1.

Heat is being supplied at a constant rate to a sphere of ice which is melting at the rate of
0.1 gm/sec. It melts completely in 100 sec. The rate of rise of temperature thereafter will
be (Assume no loss of heat)
(A) 0.8 °C/sec (B) 5.4 °C/sec
(C) 3.6 °C/sec (D) will change with time

2. A 2100 W continuous flow geyser (instant geyser) has water inlet temperature = 10°C while
the water flows out at the rate of 20 g/sec. The outlet temperature of water must be about
(A) 20°C (B) 30°C
(C) 35°C (D) 40°C

3. A block of ice with mass m falls into a lake. After impact, a mass of ice m/5 melts. Both the
block of ice and the lake have a temperature of 0°C. If L represents the heat of fusion, the
minimum distance the ice fell before striking the surface is
L 5L
(A) (B)
5g g

gL mL
(C) (D)
5m 5g

4. The specific heat of a metal at low temperatures varies according to S = aT3 where a is a
constant and T is absolute temperature. The heat energy needed to raise unit mass of
the metal from T = 1 K to T = 2 K is
15a
(A) 3a (B)
4
2a 12a
(C) (D)
3 5

5. The graph shown in the figure represent change in the temperature of 5 kg of a substance as it
abosrbs heat at a constant rate of 42 kJ min–1. The latent heat of vapourization of the substance is
:
Temp (°C)

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
time(min)
(A) 630 kJ kg–1 (B) 126 kJ kg–1
–1
(C) 84 kJ kg (D) 12.6 kJ kg–1
6. The density of a material A is 1500 kg/m3 and that of another mateial B is 2000 kg/m3.
It is found that the heat capacity of 8 volumes of A is equal to heat capacity of 12
volumes of B. The ratio of specific heats of A and B will be
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 3 : 1
(C) 3 : 2 (D) 2 : 1

7. Find the amount of heat supplied to decrease the volume of an ice water mixture by 1
cm3 without any change in temperature. (ice= 0.9 water, Lice = 80 cal/gm)
(A) 360 cal (B) 500 cal
(C) 720 cal (D) none of these

8. A gas heater raises temperature of 1kg of water by 30°C in 10min. How long will it take the same
heater to raise 3kg of oil through the same temperature rise if the specific heat of water is twice
that of oil (assuming that there is no heat loss)
 (A) 15 min (B) 5 min
(C) 30 min (D) 60 min

9. If 100 g of ice at 0°C is mixed with 100 g of boiling water at 100°C, which of the following
graphs would best represent the temperature v/s time of the two components of the

mixture? (A) (B) (C)

(D)

10. A mass of material exists in its solid form at its melting temperature 10°C. The following processes
then occur to the material: Process 1: An amount of thermal energy Q is added to
the material and 3/4 of the material melts
Process 2: An identical additional amount of thermal energy Q is added to the material
and the material is now a liquid at 50°C. What is the ratio of the latent heat of fusion to
the specific heat of the liquid for this material?
(A) 80 (B) 60
(C) 40 (D) 20
11. A liquid of specific heat capacity 0.5 Cal/g -°C is kept streaming through a tube while it
is cooled by water surrounding the tube. The temperature of the incoming liquid is 60°C
and that of the outgoing liquid is 30°C. The capacity of the cooler tank is 60 liter and the
water in it is completely changed in every hour. The initial temperature of the cooling
water is 10°C and it is 20°C when it is changed. What is the amount of the liquid in kgs
that goes through the tube in one hour? Specific heat capacity of water = 1 Cal/g-°C.
(A) 40 Kg (B) 20 Kg
(C)10 Kg (D) 50 Kg

Paragraph for question nos. 12 to 13

A 500 g teapot and an insulated thermos are in a 20°C room. The teapot is filled with
1000 g of the boiling water. 12 tea bags are then placed into the teapot. The brewed tea
is allowed to cool to 80°C, then 250 g of the tea is poured from the teapot into the
thermos. The teapot is then kept on an insulated warmer that transfers 500 cal/min to
the tea. Assume that the specific heat of brewed tea is the same as that of pure water,
and that the tea bags have a very small mass compared to that of the water, and a
negligible effect on the temperature. The specific heat of teapot is 0.17 J/g K and that of
water is 4.18 J/g K. The entire procedure is done under atmospheric pressure. There are
4.18 J in one calorie.
12. After the tea is added to the thermos, the temperature of the liquid quickly falls from
80°C to 75°C as it reaches thermal equilibrium with the thermos flask. What is the heat
capacity of the thermos?
(A) 9.5 J/K (B) 14 J/K
(C) 95 J/K (D) 878 J/K

