rT = mADE PS India’s Best Institute for IES, GATE & PSUs GATE 2022 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING Questions & Solutions TERS 9021300500 www.madeeasy.incf Ni =w Loy py Detated solutions MADE EASY ‘India's Beat Intitute for ES GATE & PSUs Afternoon Session at Ans, a2 Ans. as Ans. BS) ee) GENERAL APTITUDE Inhaling the smoke trom a burning could you quickly. (@) tive / tier (b) tire J tyre (©) tyre / tire (@) tyre / tier (c) A sphere of radius rem is packed in a box of cubical shape What should be the minimum volume (in cm) of the box that can enclose the sphere? @ . be (©) 2 (@) 88 (d) \ Z Diameter of sphere = Side of cube ana Volume of cube = (2r)® =8r Pipes P and Q can filla storage tank in full with water in 10 and 6 minutes, respectively, Pipe R draws the water out from the storage tank at a rate of 34 litres per minute. P, Q and R operate at a constant rate, It it takes one hour to completely empty a full storage tank with all the pipes operating simultaneously, what is the capacity of the storage tank (in litres)? (a) 268 (®) 600 (©) 1200 (a) 1275 (c) Let the capacity of storage tank is x liters. Amount of water drawn only by pipe Ris in one minute. Ze(Ee2) 2 Ze 30" le* 10) = “eo Total time taken R to draw a storage tank Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaDetailed Solutions C7 NIP Loy yy Potala sot MADE EASY India's Beat Inatitute for ES GATE & PSLe Afternoon Session = = Onin ie co 60 Capacity of tank = 7584 = 120 liters Q.4 Six persons P,Q, R, S, T and U are sitting around a circular table facing the center not necessarily in the same order, Consider the following statements: © P sits next to $ and T. + Q sits diametrically opposite to P. +The shortest distance between S and R is equal to the shortest distance between T and U. Based on the above statements, Q is a neighbor of (@) Uands (b) Rand T (©) Rand U (a) P and S Ans. (c) QS Abuilding has several rooms and doors as shown in the top view of the building given below. The doors are closed initially What is the minimum number of doors that need to be opened in order to go from the point P to the point Q? +a oor a (a) 4 (b) 3 (2 4 Ans. (c) Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaInde Beat alee for ES GATE cf Ni =w Loy py Detated solutions Afternoon Session MADE ERSY | ma ae Ans. a7 Ans. Rice, a versatile and inexpensive source of carbohydrate, is a critical component of diet worldwide. Climate change, causing extreme weather, poses a threat to sustained availability of rice. Scientists are working on developing Green Super Rice (GSR), which is resilient under extreme weather conditions yet gives higher yields sustainably. Which one of the following is the CORRECT logical inference based on the information given in the above passage? (@) GSR is an alternative to regular rice, but it grows only in an extreme weather. (b) GSR may be used in future in response to adverse effects of climate change (©) GSR grows in an extreme weather, but the quantity of produce is lesser than regular rice. (d) Regular rice will continue to provide good yields even in extreme weather. (b) GSR may be used in future in response to adverse effects of climate change. ‘A game consists of spinning an arrow atound a stationary disk as shown below. When the arrow comes to rest, there are eight equally likely outcomes. It could come to rest in any one of the sectors numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 as shown. Two such disks are used in a game where their arrows are independentty spun. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the resulting sectors upon spinning the two disks is equal to 8 after the arrows come to rest? Z pa ay 1 5 @% ©) oa 3 7 ©» O ga (d) Prtaainy of gery ony ow inter = 2 As they are independent spins probability of getting one number for each disc is 14 = aXe Pax Possible outcomes to the sum of & = (1, 7), (2, 6), (3, 8). (4, 4), (5, 3). (6, 2), (7, 1) 7 Required probabilty = <7 Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaInde Beat alee for ES GATE cf Ni =w Loy py Detated solutions Afternoon Session MADE ERSY | ma as Ans. as Ans, Consider the following inequalities. () 83p-q<4 (i) 3q-p< 12 Which ono of the following expressions below satisfies the above two inequalities? (@) p+a<8 (0) p+q=8 (©) 8sp+q<16 (@ p+qz16 (a) Adding both equation 2p + 2q< 16 pra<8 Given below are three statements and four conclusions drawn based on the statements. Statement 1: Some engineers are writers Statement 2: No writer is an actor. Statement 3: All actors are engineers. Conclusion |: Some writers are engineers. Conclusion II: All engineers are actors. Conclusion I: No actor is a writer Conclusion IV. Some actors are writers. Which one of the following options can be logically inferred? (a) Only conclusion | is correct (b) Only conclusion Il and conclusion Ill are correct (6) Only conclusion | and conclusion Ill are correct (A) Either conclusion Ill or conclusion IV is correct (c) Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session Q.10 Which one of the following sets of pieces can be assembled to form a square with a single round hole near the center? Pieces cannot overlap. @ oN ® a _ © (9) Ans. 