methanol-water mixture. The mole fraction of
methanol in the feed is 0.5 and the feed flow rate is 1000 kmol/h. The feed is preheated in a heater with heat
duty Q h and is subsequently flashed in the drum. The flash drum can be assumed to be an equilibrium stage,
operating adiabatically. The equilibrium relation between the mole fractions of methanol in the vapour and
liquid phases is y*  4x . The ratio of distillation to feed flow rate is 0.5.
Distillate
V(X)
Oh
F  1000 kmol/h Flash
Steam S
drum
xF  0.5
L(X)
Bottom

Q.90 If the enthalpy of the distillate with reference to the feed is 3000 kJ/kmol and the enthalpy of the bottom with
reference to the feed is 1000 kJ/kmol , the heat duty of the preheater ( Q h in kJ/h ) is
(A) 2 106 (B) 1 106
(C) 1106 (D) 2  10 6
Q.91 The mole fraction of methanol in the distillate is
(A) 0.2 (B) 0.7
(C) 0.8 (D) 0.9
Q.92 An equi-molar mixture of four hydrocarbons (1, 2, 3, 4) is to be separated into high purity individual
components using a sequence of simple distillation columns (one overhead and one bottom stream). Four
possible schemes are shown below.
Scheme P Scheme Q
1,2,3 1,2 1 3
1 2
1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4
3 4
4 2,3 2
3,4
Scheme R Scheme S
1,2,3 1,2
1 2 3 1
1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4
4 4 3 2
2,3,4 3,4
Component Ki
1 6
2 3

3 2.5
4 1.1
Using Ki   Y* / Xi  value given below, the optimal scheme is
(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S
Q.93 The equilibrium moisture curve for a solid is shown on next page :
The total moisture content of the solid is X and it exposed to air of relative humidity H. In the table below,
Group I lists the types of moisture and Group II represents the regions in the graph.
1.0
3
Relative
humidity H 4
1
2
Group I Group II
P. Equilibrium moisture 1. Region
Q. Bound moisture 2. Region
R. Unbound moisture 3. Region
S. Free moisture 4. Region
Which one of the following is the correct match?
(A) P-1, Q-2, R-3, S-4 (B) P-1, Q-3, R-4, S-2
(C) P-1, Q-4, R-2, S-3 (D) P-1, Q-2, R-4, S-2
Q.94 The feed to a binary distillation column has 40 mol% vapour and 60 mol% liquid. Then, the slop of the q-line in
the McCabe-Thiele plot is
(A) 1.5 (B) 0.6 (C) 0.6 (D) 1.5

Q.95 Species A is diffusing at steady state from the surface of a sphere (radius = 1 cm) into a stagnant fluid. If the
diffusive flux at a distance r  3cm from the center of the sphere is 27 mol/cm 2 -s , the diffusive flux (in
mol/cm 2 -s ) at a distance r  9 cm is
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 9 (D) 27
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Q.96 The flooding velocity in a plate column, operating at 1 atm pressure, 3 m/s. If the column is operated at 2 atm
pressure under otherwise identical conditions, the flooding velocity will be
3 3 3
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D)
2 2 4
Q.97 The ratio of the thermal boundary layer thickness to the concentration boundary layer thickness is proportional
to
(A) Nu (B) Le (C) Sh (D) Pr
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Water is used to absorb ammonia from a gas mixture in a single separation stage contactor. The process is
schematically represented in the figure below.
Y0  0.1
V  2mol/s Y
x0  0
L  1mol/s X
The molar gas and liquid flow rates and the inlet mole fractions are given in the figure. Both the liquid and the
gas phases are well mixed, and the equilibrium relation between y and x is given by y*  x .
Q.98 If the stage efficiency is 50%, then the value of y is
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 6 4 3
Q.99 If the stage is ideal, then the value of y is
1 1 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
15 10 15 6
 LU  
Q.100 A liquid flows over a flat naphthalene plate of length L, at a Reynolds number  Re L   of 1500, as
  
