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  • Question
  • Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but it can be transformed from one form to another. This statement is known as


  • Options
  • A. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
  • B. First law of thermodynamics
  • C. Second law of thermodynamics
  • D. Kinetic theory of gases

  • Correct Answer
  • First law of thermodynamics 


  • Thermodynamics problems


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    • 1. Steam coal is a

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    • A. pulverised coal
    • B. brown coal
    • C. coking bituminous coal
    • D. non-coking bituminous coal
    • Discuss
    • 2. The change of entropy, when heat is removed from the gas, is positive.

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    • A. Yes
    • B. No
    • Discuss
    • 3. When wood is heated with a limited supply of air to a temperature not less than 280°C, the resulting fuel is

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    • A. coke
    • B. wood charcoal
    • C. bituminous coal
    • D. briquetted coal
    • Discuss
    • 4. In an ideal gas turbine plant, it is assumed that the compression and expansion processes are

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    • A. isothermal
    • B. isentropic
    • C. polytropic
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. A cycle consisting of two isothermal and two isentropic processes, is known as

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    • A. Carnot cycle
    • B. Stirling cycle
    • C. Ericsson cycle
    • D. Joule cycle
    • Discuss
    • 6. The atomic mass of an element is the number of times the atom of that element is heavier than the hydrogen atom.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 7. The kinetic energy per kg molecule of any gas at absolute temperature T is equal to (where Ru = Universal gas constant)

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    • A. Ru x T
    • B. 1.5 Ru x T
    • C. 2 Ru x T
    • D. 3 Ru x T
    • Discuss
    • 8. The efficiency of Diesel cycle increases with increase in cut-off.

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    • A. Yes
    • B. No
    • Discuss
    • 9. When a perfect gas is expanded through an aperture of minute dimensions, the process is known as

    • Options
    • A. isothermal process
    • B. adiabatic process
    • C. free expansion process
    • D. throttling process
    • Discuss
    • 10. The general law for the expansion or compression of gases, is

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    • A. pv = C
    • B. pv = m R T
    • C. pvn = C
    • D. pv? = C
    • Discuss


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