In a room containing air, heat can go from one place to another:
1. by conduction only
2. by convection only
3. by radiation only
4. by all three modes

Subtopic:  Convection |
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A solid at temperature \(T_1\), is kept in an evacuated chamber at temperature \(T_2>T_1\). The rate of increase of temperature of the body is proportional to:
1. \(T_2-T_1\)
2. \(T^2_2 -T^2_1 \)
3. \(T^3_2 -T^3_1\) 
4. \(T^4_2 -T^4_1\)

Subtopic:  Stefan-Boltzmann Law |
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The thermal radiation emitted by a body is proportional to \(T^n\) where \(T\) is its absolute temperature. The value of \(n\) is exactly \(4\) for:
1. a blackbody
2. all bodies
3. bodies painted black only
4. polished bodies only.

Subtopic:  Stefan-Boltzmann Law |
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Two bodies \(A\) and \(B\) having equal surface areas are maintained at temperatures \(10^\circ\text C\) and \(20^\circ\text C.\) The thermal radiation emitted in a given time by \(A\) and \(B\) are in the ratio of:
1. \(1 : 1.15\)
2. \(1 : 2\)
3. \(1 : 4\)
4. \(1 : 16\)

Subtopic:  Stefan-Boltzmann Law |
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One end of a metal rod is kept in a furnace. In steady state, the temperature of the rod

1.  increases

2.  decreases

3.  remains constant

4.  is nonuniform

Subtopic:  Conduction |
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Newton’s law of cooling is a special case of:
1. Wien’s displacement law
2. Kirchhoff's law
3. Stefan’s law
4. Planck’s law

Subtopic:  Newton's Law of Cooling |
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A  hot liquid is kept in a big room. Its temperature is plotted as a function of time. Which of the following curves may represent the plot?

               
1. \(a\)
2. \(b\)
3. \(c\)
4. \(d\)

Subtopic:  Newton's Law of Cooling |
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A hot liquid is kept in a big room. The logarithm of the numerical value of the temperature difference between the liquid and the room is plotted against time. The plot will be very nearly

1.   a straight line

2.   a circular arc

3.   a parabola

4.   an ellipse.

Subtopic:  Newton's Law of Cooling |
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A body cools down from \(65^\circ \text{C}\) to \(60^\circ \text{C}\) in \(5\) minutes. It will cool down from \(60^\circ \text{C}\) to \(55^\circ \text{C}\) in:

1. \(5\) minutes
2. less than \(5\) minutes
3. more than \(5\) minutes
4. less than or more than \(5\) minutes depending on whether its mass is more than or less than \(1~\text{kg}\) 

Subtopic:  Newton's Law of Cooling |
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One end of a metal rod is dipped in boiling water and the other is dipped in melting ice.

(a) All parts of the rod are in thermal equilibrium with each other.
(b) We can assign a temperature to the rod.
(c) We can assign a temperature to the rod after steady state is reached.
(d) The state of the rod does not change after steady state is reached

Choose the correct option 

1. (a), (b) 

2. (b), (c) 

3. (d) only 

4. (a), (d) 

Subtopic:  Conduction |
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