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BS a) TECHNICAL The value of (1 + i)", where i= V7, is @ 4: (b) 641 (©) 6 (a) -64 (d) (1a = (+ HP = [1 + #4 2i% = [1-1 +298 = ex 64 x i? x it = 64x (1) x4 =-64 2 ry x Given matrix b 2 a ordeted pair (x, y) for which det(A) 357. @ a0 (©) (1,2) (©) (2,2) (@) (2.1) (b) x13 A=|y 2 6): |A|=0 357 For, Jal = 0 Row 2 element is 2 times of Row 1 = y= 2x So, option (p) satisfies this equation. Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaInde Beat alee for ES GATE Detailed Solutions GATE 2022 Beers | ca | aun Afternoon Session aig Ans. a4 Ans, ais Leto) = 04 wre xe To vo of Swat (a) -e ib) e od @- © The value of the real variable x > 0, which maximizes the function fa) =x otis @e (0 i a) 1 @ 3 @ (a) For a single component system at vaporliquid equilibrium, the extensive variables A, V, Sand N denote the Helmholtz tree energy, volume, entropy, and number of moles, respectively, in a given phase. if superscripts (v) and (!) denote the vapor and liquid phase, respectively, the relation that is NOT CORRECT is aa) aa” aa) aae) © [av bn av bn © [av foo Lan fy PV) (AsPvY 478 0) CTT RT Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaDetailed Solutions (cP Wiley py Petated sotut MADE EASY pemany India's Beet Institute for ES, GATE & PSUs Afternoon Session Ans. (d) G = G@ he Ww Pls pH We know, A= U-TS A+TS=U So internal energy is not equal at equilibrium condition. Option (q) is incorrect. dA = ~SaT - Pav aA Syl = -P at equilibrium it is equal in both phase View 0A Een Q.16 Consider turbulent flow in a pipe under isothermal conditions. Let r denote the radial (a) Incteases and then decreases —_(b) Decreases and then increases (c) Remains unchanged (d) Only increases Ans, (c) Q.17 Consider two stationary spherical pure water droplets of diameters d, and 2d,. CO, diffuses into the droplets from the surroundings. If the rate of diffusion of CO, into the smaller droplet is W, mol s-1, the rate of diffusion of CO, into the larger droplet is (a) 20, (b) 4, © w, (a) os, Ans. = (b) We know mass transfer rate, For spherical pure water droplets of d,, rate of diffusion of CO, is W, mol/s Ww A So, We cd A we (ay w, ~ (2a, Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaInde Beat alee for ES GATE GATE 2022 Bee Afternoon Session MADE ERSY | ma are Ans. a.19 Ans. Q.20 Ans. Qt Ans. In soap manufacturing, the triglycerides present in oils and tats are hydrolyzed to mainly produce (@) Fatty acids and glycerol (b) Glycerol only (©) Fatty acids only (d) Glycerol and paraffins (a) The chemical formula of Glauber’s salt, used in the Kraft process, is (@) Na,CO, 10H,0 (b) Na,$,0,.2H,0 (c) Na,HPO,.2H,0 (a) Na,SO,.10H,0 (d) Catalytic reforming is commonly used in the petroleum industry to improve fuel quality The undesirable reaction in the catalytic reforming of naphtha is (@) Hydrocracking of paratfins (b) Dehydrogenation of naphthenes (@) Isomerization of naphthenes (a) Cyclization of paraffins (a) EEE ‘A control system on the jacket side of a reactor is shown in the figure. Pressurized water flows through the jacket to cool the reactor, The heated water flashes in the boller. The exothermic reaction heat thus generates steam. Fresh boiler feed water (BFW) is added to make-up for the loss of water as steam, Assume that all control valves are air-to-open The controller action, ‘ditect' or ‘reverse’, is defined with respect to the controller. Select the option that correctly specifies the action of the controllers, Oe LC: Level Controier PC : Pressure Controller To : Temperature Controller PRV : Pressure Reducing Valve (a) PC: Reverse, LC: Direct, TC: Reverse (b) PC: Direct, LC: Reverse, TC: Direct (c) PC: Direct, LC: Reverse, TC: Reverse (d) PC: Reverse, LC: Direct, TC: Direct (b) Brea Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaMADE EASY India's Best Institute for IES, GATE & PSUs NST NATIONAL ; SCHOLARSHIP TEST For ESE 2023 « GATE 2023 LIVE-ONLINE & OFFLINE COURSES