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Chapter : Heat and Thermodynamics
1. Equal amounts of liquid helium and water at their respective boiling points are boiled by supplying the heat
from identical heaters in time tHe and tw. The latent heats of vaporization of He and water are 2.09 × 104 J/kg
and 540 kcal/kg, then tHe is
(1) About 0.1 tw (2) About 0.05 tw
(3) Just greater than 0.01 tw (4) Just less than 0.01 tw
2. Six identical conducting rods are joined as shown. The ends A and D are maintained at 200ºC and
20ºC respectively. No heat is lost to surroundings. The temperature of the junction C will be
A B C D
200ºC 20ºC
2
(1) 60ºC (2) 80ºC
(3) 100ºC (4) 120ºC
3. A gas expands from i to f along the three paths indicated. The work done along the three paths denoted by
W1, W2 and W3 have the relationship
P
4 i
3 2
1 3
2
1 f
V
1 2 3 4 5 6
(1) W1 < W2 < W3 (2) W2 < W1 = W3
(3) W2 < W1 < W3 (4) W1 > W2 > W3
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4. A certain quantity of oxygen ( = 7/5) is compressed isothermally until its pressure is doubled (P2). The gas is
then allowed to expand adiabatically until its original volume is restored. Then the final pressure (P3) in terms
of initial pressure (P1) is
(1) P3 = 0.55 P1 (2) P3 = 0.76 P1
(3) P3 = 0.68 P1 (4) P3 = 2.55 P1
5. Two identical thin metal strips, one of aluminum and the other of iron are riveted together to form a bimetallic
strip. The temperature is raised by 50º C. If the central planes of the two strips are separated by 2 mm and the
coefficients of thermal expansion for aluminum and iron are respectively 30 × 10–6/ºC and 10 × 10–6/ºC, the
average radius of curvature of the bimetallic strip is about
(1) 50 cm (2) 100 cm
(3) 150 cm (4) 200 cm
6. Two simple pendulums with heavy bobs – one using iron wire and the other aluminium wire are excited
simultaneously. It is found that when the first pendulum completes 1000 oscillations the other completes 1001.
When the temperature is raised by tºC, it is found that the two pendulums now oscillate together. If the
coefficients of thermal expansion of iron and aluminium are 10 × 10–6/ºC and 30 × 10–6/ºC, the value of t is
(1) 77.2ºC (2) 123.2ºC
(3) 100.1ºC (4) 105.2ºC
7. Two thin rods of lengths l1 and l2 at a certain temperature are joined to each other end to end. The composite
rod is then heated through a temperature . The coefficients of linear expansion of the two rods are 1 and 2
respectively. Then, the effective coefficient of linear expansion of the composite rod is
1 2
(1) (2) 1 2
2
l1 2 l 2 1 l11 l 2 2
(3) (4)
l1 l 2 l1 l 2
8. The earth is getting energy from the sun whose surface temperature is Ts and radius is R. Let the radius of the
earth be r and the distance from the sun be d. Assume the earth and the sun both to behave as perfect black
bodies and the earth is in thermal equilibrium at a constant temperature Te. Therefore, the temperature Ts of
the sun is xTe, where x is
2d 2R
(1) (2)
R r
4d d
(3) (4)
r R
9. A certain perfect gas occupying 1 litre at 80 cm of Hg suddenly expands to 1190 cc while the pressure falls to
60 cm of Hg. Therefore, the gas is
(1) Polyatomic (2) Diatomic
(3) Monoatomic (4) Data inadequate
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10. A heavy metal block is dragged along a rough horizontal surface at a constant speed of 20 km/hr The
coefficient of friction between the block and the surface is 0.6. The block is made of a material whose specific
heat is 0.1 cal/g°C and absorbs 25% of heat generated due to friction. If the block is dragged for 10 min, the
rise in temperature of the block is about (g = 10 m/s2)
