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The Carnot co-efficient of performance (COP) of a domestic air conditioner compared to a household refrigerator is

A. Less

B. More

C. Same

D. Dependent on climatic conditions

Correct Answer :

A. Less


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Minimum number of phases that exists in a system is 1. Number of chemical species in a colloidal system is

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

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A system is said to be at equilibrium, if the entropy of the system has reached __________ value.

A. Minimum

B. Zero

C. Maximum

D. None of these

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The point at which all the three (solid, liquid and gas) phases co-exist, is known as the __________ point.

A. Freezing

B. Triple

C. Boiling

D. Boyle

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First law of thermodynamics is mathematically stated as

A. dQ = dE + dW

B. dQ = dE - dW

C. dE = dQ + dW

D. dW = dQ + dE

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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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The chemical potential of a component (μi) of a phase is the amount by which its capacity for doing all work, barring work of expansion is increased per unit amount of substance added for an infinitesimal addition at constant temperature and pressure. It is given by

A. (∂E/∂ni)S, v, nj

B. (∂G/∂ni)T, P, nj = (∂A/∂ni) T, v, nj

C. (∂H/∂ni)S, P, nj

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

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Cv for an ideal gas

A. Does not depend upon temperature

B. Is independent of pressure only

C. Is independent of volume only

D. Is independent of both pressure and volume

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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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Number of components (C), phase (P) and degrees of freedom (F) are related by Gibbs phase rule as

A. P + F - C = 2

B. C = P - F + 2

C. F = C - P - 2

D. P = F - C - 2

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If the pressure on 100 c.c. of air is halved, then its volume (at the same temperature) would be __________ c.c.

A. 100

B. 50

C. 205

D. 200

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Pick out the correct statement.

A. The available energy in an isolated system for all irreversible (real) processes decreases

B. The efficiency of a Carnot engine increases, if the sink temperature is decreased

C. The reversible work for compression in non-flow process under isothermal condition is the change in Helmholtz free energy

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

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Change of state namely evaporation condensation, freezing and melting is an __________ process.

A. Isothermal

B. Adiabatic

C. Isobaric

D. Isochoric

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Air enters an adiabatic compressor at 300K. The exit temperature for a compression ratio of 3, assuming air to be an ideal gas (Y = Cp/Cv = 7/5) and the process to be reversible, is

A. 300 × (32/7)

B. 300 × (33/5)

C. 300 × (333/7)

D. 300 × (35/7)

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Pick out the wrong statement.

A. An ideal liquid or solid solution is defined as one in which each component obeys Raoult's law

B. If Raoult's law is applied to one component of a binary mixture; Henry's law or Raoult's law is applied to the other component also

C. Henry's law is rigorously correct in the limit of infinite dilution

D. None of these

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Pick out the extensive property out of the following.

A. Surface tension

B. Free energy

C. Specific heat

D. Refractive index

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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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The free energy change for a chemical reaction is given by (where, K = equilibrium constant)

A. RT ln K

B. -RT ln K

C. -R ln K

D. T ln K

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The expression for entropy change given by, ΔS = nR ln (V2/V1) + nCv ln (T2/T1) is valid for

A. Reversible isothermal volume change

B. Heating of a substance

C. Cooling of a substance

D. Simultaneous heating and expansion of an ideal gas

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The expression, nRT ln(P1/P2), is for the __________of an ideal gas.

A. Compressibility

B. Work done under adiabatic condition

C. Work done under isothermal condition

D. Co-efficient of thermal expansion

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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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Entropy of an ideal gas depends upon its

A. Pressure

B. Temperature

C. Both (A) & (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

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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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Pick out the wrong statement pertaining to the decomposition of PCl5 represented by, PCl5 PCl3 + Cl2.Degree of dissociation of PCl5 will

A. Decrease on addition of Cl2

B. Increase on addition of an inert gas at constant pressure

C. Decrease on increasing the pressure of the system

D. None of these

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Which one is true for a throttling process?

A. A gas may have more than one inversion temperatures

B. The inversion temperature is different for different gases

C. The inversion temperature is same for all gases

D. The inversion temperature is the temperature at which Joule-Thomson co-efficient is infinity

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Pick out the wrong statement.

A. The chemical potential of a pure substance depends upon the temperature and pressure

B. The chemical potential of a component in a system is directly proportional to the escaping tendency of that component

C. The chemical potential of ith species (μi) in an ideal gas mixture approaches zero as the pressure or mole fraction (xi) tends to be zero at constant temperature

D. The chemical potential of species 'i' in the mixture (μi) is mathematically represented as,μi = ∂(nG)/∂ni]T,P,nj where, n, ni and nj respectively denote the total number of moles, moles of ith species and all mole numbers except ith species. 'G' is Gibbs molar free energy

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Efficiency of a heat engine working on Carnot cycle between two temperature levels depends upon the

A. Two temperatures only

B. Pressure of working fluid

C. Mass of the working fluid

D. Mass and pressure both of the working fluid

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Refrigeration cycle

A. Violates second law of thermodynamics

B. Involves transfer of heat from low temperature to high temperature

C. Both (A) and (B)

D. Neither (A) nor (B)

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A gas can be liquefied by pressure alone only, when its temperature is __________ its critical temperature.

A. Less than

B. More than

C. Equal to or higher than

D. Less than or equal to

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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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Domestic refrigerator usually works on the __________ refrigeration cycle.

A. Carnot

B. Air

C. Absorption

D. vapour-ejection