Metallurgical Industries and their Uses

This set of MCQs helps students to learn about metallurgical industries whose concerned with the extraction, refining, alloying and fabrication of metals and also extract containers for goods relating to the metallurgical industry.

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Which among the following is not an iron ore?

Hematite Magnetite Siderite Pyrrhotite

Which among the following is an essential chemical reaction for the manufacture of pig iron?

Fe2O3 + 3C → 2Fe + 3CO FeS + C → Fe + CS Fe3O4 + S → 3Fe + SO4 Fe2O3 + S → 2Fe + SO3

How can the production of pig iron be increased?

Increasing temperature decreasing pressure Decreasing temperature Increasing pressure Decreasing pressure

What are the raw materials needed for the manufacture of pig iron?

Iron ore-Calcium-Coke Iron ore-Coke Iron ore-Calcium Iron ore-Coke-Limestone

Coke consumption can be reduced in the manufacture of pig iron.

False True

Which among the following is a major source of aluminium oxide?

Hematite Siderite Magnetite Bauxite

What is the pressure maintained in the autoclave while manufacturing steel?

1atm 2atm 0.5atm 4.5atm

How is crystallization of trihydrate induced while manufacturing aluminium?

Mixing Cooling Heating Agitation

Recovery of alumina from red mud is the most difficult process during the manufacture of aluminium.

True False

How is alumina converted to aluminium?

Heating Cooling Electrolytically using an aluminium smelting cell Adding coke

How is carbon electrodes formed in an electrolytic aluminium smelting cell?

From Alumina By Replacing the old electrodes From coke and carbon dioxide From coke and pitch

Removal of impurities from pig iron by oxidation gives steel.

True False

What is the temperature of the blast furnace in steel plants?

100 °C 1000 °C 500 °C 2200 °C

Which among the following impurity is not added to steel?

Silicon Carbon Manganese Arsenic

Which method is commonly used for the manufacture of steel?

Open hearth process Contact process Kraft’s process Monte catini process
Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Metallurgical Industries and their Uses
Questions: 15
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