NST-1 NST-2 Py ial) Pye Py Pye) For LIVE-ONLINE Courses Bere upto 5Qs, inteta ree ue to TOO» inturionree. Time Duration :60 Min | Total Question: 50 Total Marks: 100 | Negative Marking 0.66 Marks Total Marks: 100 | Negative Marking :0.66 Marks Last date to register online : 19" Feb, 2022 Register at : www.madeeasy.in Scholarship applicable on batches commencing after 1” March, 2022 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, Near Hauz Khas Metro Station, New Delhi-110016CPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session Q.22 Liquid flowing through a heat exchanger (HX) is heated. A bypass stream is provided to control the temperature of the heated exit stream, From the given plumbing options, the one that provides the most effective temperature control for large disturbances while avoiding vaporization in the heat exchanger & ~~ @ o* HK en ream _ _——&_ ~~ (b) G | ax ea ream _ —2__ ‘~~ f © G {| wx 4 et ream & 4 @) { } @ oH » } Sp ream Ans, (b) Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaeT Nh Tey yd Pateind Sotons MADE ERSY | id Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session Q.23 The appropriate feedforward compensator, Gy in the shown block diagram is From Feedback. Controller _ 2(8s+1) @) O3es) @ O=3ah Ans. (a) [6,094 For fed forward conto 6,2 ets) 2 hg of fe Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session Q.24 Choose the option that correctly pails the given measurement devices with the quantities they measure. S.No Measurement Device S.No Measured Quantity 1 Bourdon Gauge A Temperature " Ortice Plate meter B Concentration mM Pyrometer c Pressure v Colorimeter D Flow rato v Pirani Gauge E Liquid level @ HE KC KD MB VA (b) KC ILD ILA MB vc (0) KC ILD ILE MA VD (@) FO ILC MA ME vc Ans, (b) | End of Sokaton Q.25 Asimple distillation column is designed to separate an ideal binary mixture to specified distillate and bottoms purities at a given column pressure. If RR,,, is the minimum reflux ratio for this separation, select the statement that is NOT CORRECT with regard to the variation in the total annualized cost (TAC) of the column with reflux ratio (RR), (@) TAC has a minimum with respect to RR (©) The sharpest tise in TAC occurs as RR approaches RR,,.. {rom above (©) The sharpest decrease in TAC occurs as RR approaches RR,,.. ffom above (d) TAC increases with RR for RR >> RR, Ans. (¢) EEE Q.26 Thereaction A> Bis carried outisothermally on a porous catalyst, The intrinsic reaction rate is KC%, whore kis the rate constant and G,is the concentration of A. Ifthe reaction is strongly pore-diffusion controlled, the observed order of the reaction is @t (b) 2 3 © > @ 2 Ans. (c) For strong pore resistance regime, observed order is given by, + Mag = "ai n= 2Ht8 bos = ZF Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is tra Bet atta for EA GUTE Afternoon Session Q.27 Inn enzymatic reaction, an inhibitor (1) competes with the substrate (S) to bind with the enzyme (B), thereby reducing the rate of product (P) formation. The competitive inhibition folows the reaction mechanism shown below. Let [S]and [7] be the concentration of Sand J, respectively, andr, be the rate of consumption of S, Assuming psoudo-steady slate, the correct plot of (6s+1) (10841) s(6s+1) xs) Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session Way = limsyts (2) lim soul Ss44 lin (2 + us) omlss as @.35 A compressor with a lite of 10 years costs Rs 10 lakhs. Its yeatly operating cost is RS 0.5 lakh. If the annual compound interest rate is 8%, the amount needed at present to fund perpetual operation of the compressor is Rs lakhs (rounded to first decimal place), ‘Ans. (6.25) (6.1 to 6.3) Given: V, = 10 lakh, n= 10 year Yearly operating cost = 0.5 lakh i= 8% Amount for perpetual operation = M@= 95 6.25 unt for perpetual operalion = “= >> | End of Solution Q.36 The partial differential equation au 13 a we a? where, t2 0 and.x¢ (0, 1], is subjected to the following initial and boundary conditions, Ux, 0) = sin (rx) 410, ) = 0 ut.) =0 ust) 4 Tho value of tat which G(GKO)e IS @t we 1 rm Os ‘Ans. (a) ue, ) = Xx), 1H utr, 0) = sing, x) > MG) = sin(n, x) us sine XT Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session -t+e eve sin(m, x). e-"? sin tx. © = sin (rx) 5 ° U = sin x). et a ee 1 e Q.37 moles of an ideal gas undergo a two-step process as shown in the figure. Let P, V and T denote the pressure, volume and temperature of the gas, respectively. The gas, initially atstate-t (P,, V,, T,), undergoes an isochoric (constant volume) process to reach state-A, and then undergoes an isobaric (constant