The coefficient of thermal conductivity of copper is nine times that of steel. In the composite cylindrical bar shown in the figure. What will be the temperature at the junction of copper and steel 

(a) 75$°\mathrm{C}$
(b) 67$°\mathrm{C}$
(c) 33$°\mathrm{C}$
(d) 25$°\mathrm{C}$

A slab consists of two parallel layers of two different materials of same thickness having thermal conductivities ${\mathrm{K}}_1$ and ${\mathrm{K}}_2$. The equivalent conductivity of the combination is

There are two identical vessels filled with equal amounts of ice. The vessels are of different metals., If the ice melts in the two vessels in 20 and 35 minutes respectively, the ratio of the coefficients of thermal conductivity of the two metals is

Pick out the statement which is not true .

Consider a compound slab consisting of two different materials having an equal thickness and thermal conductivities K and 2K respectively. The equivalent thermal conductivity of the slab if the materials are joined by ends is:
(a) $\sqrt{2\mathrm{K}}$                  (b) 3K
(c) $\frac{4}{3}\mathrm{K}$                    (d) $\frac{2}{3}\mathrm{K}$

Two rods having thermal conductivity in the ratio of 5 : 3 having equal lengths and equal cross-sectional area are joined by face to face. If the temperature of the free end of the first rod is 100$°\mathrm{C}$ and free end of the second rod is 20$°\mathrm{C}$. Then temperature of the junction is

Woollen clothes are used in winter season because woollen clothes

Two metal cubes and of same size are arranged as shown in the figure. The extreme ends of the combination are maintained at the indicated temperatures. The arrangement is thermally insulated. The coefficients of thermal conductivity of A and B are 300 W/m$°\mathrm{C}$ and 200 W/m$°\mathrm{C}$, respectively. After steady state is reached, the temperature of the interface will be 

A cylindrical rod having temperature ${\mathrm{T}}_1$ and ${\mathrm{T}}_2$ at its ends. The rate of flow of heat is ${\mathrm{Q}}_1$ cal/sec. If all the linear dimensions are doubled keeping temperature constant then rate of flow of heat ${\mathrm{Q}}_2$ will be
(a) $4{\mathrm{Q}}_1$           (b) $2{\mathrm{Q}}_1$
(c)$\frac{{\mathrm{Q}}_1}{4}$            (d) $\frac{{\mathrm{Q}}_1}{2}$

A body of length 1m having cross sectional area 0.75 ${\mathrm{m}}^2$ has heat flow through it at the rate of 6000 Joule/sec. Then find the temperature difference if K = 200 ${\mathrm{Jm}}^{-1}{\mathrm{K}}^{-1}$ 
(a) 20°C                     (b) 40°C
(c) 80°C                     (d) 100°C

A wall has two layers A and B made of different materials. The thickness of both the layers is the same. The thermal conductivity of A and B are ${\mathrm{K}}_{\mathrm{A}}$ and ${\mathrm{K}}_{\mathrm{B}}$ such that  ${\mathrm{K}}_{\mathrm{A}}$ = 3${\mathrm{K}}_{\mathrm{B}}$. The temperature across the wall is 20°C. In thermal equilibrium 

A metal rod of length 2m has cross sectional areas 2A and A as shown in figure. The ends are maintained at temperatures 100°C and 70°C. The temperature at middle point C is

Which of the following circular rods (given radius r and length l) each made of the same material as whose ends are maintained at the same temperature will conduct most heat ?

It is hotter for the same distance over the top of fire than it is inside of it, mainly because

One likes to sit in the sunshine in the winter season, because:

Air is a bad conductor of heat or partly conducts heat. Still, a vacuum is to be placed between the walls of the thermos flask because:

While measuring the thermal conductivity of a liquid, we keep the upper part hot and the lower part cool, so that:

Mode of transmission of heat, in which heat is carried by the moving particles, is 

In heat transfer, which method is based on gravitation ?

When fluids are heated from the bottom, convection currents are produced because -

If a liquid is heated in weightlessness, the heat is transmitted through 

The rate of loss of heat from a body cooling under conditions of forced convection is proportional to its (A) heat capacity (B) surface area (C) absolute temperature (D) excess of temperature over that of surrounding : state if

In which of the following process, convection does not take place primarily ?

A hot and a cold body are kept in vacuum separated from each other. Which of the following cause decrease in temperature of the hot body ?

For a perfectly black body, its absorptive power is

Certain substance emits only the wavelengths ${\mathrm{\lambda }}_1, {\mathrm{\lambda }}_2, {\mathrm{\lambda }}_3$ and ${\mathrm{\lambda }}_4$ when it is at a high temperature. When this substance is at a colder temperature, it will absorb only the following wavelengths ?
(a) ${\mathrm{\lambda }}_1$                      (b) ${\mathrm{\lambda }}_2$
(c) ${\mathrm{\lambda }}_1$ and ${\mathrm{\lambda }}_2$          (d)  ${\mathrm{\lambda }}_1, {\mathrm{\lambda }}_2, {\mathrm{\lambda }}_3$ and ${\mathrm{\lambda }}_4$

As compared to the person with white skin, the person with black skin will experience 

Relation between emissivity e and absorptive power a is (for black body)

Half part of ice block is covered with black cloth and rest half is covered with white cloth and then it is kept in sunlight. After some time clothes are removed to see the melted ice. Which of the following statements is correct ?

If between wavelength $\mathrm{\lambda }$ and $\mathrm{\lambda }+\mathrm{d\lambda }$, ${\mathrm{e}}_{\mathrm{\lambda }}$ and ${\mathrm{a}}_{\mathrm{\lambda }}$ be the emissive and absorptive powers of a body and ${\mathrm{E}}_{\mathrm{\lambda }}$ be the emissive power of a perfectly black body, then according to Kirchoff's law, which is true ?