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The specific heat at constant volume is
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A. the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of gas through one degree, at constant pressure
B. the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of gas through one degree, at constant volume
C. the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water through one degree
D. any one of the above

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the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of unit mass of gas through one degree, at constant volume

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3. The thermodynamic property of a system is said to be an intensive property whose value for the entire system __________ the sum of their value for the individual parts of the system.
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A. is equal to
B. is not equal to

5. The measurement of a thermodynamic property known as temperature is based on
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A. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
B. First law of thermodynamics
C. Second law of thermodynamics
D. none of these

7. The total energy of a molecule is shared equally by the various degrees of freedom possessed by it. This law is known as
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A. law of equipartition of energy
B. law of conservation of energy
C. law of degradation of energy
D. none of these

10. A process, in which the temperature of the working substance remains constant during its expansion or compression, is called
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A. isothermal process
B. hyperbolic process
C. adiabatic process
D. polytropic process

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