NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION (NAME)

Heat and Thermodynamics

1. Thermal equilibrium implies the equality of
a) energy b) K.e c) internal energy d) can’t be predicted

2. A faulty thermometer reads melting point of ice as -10°C. It reads 60°C in place of 50°C. What is the
temperature of boiling point of water on this scale?
a) 90°C b) 150°C c) 130°C d) 125°C

3. The upper and lower fixed point of a thermometer are separated by 160mm. The length of mercury
thread above the lower temperature is 40mm. then the temperature at this point is
a) 90°F b) 75°F c) 47°F d) 77°F

4. The graph shown in fig. is a plot of the temperature of a body in °C and °F. The value of sin𝜃 is .
a) 5 /√106 b. 5 /√109 c. 5 /√116 d. √106 / 5

5. The length of a rod is 100 cm at 40°C. What will be it’s length at 50°C? (𝛼 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑜𝑑 = 1 × 10−5 /°𝐶).
a) 100 cm b) 100.01 cm c) 100.001 cm d) 100.1 cm
6. When water is heated from 0 to 4°C
a) Cp > Cv b) Cp < Cv c) Cp – Cv = R d) Cp = Cv

7. If ‘C’ and ‘S’ and be the coefficient of apparent expansion of copper and silver respectively. The
coefficient of linear expansion of copper is ‘A’ then that of silver is

a) (𝐶 + 𝑆 − 3𝐴)/3 b) (𝐶 + 3𝐴 − 𝑆)/3 c) (𝐶 + 3𝐴 + 𝑆)/3 d) none

8. two spheres one solid and other hollow both are made of the same material and of same radius. If
same heat is given to both spheres then expansion will be more in
a) hollow b) solid c) both a and b d) they do not expand

9. two spheres one solid and other hollow both are made of the same material and of same radius. If
same temperature is given to both spheres then expansion will be more in
a) hollow b) solid c) both a and b d) they do not expand

10. A pendulum clock gains 5 seconds per day at 16°C and loses 15 seconds per day at 40°C. Then the
clock keeps correct time at
a) 32°C b) 20°C c) 22°C d) 25°C
11. If 420J of heat is lost by 20g of water. What is the change in temperature?
a) 10°C b) 5°C c) 15°C d) 20°C

12. The amount of heat required will be minimum when a body is heated through

a) 1°C b) 1K c) 1°F d) equal in (a) & (b)

13. A 10 kg iron bar (Specific heat of iron = 0.11cal/g °C) at 80°C is placed on an ice block. How much
ice melts.
a) 1kg b) 1.1kg c) 10kg d) 11kg
14. The graph shows the variation of temperature (T) of one kilogram of a material with the heat (H)
supplied to it. At O, the substance is in solid state. From the graph, we can conclude that
a. T2 is the melting point of the solid
b. BC represents the change of state from solid to liquid
c. (H2-H1) represents the latent heat of fusion of the substance
d. (H3-H1) represents the latent heat of vaporization of the substance

15. Cooking utensils must have. In the given option ‘K’ refers to thermal conductivity and ‘S’ refers to
specific heat capacity.
a) High ‘K’ and low ‘S’ b) High ‘K’ and High ‘S’
c) Low ‘K’ and low ‘S’ d) Low ‘K’ and High ‘S’

16. The heat required to melt 1 gm of ice is 80 cal. A man chew 60 gm of ice in 1 minute, then power of
man is
a)0.336W b) 336W c) 7000W d) 0.1W

17. 540 g of ice at 0°C is mixed with 540g of steam at 100°C. The final temperature of the mixture is
a) 10°C b) 25°C c) 80°C d) 100°C

