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HEAT AND THERMODYNAMICS - Practice Paper

1. At what temperature a gold ring of diameter 6.230 cm shown in the figure. The value of temperature T of the
be heated so that it can be fitted on a wooden bangle of steel – copper junction in the steady state will be :
diameter 6.241cm? Both the diameters have been
measured at room temperature (27°C). (Given:
coefficient of linear thermal expansion of gold
 L  1.4  105 K 1 )
(a) 125.7°C (b) 91.7°C
(c) 425.7°C (d) 152°C

2. Starting with the same initial conditions, an ideal gas (a) 18°C (b) 14°C
expands from volume V1 to V2 in three different ways. (c) 45°C (d) 150°C
The work done by the gas is W1 if the process is purely
isothermal. W2. if the process is purely adiabatic and W 7. Read the following statements :
if the process is primly isobaric. Then choose the A. When small temperature difference between a liquid
correct option and its surrounding is doubled the rate of loss of heat of
(a) W1 < W2 < W3 (b) W2 < W3 < W1 the liquid becomes twice.
(c) W3 < W1 < W2 (d) W2 < W3 < W1 B. Two bodies P and Q having equal surface areas are
maintained at temperature 10°C and 20°C. The thermal
3. 7 mole of certain monoatomic ideal gas undergoes a radiation emitted in a given time by P and Q are in the
temperature increase of 40K at constant pressure. The ratio 1:1.15.
increase in the internal energy of the gas in this process C. A carnot Engine working between 100 K and 400 K
is has an efficiency of 75%
(a) 5810 J (b) 3486 J D. When small temperature difference between a liquid
(c) 11620 J (d) 6972 J and its surrounding is quadrupled, the rate of loss of
heat of the liquid becomes twice.
4. A monoatomic gas at pressure P and volume V is Choose the correct answer from the options given
suddenly compressed to one eight of its original below :
volume. The final pressure at constant entropy will be: (a) A, B, C only (b) A, B only
(a) P (b) 8P (c) A, C only (d) B, C, D only
(c) 32P (d) 64P
8. In 1st case, Carnot engine operates between
5. An ice cube of dimensions 60 cm × 50 cm × 20 cm is temperatures 300 K and 100 K. In 2nd case, as shown in
placed in an insulation box of wall thickness 1 cm. The the figure, a combination of two engines is used. The
box keeping the ice cube at 0°C of temperature is efficiency of this combination (in 2nd case) will be :
brought to a room of temperature 40°C. The rate of
melting of ice is approximately: (Latent heat of fusion
of ice is 3.4 × 105 J kg–1and thermal conducting of
insulation wall is 0.05 Wm–10C–1)
(a) 61 × 10–1 kg s–1 (b) 61 × 10–5 kg s–1
(c) 208 kg s–1 (d) 30 × 10–5 kg s–1

6. If K1 and K2 are the thermal conductivities L1 and L2

are the lengths and A1 and A2 are the cross sectional
areas of steel and copper rods respectively such that
K2 A L
 9, 1  2, 1  2 . Then, for the arrangement as
K1 A2 L2

(a) same as the 1st case

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(b) always greater than the 1st case 13. Let 1 is the efficiency of an engine at T1  447C and
(c) always less than the 1st case T2  147C while 2 is the efficiency at
(d) may increase or decrease with respect to the 1st case
1
T1  947C and T2  47C . The ratio will be:
9. A Carnot engine has efficiency of 50%. If the 2
temperature of sink is reduced by 40°C, its efficiency (a) 0.41 (b) 0.56
increases by 30%. The temperature of the source will (c) 0.73 (d) 0.70
be :
(a) 166.7 K (b) 255.1 K 14. A Carrot engine whose heat sinks at 27°C, has an
(c) 266.7 K (d) 367.7 K efficiency of 25%. By how many degrees should the
temperature of the source be changed to increase the
10. Consider the efficiency of Carnot’s engine is given by efficiency by 100% of the original efficiency ?
 x (a) Increases by 18°C
 loge , where  and  are constants. If T (b) Increases by 200°C
sin  kT
is temperature, k is Boltzman constant, θ is angular (c) Increases by 120°C
displacement and x has the dimensions of length. Then, (d) Increases by 73°C
choose the incorrect option.
(a) Dimensions of β is same as that of force. 15. Two metallic blocks M1 and M2 of same area of cross-
(b) Dimensions of α–1 x is same as that of energy. section are connected to each other (as shown in figure).
(c) Dimensions of η–1 sinθ is same as that of αβ If the thermal conductivity of M2 is K then the thermal
(d) Dimensions of α is same as that of β conductivity of M1 will be: [Assume steady state heat
conduction]
11. A thermodynamic system is taken from an original
state D to an intermediate state E by the linear process
shown in the figure. Its volume is then reduced to the
original volume from E to F by an isobaric process. (a) 10 K (b) 8 K
The total work done by the gas from D to E to F will be (c) 12.5 K (d) 2K

16. A Carnot engine takes 5000 kcal of heat from a

reservoir at 727°C and gives heat to a sink at 127°C.
The work done by the engine is
(a) 3 × 106 J (b) Zero
(c) 12.6 × 10 J
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(d) 8.4 × 106 J

