AAI ATC Physics 2023 - Assignment-3

1. A calorimeter of thermal capacity 5 cal/℃ contains 10 gm of water at 25℃. If 10 gm of

ice at 0℃ is dropped into the calorimeter what will be the final temperature? [Latent
heat of ice = 80 cal/gm]
(a) 0 ℃
(b) (50/3) ℃
(c) 12.5 ℃
(d) 25 ℃

2. Which of the following is a reversible process?

(a) Production of heat by the passage of current through an electrical resistance
(b) Conduction of heat from a hot body to a colder body
(c) The changes in the pressure and volume of the working substance take place at
infinitely slow rate
(d) Forcing of a real gas or liquid through a valve of porous plug while keeping them
insulated with the environment

3. Specific heat at constant pressure is Cp and at constant volume is Cv. Why is the ratio
Cp/Cv greater than one?
(a) For constant pressure external work has to be done
(b) Cp includes rotational energy
(c) Cp includes vibrational energy
(d) Cp/Cv >1 only for ideal gases, not for real ones

4. The mechanical equivalent of heat

(a) has same dimension as work
(b) has same dimension as heat
(c) has same dimension as rate of doing work
(d) Dimensionless

5. The temperature scale which is independent of the properties of any substance is the
(a) Celsius scale
(b) Reaumur scale
(c) Fahrenheit scale
(d) Kelvin scale

6. An electric heater of power 1000 W raises the temperature of 5 kg of a liquid form 25 ℃

to 31℃ in 2 minutes. What is heat capacity of the liquid?
(a) 4 × 10 J/kg℃
(b) 2 × 10 J/kg℃
(c) 1.2 × 10 J/kg℃
(d) 1 × 10 J/kg℃
7. An ideal material for making handle of cooking vessels must have:
(a) Large heat capacity and small conductivity
(b) Small Heat capacity and large conductivity
(c) Small heat capacity and small conductivity
(d) Large heat capacity and large conductivity

8. Which one of the following statements is not true?

(a) Water freezes at 273 K.
(b) Ice melts above 0℃
(c) Water boils at 100 K.
(d) The normal temperature of healthy man is 37℃

9. A 10 KW drilling machine is used to drill a bore in a small aluminum block of mass 8 kg.
Find the rise in temperature of the block in 2.5 minutes, assuming 50% power is used
up in the heating machine itself or lost to the surroundings. (Specific heat of aluminum
= 0.91 J/g°C):
(a) 103℃
(b) 150℃
(c) 206℃
(d) 155℃

10. The door of a running refrigerator inside a room is left open. The correct statement out
of the following one is−
(a) The room will be cooled slightly
(b) The room will be warmed up gradually
(c) The temperature of the room will remain unaffected
(d) None of these

11. If molecular weight of certain gas is M and = 𝛾 then specific heat of gas at constant
pressure will be:
(a) 𝑅/(𝛾 − 1)
(b) 𝛾𝑅/(𝛾 − 1)
(c) 𝛾𝑅/𝑀(𝛾 − 1)
(d) 𝛾𝑀𝑅/(𝛾 − 1)

12. One mole of monatomic gas is mixed with one mole of diatomic gas. The molar specific
heat (Cv):
(a) 3R/2
(b) 5R/2
(c) 2R
(d) R
13. The molecules of a gas have 'f' degrees of freedom then the ratio 𝛾 of two specific heats
of the gas (Cp/Cv) is given by:
(a) (1 + 2f)/f
(b) 1 + f/2
(c) 3/2 + f/2
(d) 1 + 2/f

14. The temperature of a mole of diatomic gas is raised at constant volume by 10 °K. The
amount of heat added to the gas is :
(a) 5 R
(b) 10 R
(c) 15 R
(d) 25 R

15. A mixture of n1 moles of monatomic gas and n2 moles of diatomic gas has 𝛾 = 1.5, then:
(a) n1 = n2
(b) 2n1 = n2
(c) n1 = 2n2
(d) 2n1 = 3n2

16. An ideal gas is taken through a series of changes represented in the figure below. The
net work done by the gas at the end of the cycle is equal to

