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Thermal properties of matter practice · Mixed difficulty

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Remembering +4 | -1

In the relation

n = \frac{{PV}}{{RT}},n =

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Correct option: D

Number of Moles

Option D (Number of Moles) is correct because in the ideal gas law equation, 'n' represents the number of moles.

2 Medium

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Understanding +4 | -1

Mud houses are cooler in summer and warmer in winter because

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Correct option: C

Mud is bad conductor of heat

Option C (Mud is bad conductor of heat) is correct because mud's poor conductivity prevents heat transfer, keeping houses cooler in summer and warmer in winter.

3 Hard

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For cooking the food, which of the following type of utensil is most suitable

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Correct option: D

Low specific heat and high conductivity

Option D (Low specific heat and high conductivity) is correct because utensils should heat up quickly (low specific heat) and transfer heat efficiently (high conductivity).

4 Medium

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Which of the following statements is correct?

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Correct option: D

When fully inflated balloon is immersed in cold water, it will contract

Option D (When fully inflated balloon is immersed in cold water, it will contract) is correct because cooling the air inside the balloon reduces its volume.

5 Medium

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Application +4 | -1

300 gm of water at

{25^0}

is added to 100 g of ice at

{0^0}C

. The final temperature of the mixture is

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Correct option: D

{0^0}C

Option D (

{0^0}C

) is correct because the heat released by the water cooling down to 0°C is not enough to melt all the ice, so the final temperature is 0°C.

6 Medium

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A black body radiates energy at the rate of

E\,\,W{m^{ - 2}}

at a high temperature T K. When the temperature is reduced to

\left( {\frac{T}{2}} \right)K

the radiant energy is

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Correct option: D

\frac{E}{16}

Option D (

\frac{E}{16}

) is correct because according to Stefan's law, the radiant energy is proportional to the fourth power of the temperature, so when the temperature is halved, the energy becomes 1/16th.

7 Medium

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A perfectly black body has absorptivity a equal to

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Correct option: D

a=1

Option D (

a=1

) is correct because a perfectly black body absorbs all incident radiation, meaning its absorptivity is 1.

8 Medium

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Application +4 | -1

Suppose that one early morning when the temperature is

10^{\circ} \mathrm{C}

, a driver of an automobile gets his gasoline tank which is made of steel, filled with 75 litre of gasoline, which is also at

10^{\circ} \mathrm{C}

. During the day, the temperature rises to

30^{\circ} \mathrm{C}

. How much gasoline will overflow? Given

\alpha

for steel

=1.2 \times 10^{-5}{ }^{\circ} \mathrm{C}^{-1}

and

\gamma

for gasoline

=9.5 \times 10^{-4}{ }^{\circ} \mathrm{C}^{-1}

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Correct option: A

1.37 litre

Option A (1.37 litre) is correct because it is calculated by finding the difference between the change in volume of gasoline and the change in volume of the steel tank due to thermal expansion.

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Remembering +4 | -1

On Which of the following scales of temperature, the temperature is never negative

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Correct option: D

Kelvin

Option D (Kelvin) is correct because the Kelvin scale starts at absolute zero, and all temperatures are positive relative to that.

10 Medium

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Application +4 | -1

One litre glass flask contains some mercury. It is found that at different temperatures the volume of air inside the flask remains the same. What is the volume of mercury in this flask if coefficient of linear expansion of glass is

9 \times {10^{ - 6}}/^\circ C

while volume expansion of mercury is

1.8 \times {10^{ - 4}}/^\circ C.

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Correct option: C

150 cc

Option C (150 cc) is correct because it is the volume of mercury calculated using the condition that the volume of air remains the same.

11 Medium

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A body at

{50^0}C

cools in a surroundings maintained at

{30^0}C

the temperature at which the rate of cooling is half that of the beginning is

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Correct option: C

{40^0}C

Option C (

{40^0}C

) is correct because it is derived from Newton's law of cooling, where the rate of cooling is proportional to the temperature difference.

12 Medium

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Understanding +4 | -1

Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion (A) When a rod lying freely is heated, no thermal stress is developed in it.
Reason (R) On heating, the length of rod increases.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below

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Correct option: A

Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

Option A is correct because while heating a rod increases its length, thermal stress only develops if the rod is constrained.

13 Medium

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The reflectance and emittance of a perfectly black body are respectively

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Correct option: A

0, 1

Option A (0, 1) is correct because a perfectly black body absorbs all incident radiation (reflectance = 0) and emits radiation perfectly (emittance = 1).

14 Medium

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The quantity

\frac{P V}{K T}

represents:

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Correct option: D

Number of molecules in the gas

Option D (Number of molecules in the gas) is correct because using the ideal gas law, PV = nRT, and R = N_A * K, we can derive PV/KT = nN_A, which represents the number of molecules.

15 Medium

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Application +4 | -1

An amount of water of mass 20 g at

{0^0}C

is mixed with 40 g of water

{10^0}C

final temperature of the mixture

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Correct option: D

{6.66^0}C

Option D (

{6.66^0}C

) is correct because it represents the final temperature calculated using the principle of heat exchange between the two water masses.

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16 Medium

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Understanding +4 | -1

On a clear sunny day, an object at temperature T is placed on the top of a high mountain. An identical object at the same temperature is placed at the foot of mountain. If both the objects are exposed to sun-rays for two hours in an identical manner, the object at the top of the mountain will register a temperature

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Correct option: B

Lower than the object at the foot

Option B is correct because the object at the top of the mountain will generally register a lower temperature due to factors like thinner air, more shadows, and less direct sunlight.

