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A SS I GNM ENT # 0 1 (EXPANSION & CALORIMETRY) P HY S I C S

SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE

1. A rod of length 10 meter at 0°C having expansion coefficient  = (2x2 + 1) × 10–6 C–1 where x is
the distance from one end of rod. The length of rod at 10°C is
(A) 11.067 (B) 10.067 (C) 10.0068 (D) 11.0068
2. A beaker of volume V is completely filled with a liquid of density  . The temperature of the
system is increased by T K. Find the mass of liquid overflown if volumetric thermal expansion
coefficient of beaker is  and of the liquid is thrice that of beaker.

2VT 2VT 3VT

(A) 2 VT  (B) (C) (D)
(1  3T) 1  2T 1  T
3. A solid disk of radius r and mass m is spinning about a frictionless axis through its center and
perpendicular to the disk with angular velocity 1 at temperature T1. The temperature of the
disc decreases to T2. Which of the following is CORRECT regarding final angular momentum
L2, rotational kinetic energy k2, angular velocity 2, moment of inertia of disc I2 in terms of
their values at the temperature T1 and coefficient of linear expansion (). (Take : T = T1 – T2)
(A) L2 = L1 (1 – 2T) (B) 2  1 1  2T 

(C) k2  k1 1  2T  (D) I2  I1 1  2T 

4. A steel rod is 4.000 cm in diameter at 30ºC. A brass ring has an interior diameter of 3.992 cm
at 30 ºC. In order that the ring just slides onto the steel rod, the common temperature of the
two should be nearly (steel= 11 × 10–6/ºC and brass= 19 × 10–6/ºC)
(A) 200ºC (B) 250ºC (C) 280ºC (D) 400ºC
5. A liquid whose coefficient of volume expansion is r completely fills a sealed metal tank, at
negligible pressure. The coefficient of linear expansion of the metal is , and the
compressibility of the liquid is k. If the temperature of the system is increased by t, the new
pressure of the liquid will be
t t t
(A) r (B) ( –3) (C) tk(r–3) (D) ( –)
k k r k r
6. The steel wire of cross-sectional area = 2 mm2 [Y = 200 GPa,  = 10–5/°C] is stretched and tied
firmly between two rigid supports, at a temperature = 20°C. At this moment, the tension in the
wire is 200 N. At what temperature will the tension become zero?
(A) 70°C (B) 40°C (C) 50°C (D) 30°
7. The volume of 0.5 kg of liquid water over the temperature range from 0°C to 50°C fits reasonably well to
the polynomial function
V = 0.500 – (4 × 10–5)T + (5 × 10–6)T2
where volume is measured in cubic meters and T is temperature in degree celsius. The volume expansion
coefficient for liquid water at 20°C is
(A) 1.2 × 10–4 /°C (B) 3.2 × 10–4 /°C (C) 0.9 × 10–4 /°C (D) 7.2 × 10–4 /°C
8. A solid sphere of radius r and coefficient of linear expansion  rotates about an axis passing through it's
centre in absence of any external torque. What should be the change in temperature so that it's angular
velocity increases by 1%.
1 1 1 1
(A) increase (B) increase (C) decrease (D) decrease
100 200 100 200

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9. The figure shows a rectangular brass plate at 0°C in which there is cut a rectangular hole of dimensions
indicated. If the temperature of the plate is raised to 150°C

(A) x will increase and y will decrease (B) x will decrease and y will increase
(C) both x and y will increase (D) the changes in x and y depend on the dimension z
10. An optical engineering firm needs to ensure that the separation between two mirrors is unaffected by
temperature changes. The mirrors are attached to the ends of two bars of different materials that are welded
together at one end as shown in figure. The surfaces of the bars in contact are lubricated. The distance 
does not change with temperature change. 1 and 2 are the length of the bars 1 and 2 are the respective
thermal coefficients of temperature. Which of the following options is/are correct :

mirrors

l
Lubricating
oil
2

 2 1
(A) 1     (B)  2     (C) 11 = 22 (D) 12 = 21
2 1 2 1

11. A thermometer with an arbitrary scale has the ice point at –20° and the steam point at 180°. When the
thermometer reads 5°, a centigrade thermometer will read
(A) 7.5°C (B) 12.5°C (C) 16.5°C (D) None of these
12. A thin glass vessel (g = 5 × 10–5 /°C) is partially filled with a liquid ( = 1.3 × 10–4) /°C) at 20°C. If this
vessel is heated to 40°C; the level of liquid in the vessel will :-
(A) Increase (B) Decrease (C) remains same (D) none of the above
13. A steel scale is constructed such that it gives correct reading at 20°C. For measuring the
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length of a wooden piece with this scale, it gives reading 1 at 10°C while 2 at 70°C. If 1  2 ;
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the value of  is (in °C–1) :-
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
440 550 500 590
14. What will be the ratio to volume expansion coefficient of liquid with linear expansion of
cylindrical container if no liquid will be spill out from the fully filled container when the
temperature will be increased of the system :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0.5

