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Thermodynamics problems


  • 1. One kg of sulphur requires 1 kg of oxygen for complete combustion and produces 2 kg of sulphur dioxide.

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  • A. True
  • B. False
  • Discuss
  • 2. The ultimate analysis of coal consists of the determination of the percentage of

  • Options
  • A. carbon
  • B. hydrogen and nitrogen
  • C. sulphur and ash
  • D. all of these
  • Discuss
  • 3. The efficiency of the Carnot cycle is (where T1 and T2 = Highest and lowest temperature during the cycle)

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  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 4. The fuel mostly used in blast furnace for extracting pig iron from iron ores is

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  • A. hard coke
  • B. soft coke
  • C. pulverised coal
  • D. bituminous coal
  • Discuss
  • 5. The heating of a gas at constant pressure is governed by

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  • A. Boyle's law
  • B. Charles' law
  • C. Gay-Lussac law
  • D. Avogadro's law
  • Discuss
  • 6. One kilowatt is equal to

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  • A. 1 N-m/s
  • B. 100 N-m
  • C. 1000 N-m/s
  • D. 1 x 106 N-m/s
  • Discuss
  • 7. A closed cycle gas turbine works on Joule's cycle.

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  • A. True
  • B. False
  • Discuss
  • 8. A machine which violates the first law of thermodynamics is known as perpetual motion machine of the second kind.

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  • A. Correct
  • B. Incorrect
  • Discuss
  • 9. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water through one Kelvin is called

  • Options
  • A. specific heat at constant volume
  • B. specific heat at constant pressure
  • C. kilo-Joule
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 10. The universal gas constant (or molar constant) of a gas is the product of

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  • A. molecular mass of the gas and the gas constant
  • B. atomic mass of the gas and the gas constant
  • C. molecular mass of the gas and the specific heat at constant pressure
  • D. molecular mass of the gas and the specific heat at constant volume
  • Discuss

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