MCQ on Conduction Convection and Radiation Part 1

1. 70 cal of heat are required to raise the temperature of 2 mole of an ideal gas at
constant pressure from 30C to 35C. The amount of heat required to raise the
temperature of the same sample of the gas through the same range at constant volume
is nearly (Gas constant = 1.99 cal k1mol1)
(a)

30 cal

(b)

50 cal

(c)

70 cal

(d)

90 cal

2. Twenty Two gram of carbon dioxide at 27C is mixed in a closed container with 16g
of oxygen at 37C. If both gases are considered as ideal gases, then the temperature of
the mixture is
(a)

24.2C

(b)

28.5C

(c)

31.5C

(d)

33.5C

3. An ideal gas at a pressure 1 atm and temperature of 27C is compressed adiabatically

until its pressure becomes 8 times the initial pressures. Then the final temperature is

(a)

627C

(b)

527C

(c)

427C

(d)

327

4. In the indicator diagram, net amount of work done will be

(a)

Positive

(b)

Zero

(c)

Infinity

(d)

Negative

5. A gas expands with temperature according to the relation V = kT 2/3. Calculate work
done when the temperature changes by 60 K?
(a)

10 R

(b)

30 R
(c)

40 R

(d)

20 R

6. Two rectangular blocks, having identical dimensions, can be arranged either in

configuration I or in configuration II as shown in the figure. One of the blocks has
thermal conductivity 3K and the other 2K. The temperature difference between the
ends along the x-axis is the same in both the configuration, it takes as to transport a
certain amount of heat from the hot end to the cold end in the configuration I. The time
to transport the same amount of heat in the configuration II is

(a)

2.0 S

(b)

4.5 S

(c)

6.0 S

(d)

3.0 S

7. An ideal gas is heated at constant pressure. The work done by the gas is one-third of
the heat supplied. Find the value of = Cp/C :
(a)

1.4

(b)

1.5

(c)

1.60

(d)

1.67

8. The process shown in quasistatic on PV plot. The state changes from 1 to 2. Find the
correct option for the work done by the system on the surroundings:

(a)

Constant

(b)

Continuously increasing
(c)

(d)

Continuously decreasing

First decrease and then increases

9. Two gases A and B having the same temperature T, same pressure p and same volume
V are mixed. If the mixture is t same temperature T and occupies a volume V, the
pressure of the mixture is
(a)

2p

(b)

(c)

p/2

(d)

4p

10. During an experiment, an ideal gas is found to obey an additional law P 2V =

constant. The gas is initially at a temperature T and volume V. When it expands to a
volume 2V, the temperature becomes

(a)

(b)

2T

(c)

(d)

4T

11. In the temperature vs density curves, as shown, find the correct option.

(a)

(d)

Internal energy increase during process AB

(b)

The work done by the system during process BC

(c)

The work is done on the system during process BC

None of the above is correct

12. The initial temperature of a gas is 100C. The gas is contained in closed vessel. If the
pressure of the gas is increased by 5%, calculate the increase in temperature of the gas.
(a)

1C

(b)

2C

(c)

4C

(d)

5C

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