Green Fuel Technologies Mid - I, September - 2014

1.The components of lignocellulosic biomass include
  • benzene
  • lignin
  • carbohydrates
  • glucose
Answer: B
2.Choose the world’s leading form of renewable energy?
  • Solar energy
  • Geothermal energy
  • Tidal energy
  • Hydroelectricity
Answer: D
3.The ________________ catalyst is dissolved into methanol by vigorous stirring in a small reactor for the preparation of biodiesel using a catalytic method.
  • KOH
  • NaOH
  • Methanol
  • Methyl Esters
Answer: A
4.Raw starch yeast cells secreting α-amylase showed better performance in batch fermentations than the α- amylase-displaying yeast cells
  • Raw starch yeast
  • Cellulose
  • Corn
  • Starch
Answer: A
5.Fermentation typically takes _____________ for completion and the resulting broth contains 6% to 8% ethanol
  • 20 hr – 30 hr
  • 1 hr – 2 hr
  • 5 hr – 6 hr
  • 48 hr – 80 hr
Answer: D
6.The isopullulanases (IPU) hydrolyze α-(1, 4) glucosidic linkages of pullulan to produce
  • Isopanose
  • Isobutne
  • Isopropane
  • Isohexane
Answer: A
7._______________ is much faster than transesterification
  • Pyrolysis
  • Hydrolysis
  • Methanolysis
  • Methyl esterification
Answer: A
8._______________ involves rapid pyrolysis to produce liquid tars and oils and condensable organic vapors
  • Solvolysis
  • Hydrogenolysis
  • Hydrogenetion
  • Direct liquefaction
Answer: D
9._______________ cells immobilized in biomass support particles were utilized as a biocatalyst for the methanolysis of soybean oil
  • Rhizopus oryzae cells
  • Cantarctia
  • Thermonyces lanuginose
  • R.Miehei
Answer: A
10._______________ is an alkaline solution containing ethylene di amine and cadmium oxide
  • Cadoxen
  • CMCS
  • NH3
  • Ammonium sulfite
Answer: A
11.____________________ improves the anti-knocking rating of gasoline when used as an additive.
Answer: Tetraethyl lead (TEL)
12.___________________ is the second most abundant polysaccharide in the biomass.
Answer: Xylan
13.Fermentation of sucrose is performed using commercial yeast such as ____________________.
Answer: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
14.Research and Development based on the concentrated sulfuric acid process studied by the____________________.
Answer: USDA
15.Producer gas is a mixture of ____________________, hydrogen, and methane.
Answer: Carbon monoxide
16.The production of diesel fuel from bio-syngas by ____________________.
Answer: Fisher-Tropsch synthesis (FTS)
17.____________________ is a promising method for the production of biodiesel from low-FFA vegetable oils
Answer: Alkaline – catalyst transesterfication
18.Bioethanol can be produced from a large variety of carbohydrates monosaccharides, disaccharides, and
____________________.
Answer: Polysaccharides
19.____________________ extract is a by-product of the manufacture of pressed wood.
Answer: Hemicellulose
20.One step supercritical methanol method is also called as ____________________.
Answer: Saka Process