1. Following mixture(s) is/are of the irreversible nature:
(a) Positive mixtures
(b) Negative mixtures
(c) Neutral mixtures
(d) None
2. Saturated solution left behind the process of crystallization is called
(a) Final solution (b) Daughter liquor
(c) Mother liquor (d) Parent liquor
3. Following is the same for all crystals of the same material
(a) Sizes of the faces of crystal
(b) Size of the edge of the crystals
(c) Angles made by the faces of crystals
(d) All
4. Swenson–Walker crystallizer is a type of
(a) Scrapped surface crystallizer
(b) Agitated batch crytallizer
(c) Static tank crystallizer
(d) Evaporator crystallizer
5. Chose a method to achieve supersaturation for a substance whose solubility is independent of temperature (substance with flat solubility).
(a) Cooling (b) Evaporation
(c) Precipitation (d) None
6. Following uses the evaporation technique to achieve supersaturatoin:
(a) Circulation magma crystallizer
(b) Sternson–Walker crystallizer
(c) Static tank crystallizer
(d) All
7. McCabe and Thiele method represents
(a) Graphical method for determining the number of theoretical plates of a fractionating column
(b) Graphical relation between vapour pressure and temperature of component liquids of a mixture
(c) Relationship between the vapour pressure and mole fraction of component of a mixture
(d) None
8. Florentine receiver works on the principle of separation of component liquids of a mixture based on
(a) Molecular weight difference
(b) Density difference
(c) Volume difference
(d) All
9. Following is not true for an azeotropic mixture:
(a) Volatility of each component becomes equal
(b) Relative volatility of mixture is 1
(c) Components of such mixture cannot be fractionated
(d) None
10. Following is most widely used for extraction of volatile oils
(a) Steam distillation
(b) Azeotropic distillation
(c) Molecular distillation
(d) Destructive distillation
11. Fixed oils can be extracted using
(a) Vacuum still
(b) Molecular still
(c) Water still
(d) Fractional distillation
12. A material is termed bone dry if the moisture content is reduced to
(a) EMC (equilibrium moisture content)
(b) Zero moisture
(c) CFMC (critical free moisture content)
(d) None
13. Ideally the drying should be done to a level of
(a) EMC.
(b) CMC
(c) CFMC
(d) Zero moisture content
14. Gelsication is the term used for
(a) Freeze drying
(b) Turbo drying
(c) Vacuum drying
(d) Rotary drying
15. Freeze drying works on the principle of
(a) Evaporation of water
(b) Sublimation of water from ice phase to gas phase
(c) Liquefaction of ice to water
(d) Heating at the freezing temperature of water
16. Dewar flasks are used in
(a) Vacuum drying
(b) Microwave drying
(c) Freeze drying
(d) Rotary drying
17. The most efficient heat exchange between the particles and flowing air occurs in the
(a) Tray dryer
(b) Spray dryer
(c) Fluidized bed dryer
(d) Rotary dryer
18. Following light is mostly used in radiant heat dryer:
(a) Radio waves
(b) Sunlight
(c) UV rays
(d) Infrared rays
19. Reynold’s number (Re) for streamline flow of a fluid is
(a) <0.2
(b) >0.2
(c) <0.8
(d) >0.8
20. Following is not the mechanism of size reduction
(a) Impact and attrition
(b) Cutting
(c) Bruising
(d) Elutriation
21. In dry milling the moisture content should be
(a) <2%
(b) <4%
(c) <6%
(d) <8%
22. For effective operation of ball mill the ball charge (% volume of mill filled by the balls) should be
(a) 60–70%
(b) 30–50%
(c) <30%
(d) >50%
23. Critical speed of the ball mill is the speed at which
(a) Balls begin to centrifuge with the mill
(b) Balls cascade over one another
(c) Balls are carried up the sides and fall freely onto material
(d) Balls start tumbling
24. Rouwolfia and Glycirriza can be size reduced the best
way by of
(a) Roller mill
(b) Ball mill
(c) Cutter mill
(d) Colloid mill
25. Select a mill for a low melting drug.
(a) Hammer mill
(b) Roller mill
(c) Ball mill
(d) Fluid energy mill.
26. According to IP/BP very fine powder is one of which
(a) All particles pass through 120# sieve
(b) 90% particles pass through 350# sieve
(c) All particles pass through 350 # sieve
(d) 90% particles are of size <10µm
27. Total 100 squares in a 1 inch2
area is termed
(a) 100 mesh sieve
(b) 10 mesh sieve
(c) 20 mesh sieve
(d) 25 mesh sieve
28. Following is not a filter aid:
(a) Diatomite
(b) Carbon
(c) Gelatin
(d) Asbestos
29. Filter aids may be applied by
(a) Precoating technique
(b) Body-mix technique
(c) Both
(d) None
30. Integrity tests are intended for following filters:
(a) Leaf filters
(b) Drum filters
(c) Membrane filters
(d) Edge filters
31. The equation describing the factors affecting the rate of filtration is
(a) Darcy’s equation
(b) Dalton’s equation
(c) Stokes’ equation
(d) None
32. For effective screening of all bacteria for sterilization of liquids the membrane pore size is
(a) 0.2µm
(b) 0.45µm
(c) 0.8µm
(d) 1.2µm
33. Duhring’s rule is related to
(a) Crystallization
(b) Distillation
(c) Filtration
(d) Size reduction
34. Filters function by the following mechanism(s)
(a) Sieving or screening
(b) Entrapment or impaction
(c) Electrostatic attraction
(d) All
35. Clarification is the term used when the solid content of the product
(a) Doesn’t exceed 1%
(b) Doesn’t exceed 10%
(c) Doesn’t exceed 5%
(d) All are true
36. Hammer mill works by following principle:
(a) Impact
(b) Attrition
(c) Compression
(d) None
37. Following laws are used to predict energy requirements for comminuting process.
(a) Rittinger’s law
(b) Kick’s law
(c) Bond’s law
(d) All
38. Following is/are dimensionless number(s)
(a) Reynold’s number
(b) Power number
(c) Mass transfer number
(d) All
39. Sweet land filter is a modified type of
(a) Leaf filter
(b) Edge filter
(c) Cartridge filter
(d) Rotary drum filter
40. One of the following mills works on both the principles of interparticulate attrition and impact
(a) Cutter mill
(b) Hammer mill
(c) Roller mill
(d) Fluid energy mill