(a) Zero
(b) 2PV
(c) 3 PV
(d) 5 PV

17. The work done in the following figure is (from A to B) :

(a) 15×105 Joule

(b) 105 Joule
 (c) 0
(d) 2×105 Joule

18. Ice, with a thermal conductivity of 2.2 J m-1s-1k-1 density 9.0×102 kgm-3 and latent heat
3.3×105 Jkg-1, of thickness 10 cm temperature is -20℃. The time after which the
thickness of ice will be doubled is :
(a) 56.2 hrs
(b) 28.1 hrs
(c) 36.2 hrs
(d) 32.2 hrs

19. Rice takes longest to cook:

(a) at sea level
(b) at Shimla
(c) at Mount Everest
(d) in a submarine 100 m below the surface of sea

20. 1080 g of ice at 0℃ is mixed with 1080 g of water at 80℃. The final temperature of the
mixture will be:
(a) 0℃
(b) 40℃
(c) 60℃
(d) 80℃

21. The concept of temperature was introduced by:

(a) zeroth law of thermodynamics
(b) first law of thermodynamics
(c) second law of thermodynamics
(d) Stefan Boltzmann's law

22. The specific heat of a substance at very low temperature T is given by C = AT3, A is a
constant. The heat to be added to raise the temperature of a mass m of the material
from T1 to T2 will be:
(a) 𝑚𝐴(𝑇 − 𝑇 )
(b) 𝑚𝐴(𝑇 + 𝑇 )
(c) 𝑚𝐴(𝑇 − 𝑇 )
(d) 𝑚𝐴(𝑇 − 𝑇 )

23. 1 gm of ice at 0℃ is converted into steam at 100℃. The amount of heat required for it
will be:
(a) 756Cal
(b) 1200Cal
(c) 716Cal
(d) 450Cal
24. The thickness of ice layer in a lake increases from 20 cm to 21 cm in 10 hours. In what
time will it increase from 40 cm to 42 cm?
(a) 10 hours
(b) 20 hours
(c) 30 hours
(d) 40 hours

25. For a perfect gas, whose molecules have 'n' degrees of freedom, the ratio of specific heat
at constant pressure and specific heat at constant volume is :
(a) 1 – n
(b) 1 + n
(c) 1+2/n
(d) 1+ n/2

26. At what temperature of a body, the Fahrenheit and Kelvin thermometer scales give
equal numerical values?
(a) 40°
(b) 180°
(c) 435°
(d) 574°

27. A faulty thermometer has its fixed points marked as 5℃ and 95℃. The temperature of a
body as measured by the faulty thermometer is 59℃. What is the correct temperature
of the body on Celsius scale?
(a) 59℃
(b) 62.1℃
(c) 56.05℃
(d) 60℃

28. The temperature which has same numerical value on Celsius and Fahrenheit scale is:
(a) 273
(b) –40
(c) –273
(d) 40

29. The e.m.f. of a thermocouple, one junction of which is kept at 0℃, while t is the
temperature of the hot junction, is given by: e = At + Bt2. The neutral temperature will
be:
(a) A/B
(b) –A/B
(c) A/2B
(d) –A/2B

30. At what temperature volume of an ideal gas at 0°C becomes triple :

(a) 546°C
(b) 182°C
 (c) 819°C
(d) 646°C

31. The temperature of cold junction of thermocouple is –15°C. The neutral temperature of
the couple is 285°C the temperature of inversion will be:
(a) 355°C
(b) 385°C
(c) 365°C
(d) 585°C

32. If tn, tc and ti represent respectively the neutral temperature, the temperature of the
cold junction and the temperature of inversion of a thermocouple then:
(a) tn is arithmetic mean of ti and tc
(b) tn is geometric mean of ti and tc
(c) ti is arithmetic mean of tn and tc
(d) ti is geometric mean of tn and tc

33. A cylinder of cross sectional radius 1 cm and height 4 cm is heated from 0℃ to 100℃. If
the coefficient of linear expansion α=4×10–4/℃. What will be the increase in the volume
of the cylinder?
(a) 0.16 cm3
(b) 0.16π cm3
(c) 0.32π cm3
(d) 0.48π cm3