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15. A rod is made by joining two meter rods back to back of equal cross section. If the linear
expansions of rods are 1 and 2 then the linear expansion of combined rod will be :-
212 1  2
(A) 1 + 2 (B)    (C) 1 2 (D)
1 2 2
16. A hollow steel sphere, weighing 200 kg is floating on water. A weight of 10 kg is to be placed on it in
order to just submerge it at a temperature of 20°C. Now the weight that should be decreased when
temperature increases to 25°C is - (water = 1.5 × 10–4/°C, steel = 1 × 10–5/C)
(A) 126 gram (B) 252 gram (C) 53 gram (D) 500 gram
17. Three immiscible liquids are filled in a container as shown. The base area of the container is A and
3
coefficient of cubical expansion of the material of the container is while the coefficient of cubical
2
expansion of the liquids are shown in the figure. The temperature of the system is increased by T. The
volume of the liquid flown out of the container is

L ,
—
3
L ,2
—
3
L ,3
—
3

AT 2AT AT

(A) (B) AT (C) (D)
3 3 2
18. What must be the lengths of steel and copper rods at 0oC for the difference in their lengths to be 10 cm
at any common temperature?
(steel =1.210-5°K-1 and copper=1.8  10-5 °K-1)
(A) 30 cm for steel and 20 cm for copper (B) 20 cm for steel and 30 cm for copper
(C) 40 cm for steel and 30 cm for copper (D) 30 cm for steel and 40 cm for copper
19. A column of liquid of length L is in a uniform capillary tube. The temperature of the tube and column of
liquid is raised by T. If  be the coefficient of volume expansion of the liquid and  be the coefficient
of linear expansion of the material of the tube, then the increase L in the length of the column will be.
(A) L  L      T (B) L  L    2  T

(C) L  L    3  T (D) L  LT

20. Two rods of length  (placed on left) and n of different metals having same area of cross-section are
placed between two unyielding supports. The coefficients of thermal expansion for two rods are 1 and
2 respectively. If the temperature of rods is raised by t°C and the ratio of strains of two rods is r, find
the distance by which joint of the two rods may move towards right, if the supports unyield :-

t  1   r  2  t   2   r 1  t  1   r  2  t   2   r 1 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1   r / n  1   r / n  1  r / n  1   r / n 
21. The height of mercury column measured with a brass scale at temperature t1 is n1 units. Height of the
mercury column measured by brass scale at t = 0°C is n2 units. The coefficient of linear expansion of
brass is  and coefficient of volume expansion of mercury is  (Assume the expansion in area of vessel
containing mercury is negligible). n2 =
n1 (1   t1 ) n1 (1   t1 ) n1 (1   t1 )
(A) n1 (1 – t1) (B) 1  ( / 3)t
1
(C)
1  t1  (D)
1   t1 
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22. A baby’s bath should be at a temperature of 30º C. There is 10 kg water at 12º C in the bathtub. How
water with temperature 50º C should be added to achieve desired temperature?
(A) 4 kg (B) 6 kg (C) 9 kg (D) 10.5 kg
23. A liquid of volumetric thermal expansion coefficient =  and bulk modulus B is filled in a spherical tank
of negligible heat expansion coefficient. Its radius is R and wall thickness is ‘t’ (t <<R). When the
temperature of the liquid is raised by , the tensile stress developed in the walls of the tank is :
(A) BR/2t (B) BR/t (C) 2BR/t (D) BR/4t
24. In two experiments with a continuous flow calorimeter to determine the specific heat capacity of a
liquid, an input power of 60 W produced arise of 10 K in the liquid. When the power was doubled, the
same temperature rise was achieved by making the rate of flow of liquid three times faster. If power loss
in each case is same then find power lost to the surroundings :-
(A) 20 W (B) 30 W (C) 40 W (D) 120 W
25. Two lines AC and BC are drawn on a circular disc as shown in figure. The disc is made of a material
with linear expansion coefficients x > y. Here x and y are linear expansion coefficient for expansion
in x-direction and y-direction respectively. C is the centre of disc. If the disc is heated uniformly. Angle
ACB (=) will
y


