Test-4208: Heat & thermodynamics Time: 50 min

Date: 05-01-2026 Max. Mark-100

Section-A-(+4,-1,0)
Multiple Choice Questions: This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each
question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C), and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct

Q1. A ideal monoatomic gas initially occupies volume V and pressure P. Now the gas
undergoes a process in which pressure of the gas is proportional to its volume. It is
found that the rms speed of the gas molecule gets doubled after the process. Heat
supplied to the gas in the above said process is:
(A) 4PV (B) 6PV (C) 8 PV (D) 10 PV

Q2. On a TP diagram, two moles of ideal gas perform T

process AB and CD. If the work done by the gas in
T1 A B
the process AB is two times the work done in the
process CD then what is the value of T1/T2?

(A) 1/2
(B) 1 T2 C
D
(C) 2
(D) 4
P
O

Q3. A vessel contains a mixture of one mole of oxygen and two moles of nitrogen at 300
K. Then the ratio of average rotational kinetic energies per O2 molecule to per N2
molecule is:
(A) 1 (B) 7 (C) 7/8 (D) 8/7

Q4. A ball moving with velocity î collides with a stationary wall and returns with a velocity
ĵ /2. The coefficient of restitution for this collision is
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 5
Q5. In a room where temperature is 30oC a body cools from 61oC to 59oC is 4 minutes.
The time taken by the body to cool from 51oC to 49oC will be:
(A) 4 minutes (B) 6 minutes (C) 5 minutes (D) 8 minutes

Q6. Two rods of length  1 and  2 are made of materials whose coefficients of linear
expansion are 1 and  2 . If the difference between two lengths is independent of
temperature then:
1  1 2 12 2
(B)  2 1   1 2
2 2
(A)  1 (B)  (D)  2
 2 2 2 1 1 2

Q7. An ideal gas has molar heat capacity Cv at constant volume. The gas undergo the
process
T = T0 (1 – V) where , T0 is constant and V is volume. Then molar heat capacity of the
gas is:
R R
(A) Cv  (1  V) (B) Cv  (1  V)
V V
R R
(C) Cv  (1  V) (D) Cv  (1  V)
2V 2V

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Q8. A mono atomic ideal gas is filled in a non conducting container. The gas can be
compressed by a movable non conducting piston. The gas is compressed slowly to
12.5% of its initial volume. The ratio of initial adiabatic bulk modulus of the gas to the
final value of adiabatic bulk modulus of the gas is
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 8 32 16

Q9. Two large holes are cut in a metal sheet as shown. If this is
heated, which distance will decrease :
(A) BC (B) AB C
A B
(C) AC (D) None

Q10. A solid sphere of radius R made of a material of Bulk modulus K is surrounded by a

liquid in a cylindrical container. A light piston of area A floats on the surface of the
liquid. When a mass m is placed on the piston to compress the liquid, the fractional
change in the radius of the sphere will be
mg 3mg mg mg
(A) (B) (C) (D)
AK AK 3 AK 2 AK
Q11. 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) 4R/3

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Q12. Figure shows a parabolic graph between T and (T = 2T
V 0

temperature, V = volume) for a mixture of a gases

undergoing an adiabatic process. The ratio of rms
velocity of molecules and speed of sound in the T0
mixture of gases at the same temperature is
3 2 1/V
(A) (B) 2 (C) (D) 3 O
2 3 1/V0 4/V0

Q13. A copper sphere is suspended in a evacuated chamber maintained at 300 K. The

sphere is maintained at constant temperature of 900 K by heating electrically. A total
of 300 W electric power is needed to do this. When half of the surface of the copper
sphere is completely blackened, 600 W is needed to maintain the same temperature
of sphere. The emissivity of copper is
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/2 (D) 1

Q14. Ends of two wires A and B, having resistivity A = 3  105 m and B = 6  105 m
of same cross section area are pointed together to form a single wire. If the
resistance of the joined wire does not change with temperature, then find the ratio of
their lengths given that temperature coefficient of resistivity of wires A and B are  = 4
 105/C and  = 4  106/C. Assume that mechanical dimensions do not change
with temperature.
(A) 3 : 10 (B) 10 : 3 (C) 1 : 3 (D) 3 : 1

