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EXERCISE
LEVEL – 01 (Conceptual)
1. The number of molecules in 1 cm3 of an ideal gas at 0°C and at a pressure of 10–5 mm of mercury
is –
(A) 2.7 × 1011 (B) 3.5 × 1011
(C) 6.0 × 1023 (D) 6 × 1012

2. In the ideal gas equation PV = nRT, the value of universal gas constant would depend on –
(A) The nature of the gas
(B) The temperature of the gas
(C) Pressure of the gas
(D) none of these

3. An ideal gas at 17°C has a pressure of 760 mm of Hg. The gas is compressed at constant
temperature until its volume becomes halved. The final pressure of the gas will be –
(A) 2010 mm of Hg (B) 1890 mm of Hg
(C) 1520 mm of Hg (D) 1650 mm of Hg

4. A perfect gas at 27°C is heated at constant pressure so as to double its volume. The temperature
of the gas will be –
(A) 300°C (B) 327°C
(C) 600°C (D) 54°C

5. If a gas obey Boyle's law, then the shape of graph between PV and V will be –

(A) PV (B) PV

V V

(C) PV (D) PV

V V

6. For an ideal gas, the heat capacity at constant pressure is larger than that at constant volume
because–
(A) work is done during expansion of the gas by the external pressure
(B) work is done during expansion by the gas against external pressure
(C) work is done during expansion by the gas against intermolecular forces of attraction
(D) more collisions occur per unit time when volume is kept constant
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7. An ideal gas goes from the state i to the state f as shown in figure. The work done by the gas
during the process.
P
f

i
T
(A) Is positive
(B) Is negative
(C) Is zero
(D) Cannot be obtained from this information

8. In the figure shown here, the work done in the process ACBA is –

A
3P0
Pressure

P0 B
C
V0 Volume 3V0

(A) 4P0V0 (B) 6P0V0

(C) –2P0V0 (D) –4P0V0

9. Consider the cyclic process ABCA on a sample of 2.0 mol of an ideal gas as shown in fig. The
temperature of the gas at (A) and (B) are 300K and 500K respectively. A total of 1200 J heat is
with drawn from the sample in the process. Find the work done by the gas in part BC. Take R =
8.3 J/mol –K

P C

A B
V
(A) –3000 J (B) + 3000 J
(C) – 4520 J (D) +4500 J

10. 110 J of heat are added to a gaseous system by which internal energy increases by 40 J, the
amount of work done is –
(A) 150 J (B) 70 J
(C) 110 J (D) 40 J
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11. When a hot liquid is mixed with a cold liquid, the temperature of the mixture –
(A) First decrease then becomes constant.
(B) First increases then become constant.
(C) Continuously increases.
(D) Is undefined for some time and then becomes nearly constant.

12. Utensils used for efficient cooking should have-

(A) Large heat capacity (B) Small heat capacity
(C) Medium heat capacity (D) Any heat capacity

13. An electric heater of power 1000W raises the temperature of 5 kg of a liquid from 25°C to 31°C
in 2 minutes. Heat capacity of the liquid is –
(A) 2 × 104 J/°C (B) 1 × 104 J/°C
(C) 3 × 104 J/°C (D) 4 × 104 J/°C

14. The water equivalent of a 400 g copper calorimeter (specific heat = 0.1 cal/g°C)
(A) 40 g (B) 4000 g
(C) 200 g (D) 4 g

15. If specific heat of a substance is infinite, it means –

(A) Heat is given out
(B) Heat is taken in
(C) No change in temperature takes place whether heat is taken in or given out
(D) All of the above

16. Which of the following cylindrical rods will conduct most heat, when their ends are maintained
at the same steady temperature.
(A) length 100 cm, radius 1 cm (B) length 100 cm, radius 2 cm
(C) length 200 cm, radius 2 cm (D) length 200 cm, radius 1 cm

