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In an isothermal process on an ideal gas, the pressure increases by 0.5 percent. The volume decreases by about __________ percent.

A. 0.25

B. 0.5

C. 0.75

D. 1

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B. 0.5


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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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If the heat of solution of an ideal gas in a liquid is negative, then its solubility at a given partial pressure varies with the temperature as

A. Solubility increases as temperature increases

B. Solubility increases as temperature decreases

C. Solubility is independent of temperature

D. Solubility increases or decreases with temperature depending on the Gibbs free energy change of solution

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On a P-V diagram of an ideal gas, suppose a reversible adiabatic line intersects a reversible isothermal line at point A. Then at a point A, the slope of the reversible adiabatic line (∂P/∂V)s and the slope of the reversible isothermal line (∂P/ ∂V)T are related as (where, y = Cp/Cv)

A. (∂P/∂V)S = (∂P/∂V)T

B. (∂P/∂V)S = [(∂P/∂V)T]Y

C. (∂P/∂V)S = y(∂P/∂V)T

D. (∂P/∂V)S = 1/y(∂P/∂V)T

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Critical solution temperature (or the consolute temperature) for partially miscible liquids (e.g., phenol-water) is the minimum temperature at which

A. A homogeneous solution (say of phenol water) is formed

B. Mutual solubility of the two liquids shows a decreasing trend

C. Two liquids are completely separated into two layers

D. None of these

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The internal energy of an ideal gas is a function of its __________ only.

A. Molecular size

B. Volume

C. Pressure

D. Temperature

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Which of the following is not an intensive property?

A. Volume

B. Density

C. Temperature

D. Pressure

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Entropy of the system decreases, when

A. Snow melts into water

B. A gas expands spontaneously from high pressure to low pressure

C. Water is converted into ice

D. Both (B) & (C)

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What is the value of maximum COP in case of absorption refrigeration, if refrigeration provided is at temperature, TR (where, T1 and T2 are source & surrounding temperatures respectively.)?

A. TR/(T2 - TR) × (T1 - T2)/T1

B. TR/(T2 - TR) × T1/(T1 - T2)

C. TR/(T1 - TR) × (T1 - T2)/T1

D. None of these

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A solid metallic block weighing 5 kg has an initial temperature of 500°C. 40 kg of water initially at 25°C is contained in a perfectly insulated tank. The metallic block is brought into contact with water. Both of them come to equilibrium. Specific heat of block material is 0.4 kJ.kg-1. K-1. Ignoring the effect of expansion and contraction and also the heat capacity to tank, the total entropy change in kJ.kg-1, K-1 is

A. -1.87

B. 0

C. 1.26

D. 3.91

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During a reversible isothermal expansion of an ideal gas, the entropy change is

A. +ve

B. 0

C. -ve

D.

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For multi-component multiple phases to be in equilibrium at the same pressure and temperature, the __________ of each component must be same in all phases.

A. Chemical potential

B. Fugacity

C. Both (A) and (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

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For a single component two phase mixture, the number of independent variable properties are

A. Two

B. One

C. Zero

D. Three

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The total change in the enthalpy of a system is independent of the

A. Number of intermediate chemical reactions involved

B. Pressure and temperature

C. State of combination and aggregation in the beginning and at the end of the reaction

D. None of these

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In the reaction, H2 +I2 2HI, addition of an inert gas will

A. Increase the partial pressure of H2

B. Increase the partial pressure of I2

C. Increase the total pressure and hence shift the equilibrium towards the right

D. Not affect the equilibrium conditions

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In the ammonia synthesis reaction, N2 + 3H2 2NH3 + 22.4 kcal, the formation of NH3 will be favoured by

A. High temperature

B. Low pressure

C. Low temperature only

D. Both low temperature and high pressure

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Heat of formation of an element in its standard state is

A. 0

B. < 0

C. > 0

D. A function of pressure

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Pick out the wrong statement.

A. Enthalpies of all elements in their standard states are assumed to be zero

B. Combustion reactions are never endothermic in nature

C. Heat of reaction at constant volume is equal to the change in internal energy

D. Clausius-Clapeyron equation is not applicable to melting process

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An ideal liquid refrigerant should

A. Not have a sub-atmospheric vapour pressure at the temperature in the refrigerator coils

B. Not have unduly high vapour pressure at the condenser temperature

C. Both (A) and (B)

D. Have low specific heat

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The four properties of a system viz. P, V, T, S are related by __________ equation.

A. Gibbs-Duhem

B. Gibbs-Helmholtz

C. Maxwell's

D. None of these

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All gases during throttling process at atmospheric temperature and pressure show a cooling effect except

A. CO2

B. H2

C. O2

D. N2

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The following heat engine produces power of 100,000 kW. The heat engine operates between 800 K and 300 K. It has a thermal efficiency equal to 50% of that of the Carnot engine for the same temperature. The rate at which heat is absorbed from the hot reservoir is

A. 100,000 kW

B. 160,000 kW

C. 200,000 kW

D. 320,000 kW

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Entropy change for an irreversible process taking system and surrounding together is

A. 0

B. > 0

C. < 0

D. None of these

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In case of the decomposition of hydroiodic acid (2HI H2 + I2), addition of H2 (at equilibrium condition) will

A. Increase the partial pressure of I2

B. Decrease the partial pressure of HI

C. Diminish the degree of dissociation of HI

D. None of these

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Mollier chart is a __________ plot.

A. Pressure vs. enthalpy

B. Pressure vs. volume

C. Enthalpy vs. entropy

D. Temperature vs. entropy

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In vapour compression refrigeration system, if the evaporator temperature and the condenser temperatures are -13°C and 37°C respectively, the Carnot COP will be

A. 5.2

B. 6.2

C. 0.168

D. Data insufficient, can't be found out

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Work done in case of free expansion is

A. Indeterminate

B. Zero

C. Negative

D. None of these

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The enthalpy change when ammonia gas is dissolved in water is called the heat of

A. Solution

B. Formation

C. Dilution

D. Combustion

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The third law of thermodynamics states that the

A. Heat capacity of a crystalline solid is zero at absolute zero temperature

B. Heat transfer from low temperature to high temperature source is not possible without external work

C. Gases having same reduced properties behaves similarly

D. None of these

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Fugacity and pressure are numerically equal, when the gas is

A. In standard state

B. At high pressure

C. At low temperature

D. In ideal state

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What happens in a reversible adiabatic compression?

A. Heating occurs

B. Cooling occurs

C. Pressure is constant

D. Temperature is constant