34. A wooden wagon wheel has an outside diameter of 3750 mm. The iron tyre for this
wheel is deliberately made smaller so that it can be shrunk in place to be a tight fit. If
the tyre's inside diameter is 3737 mm at 20℃, the temperature to which it must be
heated to fit over the wheel? (The coefficient of linear expansion of the steel is
5 × 10–5/℃):
(a) 290℃
(b) 210℃
(c) 310℃
(d) 270℃

35. A liquid with coefficient of volume expansion γ is filled in a container of material having
the coefficient of linear expansion α; if the liquid over flows on heating then –
(a) γ = 3α
(b) γ > 3α
(c) γ < 3α
(d) γ > 3α2

36. Which one is not correct-

(a) Evaporation is a spontaneous process
(b) Evaporation is a surface phenomenon
(c) Vapour pressure decreases with increase of temperature
 (d) The Vapour pressure of a solution is always less than the vapour pressure of the
pure solvent

37. Coefficient of cubical expansion of water is minimum at –

(a) 0℃
(b) 4℃
(c) 15.5℃
(d) 100℃

38. Which of the following statement is not true:

(a) The pressure of a saturated vapour is independent of its temperature
(b) The pressure of saturated vapour is independent of its volume
(c) A liquid boils when its saturated vapour pressure is equal to the atmospheric
pressure
(d) When saturated vapour pressure is equal to the atmospheric pressure, a bubble of
vapour can form anywhere in the liquid.

39. A balloon contains 1500 m3 of helium at 27°C temperature and 4 atm pressure. The
volume of helium at –3°C temperature and 2 atmospheric pressure will be :
(a) 2700 m3
(b) 1900 m3
(c) 1700 m3
(d) 1500 m3

40. A box of volume 200 m3 constrains 0.1 mole of oxygen and 0.3 mole of carbon dioxide at
300 K. The pressure of the mixture will be:
(a) 1.25 Pa
(b) 3 Pa
(c) 4 Pa
(d) 5 Pa

41. 1/2 mole of helium gas is at S.T.P. in a vessel. The required heat energy to double the
pressure of the gas keeping the volume constant, is (Heat capacity of the gas = 3 Joule
gm–1K–1)
(a) 3276 J
(b) 1638 J
(c) 819 J
(d) 409.5 J

42. A gas at 27°C temperature and 30 atm pressure is allowed to expand to the 1 atm
pressure, If the volume becomes 10 times its initial volume, then the final temperature
becomes :
(a) 100°C
(b) 173°C
(c) 273°C
(d) –173°C
43. Thermal conductivity of bad conductors is measured by
(a) Searle's method
(b) Lee's disc method
(c) Callendar and Barne's method
(d) None of the above

44. If σ and K are electrical and thermal conductivity of metals, respectively at absolute
temperature T. Then correct Wiedemann-Franz law in term of Lorentz number L is
(a) Kσ/T = L
(b) K/σT = L
(c) T/Kσ = L
(d) KT/σ = L

45. Coefficient of thermal conductivity of a gas is

(a) independent of the pressure of gas
(b) proportional to the pressure of gas
(c) inversely proportional to the pressure of gas
(d) proportional to the square of the pressure of Gas

46. The thermal conductivities of brick and pine wood are respectively 0.6 and 0.13
W/(m℃). What thickness of brick has the same insulating ability at 5 cm of pine?
(a) 23 cm
(b) 4.6 cm
(c) 30 cm
(d) 5 cm

47. The two ends of a metal rod are maintained at temperature 100℃ and 110℃. The rate
of heat flow in the rod in found to be 4.0 J/s. If the two ends of a metal rod are
maintained at temperature 200℃ and 210℃, the rate of heat flow will be:
(a) 8.0 J/s
(b) 4.0 J/s
(c) 44.0 J/s
(d) 16.0 J/s

48. The ratio of the coefficients of thermal conductivity of two different materials is 5:3. If
the thermal resistance of the rods of same thickness of these materials is same, then the
ratio of the length of these rods will be:
(a) 3:5
(b) 5:3
(c) 3:4
(d) 3:2

49. The coefficient of thermal conductivity of copper is 9 times that of steel. In the
composite cylindrical bar shown in the figure, the temperature at the junction of copper
and steel at the steady state is
 (a) 25°C
(b) 67°C
(c) 75°C
(d) 30°C

