RADIATION

Total number of questions in this chapter are :

(i) Level # 1 ....................... 84

(ii) Level # 2 ....................... 20

(iii) Level # 3 ....................... 17

(iii) Level # 4 ....................... 19

Total no. of questions ........... 140

 LEVEL # 1
Questions
Fundamental definitions Q.8 Transfer of heat in friction is by –
based on
(A) Convection
Q.1 Nature of thermal radiations is similar to the (B) Conduction
nature of - (C) Radiation
(A) electro magnetic waves (D) None of the above
(B) gravity waves
Q.9 Which of the following surface will emit least
(C)  rays heat radiation –
(D) sound waves (A) White (bright) (B) White and rough
(C) Polished black (D) Black and rough
Q.2 The amount of thermal radiations emitted per
second by a surface depends upon- Q.10 Coefficient reflection of black body is –
(A) nature of the surface only (A) Zero (B) Infinity
(B) area of the surface only. (C) 1 (D) 0.5
(C) difference of temperature between surface
Q.11 If p calorie heat energy falls on a body and
and its surrounding only.
q calorie heat is absorbed then the absorption
(D) all of the above.
coefficient
Q.3 Heat radiations travel in vacuum with a will be –
velocity equal to (A) p/q (B) p – q
(A) 3 × 108 m/sec (B) 3 × 1010 m/sec (C) q/p (D) q + p
(C) 1120 ft/sec (D) 3 × 106 m/sec
Q.12 Emissive power of any surface (e), Absorptive
Q.4 The emissive power of a body, as used in power (a), Ref lecting power (r) and
Kirchhoff's law, may have values such that- transmission power (t) are related as –
(A) 0 < e  < 1 (B) –1 < e  < 0 (A) a + e + t = 1 (B) a + r + t = 1
(C) 1 < e  < 2 (D) 0 < e  <  (C) r + e + t = 1 (D) r + e + a = 1