shown in the figure. The surface concentration of naphthalene is CAs  CA and the surface temperature is
TS  T , assume Pr  Sc  1
U  , CA , T
CAS’TS
Y
X
0
L
C*A
If, at X  L,  10
Y * y*0
C A  C As Y
where C*A  and Y*  , then the Nusselt number and the friction coefficient at x  L , are
C A  C As L
1 1
(A) 10, (B) 10,10 (C) 20,10 (D) ,5
75 75
Q.101 At 250 C and 90% relative humidity, water evaporates from the surface of a lake at the rate of 1.0 kg/m 2 /h . The
relative humidity that will lead to an evaporation rate of 3.0 kg/m 2 /h , with other conditions remaining the same,
is
(A) 30% (B) 50% (C) 60% (D) 70%
Q.102 Simultaneous heat and mass transfer are occurring in a fluid flowing over a flat plate. The flow is laminar. The
concentration boundary layer will coincide with the thermal boundary layer, when
(A) Sc = Nu (B) Sh = Nu (C) Sh = Pr (D) Sc = Pr
Q.103 Ammonia (component 1) is evaporating from a partially filled bottle into surrounding air (component 2). The
liquid level in the bottle and the concentration of ammonia at the top of the bottle are maintained constant. N1
is the molar flux relative to a fixed location in space and J1 is the molar flux with respect to the % average molar
velocity of the constituent species in the gas phase. Assume that air in the bottle is stagnant which one of the
following is correct?
(A) N1  Constant, N 2  0 , J1  J 2  0

(B) N1  N 2  0 , J1  J 2  0
(C) N1  N 2  0 , J1  Constant, J 2  0
(D) N1  Constant, N 2  0 , J1  Constant, J 2  0
The binary feed mixture containing equimolar quantities of components S and T is to be distilled in a
fractionating tower at atmospheric pressure. The distillate contains 96 mol% S. The q-line (Feed line) intersects
the equilibrium line at x'  0.46 and y '  0.66 , where x ' and y ' are mole fractions. Assume that the McCabe-
Thiele method is applicable and the relative volatility is constant.
Q.104 The feed is
(A) At dew point (B) At bubble point
(C) Superheated vapour (D) Partially vapour
Q.105 The minimum reflux ratio is
(A) 1.6 (B) 1.5 (C) 0.66 (D) 0.6
Q.106 A batch of 120 kg wet solid has initial moisture content of 0.2 kg water/kg dry solid. The exposed area for
drying is 0.05 m 2 /kg dry solid. The rate of drying follows the curve given below.
1.6
Rate of drying (kg water removed m2 -h)
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
Moisture content, X (kg water/kg dry solid)
The time required (in hour) for drying this batch to a moisture content of 0.1 kg water/kg dry solid is
(A) 0.033 (B) 0.43 (C) 0.6 (D) 2.31
Q.107 A gas mixture is in contact with a liquid. Component P in the gas mixture is highly soluble in the liquid.
Possible concentration profiles during absorption of P are shown in the choices, where
x  Mole fraction of P in bulk liquid

y  Mole fraction of P in bulk gas
x i  Mole fraction of P at the interface in liquid
yi  Mole fraction of P at the interface in gas
y*  Equilibrium gas phase mole fraction corresponding to x i .
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
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Q.108 Consider the drying operation shown in the figure below for a solid loading (dry basis) of 50 kg/m2 with a
constant drying rate of 5 kg/m2 -h .The falling rate of drying is linear with moisture content.
Xc  0.1
Xe  0.005
The drying time in hours required to reduce an initial moisture content of 25% to a final moisture content of 2%
is
(A) 1.55 (B) 1.75 (C) 3.25 (D) 4.55
Q.109 For which of the following combinations, does the absorption operation become gas-film controlled?
P. The solubility of gas in the liquid is very high.
Q. The solubility of gas in the liquid is very low.
R. The liquid-side mass transfer coefficient is much higher than the gas-side mass transfer coefficient.
S. The liquid-side mass transfer coefficient is much lower than the gas-side mass transfer coefficient.
(A) P and Q (B) P and R (C) P and S (D) Q and R
Q.110 In the Mc-Cabe-Thiele diagram, if the X-coordinate of the point of intersection of the q-line and the vapour-
liquid equilibrium curve is greater than the X-coordinate of the feed point, then the quality of the feed is
(A) Superheater vapour (B) Liquid below bubble point
(C) Saturated vapour (D) Saturated liquid
Q.111 An equimolar mixture of A and B (A being more volatile) is flash distilled continuously at a feed rate of
100 kmol/h such that the liquid product contains 40 mol% of A. If the relative volatility is 6, then the vapour product in
kmol/h is
(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 45
Q.112 Consider the drying operation shown in the figure below for a solid loading (dry basis) of 50 kg/m2 with a
constant drying rate of 5 kg/m2 -h .The falling rate of drying is linear with moisture content.
The drying time in hours required to reduce an initial moisture content of 25% to a final moisture content of 2%
is
(A) 1.55 (B) 1.75 (C) 3.25 (D) 4.55
Q.113 An equi-molar mixture of A and B (A being more volatile) is flash distilled continuously at a feed rate of 100
kmol/h, such that the liquid product contains 40 mol % of A. if the relative volatility is 6 , then the vapor
product, in kmol/h, is
(A) 10 (B) 20
(C) 25 (D) 45

