Thermal Properties of Matter 403

Level 2

 Section 1: Thermometry
1. A constant pressure air thermometer gave a reading of

47.5 units of volume when immersed in ice cold water,
and 67 units in a boiling liquid. The boiling point of the
 liquid is
(1) 135 °C (2) 125 °C
(3) 112 °C (4) 100 °C
2. If a thermometer reads freezing point of water as 20 °C
and boiling point as 150 °C, how much the thermometer
reads when the actual temperature is 60 °C?
(1) 98 °C (2) 110 °C
(3) 40 °C (4) 60 °C

3. A constant volume gas thermometer shows pressure­
reading of 50 cm and 90 cm of mercury at 0 °C and 100 °C,
respectively. When the pressure reading is 60 cm of mer-
cury, the temperature is
(1) 25 °C (2) 40 °C
 (3) 15 °C (4) 12.5 °C

4. The amount of heat required will be minimum when a

body is heated through
(1) 1 K.
(2) 1 °C.
(3) 1 °F.
(4) same temperature in all three cases.

5. The temperature T on a thermometric scale is defined in

terms of a property K by the relation T = a lnK + b, where
 a and b are constants. The values of K are found to be
2 and 8 at the ice point and steam point, respectively.
 Temperature corresponding to K = 4 is
(1) 50 °C (2) 37.5 °C
 (3) 26 °C (4) 12.5 °C

6. A sealed glass bulb containing mercury (incompletely


filled) just floats in water at 4 °C. If the water and bulb are
(i) cooled to 2 °C and (ii) warmed to 8 °C, the bulb
 - (1) (i) sinks (ii) sinks (2) (i) sinks (ii) floats
(3) (i) floats (ii) floats (4) (i) floats (ii) sinks

Section 2: Thermal Expansion

7. A pendulum clock keeps correct time at 0 °C. Its mean
coefficient of linear expansions is a °C −1. The loss in
seconds per day by the clock if the temperature rises by
t °C is
1
a t × 864000
2 1
(1)  at (2) a t × 86400
 1 − 2  2

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1 1 13. Three rods of equal length l are joined to form an equi-

a t × 86400 a t × 86400
(3) 2 (4) 2 lateral triangle PQR. Point O is the midpoint of PQ. Dis-
 at
2
 at tance OR remains same for small change in tempera-
 1 −   1 + 2 
2 ture. The coefficient of linear expansion for PR and RQ is
same, that is, a 2 but that for PQ is a1 . Then
8. Two rods, one of aluminium and the other made of steel,
having initial length l1 and l2 are connected together to R
form a single rod of length l1 + l2 . The coefficients of lin-
ear expansion for aluminium and steel are a a and a s,
respectively. If the length of each rod increases by the
same amount when their temperatures are raised by
l1
t oC , then find the ratio .
(l1 + l2 ) P Q
a aa O
(1) s (2)
aa as (1) a 2 = 3a1 (2)
a 2 = 4a1
as aa (3) a1 = 3a 2 (4)
a1 = 4a 2
(3) (4)
(a a + a s ) (a a + a s )
14. A power cable of copper is just stretched (initial tension
9. 
The coefficient of apparent expansion of mercury in zero) straight between two fixed towers. If the temperature
a glass vessel is 153 × 10–6 ºC−1 and in a steel vessel is decreases, the cable tends to contract. The amount of con-
144 × 10–6 ºC−1. If coefficient of linear expansion (a) for traction for a free copper cable or rod is 0.0002% per de-
steel is 12 × 10–6 ºC−1, then that of glass is gree Celsius. Estimate what temperature decrease (in °C)
(1) 9 × 10–6/ºC (2) 6 × 10–6/ºC will cause the cable to snap. Assume that the cable obeys
(3) 36 × 10–6/ºC (4) 27 × 10–6/ºC Hooke’s law until it reaches its breaking point, which for
copper occurs at a tensile stress of 2.2 × 108 N m−2. Ignore
10. A metal ball immersed in alcohol weighs W1 at 0 °C and the weight of the cable and the sag and stress produced by
W2 at 50 °C. The coefficient of cubical expansion of the the weight. Young’s modulus for copper is 1.1 × 1011 N m−2.
metal is less than that of alcohol. Assuming that the den-
(1) 10 °C (2) 100 °C
sity of metal is large compared to that of alcohol, it can
(3) 1000 °C (4) None of these
be shown that
(1) W1 > W2 (2) W1 = W2 15. A thin steel ring of inner diameter 40 cm and cross-
sectional area 1 mm2 is heated until it easily slides on a
(3) W1 < W2 (4) W2 = (W1 / 2)
rigid cylinder of diameter 40.05 cm. When the ring cools
11. In a vertical U-tube containing a liquid, the two arms down, find tension in the ring. (For steel, a = 10−5 °C−1;
are maintained at different temperatures t1 and t 2 . The Y = 200 GPa)
liquid columns in the two arms have heights l1 and l2 , (1) 250 N (2) 125 N
respectively. The coefficient of volume expansion of the (3) 450 N (4) 25 N
liquid is equal to
16. A cube of coefficient of linear expansion aS is floating
t1 in a bath containing a liquid of coefficient of volume
t2 expansion gL. When the temperature is raised by ΔT,
l1 the depth up to which the cube is submerged in the
l2 liquid remains the same. Find the ratio between aS
and gL.
l1 − l2 l1 − l2 (1) 1 : 1 (2) 1 : 2
(1) (2)
l2t1 − l1t 2 l1t1 − l2t 2 (3) 1 : 3 (4) 3 : 1
l1 + l2 l1 + l2 17. Steel wire of length L at 40 °C is suspended from the
(3) (4)
l2t1 + l1t 2 l1t1 + l2t 2 ceiling and then a mass m is hung from its free end.
The wire is cooled down from 40 °C to 30 °C to regain
12. The coefficient of linear expansion of crystal in one di-
its original length L. The coefficient of linear thermal ex-
rection is a1 and that in every direction perpendicular
pansion of the steel is 10−5 °C−1. Young’s modulus of steel
to it is a 2 . The coefficient of cubical expansion is
is 10 11 N m−2 and radius of the wire is 1 mm. Assume
(1) a1 + a 2 (2) 2a1 + a 2 that length L  diameter of the wire. Then, the value of
(3) a1 + 2a 2 (4) None of these m (in kg) is ­nearly

