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Filling of gas from a high pressure cylinder into small bottles is an example of a/an __________ process.

A. Equilibrium

B. Adiabatic

C. Steady

D. Unsteady

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D. Unsteady


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What is the degree of freedom for a system comprising liquid water equilibrium with its vapour?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3

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All gases above its inversion temperature, in a throttling process will show

A. A heating effect

B. No change in temperature

C. A cooling effect

D. Either (A) or (C)

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Pick out the wrong statement.

A. Activity co-efficient is dimensionless.

B. In case of an ideal gas, the fugacity is equal to its pressure.

C. In a mixture of ideal gases, the fugacity of a component is equal to the partial pressure of the component.

D. The fugacity co-efficient is zero for an ideal gas

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In polytropic process (PVn = constant), if n = 1; it means a/an __________ process.

A. Adiabatic

B. Reversible

C. Isothermal

D. None of these

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Number of degrees of freedom for a three phase system in equilibrium comprising of three nonreacting chemical species is

A. 2

B. 0

C. 1

D. 3

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The temperature at which both liquid and gas phases are identical, is called the __________ point.

A. Critical

B. Triple

C. Freezing

D. Boiling

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Which of the following is not an extensive property?

A. Free energy

B. Entropy

C. Refractive index

D. None of these

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Internal energy of an ideal gas

A. Increases with increase in pressure

B. Decreases with increase in temperature

C. Is independent of temperature

D. None of these

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Chemical potential of ith component of a system is given by

A. μi = (∂F/∂ni)T, P, ni

B. μi = (∂A/∂ni)T, P, ni

C. μi = (∂F/∂ni)T, P

D. μi = (∂A/∂ni)T, P

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1m3 of an ideal gas at 500 K and 1000 kPa expands reversibly to 5 times its initial volume in an insulated container. If the specific heat capacity (at constant pressure) of the gas is 21 J/mole . K, the final temperature will be

A. 35 K

B. 174 K

C. 274 K

D. 154 K

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Critical temperature is defined as the temperature above which a gas will

A. Not liquify (barring exceptions)

B. Immediately liquify

C. Never liquify however high the pressure may be

D. None of these

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In case of vapour compression refrigeration system, elevating the evaporator temperature (keeping the condenser temperature constant) results in

A. Enhanced COP

B. Decreased COP

C. No change in the value of COP

D. Increased or decreased COP; depending upon the type of refrigerant

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In an ideal gas mixture, fugacity of a species is equal to its

A. Vapor pressure

B. Partial pressure

C. Chemical potential

D. None of these

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Any substance above its critical temperature exists as

A. Saturated vapour

B. Solid

C. Gas

D. Liquid

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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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__________ law of thermodynamics ascertains the direction of a particular spontaneous process.

A. Zeroth

B. First

C. Second

D. Third

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Which is an example of closed system?

A. Air compressor

B. Liquid cooling system of an automobile

C. Boiler

D. None of these

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At the critical point of a substance

A. The surface tension vanishes

B. Liquid and vapour have the same density

C. There is no distinction between liquid and vapour phases

D. All (A), (B) and (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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Those solutions in which there is no volume change upon mixing the components in the liquid state and which, when diluted do not undergo any heat change (i.e. heat of dilution is zero), are called __________ solutions.

A. Ideal

B. Real

C. Isotonic

D. None of these

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The first law of thermodynamics is a restatement of the law of conservation of

A. Mass

B. Energy

C. Momentum

D. None of these

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For a constant volume process

A. dE = CpdT

B. dE = CvdT

C. dQ = dE + pdV

D. dW = pdV

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Henry's law is closely obeyed by a gas, when its __________ is extremely high.

A. Pressure

B. Solubility

C. Temperature

D. None of these

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Pick out the wrong statement.

A. The values of (∂P/∂V)T and (∂2P/∂V2)T are zero for a real gas at its critical point

B. Heat transferred is equal to the change in the enthalpy of the system, for a constant pressure, non-flow, mechanically reversible process

C. Thermal efficiency of a Carnot engine depends upon the properties of the working fluid besides the source & sink temperatures

D. During a reversible adiabatic process, the entropy of a substance remains constant

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Pick out the wrong statement.

A. Cp of monatomic gases such as metallic vapor is about 5 kcal/kg.atom

B. The heat capacity of solid inorganic substance is exactly equal to the heat capacity of the substance in the molten state

C. There is an increase in entropy, when a spontaneous change occurs in an isolated system

D. At absolute zero temperature, the heat capacity for many pure crystalline substances is zero

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Throttling process is a/an __________ process.

A. Reversible and isothermal

B. Irreversible and constant enthalpy

C. Reversible and constant entropy

D. Reversible and constant enthalpy

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For organic compounds, group contribution method can be used for the estimation of

A. Critical properties

B. Specific gravity

C. Specific volume

D. Thermal conductivity

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The work done in isothermal compression compared to that in adiabatic compression will be

A. Less

B. More

C. Same

D. More or less depending upon the extent of work done

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The theoretical minimum work required to separate one mole of a liquid mixture at 1 atm, containing 50 mole % each of n- heptane and noctane into pure compounds each at 1 atm is

A. -2 RT ln 0.5

B. -RT ln 0.5

C. 0.5 RT

D. 2 RT

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Specific/molar Gibbs free energy for a pure substance does not change during

A. Sublimation

B. Vaporisation

C. Melting

D. Either (A), (B) or (C)