17. Heat is flowing through the cylindrical rods of the same material. The diameters of the rods are
in the ratio 1 : 2 and their lengths are in the ratio 2 : 1. If the temperature difference between
their ends is the same then the ratio of the amount of heat conducted through them per unit
time will be-
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 2 : 1
(C) 1 : 4 (D) 1 : 8

18. When two ends of a rod wrapped with cotton are maintained at different temperatures and after
some time every point of the rod attains a constant temperature, then –
(A) Conduction of heat at different points of the rod stops because the temperature is not
increasing.
(B) Rod is bad conductor of heat
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(C) Heat is being radiated from each point of the rod

(D) Each point of the rod is giving heat to its neighbour at the same rate at which it is receiving
heat.

19. The amount of thermal radiation emitted per second by a surface depends upon –
(A) Nature of the surface only
(B) Area of the surface only
(C) Difference of temperature between surface and its surrounding only.
(D) All of the above.

20. A slab consist of two parallel layers of copper and brass of the same thickness and having
thermal conductivities in the ratio 1 : 4. If the free face of brass is at 100°C and that of copper
at 0°C, the temperature of interface is-
(A) 80°C (B) 20°C
(C) 60°C (D) 40°C

21. When a metal rod is heated it expands because–

(A) The size of its atom increases
(B) The distance among its atom increases
(C) Atmospheric air rushes into it
(D) The actual cause is still unknown

22. If the length of a cylinder on heating increases by 2%, the area of its base will increase by –
(A) 0.5% (B) 2%
(C) 1% (D) 4%

23. A uniform metal rod is used as a bar pendulum. If the room temperature rises by 10°C, and the
coefficient of linear expansion of the metal of the rod is 2 × 10–6 per °C, the period of the
pendulum will have percentage increase of –
(A) –2 × 10–3 (B) –1 × 10–3
(C) 2 × 10–3 (D) 1 × 10–3

24. Expansion during heating–

(A) Occurs only in solids
(B) Increases the weight of a material
(C) Decreases the density of a material
(D) Occurs at the same rate for all solids and liquids

25. When a rod is heated but prevented from expanding, the stress developed is independent of –
(A) Material of the rod (B) Rise in temperature
(C) Length of rod (D) None of above
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26. A steel rod of length 25 cm has a cross–sectional area of 0.8 cm2. The force required to stretch
this rod by the same amount as the expansion produced by heating it through 10°C is coefficient
of linear expansion of steel is 10–5 °C–1. Young's modulus of steel is 2 × 1010 N/m2.
(A) 40 N (B) 80 N
(C) 120 N (D) 160 N

27. A thin copper wire of length L increases in length by 1% when heated from temperature T1 to T2.
What is the percentage change in area when a thin copper plate having dimension 2L × L is
heated from T1 to T2 –
(A) 1% (B) 3%
(C) 2% (D) 4%

28. An anisotropic material has coefficient of linear thermal expansion 1, 2 and 3 along x, y and
z–axis respectively. Coefficient of cubical expansion of its material will be equal to-
(A) 1 + 2 + 3 (B) 1 + 22 + 33
 1 + 2 + 3
(C) 31 + 22 + 3 (D)
3

29. 45 gm of alcohol are needed to completely fill up a weight thermometer at 15°C. Find the weight
of alcohol which will overflow when the weight thermometer is heated to 33°C.
(Given a = 121 × 10–5 °C–1)
(A) 0.98 gm (B) 0.9 gm
(C) 1 gm (D) 2 gm

30. A long capillary tube of uniform bore contains a thread of mercury which at 0°C is 100 cm long
and at 100°C it is 101.55 cm. If the coefficient of real expansion of mercury is 1.82 × 10–4 °C–1,
find the coefficient of linear expansion of glass.
(A) 3 × 10–6 /°C (B) 9 × 10–6 /°C
(C) 3 × 10–8 /°C (D) 9 × 10–8 /°C
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LEVEL – 02 (Understanding)
Multiple Choice Type
1. The heat capacity of a body depends on–
(A) the heat given (B) the temperature raised
(C) the mass of the body (D) the material of the body