50. A wall has two layers A and B, made of different materials. Both the layers have the
same thickness. The thermal conductivity of the material of A is twice that of B. Under
thermal equilibrium, the temperature difference across the wall is 36℃. The
temperature difference across the layer A is :
(a) 6℃
(b) 12℃
(c) 18℃
(d) 24℃

51. Three rods of equal length L cm and equal of area of cross-section A sq. cm are joined
series. The thermal conductivities of the materials K, 2K and 1.5 K C.G.S. units
respectively. If temperatures of the ends of the first and last rod are at 200°C and 18°C,
the temperature of the junction of K and 2K is:
(a) 74°C
(b) 92°C
(c) 116°C
(d) 136°C

52. Two plates of same thickness and length with thermal conductivities K1 and K2 are
joined together to form a single plate of double thickness. If T1 and T2 are temperatures
of external surface of first and second plates respectively, then the temperature of the
surface in contact will be:
(a) (𝐾 𝑇 + 𝐾 𝑇 )⁄(𝐾 + 𝐾 )
(b) (𝐾 + 𝐾 )/(𝐾 𝑇 + 𝐾 𝑇 )
(c) (𝐾 𝑇 + 𝐾 𝑇 )⁄(𝑇 + 𝑇 )
(d) (𝐾 𝑇 + 𝐾 𝑇 )⁄(𝐾 + 𝐾 )

53. Equivalent thermal conductivity of conductor connected in parallel is

(a) (𝐾 𝐴 + 𝐾 𝐴 )⁄(𝐴 + 𝐴 )
(b) (𝐾 𝑙 + 𝐾 𝑙 )⁄(𝑙 + 𝑙 )
(c) (𝑙 + 𝑙 )/(𝑙 /𝐾 + 𝑙 /𝐾 )
(d) (𝐾 + 𝐾 )/(𝐾 𝑙 + 𝐾 𝑙 )

54. A spherical body with radius 12 cm radiates 450 W power at 500 K. If the radius were
halved and the temperature doubled, what would be the power radiated?
(a) 900 W
(b) 7200 W
 (c) 3600 W
(d) 1800 W

55. The light from the sun has maximum intensity for the wavelength of 470 nm. Assuming
that the surface of the sun emits as a blackbody, calculate the temperature of the sun.
(Wien's constant = 0.288 cm°K)
(a) 8000°K
(b) 7000°K
(c) 6128°K
(d) 5000°K

56. A metal ball has a surface area of 200 cm2 and temperature is 527oC. The ball is kept in
a vessel at 27oC. If the emissivity of metal is 0.4, then rate of loss of heat is (Given, σ =
5.67×10-8 J/m2secK4 )
(a) 182 Watt
(b) 282 Watt
(c) 242 Watt
(d) None of the above

57. "Good absorber of heat is a good radiator of heat also" is :

(a) Stefan's law
(b) Kirchhoff’s law
(c) Plank's law
(d) Wien's law

58. Surface temperature of an object is 34oC. What is the wavelength of most intense
radiation from this object? Wien's constant is 2.898×10-3mK .
(a) 6.44 μm
(b) 7.44 μm
(c) 8.44 μm
(d) 9.44 μm

59. Assume that the surface of the Sun emits as a black-body at the temperature of 6000 K.
If the light from the Sun has maximum intensity for the wavelength 4800 A° , What is
the value of Wien's constant?
(a) 0.288 cm-K
(b) 0.360 cm-K
(c) 0.480 cm-K
(d) 0.600 cm-K

60. Two stars S1 and S2 radiate maximum energy at 4800K and 6400K respectively. The
ratio of absolute temperature of S1 and S2 is:
(a) 3 : 4
(b) 4 : 3
(c) 256 : 81
(d) 9 : 16
61. A heat source at 2324oC has maximum intensity of radiation at 12000 Å. If the spectrum
of a star has maximum intensity at 4800 Å. its surface temperature will be:
(a) 8400℃
(b) 7200℃
(c) 6220℃
(d) 5900℃

62. Given for solar radiation λm = 4753 𝐴∘ and Wien's constant b = 2.898×10–3 meter–
Kelvin. The surface temperature of the sun is:
(a) 6790 K
(b) 6097 K
(c) 6907 K
(d) 6970 K

