PHYSICS

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CHAPTER 10 (1 YEAR)
(1) Cooking vegetables and other food in a pressure cooker saves time and fuel because.
(a) under increased pressure, water can be made to boil at a temperature much
higher than 100oC
(b) under increased pressure, water can be made to boil at a temperature much lower than 100 oC
(c) heat losses are reduced to a minimum
(d) condensation of steam is prevented
(2) A system goes from A to B via two path I and II. If U1&U2 are the change in
internal energies in the process I and II respectively then

II
P

A B
I

(a) U1 <U2 (b) U2<U1

(c) U1 = U2 (d) Can not be determined
(3) Starting with the same initial conditions, an ideal gas expands from volume V1, to
V2 in three different ways. The work done by the gas is W 1, if the process is purely
isothermal. W2 if purely isobaric and W3 if purely adiabatic then
(a) W2> W1>W3 (b) W2 >W3>W1
(c) W1> W2>W3 (d) W1 >W3>W2
(4) Two different metal rods of the same length have their ends kept at the same
temperatures T1 and T2. If A1 and A2 are their cross-sectional areas and K1 and K2
their thermal conductivities, the rate of flow of heat in the two rods will be the same if
A K
(a) 1
= 1
(b) A1  K2
A 2 K2 A 2 K1
A KT
(c) 1
 1 1
(d) A1  K2 T2
A2 K 2 T2 A2 K1T1
(5) A thermometer indicates 98.6oC. It may be:
(a) outdoors on a cold day (b) in a comfortable room
(c) in a cup of hot tea (d) normal body temperature
(6) Two different samples have the same mass and temperature. Equal quantities
of energy are absorbed as heat by each. Their final temperatures may be
different because the samples have different:
(a) thermal conductivities (b) coefficients of expansion
(c) densities (d) heat capacities
(7) According to the first law of thermodynamics, applied to a gas, the increase in the
internal energy during any process:
(a) equals the heat input minus the work done on the gas
(b) equals the heat input plus the work done on the gas
(c) equals the work done on the gas minus the heat input
(d) is independent of the heat input
(8) A system undergoes an adiabatic process in which its internal energy increases by
20 J. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) 20 J of work was done on the system
(b) 20 J of work was done by the system
(c) the system received 20 J of energy as heat
(d) the system lost 20 J of energy as heat
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(9) 273 cm3 of an ideal gas is at 0 C. It is heated at constant pressure to 10o C. It will
now occupy:
(a) 263 cm3 (B) 273 cm3
(c) 283 cm3 (d) 278 cm3
(10) Two identical rooms in a house are connected by an open doorway. The
temperatures in the two rooms are maintained at different values. Which room
contains more air?
(a) the room with higher temperature
(b) the room with lower temperature
(c) the room with higher pressure
(d) neither because both have the same pressure
(11) Which statement is incorrect
(a) All reversible cycle have same efficiency
(b) Reversible cycle has more efficiency than an irreversible
(c) Carnot cycle is reversible
(d) Carnot cycle has maximum efficiency
(12) A Carnot engine operates at 427oC and 127oC. The efficiency of engine is approximately
(a) 40% (b) 50%
(c) 60% (d) 70%
(13) When a system is neither heated nor cooled down then the temperature of the
system may
(a) increase (b) decrease
(c) remain same (d) All
(14) An isothermal process for an ideal gas is represented on a p-V diagram by:
(a) a horizontal line (b) a vertical line
(c) a portion of an ellipse (d) a portion of a parabola
(15) A real gas is changed slowly from state 1 to state 2. During this process no work is
done on or by the gas. This process must be:
(a) isothermal (b) adiabatic
(c) isochoric (d) isobaric
(16) According to the kinetic theory of gases, the pressure of a gas is due to:
(a) change of kinetic energy of molecules as they strike the wall
(b) change of momentum of molecules as the strike the wall
(c) average kinetic energy of the molecules
(d) force of repulsion between the molecules
(17) The mass of an oxygen molecule is 16 times that of a hydrogen molecule. At
room temperature, the ratio of the rms speed of an oxygen molecule to that
of a hydrogen molecule is:
(a) 16 (b) 4

