Relative cost of chemical process plants in India is about ______________ percent more than the similar plants in U.S.A ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Chemical engineering plant cost index is used for finding the present cost of a particular chemical plant, if the cost of similar plant at some time in the past is known. The present cost of the plant = original cost × (index value at present/ index value at time original cost was obtained). The most major component of this cost index is____________________?

   A. Fabricated equipment and machinery
   B. Process instruments and control
   C. Pumps and compressor
   D. Electrical equipments and material

2. ‘Utilities’ in a chemical process plant includes compressed air, steam, water, electrical power, oxygen, acetylene, fuel gases etc. Utility costs for ordinary chemical process plants ranges roughly from _______________ percent of the total product cost?

   A. 1 to 5
   B. 10 to 20
   C. 25 to 35
   D. 35 to 45

3. Equipment installation cost in a chemical process plant ranges from _______________ percent of the purchased equipment cost ?

   A. 10 to 20
   B. 35 to 45
   C. 55 to 65
   D. 70 to 80

4. Most chemical plants use an initial working capital amounting to 10-20% of the total capital investment. But this percentage may increase to ______________ percent in case of seasonal products manufacturing plant?

   A. 30
   B. 50
   C. 75
   D. 95

5. Cost of piping in a fluid processing unit (e.g., distillation) of a chemical process plant is about _____________ percent of the fixed capital investment ?

   A. 4
   B. 13
   C. 22
   D. 34

6. Purchased cost of equipments for a chemical process plant ranges from _____________ percent of the fixed capital investment?

   A. 10 to 20
   B. 20 to 40
   C. 45 to 60
   D. 65 to 75

7. Cost of instrumentation in a modern chemical plant ranges from _____________________ percent of the total plant cost?

   A. 5 to 10
   B. 20 to 30
   C. 40 to 50
   D. 60 to 70

8. The ratio of working capital to total capital investment for most chemical plants (except for non-seasonal based products) is in the range of _____________ percent ?

   A. 0.1 to 1
   B. 1 to 2
   C. 10 to 20
   D. 50 to 60

9. According to six-tenths-factor rule, if the cost of a given unit at one capacity is known, then the cost of similar unit with ” times the capacity of the first unit is approximately equal to _____________ times the cost of the initial unit?

   A. n
   B. n0.6
   C. n0.4
   D. √n

10. In a chemical process plant, the total product cost comprises of manufacturing cost and the__________________?

    A. General expenses
    B. Overhead cost
    C. R & D cost
    D. None of these