63. The temperature of Sun is 6000 K and the Wien's constant is 2.88×10–3 mK. Assuming
Sun to be a perfectly black body, the wavelength corresponding to the maximum
intensity in the solar radiation must be
(a) 172.8 nm
(b) 290 nm
(c) 480 nm
(d) None of the above

64. Assuming that the surface of the sun emits as a black-body having maximum intensity
near 500 nm wavelength, the temperature of the sun will be:
(a) 5487℃
(b) 5760℃
(c) 5120℃
(d) 6124℃

65. According to Rayleigh-Jeans law, the energy of wavelength λ radiated by a black-body at

temperature T is proportional to
(a) 𝑇/𝜆
(b) 𝑇/𝜆
(c) 𝑇/𝜆
(d) 𝑇/𝜆

66. The Rayleigh scattering is proportional to:

(a) 1/𝜆
(b) 1/𝜆
(c) 1/𝜆
(d) 1/𝜆

67. A spherical black body of 10 cm radius is maintained at 327℃. What is the power
radiated? (σ = 5.67 × 10-8 W/m2k4)
(a) 231 W
 (b) 462 W
(c) 923 W
(d) 1050 W

68. If thermal radiation pass through free space then the temperature of the free space
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) does not change
(d) may increase or decrease depending on the wavelength of the radiation

69. A red piece of glass is heated till starts glittering in the dark. The colour of glass piece
will be:
(a) Red
(b) Orange
(c) Green
(d) Violet

70. When a rod of iron is heated red hot, the mechanism by which its atoms become excited
to radiate visible light is most likely:
(a) the absorption of incident quanta
(b) conduction electron bombardment
(c) Inter-atomic collisions
(d) the flow of electric current arising out of difference in temperature at different parts
of the rod.

71. A body cools from 70℃ to 50℃ in 4 minutes, in a room at temperature 30℃. The time
taken by the body to cool from 50℃ to 40℃ will be
(a) 4 minutes
(b) 8 minutes
(c) 6 minutes
(d) 2 minutes

72. The value of solar constant is:

(a) 2 cal cm–2min–1
(b) 2 cal m–2 S–1
(c) 2 J m–2 S–1
(d) 2 J cm–2 min–1

73. A block of steel heated to 100°C is left in a room to cool. Which of the curves shown in
figure represents the correct behaviour?
 (a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) None

74. A body initially at 80℃ cools to 64℃ in 5 min and to 52℃ in 10 min. The temperature of
surrounding is
(a) 16℃
(b) 24℃
(c) 32℃
(d) 40℃

75. A body cools from 61℃ to 59℃ in 4 minutes and from 51℃ to 49℃ 6 minutes, then
temperature of the room is:
(a) 30℃
(b) 25℃
(c) 35℃
(d) 20℃

76. The rate of cooling of a body at temperatures 100 ℃ and 60 ℃ are R1 and R2
respectively. If the room temperature is 30 ℃ then the value of R1/R2 is:
(a) 7/3
(b) 4/3
(c) 5/3
(d) 1

77. If eλ and aλ are the emissive and absorptive powers of a body and Eλ the emissive power
of an ideal black body, then according to Kirchhoff's law which relation is correct?
(a) eλ = aλ = Eλ
(b) eλ = Eλ = aλ
(c) eλ = aλ Eλ
(d) eλ aλ Eλ = constant

78. A body takes 4 minutes to cool from 100℃ to 70℃. If the room temperature is 15℃, the
time taken to cool from 70℃ to 40℃ will be :
(a) 7 minutes
(b) 6 minutes
(c) 5 minutes
(d) 2 minutes

79. A body cools in 5 minutes from 60℃ to 40℃. The temperature of the surroundings is
10℃. The temperature of the body after the next 5 minutes will be :
(a) 28℃
(b) 29℃
(c) 30℃
(d) 31℃
80. Two identical spheres A and E are at temperature 7℃ and 17℃ respectively. In what
ratio will they emit thermal radiation?
(a) 1 : 1.143
(b) 7 : 17
(c) 49 : 289
(d) 74 : 174

81. Temperature of a black body increase from 300K to 600K, Energy emission rate in the
process will become :
(a) 2 times
(b) 4 times
(c) 8 times
(d) 16 times

