BEATS ENGINEERING INSTITUTE

Putalisadak, Kathmandu
Class Test: PHYSICS
Topic: Thermal Expansion

1) A metallic sphere suspended from a spring balance is a) 𝛼 per deg F b) 5/9 𝛼 per deg F
immersed in a liquid in a beaker. If liquid is heated c) 9/5 𝛼 per deg F d) 0.5 𝛼 per deg F
gradually then reading of spring balance: 12) The diagram shows the variation of pressure P with
a) decreases absolute temperature T of a certain mass of an ideal gas
b) increases at two different volumes V1 and V2, then:
c) remains unchanged V2
a) V1 = V2 P
d) first increases then decreases b) V1 < V2 V1
2) 50 gram of benzene occupies: c) V1 > V2
a) more in summer than in winter d) none of these
b) equal in summer and in winter r
c) less in summer than in winter 13) The apparent coefficient of expansion of a liquid, when
d) equal volume always heated in a copper vessel is C and when heated in a silver
3) 50 ml of benzene weighs: vessel is S. If A is linear coefficient of expansion of
a) more in summer than in winter copper, then the linear coefficient of expansion of silver is:
b) equal in summer and in winter 𝐶+3𝑆−𝐴 𝐶−𝑆+3𝐴 𝑆+3𝐴−𝑆 𝐶+𝑆+3𝐴
a) b) c) d)
3 3 3 3
c) less in summer than in winter
14) A pendulum clock gains 5 seconds per day at 16˚C and
d) zero always
looses 15 seconds per day at 40˚C. Then the clock keeps
4) A copper disc has a hole. If the disc is heated the size of
correct time at:
hole:
a) 20˚C b) 22˚C c) 24˚C d) 32˚C
a) increases
15) 50 g of benzene weighs:
b) decreases
a) more in summer than in winter
c) remains unchanged
b) equal in summer and in winter
d) first decreases and then increases
c) less in summer than in winter
5) A solid ball of metal has a concentric spherical cavity
d) more or less than according to purity
within it. If the ball is heated, the volume of the cavity will:
16) A glass tube contains mercury at 8˚C and the level of
a) increase b) decrease
mercury is at 60 cm mark. If the temperature is increased
c) remains unaffected d) none of the above
to 38˚C, the level of mercury in the tube will be at the mark
6) Two copper rods of equal lengths but unequal diameters 10−6 10−6
are heated through the same range of temperature. The (𝛾𝐻𝑔 = 180 × , 𝛾𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠 = 30 × ):
˚𝐶 ˚𝐶
increase in length will be: a) 60.2 cm b) 59.8 cm
a) more for thinner rod c) 62.0 cm d) 60.3 cm
b) more for thicker rod 17) Two rods of length l1 and l2 of different metals of
c) same for both the rods expansivities 𝛼1 and 𝛼2 are placed parallel to one another
d) considerable for thinner rod in association. If change in temperature ∆T produces
𝑙1
7) If a bimetallic strip is heated, it will: equal changes in their lengths, then 𝑙 will be:
1 +𝑙2
a) bend towards the metal with lower thermal expansion 𝛼1 𝛼2 𝛼1 𝛼2
a) 𝛼 b) 𝛼 c) 𝛼 d) 𝛼
coefficient 2 1 1 +𝛼2 1 +𝛼2

b) bend towards the metal with higher thermal expansion 18) The hole in a metal disc has a diameter 1.500 cm at room
coefficient temperature 20˚C. Its diameter, when heated to 150˚C
c) not bend at all (coefficient of linear expansion of metal is 1.9 × 10−5 /˚𝐶)
d) twist itself into a helix is:
8) A glass jar is full of water. When it is kept in freezing a) increased by 0.004 cm b) increased by 0.002 cm
mixture, it was broken because: c) decreased by 0.004 cm d) decreased by 0.002 cm
a) water expands from 4˚C to 0˚C 19) When water is heated from 0˚C to 4˚C and Cp and Cv are
b) ice expands while melting its specific heats at constant pressure and volume
c) water expands due to freezing respectively, then
d) ice expands at its temperature below 0˚C a) Cp > Cv b) Cp < Cv
9) The coefficient of cubical expansion of brass and iron are c) Cp = Cv d) Cp - Cv = R
54 × 10−6 /˚C and 36 × 10−6 /˚C respectively. If brass and 20) Two spheres of the same radius are made from the same
iron rods show the same difference of length at all material. One is hollow and the other is solid. If they are
temperatures, their lengths are in the ratio of: heated together from 20˚C to 100˚C:
a) 3:2 b) 2:3 c) 9:4 d) 4:9 a) both will expand equally
10) A pendulum clock keeps correct time at 20˚C. If room b) hollow sphere will expand more
temperature is 25˚C and the linear temperature coefficient c) solid sphere will expand more
of metal used is 1.2 × 10−5 /˚𝐶, then the clock will: d) the relative expansion of solid and hollow sphere
a) loose 5 seconds per day depends on the material of sphere
b) loose 2.6 seconds per day
c) gain 5 seconds per day
d) gain 2.6 seconds per day
11) The coefficient of linear expansion is 𝛼 per degree
Celsius. If the temperature is measured as Fahrenheit
scale instead of Celsius scale, the coefficient of linear
expansion now will be: