Nuclear Power Engineering - Section 1

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Nuclear Power Engineering - Section 1

This is engineering branch and you will find many MCQs
available on this topic which are asked in tests and you will find these MCQs in this section.

1.

Out of the followingplaces, a nuclear power plant is not located at

A.	Talcher (Orissa)
B.	Kaiga (Karnataka)
C.	Rawatbhata (Rajsthan)
D.	Kalpakkam (Tamilnadu)

Answer: Option A

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2.

Research reactors are normally meant for

A.	producing high neutron flux 1012-1013 neutrons/cm2, sec and studying the effect of neutron bombardment on dif ferent materials.
B.	accelerating the neutrons.
C.	power generation.
D.	none of these

Answer: Option A

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3.

The ratio of volume of an atom to that of its nucleus is

A.	10 12
B.	10-12
C.	10-8
D.	10 8

Answer: Option A

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4.

Sodium melts (at atmospheric pressure) at a temperature of __________ °C.

A.	58
B.	98
C.	348
D.	588

Answer: Option B

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5.

Hydrogen bomb employs the nuclear fusion of

A.	hydrogen
B.	deuterium
C.	tritium
D.	helium

Answer: Option B

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6.

The largest stable nucleus is

A.	U-235
B.	U-238
C.	Pb-206
D.	Bi-209

Answer: Option A

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7.

In a nuclear explosion, the energy is released primarily in the form of __________ energy-

A.	potential
B.	thermal
C.	kinetic
D.	electrical

Answer: Option C

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8.

Tarapur atomic power station

A.	has two boiling water reactors of American design.
B.	has an installed capacity of 400 MW.
C.	is the first power reactor in India, which became critical in 1969.
D.	all (a), (b) and (c).

Answer: Option D

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