The freezing point on a thermometer is marked as \(20^\circ \text{C}\) and the boiling point as \(120^\circ \text{C}.\) What is the value of temperature \(80^\circ \text{C}\) on this thermometer?
1. \(100^\circ \text{C}\)
2. \(50^\circ \text{C}\)
3. \(80^\circ \text{C}\)
4. \(90^\circ \text{C}\)
 
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The height of Victoria Falls is \(63~ \text{m.}\) What is the difference in temperature of water at the top and at the bottom of the fall?
[given \(1\text{ cal}=4.2\text { J}\) and specific heat of water = \(1\text{ cal}=4.2\text { g}^{-1}~^\circ \text C^{-1}\)]
1. \(0.147^{\circ}\text{C} \)
2. \(14.76^{\circ}\text{C} \)
3. \(1.476^{\circ}\text{C} \)
4. \(0.014^{\circ}\text{C} \)
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Which would be the most comfortable temperature for your bath water?
1. \(40~\text K\) 2. \(110^{\circ} \text {C}\)
3. \(310~\text K\) 4. \(560~\text K\)
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On a new scale of temperature (which is linear) and called the \(\text W\) scale, the freezing and boiling points of water are \(39^{\circ}\text{ W}\) and  \(239^{\circ}\text{ W}\) respectively. What will be the temperature on the new scale, corresponding to a temperature of\(39^{\circ}\text{C}\) on the Celsius scale?
1. \(78^{\circ}\text{ W}\)
2. \(117^{\circ}\text{ W}\)
3. \(200^{\circ}\text{ W}\)
4. \(139^{\circ}\text{ W}\)

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A resistance thermometer reads \(40~\Omega\) at \(0^\circ\text C\) and \(41~\Omega\) at \(100^\circ\text C.\) The temperature of a sample, when the resistance is \(41.2~\Omega,\) is:
1. \(20^\circ\text C\) 2. \(80^\circ\text C\)
3. \(120^\circ\text C\) 4. \(-20^\circ\text C\)
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A copper rod of 88 cm and an aluminium rod of unknown length have their increase in length independent of increase in temperature. The length of aluminium rod is : (αCu=1.7×10-5K-1andαAl=2.2×10-5K-1)

1. 68 cm

2. 6.8 cm

3. 113.9 cm

4. 88 cm

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A rod of length \(40\text{ cm}\) has the coefficient of linear expansion \({\mathit{\alpha}}_{1}{=}{6}\times{10}^{{-}{6}}\mathop {/}\nolimits^{\circ}{\text C} .\) Another rod of length \(l\) has the coefficient of linear expansion \({\mathit{\alpha}}_{2}{=}{4}\times{10}^{{-}{6}}\mathop {/}\nolimits^{\circ}{\text C} .\) If the difference in the lengths of the two rods always remain same at all temperatures, then the value of \(l\) is 
1. \(26\text{ cm}\)
2. \(60\text{ cm}\)
3. \(80\text{ cm}\)
4. \(32\text{ cm}\)
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The coefficient of cubical expansion of water is negative between \(0^{\circ}\text{C}\) and:
1. \(4^{\circ}\text{C}\)
2. \(10^{\circ}\text{C}\)
3. \(15.5^{\circ}\text{C}\)
4. \(100^{\circ}\text{C}\)
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Two different wires having lengths \(L_1\) and \(L_2, \) and respective temperature coefficient of linear expansion \(\alpha_1\) and \(\alpha _2, \) are joined end-to-end. Then the effective temperature coefficient of linear expansion is:

1. \( 4 \dfrac{\alpha_1 \alpha_2}{\alpha_1+\alpha_2} \dfrac{L_2 L_1}{\left(L_2+L_1\right)^2} \)

2. \( 2 \sqrt{\alpha_1 \alpha_2} \)

3. \( \dfrac{\alpha_1+\alpha_2}{2} \)

4. \( \dfrac{\alpha_1 L_1+\alpha_2 L_2}{L_1+L_2}\)

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A copper rod of length \(1~\text{m}\) is heated from \(20^{\circ}\text{C}\) to \(120^{\circ}\text{C}.\) If the coefficient of linear expansion of copper is \(5 \times 10^{-5}{ }~^{\circ} \text{C}^{-1},\) what will be the increase in the length of the rod?
1. \(2.5~\text{cm}\) 2. \(0.5~\text{cm}\)
3. \(7.5~\text{cm}\) 4. \(10~\text{cm}\)
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