82. A rectangular metal plate 8 cm × 4 cm at 127℃ emits E J/s. If both the length and
breadth are halved and the temperature is raised to 327℃, the rate of emission is (J/s)
(a) (27/8)E
(b) (81/64)E
(c) (10/9)E
(d) (9/4)E

83. The absolute temperature of a black body increases by 50%. The amount of radiation
emitted by the body will increase approximately by :
(a) 225%
(b) 400%
(c) 625%
(d) 500%

84. A spherical black body with a radius of 12 cm radiates 450W power at a temperature of
500 K. If the radius were halved and the temperature doubled, the power radiated in
watt would be
(a) 225
(b) 450
(c) 900
(d) 1800

85. Given σ = 5.672×10–8 SI units, the temperature at which a black body losses thermal
energy at the rates of 1 watt/cm2, will be:
(a) 756 K
(b) 725 K
(c) 648 K
(d) 595 K

86. A black-body is maintained at 27°C and 927°C. What will be the ratio of radiations
emitted?
(a) 1:4
 (b) 1:16
(c) 1:64
(d) 1:256

87. The radiative power of a black body at 500 K is 1.0×105 Joule per sec. per m2. The
temperature at which its radiative power will be 81×105 Joule/sec/m2, is :
(a) 2500 K
(b) 2000 K
(c) 1500 K
(d) 1000 K

88. Two bodies A and B at temperatures 427°C and 227℃ respectively, are kept in a
evacuated vessel at 27°C. Ratio of rates at which heat is lost from A and B is :
(a) 4.26 : 1
(b) 6.24 : 1
(c) 5.26 : 1
(d) 0.42 : 1

89. Two bodies B1 and B2 at temperatures of 227℃ and 127℃ respectively are kept in an
evacuated vessel maintained at a temperature of 27℃. The ratio of the amounts of
energy lost by them shall approximately be:
(a) 2.44
(b) 1.80
(c) 3.10
(d) 4.98

90. A piece of metal loses 255 J heat per second by radiation when its temperature is 12000
K and the temperature of the surroundings is 3000 K. The rate of loss of heat when the
temperature of metal is 6000 K will be :
(a) 20 J/s
(b) 15 J/s
(c) 25 J/s
(d) 18 J/s

91. 20 grams of ice at 0°C melts to water at 0°C. The entropy change in this process, is
(Latent heat of water is 80 cal/gm)
(a) 24.5 J/°K
(b) 30.2 J/°K
(c) 35.7 J/°K
(d) 49.2 J/°K

92. 1000 gram ice of 0°C is converted into water at the same temperature. The change in
entropy is (Latent heat of ice = 80 cal/gm).
(a) 32.2 cal/K
(b) 31.2 cal/K
(c) 293 cal/K
 (d) 29.3 cal/K

93. A 100 Ω resistor carrying a current of 1 amp is maintained at a constant temperature of

27℃ by a heat bath. The rate of generation of entropy in the resistor is –
(a) 0.33 JK–1S–1
(b) 3000 JK–1S–1
(c) 3.33 JK–1S–1
(d) 333 JK–1S–1

94. A certain mass of gas expands from a state with pressure P1 volume V1 once
isothermally and another time adiabatically. As a result its pressure and volume
become P2, V2 and P3, V2 respectively. The value of P2/P3 is, where γ is the ratio of
specific heats
(a) (V2/V1)1–γ
(b) (V1/V2)1–γ
(c) (V2/V1)γ
(d) (V1/V2)γ

95. A mono atomic ideal gas is compressed adiabatically such that its volume V is reduced
to (8/27)V and its temperature rises from 27℃ to T℃. The value of T will be :
(a) 477℃
(b) 402℃
(c) 252℃
(d) 432℃

96. When a gas enclosed in a closed vessel was heated so as to increase its temperature by
5℃, the pressure of the gas increased by 1% of its original pressure. The original
temperature of the gas was:
(a) 5000 K
(b) 2730 K
(c) 2270 K
(d) 500 K

97. Two samples A and B of a gas initially at the same temperature and pressure are
compressed from a volume V to a volume V/2 such that A is compressed isothermally
and B adiabatically. The final pressure of A is:
(a) less than that of B
(b) greater than that of B
(c) equal to that of B
(d) twice that of B

