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                | 161. | Thermal efficiency of most of the internal combustion engines lies in the range |  
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				| A. | 90 to 100 percent | B. | 75 to 90 percent |  
				 				 | C. | 50 to 75 percent | D. | 35 to 50 percent |  
				    | E. | 20 to 35 percent |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option E Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 162. | A gas which obeys kinetic theory perfectly is known as |  
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				| A. | Monoatomic gas | B. | Diatomic gas |  
				 				 | C. | Real gas | D. | Pure gas |  
				    | E. | Perfect gas |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option E Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 163. | In a reversible polytropic process |  
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				| A. | Some heat transfer occurs | B. | The entropy remains constant |  
				 				 | C. | Enthalpy remains constant | D. | Internal energy remains constant |  
				    | E. | Temperature remains constant |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 164. | Which of the following is conserved across a shock wave? |  
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				| A. | Temperature | B. | Pressure |  
				 				 | C. | Momentum | D. | All of the above |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 165. | Within the boiler, the temperature of steam is highest in |  
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				| A. | Water drum | B. | Water tubes |  
				 				 | C. | Water walls | D. | Super heater |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option D Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 166. | Which of the following is not a property of the system? |  
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				| A. | Temperature | B. | Pressure |  
				 				 | C. | Specific volume | D. | Work |  
				    | E. | None of the above |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option D Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 167. | Heat exchanger used in a steam condenser of a thermal power plant is |  
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				| A. | Direct contact type | B. | Recuperator type |  
				 				 | C. | Regenerator type | D. | Any one of the above |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option B Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 168. | The rate of discharge through the nozzle |  
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				| A. | remains same | B. | decreases |  
				 				 | C. | increases |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 169. | When a gas is to be stored, the type of compression that would be ideal is |  
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				| A. | Isothermal | B. | Adiabatic |  
				 				 | C. | Polytropic | D. | Constant pressure |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option A Explanation:    |  
 
            
            
                | 170. | A process which does not dissipate available energy is known as |  
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				| A. | Adiabatic process | B. | Isothermal process |  
				 				 | C. | Ideal process | D. | Frictionless process |  
				    | E. | Energyless process |  |  |  
                        
                        
                            Answer: Option C Explanation:    |  
 
 
			
			
 
 
 
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