pressure) expansion to reach state- 2(P,, Vp, T,). For an ideal gas, C,- C, = NR, where C, and C,are the heat capacities at constant pressure and constant volume, respectively, and assumed to be temperature independent. The heat gained by the gas in the two-step process is given by (@) PV, — Vy) + OfT,-T) (©) PY, - Vy) + OT, -T) (©) CAT, —T) + OKT, -T) (0) PoVp— PAV, Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session Ans. (a) Assume at point ‘2’ temperature is T. In process 1 t0 2 volume is constant so du= dQ - dw di, = 4, ay = (7-1) In process 2-8 pressure is constant so Paver du, = dQ, - dw Isobarc 3 Here, dw = P, (Vp - V4) v du, = C,(T, - 1) So, heat gained by process dQ, + dQ, = du, + du, + dw =P, (Vy ~My) + C,(T,- 1) + C,(T- T,) Pa (Vp ~ V4) + C, (Tz - Ty) Correct option is (a). @.38- Ahorizontal cylindrical water jet of diameter D, = 2 cm strikes a vertical solid plate with a hole of diameter D, = 1 om, as shown in the figure. A part of the jet passes through the hole and the rest is deflected along the plate. The density of water is 1000 kg m® If the speed of the jet is 20 m 5", the magnitude of the horizontal force, in N, required to hold the plate stationary is 2s (a) 306 (b) 10% (c) 200 (d) 5m 29ms" — Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session Ans. (a) Applying momentum balance, we get 2A = Fy ~My = PQauVour ~ PQyn Yar 1000 40 of 400% (0.02)*x 400] 1000400781 .09° -(0.02)"] = 30m Q.39 Consider a horizontal rod of radius aR (a < 1) ina stationary pipe of radius R. The rod is pulled coaxially at a constant velocity Vas shown in the figure. The annular region is filled with a Newtonian incompressible fluid of viscosity u. The steady state fully In(rtA) developed axial velocity profile in the tluid is given by u(r) = Vi i ia) D where ris the radial coordinate. Ignoring end effects, the magnitude of the pulling force per unit rod length is amv (@) mv © ~The) v @o (Ne Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session Ans, (b) From Newton law of viscosity, we have oo nt © Kor du = Aw F uf In(r/A) ay = Va re aR A= 2naRt aul ar rina u-- Fe ona. ona -2mv F= inlay @.40 Consider a bare long copper wire of 1 mm diameter. Its surface temperature is T, and the ambient temperature is T,(T, > T,). The wire is to be coated with a 2 mm thick insulation, The convective heat transfer coetficient is 20 Wm? K . Assume that T, and T, remain unchanged. To reduce heat loss from the wire, the maximum allowed thermal conductivity of the insulating material, in Wm" K", rounded off to two decimal places, is (@) 0.02 (b) 0.04 (©) 0.10 (a) Oot Ans. (d) Given copper wire diameter = 1 mm To reduce heat less from rate of heat transfer without insulation 1 RR, w zp 05 x 10% x 20 0.01 wim-k ww Correct option is (4). Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaESE 2022 Mains Exclusive Batches 80 to 90 days 300 to 350 hours 5 to 6 days (6-7 hrs per day) Course Duration : | Teaching Hours : | Class Duration : cir In-depth discussion on conventional questions. Beneficial to develop numerical question solving techniques. Helps to improve anser writing & presentation skills. Discussion on probable questions. Updated Mains workbook with wide range of practice questions sets Test series will be conducted on every Sunday in synchronization with the subjects Register online at : www.madeeasy.in Ce eetitad DaronCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session Q.41 Two large parallel planar walls are maintained at 1000 K and 600 K. Parallel radiation shields are to be installed between the two walls. Assume that the emissivties of the walls and the shields are equal. If the melting temperature of the shields is 900 K, the maximum number of shields) that can be installed between the walls is (are) (a) 1 (b) 0 () 2 (a 3 Ans. (a) Data given’ Emissivities of walls and the shield are equal Now, melting point of shield is given as 900 K. ‘Aa{1000* - 500*] Geoon = 0 é ‘Aa{ 1000 -200*] tn sig = ——g—— < Now, Goin 1 Awithout n+ nat =270 n=i72 Now, the maximum number of shield wil be 1.72 so, its integer value wil be one nat ee Q.42__ Saturated steam condenses ona vertical plate maintained ata constant wall temperature, If-xis the vertical distance from the top edge of the plate, then the local heat transfer coefficient h(x) = F(x)-*®, where T(x) is the local mass flow rate of the condensate per Unit plate width, The ratio of the average heat transfer coofticient over the entire plate to the heat transfer coefficient at the bottom of the plate is @4 (b) 4/3 (c) 3/4 qd) 3 Ans. — (b) From Nusselt theory, we