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Food Engineering - Life Sciences Previous Year Questions

Practice Food Engineering - Life Sciences previous year questions organised from real papers, with year-wise coverage and clear topic navigation.

18Papers
18Years
78Questions
1Topics

Food Engineering question pattern

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Questions by year

Compare question counts across years.

Difficulty distribution

How the classified questions are distributed by difficulty.

Easy 52 66.7%
Medium 26 33.3%

Question type distribution

MCQ, numerical, multiple-select and other formats found in these papers.

Numerical Answer Type (NAT) 36 46.2%
MCQ 35 44.9%
MSQ 7 9%

Subject weightage

Top subjects by unique question coverage.

Life Sciences
78 Qs

Most asked topics

Top topics across the included previous year papers.

Food Engineering
78 Qs

Subtopic coverage

Top subtopics inside this exact selection.

Mass and Energy Balances
20 Qs
Momentum Transfer
17 Qs
Mechanical Operations
12 Qs
Heat transfer
12 Qs
Thermal operations
10 Qs
Mass Transfer
5 Qs
Humidification and Dehumidification
2 Qs

Paper coverage

Question coverage for the most populated papers. Every active PYP paper remains listed below.

Life Sciences (XL) 2026
4 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2025
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2024
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2023
4 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2022
11 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2021
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2020
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2019
9 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2018
5 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2017
6 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2016
8 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2014
8 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2013
4 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2012
2 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2011
3 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2009
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2008
1 Qs
Life Sciences (XL) 2007
1 Qs

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Included previous year papers

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Paper nameYearPDFAttempt
Life Sciences (XL) 20262026
4 questions in this view
2026
Life Sciences (XL) 20252025
3 questions in this view
2025
Life Sciences (XL) 20242024
2 questions in this view
2024
Life Sciences (XL) 20232023
4 questions in this view
2023
Life Sciences (XL) 20222022
11 questions in this view
2022
Life Sciences (XL) 20212021
3 questions in this view
2021
Life Sciences (XL) 20202020
3 questions in this view
2020
Life Sciences (XL) 20192019
9 questions in this view
2019
Life Sciences (XL) 20182018
5 questions in this view
2018
Life Sciences (XL) 20172017
6 questions in this view
2017
Life Sciences (XL) 20162016
8 questions in this view
2016
Life Sciences (XL) 20142014
8 questions in this view
2014
Life Sciences (XL) 20132013
4 questions in this view
2013
Life Sciences (XL) 20122012
2 questions in this view
2012
Life Sciences (XL) 20112011
3 questions in this view
2011
Life Sciences (XL) 20092009
1 questions in this view
2009
Life Sciences (XL) 20082008
1 questions in this view
2008
Life Sciences (XL) 20072007
1 questions in this view
2007

Sample previous year questions

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1
2007 · Life Sciences · Food Engineering · Momentum Transfer
Life Sciences (XL) 2007

Main functions of baffles in a bioreactor are (P) to prevent a vortex (Q) to increase aeration (R) to reduce interfacial area of oxygen transfer (S) to reduce aeration rate

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2
2008 · Life Sciences · Food Engineering · Mass Transfer
Life Sciences (XL) 2008

Match the bioreactor components in group 1 with the most appropriate function given in group 2

Group 1Group 2
(P) Marine type impeller1. Recirculation of medium
(Q) Draft tube2. Aeration of medium
(R) Diaphragm valve3. Animal cell cultivation
(S) Sparger4. Sterile operation
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3
2009 · Life Sciences · Food Engineering · Mechanical Operations
Life Sciences (XL) 2009
Match the properties in Group 1 with the downstream operations in Group 2 :
Group 1Group 2
P. Size1. Extraction
Q. Density2. Distillation
R. Volatility3. Filtration
S. Solubility4. Sedimentation
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2011 · Life Sciences · Food Engineering · Momentum Transfer
Life Sciences (XL) 2011
A sugar syrup (density = 1040 kg/m³ and viscosity = 1600 × 10⁻³ Pa.s) is required to be pumped into a tank (1.5 m diameter and 3 m height) by a 3 cm inside diameter pipe. If the liquid is required to flow under laminar conditions the minimum time to fill the tank with the syrup will be
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2012 · Life Sciences · Food Engineering · Mass and Energy Balances
Life Sciences (XL) 2012
100 kg tomato juice containing 5% Total Solids (w/w) is concentrated to 25% Total Solids (w/w). The total amount of water removed from tomato juice in kg is
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6
2013 · Life Sciences · Food Engineering · Momentum Transfer
Life Sciences (XL) 2013
In the extruder barrel, the compression is achieved by back pressure created by the die and by
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