A counter extraction column is designed to remove 99% of solute C from a solution of solvent A and solute C
using pure solvent B. The initial concentration of solute in the solution of A + C is 20 wt % and the total flow of
solution is 1000 kg/h if the equilibrium relationship is Y = 2X, where Y = mass of C/mass of A and X = mass of
C/ mass of B
Q.114 The minimum flow rate of solvent B required (in kg/h) is
(A) 1454 (B) 1584 (C) 1676 (D) 1874
Q.115 If the flow rate of B is 2400 kg/h, then the theoretical number of stages in the column using Kremser’s equation
(adjusted to the next integer) is
(A) 5 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) 13
Q.116 A wet solid is dried over a long period of time by unsaturated air of non-zero content relative humidity. The
moisture content eventually attained by the solid is termed as the
(A) Unbound moisture content (B) Liquid below bubble point
(C) Saturated vapour (D) Saturated liquid
Q.117 The packing of an existing absorption tower is replaced with a new type of packing. The height of the packing
and the inlet condition are maintained the same as before. Tests reveal that the number of transfer unit is lower
than before. This indicates that the tower with the new packing when compared to that with old packing, will
(A) Have a higher rate of absorption of the solute from the gas stream
(B) Have a lower rate of absorption of the solute from the gas stream
(C) Have a same rate of absorption of the solute from the gas stream
(D) Have lower height of transfer unit
The vapour liquid equilibrium relation for an ideal binary system is given by,
 AB X A
YA* 
1  ( AB  1)X A

Here X A and YA* are the mole fraction of species A in the liquid and vapour respectively. The relative volatility
(  AB ).
Q.118 The liquid mole fraction X A at which the maximum difference between the equilibrium vapour mole fraction
and liquid mole fraction occurs is
1 0.75
(A) (B)
(1  ( AB )) (1  ( AB ))
0.5 0.75
(C) (D)
( AB  1) ( AB  1)
Q.119 A liquid having the composition found in the first part of the linked answer question, is flash distilled at a
steady state to a final liquid mole fraction 0.25. If  AB is 2.5 the fraction of the feed vaporized is
(A) 0.08 (B) 0.20 (C) 0.67 (D) 0.74
Q.120 A study was conducted in which water was pumped through a cylindrical pipe made of a sparingly soluble
solid. For a given pipe and certain flow conditions, the mass transfer coefficient k c has been calculated as 1
mm/s using the correlation
Sh  0.025Re0.6 sc0.33
If the velocity of the fluid and the diameter of the pipe are both doubled, what is the new value of k c in mm/s up
to 2 digits after the decimal point
(A) 2.15 mm/s (B) 1.15 mm/s (C) 3.25 mm/s (D) 1.19 mm/s
Q.121 A cross current cascade of N ideal stages is used to treat a feed stream of molar flow rate E. The feed stream
contains a solute which is to be recovered by a pure solvent having a molar flow rate S. The solvent is divided
equally between these N stages. The linear equilibrium curve relating the mole fraction x and y * of the solute
in the raffinate and extract respectively, is given by y*  mx . Assume dilute conditions. The rate of the solute
moles fraction in the original feed to that in the exit raffinate steam
N N N n
  mS     NS     NE     mE  
(A) 1    (B) 1    (C) 1    (D) 1   
  NE     mE     mS     NS  
Q.122 The vapour-liquid equilibrium curve of a binary mixture A-B may be approximated by a linear equation over a
narrow range of liquid mole fraction (0.2  x A  0.3) as follows
yA  1.325 x A  0.121

Here yA is the mole fraction of A in the vapour. 100 moles of a feed ( x AF  0.28 ) is batch distilled to a final
residue ( xa,w  0.2 ). Using the Rayleigh equation the number of moles of the residue left behind in the distillation
unit, up to 2 digits after the decimal point, is
(A) 60.3 moles (B) 63.2 moles (C) 65.6 moles (D) 66.85 moles
Q.123 Which one of the following statements is correct for the surface renewal theory?
(A) Mass transfer takes place at steady state
(B) Mass transfer takes place at unsteady state
(C) Contact time is same for all the liquid elements
(D) Mass transfer depends only on the film resistance
Q.124 Assuming the mass transfer coefficients in the gas and the liquid phases are comparable, the absorption of CO 2
reformer gas ( CO 2  H 2 ) into an aqueous solution of diethanolamine is controlled by
(A) Gas phase resistance (B) Liquid phase resistance
(C) Both gas and liquid phase resistances (D) Composition of the reformer gas
Q.125 A spherical storage vessel is quarter-filled with toluene. The diameter of the vent at the top of the vessel is
1/20th of the diameter of the vessel. Under the steady state condition, the diffusive flux of toluene is maximum
at
(A) The surface of the liquid
(B) The mid-plane of the vessel
(C) The vent
(D) A distance 20 times the diameter of the vent away from the vent
Q.126 Packed towers are preferred for gas-liquid mass transfer operations with foaming liquid because
(A) in packed towers, high liquid to gas ratios are best handled
(B) in packed towers, continuous contact of gas and liquid takes place
(C) Packed towers are packed with random packings
(D) In packed towers, the gas is not bubbled through the liquid pool.

