Thermal Properties
Thermal Properties
1. One kilogram of ice at 0°C is mixed with one 6. A body cools from a
kilogram of water at 80°C . The final temperature 3T to 2T in10 minutes. The room
temperature of the mixture is (Take: Specific temperature is T. Assume that Newton's law of
heat of water = 4200 J kg −1 C −1 , Latent heat of cooling is applicable. The temperature of the
ice = 336 kJ kg −1 ) body at the end of next 10 minutes will be:
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(1) 0°C (2) 50°C 1. 4 T
(3) 40°C (4) 60°C 3
2. 2 T
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2. A body cools down from 80 C to 70 C in 5 3. 3 T
minutes. The temperature of the same body will 4. T
∘ ∘
fall from 70 C to 60 C in:
1. less than 5 minutes. 7. A black body is at a temperature of 5760 K.
2. equal to 5 minutes. The energy of radiation emitted by the body at
a wavelength of 250 nm is U1, at a wavelength
3. more than 5 minutes.
of 500 nm is U2 and that at 1000 nm is U3. Given
can't say anything as the temperature of the
4. Wien's constant b = 2. 88 × 106
surroundings is not known.
nm − K, which of the following is correct?
1. U3=0
3. Heat capacity is equal to the product of: 2. U1>U2
1. mass and gas constant 3. U2>U1
2. mass and specific heat 4. U1=0
3. latent heat and volume of water
4. mass and Avogadro number
8. The value of coefficient of volume expansion
of glycerin is 5x10-4 K-1. The fractional change
4. A constrained steel rod of length l, area of in the density of glycerin for a rise of 40°C in its
cross-section A, Young's modulus Y and temperature is -
coefficient of linear expansion α is heated (1) 0.015
through t∘ C. The work that can be performed
by the rod when heated is: (2) 0.020
1. (Y Aαt)(lαt)
1 (3) 0.025
2. 2 (Y Aαt)(lαt)
1 1
3. 2 (Y Aαt) 2 (lαt) (4) 0.010
4. 2(Y Aαt)(lαt) ∘
9. A certain quantity of water cools from 70 C
∘
to 60∘ C in the first 5 minutes and to 54 C in
5. The temperature of a body on Kelvin scale is
the next 5 minutes.
found to be X K. When it is measured by a
The temperature of the surroundings will be:
Fahrenheit thermometer, it is found to be X0F. ∘
1. 45 C 2. 20∘ C
Then X is ∘
(1) 301.25 3. 42 C 4. 10∘ C
(2) 574.25
(3) 313
(4) 40 10. The coefficient of thermal conductivity
depends upon
(1) Temperature difference of two surfaces
(2) Area of the plate
(3) Thickness of the plate
(4) Material of the plate
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11. The dimensions of thermal resistance are 16. The coefficient of thermal conductivity of
(1) M−1 L−2 T3 K copper is nine times that of steel. In the
2
(2) ML T−2 K−1 composite cylindrical bar shown in the figure.
2
(3) ML T−3 K What will be the temperature at the junction of
2 copper and steel
(4) ML T−2 K−2
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20. In heat transfer, which method is based on 26. The radiation emitted by a star A is 10,000
gravitation ? times that of the sun. If the surface
(1) Natural convection temperatures of the sun and the star A are 6000
(2) Conduction K and 2000 K respectively, the ratio of the radii
(3) Radiation of the star A and the sun is
(4) Stirring of liquids 1. 300 : 1
2. 600 : 1
21. A hot and a cold body are kept in vacuum 3. 900 : 1
separated from each other. Which of the 4. 1200 : 1
following cause decrease in temperature of the
hot body ? 27. Star A has radius r surface temperature T
(1) Radiation while star B has radius 4r and surface
(2) Convection temperature T/2. The ratio of the power of two
(3) Conduction stars, PA :PB is
(4) Temperature remains unchanged (1) 16 : 1
(2) 1 : 16
22. For a perfectly black body, its absorptive (3) 1 : 1
power is (4) 1 : 4
(1) 1
(2) 0.5 28. A black body of surface area 10 cm2 is
(3) 0 heated to 127°C and is suspended in a room at
(4) Infinity temperature 27°C. The initial rate of loss of heat
from the body at the room temperature will be
∘
23. The temperature of an object is 400 C. The (1) 2.99 W
temperature of the surroundings may be (2) 1.89 W
assumed to be negligible. What temperature (3) 1.18 W
would cause the energy to radiate twice as (4) 0.99 W
1
quickly? (Given, 2 4 ≈ 1.18)