13. If, after some of the tea has been transferred to the thermos (as described in the passage),

the teapot with its contents (at a temperature of 80°C) was placed on the insulated
warmer for 5 minutes, what would be the temperature at the end of this 5 minute
period? (Assume that no significant heat transfer occurs with the surroundings)

(A) 80.7°C (B) 82.5°C

 (C) 83.2°C (D) 95.2°C

thermal expansion
1. A clock with metal pendulum beating seconds keeps correct time at 0°C. If it looses
12.5 sec. a day at 25°C, the coefficient of linear expansion of pendulum is-
1 1
(A) Per °C (B) Per °C
43200 28800
1 1
(C) Per °C (D) Per °C
14400 86400

2. A solid whose volume doesn’t changes with temperature floats in a liquid. For two
different temperatures t1 & t2 of the liquids fractions f1 & f2 of the volume of the solid
remain submerged in the liquid. The coefficient of volume expansion of the liquid is
equal to-
f1  f 2 f1  f 2
(A) (B)
f 2 t1  f1t 2 f1t1  f 2 t2

f1  f 2 f1  f 2
(C) (D)
f 2t1  f1t 2 f1t1  f 2t 2

3. A uniform solid brass sphere is rotating with angular speed 0 about a diameter. If its
temperature is now increased by 100°C. what will be new angular speed. ( = 2.0 × 10–5/°C
)
(A) 1.1 0 (B) 1.01 0
(C) 0.996 0 (D) .824 0

4. An Iron rod of 50 cm length is joined at one end to aluminum and of length 100 cm. All
measurement refer to 20°C. The average coefficient of linear expansion at 100°C will be
(iron=12×10–6/°C, -aluminium=24×10–6/°C)
(A) 36 × 10–6/°C (B) 12 × 10–6 /°C
(C) 20 × 10–6/°C (D) 48 × 10–6 /°C

5. The design of physical instrument requires that there be a constant difference in length
of 10 cm between an iron rod and copper cylinder laid side by side at all temperatures.
If Fe = 11 × 10–6/°C. cu = 17 × 10–6/°C then their length are (in cm).
(A) 28.3, 18.3 (B) 23.8, 13.8
(C) 23.9, 13.9 (D) 27.5, 17.5

6. Two rods of steel having ratio of length 1 : 2 and ratio of radius 1:2 then on increasing
same temperature, ratio of increment in length will-
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 1 : 2
(C) 2 : 1 (D) 1 : 4
7. The coefficient of apparent expansion of liquid in Cu vessel is c and in silver vessel is s.
The coefficient of volume expansion is cu for Cu. Then coefficient for linear expansion
of silver-

(c   cu  s ) (c   cu  s)
(A) (B)
5 3

(c   cu  s) (c   cu  s)
(C) (D)
3 3

8. A wire of length L0 supplied heat to raise the temperature by T. If  is coefficient of

volume expansion and Y is young’s modulus then energy stored in wire will be -

1 2 2 1 2 2 3
(A)  T Y (B)  T Y
2 3
 1  2T 2 1 2 2
(C) (D)  T Y
18 Y 18

9. Three rods of equal length are joined to form an equilateral triangle ABC. D is the mid
point of AB. Coefficient of linear expansion is 1 for AB and 2 for AC and BC. If
distance DC remain constant for small change in temperature, then


A B
D

 

(A) 1 = 2 (B) 1 = 22

(C) 1 = 42 (D) 1 = 2/2

10. Two metal rod of same length and cross section are fixed end to end between rigid
support. Young modules of material are y1 and y2 and coefficient of linear expansion 1
and 2. The junction between the rods does not shifts if the rods are cooled -
(A) y11 = y22 (B) y12 = y21
2
(C) y11 = y22 2 (D) y121 = y222
11. In a vertical U-tube containing a liquid, the two arms are maintained at different temperature
T1 and T2. The liquid columns in two arms have heights 1 and 2. The co efficient of volume
expansion of liquid is equal to-
1   2
(A)
 2 T1   1T2

1   2
(B)
 1T1   2 T2 T1
T2 1
1   2 2
(C)
 1T2   2 T1

1   2
(D)
 1T1   2 T2
12. When temperature of a body increases from t to t + t, its moment of inertia increases
I
from I to I + I. Coefficient of linear expansion of the body is , then is equal to-
I
t t
(A) (B) 2
t t
(C) t (D) 2T