Q.127 A spherical ball of benzoic acid (diameter = 1.5 cm) is submerged in a pool of still water. The solubility and
diffusivity of benzoic acid in water are 0.03 kmol/m3 and 1.25 109 m 2 /s respectively. Sherwood number is
given as Sh  2.0  0.6 Re0.5 Sc0.33 . The initial rate of dissolution (in kmol/s ) of benzoic acid approximately is
(A) 3.54 1011 (B) 3.54 1012 (C) 3.54 1013 (D) 3.54 1014
Q.128 A binary distillation column is operating with a mixture feed containing 20 mol% vapour. If the feed quality is
changed to 80 mol% vapour, the change in the slope of the q line is _________.
Q.129 A wet solid of 100 kg is dried from a moisture content of 40 wt % to 10 wt%. The critical moisture content is 15
wt % and the equilibrium moisture content is negligible. All moisture contents are on dry basis. The falling rate
is considered to the linear. It takes 5 hours to dry the material in the constant rate period. The duration (in hours)
of the falling rate period is
Q.130 For a binary mixture of components A and B, N A and N B denote the total molar fluxes of components A and B
respectively. J A and J B are the corresponding molar diffusive fluxes. Which of the following is true for
equimolar counter diffusion in the binary mixture?
(A) N A  N B  0 and J A  J B  0 (B) N A  N B  0 and J A  J B  0
(C) N A  N B  0 and J A  J B  0 (D) N A  N B  0 and J A  J B  0
Q.131 Identify the Wrong statement amongst the following
(A) Steam distillation is used for mixture that are immiscible with water
(B) Vacuum distillation is used for mixtures that are miscible with water
(C) Steam distillation is used for mixtures that are miscible with water
(D) Vacuum distillation columns have larger diameters as compared to atmospheric columns for the same
throughout.
Q.132 A spherical naphthalene ball of 2 mm diameter is sublimation very slowly in stagnant air at 250 C . The change
in the size of the ball during the sublimation can be neglected. The diffusivity of naphthalene in air at 250 C is
1.1106 m 2 /s .
Q.133 Benzene is removed from air by absorbing it in a non-volatile wash-oil at 100 kPa in a counter-current gas
absorbed. Gas flow rate is 100 mol/min, which includes 2 mol/min of benzene. The flow rate of wash-oil is 50

mol/min. vapour pressure of benzene at the column conditions is 50 kPa. Benzene forms an ideal solution with
the wash-oil and the column is operating at steady state. Gas phase can be assumed to follow ideal gas law.
Neglect the change in molar flow rates of liquid and gas phases inside the column.
Q.134 A binary feed consisting of 25 mol% liquid and 75 mol% vapour is separated in a staged distillation column.
The mole fraction of the more volatile component in the distillate product is 0.95. The molar flow rate of
distillate is 50% of the feed flow rate and McCabe-Thiele method can be used to analyze the column. The q-line
intersects the operating line of the enriching section at (0.35, 0.5) on the x-y diagram. The slope of the stripping
section operating line (up to one decimal place) is _________
Q.135 Adsorption on activated carbon is to be used for reducing phenol concentration in wastewater from 0.04 mol/l to
0.008 mol/l. The adsorption isotherm at the operating temperature can be expressed as q  0.025C1/3 where q
is the phenol concentration in solid (mol/g solid) and C is the phenol concentration in water (mol/l). The
minimum amount of solid (in grams) required per liter of wastewater (up to one decimal place)_______.
Q.136 A multi-stage, counter-current liquid-liquid extractor is used to separate solute C from a binary mixture (F) of A
and C using solvent B. Pure solvent B is recovered from the raffinate R by distillation, as shown in the
schematic diagram below:
Locations of different mixtures for this process are indicated on the triangular diagram below. P is the solvent-
free raffinate, E is the extract, F is the feed and A is the difference point from which the mass balance lines
originate. The line PB intersects the bimodal curve at U and T. The lines P  and FB intersect the bimodal at V
and W respectively.
The raffinate coming out of extractor is represented in the diagram by the point :
(A) T (B) U (C) V (D) W

