Time: 180 min Marks – 190

Test no. : 48

Thermodynamic work is the product of

Two intensive
Two extensive properties
An intensive property and change in an extensive property
An extensive property and change in an intensive property

The gauge pressure in a truck tire before and after the journey was recorded as 200 kPa and
220 kPa respectively at the location where atmospheric pressure and temperature was 100 kPa and 27ºC
respectively. How much the rise in temperature of tire air after trip?

(a) 20ºC (b) 27ºC

(c) 47ºC (d) Insufficient data

The condition for the reversibility of a cycle is

the pressure and temperature of the working substance must not differ, appreciably, from
those of the surroundings at any stage in the process
all the processes, taking place in the cycle of operation, must be extremely slow
the working parts of the engine must be friction free
all of the above
 d

A steel ball of mass 1 kg and specific heat

0.4 kJ/kg C is at a temperature of 60 C. It is dropped into 1 kg water at 20 C. The final steady state
temperature of water is :

(a) 23.5 C (b) 30 C

(c) 35 C (d) 40 C

Which of the following processes are

thermodynamically reversible?

Throttling

Free expansion

Constant volume and constant pressure

Isothermal and adiabatic

In reference to Thermodynamic equilibrium, it is required to have,

Mechanical Equilibrium
Chemical Equilibrium
Thermal Equilibrium
Mechanical, Chemical and Thermal Equilibrium

If the value of n is zero in the equation PVn = C, then the process is called

constant volume process

constant pressure process

idiabatic process

isothermal process

Work done for an isothermal process is

A system is composed of a gas contained in a cylinder fitted with a piston. The gas
expands from the state 1 for which E1 = 75 kJ to a state 2 for which E2 = – 25 kJ.
During the expansion, the gas does 60 kJ of work surroundings. The heat transferred to
or from the systems during process is:
(a) – 30 kJ (b) – 40 kJ
(c) 30 kJ (d) 40 kJ

A mixture of gases expands from 0.03 m3 to

0.06 m3 at constant pressure of 1MPa and
absorbs 84 kJ of heat during the process. The
change in internal energy of the mixture is
(a) 30 kJ (b) 54 kJ
(c) 84 kJ (d) 114 kJ
B

A thermodynamic cycle is composed of four processes. The heat added and the work done in each process are as
follows:
Process Heat transfer Work done

1- 2 0 50 (by the
gas)
2-3 50 0
(from the
gas)
3-4 0 20 (on the
gas)
4-1 80 (to the 0
gas)

The thermal efficiency of the cycle is

(a) 20.3% (b) 37.5%
(c) 40.3% (d) 62.5%
B

A reversible Carnot engine operates between 27ºC and 1527ºC, and produces 400 kW of net power. The change of
entropy of the working fluid during the heat addition process is
(a) 0.222 kW/K (b) 0.266 kW/K
(c) 0.288 kW/K (d) 0.299 kW/K
B
A heat engine receives 1 kW of heat transfer at 1200 K and gives out 600 W as work, with the rest as heat transfer to
the ambient at 300 K. The second law efficiency of the engine is :
(a) 70% (b) 90%
(c) 80% (d) 60%
C

If the COP of a Carnot refrigerator is 6, then the ratio of higher temperature to lower is :
(a) 6 : 1 (b) 3 : 2
(c) 4 : 3 (d) 7 : 6
D

Carnot cycle consists of

Two constant volume & two isentropic processes
Two isothermal and two isentropic processes
Two constant pressure and two isentropic processes
One constant volume, one constant pressure and two isentropic processes
 B
The device that produces network in a complete cycle by exchanging heat only with single thermal energy
reservoir is known as:
PMM3 (b) Heat pump
(c) PMM2 (d) PMM1

The statement "The efficiency of all reversible heat engines operating between the same temperature levels is the
same" is known as:
Corollary of Carnot theorem
Zeroth law of thermodynamics
First law of thermodynamics
Third law of thermodynamics
A

Dry saturated steam enters a frictionless adiabatic nozzle with negligible velocity at a temperature of 300oC [h1
= 2751 kJ/kg]. It is expanded to a pressure of 5 MPa isentropically [h2 = 2651 kJ/kg]. What will be the
exit velocity of steam?
(a) 447.21 m/s (b) 572.33 m/s
(c) 14.14 m/s (d) 150.32 m/s

A cycle of pressure- volume diagram is shown in the figure

Same cycle on temperature-entropy diagram will be represented by

If the thermal efficiency of Carnot heat engine is 50 percent, then coefficient of performance of a refrigerator
working within the same temperature limit would be :