Q.5 The absorptive power of a body has numerical 1

Q.13 If transmission power of a surface is and
values such that- 6
1
(A) 0 < a  < 1 (B) – 1 < a  < 0 reflective power is , then its absorptive power
3
(C) 1 < a  < 2 (D) 0 < a  <  will be-
1 1
Q.6 Heat radiation exhibit the phenomenon of (A) (B)
polarization which means that the radiation is in 3 2
the form of - 1 1
(C) (D)
(A) Electromagnetic waves which are 6 12
longitudinal. Q.14 If same amount of ice in placed in black and
(B) Electromagnetic waves which are white cloth then ice in black cloth will –
transverse. (A) Melt more (B) Melt less
(C) Of ray of longitudinal photons. (C) Melt equal (D) Not melt at all
(D) Of ray of transverse photon.
Q.15 Out of the radiations falling on surface of a
Q.7 Following is not a property of radiation – body, 30% radiations are absorebed and 30%
(A) It travels with velocity of light are transmitted then its reflection coefficient
(B) Medium is necessary for propagation will be –
(C) Its nature is electromagnetic (A) 0.3 (B) 0.6
(D) It has quantum nature (C) 0.4 (D) Zero
Q.16 Reflection and absorption cefficient’s of a Q.24 The velocity of heat radiation in vaucum is
given surface at 0ºC for a fixed wave length (A) Equal to that of light
are 0.5 each. At same temperature and wave
(B) Less than that of light
length the transmission coefficient of surface
will be – (C) Greater than that of light
(A) 0.5 (D) Equal to that of sound
(B) 1.0
Questions
(C) Zero based on Kirchoff’s law
(D) In between zero and one
Q.25 From Kirchoff’s law the ratio of emissive power
Q.17 The feature which is wrong for a black body and absorption power of all bodies –
is – (A) Are different.
(A) a = 1 (B) Is equal to emissive power of black body
(B) a = 1 at same temperature.
(C) e = 0 (C) Is equal to emissive power of white body.
(D) absorbs radiations of all wavelengths (D) Is equal to emissive power of black body
incident upon it at any temperature.
Q.26 If at temperature T, the emissive power and
Q.18 The coefficient of transmission for an ideal
absorption power of a body for wave length
black body is – are e and a respectively, then –
(A) Zero (B) Infinity (A) e = a
(C) One (D) More than one (B) e > a
(C) e< a
Q.19 In a room heat is transferred via –
(D) There will not be any definite relation
(A) Conduction only between e and a
(B) Convection only
(C) Radiation only Q.27 A substance when at high temperature emits
wave length 1, 2, 3 and 4 only, When
(D) All the three modes
this substance is at low temperature then it
will absorb only following wave lengths –
Q.20 That object which completely absorbs all the
incident radiation, is called – (A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 1 and 2 (D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(A) Black body (B) Good absorber
(C) Black object (D) Good emitter Q.28 During total solar eclipse Fraunhoffer’s lines
appear bright because –
Q.21 If a black body is heated, then it emits – (A) Moon totally covers both parts of sun
(A) White radiation photo sphere and chromosphere.
(B) Only infrared radiation (B) Sun light is scattered by moon.
(C) Only ultraviolet radiation (C) Moon blocks the radiations emitted by
(D) Black radiation chromosphere.
(D) Moon blocks the radiations emitted by
Q.22 Black body is –
photosphere and radiations emitted by
(A) Only a good absorber chromosphere reach the earth.
(B) Only a good emitter
Q.29 Franhoffer lines are found –
(C) Good absorber as well as a good emitter
(D) A good absorber but a poor emitter (A) In solar spectrum
(B) Spectrum produced by light of neon bulb
Q.23 We get heat from the sun by – (C) Spectrum produced by light of discharge
(A) Conduction (B) Convection tube
(C) Radiation (D) Diffusion (D) None of the above
Q.30 Fraunhoffer lines can be explained by – Q.37 Choose the correct statement-
(A) Stefan’s law (B) Planck’s law (A) Stefan's law and Newton's law of cooling
(C) Kirchoff’s law (D) Newton’s law both hold true at all the temperature.
Q.31 A polished metal plate with a rough black (B) Stefan's law holds when the excess of
spot on it is heated to about 1400K and temperature over the surroundings is
quickly taken into a dark room. Which one of small, whereas Newtwon's law is valid at
the following statements will be true: all the temperature.
(A) The spot will appear brighter than the (C) Newton's law holds when the excess of
plate temperature over the surroundings is
(B) The spot will appear darker than the plate small, whereas Stefan's law is valid at all
(C) The spot and plate will appear equally temperatures.
bright. (D) Excess of temperature ov er the
(D) The spot and the plate will not be visible surroundings should be small for both the
in the dark room. laws to hold true.
Q.32 A blackened steel plate is put in a dark room Q.38 Four bodies of specific heats s1, s2, s3 and
after being heated up to a high temperature.
s4 are cooled in the same surroundings. If
A white
spot on the plate appears- s1 > s2 > s3 > s4, and temperature of all the
four bodies is the same, then the specific
(A) brighter than the plate.
(B) as bright as the plate. heat of body which cools fastest, will be –
(C) dull as compared to the plate. (A) s1 (B) s2 (C) s3 (D) s4
(D) appears to be yellow.
Q.39 At any temperature the radiation energy
Q.33 In the solar spectrum the Fraunhoffer lines emitted by a cube of length L is proportional
are produced due to- to –
(A) emission (B) absorption (A) L (B) L2
(C) reflection (D) transmission. (C) L3 (D) None of the above
Q.34 The Fraunhoffer lines becomes bright during
the solar eclipse because of - Q.40 Temperature of a piece of metal is increased
(A) the diffraction of the sun rays by the from 27ºC to 327ºC. The rate of emission of
moon. radiation by a metal will become –
(B) the sun rays are completely cut off by (A) Double (B) Four times
the moon and only the rays emitted by
the moon reach the earth (C) Eight times (D) Sixteen times
(C) the rays from the chromosphere are
stopped by the moon and only the rays Q.41 Two bodies A and B are kept in an evacuated
from the photo sphere are able to reach chamber at 27ºC. The temperatures of A and
the earth. B are 327ºC and 427ºC and respectively. The
(D) the rays from the photosphere are ratio of rates of loss of heat from A and B will
stopped by the moon and only the rays be–
from the chromo sphere are able to reach (A) 0.52 (B) 0.25
the earth.
(C) 1.52 (D) 2.52
Questions Stefan’s law
based on Q.42 If the temperature of a black is increased by
Q.35 The MKS unit of Stefan's constant is- 50% then the amount of radiation emitted by
(A) Watt / m 2-K4. (B) Watt m 2-K4. it will–
2
(C) Watt / m -K (D) Watt/m 2 (A) Increase by 400%
Q.36 The temperature of a black body becomes (B) Decrease by 400%
half of its original temperature, the amount of (C) Decrease by 50%
radiation emitted by the body will reduce to- (D) Increase by 50%
(A) 1/16 (B) 1/4
(C) 1/2 (D) remains unchanged.
Q.43 The effective area of a black body is 0.1 m 2 Q.50 If temperature of surface of sun becomes half
and its temperature is 1000 K . The amount then the energy emitted by it to earth per
of radiations emitted by it per min is – second will reduce to –
(A) 1.34 k – cal (B) 81 k – cal
(C) 5.63 k – cal (D) 1.34 k – J. 1 1
(A) (B)
2 4
Q.44 The energy emitted per second by a black 1 1
body at 1227ºC is E. If the temperature of (C) (D)
16 64
the black body is increased to 2727ºC, the
energy emitted per second in terms of E is - Q.51 If the rate of emission of radiation by a body
at temperature TK is E then graph between
(A) 16 E (B) E
log E and log T will be –
(C) 4E (D) 2E