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(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4
18. If two rods of length L and 2L having coefficients of linear
expansion a and 2a, respectively, are connected so that
total length becomes 3L, the average coefficient of linear
expansion of the composition of rod equals
(1) (3/2)a (2) (5/2)a
(3) (5/3)a (4) None of these
19. A rod of length 20 cm is made of metal A. It expands
by 0.075 cm when its temperature is raised from 0 °C
to 100 °C. Another rod of a different metal B having the
same length expands by 0.045 cm for the same change
in temperature. A third rod of the same length is com-
posed of two parts, one of metal A and the other of met-
al B. This rod expands by 0.060 cm for the same change
in temperature. The portion made of metal A has the
length
(1) 20 cm (2) 10 cm
(3) 15 cm (4) 18 cm
20. If a cylinder of diameter 1.0 cm at 30 °C is to be solid into
a hole of diameter 0.9997 cm in a steel plate at the same
temperature, then minimum required rise in the tem-
perature of the plate is (coefficient of linear expansion of
steel = 12 × 10 −6 °C −1 )
(1) 25 °C (2) 35 °C
(3) 45 °C (4) 55 °C
Section 3: Calorimetry
21. Two liquids A and B are at 32 °C and 24 °C. When mixed
in equal masses the temperature of the mixture is found
to be 28 °C. Their specific heats are in the ratio of
(1) 3 : 2 (2) 2 : 3
(3) 1 : 1 (4) 4 : 3
22. A beaker contains 200 g of water. The heat capacity of
the beaker is equal to that of 20 g of water. The initial
temperature of water in the beaker is 20 °C. If 440 g of
hot water at 92 °C is poured in it, the final temperature
(neglecting radiation loss) is closer to
(1) 58 °C (2) 68 °C
(3) 73 °C (4) 78 °C
23. Hailstone at 0 °C falls from a height of 1 km on an insu-
lating surface converting whole of its kinetic energy into
heat. What part of it will melt? ( g = 10 m s −2 )
1 1
(1) (2) (1) 20 g of water.
33 8
1 (3) 10 g ice and 10 g water.
(3) × 10 −4 (4) All of it will melt
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24. A lead bullet of 10 g travelling at 300 m/s strikes against a
block of wood and comes to rest. Assuming 50% of heat
is absorbed by the bullet, the increase in its temperature
is (specific heat of lead = 150 J kg−1 K−1)
(1) 100 °C (2) 125 °C
(3) 150 °C (4) 200 °C
25. A substance of mass m kg requires a power input of P W to
remain in the molten state at its melting point. When the
power is turned off, the sample completely solidifies in
time t s. What is the latent heat of fusion of the substance?
Pm Pt
(1) (2)
t m
m t
(3) (4)
Pt Pm
26. Steam at 100 °C is passed into 1.1 kg of water contained
in a calorimeter of water equivalent 0.02 kg at 15 °C till
the temperature of the calorimeter and its contents rises
to 80 °C. The mass of the steam condensed (in kg) is
(1) 0.130 (2) 0.065
(3) 0.260 (4) 0.135
27. 2 kg of ice at –20 °C is mixed with 5 kg of water at 20 °C
in an insulating vessel having a negligible heat c­ apacity.
Calculate the final mass of water remaining in the con-
tainer. It is given that the specific heat of water and ice