17. A 100 g of iron nail is bit by a 1.5 kg hammer striking

at a velocity of 60 ms–1. What will be the rise in the
(a) –450 J (b) 450 J temperature of the nail if one fourth of energy of the
(c) 900 J (d) 1350 J hammer goes into heating the nail ? [5pecific heat
capacity of iron = 0.42 Jg–10C–1]
12. A certain amount of gas of volume V at 27°C (a) 675°C (b) 1600°C
temperature and pressure 2 × 107 Nm–2 expands (c) 17.85°C (d) 6.75°C
isothermally until its volume gets doubled. Later it
expands adiabatically until its volume gets redoubled. 18. A solid metallic cube having total surface area 24 m2 is
The final pressure of the gas will be (Use   1.5 ) uniformly heated. If its temperature is increased by
(a) 3.536 × 105 Pa (b) 3.536 × 106 Pa 10°C calculate the increase in volume of the cube.
(c) 1.25 × 106 Pa (d) 1.25 × 105 Pa (Given   5.0  10 4C 1 ).
(a) 2.4 × 106 cm3 (b) 1.2 × 105 cm3
(c) 6.0 × 104 cm3 (d) 4.8 × 105 cm3
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19. A copper block of mass 5.0 kg is heated to a Choose the correct answer from the options given
temperature of 500°C and is placed on a large ice block. below.
What is the maximum amount of ice that can melt? (a) Both statement – I and statement – II are true
(a) 1.5 kg (b) 5.8 kg (b) Both statement – I and statement – II are false
(c) 2.9 kg (d) 3.8 kg (c) Statement – I is true but statement – II is false
(d) Statement – I is false but statement – II is true
20. The efficiency of Carnot’s engine, working between
steam point and ice point, will be 24. At a certain temperature, the degrees of freedom per
(a) 26.81% (b) 37.81% molecule for gas is 8. The gas performs 150 J of work
(c) 47.81% (d) 57.81% when it expands under constant pressure. The amount
of heat absorbed by the gas will be …….. J.
21. A thermally insulated vessel contains an ideal gas of
molecular mass M and ratio of specific heats 1.4. 25. The pressure P1 and density d1 of diatomic gas
Vessel is moving with speed v and is suddenly brought  7
   changes suddenly to P2 (>P1) and d2
to rest.  5
Assuming no heat is lost to the surrounding and vessel respectively during an adiabatic process. The
temperature of the gas increases by (R = universal gas temperature of the gas increases and becomes ______
constant) times of its initial temperature.
Mv 2 Mv 2
(a) (b)
7R 5R 26. A block of ice of mass 120 g at temperature 0°C is put
Mv 2
Mv 2 in 300 gm of water at 25°C. The xg of ice melts as the
(c) 2 (d) 7 temperature of the water reaches 0°C. The value of x is
7R 5R
[Use: Specific heat capacity of water = 4200 JKg–1K–1,
Latent heat of ice = 3.5 × 105 Jkg–1]
22. A sample of an ideal gas is taken through the cyclic
process ABCA as shown in figure. It absorbs, 40 J of
27. 0.056 kg of Nitrogen is enclosed in a vessel at a
heat during the part AB, no heat during BC and rejects
temperature of 127°C. The amount of heat required to
60 J of heat during CA. A work of 50 J is done on the
double the speed of its molecules is _________k cal.
gas during the part BC. The internal energy of the gas
at A is 1560 J. The work done by the gas during the
Q
part CA is: 28. A monoatomic gas performs a work of where Q is
4
the heat supplied to it. The molar heat capacity of the
gas will be _________R during this transformation.
Where R is the gas constant.

29. In an experiment to verify Newton's law of cooling, a

graph is plotted between, the temperature difference
(a) 20 J (b) 30 J (ΔT) of the water and surroundings and time as shown
(c) –30 J (d) –60 J in figure. The initial temperature of water is taken as
80°C. The value of t2 as mentioned in the graph will
23. Given below are two statements: be___________.
Statement – I: When amount of an ideal gas undergoes
adiabatic change from state (P1, V1, T1) to state (P2, V2,
 R T2  T1 
T2) then work done is W  , where
1 
CP
  and R = universal gas constant.
CV
Statement – II: In the above case, when work is done 30. A steam engine intakes 50 g of steam at 100°C per
on the gas, the temperature of the gas would rise. minute and cools it down to 20°C. If latent heat of
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vaporization of steam is 540 cal g–1, then the heat

rejected by the steam engine per minute is ______ ×
103 cal

31. When a gas filled in a closed vessel is heated by raising

the temperature by 1°C, its pressure increases by 0.4%.
The initial temperature of the gas is ______ K.

32. In a carnot engine, the temperature of reservoir is

527°C and that of sink 200 K. If the work done by the
engine when it transfers heat from reservior to sink is
12000 kJ, the quantity of heat absorbed by the engine
from reservoir is ________x 106 J.

33. A geyser heats water flowing at a rate of 2.0 kg per

minute from 30° to 70°C. If geyser operates on a gas
burner, the rate of combustion of fuel will be ___ g
min–1.

34. A heat engine operates with the cold reservoir at

temperature 324K. The minimum temperature of the
hot reservoir, if the heat engine takes 300 J heat from
the hot reservoir and delivers 180 J heat to the cold
reservoir per cycle, is ____ K.

35. A diatomic gas    1.4  does 400 J of work when it is

expanded isobarically. The heat given to the gas in the
process is __________ J.