BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COMPREHENSIVE VIVA VOCE

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Year/Sem.: IV - B-sec/VII

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1. According to Gay-Lussac law for a perfect gas, the absolute pressure of given mass varies
directly as
a) Temperature
c) Absolute
b) Absolute temperature if volume is constant
d) Volume, if temperature is constant
2. Absolute zero pressure will occur
a) At sea level
b) At the center of the earth
c) When the molecular momentum of the system is zero
d) Under vacuum conditions
3. Intensive property of a system is one whose value
a) Depends on the mass of the system, like volume
b) Does not depend on the mass of the system, like temperature, pressure etc
c) Remains constant
4. Specific heat of air at constant pressure
a) 0.17 b) 0.21 c) 0.24 d) 1.0
5. The ratio of two specific heats of air is equal to
a) 0.17 b) 0.24 c) 1.41 d) 2.71
6. Which law states that the specific heat of a gas remains constant at all temperature and
pressure
a) Charles law b) Joules law c) Renaults law d) Boyles law
7. On weight basis air contains following parts of oxygen
a) 21 b) 23 c) 25 d) 73
8. Heat and work are
a) Point function b) System properties

c) Path function

d) Intensive properties

9. If a certain amount of dry ice is mixed with same amount of water at 80 C, the final
temperature of mixture will be
a) 80 C b) 0 C c) 40 C d) 20 C
10. One watt is equal to
a) 1 Nm/s b) 1 N/m

c) 1 Nm/hr

d) 1 KN/hr

11. The molecular weight expressed in gram (1 gm.) of all gases at NTP occupies volume of
a) 22.4 lit b) 29.27 lit c) 4.27 lit d) 8.48 lit
12. Which of the following property remains constant during throttling process?
a) Internal energy b) Pressure c) Entropy d) Enthalpy
13. Air is to be compressed from atmosphere condition to 7 atm. pressure. In which case, the
heat transformed will be minimum
a) Isothermal b) Adiabatic c) Polytrophic d) Isotropic
14. Total heat of a substance is also known as
a) Entropy b) Internal energy c) Thermal capacity d) Enthalpy
15. Measurement of temperatures is based on
a) Thermodynamics properties
b) First law of thermodynamics
16. An adiabatic wall is one which
a) Prevents thermal interaction
b) Encourages thermal interaction

c) Zeroth law of thermodynamics

d) Second law of thermodynamics

c) Permits thermal interaction

d) Discourages thermal interaction

17. The door of a running refrigerator inside a room was left open, which of the following
statement is correct
a) The room will be cooled to the temperature inside the refrigerator
b) The room will be cooled very slightly
c) The room will be gradually warmed up
d) The temperature of the air in room will remain unaffected
18. Kelvin plank statement deals with
a) Conservation of heat
b) Conservation of heat into work

c) Conservation of work
d) Conservation of work into heat

19. Temperature of the order of -150 C can be accurately measured by

a) Mercury in glass thermometer b) Thermocouple c) Gas thermometer d) Pyrometer
20. A closed system receives 50 kJ of heat but the internal theory of the system decreases by 25
kJ. The work done by the system would be
a) 75 kJ
b) -75 kJ c) 25 kJ d) -25 kJ

21. The general gas equation is

a. PV = RT
b. PV = mRT

c. PVn = constant

d. PV = constant

22. The slope of constant pressure line on temperature-entropy diagram is

a. S/T
b. T/S
c. Cp/T
d. T/Cp
23. For water boiling and melting point will coincide at
a. 0K
b. 100K
c. 200K
d. 273.16K
24. On mollier chart the flow through turbine is represented by
a. Horizontal line b. Vertical line c. Curved line convex up
down

