Questions on Atomic Energy

     

ATOMIC ENERGY

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

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Questions for answers in single sentence/word 

1) Under IAEA Safeguards , which reactors are kept ?

a) RAPS – 2

B) RAPP – 5 & 6

Ans : both a & b

2) NPCIL signed MoU with which of the following ?

a) NTPC

b) IOL

c) NALCO

d) KEPCO 

e) All the above Ans : (e)

3)  Which of the following operations come under Front – End Fuel Cycle?

a) Mining, Milling, Processing of Ore

b) Fuel Fabrication

c) Heavy Water Productgion ( As an ancillary programme)

d) All the above Ans : (d)

4) Nuclear Grade Heavy Water is exported to which countries ?

a) South Korea

b) China

c) USA

d) All the above Ans : (d)

5) In the Back – end Fuel Cycle which activities are there ?

a) Fuel Reprocessing & Waste Management

6) Stage-II Nuclear Power Programme is geared towards setting up of which reactors ?

a) Fast Breeder Reactors 

7) Stage – III Nuclear Power Programme includes which of the following ?

a) Thorium based reactors like reactors like AHWR

b) CHTR

c) IHTR

d) All the above Ans : (d)

8) In Trombay, Mumbai which research reactors are  in operation ?

a) APSARA

b) CIRUS

c) DHRUVA

d) All the above Ans : (d)

9) What is ROHYTAM ?

Ans : It is a hydraulic servo-manipulator

10) Expand PARINAY ?

Programmes And Resources Intgegration System

It is a web based application for integrating scientific staff,

Facilities and the scientific programmes establishing proper linkages

11) What is Anupravaha ?

: It is a solver software for computational fluid dynamics to create a finite

  Volume based solver to solver Navier – Strokes and associates scalar

Equations to be used for engineering applications

12) JONAKI is where ?

Hyderabad 

13) Expand AKRUTI ?

Advanced Knowledge & Rural Technology Implementation

14) In which Institute Tokamak Aditya is working ?

: Institute of Plasma Research, Ahmedabad, Gujrat

15) What is Tokamak ?

: It is a device in which hot plasma is confined in a doughnut – shaped

Vacuum vessel with the help of strong magnetic fields

16) What is INS Arihant ?

: A nuclear submarine

17) Which of the following is correct ?

a) WANO : World Association of Nuclear Operators

b) COG     : Candu Owners Group

c) ITER : International Thermonuclear Reactor

d) All the bove Ans : (d)

18) In Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project , which type of reactors will be set up ?

: 2 x 1650 MW  LWRs

19) In Kudamkulam Nuclear Power Project, which type of reactors will be set up ?

:   1000 MW LWRs

20) Five Green Field Sites are given permission for setting up of nuclear reactors. Where they are ?

a) Kumharia, Haryana

b) Bargi, Madhya Pradesh

c) Haripur, West Bengal

d) Mithi Vardi , Gujrat

e) Kovvada, Andhra Pradesh Ans : All the above

21) In Haripur (West Bengal), Mithi Vardi (Gujrat), Kovvada (Andhra Pradesh) which type of nuclear reactors will be set up ?

Ans: 1000 MW or larger size LWRs  based on international co-operation

22) Expand KEPCO ?

Korea Electric Power Corporation

23) Malshaj Ghat (600 MW) hydro electric project is started based on MoU between _______

Ans : NPCIL & Tehni Hydro-electric corporation 

24) In Hydro electric power project what is the source of energy ?

Ans : River water

25) In KAPP – 3 & 4 , RAPP – 7 & 8 which type of reactors are planned ?

Ans : PHWR 700 MWe

26) Expand EMFR ?

Ans : Enmasse Feeders Replacement

27) NPCIL presently operating how many reactors (as per Annual Report 2009-10)?

Ans 18 reractors (2 BWRs and 16 PHWRs)  

Total capacity : 4340 MWe

28) NPCIL is engaged in the construction of how many reactors ?

