Shri Ramdeobaba Kamla Nehru Engineering College, Nagpur

Engineering Entrance Examinations 4 Educative Centre (E C)

Thermal Physics Test Note: All questions carry (+3,-1) Marks. 1. A Piece of a metal (Coecient of linear expansion ) oats in a liquid (coecient of volume expansion ). If the temperature is changed by T ,the fraction of the submerged volume changes by factor 1+T 1+T a. 1+T b. 1+3T 1+T d. 13T c. 1+3T 1+T at Oo (c), whereas B, . . . . . . F are at 100o(c). The cross section of the rod connecting A to O is 3 times that of the other rods. The temperature of O in o (C) in steady state of heat ow from A to other vertices is

a. 50. b. 60. c. 62.5. d. 57.5. 2. Heat transfers from Equal areas T1 A B T2 < T1 6. The correct graph of x = p dv against v at end A to v dp r constant temperature for an ideal gas is end B of a r1 circular reaxis a. b. gion with x x rectangular cross - section and nonconducting boundary at a steady rate. Faces A and B are maintained at xed temperatures. If heat ux through v v equal areas placed anywhere is the same d. x c. x then the thermal conductivity must be 1 2 2 a. r b. r c. r d. r Where r is distance from axis of the region 3. 70(cal) is needed to raised the temperature of 2(mol) of an ideal gas at contact pressure from 20o to25o (c). Heat transfer needed to raise the temperature of the same gas at constant volume from 25o to 30o (c) is a. 30(cal) b. 70(cal) c. 90(cal) d. 50(cal) 4. A diatonic gas is heated at constant pressure by one degree starting at room temperature. Fraction of heat transfer which goes for expansion work is 5 b. 7 c. 3 d. 2 a. 2 7 5 5 5. A,B,C,D,E and F are vertices of a regular hexagon with centre O. Metal rods of the same material connect the vertices to O. A is
A B F Q
v v

7. To solid spheres of radii R1 and R2 < R1 are made of the same material and are initially at the same temperature. However, their surfaces are treated dierently and have different properties. When they are hung from non-conducting threads in the same ambient at lower temperature it is found that they start cooling at the same rate. We can say that their respective emissivities e1 and e2 obey e e e e b. R1 = R2 a. R1 = R2 1 2 2 1 c.
e1 R2 1

e2 R2 2

d.

e2 1 R1

e2 2 R2

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8. A double glazed window consists of two parallel glass plates of equal thickness, between which is a layer of trapped air. The correct variation of temperature across the window is depicted by

a.
T

b.
T

length to l2 . Then T1 /T2 is a. c.

g a
window
l1 l2 l2 l1 2/5

b.
2/15

l2 l1 l2 l1

2/5 1/5

d.

a
window

c.
T

d.
T

a
window

a
window

13. Three black bodies have T the same type of surT faces of areas A1 , A2 , A3 T l and are at temperatures T1 , T2 , T3 respectively. If the adjacent gure shows their radiation spectra then we can say that a. T3 > T2 b. A2 > A1 c. T1 > T3 d. A1 > A3
2 1 3

9. 2(kg) of ice [sp. heat 500(cal/kg k), latent heat 80(kcal/kg)] at 20o(c) is mixed with 5(kg) of water of 20o (c). The nal equilibrium mixture contains ( kg) of water [sp. heat 1(kcal/kg k)]. a. 7 b. 4 c. 6 d. 3 10. An ideal gas cyclic process is represented on the p - T plane by the adjacent diagram. An alternative representation on the p - V diagram
A

A 14. An ideal gas goes T1 through the stridB ing cycle shown here, T2 where AB and CD are D C v l 3v v0 isotherms. If there are n 0 (mole) of the gas, work done by the gas in one cycle is a. nR(T1 T2 )ln (3) b. R(T1 T2 )ln (3n) c. nR(T1 +T2 )ln (3) d. nRT1 ln (3)

p
B

adiabat C T

a.
A

b.
p
C T

15. A gas mixture contains 4(mol) of O2 and 3(mol) of Ar at T (K). If T (K) is high enough to excite vibrational modes the total internal energy of the mixture is a. 19 RT b. 35 RT 2 29 c. 2 RT d. 37 RT 2 16. Specic heats of polyatomic gases can change with temperature a. is a false statement b. because the gas expands more at higher temperature c. because there are more ways of storing energy at higher temperature d. because potential energy of molecular interaction decreases with heating 17. An ideal gas process for which pV 7 = constant is called a polytropic process with exponent n. he work done by a gas in expanding from v1 tov2 by polytropic processes of exponents n1 and n2 are respectively 1 and 2 . We can say that a. 1 > 2 b. 1 < 2 c. 1 may equal 2 d. 1 = 2 18. A metal rod of length l has a small cross - section area. It is rigidly clamped between two supports and uniformly heated so that it receives Q (W). If its specic

p
B

B T

c.
p

d.
p
B T

C A B T

11. The Plank radiation curve for a body at temperatures T1 , T2 , T3 peaks at 1 , 2 , 3 ,. If the wavelengths form an arithmetic progression with 3 , 2 , 1 then the temperatures T1 , T2 , T3 are in a. geometric progression b. harmonic progression c. arithmetic progression d. none of these 12. a diatomic ideal gas, conned in a uniform cylinder by a friction less piston, measures a column length l1 of the cylinder. If the piston is suddenly released it expands so that its temperature changes from T1 toT2 and its column

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E (l)

heat is c, young modulus and it can supports a maximum linear stress . If its mass in M, it will break after time provided its coecient of linear expansion is . Qc Q cm cm a. Q b. Q c. m d. cm 19. The internal energy it A p (kN/m ) is 8000(J). The gas goes 5 4 from A to B and then to 3 C by the path shown ab- 2 A sorbing 10(kJ) of heat 1 1 2 on the way. The internal energy at C is a. 9(kJ) b. 24(kJ) c. 4(kJ) d. 15(kJ)
2

B x V(m ) 3 4 5
3

20. Two systems S1 and S2 interact till equilibrium is reached. The nal values of the variable x for S1 and S2 and equal in equilibrium. Then we can say that a. x must be extensive b. x must be intensive c. x may be intensive d. x none of these

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