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  1. If the molar heat capacities (Cp or Cv) of the reactants and products of a chemical reaction are identical, then, with the increase in temperature, the heat of reaction will

  2. A.
    increase
    B.
    decrease
    C.
    remain unaltered
    D.
    increase or decrease ; depends on the particular reaction

  3. All gases above its inversion temperature, in a throttling process will show

  4. A.
    a heating effect.
    B.
    no change in temperature.
    C.
    a cooling effect.
    D.
    either (a) or (c).

  5. First law of thermodynamics is mathematically stated as

  6. A.
    dQ = dE + dW
    B.
    dQ = dE - dW
    C.
    dE = dQ + dW
    D.
    dW = dQ + dE

  7. Pick out the wrong statement.

  8. A.
    Surface tension of a substance vanishes at critical point, as there is no distinction between liquid and vapour phases at its critical point.
    B.
    Entropy of a system decreases with the evolution of heat.
    C.
    Change of internal energy is negative for exothermic reactions.
    D.
    The accentric factor for all materials is always more than one.

  9. Translational kinetic energy of molecules of an ideal gas is proportional to (where, T = absolute temperature of the gas )

  10. A.
    T
    B.
    T
    C.
    T2
    D.
    1/T

  11. Equation which relates pressure, volume and temperature of a gas is called the

  12. A.
    equation of state
    B.
    Gibbs Duhem equation
    C.
    ideal gas equation
    D.
    none of these

  13. Claussius-Clayperon equation gives accurate result, when the

  14. A.
    vapour pressure is relatively low and the temperature does not vary over wide limits.
    B.
    vapour obeys the ideal gas law and the latent heat of vaporisation is constant.
    C.
    volume in the liquid state is negligible compared with that in the vapour state.
    D.
    all (a), (b) and (c).

  15. The temperature at which a real gas obeys the ideal gas laws over a wide range of pressure is called __________ temperature.

  16. A.
    Boyle
    B.
    inversion
    C.
    critical
    D.
    reduced

  17. The expression for entropy change, ΔS = n Cp . ln (T2/T1), is valid for the __________ of a substance.

  18. A.
    simultaneous pressure & temperature change
    B.
    heating
    C.
    cooling
    D.
    both (b) and (c)

  19. For a single component two phase mixture, the number of independent variable properties are

  20. A.
    two
    B.
    one
    C.
    zero
    D.
    three