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  1. Efficiency of a heat engine working on Carnot cycle between two temperature levels depends upon the

  2. A.

     Two temperatures only

    B.

     Pressure of working fluid

    C.

     Mass of the working fluid

    D.

     Mass and pressure both of the working fluid


  3. Efficiency of a Carnot engine working between temperatures T₁ and T₂ (T₁ < T₂) is

  4. A.

     (T₂ - T₁)/T₂

    B.

     (T₂ - T₁)/T₁

    C.

     (T₁ - T₂)/T₂

    D.

     (T₁ - T₂)/T₁


  5. Co-efficient of performance for a reversed Carnot cycle working between temperatures T₁ and T₂ (T₁ > T₂) is

  6. A.

     T₂/(T₁ - T₂)

    B.

     T₁/(T₁ - T₂)

    C.

     (T₁ - T₂)/T₁

    D.

     (T₁ - T₂)/T₂


  7. The following heat engine produces power of 100000 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

  8. A.

     100, 000 kW

    B.

     160, 000 kW

    C.

     200, 000 kW

    D.

     320, 000 kW


  9. Degress of freedom at triple point will be

  10. A.

     0

    B.

     1

    C.

     2

    D.

     3


  11. Refrigeration cycle

  12. A.

     Violates second law of thermodynamics

    B.

     Involves transfer of heat from low temperature to high temperature

    C.

     Both A and B

    D.

     Neither A nor B


  13. Number of components (C), phase (P) and degrees of freedom (F) are related by Gibbs phase rule as

  14. A.

     P + F - C = 2

    B.

     C = P - F + 2

    C.

     F = C - P - 2

    D.

     P = F - C - 2


  15. High pressure steam is expanded adiabati-cally and reversibly through a well insulated turbine, which produces some shaft work. If the enthalpy change and entropy change across the turbine are represented by ΔH and ΔS respectively for this process:

  16. A.

     Δ H = 0 and ΔS = 0

    B.

     Δ H ≠ 0 and ΔS = 0

    C.

     Δ H ≠ 0 and ΔS ≠ 0

    D.

     Δ H = 0 and ΔS ≠ 0


  17. Compressibility factor of a gas is

  18. A.

     Not a function of its pressure

    B.

     Not a function of its nature

    C.

     Not a function of its temperature

    D.

     Unity, if it follows PV = nRT


  19. In the equation, PVn = Constant, if the value of n = 0, then it represents a reversible __________ process.

  20. A.

     Isobaric

    B.

     Isothermal

    C.

     Isentropic

    D.

     Isometric