are 1 kcal kg−1 °C−1 and 0.5 kcal kg−1 °C−1, respectively,
while the latent heat of fusion of ice is 80 kcal kg−1.
(1) 7 kg (2) 6 kg
(3) 4 kg (4) 2 kg
28. Water of volume 2 L in a container is heated with a coil
of 1 kW at 27 °C. The lid of the container is open and
energy dissipates at rate of 160 Js −1. In how much time
temperature will rise from 27 °C to 77 °C ? (Given specif-
ic heat of water is 4.2 kJ kg −1 )
(1) 8 min 20 s (2) 6 min 2 s
(3) 7 min (4) 14 min
29. 
The temperature of equal masses of three different
liquids A, B and C are 12 °C, 19 °C and 28 °C, respectively.
The temperature when A and B are mixed is 16 °C and
when B and C are mixed is 23 °C. The temperature when
A and C are mixed is
(1) 18.2 °C (2) 22 °C
(3) 20.2 °C (4) 25.2 °C
30. An amount of 10 g of ice at –20 °C is dropped into a cal-
orimeter containing 10 g of water at 10 °C; the specific
heat of water is twice that of ice. When equilibrium is
reached, the calorimeter will contain
(2) 20 g of ice.
(4) 5 g ice and 15 g water.
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31. A lead bullet at 27 °C just melts when stopped by an 34. Three bodies A, B and C of masses m, m and 3 m,
obstacle. Assuming that 25% of heat is absorbed by respectively, are supplied heat at a constant rate. The
the obstacle, then the velocity of the bullet at the time change in temperature q versus time t graph for A, B and
of striking was (melting point of lead = 327 °C, specific C are shown by I, II and III, respectively. If their specific
heat of lead = 0.03 cal g−1 °C−1, latent heat of fusion of heat capacities are cA, cB and cC, respectively, then which
lead = 6 cal g−1 and J = 4.2 J cal−1) of the following relation is correct? (Take initial temper-
(1) 410 m s−1 (2) 1230 m s−1 ature of each body as 0 °C.)
(3) 307.5 m s−1 (4) None of these (1) cA > cB > cC (2) cB = cC < cA
32. An ice cube of mass 0.1 kg at 0 °C is placed in an ­isolated (3) cA = cB = cC (4) cB = cC > cA
θ
container which is at 227 °C. The specific heat c of the I
container varies with temperature T according the II
­empirical relations = A + BT, where A = 100 cal kg−1 K−1 III
and B = 2 × 10−2 cal kg−1 K−2. If the final temperature of the
container is 27 °C, determine the mass of the container. π /6
(Latent heat of fusion for water = 8 × 104 cal kg−1. Specific π/3 π/4
t
heat of water = 103 cal kg−1 K−1)
(1) 0.5 kg (2) 1 kg 35. An amount of 1000 drops of a liquid of surface tension s
(3) 1.5 kg (4) 2 kg and radius r join together to form a big single drop. The
energy released raises the temperature of the drop. If r
33. Ten grams of ice at 0 °C is kept in a calorimeter of w
­ ater
be the density of the liquid and c be the specific heat,
equivalent 10 g. How much heat should be supplied
the rise in temperature of the drop would be (J = Joule’s
to the apparatus to evaporate the water thus formed?
equivalent of heat)
­(Neglect loss of heat.)
s 10s 100s 27s
(1) 6200 cal (2) 7200 cal (1)   (2)   (3) (4)
Jrc r Jrc r Jrc r 10 Jrc r

 
 
 
(3) 13600 cal (4) 8200 cal

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