have i= Gi" mn & aot need b= (08 Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session @.43 Match the product in Group-1 with the manufacturing process in Group-2. The correct combination is Group-1 Group-2 P. Nitric acie | Trona process Q Phosphoric acia I Twitchell process R_ Potassium chloride Il Ostwald’s process S_ Steatic acid IV Haifa process (@) Pall, G1, RAV, Sl (b) PAV, O41, Bell, SHHIL (©) Pall, QV, Rel, Sell (@ PA, Qty, Ral, Su Ans. (c) Q.44 The directional derivative of fx, y, z) = 4x? + 2/2 + 2 at the point (1,1,1) in the direction of the vector kis (rounded off to two decimal places). Ans, (4.24) (4.11 to 4.31) f= 424 2y4 Pat (1,1, 1) v=0-8 Directional derivative = grad(faysa-7 [(exi +4yj+228)-¢-A)] ee _ (Bx-2A)a (AD v2 8-2 6 =p - kam Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCoP Lop yy Petates soutions MADE ERSY | Inde Beat alee for ES, GATE & Pe Afternoon Session Q.45 Consider a sphere of radius 4, centered at the origin, with outward unit normal @ on its surface 8. The value ofthe surface integral EE fon is__(rounded off to one decimal piace) Ans. (192) (192 to 192) yee syle seh) 4 Ads By gauss divergence theorem 1 4 » Helffamav = alll Adv tpi. 2 a = Hell eo j,0n+ 3202) 1 = ag] Or3e av = Lx 9% Volume of sphere an = Sxdnxia? = epee = 3x42 = 192 Q.46 The equation x = xy? +2y+x-4.5 with the initial condition y(x = 0) = 1is to be solved Using a predictor-corrector approach, Use a predictor based on the implicit Euler's method and a corrector based on the trapezoidal rule of integration, each with a full-step size of 0.5. Considering only positive values of y, the value of y at x = 0.5 is (rounded off to three decimal places). Ans. (0.875) (0.845 to 0.895) DY sep ary sx 48 yo) =1 Given h=05 - mam the0+05=05 by Implicit Euler formula = Yo + hry. Ys) dy = (xf + 2y 4x ~ 4.5) de Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session sos Oy « Plesay +48) wy ape os > MOS) - 40) = | (xy? + 2y+x-4.5)dx ° x [0 [05 fy) [25] 2 By trapezoidal rule, 0.5) = y(o) +2 t(xo.¥0) + f(s) 05, 148-2642] 12) arly, _ Ww ov oven Bo cath,” "> var, Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session aw SP = baT~xjaP (at constant volume) ap ar ly as ar sever (28) = (2), Q.48 The molar excess Gibbs free energy (g*) of a liquid mixture of A and B is given by © sp 10, + 6 bo ¥)) where x,and x, are the mole fraction of Aand B, respectively, the universal gas constant, R=8.314J K" mot, Tis the temperature in K, and C,, C, are temperature-dependent parameters, At300 K, C, = 0.45 and C, = -0.018. If y, and yg are the activity coefficients of A and B, respectively, the value of He at $00 K and 1 bar is __ (rounded off to the nearest integer) ‘Ans. (0) Given ¢ = xate [Ci + Cp (x4 -x8)] where G, = 0.48 and ©, = -0.018 ¢ = xpte[0.45-0.018(x4—x0)] g - Bp 7 Hte[0-45- 00184 + 0.0189] d Z| 1 Gel AT | =! x ae, | AT [x EF «141-5, 10.49 0018, + 0018 —0018%,) Rr TAT 8s) A (:4~ x9) [0.468 - 0.036x,) = 0.468x,,~ 0.086xf - 0.46817 + 0.0363 | a5 BS = 0,468 ~ 0.072x, ~ 0.996x,+ 0.108x2 ces w(t = 0,108x2 ~ 1.008%, + 0.468 18 Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session jn(t2)oss = (0.10813 - 1.0084 + 0.468) ty o Ves. o 3 - [2 1084 4 const oases) = [0.036 - 0.504 + 0.468] End of So Q.49 For a pure substance, the following data at saturated conditions are given In P* (bar) TK) 693 350 1.386 370 Assume that the vapor phase behaves ideally, the molar volume of the liquid is negligible, and the latent heat of vaporization is constant over the given temperature range. The universal gas constant, R= 8.314 J K-' mol’, From the above data, the estimated latent heat of vaporization at 360 K is kuJimol (rounded off to one decimal place). Ans. (37.306) (36.1 to 38.1) i () AM [1 1 InFee InP = la | 1.386 - 0.693 Moo [1 1 4 ro gees esta ston s70 47.306 kulmo! @.50 Consider the process flowsheet in the figure. An irreversible liquid-phase reaction A B (reaction rate ~r, = 164 x, kmol m® h*) occurs in a 1 m® continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR), where x, is the mole fraction of A. A small amount of inert, J, is added to the reactor. The reactor effluent is separated in a perfect splitter to recover pure B product down the bottoms and a Bree distilate. A traction of the distillate is purged and the rest is recycled back to the reactor, At a particular steady state, the product rate is 100 kmol h-, the recycle rate is 200 kmol h~* and the purge rate is 10 kmol h-', Given the above information, the inert feed rate into the process is kmol h-t (rounded off to two decimal places). Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session Recycle, 200 kmol ;— Purge, 10 kmol hi” iNo B) Fresh A +r Fresh i —2 of “tae hg k= 184 kmol m Perfect Splter Pure B Product 4100 kmol ‘Ans, (3.99) (3.51 to 4.10) Q.51 Two reservoirs located at the same altitude are connected by a straight horizontal pipe of length 120 m and inner diameter 0.5 m, as shown in the figure. A pump transfers the liquid of density 800 kg mat a flow rate of 1m? s* from Reservoir-1 to Reservoir- 2. The liquid levels in Reservoir-t and Reservoir-2 are 2mand 10 m, respectively. Assume that the reservoirs’ cross-section areas are large enough to neglect the liquid velocity at the top of the reservoirs. All minor losses can be ignored. The acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 ms, If the friction factor for the pipe-fiow is 0.01, the required power of the pump is KW (rounded off to one decimal place). nese — ‘0m wom |e a ‘Ans. (87.75) (85.7 to 89.7) @ Given data’ 4f =F (friction factor) = 0.01 = 800 kgim® Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | Patnacf Ni =w Loy py Detated solutions MADE EASY cx Indl bent etna Gr BB. GATE GPs Afternoon Session Q=1 mis Now (neglecting minor losses) apply Bernoulli's equation (between 1 and 2). we get 2 2 FM ay Baz eh pg 29 9" 29 ase Ans. As open to almosphere and having large surface area of tank, $0 [vy = v2 =O}; P; = Pe 2eh,=104+h, att _ a.01120%v" 4 29d 2x9.81x0.5 V=5.1ms. Zo. sy} h, y= 318m Hy=8 +318 = 11.18 Power = 800 x 9.81 x 11.18 x 1 = 87.75 kW A venturi meter (venturi coefficient, C, = 0.98) is connected to a pipe of inner diameter 50 mm. Water (density 1000 kg m-) is flowing through the pipe. The pressure-drop measured across the venturi meter is 50 kPa, If the venturi throat diameter is 20 mm, the estimated flow rate of water is x 10 m? s* (founded off to two decimal places). (3.12) (8.10 to 3.15) Data given: Cy = 0.98 Pipe diameter, D, = 50 mm, d, = 20 mm (throat diameter) AP = 50 kPa Py = 1000 kgim? For venturimeter, the flow rate is given by Q= CyA, 2AP ch _ 20 ="(0.0.2) = B= Gr gp 04 = G(002) = 0.000814 Q= 0,98x0,000314 | 2*80% 1000 ‘o09(1 Q= 3.12 x 10% mis Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaAnnouncing Batches commencing from +» Course duration: 6-7 months » Teaching hours : 1000-1200 Note : These batches will be conducted only at Delhi Centre. 0 Lise J + Meritorious students group. + In-depth coverage of syllabus, + Highly competitive environment. + Classes by senior faculty members. + Focuson problem solving techniques. Register online at : www.madeeasy.in ere eee PrestonInde Beat alee for ES GATE cf Ni =w Loy py Detated solutions Afternoon Session MADE ERSY | ma ass Ans. asa Ans. Ina constant-rate cake filtration operation, the collected fitrate volumes are 120m? and. 240 m® at 1 min and 2 min, respectively. Assume the cake resistance to be constant and the filter medium resistance to be negligible. If the pressure-drop across the cake is 10 kPa at 1 min, its value at 2 minis. kPa (rounded off to the nearest integer). (20) (20 to 20) Data given: t= 1 min, V, = 120 m*, AP, = 10 kPa t=2 min, V, = 240 m*, AP, = 7 = = Constant, i, = 0 For constant rate filtration, we have aot use av Vv ARAP kee aP AR Vt Thus, a " a Ve AP, _ (1202 4 AP, (240? 2 J84, ap, <204P% apy = p> APE 20 KPa A cylindrical fin of diameter 24 mm is attached horizontally to a vertical planar wall. The heat transfer rate from the fin to the surrounding air is 60% of the heat transfer rate if the entire fin were at the wall temperature. If the fin effectiveness is 10, its length is mm (rounded off to the nearest integer). (100) (100 to 100) Data given: D= 24mm Nerseney = 60% = 0.60 § = 10 [effectiveness] Now, we have relation between 1 and &, that is given by A, = Surlace area Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session Q.55 A single-effect evaporator with a heat transfer area of 70 m® concentrates a salt solution using steam. The salt solution feed rate and temperature are 10000 kg h~ and 40°C, respectively. The saturated steam feed rate and temperature are 7500 kg h-’ and 180 °C, respectively, The bolling temperature of the solution in the evaporator is 80 °C. The average specific heat of the solution is 0.8 kcal kg K", The latent heat of vaporization is 500 kcal kg". If the steam-economy is 0.8, the overall heat transfer coefficient is keal h-' mt K+ (rounded off to the nearest integer) Ans. (678) (675 to 679) Given, ‘Area = 70 m? Latent heat of vaporization (4,) = 500 Keallkg Steam economy = 08 Feed flow rate = 10000 kgih at T= 40°C Steam rate = 7500 kghh at T= 150°C. Boiling point