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Q.1 Q.No. 1 to 10 Carry ONE mark each.

If the temperature of saturated water is increased infinitesimally at constant entropy, the
resulting state of water will be

a.
Liquid
b. Liquid – vapour coexistence
c. Saturated vapour
d. Solid

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Q.2 The specific volume of steam after expansion in a turbine is At this

pressure the saturated liquid and saturated vapour specific volumes are 0.001 and
respectively. What is the dryness fraction to second decimal place
accuracy?________.

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Q.3 For an ideal gas as a working fluid for a given heat input Q, the process that gives the
maximum work among the following four processes is.

a.
Isothermal

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b. Constant volume
c. Constant pressure
d.
Isentropic

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Q.4 For a reversible isothermal expansion of an ideal gas from a state 1 to a state 2.

a.

b.
c.

d.

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Q.5 Which of the following processes, shown in the figure below, represents the throttling of an
ideal gas?

a.
1 to 2
b. 1 to 3
c. 1 to 4
d. 1 to 5

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Q.6
When ice melts at atmospheric pressure and 00C, which of the following is true?

a.
Change is enthalpy is zero
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b. Change in internal energy is zero
c. Change in entropy is zero
d.
Change in Gibbs free energy is zero

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Q.7 The exergy (availability) of a system at a specified state depends.

a. On the conditions of the system alone

b. On the conditions of the environment alone
c.
On the conditions of both the system and environment
d. Neither on the conditions of the system nor the environment

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Q.8 Which one of the following changes / sets of changes in the source (T1) and sink

temperatures (T2) of a reversible engine will result in maximum improvement in

efficiency?

a.
b.
c.

d.

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Q.9 Three processes are represented on the p – v and T – s diagrams in the following figures.
Match processes in the two diagrams and select the correct answer using the codes given
below the diagrams.

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a.
b.

c.

d.

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Q.10
The measured temperature of a system is 300C. Its exact temperature in Kelvin is.

a. 303.00
b. 303.10
c.
303.15
d.
303.16

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Q.11 Q.No. 11 to 25 Carry TWO mark each correction Answer.

In a process occurring in a closed system F, the heat transferred from F to the
surroundings E is 600 J. If the temperature of E is 300 K and that of F is in the range 380
– 400 K, the entropy changes of the surroundings and system in J/K, are
given by.

a.

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b.
c.
d.

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Q.12 On a ln p Vs h coordinate system, where ln p is the y-coordinate and h is the x coordinate,

the slope of a constant entropy line is.

a. 1/v
b. v
c. p/v
d.
1/(pv)

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Q.13 A closed system containing an ideal gas undergoes a cycle as shown in the figure shown
below. For the process 1-2, which one of the following statements is true (r = 7/5).

a. Heat added

b.

Heat rejected

c. Head added

d. Heat rejected

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Q.14
1 kg of air in an insulated rigid tank of volume 1 m3 is churned with a fraction-less fan
(see figure) of 600 W capacity for 10 minutes. The fan efficiency is 100%. Treating air as
an ideal gas and neglecting kinetic and potential energy changes, what is the increase of
pressure, to the nearest kPa?___.

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Q.15 Steady heat transfer takes place through a plane wall in the outward direction at the rate

of 1500 W. The inner surface temperature of the wall is 270C. The entropy generation is
0.25 W/K. The outer surface temperature of the wall is

a. 2.70 C
b. 5.10 C
c. 7.20 C
d.
12.70 C

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Q.16 A well-insulated rigid hot water tank receives steady flow of water from two sources as
shown in the figure below.

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There is no accumulation of water in the tank. A back-up heater is provided to ensure a

constant outflow temperature of water at 60 0C from the tank under steady state. What is
the required capacity of the back-up heater to the nearest kw?

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Q.17 A thermodynamic cycle operates between one source at a temperature of 600 K, another
source at a temperature of 300 K and a sink at a temperature T as shown in the figure
below

If the First and Second laws of thermodynamics are not violated, what should be the value
of T in K ?

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Q.18
2 kg of steam in a piston-cylinder device at 400 kPa and 175 0C undergoes a mechanically
reversible, isothermal compression to a final pressure such that the steam becomes just
saturated. What is the work, w, required for the process.
Data :

#1

a. 0 kJ
b.
230 kJ
c.
334 kJ
d. 388 kJ

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Q.19 A cyclic heat engine receives 600 kJ of heat from a 1000 K source and rejects 450 kJ to a

sink at 300 K. Then the cyclic integral of and efficiency of the engine are

respectively.

a. 2.1 kJ/K and 70%

b.
– 0.9 kJ/K and 25%
c. + 0.9 kJ/K and 70%
d. – 2.1 kJ/K and 50%

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Q.20 The following table gives data, in KJ, for a system undergoing a thermodynamic cycle
consisting of four processes. The value of for the process 2-3 in KJ is.

a. 700

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b. 600
c.
300
d. 550

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Q.21 The shaft work output from the turbine in KW is

a.
185.2
b. 82.6
c. 165.2
d. 79.8

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Q.22 Rate of entropy production (Kw/K) with in the turbine is

a. 1.21
b.
1.59
c. 0.82
d. 1.84

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Q.23
If the ambient temperature is 270C, the rate of entropy generation for the universe
(considering system and surroundings) in Kw/K is

a.
1.612
b. 1.593
c. 0.0667
d. 0.7729

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Q.24 The final pressure in the cylinder is

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a.
130.7 kPa
b. 150 kPa
c. 200.7 kPa
d. 230.7 kPa

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Q.25 The specific work done by the air during the process is

a. – 26.67 kJ / kg
b. 26.67 kJ/kg
c. 49.5 kJ/kg
d.
– 96.67 kJ/kg

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