The wavelength at which the peak of intensity of blackbody radiation occurs
A. Increases with increase in temperature
B. Decreases with increase in temperature
C. Is the same at all temperatures
D. Does not follow any pattern as temperature changes
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Which of the following principle is used to produce ''low-temperatures' ?
A. Super conductivity
B. Joule-Kelvin effect
C. Thermo-electric effect
D. Adiabatic demagnetisation
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The first law of thermodynamics is simply the case of
A. Charle's law
B. Newton's law of cooling
C. The law of heat exchange
D. The law of conservation of energy
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The commonly used coolant in refrigerators is
A. Ammonia
B. Nitrogen
C. Freon
D. Oxygen
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Energy in reflected light :
A. Does not depends on the angle of incidence
B. Increases with the increase in angle
C. Decreases with the increase in angle of incidence
D. Becomes maximum for angle of incidence equal to 45°
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Conservation of energy refers to the fact that
A. If you conserve energy you will not be as tired
B. Energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be converted from one form to another
C. No chemical reaction is 100 percent efficient
D. The entropy of the universe is always increasing
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Which of the following causes adiabatic temperature changes in atmosphere?
A. Deflection and advection
B. Latent heat of condensation
C. Expansion and compression of the air
D. Partial absorption of solar radiation by the atmosphere
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Which of the following options correctly explains the term heat budget?
A. It is a mode of transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity.
B. It is the balance between incoming and outgoing radiation
C. It is the radiation from the earth in the form of long waves.
D. It is the amount of heat which the surface of earth receives from the sun.
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Which one of the following is not a feature of Indifference Curve?
A. They do not intersect each other
B. They slope downwards to the right
C. They are parallel to each other
D. They are concave to each other
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Instruments for measuring Solar Radiation?
A. Ammeter
B. Pyranometer
C. Dynamometer
D. Anemometer
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Refrigeration is a process which
A. Kills bacteria
B. Slows down the bacterial growth
C. Inactivates the bacteria
D. Plasmolyses the bacteria
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Blowing Air with open pipe is an example of :
A. Isothermal process
B. Isochroric process
C. Isobaric process
D. Adiabatic process
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Which of the following is not reversible?
A. Joule effect
B. Peltier effect
C. Seebeck effect
D. Thomson effect
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In a diesel engine the high temperature needed to ignite the fuel is achieved by
A. Using heat from exhaust
B. The battery
C. Compressing air in the cylinders
D. An electrical spark
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Heat transfer horizontally within the atmosphere is called
A. Conduction
B. Convection
C. Absorption
D. Advection
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________ states that internal energy is a function of state and the increase in internal energy is equal to the sum of the heat supplied to system and work done by the system.
A. First law of thermodynamics
B. Hooke's Law
C. The coulomb's law
D. Faraday's Law
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Which phase change is an example of an exothermic process?
A. Liquid to Solid
B. Gas to Solid
C. Gas to Liquid
D. All the above
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The velocity of heat radiation in vacuum is
A. Equal to that of light
B. Less than that of light
C. Greater than that of light
D. Equal to that of sound
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In a Carnot engine when heat is taken from the source, its temperature
A. Remains constant
B. Decreases
C. Increases
D. Decreases and then remains constant
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Even after sunset, the air near the Earth's surface continue to receive heat due to
A. Insolation
B. Terrestrial Radiation
C. Conduction
D. Convection
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