x
C B

(A) increase (B) decrease (C) remains constant

(D) may increase or decreases depending on value of temperature increment

MULTIPLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE

26. A uniform cylinder of steel of mass M, radius R is placed on frictionless bearings and set to rotate about its
axis with angular velocity 0. After the cylinder has reached the specified state of rotation, it is heated from
I
temperature T0 to (T0 + T ) without any mechanical contact . If is the fractional change in moment of
I

inertia of the cylinder and  be the fractional change in the angular velocity of the cylinder and  be the
0
coefficient of linear expansion, then

I 2 R I 2  I 2R
(A)  (B) I   (C)   2T (D) 
I R 0 0 I R
27. A calorimeter of specific heat 0.42 J/g°C weighing 40gm contains 50gm of water mixed with
50gm of ice at 0°C and system is in thermal equilibrium. Now steam at 100°C is passed into
the mixture until the temperature rises to 20°C. Take LF = 80 cal/gm, LV = 540 cal/gm. Select
the CORRECT alternatives.
(A) Water equivalent of calorimeter is 4gm.
(B) Water equivalent of calorimeter is 40 gm.
(C) Mass of steam condensed is 9.8 gm.
(D) Mass of steam condensed is 11.26gm.

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28. We wish to prepare a scale whose length does not change with temperature. Let this scale
always has a length of 10 cm. For this we use two different strips of brass and iron each of
different length, whose length would change in such a way that difference between their
lengths remain constant equal to 10 cm. If iron = 1.2 × 10–5/k and brass = 1.8 × 10–5/k, then :
(A) Length of brass strip is 30 cm. (B) Length of brass strip is 20 cm
(C) Length of iron strip is 30 cm. (D) Length of iron strip is 20 cm
29. Heat is supplied to a certain substance at constant rate. Its temperature is plotted against
time as shown. Which of the following conclusions are CORRECT for the given substance:-
temp

time
(A) Specific heat capacity is greater in solid state than in liquid state.
(B) Specific heat capacity is greater in liquid state than in solid state.
(C) Latent heat of vapourisation is greater than latent heat of fusion.
(D) Latent heat of fusion is greater than latent heat of vapourisation.
30. A circular hole is made in a plate. The plate is now heated. Which of the following statements
is/are CORRECT?
(A) radius of the hole starts to decrease
(B) no stress is developed in the material of plate
(C) volume of the plate material will increase
(D) none of these
31. A piece of ice having temperature 0°C is thrown into a thermally insulated container, filled
with water of volume 5 dm3 at a temperature of 50°C. Match the final amount of water in the
container if after the ice melts the temperature of the system is T °C?

35 65
(A) T = 15, V = dm3 (B) T = 0, V = dm3
19 8

130 20
(C) T = 5, V = dm3 (D) T = 10, V = dm3
17 9
32. Which one of the following statements is NOT the explanation for the fact that metal pipes that
carry water often burst during cold winter months?
(A) Water contracts upon freezing while the metal expands at lower temperatures.
(B) The metal contracts to a greater extent than the water.
(C) The interior of the pipe contracts less than the outside of the pipe.
(D) Both the metal and the water expand, but the water expands to a greater extent.
33. Due to thermal expansion, with rise in temperature
(A) Metallic scale reading becomes lesser than true value if  of the metal is greater than  of
the object
(B) Pendulum clock becomes slower
(C) A floating body sinks a little more (assuming temperature of liquid remains unchanged)
(D) The apparent weight of a body in a liquid may decrease (assuming temperature of liquid
remains unchanged)

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34. A vessel of negligible heat capacity is having volume V0 of water at a temperature of T0. From
a faucet above water is falling from a geyser, at constant rate 'r' (volume flow rate). The
temperature of water from geyser is 3T0. The CORRECT statements are
(A) The temperature of water in the vessel increases linearly with time
(B) The temperature of the water in the vessel increases but not linearly with-time
(C) The volume of water in vessel becomes 2V0 when the temperature 2T0

5T0 V0
(D) The temperature of water is after t 
3 2r
35. In order to reduce its diameter, a wire is pulled through a small hole in a metal plate. The wire is made of
metal whose specific heat capacity is 400 J kg–1ºC–1 and on emerging from the hole it has a mass per unit
length of 5 g per m. A steady force of 600 N is applied on wire. If all the heat generated is retained in the
wire, we can calculate the rise in temperature of the wire.

