Practice Test: Question Set - 25
1. 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
2. Degree of freedom of a system consisting of a gaseous mixture of H2 and NH3 will be
- (A) 0
- (B) 1
- (C) 2
- (D) 3
3. Gases are cooled in Joule-Thomson expansion, when it is __________ inversion temperature.
- (A) Below
- (B) At
- (C) Above
- (D) Either 'b' or 'c'
4. Joule-Thomson experiment is
- (A) Isobaric
- (B) Adiabatic
- (C) Isenthalpic
- (D) Both (b) & (c)
5. The amount of heat required to decompose a compound into its elements is __________ the heat of formation of that compound from its elements.
- (A) Less than
- (B) More than
- (C) Same as
- (D) Not related to
6. 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
7. In reactions involving solids and liquids (where change in volume is negligible), the heat of reaction at constant pressure as compared to that at constant volume is
- (A) More
- (B) Less
- (C) Same
- (D) Unpredictable; depends on the particular reaction
8. The standard state of a gas (at a given temperature) is the state in which fugacity is equal to
- (A) Unity
- (B) Activity
- (C) Both (a) & (b)
- (D) Neither (a) nor (b)
9. Which of the following is a thermodynamic property of a system?
- (A) Concentration
- (B) Mass
- (C) Temperature
- (D) Entropy
10. As the entropy of the universe is increasing, day by day, the work producing capacity of a heat engine is
- (A) Not changed
- (B) Decreasing
- (C) Increasing
- (D) Data sufficient, can't be predicted
11. As the temperature is lowered towards the absolute zero, the value of ∂(∆F)/∂T, then approaches
- (A) Unity
- (B) Zero
- (C) That of the heat of reaction
- (D) Infinity
12. Fugacity co-efficient of a substance is the ratio of its fugacity to
- (A) Mole fraction
- (B) Activity
- (C) Pressure
- (D) Activity co-efficient
13. PVy = constant, holds good for an isentropic process, which is
- (A) Reversible and isothermal
- (B) Isothermal and irreversible
- (C) Reversible and adiabatic
- (D) Adiabatic and irreversible
14. 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
15. With increase in pressure (above atmospheric pressure), the Cp of a gas
- (A) Increases
- (B) Decreases
- (C) Remains unchanged
- (D) First decreases and then increases
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