Internal Combustion Engine Quiz 1

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Internal Combustion Engine (QUIZ 1 pre-midterm)

18/09/2019
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1. The operation of forcing additional air under pressure in 6. An engine indicator is used to determine the following
the engine cylinder is known as
(A) Speed
(A) Scavenging (B) Temperature
(B) Pre-ignition (C) Volume of cylinder
(C) Supercharging (D) m.e.p. and I.H.P.
(D) Turbulence 7. Pour point of fuel oil is the
2. The mean effective pressure obtained from engine indicator (A) It catches fire without external aid
indicates the
(B) Temperature at which it solidifies or congeals
(A) Average pressure developed
(C) Minimum temperature to which oil is heated in order
(B) Minimum pressure to give off inflammable vapours in sufficient quantity
(C) Instantaneous pressure at any instant to ignite momentarily when brought in contact with a
flame
(D) Maximum pressure
(D) Indicated by 90% distillation temperature i.e., when
3. In a four stroke cycle petrol engine, the compression 90% of sample oil has distilled off
(A) Starts at 40° after bottom dead centre and ends at 30° 8. If the temperature of intake air in internal combustion
before top dead centre engine increases, then its efficiency will
(B) Starts at 40° before bottom dead centre and ends at (A) Remain same
30° after bottom dead centre
(B) Decrease
(C) Starts at bottom dead centre and ends at top dead
centre (C) Increase

(D) May start and end anywhere (D) None of these

4. The fuels in order of decreasing knock tendency for spark 9. The working pressure and temperature inside the cylinder
ignition engines are of an internal combustion engine is _________ as
compared to a steam engine.
(A) Paraffin, aromatic, napthene
(A) Low
(B) Paraffin, napthene, aromatic
(B) Very low
(C) Napthene, aromatics, paraffin
(C) High
(D) Napthene, paraffin, aromatic
(D) Very high
5. The pressure at the end of compression in the case of
diesel engine is of the order of 10. The ignition quality of petrol is expressed by

(A) 6 kg/cm (A) Cetane number

(B) 35 kg/cm (B) Octane number

(C) 20 kg/cm (C) Calorific value

(D) 12 kg/m (D) All of these


11. In compression ignition engines, swirl denotes a 16. The theoretically correct air fuel ratio for petrol engine is
of the order of
(A) Haphazard motion of the gases in the chamber
(A) 6: 1
(B) Rotary motion of the gases in the chamber
(B)9: 1
(C) Radial motion of the gases in the chamber
(C)12: 1
(D) None of the above
(D) 15: 1
12. In a four stroke cycle diesel engine, the exhaust valve
17. Number of working strokes per min. for a four stroke
(A) Opens at 30° after bottom dead centre and closes at
cycle engine are _________ the speed of the engine in
10° before top dead centre
r.p.m.
(B) Opens at 30° before bottom dead centre and closes at
(A) Equal to
10° after top dead centre
(B) One-half
(C) Opens at bottom dead centre and closes at top dead
centre (C) Twice
(D) May open and close anywhere (D) Four-times
13. Supercharging is the process of 18. The air standard efficiency of an I.C. engine is given by
(where r = Compression ratio, and γ = Ratio of specific
(A) Supplying the intake of an engine with air at a density
heats)
greater than the density of the surrounding atmosphere
(A) 1 - rγ - 1
(B) Injecting excess fuel for raising more loads
(B) 1 + rγ - 1
(C) Providing forced cooling air
(C) 1 - (1/rγ - 1)
(D) Supplying compressed air to remove combustion
products fully (D) None of these
14. The ignition of the charge by some hot surface within the 19. The operation of forcing additional air under pressure into
engine before the passage of spark is called the engine cylinder is known as
(A) Pre-ignition (A) Supercharging
(B) Detonation (B) Carburetion
(C) Ignition delay (C) Turbulence
(D) Auto-ignition (D) Delay period
15. In the opposed piston diesel engine, the combustion 20. In a typical medium speed 4-stroke cycle diesel engine the
chamber is located inlet valve
(A) Below the piston (A) Opens at 20° before top dead center and closes at
35° after the bottom dead center
(B) Above the piston
(B) Opens at top dead center and closes at bottom dead
(C) Between the pistons
center
(D) There is no such criterion
(C) Opens at 10° after top dead center and closes 20°
before the bottom dead center
(D) May open or close anywhere

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