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Thermal Physics

10 previous year questions.

Volume: 10 Ques
Yield: Medium

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Chapter Questions
10 MCQs

01
PYQ 2008
medium
physics ID: met-2008
Two stars emit maximum radiation at wavelength 3600 and 4800 respectively. The ratio of their temperatures is:
1
4:3
2
3:4
3
16:9
4
9:16
02
PYQ 2009
medium
physics ID: met-2009
An organic compound on heating with CuO produces but no water. The organic compound may be
1
carbon tetrachloride
2
chloroform
3
methane
4
ethyl iodide
03
PYQ 2011
medium
physics ID: met-2011
The molar heat capacity of rock salt at low temperature varies with temperature according to Debye's law. Thus where and . Calculate how much heat is required to raise the temperature of 2 moles of rock salt from 10 K to 50 K:
1
800 J
2
373 J
3
273 J
4
None of these
04
PYQ 2013
medium
physics ID: met-2013
If the energy of a hydrogen atom in orbit is then energy in the orbit of a singly ionized helium atom will be
1

2

3

4

05
PYQ 2016
medium
physics ID: met-2016
The half-life of At is 100 s. The time taken for the radioactivity of a sample of this nucleus to decay to th of its initial value is
1
6.3 s
2
40 s
3
300 s
4
400 s
06
PYQ 2017
medium
physics ID: met-2017
A 2 kg copper block is heated to 500 C and is then placed on a large block of ice at 0 C. If the specific heat capacity of copper is 400 J kg C and latent heat of fusion of water is J kg , the amount of ice that can melt is
1
kg
2
kg
3
kg
4
kg
07
PYQ 2017
easy
physics ID: met-2017
The temperatures of two bodies and are respectively 727 C and 327 C. The ratio of the rates of heat radiated by them is
08
PYQ 2017
medium
physics ID: met-2017
The surface area of a black body is m and its temperature is 727 C. The energy radiated by it per minute is ( J/m -s-K )
1
J
2
J
3
J
4
J
09
PYQ 2021
medium
physics ID: met-2021
A thin copper wire of length L increases in length by 1%, when heated from to . What is the percentage change in area when a thin copper plate having dimensions is heated from to ?
1
2%
2
20%
3
10%
4
40%
10
PYQ 2022
medium
physics ID: met-2022
At which temperature, magnitude of and are equal?
1
273
2
40
3
-40
4
-273