Heat Transfer (3151909) MCQs

MCQs of Conduction

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21.

Which one of the following forms of water has the highest value of thermal conductivity?

(a)

Boiling water

(b)

Steam

(c)

Solid ice

(d)

Melting ice

Answer:

Option (c)

22.

Identify the very good insulator

(a)

Saw dust

(b)

Cork

(c)

Asbestos sheet

(d)

Glass wool

Answer:

Option (d)

23.

Most metals are good conductor of heat because of

(a)

Transport of energy

(b)

Free electrons and frequent collision of atoms

(c)

Lattice defects

(d)

Capacity to absorb energy

Answer:

Option (b)

24.

The heat energy propagation due to conduction heat transfer will be minimum for

(a)

Lead

(b)

Water

(c)

Air

(d)

Copper

Answer:

Option (c)

25.

The temperature distribution in a large thin plate with uniform surface temperature will be
(Assume steady-state condition)

(a)

Logarithmic

(b)

Hyperbolic

(c)

Parabolic

(d)

Linear

Answer:

Option (d)

26.

The interior of an oven is maintained at a temperature of 850 degree Celsius by means of a suitable control apparatus. The oven walls are 500 mm thick and are fabricated from a material of thermal conductivity 0.3 W/m degree. For an outside wall temperature of 250 degree Celsius, workout the resistance to heat flow

(a)

0.667 degree/W

(b)

1.667 degree/W

(c)

2.667 degree/W

(d)

3.667 degree/W

Answer:

Option (b)

27.

 Three metal walls of the same thickness and cross-sectional area have thermal conductivities k, 2k, and 3k respectively. The temperature drop across the walls (for same heat transfer) will be in the ratio

(a)

3:2:1

(b)

1:1:1

(c)

1:2:3

(d)

Given data is insufficient

Answer:

Option (a)

28.

Heat is transferred from a hot fluid to a cold one through a plane wall of a thickness (δ), surface area (A), and thermal conductivity (k). The thermal resistance is

(a)

1/A (1/h1 + δ/k + 1/h2)

(b)

A (1/h1 + δ/k + 1/h2)

(c)

1/A (h1 + δ/k + h2)

(d)

A (h1 + δ/k + 1/h2)

Answer:

Option (a)

29.

For an object i.e. spherical the value of critical radius would be

(a)

 2k/3h

(b)

3k/h

(c)

2k/h

(d)

 k/h

Answer:

Option (c)

30.

The value of critical radius in the case of a cylindrical hollow object is

(a)

2k/h

(b)

2h/k

(c)

k/h

(d)

h/k

Answer:

Option (c)

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