1. 200∘ C 29. Consider two hot bodies, B1 and B2 which
2. 200 K have temperatures of 100∘ C and 80∘ C
3. 800∘ C respectively at t=0. The temperature of the
4. 800 K surroundings is 40∘ C. The ratio of the
respective rates of cooling R1 and R2 of these
24. If the temperature of the sun (black body) is two bodies at t = 0 will be:
doubled, the rate of energy received on earth 1. R1 : R2 = 3 : 2
will be increased by a factor of 2. R1 : R2 = 5 : 4
(1) 2 3. R1 : R2 = 2 : 3
(2) 4 4. R1 : R2 = 4 : 5
(3) 8
(4) 16
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30. Which of the following statements is 33. Three rods made of the same material and
true/correct ? having the same cross section have been joined
(1) During clear nights, the temperature rises as shown in the figure. Each rod is of the same
steadily upward near the ground level length. The left and right ends are kept at 0°C
(2) Newton's law of cooling, an approximate and 90°C respectively. The temperature of the
form of Stefan's law, is valid only for natural junction of the three rods will be
convection
(3) The total energy emitted by a black body per
unit time per unit area is proportional to the
square of its temperature in the Kelvin scale
(4) Two spheres of the same material have radii
1m and 4m and temperatures 4000 K and 2000
K respectively. The energy radiated per second (1) 45°C
by the first sphere is greater than that radiated (2) 60°C
per second by the second sphere (3) 30°C
(4) 20°C
31. The temperature of a liquid drops from 365
K to 361 K in 2 minutes. Find the time during 34. A solid copper cube of edges 1 cm is
which temperature of the liquid drops from 344 suspended in an evacuated enclosure. Its
K to 342 K . Temperature of room is 293 K temperature is found to fall from 100°C to 99
(a) 84 sec (b) 72 sec °C in 100 s . Another solid copper cube of edges
(c) 66 sec (d) 60 sec 2 cm, with similar surface nature, is suspended
in a similar manner. The time required for this
32. Two rods (one semi-circular and other cube to cool from 100°C to 99°C will be
straight) of same material and of same cross- approximately -
sectional area are joined as shown in the figure. (a) 25 s (b) 50 s
The points A and B are maintained at different (c) 200 s (d) 400 s
temperature. The ratio of the heat transferred
through a cross-section of a semi-circular rod to 35. The graph shown in the adjacent diagram,
the heat transferred through a cross section of represents the variation of temperature (T) of
the straight rod in a given time is two bodies, x and y having same surface area,
with time (t) due to the emission of radiation.
Find the correct relation between the emissivity
(e) and absorptivity (a) of the two bodies .
(1) 2 : π
(2) 1 : 2
(3) π : 2
(4) 3 : 2
(1) ex > ey & ax < ay
(2) ex < ey & ax > ay
(3) ex > ey & ax > ay
(4) ex < ey & ax < ay
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36. The plots of intensity versus wavelength for 39. In the figure, the distribution of energy
three black bodies at temperatures density of the radiation emitted by a black body
T1 , T2 and T3 respectively are as shown. Their at a given temperature is shown. The possible
temperature are such that: temperature of the black body is
37. Shown below are the black body radiation 40. Liquid oxygen at 50 K is heated up to 300 K
curves at temperatures T1 and T2 (T2 >T1 ). at a constant pressure of 1 atm. The rate of
Which of the following plots is correct ? heating is constant. Which one of the following
graphs represents the variation of temperature
with time?
1. 2.
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42. The rate of heat emission from an ideal 45. Three stars A, B, C have surface
black body at temperature T is H. What will be temperatures TA , TB , TC respectively. Star A
the rate of emission of heat by another body of appears bluish, star B appears reddish and star
same size at temperature 2T and emissivity C yellowish. Hence,
0.25? 1. TA > TB > TC
1. 16 H 2. 4 H 2. TB > TC > TA
3. 8 H 4. 4.5 H 3. TC > TB > TA
4. TA > TC > TB
1. 10.8∘ C
2. 14.6∘ C
3. 16.4∘ C
4. 18.2∘ C
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