Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning MCQ Solved Paper for IBPS PO

1. Most of the domestic refrigerators work on the following refrigeration system
A. Vapour compression
B. Vapour absorption
C. Carnot cycle
D. Electrolux refrigerator
Answer : A

2. In vapour compression cycle, the condition of refrigerant is saturated liquid
A. After passing through the condenser
B. Before passing through the condenser
C. After passing through the expansion throttle valve
D. Before entering the expansion valve
Answer : A

3. The coefficient of performance of Electrolux refrigerator is the ratio of
A. Heat supplied by the gas burner to the heat absorbed by the evaporator
B. Heat absorbed by the evaporator to the heat supplied by the gas burner
C. Heat supplied by the gas burner minus the heat absorbed by the evaporator to the heat supplied by the gas burner
D. Heat absorbed by the evaporator minus the heat supplied by the gas burner to the heat absorbed by the evaporator
Answer : B

4. Which of the following cycles uses air as the refrigerant?
A. Ericson
B. Stirling
C. Carnot
D. Bell Coleman
Answer : D

5. The coefficient of performance of a domestic refrigerator is ________ as compared to a domestic air-conditioner.
A. Same
B. Less
C. More
D. None of these
Answer : B

6. A refrigerating system operating on reversed Brayton refrigeration cycle is used for maintaining 250 K. If the temperature at the end of constant pressure cooling is 300K and rise in the temperature of air in the refrigerator is 50 K, then the net work of compression will be (assume air as working substance with Cp = 1 kJ/kg)
A. 25 kJ/kg
B. 50 kJ/kg
C. 100 kJ/kg
D. 125 kJ/kg
Answer : B

7. The evaporator used in household refrigerators is
A. Frosting evaporator
B. Non-frosting evaporator
C. Defrosting evaporator
D. None of these
Answer : A

8. The relative coefficient of performance is
A. Actual COP/theoretical COP
B. Theoretical COP/actual COP
C. Actual COP × theoretical COP
D. None of these
Answer : A

9. While designing the refrigeration system of an aircraft, the prime consideration is that the
A. System has high C.O.P.
B. Power per TR is low
C. Mass of refrigerant circulated in the system is low
D. Mass of the refrigeration equipment is low
Answer : D

10. In order to cool and dehumidify a stream of moist air, it must be passed over the coil at a temperature
A. Which lies between the dry bulb and wet bulb temperatures of the incoming stream
B. Which lies between the wet bulb and dew point temperatures of the incoming stream
C. Which is lower than the dew point temperature of the incoming stream
D. Of adiabatic saturation of incoming stream
Answer : C

11. During heating and dehumidification process, dry bulb temperature
A. Remains constant
B. Increases
C. Decreases
D. None of these
Answer : B

12. The central air conditioning system has ________ overall efficiency as compared to individual systems.
A. Same
B. Lower
C. Higher
D. None of these
Answer : C

13. The operating temperature of a cold storage is 2°C. The heat leakage from the surrounding is 30 kW for the ambient temperature of 40°C. The actual C.O.P. of refrigeration plant used is one fourth that of ideal plant working between the same temperatures. The power required to drive the plant is
A. 1.86 kW
B. 3.72 kW
C. 7.44 kW
D. 18.6 kW
Answer : D

14. If the evaporator temperature of a plant is lowered, keeping the condenser temperature constant, the h.p. of compressor required will be
A. Same
B. More
C. Less
D. More/less depending on rating
Answer : B

15. In which of the following refrigeration system, waste heat can be effectively used?
A. Vapour compression cycle
B. Vapour absorption cycle
C. Air refrigeration cycle
D. None of these
Answer : B

16. The sub-cooling in a refrigeration cycle
A. Does not alter C.O.P.
B. Increases C.O.P.
C. Decreases C.O.P.
D. None of these
Answer : B

17. For air conditioning the operation theatre in a hospital, the percentage of outside air in the air supplied is
A. Zero
B. 20
C. 50
D. 100
Answer : D

18. Environmental protection agencies advice against the use of chlorofluorocarbon refrigerants since
A. These react with water vapour and cause acid rain
B. These react with plants and cause greenhouse effect
C. These react with oxygen and cause its depletion
D. These react with ozone layer
Answer : D

19. The process, generally used in summer air conditioning to cool and dehumidify the air, is called
A. Humidification
B. Dehumidification
C. Heating and humidification
D. Cooling and dehumidification
Answer : D

20. The air cooling system mostly used in transport type aircrafts is
A. Simple air cooling system
B. Simple evaporative air cooling system
C. Bootstrap air cooling system
D. All of these
Answer : C

21. For proper refrigeration in a cabinet, if the temperature and vapour pressure difference between cabinet and atmosphere is high, then
A. Bigger cabinet should be used
B. Smaller cabinet should be used
C. Perfectly tight vapour seal should be used
D. Refrigerant with lower evaporation temperature should be used
Answer : C

22. The total pressure exerted by the mixture of air and water vapour is equal to the sum of pressures which each constituent would exert, if it occupied the same space by itself. This statement is called
A. Kinetic theory of gases
B. Newton's law of gases
C. Dalton's law of partial pressures
D. Avogadro's hypothesis
Answer : C

23. Which of the following statement is correct for ammonia as a refrigerant?
A. It is toxic to mucous membranes.
B. It requires large displacement per TR compared to fluoro carbons.
C. It reacts with copper and its alloys.
D. All of these
Answer : D

24. One ton of the refrigeration is
A. The standard unit used in refrigeration problems
B. The cooling effect produced by melting 1 ton of ice
C. The refrigeration effect to freeze 1 ton of water at 0°C into ice at 0°C in 24 hours
D. The refrigeration effect to produce 1 ton of ice at NTP conditions
Answer : C