Q.45 A body at temperature T (K) is kept in the

surroundings at T0 (K) . If T >> T0, then the
rate of emission of heat by the body to the (A) log E (B) log E
surroundings is proportional to-
(A) (T – T0)4 (B) T4 – T04 log T log T
(C) (T – T0)1/4 (D) T / T0

Q.46 A solid sphere of radius R and a hollow

log E
sphere of internal radius r and external radius (C) log E (D)
R are made of copper. These are heated to
log T
same temperture and then allowed to cool in log T
the same surroundings, then –
Q.52 The ratio of radii of two spheres of same
(A) Solid sphere will cool first
(B) Hollow sphere will cool first metal is 1:2. The ratio of the amounts of
radiation emitted by them per second at same
(C) Both will cool at the same rate
temperature will be –
(D) Only solid sphere will cool
(A) 1 : 8 (B) 2 : 1
Q.47 Amount of heat radiations emitted by a solid (C) 8 : 1 (D) 1 : 4
sphere of radius r at any temperature is
proportional to the following – Q.53 The energy emitted by a black body at 727ºC
is E. If the temperature of the body is
(A) r (B) r2
increased to 2227ºC, then the emitted energy
(C) r3 (D) r4
will become –
Q.48 Radius of a sphere is R, density is d and (A) 19 times (B) 13 times
specific heat is s, It is heated and then (C) 39 times (D) 227 times
allowed to cool. Its rate of decrease of
Questions
temperature will be proportional to – based on
Newton’s law of cooling
(A) Rds (B) 1/Rds
(C) 1/R2ds (D) R2ds Q.54 The rate of cooling of a body depends on –
(A) The difference of temperature of the body
Q.49 If a body at 27ºC emits 0.3 watt of heat then and the surrounding.
at 627ºC, it will emit heat equal to –
(B) Area of surface of body.
(A) 24.3 watt (B) 0.42 watt (C) Nature of surface of body.
(C) 2.42 watt (D) 0.9 watt
(D) All of the above.
Q.55 Hot coffee is to be taken after 10 minutes it open surface of water is 0.5, then the ratio of
is put into a cup. To obtain much hotness at rates of heat radiated by the surface of
the time of drinking, when should the cream calorimeter and open surface of water will be –
be put into coffee –
 
(A) Some time before drinking. (A) (B) 1+
r r
(B) Just after putting the coffee in cup.
2  2 
(C) Five minutes before drinking. (C) 1+ (D) 2 1  
r  r 
(D) Any time between putting the coffee and
drining. Q.61 A metallic sphere cools from 50ºC to 40ºC in
300 seconds. If the room temperature is 20ºC
Q.56 When placed in air at 30ºC, the temperature then its temperature in next 5 minutes will
of a body decreases from 60ºC to 50ºC in be –
ten minutes. After next ten minutes its
temperature will be – (A) 38ºC (B) 36ºC
(A) Less than 40ºC (B) 40ºC (C) 33.3ºC (D) 30ºC
(C) More than 40ºC (D) Not definite
Q.62 Negative sign in the equation
dQ/dt = –K(T – T0) shows that –
Q.57 A body takes 4 minutes to cool from 100ºC
to 70ºC. If the room temperature is 15ºC then (A) Heat of the body increases with time.
(B) Heat of the body remains same.
howmany minutes will it need to cool from
70ºC to 40ºC – (C) Heat of the body reduces with time.
(A) 4 (B) 5 (D) Constant is negative.

