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1. 110 joules of heat is added to a gaseous system - whose internal energy is 40J then the amount ofexternal work done is [1993]
2. During an adiabatic process - the pressure of a gasis found to be proportional to the cube of itstemperatureThe ratio of C p/Cv for the gas is[NEET2013]
3. First law of thermodynamics is consequence ofconservation of [1988]
4. At 27° Ca gas is compressed suddenly such that itspressure becomes (1/8) of original pressureFinaltemperature will be (γ= 5/3) [1989]
5. A sample of gas expands from volume V1 to V2Theamount of work done by the gas is greatest - when theexpansion is [1997]
6. An ideal gas heat engine operates in Carnot cyclebetween 227°C and 127°CIt absorbs 6 × 10 4 cals of heatat higher temperatureAmount of heat converted towork is [2005]
7. A Carnot engine whose sink is at 300 K has anefficiency of 40%By how much should the temperatureof source be increased so as to increase - its efficiency by50% of original efficiency? [2006]
8. An ideal gas A and a real gas B have their volumesincreased from V to 2V under isothermal conditionsTheincrease in internal energy [1993]
9. Amass of diatomic gas (γ = 1.4) at a pressure of 2atmospheres is compressed adiabatically so that itstemperature rises from 27°C to 927°CThe pressure ofthe gas in final state is [2011M]
10. A reversible engine converts one-sixth of the heatinput into workWhen the temperature of the sink isreduced by 62°C - the efficiency of the engine is doubled.The temperatures of the source and sink are [2000]
11. During an isothermal expansion - a confined idealgas does -“150 J of work against its surroundingsThisimplies that [2011]
12. When 1 kg of ice at 0°C melts to water at 0°C - theresulting change in its entropy - taking latent heat of iceto be 80 cal/°C - is [2011]
13. One mole of an ideal gas at an initial temperatureof T K does 6R joules of work adiabaticallyIf the ratio ofspecific heats of this gas at constant pressure and atconstant volume is 5/3 - the final temperature of gas willbe [2004]
14. The temperature of source and sink of a heatengine are 127°C and 27°C respectivelyAn inventorclaims its efficiency to be 26% - then: [2001]
15. A diatomic gas initially at 18°C is compressedadiabatically to one eighth of its original volumeThetemperature after compression will be [1996]
16. Which of the following relations does not give theequation of an adiabatic process - where terms have theirusual meaning?
17. If ΔU and ΔW represent the increase in internalenergy and work done by the system respectively in athermodynamical process - which of the following istrue? [2010]
18. An engine has an efficiency of 1/6When thetemperature of sink is reduced by 62°C - its efficiency isdoubledTemperature of the source is [2007]
19. In thermodynamic processes which of thefollowing statements is not true? [2009]
20. We consider a thermodynamic systemIf ΔUrepresents the increase in its internal energy and W thework done by the system - which of the followingstatements is true? [1998]
21. The molar specific heat at constant pressure of anideal gas is (7/2) RThe ratio of specific heat at constantpressure to that at constant volume is [2006]
22. An ideal carnot engine - whose efficiency is 40%receives heat at 500 KIf its efficiency is 50% - then theintake temperature for the same exhaust temperature is[1995]
23. An ideal gas at 27°C is compressed adiabatically to8/27 of its original volumeThe rise in temperature is (γ= 5/3)[1999]
24. An ideal gas heat engine operates in a Carnot cyclebetween 227°C and 127°CIt absorbs 6 kcal at the highertemperatureThe amount of heat (in kcal) convertedinto work is equal to
25. If for a gas - R/CV = 0.67 - the gas is made up ofmolecules which are [1992]