18. An iron cube floats in a vessel containing mercury at 20°C. If the temperature is increased by
100°C, the cube will float
a) lower b) higher
c) at same level d)lower or higher depending on mass of cube
the gas
19. Calculate the total amount of heat required to convert 1g of ice at -10°C to steam of 100°C.
a) 700 cal b) 725 cal
c) 723 cal d) 727 cal
20. If ‘C’ be the rms speed of a gas at 27°C. What will be the final temperature if the rms speed is
doubled?
a) 1200°C b) 1000°C
c) 1100°C d) 927°C
21. At 0K which of the following properties of a gas will be zero?
a) K.E b) P. E c) mass d) density
22. Calculate the ratio of speed of sound in N2 gas to that of H2 gas at 30k
a) 5 /√3 b) √3 /5 c) 3 /√5 d) none
23. An ideal gas has f – degrees of freedom per molecule. The average translational Kinetic energy per
molecule at temperature T is
a) 3/2 KT b) 3 KT c) f KT d) f/2 KT
24. The r.m.s. speed of oxygen molecules at a certain absolute temperature T is v. If the temperature is
doubled and oxygen gas dissociates into atomic oxygen, the r.m.s. speed
a) becomes 2v b) becomes 2 v c) remains v d) becomes v/ 2
25. A mixture of gas has 6 degrees of freedom at 300k. If rms speed of gas molecule is c then speed of
sound in air is
a) 3c/4 b) 2c/3 c) c/ d)c/√3
26. Which of the following gases possesses minimum K.E. at a given temperature?
a) Hydrogen b) Nitrogen c) Helium d) All have equal K.E.
27. Heat is flowing through two cylinders of the same material. The diameter for rods are in the ratio
1:2 and their length in 2:1. If the temperature difference between their ends are same then ratio of
amount of heat conducted through them per unit time will be,
a) 1:8 b) 1:4 c) 8:1 d) 2:7

28. Two identical rods are joined first in series and then in parallel. Then,
a) (Keq)s= (Keq)p b)(Keq)s<(Keq)p c) (Keq)s> (Keq)p d) none
29. A perfectly black body emits radiation at temperature T1K. If it is to radiate 16 times this power, its
temperature T2K will be
a) T2 = 16T1 b)T2 = 8T1 c) T2 = 2T1 d) T2 = 4T1
30. A small black spot is present on the metal plate and if the plate is heated to red hot and quickly
placed in a dark room then the spot:
a) Will appears red while plate appears black
b) Will appears white while plate appears red
c) Will appears white while plate appears black
d) Will appears invisible while the plate appears black
a) Q b) W c) Q – W d) Q+W
31. Two stars radiate maximum energy at 320 nm and 400 nm respectively. The ratio of their kelvin
temperature is :
a)5:4 b) 4:5 c) 2:5 d) 4:25
32. If a body cools from 50°C to 49.9°C in 5 seconds and the surrounding temperature is 30°C. The time
required to cool the same body from 40°C to 39.9°C is
a)5 seconds b) 10 seconds c) 15 seconds d) 20 seconds
33. At absolute zero temperature, the black body
a) does not radiate b) maimally radiates
c) radiation is quadrupled d) radiation doubles
34. When 1500 cal of heat is supplied to a system, 1000 J of work was done. calculate the change in
internal energy.
a) 4300 J b) 5300J c) 6300 J d) 3300 J
35. The change in entropy of working substance in Carnot's cycle is
a) negative b) positive
c) zero d) depends on temperature of source and sink
36. The efficiency of a Carnot engine working between steam point and ice point is
a) 16.8% b) 26.81% c) 36.8% d) 46.8%
37. A Carnot engine takes in 3000 Kcal of heat from a reservoir at 627°C and gives it to a sink at 27°C.
The work done by the engine is
a) 4.2×106 J b) 8.4×106 J c) 16.8×106 J d) 0
38. A gas at NTP is suddenly compressed to one-fourth of its initial volume. Calculate the Final
pressure in atm
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
39. A refrigerator delivers 3 J of heat to the surrounding for every joule of work is done. The
coefficient of performance of refrigerator is
a) 1 b) 3 c) 2 d) 4
40. Find the work done by the gas going through a cyclic process shown in the figure.

a) 400π b) 500π c) 200π d)300π

 41. In an adiabatic compression of 5 moles of gas, 90 J of work is done on the gas. The change in
internal energy of the gas is
a) –90 J b) +90 J
c) 0 J d) depends on initial temperature

1.c 2.a 3.a 4.b 5.c 6.a 7.d 8.c 9.c 10.a 11.a 12.a 13.b 14.d 15.c 16.c 17.d 18.b 19.c 20.c 21.d 22.b
23.a 24.a 25.b 26.b 27.c 28.d 29.b 30.c 31.a 32.d 33.c 34.a 35.c 36.b 37.b 38.b 39.b 40.c 41.c 42.d
43.c 44.c 45.b 46.c 47.b 48.a 49.b 50.b 51.d 52.d 53.a 54.a 55.c 56.c 57.d 58.b 59.b 60.d