2. If heat is supplied to a solid, its temperature–

(A) must increase (B) may increase
(C) may remain constant (D) may decrease

3. The temperature of a solid object is observed to be constant during a period. In this period–
(A) heat may have been supplied to the body
(B) heat may have been extracted from the body
(C) no heat is supplied to the body
(D) no heat is extracted from the body

4. According to kinetic theory of gases, 0 K is that temperature at which–

(A) pressure of ideal gas is zero
(B) volume of ideal gas is zero
(C) internal energy of ideal gas is zero
(D) ideal gas liquefies

5. One gram molecule of nitrogen occupies 2 × 104 cm3 at a pressure of 106 dyne cm–2. Given: NA =
6 × 1023. Which of the following is correct?
1
(A) The value of kT is × 10–13 erg
3
1
(B) The value of kT is × 10–13 erg
4
(C) Mean kinetic energy per molecule is 5 × 10–14 erg
(D) Mean kinetic energy per molecule is 9.8 erg

1
6. The mean kinetic energy of the molecules of a gas is th of its value at 127°C. The temperature
4
of the gas is–
(A) 100 K (B) –173°C
(C) 8°F (D) 9°R

7. A certain amount of perfect gas undergoes changes in pressure and volume as shown in figure.
During this change–
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20
15
10
5
V
0 2 4 6 8 10
(A) no heat is absorbed by the gas from outside
(B) external work is done by the gas
(C) the temperature of the gas is constant
(D) the internal energy of the gas remains constant

8. Three identical adiabatic containers A, B and C contain helium, neon and oxygen respectively at
equal pressure and equal number of moles. The gases are pushed to half their original volumes.
(A) The final temperatures in the three containers will be the same
(B) The final pressures of helium and oxygen will be the same but that of neon will be different
(C) The final pressure of helium and neon will be the same but that of oxygen will be different
(D) The final temperatures of helium and neon will be the same but that of oxygen will be
different

9. In steady state–
(A) Temperature does not change with time
(B) There is no absorption of heat
(C) There is no flow of heat
(D) All parts of the body are at same temp.

10. The energy radiated by a body depends on–

(A) area of body (B) mass of body
(C) temperature of body (D) nature of surface

11. Which of the following statements is correct?

(A) Bimetal is used in metal thermometers
(B) Bimetal is used in thermostats for regulating the heating or cooling of rooms
(C) Bimetal relays are used to open or close electric circuits.
(D) Bimetals are used to generate electricity

12. A solid sphere and a hollow sphere of the same material and of equal radii are heated to the
same temperature.
(A) Both will emit equal amount of radiation per unit time in the beginning
(B) Both will absorb equal amount of radiation from the surrounding in the beginning
(C) The initial rate of cooling (dT/dt) will be the same for the two spheres
(D) The two spheres will have equal temperatures at any instant
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Passed Based Questions

Passage-1 (13 to 15)
Long long ago, In the northern part of Russia where water is available in the form of ice. To
drink water people devise some mechanical kind of instrument to prepare water from ice.
First they put ice into a pocket which is made by skin of animal whose heat capacity is negligible
and put the system on the ground. With some mechanical arrangement they lift a heavy stone
of mass 50 kg upto a height of 2.1 m and released so that it falls free under gravity and strikes
to ice which is kept in animal skin pocket. The loss in potential energy in this process goes into
the ice in the form of heat. This process is repeated till the whole ice is melted and raised to
required temperature. Time taken in one complete cycle of lifting the stone for 2.1 m and falling
it on the ice is termed as time period for the process. Under the given observation answer the
following questions.
(g = 10 m/s2, Lf = 3.36 × 105)

13. If time period is 2 sec then amount of ice at 0°C melted in 1 minute is (All loss in energy goes to
ice)
(A) 90 gm (B) 93.75 gm
(C) 95 gm (D) 98 gm

