1. First law of thermodynamics is based on?

a) Conservation of energy
b) Conservation of mass
c) Conservation of momentum
d) Conservation of work

2. If 315cal of heat is given to the system, and the system does 20cal of work, find the change
in internal energy.
a) 295cal
b) 335cal
c) 0 cal
d) 335J

3. A block of mass 1kg is given a velocity of 5m/s on a horizontal flat surface. What will be the
change in internal energy of the block-surface system, when the block comes to rest. The
coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.3 and coefficient of static friction is 0.4.
a) 25J
b) 12.5J
c) 0
d) 30J

4. Consider a gas contained in a rigid container of volume 20m3. What will be the change in
internal energy if 50J of heat is provided to it? Assume the gas exerts a pressure of 1atm on
the walls.
a) 50J
b) 0
c) 70J
d) 20J

5. At constant pressure P the volume of a gas increases from V1 to V2 when ‘Q’ amount of heat
is removed from the system. What will happen to internal energy?
a) Remain the same if Q = P(V1 – V2)
b) Decrease by an amount P(V2 – V1) – Q
c) Decrease by an amount Q + P(V2 – V1)
d) Increase by some unknown amount

6. In the given system, 20J of heat is supplied to the gas molecules. The spring is initially not
elongated or compressed. If the spring gets compressed by 1cm. Calculate the change in
internal energy of the system. Spring constant = 200N/m. Assume piston moves slowly.
a) 19J
b) -19J
c) 21J
d) -21J
7. A heat pump is used to meet the heating requirements of a house and maintain it at 20°C.
On a day when the outdoor air temperature drops to 2°C, the house is estimated to lose
heat at a rate of 80,000 kJ/h. If the heat pump under these conditions has a COP of 2.5,
determine the power consumed by the heat pump.
a) 32000 kJ/h
b) 33000 kJ/h
c) 34000 kJ/h
d) 35000 kJ/h

8. A heat pump is used to meet the heating requirements of a house and maintain it at 20°C.
On a day when the outdoor air temperature drops to 2°C, the house is estimated to lose
heat at a rate of 80,000 kJ/h. If the heat pump under these conditions has a COP of 2.5,
determine the rate at which heat is absorbed from the cold outdoor air.
a) 32000 kJ/h
b) 48000 kJ/h
c) 54000 kJ/h
d) 72000 kJ/h

9. An air-conditioner provides 1 kg/s of air at 15°C cooled from outside atmospheric air at
35°C. Estimate the amount of power needed to operate the air-conditioner.
a) 1.09 kW
b) 1.19 kW
c) 1.29 kW
d) 1.39 kW

10. A cyclic machine, as shown below, receives 325 kJ from a 1000 K energy reservoir. It rejects
125 kJ to a 400 K energy reservoir and the cycle produces 200kJ of work as output. Is this
cycle reversible, irreversible, or impossible?
a) reversible
b) irreversible
c) impossible
d) none of the above

11. In a cryogenic experiment you need to keep a container at -125°C although it gains 100 W
due to heat transfer. What is the smallest motor you would need for a heat pump
absorbing heat from the container and rejecting heat to the room at 20°C?
a) 97.84 kW
b) 98.84 kW
c) 99.84 kW
d) 95.84 kW
12. A car engine operates with a thermal efficiency of 35%. Assume the air-conditioner has a
coefficient of performance of 3 working as a refrigerator cooling the inside using engine
shaft work to drive it. How much fuel energy should be spend extra to remove 1 kJ from the
inside?
a) 0.752 kJ
b) 0.952 kJ
c) 0.852 kJ
d) none of the above

13. The value of universal gas constant is

a) 8.2353
b) 8.3143
c) 8.5123
d) none of the above

14. The equation of state of an ideal gas is given by

a) pV=mRT, here R is characteristic gas constant
b) pV=nRT, here R is universal gas constant
c) pV=NKT
d) all of the above

15. Characteristic gas constant is given by (here cp=specific heat at constant pressure and cv is
the specific heat at constant volume)
a) R=cv – cp
b) R=cp + cv
c) R=cp – cv
d) none of the above

16. Which of the following is true for a polytropic process?

a) p(v^n) is used to describe the process
b) it is not adiabatic
c) it can be reversible
d) all of the above

17. Which of the following values of n are correct?

a) for isobaric process, n=0
b) for isothermal process, n=1
c) for isentropic process, n=ɣ
d) all of the above
18. A spherical helium balloon of 10m diameter is at 15°C and 100 kPa. How much helium does
it contain?
a) 57.5 kg
b) 67.5 kg
c) 77.5 kg
d) 87.5 kg

19. For a fixed clearance, as the pressure ratio is increased, the volumetric efficiency of a
compressor
a) decreases
b) increases
c) remains constant
d) none of the above

20. When does a real gas obey the ideal gas equation closely?
a) at high pressure and low temperature
b) at low pressure and high temperature
c) at low pressure and temperature
d) at high pressure and temperature

21. Which of the following statement is true about the correction terms?
a) the coefficient a was introduced to account for the existence of mutual attraction
between the molecules
b) the term a/(v2) is called the force of cohesion
c) the coefficient b was introduced to account for the volumes of the molecules and is
known as co-volume
d) all of the mentioned

22. The following also gave two-constant equations of state.

a) Berthelot
b) Dieterici
c) Redlich-Kwong
d) all of the mentioned

23. For an ideal gas, Z has the value

a) 0
b) 2
c) 1
d) infinity
24. Compressibility factor Z is given by
a) RT/pv
b) pv/RT
c) (RT/pv)2
d) (pv/RT)2

25. Which of the following represents the specific volume during phase transition.
a) Vf-Vg
b) Vg-Vf
c) Vf+Vg
d) none of the above

26. A rigid tank contains 50 kg of saturated liquid water at 90°C. Determine the pressure in the
tank and the volume of the tank.
a) 0.0518 m3
b) 0.0618 m3
c) 0.0718 m3
d) 0.0818 m3

27. A piston –cylinder device contains 0.06m3 of saturated water vapor at 350 kPa pressure.
Determine the temperature and mass of the vapor inside the cylinder.
a) 0.104 kg
b) 0.124 kg
c) 0.134 kg
d) 0.114 kg

28. A rigid tank contains 10 kg of water at 90°C. If 8 kg of the water is in the liquid form and the
rest is in the vapor form, determine the volume of the tank.
a) 1.73 m3
b) 2.73 m3
c) 3.73 m3
d) 4.73 m3

29. An 80-liter vessel contains 4 kg of R-134a at a pressure of 160 kPa. Determine the
temperature.
a) -10.60°C
b) -13.60°C
c) -15.60°C
d) -19.60°C
30. An 80-liter vessel contains 4 kg of R-134a at a pressure of 160 kPa. Determine the quality.
a) 0.127
b) 0.137
c) 0.147
d) 0.157