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Thermodynamics
Q1. Heat given to a system is 35 joules and work done by the system is 15 joules.
The change in the internal energy of the system will be

A -50 J

B 20 J

C 30 J

D 50 J
Q2. If R = universal gas constant, the amount of heat needed to raise the
temperature of 2 mole of an ideal monoatomic gas from 273 K to 373 K when no
work is done

A 100 R

B 150 R

C 300 R

D 500 R
Q3. A container of volume 1m3 is divided into two equal compartments by a
partition, One of these compartments contains an ideal gas at 300 K. The other
compartment is vacuum. The whole system is thermally isolated from its
surroundings. The partition is removed and the gas expands to occupy the whole
volume of the container. Its temperature now would be

A 300 K

B 239 K

C 200 K

D 100 K
Q4. 110 J of heat is added to a gaseous system, whose internal energy change is
40 J, then the amount of external work done is

A 150 J

B 70 J

C 110 J

D 40 J
Q5. The specific heat of hydrogen gas at constant pressure is CP = 3.4 x 103
cal / kg0C and at constant volume is CV = 2.4 x 103 cal/kg0C. If one kilogram
hydrogen gas is heated from 100C to 200C at constant pressure, the external
work done on the gas to maintain it at constant pressure is

A 105 cal

B 104 cal

C 103 cal

D 5 x 103 cal
Q6. One mole of an ideal monoatomic gas is heated at a constant pressure of one
atmosphere from 00C to 1000C. Then the change in the internal energy is

A 6.56 joules

B 8.32 x 102 joules

C 12.48 x 102 joules

D 20.80 joules
Q7. A perfect gas goes from state A to another state B by absorbing 8 x 105 J of
heat and doing 6.5 x 105 J of external work. It is now transferred between the
same two states in another process in which it absorbs 105 J of heat. Then in the
second process

A Work done on the gas is 0.5 x 105 J

B Work done by gas is 0.5 x 105 J

C Work done on the gas is 105 J

D Work done by gas is 105 J

Q8. A vessel containing 5 litres of a gas at 0.8 m pressure is connected to an
evacuated vessel of volume 3 litres. The resultant pressure inside will be
(assuming whole system to be isolated)

A 4/3 m

B 0.5 m

C 2.0 m

D 3/4m
Q9. For an isothermal expansion of a perfect gas, the value of is equal

D
Q10. An ideal gas A and a real gas B have their volumes increased from V to 2 V
under isothermal conditions. The increase in internal energy

A Will be same in both A and B

B Will be zero in both the gases

C Of B will be more than that of A

D Of A will be more than that of B

Q11. In an isothermal process the volume of an ideal gas is halved. One can say
that

A Internal energy of the system decreases

B Work done by the gas is positive

C Work done by the gas is negative

D Internal energy of the system increases

Q12. A cylinder fitted with a piston contains 0.2 moles of air at temperature 270C.
The piston is pushed so slowly that the air within the cylinder remains in thermal
equilibrium with the surroundings. Find the approximate work done by the
system if the final volume is twice the initial volume

A 543 J

B 345 J

C 453 J

D 600 J
Q13. The pressure in the tyre of a car is four times the atmospheric pressure at
300 K . If this tyre suddenly bursts, its new temperature will be (γ = 1.4 )

A 300 (4)1.4/0.4

C 300 (2)-0.4/1.4

D 300 (4)-0.4/1.4
Q14. A gas at NTP is suddenly compressed to one - fourth of its original volume. If
γ is supposed to be , then the final pressure is

A 4 atmosphere

C 8 atmosphere

D
Q15. An ideal gas at 270 C is compressed adiabatically to of its original
volume. If , then the rise in temperature is

A 450 K

B 375 K

C 225 K

D 405 K
Q16. During the adiabatic expansion of 2 moles of a gas, the internal energy of
the gas is found to decrease by 2 joules, the work done during the process on the
gas will be equal to

A 1J

B 1J

C 2J

D - 2J
Q17. One gm mol of a diatomic gas ( γ = 1.4 ) is compressed adiabatically so that
its temperature rises from 270 C to 1270 C . The work done will be

A 2077.5 Joules

B 207.5 Joules

C 2077.5 ergs

D None of the above

Q18. A polyatomic gas is compressed to of its volume adiabatically.

If its initial pressure is P0, its new pressure will be

A 8P0

B 16P0

C 6P0

D 2P0
Q19. One mole of a perfect gas in a cylinder fitted with a piston has a pressure P,
volume V and temperature T . If the temperature is increased by 1 K keeping
pressure constant, the increase in volume is

D V
Q20. Two kg of water is converted into steam by boiling at atmospheric pressure.
The volume changes from 2 x 10-3 m3 to 3.34 m3. The work done by the system is
about

A -340 kJ

B -170 kJ

C 170 kJ

D 340 kJ
Q21. A Carnot engine working between 300 K and 600 K has work output of
800 J per cycle. What is amount of heat energy supplied to the engine from
source per cycle

A 1800 J cycle

B 1000 J cycle

C 2000 J cycle

D 1600 J cycle
Q22. The coefficient of performance of a Carnot refrigerator working between
300C and 00 C is

A 10

B 1

C 9

D 0
Q23. A Carnot’s engine used first an ideal monoatomic gas then an ideal
diatomic gas. If the source and sink temperature are 4110 C and 690 C
respectively and the engine extracts 1000 J of heat in each cycle, then area
enclosed by the PV diagram is

