Heat Transfer questions bank
1. Heat transfer by __________ may not necessarily require the presence of a medium.
(A) Conduction
(B) Natural convection
(C) Forced convection
(D) Radiation
2. Critical value of the __________ number governs the transition from laminar to
turbulent
flow in forced convection heat transfer.
(A) Grashoff
(B) Reynolds
(C) Both 'a' & 'b'
(D) Prandtl & Grashoff
3. Prandtl number is the reciprocal of
(A) Thermal diffusivity/Momentum diffusivity
(B) Thermal diffusivity × Momentum
(C) Thermal diffusivity × Mass diffusivity
(D) Mass diffusivity × Momentum diffusivity
4. Grashoff number is given by
(A) gLc3.β.ΔTρ2/μ2
(B) gLc2βΔTρ/μ2
(C) gLc2βΔTP2μ
(D) gLc3βΔTP2/μ
5. The rate of emission of radiation by a body does not depend upon the
(A) Wavelength of radiation
(B) Surface temperature of the body
(C) Nature of the surface
(D) Shape and porosity of the body
6. In a cooling tower, water becomes cool by
(A) Loosing sensible heat
(B) Heat transfer to surroundings
(C) Vaporisation due to heat loss to air
(D) Loosing latent heat
Answer: Option A
7. The Nusselt number for fully developed (both thermally and hydrodynamically) laminar
flow through a circular pipe, where the wall heat flux is constant, is
(A) 2.36
(B) 4.36
(C) 120.36
(D) Dependent on NRe only
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8. Heat flux, as defined in heat flow is analogous to __________ in electricity flow.
(A) Current
(B) Voltage
(C) Resistance
(D) None of these
9. The overall resistance for heat transfer through a series of flat resistance, is the
__________of the resistances.
(A) Average
(B) Geometric mean
(C) Product
(D) Sum
10. For flow over a flat plate, the ratio of thermal boundary layer thickness, 'xt' and
hydrodynamic boundary layer thickness 'x' is equal to (where, Pr = Prandtl number)
(A) NPr
(B) NPr1/3
(C) NPr-1
(D) NPr-1/3
11. In Fourier's law, the proportionality constant is called the
(A) Heat transfer co-efficient
(B) Thermal diffusivity
(C) Thermal conductivity
(D) Stefan-Boltzmann constant
12. The units of resistance to heat transfer is
(A) J.m-2.K-1
(B) J.m-1.K-1
(C) W.m-2.K-1
(D) W-1m2K
13. Heat transfer by conduction results due to the transfer of free electrons, kinetic energy
&vibrational energy from one molecule to another. Conduction heat transfer cannot take
place
(A) Between two bodies in physical contact with each other
(B) Between two bodies not in physical contact with each other
(C) From one part of a body to the another part of the same body
(D) Both 'b' & 'c'
14. With increase in temperature, the total emissivity of conductors
(A) Increases
(B) Decreases
(C) Remain same
(D) Decreases linearly
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15. Resistance to heat flow by conduction is proportional to (where, t & ρ are thickness &
density of the material respectively and A = area normal to the direction of heat flow.)
(A) t
(B) 1/ρ
(C) 1/A
(D) All (A), (B) & (C)
16. Maximum heat transfer rate is obtained in __________ flow.
(A) Laminar
(B) Turbulent
(C) Creeping
(D) Transition region
17. Cpµ/K is termed as the __________ number.
(A) Grashoff
(B) Nusselt
(C) Prandtl
(D) Stanton
18. Which of the following is directly concerned with the heat transfer?
(A) Strouhal number
(B) Sherwood number
(C) Euler number
(D) Grashoff number
19. Nusselt number is a function of Prandtl number and __________ number of fluid in
natural convection heat transfer.
(A) Grashoff
(B) Biot
(C) Stanton
(D) Reynolds
20. Radiation energy is emitted by all the substances, which are above
(A) 0°K
(B) 0°C
(C) 100°C
(D) Room temperature
21. Stefan-Boltzmann law which describes the radiation heat transfer states that, it is
proportional to (where, t = temperature in °C T = absolute temperature in ° K)
(A) t4
(B) T4
(C) 1/t4
(D) 1/T4
22. The range of electromagnetic spectrum important in heat transfer by radiation is
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__________ microns.
(A) 0.38-0.78
(B) 0.5-50
(C) 100-1000
(D) 5-50
23. Sensible heat absorbed by 1 kg of water when it is heated from 0 °C to 100 °C may be
around
__________ kJ. (Cp water = 4.18 kJ/kg.C)
(A) 814
(B) 418
(C) 118
(D) Data insufficient, can't be predicted
24. Prandtl number for most of dry gases is about
(A) 0.001
(B) 0.72
(C) 70
(D) 150
25. A black body does not __________ radiation.
(A) Absorb or emit
(B) Refract
(C) Reflect
(D) Both (B) & (C)
26. What is the unit of thermal conductivity?
(A) W/ m2 °C
(B) W/m.°C
(C) W/m
(D) W/ °C
27. What is the emissivity of a black body?
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 0.5
(D) 0.90
28. In pipe flow, heat is transferred from hot wall to the liquid by
(A) Conduction only
(B) Forced convection only
(C) Forced convection and conduction
(D) Free and forced convection
29. A perfect black body is a perfect __________ of radiation.
(A) Absorber
(B) Emitter
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(C) Both (A) & (B)
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
30. Heat transfer rate described by Fourier's law will decrease, if the __________ increases.
(A) Thermal conductivity
(B) Thickness
(C) Temperature difference
(D) Heat transfer area
31. The absorptivity of a body is equal to its emissivity
(A) At a particular temperature
(B) For circular bodies
(C) Under thermal equilibrium
(D) None of these
32. If heat transfer rate varies with the time, it is termed as
(A) Forced convection
(B) Steady state conduction
(C) Monochromatic radiation
(D) None of these
33. When warm and cold liquids are mixed, the heat transfer is mainly by
(A) Conduction
(B) Convection
(C) Radiation
(D) Both (A) & (C)
34. In forced convection, the Nusselt number is a function of
(A) Re and Pr
(B) Re and Gr
(C) Pr and Gr
(D) Re and Sc
35. A wall has two layers of materials A and B; each made of a different material. Both the
layers have the same thickness. The thermal conductivity of material A is twice that of B. Under
the equilibrium, the temperature difference across the wall is 36°C. The temperature difference
across the layer A is __________ °C.
(A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 18
(D) 24
36. The main purpose of providing fins on heat transfer surface is to increase the
(A) Temperature gradient
(B) Mechanical strength of the equipment
(C) Heat transfer area
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(D) Heat transfer co-efficient
37. Heat transfer rate per unit area is called
(A) Thermal conductivity
(B) Heat flux
(C) Heat transfer co-efficient
(D) Thermal diffusivity
38. The rate of heat transfer is a product of overall heat transfer co-efficient, the difference in
temperature and the
(A) Heating volume
(B) Heat transfer area
(C) Nusselt number
(D) None of these
39. Mode of heat transfer involved in the cooling of air cooled internal combustion engine is
(A) Conduction
(B) Natural convection
(C) Forced convection
(D) None of these
40. The thermal radiative flux from a surface of emissivity = 0.4 is 22.68 kW/m2. The
approximate surface temperature (K) is (Stefan-Boltzmann constant = 5.67 × 10-8 W/m2.K4)
(A) 1000
(B) 727
(C) 800
(D) 1200
41. What is the thermal conductivity of a perfect heat insulator?
(A) Zero
(B) One
(C) ∞
(D) Between 0 and ∞
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