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The efficiency of a carnot heat engine d...

The efficiency of a carnot heat engine depend on

A

working substance

B

temperature of sink alone

C

temperature of source only

D

temperature of both source and sink

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AAKASH SERIES-THERMODYNAMICS-EXERCISE - 1A
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  4. Which statement is incorrect?

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  5. Even carnot engine cannot give 100% efficiency because we cannot

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  6. Heat cannot by itself flow from a body at lower temperature to a body ...

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  7. If the temperature of the source is increased, the efficiency of the c...

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  8. Choose the false statement. 1^(st) Law of thermo dynamics

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  9. A system undergoes a cyclic process in which it absorbsQ(1) heat and g...

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  10. Consider two containers A and B containing identical gases at the same...

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  11. The molar heat capacity of a gas at constant volume is C(v) . If n mol...

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  12. A system is taken from state A to state B along two different paths 1 ...

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  13. n moles of a gas expands from volume V(1) to V(2) at constant temperat...

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  14. A gas undergoes a process in which its pressure p and volume V are rel...

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  15. A mixture of n(1) moles of monoatomic gas and n(2) moles of diatomic g...

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  16. The ratio C(P)/C(V)=gamma for a gas. Its molecular weight is M. Its sp...

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  17. A system can be taken from the initial state P(1),V(1) to the final st...

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  18. A gas is contained in a metallic cylinder fitted with a piston. The pi...

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  19. The first law of thermodynamics is a statement of

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