98. The volume of a gas is reduced adiabatically to 1/4 of its volume at 270 C. If γ = 1.4,
what will be the new temperature:
(a) 200× 40.4 K
(b) 300× 40.4 K
(c) 250× 40.4 K
 (d) none of the above

99. One mole of an ideal gas is allowed to expand isothermally at 27° C such that its volume
increases 2.718 times. The work done in this process: (R = 8.3 × 103 J/mole–K°)
(a) cannot be calculated from data given
(b) 3.05 × 103 J
(c) 24.9 × 105 J
(d) 2.8 × 105 J

100. Air is filled in a vessel at 600C. To what temperature should it be heated in order
that ¼ of air may escape out of the vessel (expansion of vessel may be neglected)?
(a) 71℃
(b) 171℃
(c) 271℃
(d) 273℃

101. A given mass of gas expands from the state A to the state B by three paths 1, 2 and 3
as shown in the following figure. If W1, W2, and W3 respectively be the work done by the
gas along the three paths, then :

(a) W1 > W2> W3

(b) W1 < W2 < W3
(c) W1 = W2 = W3
(d) W1 < W2 and W3 > W2

102. 110 joule of heat is added to a gaseous system, whose internal energy is 40 J. Then
the amount of external work done is :
(a) 150 J
(b) 70 J
(c) 110 J
(d) 40 J

103. When a thermodynamic system is taken from state A to state B via path A C B as
shown in figure received heat 100 J and work done is 60 J. If for the path A D B work
done is 20 J, the heat gained by the system will be (in joules) :
 (a) 120
(b) 40
(c) 140
(d) 60

104. Which of the following statements does not represent second law of
thermodynamics?
(a) It is impossible to obtain work by cooling a body below the coldest to its
surroundings.
(b) It is impossible for a self acting machine to transfer heat from a body at a lower
temperature to a body at a higher temperature without taking energy from an outside
source.
(c) It is impossible to construct a perpetual motion machine, which takes heat from a
system and converts into work in a cycle without producing any change in the system.
(d) Only such changes in nature take place in which entropy decrease.

105. A Carnot cycle is represented on an entropy-temperature diagram by which one of

the following figures?

(a)

(b)

(c)
 (d)

106. The efficiency of a Carnot engine is 25%, if the temperature of its source is 327°C,
the temperature of the sink must be
(a) 82°C
(b) 127°C
(c) 177°C
(d) 227°C

107. The efficiency of a Carnot engine operating between 137℃ and 17℃ is
(a) 27.6%
(b) 29.3%
(c) 33.3%
(d) 41.2%

108. In a Carnot engine, the temperature of sink is 27℃. If efficiency of engine is 40%,
then the temperature of source will be –
(a) 2770℃
(b) 227 ℃
(c) 453 ℃
(d) 108 ℃

109. A Carnot engine operating between temperature T1 and T2 (<T1) has efficiency 1/6.
When T2 is lowered by 62K, its efficiency increases to 1/3. Then T1 and T2 are
respectively:
(a) 310 K and 248 K
(b) 372 K and 310 K
(c) 330 K and 248 K
(d) 372 K and 330 K

110. A Carnot engine has the same efficiency when it works between a source at 10000 K
and a sink at 5000 K, as it has when the source is at T K and sink is at 10000 K. What is
the value of T?
(a) 15000 K
(b) 20000 K
(c) 30000 K
(d) 5000 K
111. In a Carnot cycle, the piston is assumed to be moving infinitesimally slowly. This is
so because :
(a) Energy loss due to friction is assumed to be negligible
(b) Energy loss due to radiation is assumed to be negligible
(c) Energy loss due to conduction is assumed to be negligible
(d) Gas is always assumed to be in equilibrium

112. Two Carnot engines A and B are joined in series. A accepts heat at 900 K and rejects
at T K while B accept heat at T K and rejects at 400 K. If efficiency of A and B are same,
the value of T would be :
(a) 650 K
(b) 600 K
(c) 550 K
(d) 500 K

113. The coefficient of performance β of a refrigerator is :

(a) 𝛽 = 𝜂/(1 − 𝜂)
(b) 𝛽 = 𝜂
(c) 𝛽 = (1 − 𝜂)/𝜂
(d) 𝛽 = 𝜂/(1 + 𝜂)