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  1. For the constant pressure and heat input, the air standard efficiency of gas power cycle is in the order

  2. A.

     Dual cycle, Diesel cycle, Otto cycle

    B.

     Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, Dual cycle

    C.

     Dual cycle, Otto cycle, Diesel cycle

    D.

     Diesel cycle, Otto cycle, Dual cycle


  3. The __________ states that change of internal energy of a perfect gas is directly proportional to the change of temperature.

  4. A.

     Boyle's law

    B.

     Charle's law

    C.

     Gay-Lussac law

    D.

     Joule's law


  5. Select the wrong statement

  6. A.

     A Joule cycle consists of two constant volume and two isentropic processes.

    B.

     An Otto cycle consists of two constant volume and two isentropic processes.

    C.

     An Ericsson cycle consists of two constant pressure and two isothermal processes.

    D.

     All of the above


  7. The change of entropy, when heat is absorbed by the gas, is

  8. A.

     Positive

    B.

     Negative

    C.

     Positive or negative

    D.

     None of these


  9. When gas is heated at constant pressure, the heat supplied is utilized in

  10. A.

     Increasing the internal energy of gas

    B.

     Doing some external work

    C.

     Increasing the internal energy of gas and also for doing some external work

    D.

     None of the above


  11. Superheated vapour behaves

  12. A.

     Exactly as gas

    B.

     As steam

    C.

     As ordinary vapour

    D.

     Approximately as a gas


  13. Which of the following statement is correct?

  14. A.

     The heat and work are boundary phenomena

    B.

     The heat and work represent the energy crossing the boundary of the system

    C.

     The heat and work are path functions

    D.

     All of the above


  15. Which of the following statement is correct?

  16. A.

     The increase in entropy is obtained from a given quantity of heat at a low temperature.

    B.

     The change in entropy may be regarded as a measure of the rate of the availability or unavailability of heat for transformation into work.

    C.

     The entropy represents the maximum amount of work obtainable per degree drop in temperature.

    D.

     All of the above


  17. The heat flows from a cold body to a hot body with the aid of an external source. This statement is given by

  18. A.

     Kelvin

    B.

     Joule

    C.

     Clausis

    D.

     Gay-Lussac


  19. Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but it can be transformed from one form to another. This statement is known as

  20. A.

     Zeroth law of thermodynamics

    B.

     First law of thermodynamics

    C.

     Second law of thermodynamics

    D.

     Kinetic theory of gases