1.

Two spheres made of same substance have diameters in the ratio 1: 2; their thermal
capacities are in the ratio of:
(a) 1: 2 (b) 1 : 8* c) 1 : 4 (d) 2 : 1

2. A thin copper wire of length / increases in length by 1% when heated from temperature T1
to T2. What is the percentage change in area, when a thin copper plate having, two
dimensions is heated from T1 to T2 ?
(a) 1% (b) 3% (c) 2%* (d) 4%

3. A sphere, a cube and disc all of the same material quantity and volume are heated to 600°C
and left in air. Which of these will have the lowest rate of cooling?
(a) Sphere* (b) Cube (c) Disc (d) All will have same rate

4. Amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a body through 1 K is called its:
(a) Water equivalent (b) thermal capacity* (c) entropy (d) specific heat

5. What is the change in the temperature on Fahrenheit scale and on Kelvin scale, if a
iron piece is heated from 30°C to 90°C?
(a) 108°F, 60K* (b) 100°F, 55K (c) 100°F, 65K (d) 60°F, 108K

6. Seven resistances are connected as shown in figure. The equivalent resistance between A and B is

(a) 3  10 
3
(b) 4 * A 10  B

(c) 4.5  5 8 6 6

(d) 5 

7. A wire has resistance 12 . It is bent in the form of a circle. The effective resistance between
the two points on any diameter is equal to
(a) 12  (b) 6 (c) 3 * (d) 24 

8. If in the given figure i = 0.25 amp, then the value R will be

(b) 12  20
12 V
(c) 120  10

(d) 42  *
9. Shown below are the black body radiation curves at temperatures T1 and T2 (T2>T1).
Which of the following plots is correct

(a) * I
T2 (b) I
T2 (c) I
T2 (d) I T1
T1 T1 T1
T2

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10. A black body has maximum wavelength m at temperature 2000 K. Its corresponding
wavelength at temperature 3000 K will be
3 2 4 9
(a) m (b) m * (c) m (d) m
2 3 9 4

11. A black body radiates energy at the rate of E watt/m2 at a high temperature T K. When the
T
temperature is reduced to K, the radiant energy will be
2
E
(a) * (b) E (c) 4 E (d) 16 E
16 4

12. During the adiabatic expansion of 2 moles of a gas, the internal energy was found to have
decreased by 100 J. The work done by the gas in this process is
(a) Zero (b) – 100 J (c) 200 J (d) 100 J*

13. Pressure-temperature relationship for an ideal gas undergoing adiabatic change is

(a) PT  = constant (b) PT 1  = constant (c) P  1 T  = constant (d) P 1  T  = constant*

14. A thermodynamic system is taken from state A to B along ACB and is brought back to A
along BDA as shown in the PV diagram. The net work done during the complete cycle is
given by the area
P
(a) P1ACBP2P1 B
P2
(b) ACBB'A'A C

(c) ACBDA* D
P1 A
(d) ADBB'A'A
A B V

15. Work done in the given P-V diagram in the cyclic process is
(a) PV*
(2P, V) (2P, 2V)
(b) 2PV P

(c) PV/2
(P, V) (P, 2V)
(d) 3PV V

16. In the figure given two processes A and B are shown by which a thermo-dynamical system
Q A QB
goes from initial to final state F. If and are respectively the heats supplied to the
systems then
(a) QA  QB P
A
(b) QA  QB * i f

(c) QA  QB

V
(d) QA  QB
17. A Carnot engine works between ice point and steam point. Its efficiency will be
(a) 26.81%* (b) 53.36% (c) 71.23% (d) 85.42%

18. A body cools from a temperature 3T to 2T in 10 minutes. The room temperature is T.