Types of Propellant Charge MCQ: Forensic Ballistic MCQs Ex 1.11

Propellant Charge and Its type is the 11th topic in section 1 of the Introduction of Forensic Firearm and Ammunition from our systematically designed Forensic Ballistics MCQs Series.

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Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) on Types of Propellant Charge with Answers & Explanations

In this section of forensics ballistic, we listed down 23 Forensic Ballistic MCQs related to Types of bullets along with their answers and explanations.

1. Which is the oldest and earliest form of propellant used in firearms?

1. Black Powder 
2. Nitro Cellulose
3. Nitro glycerine
4. All of the Above

2. The term ‘corning’ in gunpowder is used to describe_________.

1. Process of altering the burning rate
2. Process of making gun powder
3. Process of adding additives
4. Process of adding other major components to make them effective to fire.

3. In the late 1890s, a brown-colored propellant was introduced, which is called to be?

1. Tree powder
2. Paper powder
3. Cocoa powder
4. Timber powder

4. How brown (or cocoa) powder is made?

1. Semi-burned black powder
2. Semi-burned coca leaves
3. Semi-burned coca barks
4. Semi-burned charcoal

5. Why black powder is difficult to store safely? Choose the most appropriate answer.

1. High propensity for ignition by static electricity
2. Very unstable in low temperature
3. Ability to absorb water
4. Both (1) and (3)

6. Assertion (A): Pyrodex propellant is seemed to be more favorable than black powder.
Reason (R): Pyrodex propellant is a smokeless powder.

1. Both (A) and (R) are correct
2. (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect
3. Both (A) and (R) are incorrect
4. (A) is incorrect, but (R) is correct

7. Who was the manufacturer of the Pyrodex powder?

1. Willson’s Company of America
2. SinteFire Company of America
3. Fire Black Company of America
4. Hodgdon’s Powder Company of America

8. Who was titled to be the inventor of the first smokeless powder?

1. Calvin H. Goddard
2. L H Oswald
3. Dongfeng
4. Vieille

9. What is the name of the first smokeless powder?

1. Nitroglycerine
2. Nitrocellulose
3. Nitopentase
4. Both (1) and (2)

10. What are the other names of nitrocellulose?

1. Gun-cotton
2. Gelatinous
3. Gun base
4. Both (1) and (2)

11. Who was the discoverer of double-base powder based on nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose?

1. Forsythe
2. Dongfeng
3. Alfred Nobel
4. Du Pont

12. In a single-based powder, which of the following chemically is majorly present?

1. Nitroglycerine
2. Nitrocellulose
3. Nitopentase
4. Nitroguanidine

13. Which of the following is the double-based powder?

1. Cordite
2. Nitroguanidine
3. Moderators
4. Plasticizer

14. Which of the following is correct for the composition of Cordite propellant powder?

1. Nitrocellulose (45%), Nitroglycerine (50%) + Mineral jelly (5%)
2. Nitrocellulose (32%), Nitroglycerine (63%) + Mineral jelly (5%)
3. Nitrocellulose (37%), Nitroglycerine (58%) + Mineral jelly (5%)
4. Nitrocellulose (29%), Nitroglycerine (66%) + Mineral jelly (5%)

15. Who is known to be the inventor of Cordite double-base propellant powder?

1. James Dewar
2. Frederick Augustus Abel
3. Sir Herkel Koch
4. Both (1) and (2)
5. Both (2) and (3)

16. ‘Moderators’ are the chemicals that are added in propellant charge to _________.

1. Propellant base
2. Alter burning rate
3. Create more smoke
4. Eliminate smoke by providing more oxygen.

17. Propellant grains are coated with graphite to _________. 

1. Increase the rate of ignitions
2. Decrease the rate of ignitions
3. Make grains non-sticky
4. Both (1) and (3)

18. Which of the following additive is NOT used as a plasticizer?

1. Dibutyl phthalate
2. Resorcinol
3. Dimethyl sebacetate
4. Triacetin

19. Which of the following chemicals are used as additives to adsorb free nitrogen dioxide in propellant charge?

1. Barium nitrate
2. Calcium Carbonate
3. Diphenylamine
4. Both (1) and (2)
5. Both (2) and (3)

20. Which of the following chemical is NOT a gelatinized additive to slow the rate of burning?

1. Woodmeal
2. Dinitro toluene
3. Dibutyl phthalate
4. Carbamate

21. Which of the following additives is (are) used to increase the rate of burning?

1. Barium Nitrate
2. Potassium Nitrate
3. Dimethyl Phthalate
4. Both (1) and (2)

22. Which of the following is used as a surface moderator?

1. Graphite
2. Woodmeal 
3. Calcium Carbonate
4. Both (1) and (2)

23. Which of the following additives is used as a fuel but only for shotgun ammunition?

1. 2 Dinitro diphenylamine
2. Cresol
3. Carbazole
4. Woodmeal

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