(A) Work done on one kilogram of wire is 120,000 J

(B) Assuming all the work done is converted into heat, the temperature rise of the wire is 300ºC
(C) 0.042 kg wire is produced each second if it emerges from the hole at a speed of 8.4 ms–1.
(D) 0.021 kg wire is produced each second if it emerges from the hole at a speed of 8.4 ms–1.
36. Diagram shows the variation of potential energy with separation between the two atoms for
three different substances. All the objects are nearly at absolute zero temperature. Choose
the CORRECT statement(s) :

U U U

r r r

(parabola)

Substance A Substance B Substance C

(A) Substance 'A' expands on heating

(B) Substance 'B' contracts on heating.
(C) Substance 'C' contracts on heating.
(D) Substance 'B' neither expands nor contracts on heating.
37. Choose the CORRECT statement(s) :-
(A) Heat is the energy in transit.
(B) Heat always flow from object having more thermal energy to the one having lower thermal
energy.
(C) 1 division on Celsius scale is equivalent to 1.8 division on Fahrenheit scale.
(D) Water equivalent of object A (mass 20 kg & specific heat 9.2 J/kg°C) is more than water
equivalent of object B (heat capacity 19 J/kg)

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38. A rod 'PQ' of length '' is pivoted at an end P and freely rotated in a horizontal plane at an
angular speed '' about a vertical axis passing through P. If coefficient of linear expansion of
material of rod is  and temperature of rod is increased by T. Select the CORRECT
alternatives.
(A) Angular momentum of rod about axis of rotation will increase.
(B) Angular momentum of rod about axis of rotation will remains constant.
(C) Final angular velocity of rod after heating is [1 + 2T].
(D) Final angular velocity of rod after heating is [1 – 2T].
39. In a heat insulated vessel there is tap water at 15 oC. We place in it 'n' ice cubes of –15 oC
Swater
taken out of the deep-freezer. Sice = . Each ice cube has same mass as mass of water in
2
vessel.
(A) If n = 1, some ice will melt. (B) If n = 1, some water will freeze.
(C) If n = 2, some water will freeze. (D) If n = 2, final temperature is 0°C
40. A metal rod is shaped into ring with a small gap in between ends. If this rod is heated :
(A) The length of the rod will increase.
(B) The gap will decrease
(C) The gap will increase
(D) The diameter of the ring will increase in the same ratio as the length of the rod.
41. A rod is made of uniform material & a nonuniform cross-section area as shown in the figure,
when the rod is heated. Identify the INCORRECT statements.

Heat

(A) Force of compression in the rod is maximum at mid-section and minimum at ends.
(B) Compressive thermal stress in rod is maximum at left end
(C) Since rod is fixed at both ends so no elongation and hence no strain is induced
(D) Maximum stress in the rod is at right end.
42. Steel blocks A and B, which have equal masses, are at TA = 300°C and TB = 400°C. Block C also of
steel, with mC = 2mA is at TC = 350°C. Blocks A and B are placed in contact, allowed to come to
equilibrium and isolated. Then they are placed in contact with block C. After equilibrium if final
temperature of A, B & C are TA' , T B' & T C' respectively :-

T ' B T 'C T 'A  T ' B

(A) T 'A  T 'B T 'C (B) T ' A  (C)  T 'C (D) 2T 'A  T 'B  T 'C
T 'B  T ' C 2

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43. A fire alarm circuit is as shown. Due to fire the exposed bimetallic strip made of invar and
copper (invar < copper) is heated up. Which of the following will switch on.

Lamp

Bell
Invar V

Copper

F M
Fan Motor

(A) Bell (B) Motor (C) Lamp (D) Fan

44. A well insulated substance in solid state is heated at a constant rate until it vaporizes completely. The
temperature-time graph of the substance is shown below. Which of the following statements is/are true?
Temperature/°C
D E
B C

0 Time/min.

(A) The specific heat capacity of the substance in solid state is greater than that of the substance in liquid
state.
(B) The specific latent heat of fusion of the substance is greater than the specific latent heat of vaporization
of the substance.
(C) If the rate of heating increases, the slope of AB will be increased but the length of BC remains
unchanged.
(D) If the mass of the substance is doubled, the length of DE is also doubled but the slope of CD is
halved.
45. 2 kg water at 100°C and 2.5 kg water at 50°C is kept in two identical containers A and B respectively of
water equivalent 0.5 kg. If water of container A is poured into container B the final temperature of
mixture is T1 and if water of container B is poured into container A the final temperature is T2. (heat loss
is negligible)