d. Curved line convex

25. An isolated system

a. Is a specified region when transfers of energy and .. takes place
b. Is a region of constant mass and only energy is allowed to cross the boundary
c. Cannot transfer either energy or mass to from the surroundings
d. Is one in which mass within the system is not necessarily constant
26. The statement that energy can neither created not destroyed but only converted from one
form to another is known as
a. Kinetic theory of gas
c. Zeroth law of thermodynamics
b. Avogadros law
d. First law of thermodynamics
27. The sequence of process that event returns the working substance to its original state is
known as
a. Event
b. Process
c. Thermodynamic property
d. Thermodynamic cycle
28. According to Charles law
a. At constant pressure the volume of a gas is proportional to its temperature
b. At constant pressure the volume of a gas is proportional to its absolute temperature
c. At constant gauge pressure the molecular volume of gas is proportional to its also
temperature
d. At constant volume the absolute pressure is proportional to absolute temperature
29. A perfect heat engine works on Carnot cycle between 1000C and 200C ; The efficiency of
the engine will be
a. 80%
b. 60%
c. 62.8%
d. 68.2%
30. Isentropic flow is
a. Irreversible adiabatic flow
b. Perfect gas flow

c. Reversible adiabatic flow

d. Frictionless reversible flow

31. Triple point temperature and pressure for water are

a. 100C and 1atm b. 0C and 1atm c. 0.01C and 0.0628atm d.
32. If heat engine gives an output of 3kw and input is 10,000J/s the thermal efficiency of the
engine will be
a. 30%
b. 33.3%
c. 66.6%
d. 70%
33. The critical pressure at which latent heat of vaporization for water is zero is
a. 100kg/cm2
b. 215.1kg/cm2
c. 228.6kg/cm2
d. 235.6kg/cm2
34. If during a process, the entropy of isolated system increases, the process
a. Adiabatic b. Isothermal
c. Ideal
d. Reversible e. Irreversible
35. The statement that the entropy of pure substance in complete thermodynamic equilibrium
becomes zero at the absolute zero temperature
a. Law of entropy
c. Second law of thermodynamics
b. First law of thermodynamics
d. Third law of thermodynamics
36. Work done in a free expansion process is
a. Zero
b. Minimum
c. Maximum
37. A perfect gas obeys
a. Boyles law only
of the above

b. Charles law only

38. Entropy depends upon

a. heat and work b. volume and temperature
above

d. Positive
c. Boyles and Charles law both

d. None

c. temperature and pressure

d. all of the

39. When heat is absorbed by a gas, change of entropy is considered to be

a. zero b. positive c. negative d. none of the above
40. For any thermodynamics process, the area under T-S curve (temperature entropy)
represents
a. work done by the system
c. heat absorbed or rejected
b. work done on the system
d. none of the above
41. Standard Temperature Pressure (S.T.P) refers to a temperature of
a. 20C and pressure of 76 cm of mercury
c. 0C and pressure of 76 cm of mercury
b. 15C and pressure of 76 cm of mercury
d. 0C and pressure of 75 cm of mercury
42. Normal Temperature Pressure (N.T.P) refers to a temperature of
a. 20C and pressure of 76 cm of mercury
c. 0C and pressure of 76 cm of mercury
b. 15C and pressure of 76 cm of mercury
d. 0C and pressure of 75 cm of mercury

43. The change in enthalpy, for a reversible adiabatic process, is

a. maximum
b. minimum
c. unity
d. zero
44. Temperature of the order of -160C can be measured accurately by
a. thermocouple b. mercury thermometer c. gas thermometer d. pyrometer
45. The heat supplied to a gas at constant volume
a. increases the temperature of the gas
b. increases the internal energy of the gas
46. The heat supplied to a gas at constant pressure
a. increases the temperature of the gas
b. external work is done during expansion

c. external work is done

d. none of the above

c. increases the internal energy of the gas

d. both a. and b.

47. The thermal efficiency of Otto cycle depends upon

a. the compression ratio (r) b. ratio of specific heats ()
the above

c. both a. and b.

d. none of

48. The sum of internal energy and pressure volume product is called
a. entropy
b. enthalpy
c. heat supplied
d. none of the above
49. The energy associated with molecular motions is called
a. K.E. of gases
b. internal energy
c. entropy
d. enthalpy
50. The first law of thermodynamic was given by
a. Joule
b. Charles
c. Wilson
d. Watts
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