By what percentage, should the pressure of a given mass of gas be increased, so as to decrease its volume by 10% at a constant temperature?
1. 5%
2. 7.2 %
3. 12.5%
4. 11.1%
In the adjacent V-T diagram, what is the relation between P1 and P2 ?
1. P2=P1
2. P2>P1
3. P2<P1
4. cannot be predicated
Which one of the following graph is correct at constant pressure?
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The root-mean-square velocity of the molecules in a sample of helium is 57th of that of the molecules in a sample of hydrogen. If the temperature of the hydrogen gas is 0°C, that of the helium sample is about:
1. 0°C
2. 5.6°C
3. 273°C
4. 100°C
The kinetic energy of one gram molecule of a gas at standard temperature and pressure is: (R = 8.31 J/mol-K)
1. 0.56 ×104 J
2. 1.3×102 J
3. 2.7×102 J
4. 3.4×103 J
Gases exert pressure on the walls of containing vessel because the gas molecules:
1. Possess momentum
2. collide with each other
3. have finite volume
4. obey gas laws
The equation of state for 5 g of oxygen at a pressure P and temperature T, when occupying a volume V, will be: (where R is the constant)
1. PV = 5RT
2. PV = (52)RT
3. PV = (516)RT
4. PV = (532)RT
The equation (p+av2)(v-b)=RT is known as:
1. Perfect gas equation
2. Joule Thomson's equation
3. Vander Waal's equation
4. Maxwell's equation
The temperature of an ideal gas is increased from 27° to 927°C. The r.m.s. speed of its molecules becomes-
1. twice
2. half
3. four times
4. one fourth
An ideal gas is filled in a vessel, then
1. If it is placed inside a moving train, its temperature increases
2. Its centre of mass moves randomly
3. Its temperature remains constant in a moving car
4. None of these