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Q15. Three rods AB, BC and BD k, B 2k,
of same length  and cross- 200cal/s 100C
sectional area A are A C
arranged as shown. The end
D is immersed in ice whose k / 2,
mass is 440 gm. Heat is
being supplied at constant
rate of 200 cal/sec from the D
end A. Time in which whole Ice
ice will melt
(Latent heat of fusion of ice is
80 cal/gm)
40
(A) min (B) 700 sec (C) 20/3 min (D) indefinitely long time
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Given : k (thermal conductivity) = 100 cal/m/sec/  C, A = 10 cm2,   1m

Q16. For a gas specific heat capacity for a process is given as C =

 4 ×10 4

+ 3P Joule/kg/k. If the state of a gas is changed from temperature 200 K
and volume 120 litre (P represents pressure of gas in N m2 ) to temperature 250 K
and volume 150 litre, then heat exchanged for one mole of gas is
(A) 4.07  10 6 J (B) 8.14  10 4 J (C)  8.14  10 4 J (D)  4.07 106 J

Q17. Figure shows the variation of internal energy U with U

the volume V of 1mole of an ideal gas in a cyclic
process abcda. The temperature of the gas at b and c a b
are 400 K and 200 K respectively. Heat absorbed by
the gas during the complete cycle is
(A) 200R n  2  (B) 600R n  2 
(C) 400R n  2  (D) 800R n  2  d c

V
O 3 3
1m 2m

Q18. There is a rod of length L and coefficient of linear expansion . It is given that  
does not change over long variations in temperature. The increase in temperature
required to make the length of the rod equal to 2L, is (initial temperature is T0)
1 1  n 2  n 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
 2 2 

Q19. A point source S of light is S R

emitting a power P. A r
sphere of radius r is
situated at a distance R
from source S(r>>R), has a
mass M and specific heat capacity C. The time in which temperature of sphere rises
by C is
R 2MCQ 2R2MCQ 3R2MCQ 4R2MCQ
(A) (B) (C) (D)
Pr 2 Pr 2 Pr 2 Pr 2

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Q20. A long rod has one end at 0C and other end at a high temperature. The coefficient
of thermal conductivity varies with distance from the low temperature end as k =
k 0 1  ax  where k 0  102 S.I. unit and a = 1 m1 . At what distance from the first
end the temperature will be 100 C? The area of cross-section is 1 cm2 and rate of
heat conduction is 1W.
(A) 2.7 m (B) 1.7 m (C) 3 m (D) 1.5 m

SECTION-B-(+4,-1,0)
Numerical Value Type Questions: This section contains 5 Numerical based
questions. The answer to each question should be rounded-off to the nearest
integer

Q21. A piece of ice (heat capacity = 2100 J kg-1 °C-1 and latent heat = 3.36 105J kg-1) of
mass m grams is at -5°C at atmospheric pressure. It is given 420 J of heat so that the
ice starts melting. Finally when the ice-water mixture is in equilibrium, it is found that
1 gm of ice has melted. Assuming there is no other heat exchange in the process, the
value of m is………..

Q22. P –V diagram of an ideal gas is as shown, work p

done by the gas in the process ABCD is n
2p0 C D
P0 V0 where value of n is………….

A
p0
B

V
O
V0 2V0 3V0

Q23. A sphere of 8 cm radius behaves like a black body. It is in thermal equilibrium with the
surrounding and absorbs 10 W of power radiated to it from surrounding. The
temperature ( in Kelvin) of the sphere (   5.67  10 8 W / m2K 4 ) is approximately

Q24. A copper sphere at 627C cools due to radiation, at the rate of 16C/min, the
temperature of the surroundings being constant and is 27C. The rate of cooling of
the sphere at 327C in C/min is

Q25. A gas is adiabatically taken from A to B through path p

ACB in which 20 J of work done on the system as
shown in the figure. If it is taken back from B to A B
through path BDA, 10 J of heat is absorbed. The
work done ( in Joule) by gas during BDA process is. D
C

A
V
O
Sol25. (W)cycle = (Q)cycle
W BDA – 20 = 0 + 10
W BDA = 30 J.