Physics Test

Chapter : Themodynamics

1) If the pressure and the volume of a certain quantity of ideal gas are halved, then its temperature

A) is doubled

B) becomes one fourth

C) remain constant

D) is halved

E) becomes four times

2) A tyre kept outside in sunlight bursts off after sometime because of

A) increase in pressure

B) increase in volume

C) both a and b

D) none of these

3) In the expression for Boyle's law, the PV has dimension of

A) Force

B) Impulse

C) Energy

D) Momentum

4) At what temperature volume of an ideal gas at OC° becomes triple

A) 546 C°

B) 182 C °

C) 819C°

D) 646 C°

5) Which of the following statements about kinetic theory of gases is wrong

B) the molecules continuously undergo inelastic collisions

C) the molecules don't interact with each other except during collision

D) the collisions amongst the molecules are of short duration

6) Volume of gas becomes four times if

A) temperature becomes four times at constant pressure

B) temperature becomes one fourth at constant pressure

C) temperature becomes two times at constant pressure

D) temperature becomes half at constant pressure

7) A perfect gas at 27 C° is heated at constant pressure to 327C° , if original volume of gas at 27 C° is V

A) V

B) 3V

C) 2V

D) V/2

8) Under which of the following conditions is the law PV= nRT obeyed most closely by a real gas

A) high pressure and high temperature

B) low pressure and low temperature

C) low pressure and high temperature

D) high pressure and low temperature

9) If the molecular weight of two gases are M1 and M2, then at a temperature the ratio of root mean
square velocity V1 and V2 will be

A) M1/M2

B) M2/M1

C) √M1/M2

D) √M2/M1

10) If VH, VN and VO denote the root mean square velocities of molecules of hydrogen, nitrogen and
oxygen respectively at a given temperature, then

A) VN> VO>VH

B) VH>VN>VO
C) VO=VN=VO

D) VO> VH>VN

11) the specific heats at constant pressure is greater than that of the same gas at constant volume
because

A) At constant pressure work is done in expanding the gas

B) at constant volume is done in expanding the gas

C) the molecular vibration increases more at constant pressure

D) the molecular attraction increases more at constant pressure

12) At 0K which of the following properties of a gas will be zero

A) kinetic energy

B) potential energy

C) vibrational energy

D) Density

13) The average kinetic energy of hydrogen molecules at 300K is E at the same temperature, the
average kinetic energy of oxygen molecules will be

A) E/4

B) E/16

C) E

D) 4E

14) the ratio of mean kinetic energy of hydrogen and oxygen at given temperature is

A) 1:16

B) 1:8

C) 1:4

D) 1:1

15) The average kinetic energy of a gas molecule is

A) inversely proportional to absolute temperature of gas

B) proportional to pressure of gas

C) inversely proportional to volume of gas

D) proportional to absolute temperature of gas

A) momentum

B) energy

C) mass

D) temperature

17) If Q, E and W denote respectively the heat added , change in internal energy and the work done in a
closed cycle process , then

A) E= 0

B) Q= 0

C) W= 0

D) Q=W=0

18) which of the following statement is true

A) internal energy of a gas depends only on the state of the gas

B) in an isothermal process change in internal energy is maximum

C) area under pressure, volume graph equal heat supplied in any process

D) workdone is state dependents but not path dependent

19) If ∆ Q and ∆ W represent the heat supplied to the system and the work done on the system
respectively, then the first law of thermodynamics can be written as

A) ∆Q= ∆U+∆W

B) ∆Q= ∆U -∆W

C) ∆Q = ∆W -∆U

D) ∆Q= -∆W-∆U

20) In a thermodynamic system working substance is ideal gas, its internal energy is in the form of

A) kinetic energy

B) kinetic and potential energy

C) potential energy

D) none of these

21) which of the following is incorrect regarding the first law of thermodynamics

A) it introduces the concept of the internal energy

C) it is a restatement of the principle of conservation of energy

D) none of these

22) workdone in an isothermal change of a gas depends

A) only on temperature

B) only on volume expansion ratio

C) on both the temperature and volume expansion ratio

D) only on initial and final pressure

23) In an isothermal process the volume of an ideal gas is halved. One can say that