14. In what time 1 kg of ice at –10°C will be converted to water at 10°C If time period is
2 sec. (Assume 50% loss in energy goes to ice)
(A) 25.33 minute (B) 30.33 minute
(C) 33.33 minute (D) 40 minutes

15. If animal skin pocket is not perfectly non-conducting then the time calculated in Q.14 will be –
(A) increase
(B) decrease
(C) does not depend on pocket nature
(D) may be increase or decrease it depends on time period

Passage-2 (16 to 18)

All the gas obey's ideal gas law P = nRT. Where n is the number of mole per unit volume of the gas.
An experiment is performed on O2 gas kept in a cylinder fitted with piston of cross-section area
10 cm2. The gas is allowed to leak to the surrounding if pressure of the gas increases to 1.5 atm,
and air (N2 + O2) comes in the cylinder if pressure decreases to 0.5 atm. It indicate in any case
pressure of gas cannot be more than 1.5 atm and less than 0.5 atm. Initially volume of gas is
1m3.

16. What is the maximum mass that can be put over the piston –
(A) 10 kg (B) 1kg
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(C) 5kg (D) 1/2kg

17. How much external force should be applied to piston to get minimum pressure –
(A) 10 N (B) 50 N
(C) 5 N (D) 20 N

18. If the process is repeated very large number of times and it is found that O2 and N2 both has
equal no. of mole then find the mass of gas if temperature is 300 K and pressure is 1 atm and
volume 10 litre –
(A) 32 gm (B) 60 gm
(C) 12 gm (D) 28 gm

Passage-3 (19 to 21)

A fresher student of Career Point found that his last year Heat & thermodynamic note book is
destroyed by cockroach. He tries to prepare fresh note book for the same topic while copying
the available information and applying his own logical thinking on the part which is deformed by
cockroach. But he feels helpless in one part where he is not able to identify missing information.
He copied the information regarding a cyclic process in which incomplete graphs are shown.

A B
1 atm A

P
P 1 D V
atm
2
(i) (ii) (iii)
3 3 800 K
200 cm
100 cm 200 K 400 K 400 K
V T T
Graph (i) does not contain the information regarding process, BC, CD & DA and Graph (ii) does
not contain information about process AB, BC & CD. Graph (iii) contains a process but does not
indicate which process it is from AB, BC, CD or DA. Student has gathered the information that
process CD is a isobaric compression.
In light of above discussion answer the following question.

19. Which process does the graph (iii) represent

(A) AB (B) BC
(C) CD (D) DA

20. What is the net work done in the cyclic process

(A) 5 J (B) 10 J
5 15
(C) J (D) J
2 2

21. Graph (iii) represent

(A) heating of gas (B) cooling of gas
(C) Isobaric process (D)Isothermal process
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Passage-4 (22 to 24)

The body radiates energy or cools down to surrounding depends on the temperature of the
surrounding. It says that the rate of heat loss to the surrounding at higher temperature is more
than that of the body at lower temperature.
To perform that we take a metal ball of mass 1 kg is heated by means of a 20 W heater in a
room at 20°C. The temperature of the ball rises continuously but the rate of increase in
temperature decreases continuously and finally it becomes zero, when the temperature of the
ball reaches to 50°C. Corresponding to above observation answer the following questions

22. Find the rate of loss of heat to the surrounding when the ball is at 50°C.
(A) 10 W (B) 15 W
(C) 20 W (D) 25 W

23. Assuming Newton’s law of cooling calculate the rate of heat loss to the surrounding when the
ball is at 30°C –
10 20
(A) W (B) W
3 3
30 40
(C) W (D) W
3 3

24. Assume that the temperature of the ball rises uniformly from 20°C to 30°C in 5 minutes find
the total loss of heat to the surrounding during this period –
(A) 250 J (B) 500 J
(C) 750 J (D) 1000 J

