Physics Objective Test No.16



   Multiple Choice Questions
1.The specific heat of a gas
a) Has only one value             
b) Has two values CP and CV
c) Is proportional to the square root of its absolute temperature
d) Can have any value between 0 and infinity
2.Which one of the following quantities can be zero on a average for the molecules of an ideal gas in equilibrium?
a) Kinetic energy
b) Density
c) Momentum
d) Speed
3.At a certain temperature, hydrogen molecules have r.m.s. velocity of 3 km/s. what is the r.m.s velocity of the oxygen molecules at the same temperature?
a) 0.25 km/s
b) 0.5 km/s
c) 0.75 km/s
d) 6 km/s
4. We have a jar ‘A’ filled with a gas characterized by parameter P, V and T. another jar ‘B’ filled with a gas with parameters 2P,[V/2] and 2T, where symbols have their usual meanings. The ratio of the number of molecules of jar ‘A’ to those of jar ‘B’ is
a) 1: 1
b) 1: 2
c) 2: 1
d) 4: 1
5.A unit mass of solid converted to liquid at its melting point. Heat is required for this process is
a) Specific heat
b) Latent heat of vaporization
c) Latent heat of fusion
d) External latent heat
Answer
6. At what temperature, the rms speed of gas molecules I half the value at NTP? 
a) 68.25 K
b) 273 K
c) 345 K
d) 0 K
7. The r.m.s. speed of the molecules of a gas in a vessel is 200 m/s. if 25% of the gas leaks out of the vessel, at constant temperature, then the r.m.s. speed of the remaining molecules will be
a) 400 m/s
b) 150 m/s
c) 100 m/s
d) 200 m/s
8. A wall is hit elastically and normally by n balls per second, all the balls have the same mass m and are moving with the same velocity u. the force exerted by the balls on the wall is
a) mnu2
b) 2 mnu2
c) 2 mnu
d)1/2mnu2
9.The temperature at which the r.m.s. velocity of H2 becomes escape velocity from the earth is,
a) 10059 oC
b) 10059 K
c) 10332 oC
d) 10332 K
10. A molecule of mass m moving with a velocity v makes 5 elastic collisions with a wall of the container per second. The change in its momentum per second will be
a) mv
b) 5 mv
c)mv/10
d) 10 mv