Ans : Four nuclear reactors at three project sites 

( adding a total capacity of 2440 MWe )

29) Which of the following is correct ?

a) OHMS : Occupational Health & Safety Management

b) EMS : Environmental Management System

c) IMS: Integrated Management System

d) All the above Ans : d

30) Burea Varitas, India accredited by American National Accreditation Board (ANAB) has  given which of the following certificates to the DAE establishments/organisations  in India?

a) ISO : 9001:2008

c) ISO : 14001 : 2004

c) ISO : 18001 : 2007

d) All the above Ans : d

31) Expand BRNS ?

Board of Research in Nuclear Science

32) Expand DGFS?

DAE Graduate Fellowship Scheme

33) Expand NBHM ?

National Board for Higher Mathematics

34) International Congress of Mathematicians was conducted where ?

: Hyderabad

35) Expand BBCI ?

Dr.B.Barooah Cancer Institute , Guwahati, Assam

36) Expand NISER ?

National Institute of Science Education & Research , Bhubaneswar

37) Under DAE, how many public sector undertakings are there ?

Five  ( viz. ,NPCI. UCIL, IREL, ECIL, BHAVINI )

38) How many types of crisis management exercises are there ?

Ans : Five 

They are : 

  a) Communication exercises

b) Fire emergency exercises

c) Plant emergency exercises

d) Site emergency exercises

e) Off-site emergency exercises

39) Expand NDMA ?

National Disaster Management Authority

40) Who is the director for conducting the off-site emergency exercises ?

: District Magistrate or Collector

41) 100th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha was celebrated on ?

30th October, 2009 ( 30th October is celebrated as Founders Day)

42) Kudamkulam is in which district ?

Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu

44) Kaiga is  where ?

Uttar Kannada District near Karwar, Karnataka

45) RAPS is on the banks of which river ?

Chambal river at Rawatbhata, Rajasthan

46) For JNPP-1 & 2 reactors (Jaitapur,Maharastra) with NPCIL which foreign company signed MoU ?

: Areva, France

47) Expand EPR ?

European Power Reactor

48) For JNPP from which organization No Objection Certificate is obtained before applying for MoEF for NOC ?

: Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority

49) For new reactors, inland sites are where ?

a) Bargi, Madhya Pradesh

b) Kumharia , Haryana Ans : Both a&b

50) For new reactors, coastal sites are where ?

a) Mithi Virdhi, Gujrat

b) Haripur, West Bengal

c) Kovvada, Andhra Pradesh Ans : a,b & c

51) NPCIL set up 10 MW wind farm where ?

Ans : Kudamkulam

52) D2EHPA & TBP are produced where ?

: Talcher, HWP

53) Expand  and which of the following is correct:

a) D2EHPA : Di Ethyl Hexyl Phosporic Acid

b) TBP : Tributyle Phosphate

c) DHOA : Di Hexyl octananide  

d) All the above Ans : d

54) Oxygen – 18 isotope is used where ?

: Nuclear medicine & biochemical research 

55) H2  18 0 isotope will be produced where ? 

: HWP , Manuguru

56) Gogi  (uranium ore site ) is where?

: Gulbarga District, Karnataka

57) Expand TDPP ?

: Technology Demonstration Pilot Plant

58) Expand MDU ?

: Magnesium di-uranate 

59) Expand SLU :

: Slightly Enriched Uranium

60) Expand the following & which is correct ?

a) SFSF : Spent Fuel Storage Facilities

b) DDU : Deeply depleted Uranium

c) DRPS/DTPS : Direct Radon / Thoron Progeny Sensors

d: All the above Ans:  d

61) Expand NODRS ?

: National Occupational Dose Registry Network System 

62) Monazite bearing areas are where ?

: Kollam & Alleppy District, Kerala

63) CWMF is where ?

: Kalpakkam

64) Expand the following & which of the following is correct ?

a) PFBR : Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor

b) FRFCF: Fast Reactor Fuel Cycle Facility

Ans : a & b

65) Expand CORAL ?

