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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

Correct Answer :

D. 320,000 kW


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For water at 300°C, it has a vapour pressure 8592.7 kPa and fugacity 6738.9 kPa Under these conditions, one mole of water in liquid phase has a volume of 25.28 cm3 and that in vapour phase in 391.1 cm3.Fugacity of water (in kPa) at 9000 kPa will be

A. 6738.9

B. 6753.5

C. 7058.3

D. 9000

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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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Van Laar equation deals with the activity coefficients in

A. Binary solutions

B. Ternary solutions

C. Azeotropic mixture only

D. None of these

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The internal energy of an ideal gas does not change in a reversible __________ process.

A. Isothermal

B. Adiabatic

C. Isobaric

D. Isometric

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For an ideal gas, the activity co-efficient is

A. Directly proportional to pressure

B. Inversely proportional to pressure

C. Unity at all pressures

D. None of these

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Charles' law for gases states that

A. V/T = Constant

B. V ∝ 1/T

C. V ∝ 1/P

D. PV/T = Constant

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In a turbine, the fluid expands almost

A. Isothermally

B. Isobarically

C. Adiabatically

D. None of these

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Entropy is a measure of the __________ of a system.

A. Disorder

B. Orderly behaviour

C. Temperature changes only

D. None of these

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For a given substance at a specified temperature, activity is __________ to fugacity.

A. Directly proportional

B. Inversely proportional

C. Equal

D. None of these

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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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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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For a constant pressure reversible process, the enthalpy change (ΔH) of the system is

A. Cv.dT

B. Cp.dT

C. ∫ Cp.dT

D. ∫ Cv.dT

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Enthalpy of a gas depends upon its

A. Temperature

B. Mass

C. Volume

D. Pressure

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Activity co-efficient is a measure of the

A. Departure from ideal solution behaviour

B. Departure of gas phase from ideal gas law

C. Vapour pressure of liquid

D. None of these

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Boiling of liquid is accompanied with increase in the

A. Vapor pressure

B. Specific Gibbs free energy

C. Specific entropy

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

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Gibbs free energy of mixing at constant pressure and temperature is always

A. 0

B.

C. + ve

D. - ve

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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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Joule-Thomson co-efficient for a perfect gas is

A. Zero

B. Positive

C. Negative

D. None of these

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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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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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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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Domestic refrigerator usually works on the __________ refrigeration cycle.

A. Carnot

B. Air

C. Absorption

D. vapour-ejection

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The co-efficient of performance (COP) of a refrigerating system, which is its index of performance, is defined as the ratio of useful refrigeration to the net work. The units of __________ and COP are the same.

A. Kinematic viscosity

B. Work

C. Temperature

D. None of these

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The fugacity of a gas in a mixture is equal to the product of its mole fraction and its fugacity in the pure state at the total pressure of the mixture. This is

A. The statement as per Gibbs-Helmholtz

B. Called Lewis-Randall rule

C. Henry's law

D. None of these

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At absolute zero temperature, the __________ of the gas is zero.

A. Pressure

B. Volume

C. Mass

D. None of these

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The equation, PV = nRT, is best obeyed by gases at

A. Low pressure & high temperature

B. High pressure & low temperature

C. Low pressure & low temperature

D. None of these

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At normal boiling point, molar entropy of vaporisation is __________ Joule/K°.mole.

A. 72

B. 92

C. 142

D. 192

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When a system in equilibrium is subjected to a change in temperature, pressure or concentration, the equilibrium is displaced in a direction which tends to undo the effect of the change. This is called the

A. Le-Chatelier principle

B. Kopp's rule

C. Law of corresponding state

D. Arrhenius hypothesis

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Specific __________ does not change during phase change at constant temperature and pressure.

A. Entropy

B. Gibbs energy

C. Internal energy

D. Enthalpy

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Which is not a refrigerant?

A. SO2

B. NH3

C. CCl2F2

D. C2H4Cl2