(C) 6 (D) 7 Q.63 Which qualities are needed for cooking utensils –
(A) More specific heat and less thermal
Q.58 A solid sphere, a cube and a plate, all are
conductivity.
made of same material and all have same
mass. These are heated to a temperature (B) Less specific heat and more thermal
100ºC and then allowed to cool at the conductivity.
temperature of room. Which of these will cool (C) More specific heat and more thermal
down first – conductivity.
(A) Cube (D) Less specific heat and less thermal
(B) Plate conductivity
(C) Sphere Q.64 Heat capacities of two bodies are in the ratio
(D) All will cool down simultaneously 1 : 4. If in the same surroundings the rate of
loss of heat from the bodies are equal then
Q.59 A liquid takes 10 minutes to cool from 80ºC
the ratio of their rates of fall of temperature
to 50ºC. The temperature of the surroundings
will be –
is 20ºC. Assuming that the Newton’s law of
cooling is obeyed, the cooling constant will (A) 1 : 4 (B) 4 : 1
(C) 1 : 8 (D) 8 : 1
be –
(A) 0.056/mt (B) 0.042/mt Q.65 Temperatures of two hot bodies B1 and B2
(C) 0.081/mt (D) 0.069/mt are 100ºC and 80ºC respectively. The
temperature of surrounding is 40ºC. At t = 0,
Q.60 Radius of a calorimeter is r and depth is . the ratio of rates of cooling of the two bodies
It is filled completely with water and then (liquid) R1 : R2 will be –
cooled from temperature  in the surroundings
(A) 3 : 2 (B) 5 : 4
at a temperature 0 .If the emissive power of
(C) 2 : 1 (D) 4 : 5
the surface of calorimeter is 1 and that of
Q.66 According to Newton’s law of cooling Q.71 Wein’s law is –
d (A) m  T (B) m  T 2
ms = – K ( – 0). If  is Stefan’s constant,
dt (C) m  T–1 (D) m  T–2
A is surface area of the body and To is
temperature of surroundings in K, then the Q.72 Frequency for maximum energy radiation of
value of K on the basis of Stefan-Boltzmann ideal black body at temperture T is m. If
law is – Wein’s constant is b and velocity of heat
(A)  AT04 (B)  AT03 radiation in vacuum is c then –
(A) m = b/T (B) m = b/cT
(C) 4 AT04 (D) 4 AT03 (C) m = cT/b (D) m = bT/c

Q.67 If by taking same volume of water and
kerosene in two identical calorimeters, they
are cooled for same temperature difference
in identical circumstances, then for them –
(A) The changes in internal energies are
same.
(B) The rates of cooling (rate of loss of heat)
are same.
(C) The rates of loss of heat and fall of
temperature are same.
(D) The rates of fall of temperature are same.
Q.68 According to Newton’s law of cooling the rate
of loss of heat is –
(A) Directly proportional to ( – 0)
(B) Inversely proportional to (– 0)
(C) Directly proportional to ( 4  40 )
(D) Directly proportional to (2   40 )
Q.73 At 700ºK temperature, the wave length of
maximum energy emitted by a body is
4.08 micron. If the temperature of body is
increased to 1400ºK, then the wavelength of
maximum energy will be–
(A) 10.2 micron (B) 16.32 micron
(C) 8.16 micron (D) 2.04 micron
Q.74 Two stars A and B radiate maximum energy
at wav e lengths 4000Å and 5000Å
respectivey. The ratio of their temperature will
be –
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 4 : 5 (D) 5 : 4
Q.75 Wein’s displacement law is shown by the
following relation mT = b then the curve
drawn between log T and log m will be –

Questions Log m
based on
Wein’s law Log m
(A) (B)
Q.69 The vertex in the spectrum of radiations Log T Log T
emitted by a black body, on increasing the
temperature–
(A) Shifts towards the greater wavelength
(C) Log m (D) Log m
(B) Shifts towards the lesser wavelength
(C) Does not shift Log T Log T