(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4

An isentropic flow is one which is

Adiabatic and reversible
Isothermal only
Adiabatic only
Adiabatic and irreversible
A

What is the ratio of the efficiencies the two cycles as shown in the T-s diagrams?
 The correct statement regarding entropy is that :
Entropy is a path function
Entropy can be obtained from a direct measurement of Q and T
During a change of a state of a system, the entropy change is the same whether that
change has occurred via a reversible process or an irreversible one
Entropy of an isolated system is zero
C

The entropy will usually increase when

A molecule is broken into two or more smaller molecules.
A reaction occurs that results in an increase in the number of moles of gas.
Process is adiabatic
Process is reversible adiabatic
A liquid changes to a gas
(a) 1, 2, 4 and 5 (b) 2, 3 and 5
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 5 (d) 1, 2 and 4
C

150 kJ of heat is transferred from a heat source of 527°C to a heat sink at 127°C. If the
ambient temperature is 47°C, the loss of available energy during the process
will be
40 kJ (b) 50 kJ
(c) 60 kJ (d) 70 kJ

A heat engine receives half of its heat supply at 1000 K and remaining half at 500 K. Heat is rejected to the sink at
300 K. The maximum thermal efficiency of the heat engine will be:
(a) 55% (b) 10%
(c) 45% (d) 65%

251. Consider the following statements

(1) Availability is the maximum theoretical work obtainable

(2) Clapeyron's equation for dry saturated steam is given by

(1) A gas can have any temperature at a given pressure unlike a vapour, which has a fixed
temperature at a given pressure.
∂s
Joule Thomson coefficient is expressed as μ=
∂h

of these statements :

1, 2, 3 are correct
1, 3 and 4 are correct
2 and 3 are correct
1, 2, and 4 are correct
A

Availability function for a closed system is

expressed as :

ø = U + þ0 V - T0 S
ø = du + þ0 dV - T0 ds
ø = du – þ0 dV - T0 ds
ø = u + þ0 V + T0 s
A

What is the loss of available energy associated with the transfer of 1000kJ of heat from a constant temperature system
at 600K to another at 400K? When the environmental temperature is 300K?
(a) 140 kJ (b) 250 kJ
(c) 166.67 kJ (d) 180 kJ

The equation which perfectly represents Gibbs Phase Rule for a process where the pressure is also a variable is
expressed as :
(a) F = P – C + 2 (b) F = C + P – 1
(c) F = P – C – 1 (d) F = C – P + 2
D

Clausius-Clapeyron equation gives the slope of the curve in

p-v diagram (b) p-h diagram
(c) p-T diagram (d) T-S diagram
C

Which one of the following relations defines

Helmholtz function?

H + TS (b) H – TS
(c) U + TS (d) U – TS

A fluid behave as an ideal gas provided it is at :

High Temperature and Pressure
High Temperature and Moderate Pressure
Low Temperature and Pressure
High Temperature and Low Pressure

The point that connects the saturated-liquid

line to the saturated-vapour line is called the

(a) triple point
(b) critical point
(c) superheated point
(d) compressed liquid point
B

Which of the following gasses will have the maximum value of gas constant R
nitrogen
carbon dioxide
sulpher dioxide
oxygen
A
 Region inside the inversion curve is
represented by : (where  is Joule - Kelvin
coefficient)

Cooling region,  < 0

Heating region,  > 0
Cooling region,  > 0
Heating region,  < 0

The kinetic energy lost in friction

is transformed into heat which
tends to
cool or condense the steam
dry or superheat the steam
increase the pressure of the steam
reduce the dryness fraction
decrease the specific volume of steam

Consider the following statements:

The entropy of a pure crystalline substance at absolute zero temperature is zero.
The efficiency of a reversible heat engine is independent of the nature of the working
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substance and depends only on the temperature of the reservoirs between which it operates.

3. Carnot’s theorem states that of all heat engines operating between a given constant temperature source and a
given constant temperature sink, none has a higher efficiency than a reversible engine.

Which of the above statements are correct?

(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 1 and 3 only

(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3

Constant pressure lines in the superheated region of the Mollier diagram have what type of slope?

(a) A positive slope

(b) A negative slope
(c) Zero slope
(d) May have either positive or negative slopes

Which of the following is not the Maxwell's equation?

The slope of an isobar on the h –
s coordinates is equal to the
Gibbs function

H elmholtz function

Pressure
Absolute saturation temperature
at that pressure
D

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