Q.137 Consider a steady state mass transfer process between well-mixed liquid and vapour phases of a binary mixture
comprising of components A and B. The mole fractions of components A in the bulk liquid ( x A ) and bulk
vapour (y A ) phases are 0.36 and 0.16, respectively. The mass transfer coefficients for component A in liquid
and vapour phases are 0.1mol/(m 2s) and 0.05mol/(m2s) respectively. The vapour-liquid equilibrium can be
approximated as y*A  2x A for yA less than 0.4. The mole fraction of A in the liquid at the interface (up to two
decimal places) is
Q.138 For what value of Lewis number, the wet-bulb temperature and adiabatic saturation temperature are nearly
equal?
(A) 0.33 (B) 0.5 (C) 1 (D) None
Q.139 A binary liquid mixture of benzene and toluene contains 20 mol% benzene. At 350 K the vapour pressures of
pure benzene and pure toluene are 92 kPa and 35 kPa, respectively. The mixture follows Raoult’s law. The
equilibrium vapour phase mole fraction (rounded off to the second decimal place) of benzene in contact with
this liquid mixture at 350 K is______________
Q.140 Consider the following two cases for a binary mixture of ideal gases A and B under steady state conditions. In
case 1, the diffusion of A occurs through non-diffusing B. In case 2, equimolar counter diffusion of A and B
occurs. In both the cases, the total pressure is 100 kPa and the partial pressures of A at two points separated by a
distance of 10 mm are 10 kPa and 5 kPa. Assume the Fick’s first law of diffusion is applicable. What is the ratio
of molar flux of A in case 1 to that is case 2?
(A) 0.58 (B) 1.08 (C) 1.58 (D) 2.18
Q.141 At 300 C , the amounts of acetone adsorbed at partial pressures of 10 and 100 mmHg are 0.1 and 0.4 kg
acetone/kg activated carbon, respectively. Assume Langmuir isotherm describes the adsorption of acetone on
activated carbon. What is the amount of acetone adsorbed (in kg per kg of activated carbon) at a partial pressure
of 50 mmHg and 300 C ?
(A) 0.23 (B) 0.25 (C) 0.30 (D) 0.35
Q.142 Solute C is extracted in a batch process from its homogenous solution of A and C, using solvent B. The
combined composition of the feed and the extracting solvent is shown in the figure below as point M, along
with (lie tie line passing through it). The ends of the tie line are on the equilibrium curve.

What is the selectivity for C?
(A) 3.5 (B) 7 (C) 10.5 (D) 21
Q.143 A binary distillation column is to be designed using McCabe Thiele method. The distillate contains 90 mol% of
the more volatile component. The point of intersection of the q-line with the equilibrium curve is (0.5, 0.7). The
minimum reflux ratio (rounded off to the first decimal place) for this operation is ____
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Q.144 Consider steady state mass transfer of a solute A from a gas phase to a liquid phase. The phase bulk and
interface mole fractions are y A , G and y A,i respectively. The liquid phase bulk and interface mole fraction are
x A, L and x A,i respectively.
x Ai  x AL
The ratio is very close to zero. This implies that mass transfer resistance is
y AG  y Ai
(A) Negligible in the gas phase only (B) Negligible in the liquid phase only
(C) Negligible in both phases (D) Considerable in both phase
Q.145 The composition of vapour entering a tray in a distillation column is 0.47. The average composition of the
vapour leaving the tray is 0.53. The equilibrium composition of the vapour corresponding to the liquid leaving
this tray is 0.52. All the compositions are expressed in mole fraction of the mass volatile component. The
murphree efficiency based on the vapour phase, rounded to the nearest integer, is ________ (in %).
Q.146 Which of the following conditions are valid at the plait point?
P. Density difference between the extract and raffinate phases is zero
Q. Interfacial tension between the extract and raffinate phase is zero

R. Composition difference between the extract the raffinate phases is zero.
(A) P and Q only (B) Q and R only
(C) P and R only (D) P, Q and R
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Q.147 In a batch adsorption process, 5 gm of fresh adsorbent is used to beat 1 litre on an aqueous phenol solution. The
initial phenol concentration is 100 mg / l . The equilibrium relation is given by q*  1.3C . Where q * is the
amount of phenol adsorbed in mg of phenol per gram of adsorbent and C is the concentration of phenol in
mg/litre in the aqueous solution. When equilibrium is attained between the adsorbent and the solution, the
concentration of phenol in the solution, rounded to 1 decimal place is _____mg/litre.
Q.148 The Sherwood number ( Sh L ) correlation for laminar flow over a flat plate of length L is given by
1
L Sc Reynolds number and Schitt number respectively. Chiltoh-colbrun D factor is