(1) 12°C
(2) 50°C
(3) 211°C
(4) Data Insufficient
11. A gas is made to undergo a change of state from an initial state to a final state along different paths by adiabatic
process only. Therefore
(1) The work done is different for different paths
(2) The work done is the same for all paths
(3) There is no work done as there is no transfer of energy
(4) The total internal energy of the system will not change
12. Which of the following curves represents spectral distribution of energy of black body radiation?
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
13. The Sun having radius R and surface temperature T, emits radiation as a perfect emitter. The distance of the
earth from the sun is r and the radius of the earth is Re. The total radiant power incident on the earth is
Re2 R 2 T 4 Re2 R 2 T 4
(1) (2)
4r 2 r2
4Re2R 2 T 4 Re2R 2 T 4
(3) (4)
r2 r2
14. A steel cooking pan has copper coating at its bottom. The thickness of copper coating is half the thickness of
steel bottom. The conductivity of copper is three times that of steel. If the temperature of blue flame is 119°C
and that of the interior of the cooking pan is 91°C, then the temperature at the interface between the steel
bottom and the copper coating in the steady state is
(1) 98°C (2) 103°C
(3) 115°C (4) 108°C
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15. Under standard conditions of temperature and pressure a piece of ice melts completely on heating it. Obviously
the increase in internal energy of the system (ice and water) is
(1) Equal to the heat given (2) More than the heat given
(3) Less than the heat given (4) Zero
16. Plots of intensity (I) of radiation emitted by a black body versus wavelength () at three different temperatures
T1, T2 and T3 respectively are shown in figure. Choose the correct statement
T1
T2
T3
I
(1) T1 > T2 > T3 necessarily (2) T3 > T2 > T1 necessarily
(3) T2 = (T1 + T3)/2 necessarily (4) T22 = T1 T3 necessarily
17. A horizontal insulated cylinder of volume V is divided into four identical compartments by stationary semi-
permeable thin partitions as shown. The four compartments from left are initially filled with 28 g helium, 160 g
oxygen, 28 g nitrogen and 20 g hydrogen respectively. The left partition lets through hydrogen, nitrogen and
helium while the right partition lets through hydrogen only. The middle partition lets through hydrogen and
nitrogen both. The temperature T inside the entire cylinder is maintained constant. After the system is set in
equilibrium,
14 RT 20 RT
(1) Pressure of helium is (2) Pressure of oxygen is
V V
4 RT 10 RT
(3) Pressure of nitrogen is (4) Pressure of hydrogen is
3V V
18. Which of the following statement(s) in case of a thermodynamics process is/are correct? (The symbols carry
their usual meaning)
(1) Eint = W indicates an adiabatic process (2) Eint = Q suggests an isochoric process
(3) Eint = 0 is true for a cyclic process (4) Eint = –W indicates an adiabatic processes
19. Two identical rods made of two different metals A and B with thermal conductivities KA and KB respectively are
joined end to end. The free end of A is kept at a temperature T 1 while the free end of B is kept at a temperature
T2 (< T1). Therefore, in the steady state
(1) The temperature of the junction will be determined, only by KA and KB.
(2) If the length of the rods are doubled the rate of heat flow will be halved.
(3) If the temperature at the two free ends are interchanged the junction temperature will change.
2K A K B
(4) The composite rod has an equivalent thermal conductivity of .
K A KB
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20. If a system is made to undergo a change from an initial state to a final state by adiabatic process only, then
(1) The work done is different for different paths connecting the two states
(2) There is no work done since there is no transfer of heat
(3) The internal energy of the system will change
(4) The work done is the same for all adiabatic paths.
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Answers
1. (4)
2. (2)
3. (1)
4. (2)
5. (4)
6. (3)
7. (4)
8. (1)
9. (3)
10. (1)
11. (2)
12. (1)
13. (4)
14. (3)
15. (2)
16. (1)
17. (1, 2, 3, 4)
18. (2, 3, 4)
19. (1, 2, 4)
20. (3, 4)
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