100°C 50°C

A B

(A) 15T1 = 14T2 (B) T1 = T2 (C) T1 = 70°C (D) T2 = 70° C

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INTEGER/NUMERICAL/SUBJECTIVE TYPE
46. A thin copper wire has a length L at 0°C. When heated to t°C, its length increases by 0.1 %. If
a thin copper plate of dimension L × 3L is heated through the same range of temperature, its
surface area gets increased by x %. Fill value of 10x.
47. You have an insulated cup containing 160 g of water at a temperature 90°C. You add to it 10 g of
milk with a temperature of 10°C. Assuming the specific heat of the water and milk are the same, what
is the final temperature (in°C) of the mixture ? Round off to nearest integer.
48. A rod of length 2 10m initially at 100K is heated till its temperature increases to 200K. If
coefficient of linear expansion of the rod is given by  = 0xT, where 0 = 2 × 10–11 S.I. unit, x
is distance measured from one end of the rod (in m) & T is temperature in kelvin. Find the
change in length (in µm) of the rod.
49. In two calorimeters we poured 200 g of water each - at temperatures of +30 ° C and +40 ° C. From the
"hot" calorimeter 50 g of water, is poured into "cold" calorimeter and stirred. Then, from "cold" calorimeter
50 g of water is poured in "hot" and again stirred. How many times do you have to pour the same portion of
water back and forth so that the temperature difference between water in the calorimeters becomes less
than 3 ° C? Heat loss during the transfer and heat capacity of calorimeters is neglected.
50. A brass rod is 69.5 cm long and an aluminum rod is 49.0 cm long when both rods are at an
initial temperature of 0ºC. The rods are placed in line with a gap of 1.5cm between them. The
distance between the far ends of the rods is maintained at 120.0 cm throughout. The
temperature is raised until the two rods are barely in contact. The coefficients of linear
expansion of br ass and al uminum ar e 2.0 × 10–5 K–1 and 2.4 × 10–5 K–1 respectively. In figure,
the temperature (in ºC) at which contact of the rods just occurs is x. x/585 ( to the nearest
integer) is
120.0cm

69.5cm 49.0cm
brass aluminum

51. We throw a lead sphere of mass 600 gm at 90°C and a steel sphere of mass 100 gm at 60°C into water at
74°C. The lead sphere cools by as many degrees as the steel sphere gains. What was the mass of water (in
gm)? Take Slead = 127 J/kg°C, Ssteel = 454 J/kg°C, Swater = 4200 J/kg°C.
52. A rod PQ of length l = 1 m is pivoted at an end P and is freely rotating in a horizontal plane at an angular
speed  about a vertical axis passing through P. If coefficient of linear expansion of material of rod is  =
2×10–4 / °C then calculate percentage change in its angular speed (in multiple of 10–1) if the temperature of
system is increased by T = 10°C.
53. Clay ball is thrown at a velocity of 10 m / s at an angle = 37° to the horizon towards a wall located at a
distance of 6.4 m from the point of projection. The ball sticks to the wall. Assuming that all the kinetic
energy went to heat it, find the temperature change in the ball. Specific heat of clay is (2.5 × 103 SI
units).Express your answer in A × 10–4 and fill A in OMR sheet.
54. A flask of volume 2 liter, containing a piece of iron, volume 1 dm3, is filled to the brim with water. How much
water will overflow in mm3 if the temperature is raised from 10°C to 60°C ? (The coefficient of linear
expansion of iron is 12 × 10–6/°C, that of glass 8 × 10–6/°C and the coefficient of volume expansion of
water is 1.8 × 10–4 /°C)
55. Many species cool themselves by sweating, because as the sweat evaporates, heat is given up
to the surroundings. A human exercising strenuously has an evaporative heat loss rate of
about 290 W. If a person exercises strenuously for 14 min, how much water (in gm) must he
drink to replenish his fluid loss? The heat of vaporization of water is 580 cal/g at normal skin
temperature. If your answer is N fill value N/25. (Take 1 cal = 4.2 J)

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56. A steel rod at 25°C is bolted at both ends and then cooled. By how many °C should the rod be cooled so
N
that it will rupture? Assume that till rupture, Hooke's law is obeyed. If your answer is N fill value of .
40
(steel = 10 × 10–6/°C, Y = 2 × 1011N/m2 and b (breaking stress of steel rod) = 4 × 108 N/m2)

