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  2. Which types of intermolecular force of attraction act between the mole...

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  4. Why is the number of molecules per unit volume of a gas is fewer compa...

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  5. When a bottle of perfume is opened at one corner of a room, the entire...

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  6. The average kinetic energy of the molecules in a gas at T(1)K and T(2)...

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  7. What do you mean by pressure of a gas?

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  8. At a constant temperature, the pressures of four gases A, B, C, D are ...

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  9. Define 1 atm, 1 torr, 1 Pa and 1 bar.

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  10. What do you mean by absolute scale of temperature ?

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  11. Among the four quantities-mass, pressure, temperature and volume, whic...

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  12. Why does the volume of a given mass of gas increase on decreasing its ...

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  13. Why does the volume of a gas increase on increasing its number of mole...

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  14. Will the nature of the following graphical presentations for a given m...

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  15. When does the graph showing variation of the volume of a given mass of...

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  16. N(2) gas is present in a 1 L desiccator at 1 atm pressure. The pressur...

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  17. Obtain a relationship between density and absolute temperature for a g...

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  18. Plot density vs pressure for a fixed mass of an ideal gas at a consta...

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  19. According to Boyle's law, at constant temperature, the volume of a giv...

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  20. Under two different conditions, the following graph is obtained from a...

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