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Thermodynamics practice · Medium
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An ideal heat engine exhausting heat at is to have 25% efficiency. It must take heat at
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is calculated using the efficiency formula for a heat engine and converting temperatures to Kelvin.
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Which is the correct statement
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Correct option: A
For an isothermal change Constant
The correct answer is A (For an isothermal change Constant) because this is a direct consequence of Boyle's law, which applies to isothermal processes.
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If the door of a refrigerator is kept open, then which of the following is true
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Correct option: B
Room is heated
Option B (Room is heated) is correct because a refrigerator transfers heat from its inside to the surrounding environment, and keeping the door open will eventually heat the room.
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Which of the following the scalar quantity is
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Correct option: A
Temperature
The correct answer is A (Temperature) because temperature is a scalar quantity, meaning it only has magnitude and no direction.
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Which of the following process is reversible?
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Correct option: D
None of these
Option D (None of these) is correct because all the listed processes are irreversible due to entropy increase.
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The quantity of heat required to raise one mole through one degree kelvin for a monoatomic gas at constant volume is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the molar specific heat at constant volume for a monoatomic gas is .
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A rigid diatomic ideal gas undergoes an adiabatic process at room temperature. The relation between temperature and volume for this process is constant, then is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the value of x derived from the adiabatic process equation for a diatomic gas.
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A certain mass of gas at is expanded to 81 times its volume under adiabatic condition. If for the gas, then its final temperature is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is calculated using the adiabatic process equation .
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A hypothetical gas expands adiabatically such that its volume changes from 08 litres to 27 litres. If the ratio of final pressure of the gas to initial pressure of the gas is . Then the ratio of will be
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is calculated using the adiabatic process equation and solving for .
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(A): Heat flows always from a hotter body to a colder body by itself.
(R): Without an external aid heat cannot flow from colder body to a hotter body.
(R): Without an external aid heat cannot flow from colder body to a hotter body.
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Correct option: B
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Option B is correct because heat naturally flows from a hotter to a colder body, and external assistance is required for the reverse process.
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An engineer claims to have made an engine delivering power with fuel consumption of . The calorific value of the fuel is . Is the claim of the engineer
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Correct option: B
Invalid
Option B (Invalid) is correct because the engine's claimed efficiency exceeds 100%, which is impossible based on the laws of thermodynamics.
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A carnot engine takes 300 calories of heat from a source of 500 K and rejects 150 calories of heat to the sink. The temperature of the sink is
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Correct option: B
250 K
Option B (250 K) is correct because it is calculated using the Carnot engine efficiency formula relating heat and temperature.
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A system is taken from a given initial state to a given final state along various paths represented on a diagram. The quantity that is independent of the path is:
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Correct option: C
Change in internal energy
Option C (Change in internal energy ) is correct because internal energy is a state function, and its change depends only on the initial and final states, not the path.
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When a small amount of heat is added to an enclosed gas, then increase in internal energy and external work done are related as
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it represents the first law of thermodynamics, where heat added equals the change in internal energy plus the work done.
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Assertion: Between states and , work done in two step process is more than work done in one step process.
Reason: Work done is a path function.
Reason: Work done is a path function.
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Correct option: D
If both Assertion & Reason are false
Option D (If both Assertion & Reason are false) is correct because work done depends on the process, and work done is a path function.
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In gases of diatomic molecules, the ratio of the two specific heats of gases is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because for diatomic gases, the ratio of specific heats, , is approximately 1.40.
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The efficiency of a Carnot engine is . If the temperature of source is . The sink must be maintained at
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Correct option: C
The correct answer is C () because it is the correct sink temperature calculated using the Carnot efficiency formula.
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The specific heat of a gas in an isothermal process is
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Correct option: A
Infinite
Option A (Infinite) is correct because in an isothermal process, the temperature change is zero, leading to an infinite specific heat.
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In which thermodynamic process, volume remains same?
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Correct option: D
Isochoric
Option D (Isochoric) is correct because an isochoric process is defined as a thermodynamic process where the volume remains constant.
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(A): The adiabatic exponent of adiatomic gas is less than that of a mono atomic gas
(R): The molecules of mono atomic gas more degrees of freedom.
(R): The molecules of mono atomic gas more degrees of freedom.
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Correct option: C
(A) is true but (R) is false
Option C ((A) is true but (R) is false) is correct because the adiabatic exponent is indeed less for diatomic gases compared to monatomic gases, but this is because diatomic gases have more degrees of freedom, not less.
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One gram of water (volume ) becomes 1671 of steam when boiled at a pressure of one atmosphere . Latent heat of vaporization at this pressure is . Compute the work done. ]
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Correct option: A
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The correct answer is 169 because the work done is calculated using the formula W = P(V2 - V1) with the given pressure and change in volume.
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Choose the correct statement
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Correct option: B
Heat is a path function, while internal energy is not
Option B is correct because heat is a path-dependent function, while internal energy is a state function and depends only on the initial and final states.
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The slopes of isothermal and adiabatic curves are related as
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Correct option: C
Adiabatic curve slope isothermal curve slope
Option C (Adiabatic curve slope isothermal curve slope) is correct because the adiabatic slope is times the isothermal slope.
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Assertion: The efficiency of a heat engine can be unity.
Reason: Efficiency of heat engine is fundamental limitation given by first law of thermodynamics.
Reason: Efficiency of heat engine is fundamental limitation given by first law of thermodynamics.
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Correct option: D
If both assertion and reason are false
Option D (If both assertion and reason are false) is correct because the efficiency of a heat engine cannot be unity, and the first law of thermodynamics does not impose a fundamental limitation on efficiency.
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Statement-I: Monoatomic, diatomic and polyatomic gases are adiabatically compressed such that compression ratio is . Then monoatomic gas will have maximum final volume out of these three gases.
Statement-II: Monoatomic gas has least degree of freedom.
Statement-II: Monoatomic gas has least degree of freedom.
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Correct option: A
Statement-I is true and statement-II is true
Option A (Statement-I is true and statement-II is true) is correct because monoatomic gases have the least adiabatic index, leading to a maximum final volume after adiabatic compression, and they have the fewest degrees of freedom.
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A carnot engine takes of heat from a reservoir at and gives it to a sink at . The work done by the engine is,
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is calculated using the Carnot engine efficiency formula and the heat absorbed and rejected.
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The relation between two specific heats of a gas is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it represents the relationship between specific heat at constant pressure, specific heat at constant volume, the gas constant, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.
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One mole of oxygen is expanded from a volume to at a constant temperature . The change in internal energy is:
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Correct option: C
0 kJ
Option C (0 kJ) is correct because the internal energy of an ideal gas depends only on its temperature, and since the temperature is constant, the change in internal energy is zero.
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An ideal gas A and a real gas B have their volumes increased from V to 2V under isothermal conditions. The increase in internal energy
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Correct option: C
of B will be more than that of A
Option C is correct. The internal energy of a real gas (B) increases more than that of an ideal gas (A) under isothermal expansion because work is done against intermolecular forces in the real gas.
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(A): A room can not be cooled by opening the door of a refrigerator in a closed room
(R): Heat flows from lower temperature (refrigerator) to higher temperature (room).
(R): Heat flows from lower temperature (refrigerator) to higher temperature (room).
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Correct option: A
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Option A (Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)) is correct because a refrigerator transfers heat from a cold reservoir to a hot reservoir, requiring work, and opening it in a closed room will eventually heat the room.
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