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Any substance above its critical temperature exists as

A. Saturated vapour

B. Solid

C. Gas

D. Liquid

Correct Answer :

C. Gas


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A refrigeration cycle is a reversed heat engine. Which of the following has the maximum value of the co-efficient of performance (COP) for a given refrigeration effect?

A. Vapor compression cycle using expansion valve

B. Air refrigeration cycle

C. Vapor compression cycle using expansion engine

D. Carnot refrigeration cycle

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A refrigeration cycle is the same as a __________ cycle,

A. Turbine

B. Heat engine

C. Reversed heat engine

D. None of these

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Which of the following is affected by the temperature?

A. Fugacity

B. Activity co-efficient

C. Free energy

D. All (A), (B) & (C)

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As the time is passing, entropy of the universe

A. Is increasing

B. Is decreasing

C. Remain constant

D. Data insufficient, can't be predicted

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The specific heat of saturated water vapour at 100°C is

A.

B. -ve

C. 0

D. +ve

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(∂T/∂P)H is the mathematical expression for

A. Specific heat at constant pressure (Cp)

B. Specific heat at constant volume (Cv)

C. Joule-Thompson co-efficient

D. None of these

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Internal energy change of a system over one complete cycle in a cyclic process is

A. Zero

B. +ve

C. -ve

D. Dependent on the path

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Free energy changes for two reaction mechanism 'X' and 'Y are respectively - 15 and - 5 units. It implies that X is

A. Slower than Y

B. Faster than Y

C. Three times slower than Y

D. Three times faster than Y

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The number of degree of freedom for an Azeotropic mixture of ethanol and water in vapourliquid equilibrium, is

A. 3

B. 1

C. 2

D. 0

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The value of Joule-Thomson co-efficient, in case where cooling occurs after the throttling process is

A. 0

B.

C. +ve

D. -ve

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Co-efficient of performance for a reversed Carnot cycle working between temperatures T1 and T2 (T1 > T2) is

A. T2/(T1 - T2)

B. T1/(T1 - T2)

C. (T1 - T2)/T1

D. (T1 - T2)/T2

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For an ideal liquid solution, which of the following is unity?

A. Activity

B. Fugacity

C. Activity co-efficient

D. Fugacity co-efficient

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Free energy

A. Decreases in all spontaneous (or irreversible) processes

B. Change during a spontaneous process has a negative value

C. Remains unchanged in reversible processes carried at constant temperature and pressure

D. All (A), (B) and (C)

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Which of the following equations is used for the prediction of activity co-efficient from experiments?

A. Van Laar equation

B. Margules equation

C. Wilson's equation

D. All (A), (B) and (C)

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A two stage compressor is used to compress an ideal gas. The gas is cooled to the initial temperature after each stage. The intermediate pressure for the minimum total work requirement should be equal to the __________ mean of P1 and P2. (where, P1 and P2 are initial and final pressures respectively)

A. Logarithmic

B. Arithmetic

C. Geometric

D. Harmonic

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When a gas is subjected to adiabatic expansion, it gets cooled due to

A. Decrease in velocity

B. Decrease in temperature

C. Decrease in kinetic energy

D. Energy spent in doing work

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A/an __________ system is exemplified by a vessel containing a volatile liquid in contact with its vapor.

A. Isolated

B. Closed

C. Open

D. None of these

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What is the value of Joule-Thomson co-efficient for an ideal gas?

A. +ve

B. -ve

C. 0

D.

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The internal energy of a gas obeying P (V - b) RT (where, b is a positive constant and has a constant Cv), depends upon its

A. Pressure

B. Volume

C. Temperature

D. All (A), (B) & (C)

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What happens in a reversible adiabatic expansion process?

A. Heating takes place

B. Cooling takes place

C. Pressure is constant

D. Temperature is constant

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The compressibility factor for an ideal gas is 1. Its value for any other real gas is

A. 1

B. < 1

C. > 1

D. Either (B) or (C), depends on the nature of the gas

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Which of the following is not an equation of state?

A. Bertholet equation

B. Clausius-Clapeyron equation

C. Beattie-Bridgeman equation

D. None of these

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Pick out the wrong statement.

A. The net change in entropy in any reversible cycle is always zero

B. The entropy of the system as a whole in an irreversible process increases

C. The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum

D. The entropy of a substance does not remain constant during a reversible adiabatic change

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Second law of thermodynamics is concerned with the

A. Amount of energy transferred

B. Direction of energy transfer

C. Irreversible processes only

D. Non-cyclic processes only

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Dry ice is

A. Moisture free ice

B. Solid helium

C. Solid carbon dioxide

D. None of these

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With increase in reduced temperature, the fugacity co-efficient of a gas at constant reduced pressure

A. Increases

B. Decreases

C. Remain same

D. Decreases linearly

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Entropy of a substance remains constant during a/an __________ change.

A. Reversible isothermal

B. Irreversible isothermal

C. Reversible adiabatic

D. None of these

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Dryness fraction of wet steam is defined as the ratio of mass of vapour in the mixture to the mass of mixture __________ calorimeter is not used for measuring the dryness fraction of steam.

A. Bomb

B. Separating

C. Bucket

D. Throttling

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After throttling, gas temperature

A. Decreases

B. Increases

C. Remain same

D. May increase or decrease; depends on the nature of the gas

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Co-efficient of Performance (COP) of a refrigerator is the ratio of the

A. Work required to refrigeration obtained

B. Refrigeration obtained to the work required

C. Lower to higher temperature

D. Higher to lower temperature