17 Medium

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Psychrometer is used to measure

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Correct option: A

Relative humidity

Option A (Relative humidity) is correct because a psychrometer measures relative humidity by comparing the readings of a dry-bulb thermometer and a wet-bulb thermometer.

18 Medium

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The specific heat capacity of a substance depends on which of following and why?

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Correct option: D

The material of the substance

Option D (The material of the substance) is correct because specific heat capacity is an intrinsic property of a substance, determined by its molecular structure and composition.

19 Medium

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Application +4 | -1

A normal diet furnishes

2000 \mathrm{~kcal}

to a

60 \mathrm{~kg}

person in a day. If this energy was used to heat the person with no losses to the surroundings, how much would the person's temperature increase? The specific heat of the human body

=0.83 \mathrm{~cal} \mathrm{~g}^{-1}{ }^{\circ} \mathrm{C}^{-1}

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Correct option: A

40.16^{\circ} \mathrm{C}

Option A (

40.16^{\circ} \mathrm{C}

) is correct because it is calculated using the formula

\Delta T = \frac{Q}{mc}

, where Q is the heat energy, m is the mass, and c is the specific heat.

20 Medium

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Pure substance would freeze or solidify at its:

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Correct option: A

Melting Point

Option A (Melting Point) is correct because freezing and melting points are the same temperature for a pure substance.

21 Medium

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Which of the following law states that "good absorbers of heat are good emitters"?

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Correct option: B

Kirchhoff’s law

Option B (Kirchhoff’s law) is correct because it directly states that good absorbers of heat are good emitters.

22 Medium

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Application +4 | -1

Compare the rate of loss of heat from a metal sphere of temperature

827^{\circ} \mathrm{C}

, with the rate of loss of heat from the same sphere at

427^{\circ} \mathrm{C}

, if the temperature of surroundings is

27^{\circ} \mathrm{C}

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Correct option: A

6.276: 1

Option A (

6.276: 1

) is correct because it is calculated using the Stefan-Boltzmann law of radiation.

23 Medium

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Application +4 | -1

The ends of 2 different materials with their thermal conductivities, radii of cross section and length all in the ratio of

1\;:2

maintained at temperature difference. If the rate of the flow of heat in the longer rod is 4 cal

{\mathrm{s}^{ - 1}}

, that in the shorter rod in cal

{\mathrm{s}^{ - 1}}

will be

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Correct option: A

Option A (1) is correct because the rate of heat flow is directly proportional to thermal conductivity and area, and inversely proportional to length. Considering the ratios, the heat flow in the shorter rod is 1 cal/s.

24 Medium

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Application +4 | -1

The temperature of a thin uniform rod increases by

\Delta t

. If moment of inertia I about an axis perpendicular to its length then its moment of inertia increases by

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Correct option: C

2\alpha I\,\Delta t

Option C (

2\alpha I\,\Delta t

) is correct because the moment of inertia increases proportionally to the square of the length, and the length increases linearly with temperature.

25 Medium

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Application +4 | -1

The quantities of heat required to raise the temperatures of two copper spheres of radii

{r_1}\mathrm{and}{r_2}\left( {{r_1} = 1.5{r_2}} \right)

through 1 K are in the ratio of

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Correct option: C

\frac{9}{4}

Option C (

\frac{{9}}{{4}}

) is correct because the heat required is proportional to the volume (and thus the cube of the radius), but since the temperature change is the same, it simplifies to the ratio of the volumes, which is the cube of the ratio of the radii.

26 Medium

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Newton’s law of cooling holds good only, if the temperature difference between the body and the surroundings is

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Correct option: A

Less than

{10^0}C

Option A (Less than

{10^0}C

) is correct because Newton's Law of Cooling is an approximation that works best when the temperature difference is small.

27 Medium

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Amount of energy required to change liquid to gas and vice versa without any change in temperature is termed as:

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Correct option: D

Latent heat of vaporization

Option D (Latent heat of vaporization) is correct because the latent heat of vaporization is the energy required to change a substance from a liquid to a gas (or vice versa) at a constant temperature.

28 Medium

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Statement 1: Specific heat of a substance during change of state is infinite.
Statement 2: During change of state

\Delta Q=m L

, specific heat does not come in.

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Correct option: A

Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is true

Statement 1 is true because during a change of state, the temperature remains constant, leading to infinite specific heat. Statement 2 is also true as the heat involved is given by

Q = mL

, independent of specific heat.

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Application +4 | -1

A wire of cross sectional area

4\,m{m^2}

is fixed between two points at

{30^ \circ }C.Y = 2 \times {10^{11}}pa

and

\alpha = {10^{ - 5}}/\,{\,^ \circ }C

; When the temperature falls to

{20^ \circ }C

, the tension in the string in (newton) is

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Correct option: C

Option D (80) is correct because it is the tension calculated using the formula involving Young's modulus, area, coefficient of linear expansion, and temperature difference.

30 Medium

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On heating a liquid of coefficient of cubical expansion

\gamma

in a container having coefficient of linear expansion γ/3, the level of liquid in the container will

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Correct option: C

Will remain almost stationary

Option C (Will remain almost stationary) is correct because if the cubical expansion of the liquid equals the cubical expansion of the container, the liquid level remains constant.

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