When a system changes its state from one equilibrium state to another equilibrium state, then the path of successive states through which the system has passed, is known as
A. Thermodynamic law
B. Thermodynamic process
C. Thermodynamic cycle
D. None of these
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A cycle consisting of two isothermal and two isentropic processes, is known as
A. Carnot cycle
B. Stirling cycle
C. Ericsson cycle
D. Joule cycle
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Barometric pressure is equal to
A. 760 mm Hg
B. Zero mm Hg
C. 735.6 mm Hg
D. 1 mm Hg
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Specific heat of air at constant pressure is equal to
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One barometric pressure or 1 atmospheric pressure is equal to
A. 1 kgf/cm2
B. 1.033 kgf/cm2
C. 0 kgf/cm2
D. 1.0197 kgf/cm2
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The cycle in which heat is supplied at constant volume and rejected at constant pressure is known as
A. Dual combustion cycle
B. Diesel cycle
C. Atkinson cycle
D. Rankine cycle
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A heat exchange process in which the product of pressure and volume remains constant is known as
A. Heat exchange process
B. Throttling process
C. Isentropic process
D. Hyperbolic process
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Work done in an adiabatic process between a given pair of end states depends on
A. The end states only
B. Particular adiabatic process
C. The value of index ‘n’
D. The value of heat transferred
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Steam coal is a
A. Pulverized coal
B. Brown coal
C. Coking bituminous coal
D. Non-coking bituminous coal
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The increase in entropy of a system represents
A. Increase in availability of energy
B. Increase in temperature
C. Decrease in pressure
D. Degradation of energy
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The __________ is obtained when carbonization of coal is carried out at 500° to 700° C.
A. Soft coal
B. Hard coal
C. Pulverized coal
D. Bituminous coal
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When a gas is heated at constant volume
A. Its temperature will increase
B. Its pressure will increase
C. Both temperature and pressure will increase
D. Neither temperature nor pressure will increase
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In a reversible adiabatic process, the ratio of T 2 T 1 is equal to
A. ( p 1 p 2 ) γ − γ 1
B. ( p 2 p 1 ) γ − γ 1
C. ( v 1 v 2 ) γ − γ 1
D. ( v 2 v 1 ) γ − γ 1
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The value of specific heat at constant pressure (cp) is __________ that of at constant volume (cv).
A. Less than
B. Equal to
C. More than
D. None of these
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The processes occurring in open system which permit the transfer of mass to and from the system, are known as
A. Flow processes
B. Non-flow processes
C. Adiabatic processes
D. None of these
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Which of the following is not the intensive property?
A. Pressure
B. Temperature
C. Density
D. Heat
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To convert volumetric analysis to gravimetric analysis, the relative volume of each constituent of the flue gases is
A. Divided by its molecular weight
B. Multiplied by its molecular weight
C. Multiplied by its density
D. Multiplied by its specific weight
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When the gas is heated at constant pressure, the heat supplied
A. Increases the internal energy of the gas
B. Increases the temperature of the gas
C. Does some external work during expansion
D. Both (B) and (C)
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When the gas is heated at constant volume, the heat supplied
A. Increases the internal energy of the gas and increases the temperature of the gas
B. Does some external work during expansion
C. Both (A) and (B)
D. None of these
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Kinetic theory of gases assumes that the collisions between the molecules are
A. Perfectly elastic
B. Perfectly inelastic
C. Partly elastic
D. Partly inelastic
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