Sh L  0.664 Re0.5 3
(A) J D  0.664 (B) JD  0.664R L0.5
(C) J D  0.664 ReL (D) J D  0.664Re0.5

L SC
2/3
Q.149 In a counter current stripping operation using pure stream, the mole ratio of a solute in the liquid stream is
reduced from 0.25 to 0.05. The liquid feed flow rate on a solute free basis is 3 mol/s. The equilibrium line for
the system is given below.
The minimum flow rate of pure stream for this purpose, rounded to 1 decimal place, is (mol/s).
Q.150 The vapor phase composition and relative volatilities (with respect to n – propane) on an ideal tray of a
distillation column are

Component Methane Ethane n-Propane
Mole fraction in 0.12 0.28 0.60

vapour
Relative volatility 10 4 1
The mole fraction of n-propane in the liquid phase, rounded to 2 decimal places is ________.
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Q.151 Two packed towers are designed for the same mass velocity of the gas. The first has liquid and gas flow rates of
30 kg/s and 1.2 kg/s, respectively, while the corresponding flow ratesin the second tower are 67.5 kg/s and 1.8
kg/s. The ratio of the design diameter of the wider tower to that of the narrower tower is
(A) 2 (B) 1.8 (C) 1.5 (D) 1.225
Q.152 According to the surface renewal theory, the unit of fractional rate of surface renewal is
(A) m 2s  2 (B) m 2s 1 (C) ms 1 (D) s 1
Q.153 For absorption of H 2S from a mixture with hydrocarbon vapour into an aqueous alkanolamine solution, the
liquid phase mass transfer resistance is
(A) significantly higher than that of the gas phase
(B) negligible compared to that of the gas phase
(C) equal to that of the gas phase
(D) dependent on the gas phase mass transfer resistance
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Q.154 It is decided to extract A from a feed containing 20 mol% A and 80 mol% B in two ideal cross-current stages as
shown below, using equal amount of pure solvent C in each stage.

Components B and C are immiscible. 60 % of A in the feed is extracted in stage 1. The equilibrium relation is
given by Y*  1.2X where. X  moles of A per mole of B in raffinate
Y*  moles of A per mole of C in extract in equilibrium with raffinate
The mol % of A in raffinate from stage 2 is ________ (rounded off to second decimal place).
Q.155 A binary distillation column is designed by McCabe-Thiele method to get a distillate mole fraction of 0.9. The
enriching section operating line has an intercept with y-axis at 0.3 mole fraction. The ratio of liquid to vapour
molar flow rate in the enriching section is _________ (rounded off to third decimal place).
Q.156 A fiberboard sheet (1.5 m  2.0 m 15 mm) is being dried by suspending it horizontally in a current of hot, dry
air. The edges are insulated so that drying takes place only from the top and bottom surfaces. The wet sheet
weighing 16 kg with initial moisture content of 60% loses moisture at a constant rate of 1.25 10 5 kg m 2 s 1
until the moisture content falls to 30%. All moisture contents are on dry basis. The time required for drying
during constant rate period (in hour) is _____________ (rounded off to third decimal place).
Q.157 The humidity of air at a dry-bulb temperature of 650 C is 0.025 kg water/kg dry air. The latent heat of
vaporization of water at 0 0 C is 2500 kJ/kg. The psychometric ratio of air is 0.95 kJ (kg dry air) 1 K 1 .
Considering 0 0 C as reference temperature, the enthalpy of air (in kJ/kg) at its adiabatic saturation temperature
of 350 C is ___________ (rounded off to two decimal places).
Q.158 Three distillation schemes for separating an equimolar, constant relative volatility ABC mixture into nearly pure
components are shown. The usual simplifying assumptions such as constant molal overflow, negligible heat
loss, ideal trays are valid. All the schemes are designed for minimum total reboiler duty. Given that the relative
volatilities are in the ratio  A :  B : C  8 : 2 :1 , the correct option that arranges the optimally – designed
schemes in ascending order of total reboiler duty is
(A) I , II, III (B) III, I, II (C) II, I, III (D) III, II, I
Q.159 For a binary noni deal A – B mixture exhibiting a minimum boiling azeotrope, the activity coefficients,
 i (i  A, B) , must satisfy