(D) None of the above Q.76 The value of Wien’s constant b (in micron
X K) is –
Q.70 Increasing the temperature of a black body –
(A) 2.9 (B) 0.29 × 10–3
(A) Frequency and wavelength both increase 3
(C) 2.9 × 10 (D) 0.29
for maximum radiation.
(B) Frequency and wavelength both decrease Q.77 Two spheres of the same material have radii
for miximum radiation. 1m and 4m and temperature 4000K and
(C) Wavelength increases while frequency 2000K respectively. The ratio of the amounts
decreases for maximum radiation. of energies radiated by the two per second
will be –
(D) Frequency increases while wavelength
decreases for maximum radiation. (A) 1 : 1 (B) 1 : 2
(C) 1 : 4 (D) 1 : 16
Q.78 The spectral emissive power of a black body Q.83 If for a black body the graph of change is
at a temperature of 6000K is maximum at emissive power at different temperatures T1,
T2 and T 3 with wavelength is according to
m = 5000Å. If the temperature is increased the figure then –
by 10%, then the decrease in m will be –
(A) 2.5% (B) 5.0%
(C) 7.5% (D) 10%
Q.79 From Wein’s law, the star which appears blue
must be –
(A) Very cold (B) Colder than sun
(C) A black hole (D) Hotter than Sun
(A) T1 = T 2 = T 3 (B) T3 > T 2 > T 1
Q.80 The variation of maximum intensity (Em) of
(C) T1 > T 2 > T 3 (D) T3 > T 1 > T 2
radiation with temperature is proportional to
the following–
(A) T (B) T2 Q.84 At temperature of 1600K the wavelength of
(C) T5 (D) T4 maximum emission of radiation is 2 , at
temperature of 2000K the corresponding
Q.81 Temperature of the surface of Sun is 6000 K wavelength will be –
and maximum emission is obtained at 5000Å. (A) 1 (B) 1.6 
If in the light obtained from moon, the (C) 2  (D) 2.5 
maximum energy is obtained at 100 micron
then temperature of the moon will be –
(A) 30ºK (B) 300ºK
(C) 3000ºK (D) 120ºK
Q.82 Temperature of an ordinary bulb is 3000ºK.
At what wave length will it emit maximum
energy –
(A) 10Å (B) 100Å
(C) 103Å (D) 104Å
 LEVEL # 2
Q.1 When the temperature of a body is 80ºC its Q.6 A sphere of density d, satisfied heat s and
rate of cooling is 4ºC/mt and when the radius r is hung by a thermally insulating
temperature becomes 50ºC the rate of cooling thread in an enclosure which is kept at a
becomes 2ºC/mt. The temperature of lower temperature than the sphere. The
temperature of the sphere starts to drop at a
surroundings is –
rate which depends upon the temperature
(A) 35ºC (B) 25ºC difference between the sphere and the
(C) 30ºC (D) 20ºC enclosure. If the temperature difference is 
and surrounding temperature is T0 then rate
Q.2 A metal sphere cools from 62ºC to 50ºC in of fall in temperature will be –
10 minutes and then cools upto 42ºC in next [Given that T << T 0]
10 minutes. If the temperature of surrounding
is 26ºC, then its temperature after next 10 4 T03 T 12 T03 T
(A) (B)
minutes will be– rdc rdc
12 T04 T 12 T
(A) 30ºC (B) 34ºC (C) (D)
(C) 36.67ºC (D) 38.52ºC rdc rdc T03

Q.3 The temperature of a black body is 3000K. Q.7 A body colls from 50ºC to 40ºC in 5min. If
temperature of the surroundings is 20ºC, the
When the black body cools then at any time
temperature of the body after 5 min would be -
the wavelength of maximum energy density
(A) 36ºC (B) 35ºC
has changed by  = 9m. The temperature
(C) 33.33ºC (D) 30ºC
of black body at that time will be –
(A) 300K (B) 2700K Q.8 Rs and Rc are the radius of sun , distance
(C) 270K (D) 1800K between sun and earth and radius of earth
respectively. If temperature of sun is T. Then
Q.4 A black metal container is heated by radiation amount of radiation incident on earth is –
emitted by a small sphere at temperature T
F
GR I
2
FR I
2

Hd JKT G
Hd JKT (2R
and placed at a distance r. It is found that s 4 s 4 2
(A) (B) e )
the power received by metal container is P.
If the temperature and the distance are
reduced to half their initial values, then the FR I
2
FR IT
(D) G
G
Hd JKT HR JK ((d )
s 4 s 4
power received by metal (C) (Re2) 2
e
container will be –
Q.9 The correct curve between log eR and
P P
(A) (B) loge( – o) is –
16 4
P
(C) (D) P
2

