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Ceramic Materials – MCQ

1. The word ceramic comes from which word?

a) Keramos
b) Kamos
c) Ceramos
d) None of these

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a) Keramos

2. Which of the following is not a ceramic material

a) Glass
b) Clay
c) Lime
d) Abrasives

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c) Lime

3. Which of the following properties ceramics do not possess

a) Hardness
b) Brittleness
c) Elasticity at low temperature
d) Malleability

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d) Malleability

4. Which of the following accelerator added for the fusion of glass

a) Nickel
b) Silica
c) Soda
d) Lime

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c) Soda

5. Which of the following compounds are used in ceramics to improve the shock resistance?

a) Lithium
b) Silicon nitride
c) Iron
d) Only (a) and (b)

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d) Only (a) and (b)

6. Ceramic materials have

a) Low electric conductivity
b) High electric conductivity
c) Very high electric conductivity
d) None

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a) Low electric conductivity

7. Carbonaceos refractories are manufactured from

a) Chromous iron
b) Chromous sulfate
c) Graphite
d) None of these

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c) Graphite

8. Which of the following statement is true

a) Refractories are able to withstand high temperature.
b) Refractories are able to resist thermal shocks.
c) Expansion and contraction of these materials are minimum.
d) It has low electric conductivity.
e) All of these.

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e) All of these.

9. Which of the following components make the glass infusible and fire-resistant

a) Soda
b) Lead oxide
c) Potash
d) Cullets

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c) Potash

10. Lead glass is also know as

a) Soft glass
b) Flint glass
c) Soda-ash glass
d) Boro glass

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b) Flint glass

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