Match Matrix Type

25. Match the column.
Column-I Column-II
A. Final mixture contain only water P. 1 kg of ice at –50°C is mixed with 1×10–2kg of
water at 0°C
B. Final mixture contain only ice Q. 1
1 kg of ice at 0° with kg of steam at 100°C
3
C. Final mixture contain only steam R. 1
kg of water at 100°C with 1.8 kg of steam of
3
200°C
D. Final temperature is 100°C S. 1 kg of ice at 0°C with 1 kg of water at 100°C

(A) A → P, S; B → P; C → R; D → Q,R
(B) A → P, S; B → Q; C → R; D → Q,P
(C) A → S, S; B → P; C → Q; D → Q,S
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(D) A → Q, S; B → P; C → R; D → Q,R

26. Match the column.

Column-I Column-II
A. Thermal energy of A changes P. When liquid A and B are mixed
B. Thermal energy of B changes Q. When liquid A and C are mixed
C. 35 R. When liquid B and C are mixed
Final temperature is °C
3
D. 90 S. When all three liquids are mixed
Final temperature is °C
7

Three liquids A, B and C are in three separate containers. Temperature at A, B and C are 10°C,
15°C and 20°C. Mass of each liquid is same. Relation among specific heat capacity of A, B and C
are SA = 2SB = 4SC
(A) A → R,Q, S; B → Q,R,S; C → P, D→P
(B) A → P,Q, S; B → P,R,S; C → P, D→S
(C) A → P,Q, R; B → S,R,Q; C → Q, D→S
(D) A → P,Q, S; B → P,Q,R; C → S, D→Q

27. Match the column.

The diagrams below shows different processes for a given amount of an ideal gas. Match
columns I & II –

V P
f f
(i) (ii)
i i
P T

V P
f f
(iii) (iv)
i i
T V
Column-I Column-II
A. In fig. (i) P. Temperature must increase
B. In fig. (ii) Q. Pressure must increase
C. In fig. (iii) R. Volume must increase
D. In fig. (iv) S. Temperature may increase

(A) A → P, S; B → P, Q; C → P, R; D → Q, R, P
(B) A → R, S; B → P, Q; C → P, R; D → Q, R, S
(C) A → S, Q; B → R, Q; C → S, R; D → P, R, S
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(D) A → P, Q; B → R, S; C → P, Q; D → P, R, S

28. Match the column.

Column-I Column-II
A. Mean square speed P. 2RT
M0
B. RMS speed of gas molecule Q. 8RT
M0
C. Average speed of gas molecule R. 3RT
M0
D. Most probable speed of gas molecule S. v 21 + v 22 + ...... + vN2
N
For a monoatomic gas at temp T, match the following.
(A) A → P ; B → Q ; C → R ; D → S
(B) A → R ; B → Q ; C → S ; D → P
(C) A → R ; B → P ; C → Q ; D → Q
(D) A → S ; B → R ; C → Q ; D → P

29. Match the column.

Column-I Column-II
A. AB P. W > 0
B. BC Q. W < 0
C. CD R. Q > 0
D. DA S. Q < 0
W-represents work done by the system and Q represents heat absorbed by the system
(TA < TD)

A D

P
B C
V
(A) A → P; B → Q,S; C → Q; D → R
(B) A → Q; B → P,S; C → S; D → R
(C) A → S; B → P,R; C → R; D → Q
(D) A → P; B → Q,R; C → S; D → P

30. Match the column.

Column-I Column-II
A. Isochoric Heating P. Q>O
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B. Isobaric Expansion Q. W>O

C. Isothermal Expansion R. U>O
D. Adiabatic Expansion S. W<O
For various thermodynamic processes, match the following -
(A) A → P,Q,R ; B → P,Q,R; C → Q,R; D → P
(B) A → P,R,S ; B → P,Q,R; C → Q,R; D → Q
(C) A → S,R,Q ; B → S,Q,R; C → S,R; D → R
(D) A → P,Q,S ; B → R,P,Q; C → P,R; D → S
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LEVEL – 03 (In Depth)

Subjective Question
1. Two solid bodies of equal masses are heated at a uniform rate under identical conditions. The
change in temperature in the two cases is shown graphically. What are their melting points?
100
80 I
Temperature60 II
40
20
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Time

2. Ice of mass 600 g and at temperature –10 °C is placed into a copper vessel heated to
350 °C. As a result, the vessel now contains 550 g ice mixed with water. Find the mass of the
vessel. The specific heat of copper c = 0.1 cal g–1 °C–1. Specific latent heat of ice = 80 cal g–1,
specific heat of ice = 0.5 cal g–1 °C–1.

