An ideal refrigerator has a freezer at a temperature of –13°C . The coefficient of performance of the engine is 5. The temperature of the air (at which heat is rejected) will be 
1. 325°C
2. 325K
3. 39°C
4. 320°C

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The coefficient of performance of an ideal refrigerator is 3 which extracts heat from the sink at the rate of 399 J per cycle. The amount of heat it gives to the room per cycle will be:

1 532 J

2 250 J

3 300 J

4 496 J

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If a refrigerator extracts heat 'a' from the cold reservoir and 'b' is the heat released from the hot reservoir, then the work done on the refrigerant (system) is:

1. a + b

2. a-b

3. a

4. b-a

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A refrigerator whose coefficient of performance is 5 extracts heat from the cooling chamber at a rate of 250 J per cycle. For refrigeration, the work done per cycle is:

1. 150 J

2. 200 J

3. 100 J

4. 50 J

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Assertion (A): Carnot engine is most efficient among all heat engines working between the same source and sink.
Reason (R): The efficiency of the heat engine is independent of the nature of the working substance.
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. Both (A) and (R) are false

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A steam engine delivers \(5.4\times 10^8\) J of work per minute and extracts \(3.6\times 10^9\) J of heat per minute from its boiler. The efficiency of the engine is:
1. \(15\%\)
2. \(18\%\)
3. \(13\%\)
4. \(11\%\)

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A refrigerator is to maintain eatables kept inside at \(9^\circ \text{C}.\) If room temperature is \(36^\circ \text{C},\) the coefficient of performance is:
1. \(9.3\)
2. \(12.4\)
3. \(11.2\)
4. \(10.4\)

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An engine has an efficiency of 16. When the temperature of the sink is reduced by 620C, its efficiency is doubled. the temperature of the source is:

1. 124oC

2. 37oC

3. 62oC

4. 99oC

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AIPMT - 2007
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A Carnot engine, having an efficiency of η110 as a heat engine, is used as a refrigerator. If the work done on the system is \(10\) J, the amount of energy absorbed from the reservoir at a lower temperature is:
1. \(100\) J
2. \(99\) J
3. \(90\) J
4. \(1\) J

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NEET - 2015
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The coefficient of performance of a refrigerator is \(5.\) If the temperature inside the freezer is \(-20^\circ \text{C},\) the temperature of the surroundings to which it rejects heat is:
1. \(31^\circ \text{C}\)
2. \(41^\circ \text{C}\)
3. \(11^\circ \text{C}\)
4. \(21^\circ \text{C}\)

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