3
235
200
92
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Nuclear Power Engineering MCQs
The most commonly used nuclear fuel in boiling water reactor is
enriched uranium
natural uranium
plutonium
monazite sand
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Mass of a positron is same as that of a/an
electron
α-particle
proton
neutron
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Which of the following is a fuel for a fusion reactor (thermonuclear reactor) ?
Deuterium and tritium
U-233
Thorium
Heavy water
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Graphite is used in nuclear reactor as
insulation lining of the reactor.
fuel.
lubricant.
retarder of neutron velocity.
✅ The correct answer is option D.
“Critical mass” is the minimum mass of nuclear fissile material required for the
sustainment of chain reaction.
power generation on commercial scale.
economic power generation.
none of these.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The mass number of an element is equal to the number of __________ in the nucleus.
electrons
neutrons
protons
neutrons plus protons (i.e., nucleons)
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Use of molten metal as a coolant in fast breeder reactor helps in
rapid heat transfer from the core.
accelerating the reaction rate in the core.
breeding neutrons.
accelerating the neutrons.
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The ratio of volume of an atom to that of its nucleus is
1012
10-Dec
10-Aug
108
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) located at Trombay (near Bombay) has
five operating research reactors (namely Apsara, Cirus Zerelina, Purnima and Dhurva).
a 420 MW nuclear power plant.
a very large capacity (100 tons/yr) heavy water plant.
all (a), (b) and (c).
✅ The correct answer is option A.