PUC Science इयत्ता ११ - Karnataka Board PUC Question Bank Solutions for Physics

A solid sphere falls with a terminal velocity of 20 m s⁻¹ in air. If it is allowed to fall in vacuum, 

A solid sphere moves at a terminal velocity of 20 m s⁻¹ in air at a place where g = 9.8 m s⁻². The sphere is taken in a gravity-free hall having air at the same pressure and  pushed down at a speed of 20 m s⁻¹.

(a) Its initial acceleration will be 9.8 m s⁻² downward.
(b) It initial acceleration will be 9.8 m s⁻² upward.
(c) The magnitude of acceleration will decrease as the time passes.
(d) It will eventually stop

Which of the following gases has maximum rms speed at a given temperature?

Suppose a container is evacuated to leave just one molecule of a gas in it. Let v_a and v_rms represent the average speed and the rms speed of the gas.

The rms speed of oxygen at room temperature is about 500 m/s. The rms speed of hydrogen at the same temperature is about

The rms speed of oxygen molecules in a gas is v. If the temperature is doubled and the oxygen molecules dissociate into oxygen atoms, the rms speed will become

Find the rms speed of hydrogen molecules in a sample of hydrogen gas at 300 K. Find the temperature at which the rms speed is double the speed calculated in the previous part.

Use R=8.314 JK^-1 mol^-1

What should be the condition for the efficiency of a Carnot engine to be equal to 1?

The heat current is written as `(ΔQ)/(Δt)`. Why don't we write `(dQ)/dt?`

The thermal radiation emitted by a body is proportional to Tⁿ where T is its absolute temperature. The value of n is exactly 4 for 

A blackbody does not

(a) emit radiation
(b) absorb radiation
(c) reflect radiation
(d) refract radiation

The specific heat capacities of hydrogen at constant volume and at constant pressure are 2.4 cal g⁻¹ °C⁻¹ and 3.4 cal g⁻¹ °C⁻¹ respectively. The molecular weight of hydrogen is 2 g mol⁻¹ and the gas constant, R = 8.3 × 10⁷ erg °C⁻¹ mol⁻¹. Calculate the value of J.

The normal body-temperature of a person is 97°F. Calculate the rate at which heat is flowing out of his body through the clothes assuming the following values. Room temperature = 47°F, surface of the body under clothes = 1.6 m², conductivity of the cloth = 0.04 J s⁻¹ m⁻¹°C⁻¹, thickness of the cloth = 0.5 cm.

A cubical block of mass 1.0 kg and edge 5.0 cm is heated to 227°C. It is kept in an evacuated chamber maintained at 27°C. Assuming that the block emits radiation like a blackbody, find the rate at which the temperature of the block will decrease. Specific heat capacity of the material of the block is 400 J Kg^-1 K-^1.

A copper sphere is suspended in an evacuated chamber maintained at 300 K. The sphere is maintained at a constant temperature of 500 K by heating it electrically. A total of 210 W of electric power is needed to do it. When the surface of the copper sphere is completely blackened, 700 W is needed to maintain the same temperature of the sphere. Calculate the emissivity of copper.

One end of a rod of length 20 cm is inserted in a furnace at 800 K. The sides of the rod are covered with an insulating material and the other end emits radiation like a blackbody. The temperature of this end is 750 K in the steady state. The temperature of the surrounding air is 300 K. Assuming radiation to be the only important mode of energy transfer between the surrounding and the open end of the rod, find the thermal conductivity of the rod. Stefan constant σ = 6.0 × 10⁻⁸ W m⁻² K⁻⁴.

A body cools down from 50°C to 45°C in 5 mintues and to 40°C in another 8 minutes. Find the temperature of the surrounding.

A metal ball of mass 1 kg is heated by means of a 20 W heater in a room at 20°C. The temperature of the ball becomes steady at 50°C. (a) Find the rate of loss of heat to the surrounding when the ball is at 50°C. (b) Assuming Newton's law of cooling, calculate the rate of loss of heat to the surrounding when the ball rises 30°C. (c) Assume that the temperature of the ball rises uniformly from 20°C to 30°C in 5 minutes. Find the total loss of heat to the surrounding during this period. (d) Calculate the specific heat capacity of the metal.

A hot body placed in a surrounding of temperature θ₀ obeys Newton's law of cooling `(d theta)/(dt) = -K(theta - theta_0)`  . Its temperature at t = 0 is θ₁. The specific heat capacity of the body is sand its mass is m. Find (a) the maximum heat that the body can lose and (b) the time starting from t = 0 in which it will lose 90% of this maximum heat.