(c) 1 (d) 1
4
(18) If the molecules in a tank of hydrogen have the same rms speed as the
molecules in a tank of oxygen, we may be sure t h a t :
(a) the pressures are the same
(b) the hydrogen is at the higher temperature
(c) the hydrogen is at the greater pressure
(d) the oxygen is at the higher temperature
(19) In a system of N gas molecules, the individual speed s are v1 ,v2, . . ., vN . The rms
speed of these molecules is:
1 1
(a) υ  υ  ...  υN (b) υ12 υ 22 ...  υ2N
N 1 2 N
2  2 2
2 2
(c) υ1  υ 2  ...  υN  (d)  υ12 υ 22 ...  υN 
 
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(20) The internal energy of an ideal gas depends on:
(a) the temperature only (b) the pressure only
(c) the volume only (d) the temperature and pressure only
(21) The pressure of an ideal gas is doubled in an isothermal process. The root-mean-
square speed of the molecules:
(a) does not change
(b) increases by a factor of 21/2
(c) decreases by a factor of 2-1/2
(d) increases by a factor of 2
(22) The pressure of an ideal gas is doubled during a process in which the energy given
up as heat by the gas equals the work done on the gas. As a result, the volume is:
(a) doubled (b) halved
(c) unchanged (d) need more information to answer
(23) An ideal gas has molar specific heat Cp at constant pressure. When the
temperature of n moles is increased by ∆T the increase in the internal energy is:
(a) nCp∆T (b) n(Cp + R) ∆T
(c) n(Cp− R) ∆T (d) n(2Cp + R) ∆T
(24) The difference between the molar specific heat at constant pressure and the molar
specific heat at constant volume for an ideal gas is:
(a) the Boltzman constant k (b) the universal gas constant R
(c) the Avogadro constant NA (d) kT
(25) Which of the following is NOT a state variable?
(a) Work (b) Internal energy
(c) Entropy (d) Temperature
(26) In a thermally insulated kitchen, an ordinary refrigerator is turned on and its door
is left open. The temperature of the kitchen:
(a) remains constant according to the first law of thermodynamics
(b) increases according to the first law of thermodynamics
(c) decreases according to the first law of thermodynamics
(d) remains constant according to the second law of thermodynamics
(27) A certain heat engine draws 500 cal/s from a water bath at 27o C and transfers 400
cal/s to a reservoir at a lower temperature. The efficiency of this engine is:
(a) 80% (b) 75%
(c) 55% (d) 20%
(28) All Carnot engines working between the same two temperatures have the same efficiency
irrespective of
(a) temperature (b) working substance
(c)internal energy (d) all of these
(29) According to the second law of thermodynamics:
(a) all heat engines have the same efficiency
(b) all reversible heat engines have the same efficiency
(c) the efficiency of any heat engine is independent of its working substance
(d) the efficiency of a Carnot engine depends only on the temperatures of the two
reservoirs
(30) A 700 W hater raises temperature of some water from 20o C to 100o C in 10 minutes. If
specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J/kg and heat loses are neglected then mass of
water is (GIKI 2011)
(a) 1 kg (b) 1.25 kg
(c) 4 kg (d) 2 kg
(31) In an adiabatic process the entropy of the system
(a) increases (b) decreases
(c) remains constant (d) none
(32) A certain mass of an ideal gas at pressure P1 is adiabatically expanded from an initial
volume V1 to a final volume V2. The resulting pressure P2 of the gas is given by
γ 1/γ
 V1   V1 
(a) P2  P1   (b) P2  P1  
V V
 2   2 
γ-1 γ
 V1  γ
 V1  γ-1
(c) P2  P1   (d) P2  P1  
V V
  2  2 
(33) When two moles of oxygen is heated from 0oC to 10oC at constant volume, its internal
energy changes by 420 J. What is the molar specific heat of oxygen at constant volume?
(a) 5.75 J K–1mol–1 (b) 10.5 J K–1mol–1
(c) 21 J K–1mol–1 (d) 42 J K–1mol–1
(34) In a given process on an ideal gas, W = 0 and Q = –ve. Then for the gas
(a) The temperature will decrease (b) The volume will increase
(c) The pressure will remain constant (d) The temperature will increase
(35) A box contain X molecules of a gas. How will the pressure of the gas be affected if
the number of molecules is made 2X?
(a) Pressure will decrease (b) Pressure will remain unchanged
(c) Pressure will be doubled (d) Pressure will become three times