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Thermodynamics problems


  • 1. 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
  • Discuss
  • 2. The heating and expanding of a gas is called thermodynamic system.

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  • A. Yes
  • B. No
  • Discuss
  • 3. 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
  • Discuss
  • 4. Otto cycle is also known as

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  • A. constant pressure cycle
  • B. constant volume cycle
  • C. constant temperature cycle
  • D. constant temperature and pressure cycle
  • Discuss
  • 5. The heat absorbed during a polytropic process is

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  • A. x Workdone
  • B.
  • C.
  • D. all of these
  • Discuss
  • 6. 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
  • Discuss
  • 7. Producer gas is obtained by

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  • A. partial combustion of coal, coke, anthracite coal or charcoal in a mixed air steam blast
  • B. carbonisation of bituminous coal
  • C. passing steam over incandescent coke
  • D. passing air and a large amount of steam over waste coal at about 650°C
  • Discuss
  • 8. A closed system is one in which heat and work crosses the boundary of the system but the mass of the working substance does not crosses the boundary of the system.

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  • A. Yes
  • B. No
  • Discuss
  • 9. The free expansion process is a constant enthalpy process.

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  • A. Correct
  • B. Incorrect
  • Discuss
  • 10. When the expansion or compression takes place according to the law pvn = C, the process is known as

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  • A. isothermal process
  • B. adiabatic process
  • C. hyperbolic process
  • D. polytropic process
  • Discuss

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