of solution, T = 80°C, Applying energy balance, FOAT~ 1) + VR, = SA, = UyAy (Ts - 1D v F708 V= 0.8 x 7500 = 6000 kgin 10000 x 0.8 (80 ~ 40) + 6000 x 500 = u, x 70 x (150 ~ 80) uy = 677.55 Keallm?.h.k Q.56 An equimolar binary mixture is to be separated in a simple tray-cistllation column. The feed rate is 50 kmol min’. The mole fractions of the more volatile component in the top and bottom products are 0.90 and 0.01, respectively. The feed as well as the reflux stream are saturated liquids. On application of the MeCabe-Thiele method, the operating line for the stripping section is obtained as y = 1.5 x - 0.005 where y and x are the mole fractions of the more volatile component in the vapor and liquid phases, respectively. The reflux ratio is (rounded off to two decimal places). Ans. (0.632) (0.60 to 0.65) Equimolar binary mixture, x = 0.5 Feed flowrate = 50 kmolimin mp = 09, x, = 0.01 Stripping line equation y= 15x ~ 0.005 and Saturated feed (q) = 1 =15 Diy + Wey 80x 05=Dx 09+ wx 001 Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | Patnacf Ni =w Loy py Detated solutions MADE ERSY snda'e Beet or 8, GATE 8 POL Afternoon Session 25 = Dx 09 + (50-D) x 0.01 25 - 0.5 = D(0.9 - 0.01) D= 27.52, w= 22.47 We — o.008 2247x001 aan 44,94 kmol/min For saturated feed V= V+F(I-9)= 7 = 44.94 koolirin For enriching section VaL4D 44.94 ~ 27.52 = L = 17.42 kmolimin L_ 17.42 = 4 =e _o632 So, R= 5" Gag) 2 i _ SE Qs7 Ans. The dry-bulb temperature of air in a room is 30 °C. The Antoine equation for water is given as A000 T-40 where Tis the temperature in K and P* is the saturation vapor pressure in bar. The latent heat of vaporization of water is 2000 ki kgr’, the humid heat is 1.0 kJ kg K", and the molecular weights of air and water are 28 kg kmolt and 18 kg kmol respectively. If the absolute humidity of air is Y’ kg moisture per kg dry air, then for awet-bulb depression of 9°C, 1000 x (rounded off to one decimal piace). In ps = 12.00. (22.5) (21.5 to 23.5) at 4000 irene Given: InP = 12.00-F°0 where T in K For water at T= 100°C so, P, = 1 bar 4000 303-40 P# = 0.0403 bar dey (Your = ¥") Fig ty In(pss) = 12.00- To- For air water system, Given: Ty = 30°C and Ty - Ty = 9°C yy = 2000 KuIkg and Cp = 1 KuIkg-K pet 18 Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session 2000 x (0.027 -¥’) 9 = Mooxtoowr) Y = 00225 So, 1000 x Y = 225 s8 nite os sganshvnin ne ae ne ans netan =A wn > 0 and t>0, The maximum value of K below which the system remains stable is. (rounded off to two decimal places). Ans, (0.707) (0.70 to 0.72) Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session Characteristic equation = 1 ~ 267 21-28 (rs+1)° (rs + 1)? 2K =0 vest 4 Ons + 1-2 = 0 Routh array se 1k si er 0 so 122K? For system to be stable, given t > 0 and k > 0 1-2 20 2s Q.59__ Consider the tank level control system shown in the figure, where the cross-section area of the tank is A. Assume perfect flow controllers (FC). The level controller (LC) is proportional-integral (PI). For an integral time, +, the level controller gain, K,, is tuned Kea 4, for critical damping. The value of oa is (rounded off to the nearest integer). Ans. (1) (1 to 1) Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaInde Beat alee for ES GATE GATE 2022 Detailed Solutions Exam held on: Afternoon Session Ee | =| Q.60 Consider a single-input-single-output (SISO) system with the transfer function 2(s+1) GJ8) = GF eh 7 7 Asetfiset ( . es ) where the time constants are in minutes. The system is forced by a unit step input at time = 0. The time at which the output response reaches the maximum is minutes (rounded off to two decimal places) ‘Ans, (0.549) (0.53 to 0.56) as 4 af +4 ° s+i][zs+1 oer) After step unit, we have 4 2(s+1)x8 s(s+2)(s+4) 16(5+1) A.B oc s(s+2)(s+4) ~ s "542 s¥4 16s + 16 = {A+ B+ C)+ s(6A+ 48 + 20) + 8A Solving, An2 Ba4 C24 M9 = 2 + 40% be! x 24 ade*t w oy = 0 Be%+ 240 {Vor mox Sr = 0) 3 3 In3 t= SP = 0549 Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaInde Beat alee for ES GATE Ee | =| GATE 2022 Detailed Solutions Exam held on: Afternoon Session Q.61 information for a proposed greenfield project is cash flow for the fourth year is Rs Fixed capital investment (excluding land) Salvage value Yearly revenue from product sales Yearly manufacturing cost (excluding depreciation) Interest rate Annual taxation rate Depreciation method Plant stat p 2 *d, = 7BVk1 k years post start-up a: Depreciation amount BV: Book value Ans. (48.36) (46.5 to 49.5) Given FCI (excluding land) Salvage value Yearly revenue from product sales Yearly Manufacturing cost (excluding