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Using the given P-V diagram, the work done by an ideal gas along the path ABCD is: 

An ideal gas goes from an initial state to final state. During the process, the pressure of the gas increases linearly with temperature.
A. The work done by gas during the process is zero.
B. The heat added to the gas is different from the change in its internal energy.
C. The volume of the gas is increased.
D. The internal energy of the gas is increased.
E. The process is isochoric (constant volume process).
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Young's double slit interference apparatus is immersed in a liquid of refractive index 1.44. It has slit separation of 1.5 mm. The slits are illuminated by a parallel beam of light whose wavelength in air is 690 nm. The fringe-width on a screen placed behind the plane of slits at a distance of 0.72 m, will be:
A container of fixed volume contains a gas at 27°C. To double the pressure of the gas, the temperature of the gas should be raised to °C.
The work done in an adiabatic change in an ideal gas depends upon:
A monoatomic gas having $ \gamma = \frac{5}{3} $ is stored in a thermally insulated container and the gas is suddenly compressed to $ \left( \frac{1}{8} \right)^{\text{th}} $ of its initial volume. The ratio of final pressure and initial pressure is:
A monoatomic gas is stored in a thermally insulated container. The gas is suddenly compressed to $$\frac{1}{8}$$ of its initial volume. Find the ratio of final pressure to initial pressure.
For a diatomic gas, if \( \gamma_1 = \frac{C_P}{C_V} \) for rigid molecules and \( \gamma_2 = \frac{C_P}{C_V} \) for another diatomic molecules, but also having vibrational modes. Then, which one of the following options is correct? (where \( C_P \) and \( C_V \) are specific heats of the gas at constant pressure and volume)
Water falls from a height of 200 m. What is the increase in temperature when it touches the bottom? (Assume that all the heat goes into the same amount of mass which was falling).
There are two vessels filled with an ideal gas where volume of one is double the volume of the other. The large vessel contains the gas at 8 kPa at 1000 K while the smaller vessel contains the gas at 7 kPa at 500 K. If the vessels are connected to each other by a thin tube allowing the gas to flow and the temperature of both vessels is maintained at 600 K, at steady state the pressure in the vessels will be (in kPa).
Which of the following figure represents the relation between Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures?

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Which of the following figure represents the relation between Celsius and Fahrenheit temperatures?
Water of mass \( m \) gram is slowly heated to increase the temperature from \( T_1 \) to \( T_2 \). The change in entropy of the water, given specific heat of water is \( 1 \, \text{J} \, \text{kg}^{-1} \, \text{K}^{-1} \), is:
Identify the characteristics of an adiabatic process in a monatomic gas. (A) Internal energy is constant. (B) Work done in the process is equal to the change in internal energy. (C) The product of temperature and volume is a constant. (D) The product of pressure and volume is a constant. (E) The work done to change the temperature from $ T_1 $ to $ T_2 $ is proportional to $ (T_2 - T_1) $. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
During the melting of a slab of ice at 273 K at atmospheric pressure:

The internal energy of air in $ 4 \, \text{m} \times 4 \, \text{m} \times 3 \, \text{m} $ sized room at 1 atmospheric pressure will be $ \times 10^6 \, \text{J} $. (Consider air as a diatomic molecule)

Pressure of an ideal gas, contained in a closed vessel, is increased by 0.4% when heated by \( 1^\circ \text{C} \). Its initial temperature must be :

An ideal gas has undergone through the cyclic process as shown in the figure. Work done by the gas in the entire cycle is _____ $ \times 10^{-1} $ J. (Take $ \pi = 3.14 $)

$\gamma_A$ is the specific heat ratio of monoatomic gas A having 3 translational degrees of freedom. $\gamma_B$ is the specific heat ratio of polyatomic gas B having 3 translational, 3 rotational degrees of freedom and 1 vibrational mode. If \[ \frac{\gamma_A}{\gamma_B} = \left( 1 + \frac{1}{n} \right) \] then the value of \( n \) is ___.

A piston of mass M is hung from a massless spring whose restoring force law goes as F = -kx, where k is the spring constant of appropriate dimension. The piston separates the vertical chamber into two parts, where the bottom part is filled with 'n' moles of an ideal gas. An external work is done on the gas isothermally (at a constant temperature T) with the help of a heating filament (with negligible volume) mounted in lower part of the chamber, so that the piston goes up from a height $ L_0 $ to $ L_1 $, the total energy delivered by the filament is (Assume spring to be in its natural length before heating)

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A gas is kept in a container having walls which are thermally non-conducting. Initially the gas has a volume of 800 $ cm^3 $ and temperature 27°C. The change in temperature when the gas is adiabatically compressed to 200 $ cm^3 $ is: (Take $ \gamma $ = 1.5 : $ \gamma $ is the ratio of specific heats at constant pressure and at constant volume)
In an adiabatic process, which of the following statements is true?
An ideal gas exists in a state with pressure \( P_0 \), volume \( V_0 \). It is isothermally expanded to 4 times of its initial volume \( (V_0) \), then isobarically compressed to its original volume. Finally the system is heated isochorically to bring it to its initial state. The amount of heat exchanged in this process is :