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QUESTION BANK
1. Thermal conductivity is lower for 6. Match List (Law) with List-II (equation) and
(a) wood (b) air select the correct answer using the codes given
below the lists:
(c) water at 100°C (d) steam at 1 bar
List-I
2. Match the property with their units
A. Stefan-Boltzmann law
PROPERTY B. Newton’s law of cooling
A. Bulk modulus C. Fourier’s law
B. Thermal conductivity D. Kirchoff’s law
C. Heat transfer coefficient List-II
D. Heat flow rate 1. q = hA(T1 – T2)
2. E = Eb
UNITS
l. W/s kA
3. q (T1  T2 )
2. N/m 2 L
3. N/m3 4. q  A(T14  T24 )
4. W 5. q = kA(T1 – T2)
5. W/mK Codes :
6. W/m2K A B C D
3. Consider the following statements : (a) 4 1 3 2
(b) 4 5 1 2
1. Temperature of the surface.
(c) 2 1 3 4
2. Emissivity of the surface.
(d) 2 5 1 4
3. Temperature of the air in the room. 7. In descending order of magnitude, the thermal
4. Length and diameter of the pipe. conductivity of (a) Pure iron, (b) liquid water,
The parameter(s) responsible for loss of heat (c) Saturated water vapour, (d) Pure aluminum
from at hot surface in a room would include can be arranged as
(a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 (a) a, b, c, d (b) b, c, a, d
(c) d, a, b, c (d) d, c, b, a
(c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
8. Consider the following statements:
4. For a given heat flow and for the same thickness,
Assertion (A) : Heat transfer at high temperature
the temperature drop across the material will be
is dominated by radiation rather than convection.
maximum for
Reason (R) : Radiation depends on fourth power
(a) Copper (b) Steel of temperature while convection depends on unit
(c) Glass wool (d) Refratory brick power relationship.
5. Heat is mainly transferred by conduction, Of these statements :
convection and radiation in (a) both A and R are true and R is the correct
(a) insulated pipes carrying hot water explanation of A
(b) refrigerator freezer coil (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
explanation of A
(c) boiler furnaces
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) condensation of steam in a condenser (d) A is false but R is true
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9. One dimensional unsteady state heat transfer 14. For the three dimensional object shown in the
equation for a sphere with heat generation at the fig below. Five faces are insulated. The sixth
rate ‘qg’, can be written as face (PQRS), which is not insulated, interacts
thermally with the ambient, with a convective
1   T  q 1 T heat transfer coefficient of 10 W/m2K. the
(a) r  
r r  r  k  t ambient temperature is 30°C. heat is uniformly
1   2 T  q 1 T generated inside the object at the rate of 100 W/
(b) r   m3. assuming the face PQRS to be at uniform
r 2 r  r  k  t
temperature, its steady state temperature is
2T q 1 T Q F
(c) 2
 