depreciation) Interest rate Annual taxation rate Profit Depreciation for 4% year From double declining balance method, Taxable profit Tax paid Profit aftor tax Cash flow Discounted cash flow Discounted cash tlow = crores (rounded off to one decimal place). provided in the table. The discounted Rs 250 crores Rs 0 Rs 120 crores Rs 30 crores, 10% compounded annually 30% Double declining balance* over seven years 2 years after project initiation 250 crores o 120 crores 30 crores 10% compounded annually 30% 120 ~ 30 = 90 crores 2 2 $8V..1=58Vs 2s oaasr V, (1 - ® = 250(1 - 0.2857) 91.107 crore 2 91.107 = 26.03 crore 90 ~ 26.03 = 63.96 crore 63.96 x 03 44,77 crore PAT + Depreciation = 44.77 + 26.03, 70.80 crore Present value al time, t= 0 70.80 O = 48.36 crore (14a) Ph: 9021300500 Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi-110016 | [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCPW =p lop yy retalied solutions MADE ERSY | is Inde Beat alee for ES GATE Afternoon Session @.62 Consider the process in the figure. The liquid phase elementary reactions At BOP Hig, = ky Xq%p PBS Wty = ky Xp%e S +A OP H~tgy = ky Xe Xe occur in the continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR), where x, is the mole fraction of the J” component (j= A, B, P, S) in the CSTR, It is given that k, = ky All process feed, process exit and recycle streams are pure, At steady state, the net generation rate of the undesired product, S, in the CSTR is zer0. As q = x,/xqis varied at constant reactor temperature, the reactor volume is adjusted to maintain a constant single-pass conversion of B. For a fixed product rate and 90% conversion of B in the reactor, the value of q that minimizes the sum of the molar flow rates of the Aand Srecycle streams is (round off to one decimal place) Recycle A Fresh A Urreactes B Fresh. t Separator Product P AtBoP PrBos S+A92P Recycle S Ans. (2) (2 to 2) Q.63 Anelementary irreversible liquid-phase reaction, 24 B, is carried out under isothermal Conditions in a 1 m? ideal plug flow reactor (PFR) as shown in the figure. The volumetric flow rate of fresh A, v, = 10 m® h”, and ils concentration C,, = 2 kmol m-®, For a recycle ratio R = 0, the conversion of A at location 2 with respect to the fresh feed (location 1) is 50%. For R > =, the corresponding conversion of A is % (rounded off to one decimal place). @ Fresh feed tm “, v= 10m! rt ve kal m= PFR Rwy ‘Ans, (88.2%) (87.2 to 39.2) x Now for PFR Gay = KC aot Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | Patnacf Ni =w Loy py Detated solutions MADE ERS4 snda'e Beet or 8, GATE 8 POL Afternoon Session 080 sx2xt k= Sm’ 050 7° 2 707 k= Sim'/kmol 1 Xa Now, = Se ne ow TOxC,, ~ 5x4, (1a) -3e4 150 Solving, x = 01882, 38.2% EEExa Q.64 An elementary irreversible gas-phase reaction, A > B + C, is carried out at fixed temperature and pressure in two separate ideal reactors: (i) a 10 m® plug flow reactor (PFR), (i) a 10 m? continuous-stirted tank reactor (CSTR). if pure A is fed at § m? nh to the PFR operating at 400 K, the conversion is 80%. if a mixture of 50 mol% of A and 60 mol% of an inerts fed at 5 m? h~"to the CSTR operating at 425 K, the conversion is 80%. The universal gas constant R= 8.314 J mol" K", Assuming the Arrhenius rate law, the estimated activation energy is kJ mob (rounded off to one decimal place). ‘Ans. (47.432) (45.5 to 49.5) PFR: A2B4C = [2inlt—x}+ xp” 1.21 at 400 K Now for CSTR, pe 18, GoXalt en xA) © 8 keCaa(1-x) 0.80(14-0.50x0.80) (0.20) ky = 2.8 at 425 K Using Arrhenius equation, Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | PatnaCoP Lop yy Petates soutions MADE ERSY | ‘India's Beat Intitute for ES GATE & PSUs Afternoon Session (5-as) al 400 425 oe tla = aaralao0 a5 E = 47,432 kJ/mol EE Q.65 An clomentary irreversible liquid-phase reaction, 2p», where the rate constant k= 2. mol’ min’, takes place in an isothermal non-ideal reactor. The E-curve in a tracer experiment is shown in the figure. Pure P(2 mol L~’) is fed to the reactor. Using the segregated model, the percentage conversion of P at the exit of the reactor is % (rounded off to the nearest integer). E, min 0 05 f min Ans, (50) (49 to 51) Using segregation model, the mean conversion is given by = Jx(Qetnat Now for II order, we know . we tut = xe flat From E-curve, e= fe(ya-1 [Area will be one] 1 Apex]xo5> t= Prexdxo. a1 S19) => A= 4t+ 1 os Now for, L os = fo a x(1+ 4i}at = [27] = 8 Corporate Office: 44-A/1, Kalu Sarai, New Delhi- 110016 | Ph: 9021300500 [ info@madeeasyin | wwwmadeeasyin Delhi | Hyderabad | Bhopal | Jaipur | Lucknow | Pune | Bhubaneswar | Kolkata | Patna