An increase in temperature of a gas-filled in a container would lead to:

  • decrease in intermolecular distance.

  • increase in its mass.

  • increase in its kinetic energy.

  • decrease in its pressure.

For a gas, if the ratio of  specific heats at constant pressure and constant volume is γ, then the value of degree of freedom is

  •  γ+1γ-1

  •  γ-1γ+1

  •  (γ-1)2

  •  2γ-1

The value γ=CpCv for hydrogen, helium, and another ideal diatomic gas X (whose molecules are not rigid but have an additional vibrational mode), are respectively equal to:

  •  75, 53, 97

  •  53, 75, 97

  •  53, 75, 75

  •  75, 53, 75

What is the ratio of temperatures T1 and T2?

  •  3 :1

  • 3 : 1

  • 9 : 1

  • 27 : 1

How does the temperature change when the state of an ideal gas is changed according to the process shown in the figure?

  • Temperature increases continuously

  •  Temperature decreases continuously

  •  Temperature first increases and then decreases

  • Temperature first decreases and then increases

From the following V-T diagram, we can conclude

  •  P1 = P2

  •  P1 > P2

  •  P1 < P2

  •  P1P2

When the gas in an open container is heated, the mean free path:

  • Increases

  • Decreases

  • Remains the same

  • Any of the above depending on the molar mass

Maxwell's speed distribution graph is drawn as shown below. The most probable speed of the gas molecules is:
                        

  • 4 km/s

  • Between 3 km/s and 1 km/s

  • Any value between 2 km/s and 6 km/s

  • More than 4 km/s

A closed container having an ideal gas is heated gradually to increase the temperature by 20%  The mean free path will become/remain:

  • 20% more

  • Same

  • 20% less

  • 33% less

Two ideal gases have the same number of molecules per unit volume and the radii of their molecules are r and 3r respectively. The ratio of their mean free path in identical containers will be:

  • 3: 1

  • 9: 1

  • 1: 1

  • 1: 4

The mean free path for a gas, with molecular diameter d and number density n, can be expressed as:

  •  12nπd2
  •  12n2πd2
  •  12n2π2d2
  •  12nπd

A cylinder contains hydrogen gas at a pressure of 249 kPa and temperature 27°C

  •   0.2 kg/m3

  •   0.1 kg/m3

  •   0.02 kg/m3

  • Its density is: (R = 8.3 J mol-1 K-1)

  • 4.  0.5 kg/m3

The average thermal energy for a mono-atomic gas is:

(kB is Boltzmann constant and T absolute temperature)

  •  32kBT

  •  52kBT

  •  72kBT

  •  12kBT

Molar specific heat at constant volume, for a non-linear triatomic gas is: (vibration mode neglected)

  • 3R

  • 4R

  • 2R

  • R

An ideal gas equation can be written as P=ρRTM0 where ρ and M0 are respectively,

  • mass density, the mass of the gas

  • number density, molar mass

  • mass density, molar mass

  • number density, the mass of the gas

The fraction of molecular volume to the actual volume occupied by oxygen gas at STP is: (Take the diameter of an oxygen molecule to be 3 Å).

1 4×10-42 5×10-43 3×10-44 1×10-4

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

Molar volume is the volume occupied by 1 mol of any (ideal) gas at standard temperature and pressure (STP: 1 atmospheric pressure, 0 °C) is:

  • 0

  • 22.4 Liters

  • (4) 1 Liter

  • (3) 11.2 Liters

The figure shows a plot of PV/T versus for 1.00×10-3 kg of oxygen gas at two different temperatures.

Then relation between T1 and T2 is:

1. T1=T22. T1<T23. T1>T24. T1T2

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The figure shows a plot of PV/T versus for 1.00×10-3 kg of oxygen gas at two different temperatures.

The value of PV/T where the curves meet on the y-axis is:

1. 0.06 J K-12. 0.36 J K-13. 0.16 J K-14. 0.26 J K-1

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An oxygen cylinder of volume 30 litres has an initial gauge pressure of 15 atm and a temperature of 27 °C. After some oxygen is withdrawn from the cylinder, the gauge pressure drops to 11 atm, and its temperature drops to 17 °C. The mass of oxygen taken out of the cylinder is: R=8.31 mol-1K-1, molecular mass of O2=32 u

  • 0.14 kg

  • 0.16 kg

  • 0.18 kg

  • 0.21 kg

An air bubble of volume 1.0 cm3 rises from the bottom of a lake 40 m deep at a temperature of 12 °C. To what volume does it grow when it reaches the surface, which is at a temperature of 35 °C?

1 5.3 cm32 4.0 cm33 3.7 cm34 4.9 cm3

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What is the total number of air molecules (inclusive of oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, and other constituents) in a room of capacity 25.0 m3 at a temperature of 27 °C and 1 atm pressure?

1. 6.1×1023 molecules2. 6.1×1026 molecules3. 7.1×1023 molecules4. 7.1×1026 molecules

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What is the average thermal energy of a helium atom at room temperature (27 °C)?

1. 11.21×10-20 J2. 3.09×10-16 J3. 6.21×10-21 J4. 5.97×10-19 J

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At what temperature is the root mean square speed of an atom in an argon gas cylinder equal to the RMS speed of a helium gas atom at – 20 °C? (atomic mass of Ar = 39.9 u & of He = 4.0 u).

1 1.01×103 K2 3.15×103 K3 1.91×103 K4 2.52×103 K

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From a certain apparatus, the diffusion rate of hydrogen has an average value of 
28.7 cm3 s-1. The diffusion of another gas under the same conditions is measured to have an average rate of 7.2 cm3 s-1. The unknown gas is:
1 Oxygen2 Nitrogen3 Helium4 None of these
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Select the incorrect statement about Maxwell's speed distribution curve.

  • The distribution function depends only on the absolute temperature.

  •  vrms>vav>vmp

  • The area under the distribution curve gives the total number of molecules of the gas.

  • The distribution curve is symmetric about the most probable speed.

By increasing the temperature of a gas by 6 oC, its pressure increases by 0.4% at constant volume. Then the initial temperature of the gas is:

  • 1000 K

  • 2000 K

  • 1500 K

  • 750 K

Boyle's law is obeyed by:

  • Real gas of constant mass and temperature.

  • Ideal gas of constant mass and temperature.

  • Both ideal and real gases at constant temperature and variable mass.

  • Both ideal and real gases of constant mass and variable temperature.

For an ideal gas, the fractional change in its volume per degree rise in temperature at constant pressure is equal to [T is the absolute temperature of the gas]:

  • T0

  • T

  • T-1

  • T2

The rise in the temperature of a given mass of an ideal gas at constant pressure and at temperature 27 oC to double its volume is:

  • 327oC

  • 54oC

  • 300oC

  • 600oC

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