Q.5 Two liquids of same volume take 324 s and (A) (B)
810 s respectively in cooling from 60ºC to
50ºC in identical circumstances. If the ratio
of specific heats of these liquids is 3 : 4,
then the ratio of their densities will be –
(Water equivalent of calorimeter is negligible)
3 4
(A) (B)
4 9 (C) (D)
8 9
(C) (D)
15 20
Q.10 The radii of two spheres of same material are Q.15 If the experiment of Newton’s law of cooling,
1 m and 4 m respectively- and temperatures the graph drawn between logarithm of
are 4 × 103K and 2 × 103K respectively. The temperature difference with surrounding the
ratio of the amounts of heat emitted by them time is obtained as –
will be – (A) A straight line passing through origin of
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 positive gradient.
(C) 1 : 1 (D) 4 : 1 (B) A straight line of positive gradient, not
passing through origin.
Q.11 The ratio of wavelengths corresponding to (C) A straight line of negative gradient not
maximum emission of radiation is 1:195. The passing through origin.
ratio of their temperatures will be –
(D) None of the above.
(A) 1 : 195 (B) 1 : (195)2
(C) 195 : 1 (D) (195)2 : 1 Q.16 If the rates of loss of energy by unit area of
an iron ball are E1, E2 and E3 when it cools
Q.12 The energy received from sun on earth is from 75ºC to 70ºC, 70ºC to 65ºC and 65ºC to
8.4 J/minute-cm 2. The solar energy incident 60ºC respectively then –
on an area of 10m2 is given to 100 gm of (A) E1 = E2 = E3 (B) E1 > E2 > E3
water in a bowl at 0ºC.The water will start (C) E1 < E2 < E3 (D) E1 < E3 < E2
boiling after –
(A) 1s (B) 2s Q.17 In a calorimeter initially 40gm and then 100gm
(C) 3s (D) 4s water were placed in a chamber at the same
temperature. The times taken to cool from
Q.13 The intensity of heat radiation by a point 50ºC to 40ºC are 15 and 33 minutes
source measured by a thermopile placed at respectiv ely. The water equiv alent of
a distance d is I, If the distance of thermopile calorimeter in grams will be –
is doubled then the intensity of radiation will (A) 5 (B) 8
be – (C) 10 (D) 15
(A)  (B) 2 Q.18 If same volumes of two liquids of different
(C) /4 (D) /2 densities are taken in identical calorimeters
at same surroundings then their rates of
Q.14 If the difference of temperature between body
cooling (loss of heat) will be equal, if –
and the surrounding is low, then the relation
between the rate of loss of heat E and the (A) Heat is radiated only from open surfaces
temperature of body  is obtained as – of liquids.
(B) Surfaces of liquids are closed and heat is
radiated from the calorimeters.
(C) Heat is radiated from calorimeters and
open surface of liquids.
(A) (B) (D) Their rates of fall of temperature are
same.

Q.19 If absolute temperature of a body is doubled

then emitted energy will become –
(A) Four times (B) Sixteen times
(C) Double (D) Eight times