57. We would like to increase the length of a 15 cm long copper rod of cross-section 4 mm2 by
1mm. The energy absorbed by the rod if it is heated is E1. The energy absorbed by the rod if it
is stretched slowly is E2. Then find E1/E2. If your answer is x fill value of x/100.
[Various parameters of Copper are: Density = 9 × 103 kg/m3, Thermal coefficient of linear
expansion = 8 × 10–5 K–1, Young's modulus = 135 × 109 Pa, Specific heat = 400 J/kg-K]

58. Steel wire of length 'L' at 40°C is suspended from the 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 its original length 'L'. The coefficient of linear thermal expansion of the steel is
10–5/°C, Young's modulus of steel is 1011 N/m2 and radius of the wire is 1 mm. Assume that L >> diameter of the wire.
Then the value of m (in kg) is. (Round off to nearest integer).

59. An object A of mass 2 kg is moving on a frictionless horizontal track has perfectly inelastic
collision with another object B of mass 3 kg made of the same material and moving in front of
A in same direction. Their common speed after the collision is 4 m/s. Due to the collision the
temperature of the two objects, which was initially the same, is increased, though only by
0.006°C. The specific heat capacities of the two objects are the same : 0.5 kJ/kg°C.What was
the initial speed (in m/s )of the colliding object A before the collision?
60. A mercury thermometer reads 50°C when mercury is at 5.5 cm mark and 40°C when mercury is at
4.4 cm mark. The temperature when mercury is at 1.1 cm mark is 2 N (in degree Celsius). Find N
61. A liquid A is kept flowing through a tube while it is cooled by water surrounding the tube. The temperature
of the incoming liquid A is 60°C and that of the outgoing liquid A is 30°C. The capacity of the cooler
tank is 60 liter and the water in it is completely changed in every hour. The initial temperature of the
cooling water is 10°C and it is 20°C when it is changed. What is the amount of the liquid (in kg) that
N
goes through the tube in one hour? If your answer is N. Fill value of . (Take : Specific heat capacity
150
of water Swater = 4200 J/kg-K, Sliquid A = 140 J/kg-K, density of water = 1000 kg/m3 )

62. A glass flask contains some mercury at room temperature. It is found that at different temperatures the
volume of air inside the flask remains the same. If the volume of mercury in the flask is 300 cm3, then
N
find the volume of the flask. If your answer is N (in cm3). Fill value of .
250
[Given that coefficient of volume expansion of mercury and coefficient of linear expansion of glass are
1.8 × 10–4 (°C)–1 and 9 × 10–6 (°C)–1 respectively]

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63. A locomotive wheel is to be fitted with a steel band. The 21 kg steel band of diameter 1m has a temperature
of 20°C and diameter 6 × 10–4 m less than that of the wheel. It is proposed to condense some steam at
100°C on the steel band so that it can fit on the wheel. What is the mass of steam required (in gm). If
N
your answer is N fill value of .
50
Ssteel = 570 J/kg°C, Swater = 4200 J/kg°C, steel = 12 × 10–6/°C, Lsteam = 540 cal/gm.
64. A rod of length 1000 mm and coefficient of linear expansion  = 10–4 per degree is placed symmetrically
between fixed walls separated by 1001 mm. The Young’s modulus of the rod is 1011 N/m2. If the
temperature is increased by 20°C, then the stress developed in the rod is given by  MPa. Fill .

1000mm

1001mm

65. A thermally insulated vessels contains two liquids with initial temperature T1 and T2 and specific heats
C0 and 2C0, separated by a non conducting partition. The partition is removed, and the difference between
the initial temperature of one of the liquids and the temperature T established in the vessel turns out to be
M1
equal to half the difference between the initial temperatures of the liquids. Determine the ratio of of
M2
the masses of the liquids.

M1 , T1 M2 , T2
C0 2C0

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ANSWER KEY
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. B
6. A 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. C
11. B 12. B 13. D 14. B 15. D
16. A 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. A
21. C 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. B
26. A,C 27. A,C 28. B,C 29. B,C 30. B,C
31. B,C 32. A,B,C,D 33. A,B,D 34. B,C,D 35. A,B,C
36. A,C,D 37. A, C 38. B,D 39. A,D 40. A,C,D
41. A,C,D 42. A,C,D 43. A,C 44. B,D 45. A,C
46. 2 47. 85 48. 6 49. 5 50. 1
51. 110 52. 4 53. 136 54. 8400 55. 4
56. 5 57. 1 58. 3 59. 7 60. 5
61. 4 62. 8 63. 5 64. 100 65. 2

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