(A)  A  1,  B  1 (B)  A  1,  B  1 (C)  A  1,  B  1 (D)  A  1,  B  1
Q.160 The correct expression for the Colburn j – factor for mass transfer that relates Sherwood number (Sh), Reynolds
number (Re) and Schmidt number (Sc) is
Sh Sh Sh Sh
(A) 1
(B) 1
(C) 1 1
(D)
3 2 2 3
(Re)(Sc)
(Re)(Sc) (Re) (Sc) (Re) (Sc)
Q.161 In the drying of non – dissolving solids at constant drying conditions, the internal movement of moisture in the
solid has a dominant effect on the drying rate during
(A) The initial adjustment period only
(B) The constant rate period only
(C) The falling rate period only
(D) Both the initial adjustment and constant rate periods
Q.162 A binary mixture with components A and B is to be separated in a distillation column to obtain 95 mol% A as
the top product. The binary mixture has a constant relative volatility  AB  2 . The column feed is a saturated
liquid containing 50 mol% A. Under the usual simplifying assumptions such as constant molar overflow,
negligible heat loss, ideal trays,the minimum reflux ratio for this separation is ___________ (rounded off to
one decimal place).
Q.163 A countercurrent absorption tower is designed to remove 95% of component A from an incoming binary gas
mixture using pure solvent B. The mole ratio of A in the inlet gas is 0.02. The earner gas flow rate is 50 kmol/h.
The equilibrium relation is given by Y = 2X, where Y and X are the mole ratios of A in the gas and liquid
phases, respectively. If the tower is operated at twice the minimum solvent flow rate, the mole ratio of A in the
exit liquid stream is __________ (rounded off to three decimal places).
Q.164 100 kg of a feed containing 50 wt. % of a solute C is contacted with 80 kg of a solvent containing 0.5 wt. % of
C in a mixer – settler unit. From this operation, the resultant extract and raffinate phases contain 40 wt. % of C,
respectively. If E and R denote the mass of the extract and raffinate phases, respectively, the ratio E/R is
1 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
4 2 3
Q.165 Two spherical camphor particles of radii 20 cm and 5 cm, far away from each other, are undergoing sublimation
1
in a stream of ah. The mass transfer coefficient is proportional to , where r(t) is the radius of the sphere
r(t)
at time t. Assume that the partial pressure of camphor far away from the surface of the particle is zero. Also,
assume quasi-steady state, identical ambient conditions, and negligible heat effects. If t1 and t 2 are the times
t1
required for complete sublimation of the 20 cm and 5 cm camphor particles, respectively, the ratio is
t2
______________ (rounded off to one decimal place).
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Q.166 Pure gas P is being absorbed into a liquid. The dissolved P undergoes an irreversible reaction in the liquid film.
The reaction is first order with respect to P. Which one of the following represents the concentration profile of P
in the liquid film at steady state?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
Q.167 Consider a batch distillation process for an equimolar mixture of benzene and toluene at atmospheric pressure.
The mole fraction of benzene in the distillate collected after 10 minutes is 0.6. The process in further continued
for additional 10 minutes. The mole fraction of benzene in the total distillate collected after 20 minutes of
operation is
(A) Less than 0.6 (B) Exactly equal to 0.7
(C) Greater than 0.7 (D) Exactly equal to 0.6
Q.168 Ratio of momentum diffusivity to thermal diffusivity is
(A) Peclet number (B) Nusselt number
(C) Reynolds number (D) Prandtl number

Q.169 SO2 from air is absorbed by pure water in a counter current packed column operating at constant pressure. The
compositions and the flow rates of the streams are shown in the figure.
In addition, use the following data and assumptions

 Column operates under isothermal conditions
 At the operating temperature of the column, y*  40x where y * is the mole fraction of SO2 at a mole
fraction of x
 Solution is dilute and the operating line is linear
 Negligible amount of water evaporates
The number of transfer units (NTU) for this column is
(A) 0.5 (B) 1.0 (C) 1.5 (D) 2.0
Q.170 Two film theory applies for absorption of a solute from a gas mixture into a liquid solvent. The interfacial mass
transfer coefficient (in mol m 2s 1 ) for the gas side is 0.1 and for the liquid side is 3. The equilibrium
relationship is y*  2x , where x and y* are mole fractions of the solute in the liquid and gas phases,
respectively. The ratio of the mass transfer resistance in the liquid film to the overall resistance is
(A) 0.0161 (B) 0.0322 (C) 0.0625 (D) 0.0645
Q.171 Consider the equilibrium data for methanol-water system at 1 bar given in the figure below.