Q.20 The amount of radiations emitted per second

(C) (D)
by unit area of a hollow container at 103ºK
will be–
(A) 567 J (B) 5670 J
(C) 56700 J (D) 567000 J
 LEVEL # 3
Passage based question : (Q.1 )
In following diagram.
Temperature 
D
C Q.5
B of it’s temperature.
A
Time 
Q.1 A bolck of steel heated to 100ºC is left in a
room to cool. Which of the curves shown in figure
represents the correct cooling behaviour ?
Explain.
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
Questions based on Statements: (Q.2 to Q.7)
Each of the questions given below consist of
an “Statement I” and “Statement II”. Use
the following Key to choose the appropriate
answer.
(A) If both Statement I and Statement II are
true, and Statement II is the correct expla-
nation of Statement I.
(B) If both Statement I and Statement II are true
but Statement II is not the correct explana-
tion of Statement I.
(C) If Statement I is true but Statement II is
false.
(D) If Statement I is false but Statement II is
true.
Q.2 Statement I : A body that is good radiator is
also a good absorber of radiation at a given
wavelength.
Statement II : According to Kirchoff’s law the
absorptivity of a body is equal to its emissivity
at a given wavelength.
Q.3 Statement I : For higher temperature the peak
emission wavelength of a black body shift to
lower wavelength.
Statement II : Peak emission wavelength of
black body is proportional to the fourth power of
temperature.
Q.4 Statement I : When a green glass is heated in
a furace and taken out, it is found to glow with
red light.
Statement II : Red and green are
complementary.
Statement I : The colour of a star is an indication
1
Statement II : T  .
m
Q.6 Statement I : In a room containing air heat can
go from one place to another by radiation only.
Statement II : In convection, heat is transferred
from one place to other by actual motion of
heated material.
Q.7 Statement I : A body of higher temperature
always contain more heat.
Statement II : Heat is a energy that flow from a
high temperature body to a low temperature
body.
Q.8 Newton's law of cooling is used in lab for
determination of –
(A) specific heat of solids
(B) latent heat of solids
(C) specific heat of liquids
(D) latent heat of liquids
Q.9 A bucket full of hot water is kept in a room
and it cools from 75°C to 70°C in T1 minutes,
from 70°C to 65°C in T2 minutes and from
65°C to 60°C in T3 minutes. Then –
(A) T1 = T 2 = T 3 (B) T1 < T 2 < T 3
(C) T1 > T 2 > T 3 (D) T1 < T 2 > T 3
Q.10 The rectangular surface of area 8cm × 4cm
of a black body at a temperature of 127°C
emits energy at the rate of E per second. If
the length and breadth of the surface area
each are reduced to half of the initial value
and the temperature is raised to 327°C, the
rate of emission of energy will become–
(A) (3/8)E (B) (9/16)E
(C) (81/16)E (D) (81/64)E
Q.11 The temperature of a body is increased from Q.15 The maximum energy in the thermal radiation
–73°C to 327°C. Then the ratio of emissive from a hot source occurs at a wavelength of
power is – 11 × 10–5 cm. According to Wien's law, the
(A) 1/9 (B) 1/27 (C) 27 (D) 1/81 temperature of the source (on Kelvin scale)
will be n times the temperature of another source
(on kelvin scale) for which the wavelength at
Q.12 What will be the ratio of temperatures of sun maximum energy is 5.5 × 10–5 cm. The value
and moon if the wav elengths of their of n is –
maximum emission radiations rates are 140Å
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 1/2 (D) 1
and 4200 Å respectively –
(A) 1 : 30 (B) 30 : 1 Q.16 The rate of emission of a black body at 0°C
(C) 42 : 14 (D) 14 : 42 is R; its rate of emission at 273°C is –
(A) 4R (B) 8R (C) 16R (D) 32R
Q.13 Liquid is filled in a vessel which is kept in a
room with temperature 20°C. W hen the Q.17 A planet is at an average distance d from the
temperature of the liquid is 80°C, then it loses sun and its average surface temperature is T.
heat at the rate of 60 cal/sec. What will be Assume that the planet receives energy only
the rate of loss of heat when the temperature from the sun and loses energy only through
of the liquid is 40°C ? radiation f rom its surf ace. Neglect
(A) 180 cal/sec (B) 40 cal/sec atmospheric effects. If T  d–n, the value of
(C) 30 cal/sec (D) 20 cal/sec n is –
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 1/2 (D) 1/4
Q.14 The maximum wavelength of radiation emitted
at 200 K is 4 µm. What will be the maximum
wavelength of radiation emitted at 2400 K ?
(A) 3.33 µm (B) 0.66 µm
(C) 1 µm (D) 1 m
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(Questions asked in previous AIEEE & IIT JEE)
SECTION - A SECTION - B
Q.1 Which of the following is more close to a black Q.1 Two bodies A and B have thermal emissivities
body ? of 0.01 and 0.81 respectivley. The outer surface
(A) Black board paint (B) Green leaves areas of the two bodies are the same. The
two bodies emit total radiant power at the
(C) Black holes (D) Red roses
same rate. The wavelength B corresponding
Q.2 Infrared radiation is detected by– to maximum spectral radiancy in the radiation
(A) Spectrometer (B) Pyrometer from B is shifted from the wavelength
(C) Nanometer (D) Photometer corresponding to maximum spectral radiancy
in the radiation from A, by 1.00 µm. If the