A) Internal energy of the system decreases

B) workdone by the gas is positive

C) workdone by the gas is negative

D) internal energy of the system increases

24) The specific heat of a gas in an isothermal process is

A) infinite

B) Zero

C) negative

D) reaming constant

25) For which of the process is the entropy change is zero

A) Isobaric

B) Isothermal

C) Adiabatic

D) none of the above

26) In adiabatic expansion of a gas

A) its pressure increases

B) its temperature falls

C) its density increases

D) its thermal energy increases

27) An adiabatic process occurs at constant

B) pressure

C) heat

D) temperature and pressure

28) The internal energy of the gas increases in

A) adiabatic expansion

B) adiabatic compression

C) isothermal expansion

D) isothermal compression

29) In which process the PV indicates diagram is a straight line parallel to volume axis

A) isothermal

B) Isobaric

C) irreversible

D) adiabatic

E) isochoric

30) A sample of gas expands from V¹ to V². The amount of work done by the gas is greatest when the
expansion is

A) isothermal

B) isobaric

C) adiabatic

D) equal in all cases

31) which of the following is the slow process

A) isothermal

B) adiabatic

C) isobaric

D) none of these

32) which is incorrect

A) in an isobaric process , ∆p=0

B) in an isochoric process ∆W= 0

D) in an isothermal process ∆Q=0

33) what is the value of sink temperature when efficiency of engine is 100%

A) 0K

B) 300K

C) 273K

D) 400K

34) The temperature of reservoir of cornot's engine is operating with an efficiency of 70% is 1000K. The
temperature of its sink is

A) 300K

B) 400K

C) 500K

D) 700K

35) Which of the following processes is reversible

A) transfer of heat by radiation

B) electrical heating of a nichrome wire

C) transfer of heat by conduction

D) isothermal compression

36) For which combination of working temperature, the efficiency of Cornot's engine is highest

A) 30K, 60K

B) 100K , 80K

C) 60K , 40K

D) 40K , 20K

37) when you make ice cubes, the entropy of water

A) does not change

B) increases

C) decreases

D) may either increases or decreases depending in the process used

38) A Cornot's cycle has the reversible processes in the following order
A) isothermal expansion, adiabatic expansion, isothermal compression, adiabatic compression

B) isothermal compression, adiabatic expansion, isothermal expansion, adiabatic compression

C) isothermal expansion, adiabatic compression, isothermal compression and adiabatic expansion

D) adiabatic expansion, isothermal expansion, adiabatic compression isothermal compression

39) The rise in temperature of 10C° is same as

A) 10K

B) 283K

C) 18K

D) 10F°

40) At constant temperature if pressure is zero then volume of gas becomes

A) zero

B) infinite

C) finite but minimum

D) none of these

41) A system absorbs 2000joules of heat and delivers 1200joules of work while losing 200joules of heat
by conduction to the atmosphere, the change in the internal energy of the system will be

A) 600joules

B) 900joules

C) 300joules

D) 400joules

42) The equation ∆U=∆Q refers to

A) isothermal process

B) adiabatic process

C) isochoric process

D) isobaric process

E) Carnot cycle

43) The sum of all forms molecular energies in a thermodynamic system is known as

A) entropy

B) enthalpy
C) internal energy

D) heat

44) The internal energy of an object increases adiabatic process. Which of the following must be the true
regarding this process

A) the kinetic energy of the system is changing

B) the potential energy of system is changing

C) work is done on the system

D) work is done by the system

E) heat flows into the system

45) The transfer of heat between two bodies depends on

A) temperature

B) difference of temperatures

C) Internal energy

D) difference of internal energy

46) 110J of heat is added to a gaseous system and its internal energy increases by 40J , then the
workdone by the gas is

A) 150J

B) 70J

C) 110j

D) 40J

47) The average kinetic energy of an ideal gas molecule is

A) 3KT/2

B) KT/2

C) 3/2KT

D) KT

48) If the amount of heat given to a system is 35J and amount of work done by the system is -15J then
the change in the internal energy of the system is

A) 50J

B) 20J

C) 30j
D) -50j

49) Workdone by the system on its environment is taken as

A) positive

B) negative

C) neutral

D) none of these

50) The unit of thermodynamics scale is

A) Centigrade

B) Kelvin

C) Fahrenheit

D) any of above