A distillation column operating at 1.0 bar is required to produce 92 mol % methanol. The feed is a saturated
liquid. It is an equimolar mixture of methanol and water. The minimum reflux ratio is
(A) 0.33 (B) 0.50 (C) 0.54 (D) 1.17
Q.172 Two ideal cross- current stages operate to extract P from a feed containing P and Q, as shown below.
The mass flow rates of P and Q to stage 1 are 1,000 kg h 1 and 10,000 kg h 1 , respectively. Pure solvent (S) is
injected at mas flow rates of 5, 000 kg h 1 and 15,000 kg h 1 to stages 1 and 2, respectively. The components Q
and S are immiscible. The equilibrium relation is given by Y*  1.5 X , where X is the mass of P per unit mass
of Q in the raffinate, and Y* is the mass of P per unit mass of S in the extract, which is in equilibrium with the
raffinate. The mass flow rate of P (in kg h 1 ) in the raffinate from state 2 is ____(round off to nearest integer).
Q.173 Consider a vertically falling film of water over an impermeable wall. The film is in contact with a static pool of
non-reactive pure gas. The gas diffuses into the water film over the entire height of the falling film. The height
of the film is 1.0 m, and its thickness is 104 m . The velocity of eater, averaged over the film thickness, is
0.01 m s 1 . The gas concentration (in kg m 3 ), averaged over the film thickness is
CAy  CAi (1  e 30y )
Where y is the vertical positon in meters measured from the top of the wall.
In addition, use the following data and assumptions
 The flow is fully developed

 The width of the film is much larger than the thickness of the film, and the dissolved gas concentration is
invariant over this width
 The solubility of the gas in water, C A i , is constant
 Pure water enters at y  0

 The evaporation of water is negligible
The mass transfer coefficient on the liquid side (in mm s 1 ), averaged over the entire height of the falling film
is ____(round off to 3 decimal places)


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Previous Year Question (2000-2020)

Q.1 The McCabe ∆L law states that the

(A) Molar heat of vaporization of components are nearly equal.

(D) Linear crystal growth rate depends on the crystal size.

(A) 0.01 (B) 0.1 (C) 1 (D) 10

Q.4 The absorption factor is defined as

Q.5 The Grashof number is defined as the ratio of

(A) Buoyancy to inertial forces (B) Buoyancy to viscous forces

(C) Inertial to viscous forces (D) Buoyancy to surface tension forces

2000 IIT Kharagpur (2 Marks)

(A) 2000 (B) 4000

(C) 5000 (D) 6000

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(A) Liquid side (B) Gas side

(C) Interfacial (D) Both liquid and gas sides

2001 IIT Kanpur (1 Mark)

h G  heat transfer coefficient, CS  Heat capacity of vapour gas mixture)

2001 IIT Kanpur (2 Marks)

(A) 6.89 (B) 8.89 (C) 10 (D) 8.25

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(A) 500 (B) 1200 (C) 900 (D) 800

2002 IISc Bangalore (1 Mark)

(A) Gases in turbulent flow (B) Gases in laminar flow

(A) Nusselt number (B) Sherwood number

(C) Schmidt number (D) Stanton number

2002 IISc Bangalore (2 Marks)

(A) 15 min (B) 51 min (C) 71 min (D) 94 min

(A) 5 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 28

2003 IIT Madras (1 Mark)

Q.18 Minimum reflux ratio in a distillation column results in

(A) Optimum number of trays (B) Minimum reboiler size

(C) Minimum condenser size (D) Minimum number of trays

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(A) Diffusion of A is in stagnant medium B

(B) Mass transfer is accompanied by reaction

(C) Molecular mean free path is high

(D) There is equi-molar counter-diffusion

Q.20 The diffusion coefficient, in m 2 /s , of acetic acid in benzene (liquid in liquid) is

2003 IIT Madras (2 Marks)

P. Underwood’s equation 1. Number of real trays

Q. Fenske’s equation 2. Column diameter

R. Gilliland’s equation 3. Minimum number of ideal trays

S. Vapour velocity at flooding 4. Actual number of ideal

5. Minimum reflux ratio

(A) 25% (B) 50% (C) 70% (D) 90%

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(A) 0.54 (B) 1.04 (C) 1.24 (D) 1.94

(A) 100 (B) 10 (C) 5 (D) 1

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(A) 2.0 (B) 1.56 (C) 1.0 (D) 0.56

x (mole of A/mole of B) y (mole of A/mole of C)

2004 IIT Kanpur (1 Mark)

(A) 1 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10

Common Data Question 31 & 32

(A) Less than 40 0 C (B) 40 0 C (C) 400 C < TW  60 0 C (D) 60 0 C

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Common Data Question 33 & 34

(A) m/s (B) cm/s