Q.3 Two spheres of the same material have radii 1m temperature of A is 5802 K,
and 4m and temperatures 4000 K and 2000 K (A) the temperature of B is 1934 K
respectively. The ratio of the energy radiated per (B) B = 1.5 µm
second by the first sphere to that by the second (C) the temperature of B is 11604K
is
(D) the temperature of B is 2901 K
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 16 : 1
(C) 4 : 1 (D) 1 : 9 Q.2 A spherical black body with a radius of 12 cm
Q.4 The earth radiates in the infra-red region of the radiates 450W power at 500K. If the radius
were halved and the temperature doubled, the
spectrum. The spectrum is correctly given by –
power radiated in watt would be –
(A) 225 (B) 450
(A) Planck’s law of radiation
(B) Stefan’s law of radiation (C) 900 (D) 1800
(C) Wien’s law Q.3 The intensity of radiation emitted by the Sun
(D) Rayleigh Jeans law has its maximum value at a wavelengths of
Q.5 According to Newton’s law of cooling, the rate 510 nm and that emitted by the North Star
has the maximum value at 350 nm. If these
of cooling of a body is proportional to ()n, stars behave like blackbodies, then the ratio
where is the difference of the temperature of of the surface temperatures of the Sun and
the body and the surroundings, and n is equal the North Star is –
to – (A) 1.46 (B) 0.69
(A) Three (B) Four (C) 1.21 (D) 0.83
(C) One (D) Two
Q.4 A blackbody is at a temperature of 2880 K.
Q.6 If the temperature of the sun were to increase The energy of radiation emitted by this object
from T to 2T and its radius from R to 2R, then with wavelength between 499 nm and 500 nm
the ratio of the radiant energy received on earth is U1, between 999 nm and 1000 nm is U2 and
to what it was previously will be between 1499 nm and 1500 nm is U3. Wien's
constant b = 2.88 × 106 nm K. Then –
(A) 4 (B) 16
(C) 32 (D) 64
(A) U1 = 0 (B) U3 = 0
Q.7 A radiation of energy E falls normally on a (C) U1 > U2 (D) U2 > U1
perfectly reflecting surface. The momentum
Q.5 The plots of intensity versus wavelength for
transferred to the surface is –
three black bodies at temperature T1, T2 and
(A) E/c (B) 2E/c T 3 respectiv ely are as shown. Their
(C) Ec (D) E/c2 temperatures are such that –
Q.8 Assuming the Sun to be a spherical body of
radius R at a temperature of T K, evaluate the
total radiant power, incident on Earth, at a
distance r from the Sun –
(A) r02 R2  T4 / 4 r2 (B) R2  T4 / r2
(C) 4 r02 R2  T4 / r2 (D)  r02 R2  T4 / r2
where r is the radius of the Earth and  is Stefan's (A) T1 > T 2 > T 3 (B) T1 > T 3 > T 2
constant. (C) T2 > T 3 > T 1 (D) T3 > T 2 > T 1
Q.6 An ideal black- body at room temperature is
thrown into a furnace. It is observed that
(A) initially it is the darkest body and at later
times the brightest
(B) it is the darkest body at all times
(C) in cannot be distinguished at all times
(D) initially it is the darkest body and at later
Q.10
times it cannot be distinguished
Q.7 If emissivity of bodies X and Y are ex and ey
and absorptive powers are Ax and Ay then
Q.11
(A) ey > ex ; Ay > Ax
(B) ex > ey ; Ax > Ay
(C) ey < ey ; Ax > Ay
(D) ey > ey ; Ay > Ax
Q.8 Three thin disc A, B, C of the same material
are coated with carbon black radii of discs are
2cm, 4cm, & 6cm respectively. Wavelength
corresponding to maximum intensity are
300nm, 500nm, & 600 nm respectively. Power
radiated by the discs are Q A, QB & Q C
(A) QA is maximum (B) QB is maximum
(C) QC is maximum (D) QA = Q B = Q C
Q.9 2 Liter water kept in a kettle is heated by 1
KW power source. Kettle is open & it loses
heat at the rate of 160 J/s. The time taken
for the temperature of kettle to change from
27ºC to 77ºC is
(A) 8 min 20 sec (B) 6 min 20 sec
(C) 5 min (D) 7 min
A body having emissivity e = 0.6 is kept in
a perf ectly black body chamber at
temperature T, energy per second emitted by
the body is
(A) E = 0.6 e AT4 (B) E = 1.0 e AT4
(C) E = 0.4 e AT4 (D) E = 0.8 e AT4
Note : Question is not clear if we assume e
as  then correct opition is -
Graph of spectral radiancy (E) Vs Wavelength()
is shown in figure. Which of the following
combination is correct
(A) 1 – Sun 2-Tungsten wire, 3 - welding arc
(B) 2 – welding arc, 3 - Tungsten wire
(C) 3 – Sun , 2 - welding arc, 1 - Tungsten wire
(D) 1 - Welding arc, 2 - Sun, 3 -Tungsten wire
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LEVEL # 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. A D A A A B B B A A C B B A C
Q.No. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. C C A D A A C C A B A D D A C
Q.No. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Ans. A C B D A A C D B D A A B A B
Q.No. 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. B B B A C C D C D B C D B D D
Q.No. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Ans. C C B B A D B A B D C C D D C
Q.No. 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84
Ans. C A D D D A C D B

LEVEL # 2
Qus. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. D C A B C B C C A C C C C C C
Qus. 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. B C B B C

LEVEL # 3
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans A A C A A D D B B D D B D A C
Q.No. 16 17
Ans C C

LEVEL # 4

SECTION - A
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ans C B A A C D A D
SECTION - B
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Ans A D B D B D A A A A C