A 100 J

B 300 J

C 500 J

D 700 J
Q24. Efficiency of a Carnot engine is 50% when temperature of outlet is 500 K. In
order to increase efficiency up to 60% keeping temperature of intake the same
what is temperature of outlet

A 200 K

B 400 K

C 600 K

D 800 K
Q25. When an ideal diatomic gas is heated at constant pressure, the fraction of
the heat energy supplied which increases the internal energy of the gas, is

D
Q26. Two identical containers A and B with frictionless pistons contain the same
ideal gas at the same temperature and the same volume V . The mass of the gas
in A is m A and that in B is m B. The gas in each cylinder is now allowed to expand
isothermally to the same final volume 2 V. The changes in the pressure in A and
B are found to be ΔP and 1.5 ΔP respectively. Then

A 4mA = 9mB

B 2mA = 3mB

C 3mA = 2mB

D 9mA = 3mB
Q27. A monoatomic ideal gas, initially at temperature T1, is enclosed in a cylinder
fitted with a frictionless piston. The gas is allowed to expand adiabatically to a
temperature. T2 by releasing the piston suddenly. If L1 and L2 are the lengths of
the gas column before and after expansion respectively, then T1 / T2 is given by

D
Q28. A closed hollow insulated cylinder is filled with gas at 00 C and also
contains an insulated piston of negligible weight and negligible thickness at the
middle point. The gas on one side of the piston is heated to 1000 C . If the piston
moves 5 cm, the length of the hollow cylinder is

A 13.65 cm

B 27.3 cm

C 38.6 cm

D 64.6 cm
Q29. A mono atomic gas is supplied the heat Q very slowly keeping the pressure
constant. The work done by the gas will be

D
Q30. A gas consists of 2 moles of oxygen and 4 moles argon at temperature T.
Neglecting all vibrational modes, the total internal energy of the system is

A 4 RT

B 15 RT

C 9 RT

D 11 RT
Q31. The molar heat capacity in a process of a diatomic gas if it does a
work of when a heat of Q is supplied to it is

D
Q32. Two Carnot engines A and B are operated in succession. The first one, A
receives heat from a source at T1 = 800K and rejects to sink at T2K . The second
engine B receives heat rejected by the first engine and rejects to another sink at
T3 = 300 K. If the work outputs of two engines are equal, then the value of T2 is

A 100 K

B 300 K

C 550 K

D 700 K
Q33. Initial pressure and volume of a gas are P and V respectively. First it is
expanded isothermally to volume 4V and then compressed adiabatically to
volume V. The final pressure of gas will be

A 1P

B 2P

C 4P

D 8P
Q34. A reversible engine converts one -sixth of the heat input into work. When
the temperature of the sink is reduced by 620 C, the efficiency of the engine is
doubled. The temperatures of the source and sink are

A 800C, 370C

B 950C, 280C

C 900C, 370C

D 990C, 370C
Q35. Find the change in the entropy in the following process 100 gm of ice at
00C melts when dropped in a bucket of water at 500 C (Assume temperature of
water does not change)

A - 4.5 cal/K

B + 4.5 cal/K

C + 5.4 cal/K

D - 5.4 cal/K
Q36. P-V diagram of a diatomic gas is a straight line passing through origin. The
molar heat capacity of the gas in the process will be

A 4R

B 2.5 R

C 3R

D
Q37. A thermodynamic system is taken through the cycle PQRSP process. The
net work done by the system is

A 20 J

B - 20 J

C 400 J

D -374 J
Q38. An ideal gas is taken around ABCA as shown in the above P - V diagram.
The work done during a cycle is

A 2 PV

B PV

C 1/2 PV

D Zero
Q39. A thermodynamic process is shown in the figure. The pressures and
volumes corresponding to some points in the figure are:
PA = 3 x 104 Pa, PB = 8 x 104 Pa and VA - 2 x 10-3 m3, VD - 5 x 10-3 m3
In process AB, 600 J of heat is added to the system and in process BC, 200 J of
heat is added to the system. The change in internal energy of the system in
process AC would be

A 560 J

B 800 J

C 600 J

D 640 J
Q40. A cyclic process ABCA is shown in the V-T diagram. Process on the P-V
diagram is

A B

C D
Q41. The temperature - entropy diagram of a reversible engine cycle is given the
figure. Its efficiency is

A 1/3

B 2 /3

C 1/2

D 1/4
Q42. P-V diagram of an ideal gas is shown in figure. Work done by the gas in
process ABCD is

A 4 P0 V0

B 2 P0 V0

C 3 P0 V0

D P0 V0
Q43. One mole of a monoatomic ideal gas is mixed with one mole of a diatomic
ideal gas. The molar specific heat of the mixture at constant volume is

A 8

C 2R

D 2.5 R
Q44. When the temperature of a gas is raised from 270 C to 900 C, the
percentage increase in the r.m.s. velocity of the molecules will be

A 10%

B 15%

C 20%

D 17.5%
Q45. The r.m.s. Velocity of a gas at a certain temperature is times than the
of the oxygen molecules at that temperature. The gas can be

A H2

B He

C CH4

D SO2
Q46. The ratio of two specific heats of CO is

A 1.33

B 1.40

C 1.29

D 1.66
Q47. Considering the gases to be ideal, the value of for a gaseous
mixture consisting of = 3 moles of carbon dioxide and 2 moles of oxygen will be

A 1.37

B 1.34

C 1.55

D 1.63