25. The wet bulb depression is zero when relative humidity is
A. Zero
B. 0.5
C. 0.75
D. 1.0
Answer : D

26. Which of the following statement is wrong?
A. The value of C.O.P. is always greater than one.
B. In a vapour compression system, the condition of refrigerant before entering the compressor is dry saturated vapour.
C. The space between the saturated liquid line and saturated vapour line, in a pressure enthalpy chart, is wet vapour region.
D. None of the above
Answer : D

27. The coefficient of performance of Heat Pump is always __________ one.
A. Equal to
B. Less than
C. Greater than
D. None of these
Answer : C

28. The wet bulb temperature at 100% relative humidity is ________ dry bulb temperature.
A. Same as
B. Lower than
C. Higher than
D. None of these
Answer : A

29. A standard ice point temperature corresponds to the temperature of
A. Water at 0°C
B. Ice at 4°C
C. Solid and dry ice
D. Mixture of ice and water under equilibrium conditions
Answer : D

30. Rating of a domestic refrigerator is of the order of
A. 0.1 ton
B. 5 tons
C. 10 tons
D. 40 tons
Answer : A

31. The coefficient of performance is the ratio of the refrigerant effect to the
A. Heat of compression
B. Work done by compressor
C. Enthalpy increase in compressor
D. All of the above
Answer : D

32. The emissivity of a polished silver body is __________ as compared to black body.
A. Same
B. Low
C. Very low
D. High
Answer : C

33. In order to collect liquid refrigerant and to prevent it from going to a ________, a device known as accumulator is used at the suction of compressor.
A. Compressor
B. Condenser
C. Expansion valve
D. Evaporator
Answer : A

34. Relative humidity is given by (where pv = Partial pressure of water vapour, pb = Barometric pressure, ps = Pressure of saturated air, pd = Pressure at dry bulb temperature, pw = Saturation pressure corresponding to wet bulb temperature, and ? = Degree of saturation)
A. 0.622 Pv / (Pb - Pv)
B. ?/[1 - (1 - ?) (Ps/Pb)]
C. [Pv (Pb - Pd)]/ [Pd (Pb - Pv)]
D. None of these
Answer : B

35. The condensing pressure due to the presence of non-condensable gases, as compared to that actually required for condensing temperatures without non-condensable gases,
A. Will be higher
B. Will be lower
C. Will remain unaffected
D. May be higher or lower depending upon the nature of noncondensable gases
Answer : A

36. In larger industrial and commercial reciprocating compression systems, refrigerant widely used is
A. Ammonia
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Sulphur dioxide
D. R-12
Answer : A

37. The condition of refrigerant as it leaves the compressor in a vapour compression system is
A. Saturated liquid
B. Wet vapour
C. Dry saturated vapour
D. Superheated vapour
Answer : D

38. In a vapour compression system, the condition of refrigerant is dry saturated vapour
A. Before entering the compressor
B. After leaving the compressor
C. Before entering the condenser
D. After leaving the condenser
Answer : A

39. Which of the following refrigerant has the lowest freezing point?
A. R-11
B. R-12
C. R-22
D. Ammonia
Answer : C

40. In a vapour absorption refrigeration system, the compressor of the vapour compression system is replaced by
A. Liquid pump
B. Generator
C. Absorber and generator
D. Absorber, generator and liquid pump
Answer : D

41. Pick up the wrong statement. A refrigerant should have
A. Tow specific heat of liquid
B. High boiling point
C. High latent heat of vaporisation
D. Higher critical temperature
Answer : B

42. The bypass factor of a cooling coil decreases with
A. Decrease in fin spacing and increase in number of rows
B. Increase in fin spacing and increase in number of rows
C. Increase in fin spacing and decrease in number of rows
D. Decrease in fin spacing and decrease in number of rows
Answer : A

43. During dehumidification process, __________ remains constant.
A. Wet bulb temperature
B. Relative humidity
C. Dry bulb temperature
D. Specific humidity
Answer : C

44. The dry bulb temperature lines, on the psychrometric chart are
A. Vertical and uniformly spaced
B. Horizontal and uniformly spaced
C. Horizontal and non-uniformly spaced
D. Curved lines
Answer : A

45. In vapour compression cycle the condition of refrigerant is superheated vapour
A. After passing through the condenser
B. Before passing through the condenser
C. After passing through the expansion or throttle valve
D. Before entering the expansion valve
Answer : B

46. The humidity ratio or specific humidity is the mass of water vapour present in
A. 1 m3 of wet air
B. 1 m3 of dry air
C. 1 kg of wet air
D. 1 kg of dry air
Answer : D

47. The bypass factor (B. P. F.) in case of sensible heating of air is (Where td? = Dry bulb temperature of air entering the heating coil, td? = Dry bulb temperature of air leaving the heating coil, and td? = Dry bulb temperature of heating coil)
A. (td? - td?)/(td? - td?)
B. (td? - td?)/(td? - td?)
C. (td? - td?)/(td? - td?)
D. (td? - td?)/(td? - td?)
Answer : B

48. The human body feels comfortable when the heat stored in the body is
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Zero
D. None of these
Answer : C

49. The general rule for rating refrigeration systems (excepting for CO? system) is to approximate following h.p. per ton of refrigeration
A. 0.1 to 0.5 h.p. per ton of refrigeration
B. 0.5 to 0.8 h.p. per ton of refrigeration
C. 1 to 2 h.p. per ton of refrigeration
D. 2 to 5 h.p. per ton of refrigeration
Answer : C

50. In a psychrometric chart, specific humidity (moisture content) lines are
A. Vertical and uniformly spaced
B. Horizontal and uniformly spaced
C. Horizontal and non-uniformly spaced
D. Curved lines
Answer : B