Practice Test: Question Set - 13
1. In case of a reversible process (following pvn = constant), work obtained for trebling the volume (v1 = 1 m3 and v23 m3) is maximum, when the value of 'n' is
- (A) 0
- (B) 1
- (C) y = 1.44
- (D) 1.66
2. Absorption/evolution of heat during conversion of a substance from one allotropic form to another is termed as the heat of
- (A) Sublimation
- (B) Fusion
- (C) Transition
- (D) Vaporization
3. Which of the following is true for Virial equation of state?
- (A) Virial co-efficients are universal constants
- (B) Virial co-efficients 'B' represents three body interactions
- (C) Virial co-efficients are function of temperature only
- (D) For some gases, Virial equations and ideal gas equations are the
same
4. 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
5. The gas law (PV = RT) is true for an __________ change.
- (A) Isothermal
- (B) Adiabatic
- (C) Both (a) & (b)
- (D) Neither (a) nor (b)
6. The heat capacities for the ideal gas state depend upon the
- (A) Pressure
- (B) Temperature
- (C) Both (a) & (b)
- (D) Neither (a) nor (b)
7. 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
8. Compound having large heat of formation is
- (A) More stable
- (B) Less stable
- (C) Not at all stable (like nascent O2)
- (D) Either more or less stable; depends on the compound
9. Water on heating from 1 to 4°C
- (A) Contracts
- (B) Expands
- (C) Has same volume
- (D) May contract or expand
10. The equation, Cp - Cv = R, is true for __________ gas.
- (A) No
- (B) Any real
- (C) Only ideal
- (D) Both (b) and (c)
11. 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
12. What happens in a reversible adiabatic compression?
- (A) Heating occurs
- (B) Cooling occurs
- (C) Pressure is constant
- (D) Temperature is constant
13. In the equation, PVn = constant, if the value of n is in between 1 and y (i.e. Cp/Cv), then it represents a reversible __________ process.
- (A) Isometric
- (B) Polytropic
- (C) Isentropic
- (D) Isobaric
14. Maximum work that could be secured by expanding the gas over a given pressure range is the __________ work.
- (A) Isothermal
- (B) Adiabatic
- (C) Isentropic
- (D) None of these
15. The chemical potential of any constituent of an ideal solution depends on the __________ of the solution.
- (A) Temperature
- (B) Pressure
- (C) Composition
- (D) All (a), (b) and (c)
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