3. If 10% of the energy released due to the freezing of 1kg of water at 0 °C, were utilized to lift a
100 kg man, how high could he be lifted ? [ g = 10 m/s2, Lf = 3.36 × 105 J/kg ]

4. Equal volumes of three liquids of densities 1, 2 and 3, specific heat capacities c1, c2 and c3 and
temperatures t1, t2 and t3, respectively are mixed together, What is the temperature of the
mixture? Assume no change in volume on mixing.

5. During an experiment, an ideal gas is found to obey an additional law PV2 = constant. The gas is
initially at a temperature T and volume V. Find the temperature when it expands to a volume 2
V.

6. A gas in a vessel is at a pressure of 10 atmosphere and temperature of 27 °C. If

1
th of the amount of gas be released from the vessel and temperature of the remaining gas is
4
increased to 77 °C, what is the pressure of the gas?

7. Air is pumped into an automobile tyre’s tube upto a pressure of 200 kPa in the morning when
the air temperature is 20 °C. During the day the temperature rises to 40 °C and the tube expands
by 2%. Calculate the pressure of the air in the tube at this temperature.

8. Assume that the temperature remains essentially constant in the upper part of the atmosphere.
Obtain an expression for the variation in pressure in the upper atmosphere with height. The
mean molecular weight of air is M. Acceleration due to gravity is constant and is equal to g.
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p0
9. One mole of an ideal gas undergoes a process p =
1 + (V / V0 )2
where p0 and V0 are constants. Find the temperature of the gas when V = V0.

 Cp 
10. The initial pressure and volume of a given mass of gas  =   are P0 and V0. The gas can
C 
 V 
exchange heat with the surrounding. (a) It is slowly compressed to a volume V0/2 and then
suddenly compressed to V0/4. Find the final pressure (b) If the gas is suddenly compressed from
the volume V0 to V0/2 and then slowly compressed to V0/4, what will be the final pressure ?

11. Find the specific heat capacities CV and CP for a gaseous mixture consisting of 8 g of oxygen and
20 g of argon. The gases are assumed to be ideal.

12. A system receives 200 kJ of heat at constant volume and rejects 220 kJ of heat at constant
pressure. The work done on the system is 40 kJ. The system is brought to the original state by
an adiabatic process. If the initial internal energy is 240 kJ, calculate, work done during adiabatic
process representing the processes on PV diagram.

13. Find the change in the internal energy of 2 kg of water as it is heated from 0 °C to
4 °C. The specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J/kg-K and its densities at 0 °C and
4 °C are 999.9 kg/m3 and 1000 kg/m3 respectively. Atmospheric pressure = 105 Pa.

14. The internal energy of a monoatomic ideal gas is 1.5 nRT. One mole of helium is kept in a cylinder
of cross-section A = 8.5 cm2. The cylinder is closed by a light frictionless piston. The gas is slowly
heated in a process during which a total of 42 J heat is given to the gas. If the temperature rises
through 2 °C, find the displacement (dx) of the piston. Atmospheric pressure = 100 kPa.

15. A steel frame ( K= 45 W/m °C) of total length 60 cm and cross-sectional area 0.20 cm2 forms
three sides of squire. The free ends are maintained at 20 °C and 40 °C Find the rate of heat flow
through a cross-section of the frame.

