Energy can neither be generated nor destroyed but it can be transformed into another form, which is called?
A. Law of sustainable energy
B. Law of energy conservation
C. Law of entropy
D. Law of conservation of mass
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Metal tea pots have wooden handles because
A. wood is a bad conductor of heat
B. it prevents electric shock
C. it give beauty to the pots
D. it is hygienic
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A glass vessel is filled with water up to the brim and a lid is fixed to it tightly. Then it is kept inside a freezer for hours. What is expected to happen?
A. The water freezes to ice and the level of ice comes down
B. The water in the glass vessel summer freezes to ice
C. The glass vessel breaks due to expansion as water freezes to ice
D. The water does not freeze at all
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Which one of the following scales of temperature does not have a negative value?
A. Celsius
B. Fahrenheit
C. Kelvin
D. Reaumur
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The working principle of a mercury thermometer is
A. change in density ofmatter on heating
B. expansion of matter on heating
C. thermal resistance of matter
D. change in mass of matter on heating
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Convert 372°C into Kelvin scale.
A. 846 K
B. 645 K
C. 546 K
D. 746 K
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In a thermodynamic system the heat balance is achieved when two bodies reach at-
A. Even heat energy
B. Equal entropy
C. The same temperature
D. The same molecular energy
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The coefficient of areal expansion of a material is 1.6 × 10-5 K-1 . Which one of the following gives the value of coefficient of volume expansion of this material?
A. 0.8 × 10-5 K-1
B. 2.4 × 10-5 K-1
C. 3.2 × 10-5 K-1
D. 4.8 × 10-5 K-1
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The brightness of a star depends on its
A. size and temperature
B. size and distance from the Earth
C. size, temperature and mass
D. size, temperature and distance from the Earth
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Which of the following is the methods of heat transfer?
A. Convection
B. Evaporation
C. Revolution
D. Thermal Expansion
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Which is the branch of physics related to heat?
A. Optics
B. Acoustics
C. Thermodynamics
D. Relativity
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Specific heat of gas can have
A. any positive value ranging from zero to infinity
B. always negative value
C. any positive value ranging from five to infinity
D. zero value
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Heat is not directly related to-
A. Measurement of thermal energy
B. Speed of molecules
C. Transfer via electromagnetic waves
D. Thermodynamic properties of substances
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A glass bottle containing water tightly corked breaks when it is kep in freeze, because
A. Bottle shrinks on freezing
B. The volume of water decreases on freezing
C. The volume of water increases on freezing
D. Glass is the bad conductor of heat
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Which one of the following is used as an antifreeze for the automobile engines?
A. Ethanol
B. Ethylene glycol
C. Methanol
D. Propyl alcohol
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What is absolute zero temperature?
A. The starting point of any temperature scale
B. Theoretically the lowest possible temperature
C. The temperature at which the vapour of any liquid substance is condensed
D. The temperature at which all material are in vapour form
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Which of the following resistors is known as a heat sensitive resistor?
A. thermistor
B. dipole
C. transistor
D. capacitor
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What is the temperature when a solid object melts at atmospheric pressure to become a liquid?
A. Melting point
B. Latent heat
C. Boiling point
D. Latent heat of fusion
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What would be the change in enthalpy (ΔH) for an ideal gas equation if the change in temperature (ΔT) is given-
Cp Heat capacity at constant pressure
Cv Heat capacity at constant volume
A. Cv Δ T
B. C v C p Δ T
C. C p C v Δ T
D. Cp Δ T
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A reversible and an irreversible engines are working between the same limits of temperature. The efficiency of
A. reversible engine is greater than the irreversible engine
B. two engines are equal
C. each engine is 100%
D. irreversible engine is greater than the reversible engine
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