1) A body cools from to in 5 minutes.

Its temperature comes down to

in the next 5 minutes. The temperature of the surroundings is
1. 2. 3. 4.

2) 10 gm of ice at –20C is dropped into a calorimeter containing 10 gm of water at 10C;

the specific heat of water is twice that of ice. When equilibrium is reached, the
calorimeter will contain:
(a) 20 gm of water (b) 20 gm of ice
(c) 10 gm ice and 10 gm water (d) 5 gm ice and 15 gm water

The intensity of radiation emitted by the sun has its maximum value at a wavelength of
3)
510nm and that emitted by the north star has the maximum value at wavelength of
350nm. If these stars behave like black bodies, then the ratio of surface temperatures of
the sun and north star is
1) 1.46 2) 0.69 3) 1.21 4) 0.83

4 Two thermometers X and Y have ice points marked at and and steam points
marked as and , respectively. When thermometer X measures the temperature of
a bath as on it, what would thermometer Y read when it is used to measure the
temperature of the same bath?
1. 2. 3. 4.

5 Two liquids A and B are at 32C and 24C. When mixed in equal masses the temperature
of the mixture is found to be 28C. Their sp. heats are in the ratio of:

(a) 3 : 2 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 4 : 3.

6 The temperature of a body on Kelvin scale is found to be x K. When it is measured by a

Fahrenheit thermometer, it is found to be x F . Then the value of x is
1) 301.25 2) 574.25 3) 313 4) 40

7 Temperature of 100gm water is changed from to . In this process, heat supplied

to water will be (specified heat of water
1) Equal to 300 cal 2) greater than 300 cal
3) less than 300 cal 4) data is insufficient

8 The star which appears blue must be

1) Very cold 2) Colder than the sun 3) a black hole 4) hotter than the sun
9 The reading of brass scale at room temperature is . Above room temperature
reading is and below room temperature reading is . Then, relation between the
readings is
1. 2. 3. 4.

10 If a body coated black at 600 K surrounded by atmosphere at 300K has cooling rate . If
the same body is again coated black at 900 K and surrounded by the same
atmospheric temperature then its cooling rate equals to

1. 2. 3. 4.

11 Three identical rods AB,CD and PQ are joined as shown P and Q are mid points of
AB and CD respectively. Ends A, B, C and D are maintained at
respectively. The direction of heat flow in PQ is

1) From P to Q 2) From Q to P 3) Heat does not flow in PQ

4) Data not sufficient

12 An iron bar of length 10m is heated from to . If the coefficient of

linear thermal expansion of iron is , then increase in the length of bar
(in cm) is
1) 0.5 cm 2) 1.0 cm 3) 1.5 cm 4) 2.0 cm

13 A steel wire, of uniform area 2 , is heated up to C and is stretched by tying its ends
rigidly. The change in tension, when the temperature falls from to is (Take

1. 2. 3. 4.

14 A composite spherical shell is made up of two materials having thermal conductivities K

and 2 k respectively as shown in the diagram. The temperature at the innermost surface is
maintained at T whereas the temperature at the outermost surface is maintained at 10 T.
A, B, C and D are four points in the outer material such that AB=BC=CD.
 The effective thermal resistance between the inner surface of the shell and the outer
surface of the shell for the radial heat flow is

2. 3. 4.
1.

15 The steam point and ice point of a mercury thermometer are marked as and . At
what temperature on centigrade scale the reading of this thermometer will be
1. 2. 3. 4 .None of these

16 A slab consists of portions of different materials of the same thickness and length
connected inseries. The material have conductivities and . The equivalent thermal
conductivity of the slab is

2. 3. 4.
1.

17 A spherical black body with a radius of 12cm radiates 450 W power at 500K. If the
radius were halved and the temperature doubled, the power radiated in watts would be
1) 225 2) 450 3) 900 4) 1800

18 of heat is conducted through a wall of 12cm thick in one hour.

Temperature difference between the two sides of the wall is . The thermal
conductivity of the material of the wall is (in )
1) 0.11 2) 0.13 3) 1.5 4) 1.2

19) Steam is passed into 54 gm of water at 30C till the temperature of mixture becomes
90C. If the latent heat of steam is 536 cal/gm, the mass of the mixture will be:
(a) 80 gm (b) 60 gm (c) 50 gm (d) 24 gm
20) If the height of Niagra fall is 50 m, the difference between the temperatures of water at
the top and the bottom of the fall is:
(a) 117C (b) 11.7C (c) 1.17C (d) 0.117C