: Compact Reprocessing Facility for Advanced Fuels in Lead Cells

66) Expand following and which of the following is correct ?

a) AHWR : Advanced Heavy Water Reactor

b) ATTF: AHWR Thermal Hydraulic Test Facility 

Ans : a & b

67) One of the core fuels of AHWR consists of ____________

( Uranium , Plutonium) MOX and (Thorium , Plutonium ) MOX

68) Expand the following and which is correct ?

a) IHTR : Indian High Temperature Ractor

b) CHTR: Compact High Temperature Reactor 

Ans : a & b

69) Expand HEPA ?

: High Effiency Particulate Air

70) Which of the following is correct about APSARA reactor ?

a) It was operated at 200 KW for research in neutron shielding experiments

b) completed 52 years

71) New Trombay groundnut varieties are ?

TG 39 & TG 51 ( released for Orissa, Bihar West Bengal and North Eastern Region)

72) ISO – 9001: 2000 relates to __________

: Quality Management System

73) ISO – 22000 : 2005 relates to _________

: Food Safety Management Systems

74) KRUSHAK is where ?

: Lasalgaon, Nashik, Maharashtra

75) Give examples for radio pharmaceuticals used in nuclear medicine and produced in DAE ?

I – 131,    P – 32 ,    Cr-51,   Sm-153,   Tc-99m

       

76) Expand the following and which is correct ?

a) RIA : Radioimmunoassay

b)I RMA : Immuno radiometric assay

c) RRMC : Regional Radiation Medicine Centre, Kolkata

d) All the above Ans : d

77)Expand the following and which is correct ?

a) IFRT : Integrated Facility for Radiation Technology

b) RAIF : Revamping & Augmentation of Infrastructure Facility

Ans : a& b

78) Where is DAE Medical Cyclotran ?

: Kolkata, West Bengal

79) Expand AKRUTI ?

Advanced Knowledge & Rural Technology Implementation

80) Expand NDDP ?

Hybrid Nuclear Desalination Demonstration Plant (Located at Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu)

81) Sajal ( No.M-7708) is what ?

The Barge mounted mobile sea water RO desalinatiojn Plant of 50 Kilo-litre capacity 

Developed by BARC, Mumbai for which patent rights are obtained

82) BRNS is an advisory body of DAE.  It provides firnancial assistance to 

     Organize symnposia/conference/workshops

83) Which of the following is correct ?

a) Areva: France

b) TVEL : Russia

c) Kazatomprom : Kazakistan

d) All the above Ans : d

84) 123 Agreement is signed with which country ?

: USA

85) NISER is where ?

: Bhubaneswar, Odisha

86) Expand the following :

a) PAT : Provisional Net Profit

87) AAA rating for NPCIL Bonds was given by ___________

Ans: CRISIL & CARE

88) ISO  9091 : 2010 for Quality Manager

89) ISO 17025 : 2005 is for calibration 

90) ISO 27001 is for Information Security System

91) INFCIRC/754 relating to :    Safeguards agreements with IAEA

92) Expand and which of the following is correct  ?

a) EARFAM : Exploration & Researchy for Atomic Minerals

b) SIRC : Scientific  Information Centre of DAE

Ans : a & b

93) Which of the following facilities of DAE are  under IAEA Safeguards ?

a) UOP (Block A), NFC

b) CFFP ( Pelletising Block A),NFC

c) CFFP (Assembly Blick A),NFC

d) EUOP, NFC

e) EFFP,NFC

f) Gadolonia Facility, NFC

g) TAPS – 1

h) TAPS -2

i) RAPS – 1

j) RAPS – 2

k) Kudamkulam -1

l) Kudamkulam – 2

m) RAPS – 5

n) RAPS - 6 

( Note : TAPS 1 & 2 are using Enriched Uranium as fuel

RAPS 1 & 2 are using natural uranium imported from foreign countries

RAPS 5 & 6  are using natural uranium imported from foreign countries )