16. The temperature of a room is maintained uniform through out the room at 15 °C by a heater of
resistance 25 ohms connected to 220 volts mains. Calculate the temperature outside if heat
transmitted through a glass window of thickness 0.4 cm, and area 1 square. metre [K for glass
= 0.002 C. G. S. units and J = 4.2 joule/cal

17. Two slabs A and B of conductivities 126 and 168 SI units respectively and of same area and same
thickness are placed in contact along their surfaces. The temperature of the outward surfaces
of A and B are respectively 100 °C & 30 °C. Calculate the temperature of the surface in contact.
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18. The rods of copper, brass and steel are welded together to form a Y shape as shown in the
figure. The cross-section area of each rod is 4 × 10–4 m2 . The end of the copper rod is maintained
at 100 °C and the ends of brass and steel rod at 0 °C. Assume that there is no loss of heat from
the surface of the rods. The length of the rods are, copper 0.46 m, brass 0.12 m and steel 0.12
m.
Q3 = 0°C Q2 = 0°C
T2
T3
Brass
Steel T
Copper

T1 = 100°C
(a) What is the temperature of the junction point?
(b) What is the heat current in each rod under steady conditions —
Kcu = 386.4; KBrass = 109.2
and KSteel = 50.4 S.I. units

19. A semicircular rod is joined at its end to a straight rod of the same material and the same cross-
sectional area. The straight rod forms a diameter of the other rod. The junctions are maintained
at different temperatures. Find the ratio of the heat transferred through a cross-section of the
semicircular rod to the heat transferred through a cross-section of the straight rod in the given
time.

20. What should be lengths of steel and copper rod so that the length of steel rod is 5 cm longer than
the copper rod at all temperatures?
( for copper = 1.7 × 10–5 per ºC and  for steel = 1.1 × 10–5 perºC)

Numerical Value Type

21. Three rods of equal length are joined to form an equilateral triangle ABC. D is midpoint of AB.
The coefficient of linear expansion is 1 for AB, and 2 for AC and BC. If the distance DC remains
constant for small changes in temperature & 1 = n2, then value of n is;
A D  B

 

22. A metallic bar is heated from 0°C to 100°C. The coefficient of linear expansion is 10–5 K–1. What
will be the percentage increase in length-
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23. A uniform metal rod is used as a bar pendulum. If the room temperature rises by 10°C, and the
coefficient of linear expansion of the metal of the rod is 2 × 10–6 per °C, the period of the
pendulum will have percentage increase of-

24. A brass rod and a lead rod each 80.00 cm long at 0°C are clamped together at one end with
their free ends coinciding. The separation of the free ends of the rods if the system is placed in
steam bath is (coefficients of linear expansions of brass and lead are 2×10–5 /°C and 1.0 × 10–5/°C
respectively)

25. Three rods of the same dimensions have thermal conductivities 3k, 2k and k. They are arranged
as shown, with their ends at 100°C, 50°C and 0°C. The temperature of their junction is –
50°C

100°C 2k
3k
k

0°C

26. An aluminium sphere 10 cm in diameter is suspended by a fine thread inside an evacuated jar,
so that it can lose heat only by radiation. The sphere is initially at temperature 127°C. Then the
initial net rate of heat loss of the sphere is (given density of aluminium 2.7 g/cm3, emissivity 
= 0.1 and specific heat s = 0.92 J/gK) – (Surrounding temperature = 27°C)

27. A and B are two points on a uniform metal ring whose centre is C. The angle ACB = . A and B
are maintained at two different constant temperatures. When  = 180°, the rate of total heat
flow from A to B is 1.2W. When  = 90°, this rate will be –

28. A planet is at an average distance d from the sun, and its average surface temperature is T.
Assume that the planet receives energy only from the sun, and loses energy only through
radiation from its surface. Neglect atmospheric effects. If T  d–n, the value of n is –

29. Two spherical vessels of equal volume are connected by a narrow tube. The apparatus contains
an ideal gas at one atmosphere and 300K. Now if one vessel is immersed in a bath of constant
temperature 600K and the other in a bath of constant temperature 300K, then the common
pressure will be –