r k  t
P
 2   q 1 T
(d) rT  
r 2 k  t
10. In case of one dimensional heat conduction in a 2m R
G
medium with constant properties, T is the
T S
1m h
temperature at position x, at time t. Then is
t (a) 10°C (b) 20°C
proportional to (c) 30°C (d) 40°C
15. In MLT system (T being time and  temperature),
T T what is the dimension of thermal conductivity?
(a) (d)
x x (a) ML–1T–1–3 (b) ML–1–1
(c) ML–1T–3 (d) ML–1T–2
2T 2T 16. In which one of the following materials, is the
(c) (d) 2 heat energy propagation minimum due to
 x t x
conduction heat transfer ?
11. A 100W electric bulb was switched on in a 2.5m (a) Lead (b) Copper
× 3m × 3m size thermally insulated room having (c) Water (d) Air
temperature of 20ºC. Room temperature at the 17. Consider the following statements:
end of 24 hours will be Assertion (A) : Cork is a good insulator.
(a) 321°C (b) 341°C Reason (R) : Good insulators are highly porous.
(c) 450°C (d) 470°C Of these statements :
(a) both A and R are true and R is the correct
Statement for linked answer question 12 & 13
explanation of A
Consider steady one-dimensional heat flow in a (b) Both A and R are true but R is not a correct
plate of 20 mm thickness with a uniform heat explanation of A
generation of 80 MW/m3. The left and right faces (c) A is true but R is false
are kept at constant temperatures of 160°C and (d) A is false but R is true
120°C respectively. The plate has a constant 18. A plane wall of thickness 2L has a uniform
thermal conductivity of 200 W/m.K. volumetric heat source q* (W/m3). It is exposed
12. The location of maximum temperature within to local ambient temperature T at both the ends
(x = ± L). The surface temperature ts of the wall
the plate from left face is
under steady-state condition (where h and k have
(a) 15 mm (b) 10 mm their usual meanings) is given by
(c) 5 mm (d) 0 mm q*L q*L
13. The maximum temperature within the plate in (a) Ts  T  (b) Ts  T 
h 2k
degree C is
q * L2 q * L3
(a) 160 (b) 165 (c) Ts  T  (d) Ts  T 
h 2k
(c) 175 (d) 250
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ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS
1. Ans. (b) 9. Ans. (b)
Generally fluids will have lower K than solids 10. Ans. (d)
and within fluids, gases will have low "K" and For one dimensional unsteady state heat
out of steam and air the density and viscosity of conduction without heat generation, the heat
steam is higher than air hence air has low "K". conduction equal is
2. Ans. A-2, B-5, C-6, D-4
3. Ans. (d) 2T 1 T
2 =
x  t
If considering radiation heat transfer
Q = A(T14 – T24) 11. Ans. (d)
and A = DL H.G. = 100 W
Hence heat transfer will depend upon Volume of room
1. Temperature of the surface and surrounding. V = 25. × 3 × 3 = 22.5 m3
2. Emissivity of the surface. Ti = 20ºC
3. Length and diameter of the pipe. Heat generator during 24 hours
4. Ans. (d) = 100 × 24 × 3600 = 8640000 J
Whichever the material is having lowest thermal The heat generated by the bulb is absorbed by
conductivity the corresponding material has the air present in room at constant volume.
highest temperature drop.
Hence 100 × 24 × 3600 = mcvT
5. Ans. (c)
= (V).CvdT
Because for radiation to be comparable the
magnitude of temperature difference should be 100  24  3600
large enough. Convection & conduction is also T = 22.5  C  1.2
v
predominate in boiler furnace.
T = 452.61ºC
6. Ans. (a)
Stefan Boltzman Law, T = 472.61°C

Q = A(T14 – T24) 12. Ans. (c)

Newton law of cooling, For location of maximum temperature

Q = hA(T1 – T2) x M 1
=
Fourier law, L 2M

kA
Q= (T1  T2 ) Qg L2
l Where M =
2K  T1  T2 
Kirchoff law,
E = Eb 80  106  0.022
= 2
7. Ans. (c) 2  200 160  120 
Out of the given substances pure aluminium has
high K and steam has low K. 2 1
x=  0.02  0.005m  5mm
8. Ans. (a) 22
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13. Ans. (c) 15. Ans. (c)

Q g L2   2x 2  dT
T = t1  1     Q = kA
8K   L   dx

2 ()
80  106  0.02 2 (ML2T–3) = k(L ) (L)
= 160 
8  200
 ML2T–3 = k(L)()
  2  0.005 2 
1      175º C ML2 T 3
  0.02    k=  MLT 3 1
L
14. Ans. (d)
16. Ans. (d)
Qg = 100 × volume
Due to minimum thermal conductivity of air heat
= 100 × A × 1 = 100 A conduction is minimum in air.
= h.A (Ts – T) 17. Ans. (a)
Ts = T  10  30  10  40º C 18. Ans. (a)
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