30. A piston shown in figure can move freely inside a non-conducting cylinder. One mole of an ideal
gas ( = 1.5) is in left chamber and right chamber is evacuated. Initially the piston is held at
middle of cylinder and temperature of gas is 300K. If the piston is released suddenly,
temperature of gas will become–
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31. The pressure and density of a diatomic gas of constant mass ( = 7/5 ) changes adiabatically from
( P, ) to (P´, ´) if ´/ = 32 then P'/P should be

32. One mole of a perfect gas, initially at a pressure and temperature of 105 N/m2 and 300 K
respectively expands isothermally until its volume is doubled and then adiabatically until its
volume is again doubled. Find the total work done during the isothermal and adiabatic processes.
(Given  = 1.4, n2 = 0.693, 20.4 = 1.319)

33. In an isothermal and reversible expansion of 96 g of oxygen at 27°C temperature, the work done
is 900 R log102. The ratio of final to initial volume is–

34. A closed container of volume 0.02m3 contains a mixture of neon and argon gases, at a temperature
of 27°C and pressure of 1×105Nm–2. The total mass of the mixture is 28g. If the molar masses of
neon and argon are 20 and 40g per mole, respectively, then the mass of the neon in the container,
assuming them to be ideal is –

35. We have a jar A filled with gas characterized by parameters P, V and T and another jar B filled
V
with gas with parameters 2P, and 2T, where the symbols have their usual meanings. The ratio
4
of the number of molecules of jar A to those of jar B is –

36. The density of an unknown gas at 97°C and 0.95 atmosphere is 2.5 gm/lit. Assuming the gas to
be an ideal one, the molecular weight of this gas should be nearly (in g/mol) –

37. Hydrogen gas is filled in a vessel at 20°C at a certain pressure. Some gas is allowed to escape
from the vessel and the temperature of the vessel is then raised to 40°C to obtain the same
pressure. Then the fraction of the gas allowed to escape is –

38. The specific heat of a substance is given by C = a + bT, where a = 1.12 kJ kg–1c–1 and
b = 0.016 kJ – kg c–1k–1. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1.2 kg of the
material from 280 K to 312 K is –

39. 5 g of steam at 100°C is passed into 6 g of ice at 0°C. If the latent heats of steam and ice are
540 cal/g and 80 cal/g, then the final temperature is–

40. In a heating experiment, it was noted that the temperature of liquid in a beaker rose at 4.0 K
per minute just before it began to boil, and that 40 minute later, all the liquid had boiled away.
For this liquid, what is the numerical ratio :
specific heat capacity
specific latent heat of vaporisation
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ANSWERS KEY
LEVEL - 01
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B D C B D B C C C B
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
D B A A C B D D D A
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
B D D C C D C A A B

LEVEL - 02
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
CD BC AB ABC AC AB BCD CD AB ACD
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
ABC AB B A A C B C B A
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
B C B D D B B D C B

LEVEL – 03

1. 60°C; 40°C 2. 200g

1c1t 1 + 2c2 t 2 + 3c3 t 3

3. 33.6m 4.
1c1 + 2c2 + 3c3

T
5. 6. 8.75 atm
2

7. 209.462 Kpa 8. P0 e–Mgh/RT

p0 V0
9. 10. (A) 21+  P0; (B) 2 +1P0
2R

17R
11. 12. 20KJ
6

13. (33600 + 0.02)J 14. 20cm

15. 0.03 watt 16. 5.79°C

17. 60°C 18. (a) 38.7°C (b) 14.08 watt

19. 2:  20. 14.17 cm

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21. 4 22. 0.1%

23. 1 × 10–3 24. 0.8mm

200
25. C 26. 3.13W
3

27. 1.6W 28. 1/2

4
29. atm 30. 300K
3

31. 128 32. 3233 J

33. 1.35 34. 4g

35. 4:1 36. 80

37. 0.068 38. 225 kJ

1
39. 100°C 40.
160